English Major with Teacher Certification in English (Preschool-Grade 12) (B.A.) - Undergraduate - 2010 University Catalog

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Students who wish to pursue P-12 teacher certification in English must apply to and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Please visit the Teacher Education Program Web site for the required professional sequence of courses and other important Program requirements, guidelines, and procedures. Students also are strongly advised to review the Teacher Education Program Handbook.  In addition to the courses listed below, ENGL 471 is the required teaching methods course for this program. Prerequisites for admission to the Program and current requirements may be obtained in the English Department or at http://english.montclair.edu.

 

ENGLISH MAJOR

Complete 34 semester hours including the following 2 requirement(s):

  1. REQUIRED ENGLISH COURSE

    Complete the following 4 semester hours:

    ENGL 200 The Pursuits of English 4

  2. ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS BY ADVISEMENT

    Complete 30 semester hours from the following as prescribed by a departmental advisor:

    LNGN 220 Structure of American English 3
    LNGN 284 History of the English Language 3
    LNGN 384 The Grammars of English 3

Course Descriptions:

ENGL200: The Pursuits of English

An inquiry into what constitutes contemporary literary study: its subject matter and its underlying goals and methods. Students study literary and cinematic texts of various genres, as well as literary criticism and theory; inquire into the nature of authorship and of texts; examine and expand their ways of reading, interpreting, and writing about texts; trace the relation of literary criticism to theory; consider the relation of literary study to issues of power; and develop independent habits of thought, research, discussion, and analytic writing that are informed by literary theory and criticism. Meets the University Writing Requirement for ENCW, ENED, ENEL and ENGL majors. 4 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101; English majors only.

LNGN220: Structure of American English

The phonology, morphology, syntax of American English, geographical and social dialects; traditional, structural and transformational approaches to grammar. Meets the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER) - Foreign Language. 3 sh.

LNGN284: History of the English Language

English from its Indo-European origins up to and including the eighteenth-century grammarians. The Germanic strains; old, middle and modern English. 3 sh.

LNGN384: The Grammars of English

A critical overview of traditional, structural, and transformational-generative approaches to the problems of analyzing the grammar of the English language; practical applications for teaching English and for understanding grammatical principles as a means of more effective writing and literary analysis. Cross listed with English, ENGM 384. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101 or LNGN 210.

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