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Bachelor of Arts in English Education

Below are the core requirements for achieving a B.A. in English Education. To see descriptions of these courses, check the general course descriptions. Faculty usually provide a more extensive description of the courses when they are offered. To find the current course offerings, look here each semester. Check with the Director for more information.

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Dr. Mary Warner
Director of the English Credential Program
Faculty Offices 127
(408) 924-4417
mary.warner@sjsu.edu

Dr. Jonathan Lovell
Associate Director of the English Credential Program
Faculty Offices 127
(408) 924-4437
jonathan.lovell@sjsu.edu

To schedule advising appointments call the English Department office at 408-924-4425

The Program

The English Education program at San José University prepares the largest number of English Single Subject Credential candidates in the South Bay. Additionally, SJSU’s English Subject Matter Program is currently the only State-approved program in the South Bay. The English Education program provides credential candidates with the content and pedagogy to teach English in junior and senior high schools.

(Courses with an * may be taken before you are fully admitted to the Credential Program; Courses with an ENED prefix are offered through the English Department)

  • EDSC 246 Learning Communities: Methods and Management
  • EDSC 162 Language/Literacy Development of English Language Learners
  • EDSC 172A Multicultural Foundations of Secondary Education
  • EDSC 173 Psychological Foundations of Secondary Education
  • EDSC 182 Assessment/Evaluation
  • EDSC 184X Student Teaching I
  • * ENED 353 Methods of Teaching English
  • ENED 365 Seminar of English Education (One credit Seminar accompanying ENED 184 Y and Z
  • ENED 184Y Student Teaching II
  • ENED 184Z Student Teaching III
  • * EDTE190 Health Education
  • * EDSE 192A Including and Supporting Students with Special Needs in General Education Classrooms

Students may enter the English Education program for the Fall or Spring semester. Each year the program prepares approximately 50 candidates to receive credentials in English. 95% of students completing the English Credential Program are hired by area middle and secondary schools. Graduates of the program teach in virtually every high school and middle school in the region.

Requirements

Requirements to enter the English Credential program are as follows:

  • A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in English
  • Subject Matter Competency verified by an English Education advisor
  • A passing score on the California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST)
  • Successful completion of an on-site writing sample
  • Successful completion of a formal interview (not to be confused with initial advising appointments), held once a semester, to assess subject matter competence (An interview packet must be prepared and submitted in advance)
  • A GPA of 2.75 or better

English Subject Matter Preparation Program

Completion of this program results in a B. A. in English - Approved December 2006

All of the Following Courses: 42 Units

  • ENGL 56A & 56B English Literature Survey I and II
  • ENGL 68A & 68B American Literature Survey I and II
  • ENGL 100W Writing Workshop for English Majors
  • ENGL 101 Introduction to Literary Criticism
  • ENGL 103 Modern English Grammar
  • ENGL 109 (Fall only) Writing and the Young Writer
  • ENGL 112B Literature for Young Adults
  • ENGL 117 Film, Literature, and Cultures
  • ENGL 122 or 123 series, Topics in Comparative World Literature OR Literature for Global Understanding
  • ENGL 125 European Literature Survey: Homer through Dante
  • ENGL 145 (Spring only) Shakespeare and Performance
  • ENGL 193 Senior Seminar: Literature and Self-Reflection

Extended Study of English: 9 Units (One Lower Division Course Maximum - Consult English Ed. Advisor)

  • ENGL 71, 130-137 Courses in Creative Writing
  • ENGL 102 History of the English Language
  • ENGL 105 Seminar in Advanced Composition
  • ENGL 112A Children’s Literature
  • ENGL 113 Gothic Novel and Horror Fiction
  • ENGL 114 or 116  Myth, Fantasy, and Science Fiction or Myth in Literature
  • ENGL 115 The Bible as Literature
  • ENGL 123 A-D Literature for Global Understanding (A=The Americas, B=Africa, C=Oceania, D= Asia)
  • ENGL 120 or 127 Theatre History; Contemporary Theatre
  • ENGL 141-144; 146-154 Courses in British Literature
  • ENGL 161-169 Courses in American Literature
  • ENGL 174 Literature, Self, and Society
  • ENGL 182 Women in Literature

Subject Matter Program Total : 51 Units

Prerequisites

Two of the following Required General Education courses further enrich the breadth of preparation for Credential candidates:

  • ENGL 7: Critical Thinking or COMM 40: Argumentation and Advocacy
  • TA 5: Beginning Acting

FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

One year of college level study or its equivalent.

For more information, call or visit the Director or Associate Director of English Education. To schedule advising appointments, call the English Office (408-924-4425). For additional information on application requirements, forms, etc. see the Secondary Education Web site: http://www.sjsu.edu/secondaryed/