Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Additional Requirements for State Certification | ||
| Speech | ||
| CMST 101 | Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement | 3 |
| Physiology and Hygiene | ||
| Pass the MSU Health Knowledge Test available through the Center of Pedagogy or have the Undergraduate equivalent course approved by advisor | ||
| Additional Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Learning Theories | ||
| Child Development II: Adolescence | ||
| Advanced Educational Psychology | ||
| Program Requirements | ||
| SASE 509 | Sociocultural Perspectives on Curriculum and Assessment | 3 |
| SASE 680 | Special Topics in Curriculum and Teaching | 1-3 |
| SPED 566 | Creating Curricular Access for Adolescents with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 568 | Teaching Methods for Inclusive Education | 3 |
| SPED 579 | Special Education for Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 586 | Educational Planning for Adolescents with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 588 | Positive Behavior Supports for Diverse Learners | 3 |
| Graduate Professional Sequence I | ||
| SASE 526 | Seminar in Inclusive Pedagogies | 3 |
| SASE 527 | Clinical Practice I | 3 |
| SPED 584 | Assessment in Special Education and Classroom Practice | 3 |
| Teaching Methods | ||
| Select from the list below according to subject area: | 3-6 | |
| Graduate Professional Sequence II | ||
| SASE 543 | Advanced Seminar in Inclusive Pedagogies | 3 |
| SASE 529 | Clinical Practice II | 6 |
| Comprehensive Exam | ||
| In the term that you will sit for exam, register for the section which matched your major & advisor. Successfully pass exam. | ||
| Comprehensive Examination | ||
| Total Credits | 46-51 | |
Teaching Methods
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select course(s) according to subject area: | ||
| Art | 6 | |
| Foundations of Methods and Curriculum in Art Education I: P-12 | ||
| Foundations of Methods and Curriculum in Art Education II: P-12 | ||
| Biological Science, Earth Science, Physics or Physical Science | 4 | |
| Teaching Science in Secondary Schools | ||
| Chemistry | 3 | |
| Teaching Chemistry in the Secondary School | ||
| English | 4 | |
| Teaching Methods (Secondary English) | ||
| Teaching English as a Second Language | 3 | |
| Methodology of Teaching ESL | ||
| French | 6 | |
| Theories and Approaches to Teaching French as a Second Language | ||
| Teaching French in P-12: Practice | ||
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Teaching Mathematics | ||
| Music | 6 | |
| Teaching Methods for the Elementary Music Class | ||
| Teaching Methods for Music in the Secondary Schools | ||
| Social Studies | 3 | |
| Graduate Methods of Teaching Social Studies | ||
| Spanish | 3 | |
| Teaching Spanish in K-12 | ||
Subject Matter Preparation
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Theory | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Critical Approaches to English | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| Literary Criticism from 1800 to the Present | ||
| Theoretical Approaches to Literature | ||
| British Literature | ||
| Select 6 credits of British Literature courses (from list below) | 6 | |
| American Literature | ||
| Select 6 credits of American Literature courses (from list below) | 6 | |
| Writing | ||
| Select 3 credits of Writing courses (from list below) | 3 | |
| Genre Study | ||
| Select 9 credits of Genre Study courses (from list below) | 9 | |
| Sociocultural Lenses | ||
| Select 6 credits of Sociocultural courses (from list below) | 6 | |
| Language Study | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| The English Language | ||
| The Grammars of English | ||
| Structure of American English | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Total Credits | 36 | |
British Literature
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| English Literature I: Beginnings to 1660 | ||
| English Literature II: 1660 to Present | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| From Sensibility to Romanticism | ||
| Milton | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Medieval English Literature | ||
| 19th Century English Romantic Literature | ||
| Victorian Poetry | ||
| Renaissance Literature | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| Old English Language and Literature | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| 20th Century English Novel | ||
| Seminar in English Literature | ||
| Seminar in British Literature | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama | ||
| Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | ||
| Milton | ||
| The Augustan Age | ||
| British Romanticism I: Wordsworth and Coleridge | ||
| British Romanticism II: Byron, Shelley, and Keats | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| Turn-of-the-Century British Writers | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| The Irish Renaissance | ||
| Independent Study in British Literature |
American Literature
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| American Drama | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Literature of American Renaissance | ||
| American Literary Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Recent American Fiction 1990 to Present | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Studies in Early American Literature | ||
| American Romanticism | ||
| Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville | ||
| American Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| Independent Study in American Literature |
Writing
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Teaching Writing in the Public Schools | ||
| Graduate Writing Seminar | ||
| Seminar in Teaching Literature |
Genre Study
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| American Drama | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Art of Poetry | ||
| Art of Fiction | ||
| Art of Drama | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| Modern Poetry to T.S. Eliot | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern Drama: Ibsen to O'Neill | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Speculative Fiction: Fantasy | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| 20th Century English Novel | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Tragedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Comedies | ||
| Shakespeare Studies: Histories | ||
| Seventeenth Century Literature: Poetry | ||
| The English Novel from Defoe to Austen | ||
| Victorian Studies II: Novel | ||
| Victorian Studies III: Poetry | ||
| The Modern British Novel | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Modern American Poetry | ||
| Recent American Fiction | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Comedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| Ibsen, Strindberg, and Shaw | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Special Topics in Film Studies |
Sociocultural Lenses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | ||
| World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | ||
| Myth and Literature | ||
| Images of Muslim Women in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Women's Literature | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Special Topics in Comparative Literature | ||
| Contemporary U.S. Literature of Immigration | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| American Indian Themes | ||
| African, Asian and Caribbean Literature in English | ||
| Contemporary Irish Literature | ||
| Irish Literary Revival: 1890-1939 | ||
| African Myth and Literature | ||
| Contemporary African Literature | ||
| Women Prose Writers | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| The Irish Renaissance | ||
| Black American Women Writers | ||
| Seminar in International Literature | ||
| Ancient Tragedy | ||
| Ancient Comedy | ||
| Ancient Epic | ||
| The Enlightenment in Europe | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Trends in the Contemporary Novel | ||
| Independent Study: International Literature |