Secondary Education Requirements for English
Students who plan to teach at the high school level should major in a secondary subject matter field. Secondary teaching certification requirements include the college core (outlined elsewhere in this catalog for the B.A., B.S., or B.M. degree), additional teacher education corecourses, the specialty area courses (outlined under the respective department sections of this catalog), and all professional education courses including EDU 300, EDU 300.1, EDU 436, EDU 450, EDU 372, EDU 446, EDU 484, PSY 203 and PSY 204.
Bachelor of Arts General core: 46 hours of courses are required for admission to teacher certification: ENG 101-102, six hours of English literature, MAT 131 or higher, PSY 201, COM 101 or 230, HIS 101 or 201, HIS 102 or 202, three hours of fine arts, four hours of a lab science, six hours of Foreign Language (intermediate level), three hours of a social studies elective (history, political science, geography, anthropology, economics sociology) and three hours of history, philosophy or English elective.
Requirements
- English Major and English Major with Teacher Licensure:
- The English major must fulfill the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree requirements, including 42 hours in English. In addition to ENG 101-102, 211-212, the major includes the following requirements:
- two courses from ENG 300, 306, 310, 316, and 403
- ENG 303
- ENG 304
- one course from ENG 324, 326, 365
- one course from ENG 323 or 411
- one course from ENG 472 and 475
- one course from ENG 404, 406, and 435
- one course from 440, 450, and 460
- ENG 498
- All English majors must pass ENG 000, English Proficiency Exam, prior to being accepted by the department as an English major. In addition, all English majors must take an English exit exam before graduation.
- The English major desiring teacher licensure must:
- complete all professional requirements mandated by the State of Mississippi certification standards
- complete a minor in education
- be advised by the department of language and literature and by the department of education
- English Minor: Twenty-one semester hours in English, including ENG 101-102, 211- 212, and nine hours of upper-level English courses.