UVU’s English program is designed to give students skill, confidence, and versatility in writing, speaking, and interpreting texts. The program provides opportunities for students to consider and practice the applications of effective language use in diverse situations: professional, pragmatic, social, political, and aesthetic. The English program emphasizes knowledge and use of standard English in all written work, yet incorporates an understanding that English is a desirably diverse and variable phenomenon. The courses of study in English are designed to familiarize students with much of the traditional canon of literature. They are also designed to provide students with the critical and ethical skills necessary to interrogate this canon, to incorporate and legitimize their own and others’ “different” voices, not just in the academy, but in any of the many situations in which language influences human activity.

Total Program Credits: 122

Matriculation Requirements:
Secondary Education Matriculation Requirements: ENGL and MATH QL courses must have a grade C or higher.  GPA of 3.0 or higher with no grade lower than a C in content area courses. Completion of all General Education requirements and 70% of content area courses. Pass LiveScan Criminal Background Check.
General Education Requirements:			35 Credits
	ENGL 1010	Introduction to Academic Writing CC	3
or	ENGH 1005	Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC (5)
	ENGL 2010	Intermediate Academic Writing CC	3
Complete one of the following:			3
	MAT 1030	Quantitative Reasoning QL (3)
	MAT 1035	Quantitative Reasoning with Integrated Algebra QL (6)
	STAT 1040	Introduction to Statistics QL (3)
	STAT 1045	Introduction to Statistics with Algebra QL (5)
	MATH 1050	College Algebra QL (4)
	MATH 1055	College Algebra with Preliminaries QL (5)
	MATH 1090	College Algebra for Business QL (3)
Complete one of the following:			3
	HIST 2700	US History to 1877 AS (3)
and	HIST 2710	US History since 1877 AS (3)
	HIST 1700	American Civilization AS (3)
	HIST 1740	US Economic History AS (3)
	POLS 1000	American Heritage SS (3)
	POLS 1100	American National Government AS (3)
Complete the following:
	PHIL 2050	Ethics and Values IH	3
	HLTH 1100	Personal Health and Wellness TE (2)
or	EXSC 1097	Fitness for Life TE	2
Distribution Courses:
	Biology		3
	Physical Science		3
	Additional Biology or Physical Science		3
	Humanities		3
	Fine Arts		3
	Social/Behavioral Science		3
Discipline Core Requirements:			74 Credits
Complete the following:
	ENGL 2800	Introduction to the English Major	3
	ENGL 2850	Literary History I	3
or	ENGL 2870	Literary History II
	ENGL 2600	Critical Introduction to Literature HH	3
	ENGL 270G	Positionality and Interpretive Methods GI	3
	ENGL 3090	Academic Writing for English Majors WE	3
	ENGL 2250	Introduction to Creative Writing HH	3
American Literature (complete ONE from the following)			3
	ENGL 3510	Early American Literature (3)
	ENGL 3520	Nineteenth Century American Literature (3)
	ENGL 3530	Modern American Literature (3)
	ENGL 3540	Contemporary American Literature (3)
British Literature (complete ONE from the following)			3
	ENGL 3610	Medieval Literature (3)
	ENGL 3620	Tudor and Stuart Literature (3)
	ENGL 3640	British Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century (3)
	ENGL 3650	Victorian Literature (3)
	ENGL 3660	British Literature Since 1900 (3)
Complete the following:
	ENGL 4250	Adolescent Literature	3
	ENGL 463R	Studies in Shakespeare	3
	ENGL 4220	Teaching Reading and Literature	3
	ENGL 4225	Teaching Reading Practicum	1
	ENGL 4230	Teaching Writing	3
	ENGL 4235	Teaching Writing Practicum	1
	ENGL 4240	Grammar and Unit Design in the English Classroom	3
	ENGL 4245	Grammar and Unit Design Practicum	1
	Elective	Complete any ENGL course not already fulfilling a degree requirement	3
Secondary Education Licensure*
	EDSC 1010	Introduction to Education	2
	EDSC 3000	Educational Psychology	3
	EDSC 325G	Equitable Technology Integration GI	2
	EDSP 340G	Exceptional Students GI	2
	EDSC 4200	Classroom Management I	2
	EDSC 4250	Classroom Management II	2
	EDSC 445G	Multicultural Instruction ESL GI	3
	EDSC 455G	Secondary Curriculum Instruction and Assessment GI	3
	EDSC 4850	Student Teaching Secondary	8
	EDSC 4990	Teacher Performance Assessment Project WE	2
Elective Requirements:			13 Credits
	Any course 1000 or higher		13

 

^{* ENGL 4240 Grammar and Unit Design in the English Classroom is substituted for EDSC 4440 Content Area Literacies}

 Graduation Requirements:

1. Completion of a minimum of 122 semester credits.
2. Overall GPA of 3.0 (B) or above with no grade lower than a C in major required content courses and no grade lower than a B- in Licensure and Methods courses.
3. Residency hours -- minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
4. Completion of GE and specified departmental requirements.
5. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.