English Education: Initial Teacher Certification, B.A.

Piedmont’s undergraduate secondary education program addresses the continuing shortage of highly qualified teachers in Georgia. Designed to prepare teachers who have more “hands- on” experience, the program enables candidates to observe and assist with teaching in 6-12th grade classrooms. Candidates also experience the impact that diversity has on schooling and consider the implications on teaching and learning. Candidates study and reflect upon the knowledge, skills, and dispositions (habits of mind) required for successful teachers—both in their college classes and during field work. Requiring a content major in the field of study, this program culminates in a full year Apprentice Teaching experience in area schools. For initial teacher certification, students follow a prescribed advising check list approved by the School of Education. English Education majors meet the capstone requirement through their apprentice teaching experience.

In order to successfully complete this program, students must be admitted to the Teacher Education program and adhere to all of the requirements. (Course descriptions)

Students may enter the initial teacher certification program up to the first semester of the junior year. After that the Dual-Degree program is the only option.

English Education Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:

46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101	Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition	1
Total Credit Hours:		1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

English Education Major

Total Credit Hours:

78-81

English

ENGL 3000	Introduction to English Studies	3
ENGL 4401	Seminar in World Literature	3
ENGL 4405	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 4429	Multicultural American Literature	3
ENGL 4450	Seminar in Composition Studies	3
ENGL 4455	Survey of English Usage for Teachers	3

Students must choose one of the following Creative Writing courses:

ENGL 3392	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 3393	Creative Writing: Non-Fiction	3
ENGL 3394	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 3395	Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation	3
ENGL 4400	Trillium: Literary Publications	3

Students must choose one of the following British Literature survey courses:

ENGL 2203	British Literature to 1790	3
ENGL 2204	British Literature from 1790	3

Students must choose one of the following British Literature courses:

ENGL 4402	Medieval Literature	3
ENGL 4403	British Renaissance	3
ENGL 4408	Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature	3
ENGL 4415	British Romanticism	3
ENGL 4421	Victorian Literature	3
ENGL 4426	Twentieth-Century British Literature	3

Students must choose one of the following United States Literature survey courses:

ENGL 2210	United States Literature to 1865	3
ENGL 2211	United States Literature from 1865	3

Students must choose one of the following United States Literature courses:

ENGL 4427	American Romanticism	3
ENGL 4428	Twentieth-Century American Literature	3
ENGL 4429	Multicultural American Literature	3
ENGL 4430	Literature of the American South	3

Students must choose an addition upper level English elective:

ENGL	English Elective (3000 or above)	3
Total Credit Hours:		33-36

Teacher Certification

EDUC 1199	Introduction to Education	3
EDUC 2250	Media and Technology for Educators	3
EDUC 2251	Professional Practice I	1
EDUC 3111	Professional Practice II	1
EDUC 3151	Professional Practice III	1
EDUC 3355	Exceptional Children	3
EDUC 4497	Classroom Management	3
EDSE 3301	Methods in Secondary Education	3
EDSE 3332	Language Arts Methods, 6-12	3
ENGL 4440	Reading and Writing in the Content Areas	3
PSYC 3311	Psychology of Adolescence	3
Total Credit Hours:		27

Apprenticeship Sequence

EDSE 4400	Facilitating Learning and Assessment I	1
EDSE 4401	Facilitating Learning and Assessment I II	1
EDSE 4498	Internship I	3
EDSE 4499	Internship II	9
Total Credit Hours:		18

Electives - None Required

Total Credit Hours: 125

ENGL 2203, ENGL 2204, ENGL 2210, ENGL 2211: These courses also satisfy general education requirements and appear in the number of hours for both general education and the major.

NOTICE: GACE II must be passed prior to Apprentice Teaching II.