Adolescent Education: English (Grades 7-12), BA (1501)

Additional Requirements:

• Second course in Math
• Second course in Science
• PSY 213 - Adolescent Psychology  

Major Requirements:

• EDU 201 - Principles and Procedures of Education Credits: 3
• EDU 202 - Foundations of Educational Theory Credits: 3
• EDU 210 - An Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3
• EDU 250 - Field Experience I Credits: 1
• EDU 337 - Instruction & Assessment Strategies on the Secondary Level Credits: 3
• EDU 350 - Field Experience II Credits: 1
• EDU 374 - Literacy and Learning in the Middle and Secondary Schools Credits: 3
• EDU 375 - Literacy Across the Curriculum: Teaching Reading in the Content Areas, Grade 7 - 12 Credits: 3
• EDU 462 - Observation and Student Teaching for Adolescence Education, Grades 7 - 12 Credits: 9

Concentration Requirements:

• ENG 308 - Major Works of Shakespeare Credits: 3
• ENG 314 - Introduction to Literary Studies Credits: 3
• ENG 315 - New Contexts and Voices in Literary Studies Credits: 3
• ENG 380 - Literature for Young Adults Credits: 3
• ENG 399 - Linguistics and History of English Language Credits: 3
• ENG 401 - Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Credits: 3

• Literature between 1660 and 1900 - Select one from:

  • ENG 313 - Milton  
  • ENG 332 - The Eighteenth-Century Novel  
  • ENG 334 - The Classic English Novel  
  • ENG 343 - Irish Literature  
  • ENG 405 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature: The World Turned Upside Down  
  • ENG 416 - Early American Literature  
  • ENG 423 - English Literature of the Eighteenth Century  
  • ENG 430 - The Romantic Poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Byron  
  • ENG 432 - The Victorian Age  

  Literature between 1900 and Present - Select one from the following:

  • ENG 320 - Modern Comedy 
  • ENG 364 - Modern American Theater  
  • ENG 367 - Modern American Poetry  
  • ENG 368 - Modern American Fiction  
  • ENG 370 - Contemporary American Fiction  
  • ENG 372 - Multicultural Writers of America  
  • ENG 467 - Modern British and Commonwealth Poetry  

  Electives

  • Select two additional 300-400 level ENG courses   

   

Minimum Total: 120 credits

New York State Teacher Certification

Students who successfully complete all program requirements and who demonstrate dispositions appropriate to the teaching profession will be recommended for New York State teaching certification in the area(s) appropriate to their degree program. Students are responsible for completing all other requirements for certification, including fingerprinting, mandated workshops, and teacher certification exams; students are responsible for the costs associated with all New York State teacher certification requirements. Information on the requirements of each certificate is provided here: https://eservices.nysed.gov/teach/certhelp/CertRequirementHelp.do Certification information is also available via the Iona Education Department homepage.

Continuation in the Program

Any education course, including student teaching, in which a student earns less than a “C” grade must be repeated. Additionally, candidates must have a ‘C’ or higher in at least 30 credits in their content area courses.

Throughout the program, teacher candidates will be expected to demonstrate the dispositions for effective teachers that are stated in the department’s Student Learning Outcomes. Any failure to uphold the dispositions for effective teaching and the ethical standards for educators in the profession will result in dismissal from the department.

Enrollment in any education course at the junior or senior level for undergraduate programs and the graduate level for five-year programs is open only to students who are fully declared as enrolled in an education degree program.