Accelerated Bachelor's in
Secondary Education
English and Language Arts Licensure #2300
Program Highlights & Benefits
Flexible, online format
Easy, efficient admissions steps
50% or more transfer credits considered
Professors who are committed to helping foster personal and professional success
For
Those looking to become a certified educator. Learn how to teach reading, writing, listening, and comprehension to secondary education students.
What You Learn
English is one of the most versatile degrees you can pursue, because the skills you learn are transferable. Critical thinking, reading comprehension, writing, and communication are essential in almost any career field-not to mention your personal life. As a secondary education major, not only will you gain these skills for yourself, you will understand how to pass them on to your students, setting them up for a successful life of learning.
How You Learn
- 100% Online
- Students take three successive 8-week sessions within each semester.
- Students that want to complete the program in three years will need to take two courses at the same time during an 8-week session. This would be a total of six credits as each course is three credits.
Career Outcomes
You will master the ELA skills so that you can implement effective lessons and learning strategies in 4th – 12th grade classrooms. Through online courses and clinical experience in classrooms, you will gain the expertise and experience to utilize curriculum that builds the knowledge of your students.
Upon completion of this online accelerated program, you will earn your Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education-English & Language Arts and your Wisconsin teaching license.
Degree Requirements
Core Curriculum – Click Here (44-47 Credit Hours)
English & Language Arts Curriculum (Courses Listed Below)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| ED 1230 | Nature of the Exceptional Child | 3 |
| ED 1275 | Human Learning | 3 |
| ED 4340 | The Art & Science of Assessment and Instruction | 3 |
| ED 4372 | Curriculum & Methods of Teaching English-Secondary | 3 |
| ED 4411 | The Profession & Ethics of Teaching | 3 |
COMM 2010 | Interpersonal Communication (Counts as Core Communication) | |
| COMM 1200 | Journalism | 3 |
| COMM 4100 | Cross-Cultural Communication | 3 |
| ED 2252 | Best Practices in Engaging Adolescents in Literacy | 3 |
| ED 2432 | Teaching Writing: Grades 4-12 | 3 |
| ENG 2100 | College Writing (Counts as core English Class) | |
| ENG 2500 | Academic Writing and Research | 3 |
| ENG 3470 | World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 3920 | Survey of American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 3940 | Survey of British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 3960 | English Language and Its Usage | 3 |
| ENG 4650 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG 4750 | Literary Criticism | 3 |
| ED 4501 | Clinical Field Experience 1 | 3 |
| ED 4502 | Clinical Field Experience 2 | 3 |
| ED 4507 | Clinical Field Experience 7 | 3 |
| ED 4414 | Portfolio Completion-Secondary | 1 |
ED 4433 ED 4434 | Secondary Ed Student Teaching 1 Secondary Ed Student Teaching 2 | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 120 |
