Integrated Language Arts/English Education

Bachelor of Science in Education
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Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2022


General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

  • Launch Seminar (1)
  • Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

  • Writing & Information Literacy (3)
  • Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
  • Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
  • Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
  • Natural Science (4-5)
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
  • Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

  • Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
  • Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
    • Lived Environments
    • Origins & Evolution
    • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
    • Sustainability
    • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
    • Health & Wellbeing
    • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

  • EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Pre-Major Requirements (10 Hours)

  • EDUCST 2189S First Education Experience Program (FEEP) (3)
  • ESPHE 3206 School and Society (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Diversity) (3)
  • EDUTL 2189 Field Experience (1)
  • ENGLISH 3398 Methods for the Study of Literature (3)

Content Requirements (39 Hours)

Must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA in Content Requirements

  • ENGLISH 3271 Structure of the English Language (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies) (3)
  • ENGLISH 2269 Digital Media Composing (can overlap with Literary, Visual, & Performing Arts) (3)
  • Choose one (either can overlap with GE Writing & Information Literacy):
    • EDUTL 2367 Education, Society and Writing (3)
    • ENGLISH 2367.xx (3)
  • ENGLISH 4572 English Grammar and Usage (3)
  • EDUTL 3356 Literature for Adolescents (3)
  • EDUTL 3368 Black Voices Matter: Resisting Anti-Blackness via Black Youth Literature and Media (3)

American Literature

Choose ONE course:

  • ENGLISH 2290 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1865
  • ENGLISH 2291 U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present
  • ENGLISH 4550 Spec Topics in Colonial & Early Nat’l Lit of the U.S.
  • ENGLISH 4551 Spec Topics in 19th-Century U.S. Literature
  • ENGLISH 4553 20th-Century U.S. Fiction
  • ENGLISH 4564.03 Major Author in American Literature to 1900

British Literature

Choose ONE course:

  • ENGLISH 2201 Selected Works of Brit Lit: Medieval through 1800
  • ENGLISH 2202 Selected Works of Brit Lit: 1800 to Present
  • ENGLISH 4514 Middle English Literature
  • ENGLISH 4515 Chaucer
  • ENGLISH 4521 Renaissance Drama
  • ENGLISH 4522 Renaissance Poetry
  • ENGLISH 4523 Special Topics in Renaissance Literature & Culture
  • ENGLISH 4533 The Early British Novel: Origins to 1830
  • ENGLISH 4535 Spec Topics in Restoration & 18th C. Brit Lit & Cult
  • ENGLISH 4540 Nineteenth-Century British Poetry
  • ENGLISH 4542 The Nineteenth-Century British Novel
  • ENGLISH 4543 20th-Century British Fiction
  • ENGLISH 4564.01 Major Author in Med & Renaissance Brit Lit
  • ENGLISH 4564.02 Major Author in 18th- and 19th-C. Brit Lit

Film Studies

Choose ONE course:

  • ENGLISH 2263 Introduction to Film
  • ENGLISH 3378 Special Topics in Film and Literature
  • ENGLISH 4578 Special Topics in Film
  • WGSST 2317 Gender at the Movies: Hollywood and Beyond
  • WGSST 4527.01 Studies in Gender and Cinema
  • YIDDISH 3399 The Holocaust in Yiddish Writing and Film

Non-Western World Literature

Choose ONE course:

  • AFAMAST 2251 Introduction to African Literature
  • AFAMAST 4584H Literature and Modern Experience in Africa
  • ARABIC 2701 Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation
  • ARABIC 2702 Gender and Citizenship in Modern Arabic Literature
  • ARABIC 5702 Arabic Folk Narrative in Translation
  • CHINESE 2451 Chinese Literature in Translation
  • CHINESE 4402 Traditional Chinese Fiction in Translation
  • CHINESE 4403 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
  • COMPSTD 2301 Intro to World Literature
  • COMPSTD 3603 Love in World Literature
  • COMPSTD 3604 Women in East Asian and Asian American Lit
  • *ENGLISH 4583 Special Topics in World Literature in English
  • HEBREW/JEWSHST 2700 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
  • HEBREW/JEWSHST 2701 Medieval Hebrew Literature in Translation
  • HEBREW/JEWSHST 2702 Modern Hebrew Literature in Translation
  • ISLAM 4626 Introduction to the Arabic Qur’an
  • ISLAM 5701 The Qur’an in Translation
  • JAPANSE 2451 Japanese Literature in Translation
  • JAPANSE 2452 Modern Japanese Literature in Translation

*Note: Courses must be Non-Western focused. Check with individual instructors about content before assuming it will count for these competencies.

Women’s Literature

Choose ONE course:

  • AFAMAST 2367.04 Black Women Writers: Text and Context
  • ENGLISH 4592 Special Topics in Women in Literature and Culture
  • COMPSTD 3604 Women in East Asian and Asian American Lit
  • WGSST 2215 Reading Women Writers
  • WGSST 4540 Women of Color: Art, Literature and Culture

U.S. Minority Literature

Choose ONE course:

  • AFAMAST 2281 Introduction to African-American Literature
  • AFAMAST 2367.01 African-American Voices U.S. Literature
  • COMPSTD 4803 Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture
  • COMPSTD 4804 Studies in Latino Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4580 Special Topics in LGBTQ Literatures and Cultures
  • ENGLISH 4581 Special Topics in U.S. Ethnic Literatures
  • ENGLISH 4582 Special Topics in African-American Literature
  • ENGLISH 4586 Studies in American Indian Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4587 Studies in Asian American Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4588 Studies in Latino/a Literature and Culture

Shakespeare Literature

Choose ONE course:

  • ENGLISH 2220 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • ENGLISH 4520.01 Shakespeare
  • ENGLISH 4520.02 Special Topics in Shakespeare

Major Requirements(41 Hours)

  • ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
  • EDUTL 5501 Inclusion: Philosophical, Social, and Practice Issues: General Student Body (3)
  • Choose one:
    • ESEPSY 5401 Adolescent Learning and Development in School Contexts (3)
    • HDFS 2420 Adolescence and Emerging Adult Development (3)
  • EDUTL 5442 Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum (3)
  • EDUTL 5005 Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (can overlap with GE Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World) (3)
  • EDUTL 5341 Journalism and New Media in the 7-12 Classroom (3)
  • EDUTL 5345 Teacher Inquiry& Methods: Writing (3)
  • EDUTL 5346 Teacher Inquiry& Methods: Literature (3)
  • EDUTL 3189.03 Field Experience: English Language Education (1)
  • EDUTL 4189.03 Advanced Field Experience: English Language Arts Education (2)
  • EDUTL 5195.03 Reflective Seminar: English Language Education (1+1+2)
  • EDUTL 5191.03 Supervised Student Teaching Internship: English Language Education (1)

Successful completion of the Ohio Assessment for Educators examinations is required prior to student teaching. To be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure, must maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA, 2.75 content GPA, and earn a B- or higher grade in student teaching.

Total Hours: 110-130

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-10

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.

Program Degree Department Email
Bachelors Teaching and Learning futureEHE@osu.edu

 

Note: Students exact curriculum may vary depending upon program of study determined by student and advisor. 

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