Middle School English Concentration
ETE majors who pursue this concentration can become certified in middle school English (Delaware 6-8). All courses must be successfully completed with a grade of C- or better. The concentration is composed of 24 credits, bringing the total number of credits for the major to 121.
Course Requirements
In addition to the courses required in the ETE major, students who entered the program in Fall of 2007 or later take the following courses.
- ENGL 204: American Literature
- ENGL 205: British Literature I
- ENGL 206: British Literature II
- ENGL 294: English language: Grammar and Usage
- EDUC 403/ENGL 403: Literature for Adolescents: Multimedia Texts (Spring only)
- ENGL writing course
- ENGL diversity course
Students take the following course in the second semester of their junior year or first semester of their senior year immediately before their student teaching semester.
- EDUC 320: Reading and Writing in the Middle Grades
In addition, students in this concentration spend their second 8-week student teaching placement in a middle school English classroom.
- EDUC 400: Student Teaching: Middle School English
Diversity Courses
Below is the list of possible diversity courses.
- ENGL 202: Biblical and Classical Literature
- ENGL 214: Literature and Gender
- ENGL 215: Introduction to Ethnic and Cultural Studies
- ENGL 344: African American Literature I
- ENGL 345: African American Literature II
- ENGL 348: Contemporary Jewish-American Literature
- ENGL 349: Introduction to Jewish Sources: Text and Interpretation
- ENGL 376: World Literature
- ENGL 378: Caribbean Literature
- ENGL 380: Women Writers
- ENGL 381: Women in Literature
- ENGL 382: Studies in Multicultural Literature in English
Contact your advisor about which courses will satisfy the writing course requirement.
