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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 at 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
Office Hours: W 9:00 -11:00; R 15:00-18:00, and by appointment
(408) 924-4417
mwarner@email.sjsu.edu

Dr. Jonathan Lovell
Associate Director of the English Credential Program
Faculty Offices 127
Office Hours: W 15:00-17:00; R 9:00-10:00
(408) 924-4437
jlovell@email.sjsu.edu

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.

The English credential may be completed in one year and includes the following courses:

• EDSC 138A: Reading in the Content Areas
• EDSC 162: Language/Literacy Development of English Language Learners
• EDSC 172A: Social, Philosophical, Multicultural Foundations of Secondary Education
• EDSC 173: Psychological Foundations of Secondary Education
• EDSC 182: Evaluation
• EDSC 184X: Student Teaching I
• EDTE 190 Health Education
• ENED 192 Mainstreaming: The Exceptional Child
• ENED 353: Methods of Teaching English
• ENED 365: Seminar in English Education
• ENED 184Y Student Teaching II
• ENED 184Z Student Teaching III

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: 39 Units

• ENGL 56A English Literature Survey I
• ENGL 68A American Literature Survey I
• ENGL 100W Writing Workshop for English Majors
• ENGL 101 Introduction to Literary Criticism
• ENGL 103 Modern English Grammar
• ENGL 109 Writing and the Young Writer
• ENGL 112B Literature for Young Adults
• ENGL 117 Film, Literature, and Cultures
• ENGL 122 Topics in Comparative World Literature OR one of the ENGL 123 A-D series
• ENGL 125A European Literature Survey: Homer to Dante
• ENGL 145 Shakespeare and Performance (ENGL 144 can be substituted)
• ENGL 169 Ethnicity in American Literature
• ENGL 193 Senior Seminar: Literature and Self-Reflection

Four English Electives/ Extended Study of English 12 Units (Two Lower Division Courses Maximum)

• ENGL 56B English Literature Survey II
• ENGL 68B American Literature Survey II
• 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 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 161-168 Courses in American Literature
• ENGL 174 Literature, Self, and Society
• ENGL 182 Women in Literature

SUBJECT MATTER PROGRAM TOTAL : 51 Units Program

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/