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Secondary Education English Minor

Degree Type: Minor

Required Courses		Credit Hours
ENGL 301	Intro to Linguistics	3
ENGL 415	Theory of Composition	4
LITR 311	American Literature 1 * WC	3
LITR 312	American Literature 2 * WC	3
LITR 352	English Literature 2* WC	3
Choose One :
LITR 323	Shakespeare * WC	3
LITR 351	English Literature 1* WC	3
Diverse Perspectives (3 credits. Select one of the following)
LITR 170	Women in Contemporary Culture *RC	3
LITR 202	Black Literature*RC	3
LITR 203	Intro - African Literature*GRC	3
LITR 204	Native American Literature*RC	3
LITR 241	Intro to World Short Fiction*G C	3
LITR 251	World Drama *C	3
LITR 261	World Novels*C	3
LITR 300	Global Literature: Africa*GWC	3
LITR 301	Global Literature: Caribbea*GWC	3
LITR 302	Global Literature:Europe*GWC	3
LITR 303	Global Literature: Asia *GWC	3
LITR 304	Global Literature: India*GWC	3
LITR 305	Global Literature: S. America*GWC	3
LITR 327	Adolescent Literature * WC	3
LITR 380	World Folk Literature *GWC	3
Electives (3 credits)
	200 level of ENGL or LITR	3
Minimum semester credit hours required for English minor:		25

Teaching Minors for Secondary Education Majors

The Secondary Education program requires the completion of a teaching major and a teaching minor to fulfill the subject area requirements of the program.

Secondary Education majors may choose appropriate teaching minors from the following areas: accounting, biology, general business, chemistry, English, history, marketing/distributive education, mathematics, physical education/coaching, physics, Spanish or speech communication.

You cannot have an English teaching major with this minor.

A 3.0 GPA must be obtained in all required courses, a minimum of C in any individual course (or transfer equivalent) within the minor, and a minimum of B in ENGL 150 and ENGL 250 (general education requirements or their transfer equivalents).

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