This is a teaching major designed to meet state requirements for a licensed teacher to teach secondary education (Grades 5-12) and to become endorsed in Speech, Writing, Literature, Theatre, and Journalism. Students must double major in Secondary Education.
Program Learning Goals. Students in the English Teaching major will foster in themselves for the sake of their future students:
1: Competence in written and spoken communication.
2: Knowledge of language development and reading comprehension strategies.
3: Critical and creative thinking skills about both traditional and non-traditional texts.
4: Knowledge of trends and themes in young adult, American, and world literatures.
5: Recognition of language as a gift of God that can be used to worship the creator and edify our neighbor.
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