Composite Communication/English Major - Teaching B.BSED.ENGC

Required Core - 54 semester hours

• ENGL 221 - British Literature I 3 semester hours
• ENGL 241 - American Lit I 3 semester hours
• ENGL 304 - Fundamentals of English Grammar 3 semester hours
• ENGL 412 - Composition for the English Teacher 3 semester hours
• ENGL 484 - Literary Criticism 3 semester hours
• ENGL 290 - Seminar 3 semester hours
• ENGL 292 - Topics 1 to 3 semester hours
• SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods 2 to 3 semester hours
• SPCM 215 - Public Speaking 3 semester hours
• SPCM 222 - Argumentation and Debate 3 semester hours
• SPCM 340 - Oral Interpretation of Literature 3 semester hours
• SPCM 466 - Principles of Rhetoric 3 semester hours
• THEA 131 - Introduction to Acting 3 semester hours
• THEA 241 - Stagecraft 3 semester hours
• THEA 351 - Directing 3 semester hours

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• ENGL 211 - World Lit I 3 semester hours

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• ENGL 212 - World Lit II 3 semester hours

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• ENGL 222 - British Literature II 3 semester hours

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• ENGL 242 - American Lit II 3 semester hours

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• ENGL 431 - Shakespeare I 3 semester hours

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• ENGL 432 - Shakespeare II 3 semester hours

Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 18 semester hours

• EDFN 295 - Practicum: Pre-Admission 1 semester hours
• EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education 1 to 2 semester hours
• EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology 2 to 3 semester hours
• EPSY 428 - Child & Adolescent Development 2-3 semester hours
• INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies 3 semester hours
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3 semester hours
• SPED 405 - Educating Secondary Students with Disabilities 2 to 3 semester hours

Professional Secondary Ed Teaching Core - 24 semester hours

• EDFN 365 - Computer-Based Technology & Learning 2 to 3 semester hours
• MLED 480 - Middle Level Methods 2 to 4 semester hours
• SEED 408 - Planning, Managing & Assessing the 7-12 Diverse Classroom 3 semester hours
• SEED 450 - 7-12 Reading and Content Literacy 1-3 semester hours
• SEED 495 - Practicum 1 semester hours

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• EDFN 475 - Human Relations 3 semester hours
• SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching 1 to 16 semester hours

Gen Ed Requirements - 25 semester hours

• ENGL 101
• ENGL 201
• MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics (1 class) - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Social Science (2 classes) - 6 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Natural Sciences & Labs (2 classes/labs) - 6-8 semester hours
• WEL 100 & 100L

Note

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 120 hours, of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.