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
English Education Major Courses
ENG 333 The English Language (course description)
ENG 355 English Grammar (course description)
LIT 200 Introduction to Critical Reading (course description)
LIT 201 World Literature: Foundations of Culture (course description)
LIT 300 Literary Theory (course description)
LIT 316 Modern Drama (course description)
LIT 319 Shakespeare (course description)
LIT 337 Modern Poetry (course description)
LIT ___ Literature Survey (LIT 203-LIT 209 or LIT 228-LIT 236)
LIT ___ Literature elective (400-level)


Choose one:
LIT 203 Early American Literature (course description)
LIT 205 The American Renaissance (course description)
LIT 207 American Realism and Naturalism (course description)
LIT 209 Art Against Society in American Modernism (course description)



Choose one:
LIT 228 Love, Violence and Religion in Medieval  Literature (course description)
LIT 230 Britis Literature: Renaissance to Restoration  (course description)
LIT 232 The Search for Stability in British Neoclassicism (course description)
LIT 234 British Romantic and Victorin Writers (course description)
LIT 236 British Modernism (course description)


Allied Courses
ATH 111 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
EDU 200 Introduction to Education
EDU 235 Learning with Technology
EDU 243 Learning Theory and Instruction
EDU 318 Methods of Teaching Secondary Education
EDU 320 Methods of Teaching English I
EDU 321 Methods of Teaching English II
EDU 362 Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 5-12
EDU 490 Student Teaching and Seminar
PSY 108 Introduction to Psychology
PSY 211 Human Growth and Development
PSY 312 Pyschology of the Childhood/Adolescent
SCI 211 Survey of the Biological Sciences
SCI 212 Principles of the Physical Sciences I
SPED 260 Children with Exceptionalities

Select one of the following two:
HIS 113 United States History I: 1607 to 1865 (fulfills B.A./B.S. core requirement)
HIS 114 United States History II: 1865 to Present (fulfills B.A./B.S. core requirement)



Southern New Hampshire University programs are accredited by:

  • Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration
  • American Culinary Federation Educational Institute
  • Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
  • European Council for Business Education
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges
  • New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission
  • New Hampshire State Department of Education for Teacher Certification
  • North American Society for Sport Management