2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

English, B.A.: Teacher Certification Option, K-12

The following program meets State standards for teacher certification in English K-12. Students choosing this option must apply to both the English Department and the Department of Middle and Secondary Education. For all transfers and new admissions to the University starting September 1, 2012, a G.P.A. of 3.00 is required for admission to the Program.

General Education 41-42

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

COMM 1402COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030: Students may be required to take ENG 1025 Introduction to Composition as a prerequisite for ENG 1030. Requires a grade of B- or better.

MATH 1000: Requires a grade of C or better.

COMM 1402: Requires a grade of B- or better.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.

PSY 1000: prereq. for PSY 2110

Select One GE Approved course from below:
Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

Select one Math course from the following:

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

OR

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

OR

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

 

AND

BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4

BIO 1000: Requires a grade of C or better.

Select an Additional GE Approved Science course from below: 3-4
Biology

3,4

Chemistry or Physics

3,4

Environmental Sciences

4

Earth Science 4

4

Forensic Sciences

4

Sustainability Sciences

4

Interdisciplinary

3

Additional Required Courses 6

Additional Required Courses 6

 

ID 2052HUMAN EXCEPTIONALITY

3

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

ID 2052: Requires a grade of B- or better.

Academic Major 39

A GPA of 3.0 is required for All English major courses.

Required Foundation Core 24

 
ENG 2000ANALYTICAL WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

3

ENG 2101STRUCTURE AND ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

3

ENG 2205BRITISH LITERATURE I

3

ENG 2206BRITISH LITERATURE II

3

ENG 2220DIVERSE TRAD VOICE AM LIT I BEGIN 1860

3

ENG 2221DIVERSE TRADITIONS AND VOICES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II: 1800 - PRESENT

3

ENG 3215SHAKESPEARE SURVEY

3

ENG 3001CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE

3

ENG 2000: This course should be taken at the very beginning of the major.

ENG 2101: Students passing a department challenge test in linguistics may substitute any upper-level linguistics elective fro this course.

ENG 2205, ENG 2206, ENG 2220, ENG 2221, ENG 3215: Survey courses should be taken before upper-level major electives.

ENG 3001: Critical Approaches should be taken after completion of four or more survey courses and prior to enrollment in major electives.

English Major Electives 12

Select 9 credits at the 3000 or 4000 levels, 3 credits at the 2000-4000 levels; All electives must be Literature.

Major Capstone Course 3

ENG 4800SENIOR ENGLISH SEMINAR-WE

3

Petition required. Students must complete all major requirement and at least three major electives prior to enrollment in Senior Seminar.

Professional Education Requirements 31

A grade of B- or better is required for all professional education courses with the exception of EMSE 4711 and EMSE 4811, which require a grade of Satisfactory; Must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher to be eligible to take Professional Education courses.

Sophomore Level

EMSE 2801CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

3

Junior Level

EDUC 3000CURRICULUM, EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER

3

EDUC 3401LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING

3

EMSE 3122TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

3

EMSE 3903ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

1

EDUC 3000: Should be completed before EMSE 4711 Clinical I Practice in Subject Area.

Senior Level

EMSE 4711CLINICAL I PRACTICE IN SUBJECT AREA K-12

3

EMSE 3210ENGLISH EDUCATION P-12

3

EMSE 4811CLINICAL II IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

9

EDUC 4000TEACHER AND CLASSROOM

3

(Note: EMSE*4811 and EDUC*4000 must be taken concurrently) 

EMSE*4711 and EMSE*4811: Requires submission of application to the Teaching Performance Center. Clinical I and II must be done back to back and in consecutive semesters.

EMSE*4811 Clinical II Prerequisite: Passing score on the Praxis II: A passing score on the appropriate Praxis II must be submitted to the Teaching Performance Center by the required deadline. No student may enter Clinical II unless the passing score is submitted as required. 

edTPA- This Performance Assessment is required and is completed during Clinical II. Beginning September 2019, all student must earn the state's qualifying scores.

As an NJDOE requirement.  Clinical II must be done in the final semester prior to graduation and taken in conjunction with EDUC*4000, the Capstone Education class.  Any additional course work left to that final Clinical II semester is discouraged and may only be done with written permission of the Dean of Education.  All students are highly encouraged to complete all course requirements beyond EMSE 4811 (Clinical II) and EDUC 4000 prior to this final Clinical II semester as even a few remaining credits will delay NJDOE's issue date of the Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing.

Free Electives 2-3

No English courses may be used as free electives except for ENG 1996 Optional Research and ENG 3291, ENG 3292 or ENG 3293 Optional Internship courses.

ENG 1996 Optional Research: Freshman may partner with faculty to earn on credit as a free elective, which may be taken up to two times.

ENG 3291, ENG 3292 or ENG 3293 Optional Internships (1-3 credits) for a maximum of six credits, which may fulfill free elective requirements.  Prerequisite are ENG 3001 or ENG 3029; 75 credits.

Total Credit Hours: 120