Language Arts Teaching Option
This option is available within the Secondary Education major at the following location:
- Corvallis
This option is for students wanting to earn a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education and qualify for an Oregon teaching license to teach English Language Arts K-12. Students earning this option are typically hired to teach 6th-12th grade.
Option Code: 68
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Recognize how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and design and implement developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.
- Develop and create the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) they teach and create learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.
- Plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
- Use multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.
- Practices ongoing reflection and use evidence to continually evaluate their practice, particularly the effects of their choices and actions on others, and adapts their practice/choices accordingly. The teacher candidate will avail professional resources and/or professional development beyond university coursework.
Students must complete all option courses prior to beginning the professional level of the Secondary Education major. Option courses may double-count if the student elects to complete a dual-major.
Additional option requirements:
- A cumulative 3.0 GPA is required for all option courses.
- Grades below C are not accepted. If students want to include a content course in the state process for waiving the content exam, a minimum grade of C is required.
- All required courses must be letter graded (A–F); courses graded on Pass/No Credits (P/N) or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) basis are not accepted.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge and Understanding of the English Language | ||
| WR 330 | *UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR | 3 |
| Knowledge of the Practices of Oral, Visual, and Written Literacy | ||
| Communication | ||
| Any COMM course 1 | 3 | |
| Writing | ||
| Any 200-level WR course | 3 | |
| Film | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| *THE HOLOCAUST IN LITERATURE AND FILM | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1895-1945 | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1945-PRESENT | ||
| *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA | ||
| *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE | ||
| *FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM | ||
| DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES | ||
| ^STUDIES IN FILM | ||
| STUDIES IN FILM, CULTURE AND SOCIETY | ||
| Knowledge and Understanding of the Reading Process | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 8 | |
| WAYS OF READING | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY | ||
| LITERATURE AND PEDAGOGY | ||
| ^INTRODUCTION TO LITERACY STUDIES | ||
| Knowledge and Understanding of Different Composing Processes | ||
| ENG 302 | ^WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE (or any upper-division WR course) 1 | 4 |
| WR 411 | ^THE TEACHING OF WRITING | 4 |
| Knowledge and Understanding of an Extensive Range of Literature | ||
| American Literature | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 8 | |
| *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: COLONIAL TO 1900 | ||
| *SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT | ||
| *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: MODERNIST PERIOD | ||
| *THE AMERICAN NOVEL: POST-WORLD WAR II | ||
| LITERATURES OF THE COAST | ||
| *NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| ^STUDIES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| ENG 201 | *SHAKESPEARE | 4 |
| or ENG 202 | *SHAKESPEARE | |
| World Literature | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 4 | |
| *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS TO 1660 | ||
| *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: RESTORATION TO ROMANTIC ERA | ||
| *SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE: VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY | ||
| LITERATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION: CLASSICAL-RENAISSANCE | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: ASIA | ||
| +*LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: AFRICA | ||
| +*LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN | ||
| *LITERATURES OF THE WORLD: MIDDLE EAST | ||
| *LITERATURE OF THE WORLD: EUROPE | ||
| +*AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | ||
| *LITERATURE OF AMERICAN MINORITIES | ||
| Literature Pre-1900 | ||
| Any upper-division ENG course 1 | 4 | |
| Literature Post-1900 | ||
| Any upper-division ENG course 1 | 4 | |
| Knowledge and Understanding of the Range and Influence of Print and Non-print Media and Technology in Contemporary Culture | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| +*COMMUNICATING ONLINE | ||
| +INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION THEORY | ||
| *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION | ||
| *WORLD CINEMA PART I: ORIGINS TO 1968 | ||
| +*INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS | ||
| +NEW MEDIA FUTURES | ||
| ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING | ||
| DIGITAL LITERACY AND CULTURE | ||
| Total Credits | 55-56 | |
- *
Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
- +
Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
- ^
Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC) course
- 1
Blanket course numbers are not allowed
Option Code: 68