Communication Arts (Teaching License Grades 5-12) Catalog Information
Communication Studies Major with Communication Arts/Literature Teaching License, Grades 5-12 The requirements for a communication studies major with communication arts/literature teaching license, grades 5-12, are 52 credits plus 36 credits in education: • COM 201 – Introduction to Communication Studies, 4 credits • COM 205 – Advanced Public Speaking, 4 credits • COM 207 – Oral Interpretation, 4 credits • COM 312 – Interpersonal Communication, 4 credits • COM 314 – Small-Group Interaction, 4 credits • COM 316 – Intercultural Communication, 4 credits • COM 331 – Mass Media, 4 credits • ENG 160 – Global Literature and Human Experience, 4 credits • ENG 220 – Human Values in British and American Literature, 4 credits • ENG 315 – English Language, Historical and Analytical, 4 credits • 4 credits from the following: – ENG 227 – Foundations of Creative Writing, 4 credits – ENG 316 – Business Writing, 4 credits – ENG 317 – News Writing, 4 credits • 4 credits from the following courses: – ENG 326 – British Literature: Medieval to Renaissance, 4 credits – ENG 336 – British Literature: Restoration to Romanticism, 4 credits – ENG 346 – British Literature: Empire to Independence, 4 credits – ENG 353 – American Literature to 1900, 4 credits – ENG 355 – American Literature since 1900, 4 credits • ENG 491 – Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing for the Secondary School, 2 credits • EDUC 374 – Young Adult Literature, 2 credits • Successful completion of the secondary/K-12 curriculum requirements. • Required methods of teaching courses are: – EDUC 376 – Methods of Teaching English, 4 credits – EDUC 394 – Methods of Teaching Communication Studies, 4 credits • Cocurricular activity participation. Must be approved by the English department and the CSTA department (see Cocurricular Activities for Communication Arts/Literature).
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