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Teaching Credential - English Teacher Preparation Program

(2003-2005 Catalog)

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has authorized CSUB to offer a single-subject preparation program in English for students who wish to teach in California secondary schools. Please consult the Department of English for additional courses that may be required to major in English.

Prerequisites 
For all upper-division literature courses: English 101 or the equivalent and one survey course selected from: English 205, 207, 208, 290, 294, or 295. For ENGL 490: ENGL 300 and 311.

I.  Core Requirements

Courses may not be double-counted between I and II, both of which are required. All of the following courses are required (11 courses, 51 units).

  1. ENGL 200: Introduction to the Major
  2. ENGL 300: Approaches to Literature
  3. ENGL 315: English Literature Survey I or
    ENGL 316: English Literature Survey II
  4. ENGL 383: American Literature Survey I or
    ENGL 384: American Literature Survey II
  5. ENGL 366: Studies in Race, Gender, Ethnicity
  6. ENGL/LING 319: Structure of English or
    ENGL/LING 319(a) and 319(b)
  7. ENGL 335 Shakespeare I or 
    ENGL 336: Shakespeare II
  8. ENGL/LING 418: Second Language Acquisition
  9. ENGL 410: Writing for Teachers
  10. ENGL 311 (co-requisite with English 300)
  11. ENGL 490: Senior Seminar

II.  Breadth Requirement
Choose one option below (five courses from one option):

A. Literature Option
(One course from five of the six groups)
  1. ENGL 320, 325, 330, 337, 340
  2. ENGL 350, 351, 360, 361
  3. ENGL 380, 381, 382, 384, 385
  4. ENGL 364, 365, 370, 372, 469
  5. ENGL 362, 363, 367, 373, 374, 375, 475
  6. ENGL 395, 391, 392, 393, 396
B. World Literature Option
(choose five courses)
  1. ENGL 290, 292, 294, or 295
  2. ENGL 391
  3. ENGL 392
  4. ENGL 393
  5. ENGL 470
  6. ENGL 475 (depends on content; see department)
  7. ENGL 469
C. Ethnic Literature Option
(choose five courses)
  1. ENGL 207
  2. ENGL 364
  3. ENGL 365 
  4. ENGL 370
  5. ENGL 372
  6. ENGL 475 (depends on content; see department)
D. Linguistics Option
(all courses)
  1. ENGL/LING 414
  2. ENGL/LING 415
  3. ENGL/LING 416
  4. ENGL/LING 417
  5. ENGL/LING 420
E. Journalism Option
(choose five courses)
  1. COMM 306
  2. COMM 312
  3. COMM 414 (6 units)
  4. Choose two: COMM 311, 314, 404

F. Theater Arts Option
Select one course from each of the following areas:

  1. Acting: THTR 311, 321, or 421
  2. Technical Theater/Design: THTR 351, 352, or 353
  3. Directing: THTR 361
  4. Theatre as Literature: THTR 371, 372, 379, 381, or 385 and five units from:
  5. Theatre as Production: THTR 201, 202, 203, 206, 401, 402, 403, 406

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