Module 1: College Advising
College of Liberal Arts

English Department
www.mtsu.edu/~english

William Connelly, Chair, Peck Hall 302, 898-5644
Judy Cox, Executive Aide
Debra Drager, Secretary, 898-2665
Deborah Flanigan, Secretary, 898-2579
Darlene Fults, Secretary, 898-2576
Dianne Wagoner, Secretary, 898-2573

The English Department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in both English and Secondary English Teacher Licensure.

English prepares students for careers in technical and creative writing, publishing, editing, advertising, marketing, public relations, business administration, television and radio production, filmmaking, computer systems design, Web site and graphic design, consulting, research, and politics.

English majors must complete freshman and sophomore General Education requirements for English before taking upper-division English courses. All English majors must take
ENGL 3000 (Introduction to Literary Studies), ENGL 3010 (British Literature I) and ENGL 3020 (British Literature II). Students must complete one course from eight different categories which are listed in the Undergraduate Catalog (2004) on Page 233.

Secondary English Teacher Licensure prepares students to earn a professional license to teach English grades 7-12. Students need to complete the requirements for the degree in English and complete ENGL 3800 (Literature for Adolescents), ENGL 4500 (Methods of Teaching Secondary English) and ENGL 4510 (Modern English Grammar and Usage). Please see the Undergraduate Catalog (2004), Page 233 for additional requirements.

Secondary English Teacher majors must be admitted to the Teacher Education Licensure program and have earned a 2.5 GPA or higher.

All English majors must complete 12 credit hours of the same foreign language for both English and Secondary English Teacher Licensure programs.

Minors in English are available to all students as well as the Interdisciplinary Minors listed on Page 76 of the 2004 Undergraduate Catalog.

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