Secondary Licenses: Communication Arts and Literature

The required courses for a 5-12 teaching license in communication arts and literature are listed below. All teaching candidates are advised that completion of the program within a four-year time frame requires careful planning. If you seek a license to teach, please seek early advising from the School of Education to plan your program.

The Licensure Requirements Form lists a full description of the required courses and tests.

Education courses:
EDU 3150 Schools and Society
EDU 3250 Educational Psychology
EDU 5620 Education and Cultural Diversity
EDU 5640 Families, Schools, and Communities
EDU 5690 Theory to Practice 5-8
EDU 5710 Teaching Literacy in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5720 Exceptionality
EDU 5750 Teaching in Secondary Schools
ENG 5700 Teaching English in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5900 Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 5950 Secondary Student Teaching

English courses:
ENG 1210 or ENG 1230
ENG 1220, 1240, 1250 or 1270
ENG 3010 Textual Studies and Criticism
ENG 3020 Literacy and Cultural Theory
ENG 3190 Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 3390 Advanced Writing
A course with a race/ethnicity focus
A course with a gender focus

Communication courses:
COMM 1100 Introduction to Communication Studies
COMM 1110 Public Speaking
COMM 3320 Mass Communication
COMM 3380 Small Group Communication

See the secondary communication arts and literature licensure requirements form for a full description of the required courses and tests.