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Undergraduate Programs - Elementary Teaching Minors

Language Arts (Elementary: 21 hours)
ENG 301 Advanced Compositions 
ENG 313 Introduction to Linguistics OR
ENG 314 Survey of English Grammars 

HUM 241 The Western Tradition in Literature I OR
HUM 242 The Western Tradition in Literature II**                

ENG 265 Introduction to American Literary History
COMM 192 Introduction to Mass Communication
EDUC 378 Reading and Language Arts in the Elementary School

ELECTIVES (3 hours) - choose from the following:

ENG 205 Introduction to English Studies & Ways of Reading**
ENG 330 Ethnic Literature in America
EDUC 440 Current Trends in Reading
EDUC 455 Diagnostic Teaching of Reading
EDUC 493 Teaching Reading in the Content Area

** if ENG 205 is selected as an elective, it should be taken prior to HUM 241 or 242.

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Additional courses required for the junior high/middle school endorsement (grades 5-9):
EDUC 304 Teaching and Learning in the Middle School 
EDUC 488 The Middle School Curriculum
EDUC 477 Junior High/Middle School Practicum              

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