English Teacher Education (B.A.)

The English teacher certification program allows students to major in English and to complete New Hampshire certification requirements to teach English in grades 5-12. The certification track combines general education courses with the education core, major courses (10 in English language and literature) and English teaching method courses.

The program of study provides the prospective English teacher with a broad and integrated liberal arts background, a concentrated study of English literature and language and the techniques, knowledge and experience to help middle, junior and senior high school students develop to their highest potential.

B.A./B.S. Core

Required Courses
EDU 200   Introduction to Education
EDU 243   Learning Theory and Instruction
EDU 318   Methods of Teaching Secondary Education
EDU 320   Methods of Teaching English I
EDU 362   Literacy in the Content Areas: 5 - 12
EDU 440   Differentiating Instruction
EDU 490   Student Teaching and Seminar
SPED 260 Children With Exceptionalities 

Total required credits: 33

English Education Major Courses
ENG 350 The English Language
LIT 201   World Lit I: Foundations of Culture
LIT 300   Literary Theory
LIT 316   Modern Drama
LIT 319   Shakespeare
LIT 337   Modern Poetry

Select one of the following:
LIT 203 Early American Literature
LIT 205 The American Renaissance
LIT 207 American Realism and Naturalism
LIT 210 American Lit - 20th Century and Beyond

Select one of the following:
LIT 228 Medieval Literature
LIT 230 Brit Lit:Renaissance to Restoration
LIT 234 British Romantic and Victorian Writers
LIT 236 British Modernism

Select one of the following:
LIT 328 Multi-Ethnic Lit:Describing the Hyphen
LIT 330 Gender and Text
LIT 332 Gender and Text
LIT 350 The Black Literary Tradition

Major Credits:27

Allied Courses
GEO 200 World Geography
HIS 114   United States History II: 1865-Present
PSY 211  Human Growth and Development
SCI 212   Principles of Physical Science I

Total allied credits: 12

Graduation Requirements
SNHU 100 Pro Seminar
or
SNHU 101 First Year Seminar: Foundations of Critical Thinking