English Education
Contact Kelly Chandler-Olcott, 200 Huntington Hall, 315-443-4755, kpchandl@syr.edu.
In addition to the professional education requirements mentioned above, students in English education complete a major in English and Textual Studies and the following requirements:
Core Requirements
Secondary English education majors must complete the Liberal Arts Core curriculum with these additional specific requirements:
WRT 205 Writing Studio 2 or WRT 209 Writing Studio 2 (Honors)
One mathematics (MAT) course from Liberal Arts Core Quantitative Skills List
One approved history (HST) course
One social science course (other than history (HST) or psychology (PSY))
One fine arts within Arts and Sciences (FIA) course
Foreign language proficiency achieved in one of three ways:
- Passing of level three language in high school
- Passing of a competency test if language was learned through means other than formal study (i.e. foreign language spoken at home, etc.)
- Completing one of Syracuse University’s four- credit 101 language courses or its equivalent as determined by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
English Content
English Education students must complete the English and Textual Studies major as defined by the English Department. Twenty-four credits of the 30 required must be upper-division (300 level and above).
English Education students must include the following courses (not required of other ETS majors) within their majors:
ETS 325 History and Varieties of English (formerly
ETS 333)
One course concentrating on Shakespeare
One course with a multicultural (non-Western/ American minority) emphasis
One upper division WRT course, chosen from
WRT 301,
303,
307, and
428
In addition, students complete one speech communication course from the following:
CRS 225 Public Advocacy
CRS 231 Interpersonal Communications
CRS 235 Small Group Communications
CRS 325 Presentational Speaking