Major in English, English Education Concentration

The English Education concentration provides students with preparation for teaching English/Language Arts in secondary schools. This concentration offers a range of courses in language, literature, and writing. Students may also pursue a teaching endorsement from the state of Colorado in secondary English/Language Arts. In addition to the requirements for the English major, students also take courses that focus on teaching the subject matter of English and additional education classes through the School of Education.

Effective Fall 2020

For graduation, an English major must attain a minimum grade point average of 2.000 in all Composition (CO) and English (E) courses.

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The department requires Licensure majors to take a minimum of 12 credits of upper-division E or CO subject code courses to include the categories listed below. One course may count for two categories if necessary, but students must take a minimum of 12 credits to fulfill this requirement:

• 3 credits must be in literatures of the British Isles before 1830, or in American or European literatures before 1900;
• 3 credits must be in literatures of the British Isles after 1830, or in American or European literatures after 1900;
• 3 credits must be in either breakthroughs (ideological, racial, cultural, gendered) or genre courses;
• One course must be a world literature course;
• One course must be a capstone course (see list in senior year, above).

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Any lower or upper-division E subject code course.

Distinctive Requirements for Degree Program:

For graduation, an English major must attain a minimum grade point average of 2.000 in all Composition (CO) and English (E) courses.

For licensure, students must complete all coursework in the teaching concentration and professional education with a grade of C or above, and must have a cumulative GPA of 2.750.