Major Requirements
Students interested in English Adolescence Education may enter the major upon acceptance into Fredonia either as first-year students or transfers from other colleges. Once specific program requirements (listed below) have been met, students will be eligible for a screening interview. Screening occurs during the spring of a student's third year after approximately 75 credit hours have been earned. Upon successful completion of screening, students will become "candidates" and will be admitted into the professional year. The professional year is comprised of five English Education courses available only to those who have become candidates. These are also described below.
English Adolescence Education majors are required to earn at least a C+ in each required English course, and to maintain an overall GPA of 3.0. In addition to the English courses listed below, Adolescence Education majors must also take the following courses, achieving an average of 2.50: EDU 224, EDU 250, EDU 251, EDU 303, EDU 304, and EDU 349.
New York State mandates that Adolescence Education majors demonstrate competence in a language other than English (American Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish). Proficiency requirement met by the following:
- Fredonia Placement Exam determination of Fredonia Foundations courses 100 and 110 in the same World Language or course 110 (or higher) in World Language.
- Proficiency may also be fulfilled by qualifying AP, IB, CLEP Exam scores or transferred courses of Elem I and Elem II of same language, as verified by Registrar’s Office.
The General Education foreign language requirement meets the certification requirement.
Acceptance into the professional year (and to become an official English Adolescence Education "candidate") is contingent upon a successful screening interview given by a panel of English Adolescence Education faculty. Screening interviews allow students to demonstrate their mastery of key pedagogical, content, and disposition issues related to the English Adolescence Education major. To be eligible for screening, a student must have:
- at least junior-level standing (approximately 75 earned credit hours);
- an overall GPA of 3.0;
- successful completion (C+ or higher) in at least two of the following courses: ENED 250 Literacy and Technology, ENED 355 Adolescent Literature, ENED 356 Teaching Writing in the Secondary School, and ENED 357 Literacy, Language, Learning Theory.
Students will be notified in writing within two weeks after their screening whether they will move forward into the professional year. Student admitted to candidacy will take ENED 450, Senior Seminar and ENED 451 Methods for English Education during fall of their senior year, and ENED 452 Inquiries in Student Teaching, ENED 454 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English High School (Student Teaching), and ENED 455 Student Teaching in the Secondary School - English Middle School (Student Teaching) during the spring of their senior year. Students who do not pass screening are given several options that may allow them to attempt screening the following year. Students who fail screening are not eligible to enroll in ENED 450, ENED 451, ENED 452, ENED 454, or ENED 455.
Candidates are expected to demonstrate professional dispositions as part of their program requirements. Students should see the English department website for more information regarding dispositions for the English Adolescence Education program.
English Adolescence Education majors are exempt from the minor requirement.
Candidates in all education programs will complete training under the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA). Candidates in English Adolescence Education must complete at least 66 credit hours outside the major in order to graduate. Credits earned for ENGL 100 (Craft of Writing) do not count toward the major, but do count as hours outside the major. Credits earned as ENED count toward the 66 credit hours outside the major. Credits transferred as ENGL 099 do not count toward the major, but do count as ENGL hours outside the major area. Beginning in the Fall 2013 semester, the training required under the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) will be included in EDU 303 at Fredonia. Undergraduate candidates planning to graduate after Fall 2013 who have already completed EDU 303 on campus or taken a workshop as a substitution for EDU 303 must also complete the EDU DASA workshop prior to graduation.
NOTE: New York State Regents’ revisions of programs in Adolescence Education may result in changes in requirements, and these changes may affect current as well as future English Adolescence Education majors.
See Education for certification information.
English Content Courses:
| ENGL 106 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 3 |
| ENGL 204 | Survey of English Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 206 | Survey of American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 213 | Texts and Contexts | 3 |
| WRTG 367 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| WRTG 372 | Grammar and Style for Writers | 3 |
| or | |
| ENGL 373 | English Grammar for Everyone | 3 |
| ENED 413 | Teaching Shakespeare | 3 |
| or | |
| ENGL 412 | Shakespeare: Romances and Comedies | 3 |
| or | |
| ENGL 414 | Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies | 3 |
| Literature and Identities course | 3 |
| World Literature course | 3 |
| Literary History II: Period course | 3 |
| | 6 Credit Hours of ENGL or WRTG Electives | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
NOTE:
- Literature and Identities, Literary History II and World Literature courses: for lists of courses in these categories, please see the English BA catalog page
- Any ENGL or WRTG course counts as an elective
English Pedagogy Courses:
Candidates in the English Adolescence Education program count the following courses as part of the 66 credit hours outside their major discipline:
| ENED 101 | Introduction to English Adolescence Education | 1 |
| ENED 201 | Engaged Teaching in English Adolescence Education | 1 |
| ENED 250 | Literacy and Technology | 3 |
| ENED 301 | Reflective Teaching in English Adolescence Education | 1 |
| ENED 355 | Adolescent Literature | 3 |
| ENED 356 | Teaching Writing in the Secondary School | 3 |
| ENED 357 | Literacy/Language/Learning Theory | 3 |
| ENED 450 | Seminar for Teachers of English | 3 |
| ENED 451 | Methods for English Education | 3 |
| ENED 452 | Inquiries in Student Teaching | 3 |
| ENED 454 | Student Teaching in the Secondary School-English High School | 6 |
| ENED 455 | Student Teaching in the Secondary School-English Middle School | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
Education Courses:
| EDU 224 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| EDU 250 | Introduction to the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| EDU 251 | Practicum in Inclusive Education II | 1 |
| EDU 303 | Safe Schools/Healthy Students-DASA: Safety Education/Fire and Arson/School Violence | 1 |
| EDU 304 | Safe Schools & Healthy Students | 1 |
| EDU 349 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
NOTE:
- A candidate who receives a Satisfactory standing in the Student Teaching placement must also receive a passing grade in their co-requisite Seminar/Methods course to advance.