Major in Adolescence Education – English

(Grades 7-12) [AEN]

This major leads to New York State certification to teach English in grades 7-12. Note: the Bachelor of Arts degree requires proficiency in a foreign language.

Career potential:
· High-school teacher · Educational researcher
· Junior high-school teacher

A. Required Content Courses: 36 credit hours (all courses below are 3 cr. hrs.)
ENG 203: Introduction to Poetry
ENG 307: Computer Technology in the Classroom
ENG 325: American Literature Before 1900
ENG 326: American Literature Since 1900
ENG 355: Major Figures in British Literature to 1780
ENG 356: Major Figures in British Literature 1780 to Present
ENG 374: Literature for Adolescents
ENG 433: Shakespeare
ENG 4__: Additional course in literature before 1800 (Choose one from the following):
ENG 438: Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose
ENG 440: The Age of Satire
ENG 441: The Age of Sensibility
ENG 442: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
ENG 411: World Literature
ENG 407: Study of the English Language
ENG ___: An elective in ethnic or multicultural literature (Choose one from the following):
ENG 251: Introduction to African-American Literature
ENG 252: Introduction to Modern American Multicultural Literature
ENG 256: Introduction to American Indian Literature
ENG 261: Introduction to Women in Literature
ENG 352: Early African-American Literature
ENG 353: Recent African-American Literature
ENG 421: African-American Autobiography
ENG 422: American Women Writers
ENG 423: American Fiction Since 1940
ENG 425: African-American Women Novelists
ENG 475: American Multicultural Literature

B. Required Professional Courses: 41-42 credit hours (All courses except * are 3 cr. hr.)
PSY 101: General Psychology I
PSY 232: Adolescent Psychology or
PSY 332: Educational Psychology
HLH ___: (Choose one from the following):
HLH 110 Personal and Community Health
HLH 199 Critical School Health Issues* (2 cr. hr.)
HLH 510 ProSeminar in Health Foundations
AED 308: Grammar and the Writing Process
AED 309: Participant-Observer Experience: Writing Process
AED 341: Introduction to English Language Arts
AED 408: Teaching Writing
AED 409: Participant Observer Experience: Teaching Writing
AED 441: Methods of Teaching Literature and Critical Literacy
AED 376: Student Teaching in the Middle School
AED 377: Student Teaching in the Secondary School
EDU 471: Foundations of Modern Education
Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Workshop (NC)
School Violence Prevention and Intervention (SAVE) Workshop (NC)

Total Number of Program Credits: 77-78

C. AEN Coding Policy

Students will be coded as AEN-W until they have achieved a 2.75 overall GPA or better and are ready to begin junior year, at which point they need to apply to the Director of AEN for candidacy. Transfer students will retain the AEN-W coding until they have successfully completed CPN 101, ENG 203, three of the four survey courses (ENG 325, ENG 326, ENG 355, ENG 356), PSY 101, three of their four semester of foreign language, and seven out of ten SUNY General Education requirements. Because the AEN code is required before students will be admitted into the junior year courses with attached field work, transfer students coming in with junior status who have not completed the above requirements will begin AED courses in the fall semester of their senior year, and must student teach in the fall semester thereafter for a December degree.

D. 100 Hours Early/Pre-Student Teaching Fieldwork Policy

Candidates must have achieved a 2.75 or better overall GPA by the end of the semester prior to the junior year. Students failing to meet this standard are ineligible to take junior year courses with attached early fieldwork. Students who fall below a 2.75 GPA while registered for any AED courses will automatically be de-registered from those courses. In such a case, the registrar will maintain the student at his or her original level of registered credits, but the student is responsible with the help of an advisor to re-register for appropriate substitute courses before the close of that semester’s billing cycle. Candidates acquire 50 hours of early fieldwork in conjunction with each of the following courses:
AED 309 (3 cr. hr.) taken in conjunction with AED 308 (3 cr. hr.)
AED 409 (3 cr. hr.) taken in conjunction with AED 408 (3 cr. hr.)

E. Student Teaching Policy

To be eligible for the professional semester, which is offered for undergraduates only in the fall (unless granted departmental approval), students must complete the following requirements:
21 hours of English including ENG 203, three of the four survey courses (325, 326, 355, 356), 374, 433.
PSY 101; PSY 232 or 332; HLH 110, 199, or 510; AED 308 , AED 309, AED 408, AED 409, AED 341, AED 441, and Child Abuse Recognition Workshop

Required grade point average: Students must have a cumulative grade point average of2.75 in ALL courses to be able to student teach during fall of senior year. Students must meet all requirements for eligibility to student teach by the end of the semester prior to the semester they are scheduled to student teach. Additional work in summer school or independent study cannot be used to remedy deficiencies. Students with incompletes at the end of the semester prior to student teaching will be ineligible to student teach. If they meet all requirements at the end of next semester, they can reapply for eligibility and be put on a wait-list to student teach .

F. Departmental Policy on Retaking Required Courses

Students may retake no more than two required courses. They may retake these courses only once.

Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124-128

Suggested Sequence for Bachelor of Arts: Adolescence Education, English 7-12

Note: All ENG and AED/EDU courses listed below are required and must be taken during the semester indicated.