English Secondary Education B.A. - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Emphasis - Licensure: English Language Arts (Grades 7-12)

College of Humanities and Social Science

Contact: English Department

Location: Ross 1284

Telephone: 970.351.2971

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned English Education advisor each semester prior to registering. Assigned advisor is available through the English Department Office.

Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
Required Major Credits
English Education Credits
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Emphasis Credits
Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Credits

To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

NOTE: Students must completed a special application to the Teaching English as a Second Language/Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Program.

Program Description:

The English Education (EED) Major prepares its graduates to serve as secondary English/Language Arts teachers (grades 7-12). The program prepares students in the content areas of literature, language, composition, and pedagogy. By selecting an emphasis area, students can add additional preparation in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education or Special Education. The program participates in the UNC/partner school program and supervises student teachers during their field experiences.

Program Admission Requirements:

Students must apply to and be admitted to the English Education program. In order to be considered for admission, students must fulfill the following requirements:

Overall GPA of 3.00
GPA in the Major of 3.00 with no grade lower than a "C" ("C-" is not acceptable)
Completion of at least six (6) credits in ENG courses applicable to the major, including ENG195. (Students whose six credits include courses in which they are currently enrolled must include a completed "Student Status" form with their application materials.)

Completion of an application packet to EED that includes:

An essay that will be used as a writing sample
Recommendation Forms from two UNC faculty
A copy of Degreeworks that reflects student's GPA and completion of and/or enrollment in the required classes
Progress report for any ENG courses in progress during the application period
The Colorado Commission on Higher Education and this program require the completion of a yearly assessment of student progress. The progress of all EED teacher candidates will be reviewed annually to ensure compliance with program requirements

Complete admissions information and required documents are available on the English Department Page http://www.unco.edu/hss/english.

PTEP Program Requirements:

Teacher candidates who complete an approved content degree and the UNC professional teacher education program, as well as pass the appropriate Colorado Department of Education designated PRAXIS exam (if applicable), will be eligible for recommendation from UNC for a Colorado Department of Education teaching license.

If you are seeking licensure in your program area, the following items are required to complete your program.

Completion of Application for Initial Admission to PTEP

Completion of Full Admission to PTEP
Completion of Application for Student Teaching
Completion of content specific PRAXIS test prior to Student Teaching
Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.
Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field-based courses that are more than ten years old. PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.

Please work with your content advisor to determine when these requirements will be completed throughout your program.

Degree Requirements - 124 Credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specific LAC - 18 credits

LAC area 1.b. - Communication - Intermediate Composition

ENG 225

Communications on a Theme

LAC area 3.a. - Arts & Humanities - Arts

FILM 120

Introduction to Film

LAC area 3.b. - Arts & Humanities - Literature and Humanities

Choose two of the following courses:

ENG 211	Survey of American Literature	3
ENG 213	Survey of British Literature I	3
ENG 214	British Literature II	3
ENG 236	Ethnic American Literature	3
ENG 262	Masterpieces of World Literature	3

LAC area 5.c. - Social and Behavioral Sciences - Human Behavior and Social Systems

MAS 100

Introduction to Mexican American Studies

LAC area 8 - United States Multicultural Studies

Choose one of the following courses:

MAS 110	Contemporary Chicano Literature	3
MCS 101	Multiculturalism in the United States: Concepts and Issues	3

Remaining LAC - 22 credits

See "Liberal Arts Core"

2. Required Major - 21 credits

Take the following course:

ENG 195

Introduction to the Discipline of English

Choose two of the following courses not taken as part of the LAC:

ENG 211	Survey of American Literature	3
ENG 213	Survey of British Literature I	3
ENG 214	British Literature II	3
ENG 236	Ethnic American Literature	3
ENG 262	Masterpieces of World Literature	3

Elective Major Credits - 9 credits

Category A: British Literature

Choose one of the following courses:

ENG 380	Medieval Literature	3
ENG 382	Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature	3
ENG 384	Victorian Literature and Culture	3
ENG 385	Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature	3

Category B: American Literature

Choose one of the following courses:

ENG 337	Chicana/o Literature and Theory	3
ENG 370	Colonial American Literature, 1492-1800	3
ENG 371	Antebellum American Literature, 1800-1865	3
ENG 372	American Realism and the Making of America	3
ENG 373	American Modernism and the Crisis of Representation	3
ENG 374	American Diaspora and Globalization	3

Category C: World Literature

Choose one of the following courses:

ENG 205	World Mythology and Folklore	3
ENG 263	Western World Literature I	3
ENG 264	Western World Literature II	3
ENG 325	Studies in Fantasy and Science Fiction	3
ENG 338	Sacred Texts as Lit	3
ENG 375	Literature and the Environment	3

Upper-Level Electives - 3 credits

Choose one of the following courses:

ENG 400	Special Topics in Literary and Cultural Theory	3
ENG 441	Colloquium in Literature	3
ENG 495	Advanced Cultural Studies	3
FILM 400	Teaching Film	3

3. English Education - 12 credits

EED 308	Workshop in Teaching and Learning	3
EED 318	Pedagogy and Practices in Social Emotional Learning	3
EED 341	Methods for Teaching Composition in Secondary Schools	3
EED 402	Methods for Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools	3

4. Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Emphasis - 18 credits

This endorsement program in Teaching English as a Second Language/Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (ESL/CLD) provides the student with the study of the structures of English and with the theory and practice related to the teaching of English as a second language. Students successfully completing this program will be recommended for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse K-12 endorsement. This program must be completed in conjunction with the Elementary Education, Secondary Education or K-12 licensure program. This program is administered by the Department of Hispanic Studies and has admissions requirements described below.

Admissions Requirements:
The designation of pre-ESL/CLD Endorsement does not assure admission to the ESL/CLD Endorsement Program. A separate application and admission process during the freshmen year and while enrolled in MAS 100 is required for students to enroll in the ESL/CLD endorsement courses. Students must enroll in the non-credit TESL 101 course and submit the admission application materials to the Department of Hispanic Studies Office, Candelaria 0295.

The following factors will be considered in the selection of students:

GPA
MAS faculty evaluation based on a list of professional standards-based performance indicators (students may submit more than one faculty evaluation if they wish)
A professionally written statement about why the student wants to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students.

ESL/CLD Endorsement students must maintain a “C” (2.0) or better average in all of their remaining 15 credits of TESL/MAS courses (MAS 275 or HISP 395, TESL 350, TESL 380, TESL 400, TESL 401). The ESL/CLD program faculty reserves the right to place on probation or to require the withdrawal from the ESL/CLD program of any student who in their professional judgment fails to satisfy the requirements of scholarship, commitment, performance, or disregard for the UNC Honor Code. Applicants accepted into the program may be dismissed from the program if faculty recommend dismissal based on course or practicum performance.

Emphasis Requirements

Take all of the following courses:

TESL 350	Second Language Acquisition	3
TESL 380	Introduction to Linguistics for ESL/CLD Educators	3
TESL 400	Methods and Approaches of ESL/EFL	3
TESL 401	TESL Practicum	3

Choose one of the following courses:

HISP 395	History and Philosophy of Bilingual Education	3
MAS 275	Education of Mexican American Students	3

World Language Requirement - 3 credits

Students taking a world language course at the two hundred level (e.g. CHIN 201, CHIN 202, FR 201, FR 202, GER 201, GER 202, JAPN 201, JAPN 202, SPAN 201, and SPAN 202) only need to take one three credit world language class. If students are not sufficiently proficient to take a world language class at the two hundred level, they may also meet the language requirement by taking one of the following course sequences, with the knowledge that their credits for the degree will increase:

SPAN 103 and SPAN 104 (6 credits)
SPAN 101 and SPAN 102 or another world language sequence (10 credits)
SPAN 102 and apply for retroactive credit in SPAN 101 or another world language sequence - see the Retroactive Credit in World Languages and Cultures catalog section. This requirement may also be met through AP, IB, CLEP or transfer credits.

Students taking Spanish to fulfill the requirement must take the online Placement Test (www.unco.edu/hss/hispanic-studies) and submit their scores in order to determine placement, as part of the application process.

Notes:
Application for Initial Admission to PTEP, MAS 275/HISP 395 and TESL 350 must be completed before TESL 400. TESL 400 must be completed prior to doing the TESL Practicum courses. Students must student teach in a classroom with English learners. Students may complete MAS 100 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies, MAS 110 - Contemporary Chicano Literature, or MCS 101 - Multiculturalism in the United States: Concepts and Issues as part of LAC requirements. Students cannot take TESL 401 Practicum concurrently with Student Teaching.

Students aspiring to endorsement must maintain a grade "C" or better (GPA 2.0) in all required TESL/MAS courses.

Students who are completing the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Bilingual Education Specialist (Grades K-12) endorsement option, should take HISP 395, SPAN 412 and student teach in a bilingual classroom. TESL 401 is not required for dual endorsement students.

5. PTEP - 33 credits

Students are urged to review the policies and procedures for PTEP that are described on the School of Teacher website at http://www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education/undergraduate- programs/secondary-education/current-students.

Phase I (5 credits taken concurrently)

EDF 366	Conceptions of Schooling: Context and Process	3
STEP 161	Observation and Analysis of Secondary Teaching I	2

Phase II (8 credits taken concurrently)

EDSE 360	Adaptation, Modification, and Integration of Curriculum for the Secondary Exceptional Learner	3
PSY 349	Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers	3
STEP 262	Observation and Analysis of Secondary Teaching II	2

Phase III (8 credits taken concurrently)

EDRD 340	Academic Language/Literacy Development in the Content Areas at the Secondary Level	3
ET 449	Integrating Technologies into Secondary Education Pedagogy	3
STEP 363	Clinical Experience: Secondary	2

EDRD 340 may be taken outside of Phase III with EED advisor approval.

Students must take either EED 341 or EED 402 concurrently with Phase III.

Phase IV (12 credits)

STEP 464

Secondary Student Teaching

1-14

STEP 464: Take 12 credits

Program Notes:

Admission to the English B.A., Secondary Teaching Program is by application. See Program Admission requirements above.
Provisional admission to PTEP (Phases I and II) is by application to the School of Teacher Education. See Program Admission requirements above.
Full Admission to PTEP (Phases III and IV) requires completion of at least 30 hours in the EED major with a grade point average overall and in the major of 3.0 (with no grade in the major lower than a C (C- is not acceptable). Majors receiving a grade of "C-" or lower must retake the course -- or an equivalent approved by the academic advisor -- and receive a grade of "C" or better to have the course counted toward the major.
Admission to PTEP Phase IV/Student Teaching requires completion of all required courses (LAC, ENG, EED, and emphasis area, if applicable), with a grade point average overall and in the major of 3.0 with no grade in the major lower than a C (C- is not acceptable). In addition, teacher candidates must earn a grade of B or better in all EED courses.
Student progress will be assessed annually. Any student who fails to maintain the required GPA overall and in the major may be removed from the program. All English Education majors must demonstrate professional promise as a teacher to the satisfaction of the English and English Education faculty.