English: Secondary Education Teacher Licensure Concentration
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Program Overview
Are you an aspiring middle or high school English teacher? Look no further. This concentration is for you.
English majors may pursue Massachusetts state teaching licensure by completing the secondary education concentration. In doing so, you will be eligible to receive a license to teach English grades 5-12, in Massachusetts.
The experience you gain at 西瓜视频 is comprehensive. You will complete freshman and sophomore internships in a range of school settings, a sophomore and junior field experience connected to your secondary education courses, a junior year pre-practicum, and senior year full practicum experience. Upon graduation, you will have completed all of the requirements necessary to apply for an initial license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and you will be eligible to pursue licensure in many other states. Students receive free preparation for the required Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) as part of the program.
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Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 126-127
First Year - Credits: 32
- General Education Elective听(Cr: 3)
- Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement听 (Cr: 3)
- World Language听 (Cr: 6)
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ED 111听-听Clinical Field Based Experience I (Cr: 2)
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ED 125听-听Approaches to Middle and Secondary Education (Cr: 3)
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ENG 102听-听Introduction to Literary Studies (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement
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ENG 108听-听Introduction to Creative Writing (Cr: 3)
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ENG 111听-听Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
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ENG 112听-听Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
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ENG 217听-听History and Structure of the English Language (Cr: 3)
Sophomore - Credits: 32
- Individual and Societ General Education Requirement听 (Cr: 3)
- Values and Ethics Reasoning General Education Requirement听 (Cr: 3)
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ED 030听-听Subject Matter Test Prep Workshop (Cr: 0)
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ED 203听-听Inclusionary Practices in Educational Settings (Cr: 3)
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ED 211听-听Clinical Field Based Experience II (Cr: 2)
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ED 240听-听Literacies for Learning at the Middle and Secondary School (Cr: 3)
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ENG 203听-听Early American Literature (Cr: 3)
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ENG 213听-听Early British Literature (Cr: 3)
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ENG 218听-听Argument Based Writing (Cr: 3)
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ENG 225听-听Literary Criticism and Interpretation (Cr: 3)
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PSY 200听-听Child and Adolescent Psychology (Cr: 3)
Junior - Credits: 32-33
- British Literature Elective听 (Cr: 3)
- Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)
- World Cultures General Education Requirement听 (Cr: 3)
- World Literature Elective听 (Cr: 3)
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ED 030听-听Subject Matter Test Prep Workshop (Cr: 0)
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ED 303听-听Pre-Practicum Field Experience (Cr: 1)
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ED 321听-听Junior Transitions (Cr: 1)
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ED 331听-听Issues and Best Practices of English Language Learners (Cr: 3)
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ED 339听-听Assessment for Learning (Cr: 3)
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ED 380听-听Methods in the Secondary Content Areas and Field Experience (Cr: 3)
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ENG 314听-听Early World Literature (Cr: 3)
or
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ENG 316听-听World Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
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ENG 365听-听Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
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IDS 302听-听Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement
Senior - Credits: 31
- American Literature Elective (Cr. 3)
- General Education Electives听 (Cr: 9)
(One must be at above the 100 level)
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EC 400听-听Senior Transition (Cr: 1)
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ED 400听-听Practicum and Seminar in Education (Cr: 12)
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ENG 489听-听Senior Research (Cr: 3)
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ENG 490听-听Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
Or
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ENG 491听-听Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
American Literature Electives
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ENG 204听-听American Literature: Civil War to Present (Cr: 3)
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ENG 220听-听American Short Story Cycles (Cr: 3)
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ENG 224听-听Justice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
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ENG 227听-听African-American Literature (Cr: 3)
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ENG 240听-听Boston in Literature and Film (Cr: 3)
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ENG 245听-听Cartoonists and Satirists (Cr: 3)
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ENG 310听-听Modern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
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ENG 315听-听Women Writers (Cr: 3)
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ENG 321听-听Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
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ENG 337听-听American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
British Literature Electives
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ENG 214听-听British Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
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ENG 233听-听Other Worlds: Fantasy Literature (Cr: 3)
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ENG 260听-听Gothic Literature (Cr: 3)
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ENG 315听-听Women Writers (Cr: 3)
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ENG 321听-听Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
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ENG 361听-听Victorian Secrets: Fear and Hypocrisy in Victorian Literature (Cr: 3)
World Literature Electives
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ENG 202听-听The Novel (Cr: 3)
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ENG 212听-听Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
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ENG 230听-听Rebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
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ENG 235听-听Modern Fiction (Cr: 3)
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ENG 321听-听Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
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ENG 336听-听Nature Writing (Cr: 3)
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ENG 367听-听Eastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)
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Internships and Careers
An 西瓜视频 education means you'll graduate with a degree and a resume.
Whether you pursue graduate school right away, or embark on your career after graduation, we believe that your time at 西瓜视频 will prepare you for the next step. Take a look at what our graduates have been up to lately.
Alumni Employment
- Beverly High School
Graduate School Acceptances
- Boston College
- Emerson College
- Suffolk Law School
- New England School of Law
- University of Kentucky (Ph.D. program)
