English Language Arts
The English concentration allows you to read, discuss, and write about the world’s best stories and most creative thinkers, and positions you as a leader in literacy studies in your future school. As a teacher of future generations, your knowledge of literature and language will improve children’s literacy development and give you the empathy and insight needed to support learners and their families. The topics of the courses give you insights into the challenges and triumphs of our time. The concentration offers choices of courses in children’s and young adult literature, mythology, literature and the environment, African American literature, and sociolinguistics, among others. Each course will strengthen your critical thinking and effective communication skills, giving you more tools to address the challenges of our society.
WHY THIS CONCENTRATION?
You will have an opportunity to take literature and linguistics courses taught by experts in their fields, and explore subjects that are important in educating the next generation, such as climate change, race and racism, immigration and refugee issues, among others. By choosing a concentration in English, you will be positioning yourself to be a leader in the English Language Arts at your school.
COURSE
The English Language Arts concentration requires 9 credits of English courses. Students who select this concentration cannot double count courses taken for PCKET core requirements.
Students will need to select one course from each of the three categories below.
- ENG 215: Foundations of Literary Study: Genre*
- ENG 216: Foundations of Literary Study: Critical Approaches*
- ENG 261: Foundations of Language Study*
- ENG 304: International Literature for Children and Young Adults
- ENG 334: American Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
An ENG Issues General Education Course, which includes:
- Health - ENG 386: Literary Responses to Death and Dying
- Human Rights - ENG 384: Literature of War
- Identity - ENG 337: Contemporary Black Literature
- ENG 335: Literature of American Minorities*
- ENG 388: Emigration and Immigration in Contemporary World Literature
- Information, Innovation or Technology - ENG 314: Digital Literacies*
- Sustainability - ENG 382: Literature and the Environment
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