Communication Degrees Online

Communication Arts/Literature Education Major
Bachelor of Science

The Communication Arts/Literature Education major is designed to prepare students to teach English in Grades 5-12 in private and public schools. The degree is granted upon completion of 140-143 credits as specified on page 42 of the catalog (40 credits must be in 3000- or 4000-level courses).

Philosophy course in core curriculum: EDU4415.

Fine Arts courses in core curriculum must include 4 credits of LIT or LTH.

Social Science course in core curriculum: PSY2108. (Transfer students unable to count PSY2108 for Social Science must take it as an added course.)

Biblical Worldview & Academic Disciplines course in core curriculum must include EDU3219 and EDU3635 (pending approval). (Transfer students unable to count EDU3219 and EDU3635 for Academic Disciplines must take them as added courses.)

Education Core 29 cr
EDU2215 Educational Foundations 2
EDU2215L Educational Foundations Lab 0
EDU3210L Literacy Lab 0
EDU3215 Educational Psychology 2
EDU3216 Instructional Foundations (Grades K-12) (WCE) 3
EDU3216L Instructional Foundations Lab 1
EDU3217 School Health and Drug Problems 2
EDU3218 Education Diverse Learners in Grades K-12 2
EDU3219 Human Relations and Multicultural Education (OCE)
(See Academic Disciplines requirement above.)
EDU3219 Human Relations Lab 0
EDU3635 Cross-Cultural Community Service
(See Academic Disciplines requirement above.)
EDU4415 Education Ethics
(See Philosophy course requirement above.)
EDU4835 Seminar in Professional Issues 2
EDU4915 Student Teaching in Communication Arts/Literature Education 5
EDU4916 Student Teaching in Communication Arts/Literature Education 10

Required Major Courses 46-48 cr
COM3115 Argumentation and Debate 2
ENG2215 Writer’s Style 2
ENG2227 Sociolinguistics 2
ENG3125 English Grammar: Syntax 3
LIT2105 Introduction to Literary Studies 4
LIT3125 Survey of American Literature 4
LIT3136 Shakespeare 2
EDE3306 Teaching Media Literacy 2
EDE4355 Middle School Methods and the Teaching of Young Adult Literature 4
EDE4366 Teaching Language and Communication in Grades 5-12 (OCE) 4
EDE4367 Teaching Secondary Reading and Literature in Grades 5-12 (OCE) 3
EDE4367L Teaching Secondary Reading and Literature Grades 5 – 12 Lab 0
Select courses with ENG, LIT, or LTH prefix 4

Select one of the following (2 cr):
ENG2216 Writing of Poetry 2
ENG2217 Writing of Fiction 2

Select one of the following (4 cr):
LIT2118 Multi-Ethnic American Literature 4
LIT3145 Non-Western Contemporary Literature 4
Select one of the following (4 cr):
LIT3231 Survey of British Literature I 4
LIT3232 Survey of British Literature II 4

Select two of the following (0-2 cr):
ENG4615 Literary Editing 0-1
JOU2625 Journalism Workshop 0-1
JOU2626 Yearbook Workshop 0-1
SPE2125 Oral Interpretive Performance 1
SPE2625 Speech Workshop 0-1
THE2625 Acting Workshop 0-1
THE2626 Stagecraft Workshop 0-1