Below are the core requirements for achieving a BA 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. 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.

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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 middle and secondary schools.

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

 

Important Forms 

• English Subject Matter Prep Program (Word)
• English Subject Matter Prep Checklist (Word)

 

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English Subject Matter Preparation Program

Completion of this program results in a B. A. in English - Approved December 2006
Subject Matter Prep Requirements (revised 12/2012)
Subject Matter Program Checklist (revised 12/2012)

Program Prerequisites			6 units
	Two of the following Required General Education courses further enrich the breadth of preparation for Credential candidates:
	Select one: ENGL 7 COMM 40	Critical Thinking Argumentation and Advocacy	3 units
	TA 5	Beginning Acting	3 units

 

General Education Requirements			48 units
	Of the 51 units required by the university, 3 may be satisfied by specified major and support requirements. Consult major advisor for details.
American Institutions			(6 units)
	Of the 6 units required by the university, all may be satisfied within general education requirements as specified in the schedule of classes.
Physical Education			2 units
Requirements in the Program			51 units
	ENGL 56A ENGL 56B ENGL 68A ENGL 68B ENGL 100W ENGL 101 ENGL 103 ENGL 109 ENGL 112B ENGL 125 ENGL 145 ENGL 193	English Literature to Late 18th Century English Literature, Romantic Era to the Present American Literature to 1865 American Literature 1865 to Present Writing Workshop for Majors Introduction to Literary Criticism Modern English Writing and the Young Writer Literature for Young Adults European Literature: Homer to Dante Shakespeare & Performance Capstone Seminar in Literature & Self-Reflection	36 units
	Select one: ENGL 117A ENGL 117B	American Literature, Film, and Culture Film, Literature, and Culture	3 units
	Select one: ENGL 122 ENGL 123A ENGL 123B ENGL 123C ENGL 123D	Topics in Comparative World Literature Literature for Global Understanding, the Americas Literature for Global Understanding, Africa Literature for Global Understanding, Oceania Literature for Global Understanding, Asia	3 units
Extended Study of English			9 units
	Take any three of the following courses (one lower division course maximum—consult English Education advisors):
	ENGL 71 ENGL 102 ENGL 105 ENGL 112A ENGL 113 ENGL 114 ENGL 115 ENGL 116 ENGL 120 ENGL 123A ENGL 123B ENGL 123C ENGL 123D ENGL 126 ENGL 127 ENGL 130 ENGL 131 ENGL 133 ENGL 134 ENGL 135 ENGL 141 ENGL 142 ENGL 143 ENGL 144 ENGL 146 ENGL 147 ENGL 148 ENGL 149 ENGL 150 ENGL 151 ENGL 152A ENGL 152B ENGL 153A ENGL 153B ENGL 154 ENGL 161 ENGL 162 ENGL 163 ENGL 164 ENGL 165 ENGL 166 ENGL 167 ENGL 168 ENGL 169 ENGL 182	Creative Writing History of the English Language Seminar in Advanced Composition Children's Literature Gothic Novel & Horror Fiction Myth, Fantasy, and Science Fiction The Bible as Literature Myth in Literature Theatre History Literature for Global Understanding: The Americas Literature for Global Understanding: Africa Literature for Global Understanding: Oceania Literature for Global Understanding: Asia Holocaust Literature Contemporary Theatre Writing Fiction Writing Poetry Reed Magazine Speech Writing Writing Nonfiction Medieval Literature Chaucer The Age of Elizabeth Shakespeare I The Later English Renaissance Milton British Literature: 1660-1800 The Romantic Period The Victorian Age Twentieth-Century Poetry English Drama to 1642 English Drama to 1660 Eighteenth-Century British Novel Nineteenth-Century British Novel British & Irish Fiction Since 1900 American Literature to 1830 American Literature: 1830-1865 American Literature: 1865-1910 American Literature: 1910-1945 Topics in Ethnic American Literature American Literature Since 1945 Steinbeck The American Novel Ethnicity in American Literature Women in Literature
Foreign Language Requirement			0-10 units
	Completion of 1B course at SJSU or equivalent transfer satisfies the language requirement, as do courses above 1B in any language.
Electives			0-10 units
TOTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS			120 units

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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/

 

• 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
• * EDTE 190 Health Education
• * EDSE 192A Including and Supporting Students with Special Needs in General Education Classrooms

 

 Note: The courses with an ENED prefix are offered through the English Department.

* These courses may be taken before you are fully admitted to the Credential Program.