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English: Secondary Education Teacher Licensure Concentration

  • 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 Endicott 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 (Cr: 3)
    • Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
    • World Language  (Cr: 6)
    • ED 111 - Clinical Field Based Experience I (Cr: 2)
    • ED 125 - Approaches to Middle and Secondary Education (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 102 - Introduction to Literary Studies (Cr: 3)
      Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement
    • ENG 108 - Introduction to Creative Writing (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
      Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
    • ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
      Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
    • ENG 217 - History and Structure of the English Language (Cr: 3)

    Sophomore - Credits: 32

    • Individual and Societ General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
    • Values and Ethics Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
    • ED 030 - Subject Matter Test Prep Workshop (Cr: 0)
    • ED 203 - Inclusionary Practices in Educational Settings (Cr: 3)
    • ED 211 - Clinical Field Based Experience II (Cr: 2)
    • ED 240 - Literacies for Learning at the Middle and Secondary School (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 203 - Early American Literature (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 213 - Early British Literature (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 218 - Argument Based Writing (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 225 - Literary Criticism and Interpretation (Cr: 3)
    • PSY 200 - Child and Adolescent Psychology (Cr: 3)

    Junior - Credits: 32-33

    • British Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)
    • Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)
    • World Cultures General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
    • World Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)
    • ED 030 - Subject Matter Test Prep Workshop (Cr: 0)
    • ED 303 - Pre-Practicum Field Experience (Cr: 1)
    • ED 321 - Junior Transitions (Cr: 1)
    • ED 331 - Issues and Best Practices of English Language Learners (Cr: 3)
    • ED 339 - Assessment for Learning (Cr: 3)
    • ED 380 - Methods in the Secondary Content Areas and Field Experience (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 314 - Early World Literature (Cr: 3)
      or
    • ENG 316 - World Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
    • IDS 302 - Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities (Cr: 3)
      Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

    Senior - Credits: 31

    • American Literature Elective (Cr. 3)
    • General Education Electives  (Cr: 9)
      (One must be at above the 100 level)
    • EC 400 - Senior Transition (Cr: 1)
    • ED 400 - Practicum and Seminar in Education (Cr: 12)
    • ENG 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
      Or
    • ENG 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)

    American Literature Electives

     

    • ENG 204 - American Literature: Civil War to Present (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 220 - American Short Story Cycles (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 224 - Justice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 227 - African-American Literature (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 240 - Boston in Literature and Film (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 245 - Cartoonists and Satirists (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 310 - Modern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 337 - American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)

    British Literature Electives

     

    • ENG 214 - British Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 233 - Other Worlds: Fantasy Literature (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 260 - Gothic Literature (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 361 - Victorian Secrets: Fear and Hypocrisy in Victorian Literature (Cr: 3)

    World Literature Electives

     

    • ENG 202 - The Novel (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 212 - Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 230 - Rebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 235 - Modern Fiction (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 336 - Nature Writing (Cr: 3)
    • ENG 367 - Eastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)

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  • Internships and Careers

    An Endicott 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 Endicott will prepare you for the next step. Take a look at what our graduates have been up to lately.

    Alumni Employment

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    Graduate School Acceptances

    • Boston College
    • Emerson College
    • Suffolk Law School
    • New England School of Law
    • University of Kentucky (Ph.D. program)