Sample Degree Plan

Adolescence Education: English, B.A. Sample Degree Map

The Adolescence Education: English, B.A. degree provides students with opportunities to develop critical reading, writing and thinking strategies. It helps future English teachers develop the ideas and practices that will make them effective in the classrooms of an increasingly complex and diverse society.

The State University of New York at Fredonia is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four-year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major, the Fredonia Foundations (FF), and other supporting courses. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. If you are committed to completing your degree in four years, we encourage you to consider signing up for the Fredonia in 4 program. For complete information about this degree program, please consult the university catalog at www.fredonia.edu/catalog

Sample Degree Plan

First Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
ENED 250 Literacy and Technology 3
ENGL 106 Introduction to Literary Studies 3
ENGL 296 ENGL Literature & Identities Course 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
 
TOTAL 15

Spring Semester

Course Credits
ENED 101 Intro. to English Adolescence Education 1
ENGL 204 Survey of British Literature 3
ENGL 213 Texts and Contexts 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
TOTAL 16

Second Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
EDU 250 Intro to the Exceptional Learner 3
EDU 251 Practicum in Inclusive Ed II 1
ENED 355 Adolescent Literature 3
ENGL 206 Survey of American Literature 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
TOTAL 16

Spring Semester

Course Credits
EDU 224 Adolescent Development 3
ENED 201 Engaged Teaching in Engl Adol Educ 1
ENGL 211 World Poetry (World Literature) 3
FF Course 3
FF Course 3
ENGL or WRTG Elective 3
TOTAL 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
EDU 349 Educational Psychology 3
ENED 357 Literacy, Language, Learning Theory 3
ENGL 341 Harlem Renaissance (Literary History II) 3
WRTG 367 Advanced Composition 3
ENGL or WRTG Elective 3
 
TOTAL 15

Spring Semester

Course Credits
EDU 303 SAVE/DASA/Fire & Arson 1
EDU 304 Safe Schools/Healthy Students II 1
ENED 301 Reflective Teaching in Engl Adol Educ 1
ENED 356 Teaching Writing in Secondary School 3
ENED 373 English Grammar for Everyone 3
General Elective 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Course Credits
ENED 413 Teaching Shakespeare 3
ENED 450 Seminar for Teachers of English 3
ENED 451 Methods for English Education 3
General Elective 3
TOTAL 12

Spring Semester

Course Credits
ENED 452 Inquiries in Student Teaching 3
ENED 454 Student Teaching--High School 6
ENED 455 Student Teaching--Middle School 6
 
TOTAL 15

GRAND TOTAL: 120

This Sample Degree Map is based on the requirements published in the University Catalog.

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