Secondary Language Arts Minor
Total Units Required: 18-20
The Minor in Secondary Language Arts supplements and complements the coursework in the English education option and is required to fulfill the Single Subject Matter Preparation Program in English. The minor allows English education students to increase their depth of knowledge in the discipline and provides students seeking other single-subject credentials with coursework applicable to supplementary and subject matter authorizations from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Course Requirements for the Minor
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | ||
| EDTE 265 | Exploration of Teaching and Learning in Diverse K-12 Settings | 3 |
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Intensive Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition | ||
| Literature, Language, and Composition: A Synthesis (W) | ||
| Additional Courses | ||
| Select one of the following course groupings: | 12-14 | |
| Total Units | 18-20 | |
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Students completing the BA in English: English education option must take ENGL 534W.
Additional Courses
The following courses, or their approved equivalents, are required of all candidates in the minor depending on the chosen course grouping. Students must select and complete one of the following course groupings for completion of the Minor in Secondary Language Arts course requirements.
General Studies: 13-14 units
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Poetry Writing (W) | ||
| Fiction Writing (W) | ||
| Creative Nonfiction Writing (W) | ||
| Editing Literary Magazines | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Survey of American Film (W) | ||
| Comics and Graphic Novels | ||
| Literature of the Child (W) | ||
| Multicultural Literature: Issues and Themes | ||
| Classical Literature | ||
| Bible, Literature, and Culture | ||
| Literature, Politics, and Activism | ||
| American Ethnic and Regional Literature in Focus (W) | ||
| Fiction and the Supernatural | ||
| The Bildungsroman: Novels of Development | ||
| Early British Literature | ||
| Later British Literature | ||
| Modern Poetry | ||
| Development of British Drama | ||
| Modern Drama | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Later American Literature | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Studies in Major American Authors | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Introduction to Technical Writing (W) | ||
| Theory and Practice in Tutoring Composition | ||
| Pedagogical Grammar | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Semantics: Language and Meaning | ||
| Approaches to Reading | ||
| Sociolinguistics | ||
| Total Units | 13-14 | |
Creative Writing: 12 units
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select three of the following: | 12 | |
| Poetry Writing (W) | ||
| Fiction Writing (W) | ||
| Creative Nonfiction Writing (W) | ||
| Editing Literary Magazines | ||
| Advanced Poetry Writing | ||
| Advanced Fiction and Nonfiction Writing | ||
| Total Units | 12 | |
Literature: 12 units
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| Survey of American Film (W) | ||
| Comics and Graphic Novels | ||
| Literature of the Child (W) | ||
| Multicultural Literature: Issues and Themes | ||
| Classical Literature | ||
| Bible, Literature, and Culture | ||
| Literature, Politics, and Activism | ||
| American Ethnic and Regional Literature in Focus (W) | ||
| Fiction and the Supernatural | ||
| The Bildungsroman: Novels of Development | ||
| Early British Literature | ||
| Later British Literature | ||
| Modern Poetry | ||
| Development of British Drama | ||
| Modern Drama | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Later American Literature | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Studies in Major American Authors | ||
| Total Units | 12 | |
Language and Literacy: 12-13 units
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select four of the following: | 12-13 | |
| Introduction to Technical Writing (W) | ||
| Introduction to Digital English Studies | ||
| Theory and Practice in Tutoring Composition | ||
| Issues in Rhetoric | ||
| Cultural Rhetorics | ||
| Professional Writing for Organizations | ||
| Pedagogical Grammar | ||
| Syntactic and Morphological Analysis | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Phonological Analysis (W) | ||
| Semantics: Language and Meaning | ||
| Approaches to Reading | ||
| Gender and Language in Cross-Cultural Perspectives | ||
| Sociolinguistics | ||
| Total Units | 12-13 | |
Theatre Arts: 12 units
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| THEA 170 | Foundations of Design | 3 |
| THEA 250 | Textual Analysis for Production | 3 |
| Select two of the following: 1 | 6 | |
| Development of British Drama | ||
| Modern Drama | ||
| Introduction to Acting | ||
| Stagecraft for Theatre and Film | ||
| Children's Lit in Performance | ||
| The Literature of Musical Theatre | ||
| Directing I: Principles of Directing | ||
| Total Units | 12 | |
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At least one course must be upper division.