Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

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

English Education Major

Total Credit Hours:78-81

English

ENGL 3000Introduction to English Studies

3

ENGL 4401Seminar in World Literature

3

ENGL 4405Shakespeare

3

ENGL 4429Multicultural American Literature

3

ENGL 4450Seminar in Composition Studies

3

ENGL 4455Survey of English Usage for Teachers

3

Students must choose the following Creative Writing course:
ENGL 2290Introduction to Creative Writing

3

Students must choose one of the following British Literature survey courses:
ENGL 2203British Literature to 1790

3

ENGL 2204British Literature from 1790

3

Students must choose one of the following British Literature courses:
ENGL 4402Medieval Literature

3

ENGL 4403British Renaissance

3

ENGL 4408Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

3

ENGL 4415British Romanticism

3

ENGL 4421Victorian Literature

3

ENGL 4426Twentieth-Century British Literature

3

Students must choose one of the following United States Literature survey courses:
ENGL 2210United States Literature to 1865

3

ENGL 2211United States Literature from 1865

3

Students must choose one of the following United States Literature courses:
ENGL 4427American Romanticism

3

ENGL 4428Twentieth-Century American Literature

3

ENGL 4429Multicultural American Literature

3

ENGL 4430Literature 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 1199Introduction to Education

3

EDUC 2250Media and Technology for Educators

3

EDUC 2251Professional Practice I

1

EDUC 3111Professional Practice II

1

EDUC 3151Professional Practice III

1

EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3

EDUC 4497Classroom Management

3

EDSE 3301Methods in Secondary Education

3

EDSE 3332Language Arts Methods, 6-12

3

ENGL 4440Reading and Writing in the Content Areas

3

PSYC 3311Psychology of Adolescence

3

Total Credit Hours:27

Apprenticeship Sequence

EDSE 4400Facilitating Learning and Assessment I

1

EDSE 4401Facilitating Learning and Assessment I II

1

EDSE 4498Internship I

3

EDSE 4499Internship II

9

Total Credit Hours:18

Electives - None Required

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro 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.

Total Credit Hours: 125

ENGL 2201, ENGL 2202, ENGL 2203, ENGL 2204, ENGL 2210, ENGL 2211, ENGL 2220, ENGL 2221, ENGL 2222, ENGL 2225: 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.