Minor in Language Arts Education

Minor Requirements

• A minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework
• No more than two courses (8 semester hours) from a major or another minor may be used to satisfy the minor requirements
• No more than two courses will be accepted in transfer
• Only students who are formally admitted to a teacher education program may earn this minor
• Students are required to complete all courses with a grade of C or higher

Communications Course

(1 course; 1 credit)

• COM 114 Interpersonal Communication
• COM 213 Public Speaking
• COM 218 Nonverbal Communication and Effective Listening
• COM 315 Intercultural Communication
• COM 317 Persuasive Communication
• COM 319 Business and Professional Communication
• THE 225 Acting
• THE 340 Creative Drama

Content-Area Reading Course

(1 course; at least .50 credit)

• SEC 421 Theory and Practice for Building Academic Literacies in K-12 Classrooms

Middle-Level/Adolescent Literature

(1 course; .50 credit)

• ENG 315 Adolescent Literature
• EDU 373 Picture Books and Adolescent Literature in the 4-8 Classroom

Writing Pedagogy at the Middle Level

(1 course; 1 credit)

• EDU 430 Writing Pedagogy for the Middle Level

Electives

(at least two of the following electives to meet the 24-semester-hour requirement)

• Any ENG literature course at the 200 level or higher
• WL 209 World Literature in English
• WL 320 Non-Western Culture via Literature and Film