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English - BA

This major requires a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:

128 semester hours

Total number of hours (not including prerequisites) in major:

36 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:

24 semester hours

Suggested Sequencing of Major Courses Bachelor of Arts in English

Freshman Year

FALL		SPRING
ENGL 1313	3 hrs	ENGL 1314	3 hrs
	hrs		hrs
	hrs		hrs
	hrs		hrs
Total	3 hrs	Total	15 hrs

Sophomore Year

FALL		SPRING
ENGL 2335 or 2331*	3 hrs	ENGL 2336 or 2332* or ENGL 2370	3 hrs
	hrs		hrs
	hrs		hrs
	hrs		hrs
Total	3 hrs	Total	15 hrs

Junior Year

FALL		SPRING
Choice of ENGL 3321, 3322, 3323, 3325	3 hrs	ENGL 3312 or 3314	3 hrs
	hrs	Choice of ENGL 3321, 3322, 3323, 3325, 3357 or 3367	3 hrs
	hrs		hrs
	hrs		hrs
Total	3 hrs	Total	6 hrs

Senior Year

FALL		SPRING
ENGL 5383	3 hrs	Adv ENGL	3 hrs
Adv ENGL	hrs	Adv ENGL	3 hrs
	hrs		hrs
	hrs		hrs
Total	3 hrs	Total	6 hrs

*ENGL 2331 and 2332 are highly recommended.

The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, values and skills, major, minor (if required), foundation courses (if required), validation of computer literacy, and validation of overall advanced and institutional hours.

Integrative summative experience:

Senior portfolio

Computer literacy requirement fulfilled through:

One of the following:

ENGL 1313	Composition I (at OLLU)
ENGL 1314	Composition II (at OLLU)
ENGL 3314	Technical and Professional Writing (at OLLU)
CISS 1310	Current Concepts of Information and Computer Technology

Foreign language requirement:

Two semesters of the same foreign language

Acceptable minor fields:

Any OLLU approved minor

English - BAS

Available only to transfer students.

This major must have an approved technical field (18-30 semester hours) completed at a community college prior to admission to OLLU. Degree map will be available upon admission to OLLU.

English Teacher Certification

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Liberal Studies for Grades 4-8 English Language Arts Certification - BA

See requirements under Liberal Studies Teacher Certification Track

English for Grades 8-12 English Language Arts Certification - BA

Total number of hours required (not including prerequisites) in major:

36 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:

24 semester hours

Required courses (not including prerequisites) in the major:

ENGL 1313	Composition I
ENGL 1314	Composition II

6 semester hours of sophomore-level English literature

ENGL 4350	Teaching English Language Arts
ENGL 5383	General Linguistic Theory

One of the following:

ENGL 3312	Advanced Written Communication
ENGL 3314	Technical and Professional Writing

Two of the following courses:

ENGL 3356	British Literature I
ENGL 3357	British Literature II
ENGL 3366	American Literature I
ENGL 3367	American Literature II

One of the following:

ENGL 3321	Poetry
ENGL 3322	Dramatic Literature
ENGL 3323	Prose Fiction
ENGL 3325	Fiction and Film

Six additional advanced semester hours in ENGL (literature preferred)

Integrative summative experience:

Students must take TExES exam

General Education courses required in this degree (not included in above categories):

HIST 1301	United States to 1865
HIST 1302	United States since 1865

3 semester hours in college-level mathematics

4 semester hours in a natural science (with lab)

3 semester hours of non-literary art

PHIL 2321	Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 4350	Critical Thinking for Teachers
POLS 1311	American-Texas Government and Politics I
PSYC 1305	Introduction to Psychology
SPCH 2312	Oral Communication

Required courses in the major and in General Education (excluding PHIL 2321 and PSYC 1305) must be completed with a grade of C- or higher.

Computer literacy requirement fulfilled through:

EDUC 5325 Technology for Teaching

Foreign language requirement:

Two semesters of the same foreign language

Other course requirements:

Supporting Courses:

PSYC 3375	Psychology in the Classroom
SPED 4338	Individual Differences
EDUC 5325	Technology for Teaching
EDUC 4345	Reading in the School

Professional Education Courses (students must be official admitted to teacher education program before taking professional education courses):

Block A:

EDUC 4365	Curriculum and Instruction in Multicultural Settings
EDUC 3344	Content Area Reading in Secondary School
EDUC 5307	Classroom Organization & Management in the Multicultural Classroom

Block B:

EDUC 5303	Instruction and Assessment in the School
EDUC 5330	Field-Based Experiences

Block C:

EDUC 4686

Student Teaching: Secondary

English - Minor

Total number of hours required in the minor:

24 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in the minor:

12 semester hours

Required courses in the minor:

One of the following:

ENGL 3312	Advanced Written Communication
ENGL 3314	Technical and Professional Writing

Prerequisites to the required courses in the minor:

Placement in ENGL 1313 or completion of ENGL 0301 or equivalent

Two semesters of sophomore-level literature

ENGL 1314 for sophomore-level literature

ENGL 1313 for ENGL 1314