Course variations

Course summary

This program prepares students to teach in middle and high school, as well as in vocational-technical centers, charter and parochial schools, and other non-traditional educational settings. With additional study, students may also teach in post-secondary schools.

Program modules

The modules include ENGL 108 Adv. Freshman Comp. or ENGL 100/104 and 105 English Comp. I and II, COM 114 Fundamentals Speech Comm, ENGL 201 Nature of Literary Study, ENGL 240 English Literature I, ENGL 241 English Literature II, ENGL 260 or 261 World Literature, ENGL 350 American Literature I, ENGL 351 American Literature II, ENGL 405 or 589 Creative Writing, ENGL 442 Shakespeare, ENGL 391 Comp for English Grammar or ENGL 304 Advanced Composition, ENGL 308 Modern English Grammar, ENGL 326 Linguistics, ENGL 492 English Literature in Secondary School, EDPS 220 Educational Psychology, EDCI 206 Introduction to Teaching, EDCI 260 Intro to Computers in Education, EDPS 285 Diversity and Education, PSY 362 Human Development II: Adolescence, EDCI 355 Planning and Assessment, EDPS 260 Special Education, EDCI 309 Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools, EDCI 320S Classroom Management, EDCI 341 English Teaching in Middle School, Junior High, and High School, EDPS 370 Teaching Students with Diverse Needs in the K-12 Classroom, EDPS 489B Supervised Teaching, EDCI 497D Supervised Teaching.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must have completed a graduation from an accredited secondary school and prove secondary school graduation by submitting official academic transcripts and if appropriate true and attested English translations. Students must meet the academic standards for admission set by Purdue University Calumet's Academic Departments. For admission into a degree seeking major, students must prove proficiency in the English Language by achieving one of the following and submitting an official test score report: A TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550, paper and pencil test, or 79, internet Based TOEFL (iBT), a grade of at least a B in English at the ordinary level of G.C.E. (General Certificate of Education) or G.C.S.E. (General Certificate of Secondary Education), a Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) verbal score of 480 or greater, transferable credit from an accredited US institution of higher education equivalent to Purdue University Calumet’s ENGL 104, English Composition course, an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Score of 6.5.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Purdue University Calumet

Department name

School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department of English and Philosophy