Major in English, English Education Concentration

The English Education concentration prepares students to teach English Language Arts in secondary schools. Students take courses in language, literature, and writing in the English Department and learn practical methods for teaching from an equity-based perspective. Students also take courses through the School of Education that equip them to pursue a Colorado teaching endorsement in English Language Arts, and they apply their knowledge and skills by working with students in area schools.

To change your major to English with an English Education Concentration, you can either call the College of Liberal Arts Academic Advising Center at 970-491-3117 or send an email to cla_advising@colostate.edu. More information is available on https://advising.libarts.colostate.edu.

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.

¹

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).

²

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.