Secondary English Education (Grades 7-12)
Moravian University English certification candidates 7-12 demonstrate deep content knowledge of language/ linguistics, reading, literature, composition, speaking, listening, research, and technology. They reflect deeply on their practice and take action to manage whole class, small group, workshop, and conference-based instruction in a well-planned, standards-based environment, where they select, administer, and adapt research-based best practices in the teaching of English to ensure the engagement and achievement of diverse learners.
Professional Education Courses Required for Certification
Recommended for the freshman year
- EDUC 100.2 Intro. to the Education of English Language Learners
- EDUC 160 Culture, Community & Diversity: Intro. to Critical Pedagogy (40 hour Stage 1&2 Field Experience/ fulfills M3)
Recommended for the sophomore year
- EDUC 130 Student Development & Instructional Design (40 hr. Stage 1&2 Field Exp)
- EDUC 244 Including Students with Disabilities (spring or during Junior year)
- EDUC 140.2 Computer Technology in the Classroom
- PHED 236 Health and Safety Education
Recommended for the junior year
- EDUC 260 Reflective Teaching (offered fall only; 40 hour Stage 3 Field Exp.)
Recommended for the senior year
- EDUC 360 Curriculum and Instruction in English (fall only; 110 hr Stage 3 Field Exp.)
- EDUC 375-7 Student Teaching (spring)
- EDUC 378 Seminar in Secondary Student Teaching
English major certification candidates follow a modified version of the major
- ENGL 225 Introduction to English Studies (writing intensive)
- ENGL 221 The English Language
- ENGL 230 Public Speaking
A major writer course (one of two required)
- ENGL 330 Shakespeare
- ENGL 350 Chaucer
A literary genre course (one of eight required)
- ENGL 232 Art of the Theatre
- ENGL 233 Modern Drama &Theatre;
- ENGL 234 American Drama &Theatre
- ENGL 320 The Art of Poetry;
- ENGL 343 Am. Fiction after WWII
- ENGL 360 Dram. Lit.& Moral Life 1580-1642;
- ENGL 353 The British Novel
- ENGL 361 Dram. Lit.& Moral Life 1875-Present
An American literary period course** (one of three required)
- ENGL 340 American Lit.1800-1865;
- ENGL 341 American Realism;
- ENGL 342 20th-C. American Lit. to 1950
A British literary period course** (one of five required)
- ENGL 240 Post-Colonial Literature
- ENGL 351 Brit. Renaissance & Neoclassicism
- ENGL 352 British Literature 1780-1830
- ENGL 354 20th-C. British Literature
- ENGL 355 Lit. & Culture of Medieval Britain
The study of writing (one required)
- ENGL 211 Creative Nonfiction;
- ENGL 212 Intro. to Creative Writing
- ENGL 215 Rhetoric and/of Narrative
One elective course unit in English (consult with Advisor)***
Students must take at least three courses at the 300 level.
** One of the two period courses must be pre-twentieth century.
*** One general literature course (ENGL 101, 102, 103, 104, or 105) may be used by Secondary English majors to satisfy the elective requirement for the major. The capstone experience is met by Student Teaching.