Explore language and literature along with teacher education classes and teaching experience in local classrooms, leading to an educator’s license in English.
Your new English Secondary Education major at Mississippi College prepares you for a successful professional career, using your talents and abilities in service to God and others as a secondary, English teacher. You not only master English Language Arts content, but also evaluate, select, and plan instructional strategies and materials to be used in middle school and high school language arts classrooms. You gain classroom teaching experience in local public schools and craft your own 5-day thematic units, aligned to the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards. Upon graduation and passage of required Praxis II exams, you are awarded a 7-12 English teaching license from the state of Mississippi.
Olivia Cote received her BA in English from MC and went on to teach English at Murrah High School and the Michelle Obama Early College High School at Tougaloo College as its founding English teacher. She served on Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba’s Education Transition Committee and wrote curriculum for Jackson Public Schools. Olivia earned a Master’s from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is currently employed as an Interventionist at Jim Hill, while pursuing her Ed.D. at the University of Southern Mississippi.
| Requirement | Class Name | Hours |
| University Core | 58 | |
| Major Requirements | 30 | |
| ENG 271 | Introduction to Research Methods | 3 |
| ENG 321 | Sentence Grammar & Style | 3 |
| ENG 322 | Language & Diversity | 3 |
| ENG 371 | Analysis of Discourse | 3 |
| ENG 471 | Advanced Research & Composition | 3 |
| ENG 404 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG 442 | Texts & Interpretation for Teachers | 3 |
| ENG 447 | Methods of Teaching Literature to Young Adults | 3 |
| ENG 455 | Methods of Teaching Composition & Grammar | 3 |
| Choose one of the following courses: | ||
| ENG 350 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 370 | Analysis of Literature | 3 |
| ENG 391 | Special Topics in Writing | 3 |
| ENG 450 | Advanced Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 452 | Professional Writing | 3 |
| ENG 455 | Methods of Teaching Composition & Grammar | 3 |
| ENG 457 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| JOU 333 | Journalism I | 3 |
| JOU 434 | Journalism II | 3 |
| JOU 453 | Writing for Periodicals | 3 |
| Choose three additional hours from 300-400 level English courses in writing or literature. | 3 | |
| Communication | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following courses: | ||
| COM 203 | Professional Communication Skills | 3 |
| COM 304 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Secondary Education | 28 | |
| EDU 299 | Pre-Teaching Field Experience | 1 |
| EDU 300 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| EDU 304 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDU 435 | Psychology of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| EDU 403 | Measurement & Evaluation of Student Progress | 3 |
| EDU 460 | Managing the Secondary Classroom | 3 |
| EDU 431 | Directed Teaching in 7-12 | 3 |
| EDU 432 | Directed Teaching in 7-12 | 3 |
| EDU 433 | Directed Teaching in 7-12 | 3 |
| EDU 434 | Directed Teaching in 7-12 | 3 |
| General Electives | Sufficient elective hours must be taken to meet the minimum hour requirement for graduation in this program. Electives should be chosen in consultation with advisor. | -- |
| Total Hours | 130 |
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In 2021, 98% of employers surveyed were satisfied with MC’s teacher graduates’ instructional practices.
All MC English Education graduates have passed the required Praxis II exams for state licensure.
English Education students gain at least 60 hours of classroom observation and practice before their student teaching semester.
