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BS, Teaching English

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The 128-credit BS in Teaching English, Grades 7-12 (Initial Certification) provides you with a comprehensive understanding of literature and composition. The program covers areas including composition and literature, theories of language and literature, and teaching methods. Additionally, supervised student teaching placements in NYC schools offer practical experience. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of language, composition, and literature while developing skills in reflective teaching for middle and high school.

Core Course Sequence

This program's coursework is comprehensive, covering a wide range of areas, including the NYU CORE, foundational classes in education and education policy, pedagogical content for English (including linguistics, composition, poetry, and literature ), and English education (including learning, historical and sociological foundations of education, and instruction methods). The program of study culminates in two semesters of teaching in a public school middle and high school setting. 

Program Requirements

Course Title Credits
Liberal Arts Requirements
Foreign Language8
Expository Writing
EXPOS-UA 1Writing as Inquiry4
ACE-UE 110Advanced College Essay: Educ & The Professions4
Foundations of Contemporary Culture
Texts and Ideas4
Cultures and Contexts4
Societies and the Social Sciences4
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry
Mathematics Courses (two 4-credit courses, for a total of 8 credits, by advisement)8
Physical/Life Sciences (two 4-credit courses, for a total of 8 credits)8
Additional Liberal Arts Requirements
ENGL-UA XXXXOne Multi-Ethnic Literature Course4
ENGL-UA XXXXOne American Literature Course4
ENGL-UA XXXXEnglish Electives8
Additional Requirements
SAHS-UE 1New Student Seminar0
Writing Proficiency Examination
Specialization Requirements
Content Core
ENGED-UE 71Lit as Exploration I4
ENGED-UE 193The Reading of Poetry (Or English Elective, by Advisement) 24
ENGED-UE 1030Lit Sem for English Ed4
ENGED-UE 1589Critical Linguistics :Language, Power, and Society3
ENGED-GE 2511Pract Tchg Expository Writing3
or ENGED-UE 1185 Advanced Composition
British Literature Course4
Speech, Drama, or Media Course4
Common Pedagogical Core
APSY-UE 20Human Development I2
APSY-UE 23Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents2
Select one of the following:4
SOED-UE 1015
Educ as Soc Institution
HSED-UE 610
Educ/American Dream: Historical Perspectives
TCHL-UE 41
American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled
SPCED-UE 1005Teach Stu With Disabili in General Ed Class Rm4
TCHL-UE 1Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning I4
TCHL-UE 5Field Observ in Schools and Other Educ Settings0
TCHL-UE 1999Drug, Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse ID/School Violence/DASA:1
Specialized Pedagogical Core
ENGED-GE 2041Teaching/Learning English Language Arts Middle & HS3
ENGED-UE 1911Student Teaching English Education:Middle School3
ENGED-UE 1922Student Teaching English Education:High School3
Electives15-16
Total Credits128

Sample Plan of Study

Plan of Study Grid
1st Semester/TermCredits
SAHS-UE 1 New Student Seminar 0
EXPOS-UA 1
or EXPOS-UA 4
 Writing as Inquiry
or International Writing Workshop I
 4
HSED-UE 1005 Introduction to US Education 4
Quantitative Reasoning 4
Physical/Life Science 4
 Credits16
2nd Semester/Term
TCHL-UE 5 Field Observ in Schools and Other Educ Settings 0
ACE-UE 110
or EXPOS-UA 9
 Advanced College Essay: Educ & The Professions
or International Writing Workshop II
 4
HSED-UE 1033 Global Culture Wars 4
Quantitative Reasoning 4
Physical/Life Science 4
 Credits16
3rd Semester/Term
ENGED-UE 71 Lit as Exploration I 4
TCHL-UE 1 Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning I 4
Texts and Ideas 4
Foreign Language 4
 Credits16
4th Semester/Term
APSY-UE 20 Human Development I 2
APSY-UE 23 Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents 2
English Content Core: Multi-Ethnic Literature 4
Foreign Language 4
Unrestricted Electives 4
 Credits16
5th Semester/Term
English Content Core: Speech, Drama, Media 4
English Content Core: British Literature 4
English Content Core: English Content Elective 4
SOED-UE 1015
or HSED-UE 610
or TCHL-UE 41
 Educ as Soc Institution
or Educ/American Dream: Historical Perspectives
or American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled
 4
 Credits16
6th Semester/Term
ENGED-UE 193 The Reading of Poetry (Or English Elective, by Advisement) 4
ENGED-GE 2511 Pract Tchg Expository Writing 3
English Content Core: American Literature 4
English Content Core: English Content Elective 4
Unrestricted Electives 2
 Credits17
7th Semester/Term
ENGED-UE 1030 Lit Sem for English Ed 4
ENGED-UE 1911 Student Teaching English Education:Middle School 3
ENGED-GE 2041 Teaching/Learning English Language Arts Middle & HS 3
TCHL-UE 1999 Drug, Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse ID/School Violence/DASA: 1
Unrestricted Electives 4
 Credits15
8th Semester/Term
ENGED-UE 1589 Critical Linguistics :Language, Power, and Society 3
ENGED-UE 1922 Student Teaching English Education:High School 3
SPCED-UE 1005 Teach Stu With Disabili in General Ed Class Rm 4
Unrestricted Electives 4
Unrestricted Electives 2
 Credits16
 Total Credits128

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