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BA (Hons) English Secondary Education

University of Hartford, United States
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Course Overview

The curriculum features a combination of English courses and education courses in a structured program that includes practice teaching.

In your English classes, work with award-winning published authors and poets who share your passion for teaching. In your education classes, acquire the qualities and expertise that make a great teacher such as:

  • Critical reading skills

  • Research techniques

  • Organizational skills

  • Creativity

The education curriculum gives you a theoretical base according to the state requirements, and a practical application of carefully considered educational principles. In addition, you receive a solid grounding in the essentials of the subject matter that you will go on to teach.

General Eligibility

General Education Requirements (A&S)

Inaddition to major requirements, students must meet the General Education Requirements that correlate to their degree.

  • For B.A. and B.S. degrees, see General Education Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degrees (A&S).

  • For Transfer students, see General Education Requirements for Transfer Students (A&S).

Major GPA and Grade Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in courses required to complete the major. All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade.

What You'll Study

1 Course Modules

Each student should plan his or her program of study in consultation with the Secondary English advisor.

Core Courses

  • ENG 225W - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 226W - Sophomore Seminar in English 3 credit(s)

Two historical surveys of literature, one from each of the following lists:

List A

  • ENG 220 - Survey of American Literature I 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 230 - Survey of English Literature I 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 240 - Survey of European Literature I 3 credit(s)

List B

  • ENG 217 - Survey of Postcolonial Writers 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 221 - Survey of American Literature II 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 223D - Survey of African American Literature 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 231 - Survey of English Literature II 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 241 - Survey of European Literature II 3 credit(s)

One Course in Grammar or History of the Language

  • ENG 359 - Contemporary English Grammar 3 credit(s)

OR  

  • ENG 452 - History of the English Language 3 credit(s)

One Shakespeare Course

  • ENG 361 - Shakespeare 3 credit(s)

OR

Two literature courses at the 300 or 400 level


At least one must be taken from the following pre-1800 literature courses:

  • ENG 326 - Dante’s Divine Comedy 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 330 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 331 - English Renaissance Literature: The 16th Century 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 340 - Myth, Legend, and Folklore 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 341 - The Bible and Literature 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 342 - Greek and Roman Classics in Translation 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 343 - Medieval Literature in Translation 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 360 - Chaucer 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 361 - Shakespeare 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 420 - British Drama, 1660-1830 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 432 - Rebellion to Restoration: 17th-Century British Literature 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 433 - Milton 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 436 - Satire and Sentiment, 1660-1800 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 437 - Eighteenth-Century British Novel 3 credit(s)

  • ENG 438 - The Romantic Movement in Britain 3 credit(s)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL93
  • PTE65
  • Duolingo89

Minimun IELTS Score 6.5 overall.

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