English Major, B.A. with Secondary English Teacher Licensure Concentration

About the Program

Candidates seeking an undergraduate degree and licensure in English will major in English with a concentration in Secondary English Teacher Licensure.  This concentration, offered in conjunction with the School of Education, prepares degree seeking, future secondary teachers of English to understand and teach the diverse subject matter required for licensure. This program equips students with a wide variety of language principles and skills; practical experience in developing and teaching the processes of writing; sound knowledge of approaches to literature and literary genres; periods and authors (including a special focus on young adult literature); and an understanding of communication and media as used in English studies. In addition to meeting specified state and departmental requirements, this program offers students the opportunity to develop further specialization in writing, language, or literature to complement the major. The major provides student with a background in the Colorado Academic Standards for English and prepares them to pass the required content exam for licensure.

Student Outcomes

Secondary Education

• Students in Secondary/K-12 Education teacher licensure programs will demonstrate awareness of multiculturalism, diversity, equity, and inclusion.  
• Students in Secondary/K-12 Education teacher licensure program will gain readiness and eligibility for student teaching
• Teacher candidates will successfully complete student teaching

English Major B.A.

• Students can produce polished writing in a variety of genres appropriate to audience and purpose 
• Understand how language is used, and the factors accounting for variation in language use 
• Students identify and use appropriate methods in their research, assess their sources, and cite all sources professionally  
• A student can analyze texts appropriate to the discipline, with an understanding of the ways in which texts can reflect or shape historical and cultural contexts. 
• Students can apply appropriate disciplinary criticism or theory  
• Examine diverse perspectives among the world-views, power structures, and experiences of individuals, groups, communities, and/or cultures, in historical and contemporary contexts, specifically through the lenses of race and ethnicity, global perspectives, and/or sexual and gender identities.