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Program Sample Plan

Program name: English B.A.
Sample Plan: M. Ed. Initial Licensure (Pre-teaching English)
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
Recommend that students visit at least one professor in office hours each semester.
Recommend PSY 1001(Lib Ed req of Social Science Core)
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 1201W - Contemporary American Literature : 4.0 cr : LITR, WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Physical Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Mathematical Thinking) :3.0 cr
Recommend that students declare major this term.
Recommend that students learn about DirecTrack to Teaching- http://cehd.umn.edu/Direct/default.html.
Note: ENGL 1201 is one example of an English elective.
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 3001W - Textual Analysis: Methods : 4.0 cr : WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Environment) :3.0 cr
Attend an M. Ed. English Education info session offered by CEHD.
See pre-admission course req's on http://education.umn.edu/SPS/programs/lic/EngEd.asp
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
ENGL 3007 - Shakespeare : 3.0 cr : LITR
ENGL 3027W - The Essay : 4.0 cr : WI
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Recommend that students plan for study abroad or internships.
Note: ENGL 3027W is one example of an English elective.
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3005W - Survey of American Literatures and Cultures I : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
ENGL 3300 - Multicultural American Literatures and Cultures : 3.0 cr
ENGL 3601 - Analysis of the English Language : 4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Arrange hours of classroom experience.
Recommend that students have internship or participate in study abroad.
Note: ENGL 3005W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys and Hist Lit course or English elective.
Note: ENGL 3601 is one example of an English Language or Literary Theory course.
Note: ENGL 3300 is one example of an English elective.
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3004W - Historical Survey of British Literatures II : 4.0 cr : HIS, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Recommended ENGL 3xxx: 3090 (Print & Digital Media), 3161, and 3351W.
Arrange hours of classroom experience.
Begin post-graduation planning.
Note: ENGL 3004W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys & Hist Lit course or English elective.
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
ENGL 4152 - Nineteenth Century British Novel : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Recommended outside major elective: COMM 3411
Arrange hours of classroom experience.
Apply for M. Ed. Licensure program by December 15.
Apply for admission to a spring semester section of ENGL/ENGW 3960W before October 30.
Recommend outside major elective SCAN 3601, etc. for Non-North Am./Non-British Lit. M.Ed. prereqs.
Note: ENGL 4152 is one example of an Amer/British Surveys and Hist Lit course or English elective.
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ENGL 3006W - Survey of American Literatures and Cultures II : 4.0 cr : LITR, DSJ, WI
ENGL 3960W - Capstone Seminar in English : 4.0 cr : WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Recommended outside major elective: CI 5472
Recommend post-graduation planning.
ENGL 3960W is possible for Year 4 Fall (apply by March 30th of Year 3 Spring).
Note: ENGL 3006W is one example of an Amer/British Surveys & Hist Lit course or English elective.