English Teaching

English Teaching
BA
Hours74 - 91 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

requirement 1 Complete 1 option
GE Foreign Language option:
English majors must complete a GE Foreign Language culminating course, even if an Advanced Mathematics option has already been completed. If a student has no prior foreign language experience, it will take four semesters to complete the culminating course. Check the University Core requirements for courses approved as the culminating course.
option 1.1 Complete 1 course
AFRIK 202 - Second-Year Afrikaans 4.0
AFRIK 330 - (Not currently offered)
AKAN 202 - (Not currently offered)
AKAN 330 - (Not currently offered)
ALBAN 202 - (Not currently offered)
ALBAN 330 - (Not currently offered)
ARAB 202 - Intermediate Arabic 4.0
ARMEN 202 - (Not currently offered)
ARMEN 330 - (Not currently offered)
ASL 301 - Advanced American Sign Language and Culture 4.0
AYMRA 202 - (Not currently offered)
AYMRA 330 - (Not currently offered)
BASQ 202 - (Not currently offered)
BASQ 330 - (Not currently offered)
BCLNO 202 - (Not currently offered)
BCLNO 330 - (Not currently offered)
BULGN 330 - Cultural History of Bulgaria 3.0
BURMS 202 - (Not currently offered)
BURMS 330 - (Not currently offered)
CAKCQ 202 - (Not currently offered)
CAKCQ 330 - (Not currently offered)
CAMBO 202 - (Not currently offered)
CANT 202 - Second-Year Cantonese 4.0
CATLN 202 - (Not currently offered)
CATLN 330 - (Not currently offered)
CEBU 202 - (Not currently offered)
CEBU 330 - (Not currently offered)
CHIN 202 - Intermediate Mandarin 4.0
CHIN 301 - Third-Year Mandarin 4.0
CREOL 202 - (Not currently offered)
CREOL 330 - (Not currently offered)
CROAT 202 - (Not currently offered)
CROAT 330 - (Not currently offered)
CZECH 330 - Cultural History of Czech Republic 3.0
DANSH 202 - Second Year Danish 4.0
DANSH 340 - Danish Literature 3.0
DARI 202 - (Not currently offered)
DARI 330 - (Not currently offered)
DUTCH 330 - (Not currently offered)
DUTCH 340 - Introduction to Dutch Literature 3.0
ESTON 202 - (Not currently offered)
ESTON 330 - (Not currently offered)
FIJI 202 - (Not currently offered)
FIJI 330 - (Not currently offered)
FINN 202 - Second Year Finnish 4.0
FINN 340 - Finnish Literature 3.0
FLANG 330R - Advanced Language Proficiency Through Cultural Studies 3.0
You may take this course up to 1 time.
FREN 202 - Intermediate French, Part 2 3.0
FREN 340 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 3.0
GA 202 - (Not currently offered)
GA 330 - (Not currently offered)
GEORG 202 - (Not currently offered)
GEORG 330 - (Not currently offered)
GERM 202 - Second-Year German 4.0
GERM 330 - Cultural History of German-Speaking Peoples 3.0
GREEK 301 - Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's Iliad 3.0
GREEK 302 - Classical Greek Prose 3.0
GUARA 202 - (Not currently offered)
GUARA 330 - (Not currently offered)
HAWAI 202 - (Not currently offered)
HAWAI 330 - (Not currently offered)
HEB 202 - Second-Year Modern Hebrew 2 4.0
HEB 431 - (Not currently offered)
HILIG 202 - (Not currently offered)
HILIG 330 - (Not currently offered)
HINDI 202 - (Not currently offered)
HINDI 330 - (Not currently offered)
HMONG 202 - (Not currently offered)
HMONG 330 - (Not currently offered)
HUNG 330 - Cultural History of Hungary 3.0
ICLND 202 - Second-Year Icelandic 4.0
ICLND 429 - Old Icelandic Language and Literature 3.0
ILANG 202 - (Not currently offered)
ILANG 330 - (Not currently offered)
ILOCN 202 - (Not currently offered)
ILOCN 330 - (Not currently offered)
INDON 202 - (Not currently offered)
INDON 330 - (Not currently offered)
ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian 2 3.0
ITAL 340 - Introduction to Italian Literature 3.0
JAPAN 202 - Second-Year Japanese 4.0
JAPAN 301 - Japanese Reading and Culture 4.0
JAPAN 302 - Readings in Japanese History and Culture 4.0
JAVNS 202 - (Not currently offered)
JAVNS 330 - (Not currently offered)
KAZAK 202 - (Not currently offered)
KAZAK 330 - (Not currently offered)
KICHE 202 - (Not currently offered)
KICHE 330 - (Not currently offered)
KOREA 202 - Second-Year Korean 2 4.0
KOREA 301 - Third-Year Korean 1 4.0
LAO 202 - (Not currently offered)
LAO 330 - (Not currently offered)
LATIN 301 - Classical Latin Poetry 3.0
LATIN 302 - Classical Latin Prose 3.0
LATVI 202 - (Not currently offered)
LATVI 330 - Cultural History of Latvia 3.0
LITHU 202 - (Not currently offered)
LITHU 330 - Cultural History of Lithuania 3.0
M GRK 202 - (Not currently offered)
M GRK 330 - (Not currently offered)
MALAG 202 - (Not currently offered)
MALAG 330 - (Not currently offered)
MALAY 202 - (Not currently offered)
MALAY 330 - (Not currently offered)
MAORI 202 - (Not currently offered)
MAORI 330 - (Not currently offered)
MARSH 202 - (Not currently offered)
MARSH 330 - (Not currently offered)
MAYA 202 - (Not currently offered)
MAYA 330 - (Not currently offered)
MONGO 202 - (Not currently offered)
MONGO 330 - (Not currently offered)
NAVAJ 202 - (Not currently offered)
NAVAJ 330 - (Not currently offered)
NIUEA 202 - (Not currently offered)
NIUEA 330 - (Not currently offered)
NORWE 202 - Second Year Norwegian 4.0
NORWE 340 - Norwegian Literature 3.0
PERSI 202 - (Not currently offered)
PERSI 330 - (Not currently offered)
POLSH 202 - Second-Year Polish 4.0
POLSH 330 - Cultural History of Poland 3.0
PORT 202 - Fourth-Semester Portuguese: Reading and Comprehension 4.0
PORT 315 - (Not currently offered)
PORT 321 - Third-Year Portuguese Reading, Grammar, and Culture 3.0
PORT 345 - Portuguese Civilization 3.0
PORT 355 - Brazilian Civilization 3.0
PSHTO 202 - (Not currently offered)
PSHTO 330 - (Not currently offered)
QUECH 202 - (Not currently offered)
QUECH 330 - (Not currently offered)
RAROT 202 - (Not currently offered)
RAROT 330 - (Not currently offered)
ROM 202 - (Not currently offered)
ROM 330 - (Not currently offered)
ROM 340 - Introduction to Romanian Literature and Culture 3.0
RUSS 202 - Second-Year Russian, Part 2 5.0
RUSS 330 - Cultural History of Russia 3.0
SAMOA 202 - (Not currently offered)
SAMOA 330 - (Not currently offered)
SLN 202 - (Not currently offered)
SLN 330 - (Not currently offered)
SLOVK 202 - (Not currently offered)
SLOVK 330 - (Not currently offered)
SPAN 205 - University Spanish 3 4.0
SPAN 345 - Iberian Civilization 3.0
SPAN 355 - Spanish American Culture and Civilization 3.0
SRBCR 330 - (Not currently offered)
SRBIA 202 - (Not currently offered)
SRBIA 330 - (Not currently offered)
SWAHI 330 - (Not currently offered)
SWED 202 - Second Year Swedish 4.0
SWED 340 - Swedish Literature 3.0
TAGAL 202 - (Not currently offered)
TAGAL 330 - (Not currently offered)
TAHTN 202 - (Not currently offered)
TAHTN 330 - (Not currently offered)
TAIWN 202 - (Not currently offered)
TAIWN 330 - (Not currently offered)
TAMIL 202 - (Not currently offered)
TAMIL 330 - (Not currently offered)
THAI 202 - (Not currently offered)
THAI 330 - (Not currently offered)
TONGA 202 - (Not currently offered)
TONGA 330 - (Not currently offered)
TRUKS 202 - (Not currently offered)
TRUKS 330 - (Not currently offered)
TURK 202 - (Not currently offered)
TURK 330 - (Not currently offered)
TWI 202 - (Not currently offered)
TWI 330 - (Not currently offered)
UKRAI 330 - Cultural History of Ukraine 3.0
URDU 202 - (Not currently offered)
URDU 330 - (Not currently offered)
VANTU 202 - (Not currently offered)
VANTU 330 - (Not currently offered)
VIET 202 - (Not currently offered)
VIET 330 - (Not currently offered)
WARAY 202 - (Not currently offered)
WARAY 330 - (Not currently offered)
WELSH 202 - (Not currently offered)
WELSH 330 - (Not currently offered)
XHOSA 202 - (Not currently offered)
XHOSA 330 - (Not currently offered)
If the language you completed is not listed, please contact the Humanities Advisement Center.
The English Department requires a minimum of 24 hours of English major course work to be taken in residence at BYU for this degree program. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.
For students accepted into the major after August 1, 2014, grades below C in any required coursework in a teaching major or teaching minor will not be accepted. Teacher candidates must maintain a total GPA of 3.0 or higher throughout the program and to qualify for student teaching. For details on admission and retention requirements for teaching majors and teaching minors, see Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Requirements in the undergraduate catalog.
Engl 198 and Engl 398 are recommended.
Because upper-division English courses require substantial writing, students should complete their Engl 295 before they begin their first upper-division courses, preferably in the second semester of their sophomore year.
A teaching minor is not required for licensure. However, it is strongly recommended.
Engl 276R is prerequisite to Engl 329, 377, 378, 379, and 423. All are prerequisite to Engl 476R or Engl 496R.
requirement 2 Complete 2 options
Core courses:
A. Because English is a writing-intensive major, students are strongly encouraged to take a first-year freshman college-level writing course regardless of their AP test scores (Wrtg 150 or Phil 150).st-year Writing course:
option 2.1 Complete 1 course
B. Fundamentals of language and literature. NOTE: Students must complete Engl 251 before taking any 300-level courses.
option 2.2 Complete 1 group
C. British and American literary history. NOTE: Students must complete the literary history courses in a period before taking any 300-level courses in that period.
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
NOTE: Students must complete Engl 295 before taking most 300- and 400-level courses for teaching majors.
requirement 5 Complete 2 courses
requirement 6 Complete 1 course
NOTE: Engl 356 is recommended.
requirement 7 Complete 3.0 hours from the following option(s)
Complete three elective hours from the following list (NOTE: TMA 457 is strongly recommended):
option 7.1 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
option 7.2 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
Courses used to fill a previous requirement may not double count for this requirement.
ENGL 300R - English Literature in a Cultural Setting 6.0v
ENGL 305 - Critical Reading 3.0
ENGL 306 - Travel Writing 3.0v
ENGL 310 - Writing and Tutoring 3.0
ENGL 310 - Honors Writing and Tutoring 3.0
ENGL 317R - Writing Creative Nonfiction 3.0
ENGL 318R - Writing Fiction 3.0
ENGL 319R - Writing Poetry 3.0
ENGL 320R - Writing for Children and Adolescents 3.0
ENGL 321R - English Department Reading Series 1.0
ENGL 322 - Fundamentals of Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 324 - Writing with Style 3.0
ENGL 325 - Visual Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 326 - Digital Culture 3.0
ENGL 327R - Studies in Rhetoric 3.0
ENGL 328R - Studies in Composing 3.0
ENGL 330 - Literary English: History and Style 3.0
ENGL 333 - The English Novel 3.0
ENGL 336 - The American Novel 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Poetry 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Genre 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Drama 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Fiction 3.0
ENGL 337R - Advanced Studies in Contemporary Creative Non-Fiction 3.0
ENGL 338 - Literary Studies of the Bible 3.0
ENGL 339 - Studies in Nonfiction 3.0
ENGL 341 - English Drama: Beginnings to 1800, Excluding Shakespeare 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern American Drama 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern English and American Drama 3.0
ENGL 343 - Modern British Drama 3.0
ENGL 345 - Literature and Film 3.0
ENGL 355 - (Engl-ClCv) Greek and Roman Classics and the English Tradition 3.0
ENGL 356 - Myth, Legend, and Folktales 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - African American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures 3.0
ENGL 358R - Jewish American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Latino/a American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Latino/a American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - African American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Jewish American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Jewish American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - African American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Asian American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 358R - Latino/a American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Asian American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 3.0
ENGL 358R - Asian American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 358R - Ethnic Literatures Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 358R - Native American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 359 - The Short Story 3.0
ENGL 360 - American Literature to 1800 3.0
ENGL 361 - American Literature 1800 - 1865 3.0
ENGL 362 - American Literature 1865 - 1914 3.0
ENGL 363 - American Literature 1914 - 1960 3.0
ENGL 364 - Literature and Cultures of the American West 3.0
ENGL 365 - American Literature 1960 to Present 3.0
ENGL 366 - Studies in Poetry 3.0
ENGL 367R - Urban Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 367R - Urban Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 367R - Urban Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 367R - Southern American Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 367R - Southern American Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 367R - Southern American Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 367R - American Regional Literature 3.0
ENGL 368 - Literature of the Latter-day Saints 3.0
ENGL 371 - British Literature to 1500: The Medieval Period 3.0
ENGL 372 - British Literature 1500 - 1603: The Early Renaissance 3.0
ENGL 373 - British Literature 1660 - 1789: The Enlightenment 3.0
ENGL 374 - British Literature 1789 - 1832: The Romantic Period 3.0
ENGL 375 - British Literature 1832-1900: The Victorian Period 3.0
ENGL 376 - British Literature 1900 - 1950: The Modern Period 3.0
ENGL 380 - British Literature 1950 - Present: The Contemporary Period 3.0
ENGL 381 - Chaucer 3.0
ENGL 383 - Milton 3.0
ENGL 384R - Major Authors 3.0
ENGL 384R - American Authors 3.0
ENGL 384R - Early British Authors 3.0
ENGL 384R - Later British Authors 3.0
ENGL 385 - British Literature 1603 - 1660: The Late Renaissance 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature from 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature 3.0
ENGL 390R - Transnational/Transatlantic Literature from 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 391 - Introduction to Folklore 3.0
ENGL 392 - American Folklore 3.0
ENGL 393R - Studies in Folklore 3.0
ENGL 394R - Applied English 3.0
ENGL 395R - Studies in Literature 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 396R - Studies in Women's Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Irish Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - African Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Caribbean Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Irish Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Post-Colonial Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - South-Asian Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Hemispheric Literatures Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Caribbean Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - South-Asian Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Scottish Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Post-Colonial Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English 3.0
ENGL 397R - Post-Colonial Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Hemispheric Literatures 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - South-Asian Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - Scottish Literature 1800-1900 3.0
ENGL 397R - World Literatures in English Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - African Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 397R - Scottish Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Hemispheric Literatures 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - African Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Irish Literature 1900-Present 3.0
ENGL 397R - Caribbean Literature Before 1800 3.0
ENGL 398 - Career Preparation for English Majors 0.5
ENGL 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v
ENGL 400 - Portfolio Capstone for Writing and Rhetoric Minors 1.0
ENGL 401 - Creative Writing Minor Capstone 1.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects in Poetry 3.0
ENGL 419R - Inscape Editing 3.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects in Creative Nonfiction 3.0
ENGL 419R - Advanced Creative Writing Practice and Theory 3.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects in Fiction 3.0
ENGL 419R - Creative Writing Projects: Writing for Children and Adolescents 3.0
ENGL 451 - Literary Theory and Criticism 1: The Critical Tradition 3.0
ENGL 452 - Literary Theory and Criticism 2: Contemporary Criticism 3.0
ENGL 480R - Directed Research in English 3.0v
ENGL 490R - Individual Readings in English 3.0v
ENGL 499R - Honors Thesis 6.0v
option 7.3 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
ENGL 218 - (Not currently offered)
option 7.4 Complete up to 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
requirement 8 Complete 9 courses
requirement 9 Complete 2 options
Professional Education Component:
Licensure requirements: Contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 422-3426, to schedule the final interview to clear your application for the secondary teaching license. You should be registered for your last semester at BYU prior to the scheduled appointment.
option 9.1 Complete 4 courses
NOTE: FBI fingerprint and background clearance must be completed BEFORE registration for Engl 276R.
option 9.2 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
Student teachers/interns must complete three forms in their LiveText accounts (PIBS, CDS, FED) and attach their TWS to the LiveText account for their program. All four must be completed to be cleared for graduation.
Program Outcomes

Competency in English Language and Literature

English teaching majors are required to meet all program and course outcomes for the English BA, and they demonstrate their disciplinary competency by taking the national standardized Praxis exam, "English Language Arts: Content and Analysis."

Instructional Design and Reflection for Improvement

English Teaching graduates will be able to design and implement several weeks of instruction, write complete lesson plans for delivering that instruction, and reflect in writing on the effectiveness of their plans and delivered instruction. These plans will reflect sound pedagogical understanding (including strong objectives, appropriate measures of learning, and learning activities that are meaningful and adapted to the needs of diverse students).

The work will be one of the capstone requirements in ENGL 377 and 379.