NSU Catalog 2014-2015 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
NSU Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

English (BSEd)


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No grade below a “C” will be accepted in a course taken to fulfill the English requirements. Students must maintain a 2.5 (BA) and a 2.6 (BSEd) cumulative grade point average in the major to meet graduation requirements.

Note: All English majors are required to take three semesters of a foreign language as part of their BA degree or two semesters of foreign language as part of their BSEd degree - preferably with all semesters in the same language but (in the case of the BA degree) in no more than two different languages. Students pursuing either the major or minor should declare their intentions as soon as possible, preferably when signing up for their second-semester composition course.

Program Requirements


British Literature Surveys: (3 credits)


American Literature Surveys: (3 credits)


Shakespeare Course (3 credits):


Senior Seminar (3 credits)


Total: 40 credits


BSEd majors must complete the teaching empahsis and the professional education coursework in Secondary Education, including the secondary methods course, SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods .

English Emphases


Creative Writing Emphasis


Two creative writing electives (6 credits)

An additional British Literature Survey (3 credits)

Total: 12 credits


Desktop Publishing Emphasis


Additional Requirements

Desktop Publishing students should take ENGL 302  as their writing elective and LING 425  as their linguistics elective within their core requirements.

These students are also encouraged to take additional MIS or ARTD classes as electives.

TOTAL: 12 credits


Literature Emphasis


An second British Literature Survey (3 credits)

A second American Literature Survey (3 credits)

An additional course not used to satisfy any other requirement (3 credits)

Total: 12 credits


Professional Writing Emphasis


Two additional professional writing electives (6 credits)

Total: 12 credits


Teaching Emphasis


An second British Literature Survey (3 credits)

A second American Literature Survey (3 credits)

Total: 12 credits


Total: 12 credits


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