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Dec 11, 2024
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2015 - 2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Secondary Education (6-12), English
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Program Requirements in Licensure Programs in Secondary Education (6-12)
Program requirements in the licensure programs in Secondary Education include courses subject area requirements, professional studies courses and a major in one or more subject area teaching specialties. The comprehensive listings that follow include all course work necessary to satisfy subject area requirements and professional studies requirements for the Secondary Education (6-12) program. Preparation Programs in Secondary Education (6-12)
Students who plan to teach at the secondary school level must declare a major in the subject area or areas that they expect to teach, and they additionally complete 30 semester credits of professional education courses required for one of the following endorsement areas of Secondary Education: English, Foreign Language (K-12) (French, German, Spanish, Latin, Chinese), Mathematics, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics), and Social Studies. Students who complete a licensure program in Secondary Education may apply no more than 30 semester hours in education toward the 120 academic credits required for graduation. Sequence of Course Requirements in Professional Studies in Secondary Education
This three semester sequence begins in the spring semester of the junior year. I. Spring of Junior Year (8 Credit Hours)
II. Fall of Senior Year (10 Credit Hours)
Choose One of the Following: 3
Choose One of the Following: 1
III. Spring of Senior Year (12 Credit Hours)
Choose One of the Following: 2
Choose One of the Following: 1
Choose One of the Following: 1
Choose One of the Following: 7
English
Dr. Lindy Johnson (Telephone: 221-2333, lljohnson@wm.edu ).
William and Mary English majors should select the Literature Option within the English major in order to meet the course requirements for teaching English. In addition to the major in English Language and Literature, (a minimum of 36 semester hours) 27 of these hours must be above the 300 level and distributed as follows:
6 Hours in British literature:
American Literature
6 hours in American literature representing a broad spectrum of American literary history, chosen from: 3 Hours in the Study of a Genre
3 Hours in an Upper Level Creative Writing or Advanced Writing Course
3 Hours in World Literature
(defined as not Anglo-American).
This requirement may also be fulfilled by presenting documented evidence (course names and numbers, authors and texts) of world literatures studied in multiple courses. 3 Hours in Literature for Adolescents
Additionally
3 hours in a course that heavily emphasizes the work of women writers, chosen from English ENGL 414A or an appropriate 455, ENGL 465 , or ENGL 475 ; or documented evidence (course names and numbers, authors and texts) of women writers studied in multiple courses. |
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