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Secondary Education English Fast Track

Note to students: Remember that this is a SAMPLE. Your schedule, for many reasons, will probably not end up looking exactly like this. What’s shown is a “fast-track” schedule. Be aware that you also have the option of completing the English major over a four-year period, with a fifth year reserved for your teaching credential. Requirements will differ if you enter ԭ with AP or college credit. Please confer with English department advisor as major requirements sometimes change. Pre-requisites for the Education Program are in bold.

Sample Schedule

FALL (17)
  • ENG 60: Writers in Conversation (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • GE Common Skill: Foreign Language (4)
  • PEA 32: Fitness for Life (1)
SPRING (17)
  • ENG 44: Studies in World Lit (4) 
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • PEA (1)
FALL (17)
  • British Lit (before 1800) (4)
  • ENG 104: Mod. Grammar and Comp (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • PEA (1)
SPRING (17)
  • Upper Division Lit course "Focusing on Identity" (4)
  • ENG 106: Language Acquisition (4)
  • TA 10: Acting or 20: Survey of Theatre Arts (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • PEA (1)
Second YEAR MAY TERM OR SUMMER:
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
FALL (18)
  • Upper Division Literature Option or Organized Historically (4)
  • Upper Division Literature Option or Writing Option (4)
  • ED 105: Cultural Diversity (4)
  • ED 101: Explorations in Teaching (4)
  • KNS 156: Health Education (2)
SPRING (18)
  • Upper Division Literature, Single Author, or ENG 163 option (4)
  • Upper Division Literature or Writing Option (4)
  • Communication Option (4)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • ED 161: Technology for the Classroom Teacher (2)
  • ENG 192: Capstone (2)
THIRD YEAR MAY TERM OR SUMMER:
  • ENG 106: Language Acquisition (4)
FALL (18)
  • ED 111: Educational Psychology (4)
  • ED 122: English Curri. & Instructional Planning (4)
  • ED 171: Content Area Literacy (4)
  • ED 130: Special Education (2)
  • Elective (4)
SPRING (15)
  • ED 191: Student Teaching (12)
  • ED 196: Student Teaching seminar (3)
Assumptions underlying this plan:
  • That students will meet the 3 Writing for the Liberal Arts requirements through courses already listed here (requires appropriate qualifying score on the SAT II).
  • That the student will fulfill Common Skills: B (Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning) at the same time as one of the Common Inquiry Courses.

To download a printable PDF of the schedule, click here.