Secondary Education ELA/Social Studies, B.A.
This major is intended to prepare middle and high school teachers (with state teacher licensing in English/language arts or Social Studies). The requirements provide breadth in the liberal arts and study in the professional discipline of education, with emphasis on the instructional needs of the adolescent and young adult. Specialization areas are: English/language arts (literature, informational texts, reading, writing, speaking, listening) and social studies (history, political science, economics) Student teaching is done in one of grades 6 through 12 during the spring semester of the senior year.
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General Education Requirements (37 hours)
Graduation Requirements (4 hours)
- Technical Requirements (3 Hours)
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Major Requirements (40 Hours)
- EDU 188 - Professional Writing for Educators
- EDU 202 - Diversity and Equity: Thematic Field Experience I
- EDU 218 - Young Adult Literature
- EDU 220G - Child and Adolescent Development
- EDU 300 - Secondary Curriculum, Literacy and Assessment
- EDU 303 - Learning Environments: Thematic Field Experience II
- EDU 413 - Differentiation
- EDU 457 - Secondary ELA/SS Education Methods 6-12
- EDU 458 - Field Experience Internship 6-12: Thematic Field Experience III
- EDU 459 - Local Scoring: edTPA Support 6-12
- EDU 486 - Student Teaching Seminar 6-12
- EDU 488 - Student Teaching English Language Arts (ELA) in Grades 6-12
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Choose One Focus Area: English/Language Arts or Social Studies
English/Language Arts for Teaching Grades 6-8 (23 hours)
- Literature Foundations
- ENG 230 - Exploring Literature
- ENG 233G - Reading World Literature
- EDU 218 - Young Adult Literature
- Reading Foundations
- EDU 322 - Foundations of Reading (Intermediate)
- EDU 328L - Foundations of Reading Lab
- Speech
- COM 111 - Introduction to Public Speaking
- Writing (above first year composition.) Choose two courses from:
- EDU 188 - Professional Writing for Educators
- ENG 235 - Writing Arguments
- ENG 281 - Introduction to Creative Writing
- ENG 330 - Visiting Writer-in-residence Workshop in Poetry or Fiction
- ENG 345 - Writing Fiction
- ENG 346 - Writing Poetry
- ENG 347 - Writing Creative Non-fiction
English/Language Arts for Teaching Grades 9-12 (29 hours)Complete all course requirements for the English/Language Arts Teaching Grades 6-8 (23 hours).
Choose one course from each of the following Literature Periods (6 hours):
- American Literature
- ENG 372 - American Novel I
- ENG 373 - Early American Literature
- ENG 374 - American Romanticism
- ENG 385 - American Novel II
- ENG 386 - American Realism and Naturalism
- ENG 387 - Twentieth-century American Literature
British Literature
- ENG 336 - Early English Literature
- ENG 337 - Renaissance Literature
- ENG 339 - Shakespeare
- ENG 362 - British Novel I
- ENG 363 - British Novel II
- ENG 364 - Restoration and Eighteenth-century British Literature
- ENG 365 - British Romanticism
- ENG 366 - Victorian Literature
- ENG 367 - Twentieth-century British Literature
If not completed with Core Curriculum requirements, ELA/SS 9-12 students should also complete six credit hours from the following Social Studies Electives:
History (American, European, Global or Non-Western)
Economics, Political Science, or Social Sciences
Social Studies for Teaching Grades 6-8 (27 hours)Historical Foundations:
U.S. History Course at the 100-level or above (3 hours)
European History Course at the 200-level or above (3 hours)
Non-Western History Course at the 200-level or above (3 hours)
State focused course in ECO, HIS, HUM, HSB or POL (3 hours)
World focused course in ECO, HIS, HUM, HSB or POL (3 hours)
- Historical Thinking:
- HIS 225 - The Historian's Craft
Economics:
- ECO 121G - Principles of Economics Macroeconomics
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- ECO 122 - Principles of Economics Microeconomics
Political and Social Sciences:
Choose two courses from the following:
- POL 120 - American Government
- PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology
- SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology
Social Studies for Teaching Grades 9-12 (36 hours)Complete all course requirements for the Social Studies Teaching Grades 6-8 (27 hours).
American or European History:
An additional course in American or European History 200 level or above.
- HIS 201 - The American Experiment
- HIS 302 - Seminar in Social and Economical History of Modern Europe
- HIS 321 - Seminar in US History
Global or Non-Western History:
An additional Global or Non History 200 level or above.
- HIS 205G - Introduction to East Asian History
- HIS 206G - Introduction to Western European History
- HIS 230G - The Long 20th Century
- HIS 304 - Seminar in East Asian History
Historical Thinking:
- HIS 325 - Modes of Narrative
If not completed with Core Curriculum requirements, Social Studies 9-12 students should also complete six credit hours from the following ELA electives: (6 hours)
Literature and Reading (World, American, YAL Literature)
Writing or Speech
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Total Credit Hours (Minimum 128)
* On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific core curriculum requirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly. All Bachelors programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 128 credit hours. If, in combination, core, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 128 hours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 128 hours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major.