English Teaching Minor
The English Teaching program provides content knowledge, pedagogy, and professional experiences required for teaching literacy in a democratic society. Based on current research and best practices, the English Teaching program integrates the study of language, literature, and media, creating learning communities and supporting teachers as critical thinkers, creative problem solvers, and reflective practitioners. Students who successfully complete this option and the requirements from the College of Education receive a secondary teaching license (grades 5-12) in English. The English Teaching Program is also the home of the Montana Writing Project, which is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of writing at all grade levels and offers a special focus on meeting the state-mandated Indian Education for All.
Notes:
This minor contains requirements designed to meet state standards. Those interested in teaching in K-12 schools must complete the teaching concentration of a major in a teaching content area plus the Teacher Education Program through the Department of Teaching and Learning. Additional teaching areas can be added through completion of the education/teaching concentration of a major or education/teaching minor in that content area.
To complete this minor, you need to contact the Teaching and Learning Department. Approvals for this track must come from the Teaching and Learning Department.
Individuals completing this minor must also complete the education/teaching concentration of a major in another content area.
Minor in English Teaching
College of Humanities & Sciences
Degree Specific Credits: 36
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2022-23
Summary
Core Courses | 15 | |
Upper-Division Literature Courses | 6 | |
English Teaching Courses | 15 | |
Total | 36 |
Core Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete all of the following courses: | ||
LIT 110L or CRWR 211A | Intro to Literture, or Intro to Poetry Workshop | 3 |
LIT 300 | Literary Criticism | 3 |
LIT 327 | Shakespeare | 3 |
Complete two of the following courses: | 6 | |
LIT 202L | The Environmental Imagination | |
LIT 236L | Literary Histories | |
LIT 246L | Genres, Themes, Approaches | |
Total Hours | 15 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Upper-Division Literature Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete two of the following courses: | 6 | |
LIT 301 | Studies in Literary Forms | |
LIT 304 | U.S. Writers of Color | |
LIT 305 | Lit by & About Native Amer | |
LIT 314 | The American Novel | |
LIT 315 | Voices of the Am Renaissance | |
LIT 331 | Major Author/s | |
LIT 342 | Montana Writers | |
LIT 343 | African American Lit | |
LIT 344 | Asian American Literature | |
LIT 349L | Medieval Lit | |
LIT 350L | Chaucer | |
LIT 353L | Milton | |
LIT 355 | British Romanticism | |
LIT 363 | Modern Poetry | |
LIT 369 | Short Fiction | |
LIT 370 | Science Fiction | |
LIT 373 | Lit & Environment | |
LIT 376 | Lit & Other Disciplines | |
LIT 378L | Gay and Lesbian Studies | |
LIT 380 | Literary Approaches to Drama | |
LIT 391 | Special Topics | |
LIT 402 | Literature in Place | |
LIT 420 | Critical Theory | |
LIT 421 | History of Criticism & Theory | |
LIT 422 | Ecocritical Theory & Practice | |
LIT 430 | Studies in Comparative Lit | |
LIT 491 | Special Topics | |
Total Hours | 6 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Teaching English Courses
Note: Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education program prior to enrolling in the ENT courses listed below. Other EDU pre-/co-requisites also apply.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete all of the following courses: | ||
ENT 439 | Studies in Young Adult Lit | 3 |
ENT 440 | Teaching Writing in Secondary School | 3 |
ENT 445 | Tchg Rdng & Literature | 3 |
ENT 442 | Tchg Oral Lang & Media Lit | 3 |
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
LING 270S | Intro to Linguistics | |
LING 465 | Structure & History of English | |
LING 470 | Linguistic Analysis | |
Total Hours | 15 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Teaching English Track Modern & Classical Language Requirement
Note: Students need to take one year (two semesters) of a modern or classical language or exemplify proficiency through examination (available through the Modern and Classical Languages and Literature Department).
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete the first year-level proficiency in either a modern or classical language other than English. | 4-8 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Secondary Teaching Licensure
Note: For endorsement to teach English, a student also must gain admission to the Teacher Education Program and meet all the requirements for secondary teaching licensure. For more information, see the Teaching and Learning Department.