Students enrolled in the Adolescence Education - English undergraduate program or the Adolescence Education - English Multi-Award Bachelor and Master of Arts program take a variety of literature content, education, and pedagogy classes. Below is the list of English Education classes offered in Spring 2026. Please see the University Catalog for a complete list of courses offered by our department.
| ENED 101 Intro to English Adolescence Education | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Sections 01, 02, 03, 04 | An introduction to what it means to be a middle or high school ELA teacher, exploring current theory and practice. ENED 101 is a field experience course with 10 hours spent in a secondary classroom. |
| ENED 201 Engaged Teaching in English | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Section 01 | This course explores engagement in the secondary classroom and approaches that foster engaged student learning. |
| ENED 250 Literacy and Technology | Dr. KimMarie Cole Section 01 | Roll up your sleeves and explore new technology tools to support all learners in your future classroom. Through a combination of reading and hands-on practice, students will earn oral communication credit, develop some ideas about teaching with tech, and learn how AI tools can support literacy. |
| ENED 301 Reflective Teaching in English | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Sections 01, 02, 03, 04 | In this field experience course, students spend 25 hours in the secondary classroom and reflect on their observations, teaching, and current pedagogical issues. |
| ENED 354 Literature for Intermediate Grades | Dr. Heather McEntarfer Section 01 | We study of a range of texts written for children in grades 3-6. Students learn about the cognitive, social, and psychological development typical at this age and consider these changes in relation to children's home, school, and community experiences. Students discuss and prepare to teach texts to a wide range of students through the use of a number of "best practices" for literature instruction. |
| ENED 356 Teaching Writing in Secondary School | Dr. Scott Johnston Section 01 | Students in this course will examine effective practices for teaching writing at the secondary level. We will also focus on writing assessment and writing assignment design. |
| ENED 357 Literacy/Language/Learning Theory | Dr. Scott Johnston Section 01 |
Students will examine the nature of literacy, language, and and learning theory. Particular emphasis will be placed on the reading process and how teachers might help students become more capable readers. |
| ENED 452 Inquiries in Student Teaching | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Section 01 | In Inquiries, paired with student teaching, students examine professional issues arising in classrooms and develop their TPA/professional portfolio. |
| ENED 454 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Section 01 |
Capstone field experience in the high school for ENED majors. |
| ENED 454 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School | Dr. Susan Spangler Section 02 |
Capstone field experience in the high school for ENED majors. |
| ENED 454 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School | Dr. Scott Johnston Section 03 | Capstone field experience in the high school for ENED majors. |
| ENED 455 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English Middle School | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Section 01 | Capstone field experience in the middle school for ENED majors. |
| ENED 455 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English Middle School | Dr. Susan Spangler Section 02 | Capstone field experience in the middle school for ENED majors. |
| ENED 555 Topics in Teaching Writing | Dr. David Kaplin Section 01 | We will explore techniques for teaching students various kinds of writing -- speeches, debate outlines, summaries of literature, author biographies, and more -- through your creation and development of role immersion games suitable for high school students. |
| ENED 697 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Section 01 |
Graduate capstone field experience in the high school. |
| ENED 697 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School | Dr. Susan Spangler Section 02 | Graduate capstone field experience in the high school. |
| ENED 697 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School | Dr. Scott Johnston Section 03 | Graduate capstone field experience in the high school. |
| ENED 698 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English Middle School | Dr. Ann Siegle Drege Section 01 |
Graduate capstone field experience in the middle school. |
| ENED 698 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English Middle School | Dr. Susan Spangler Section 02 | Graduate capstone field experience in the middle school. |