Program Overview

English majors may pursue Massachusetts state teaching licensure by completing the secondary education concentration. In doing so, you will be eligible to receive a license to teach English grades 5-12, in Massachusetts.

The experience you gain at Endicott is comprehensive. You will complete freshman and sophomore internships in a range of school settings; a sophomore and junior field experience connected to your secondary education courses; a junior year pre-practicum; and senior year full practicum experience. Upon graduation, you will have completed all of the requirements necessary to apply for an initial license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and you will be eligible to pursue licensure in many other states. Students receive free preparation for the required Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) as part of the program.

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 126

First Year - Credits: 32

  • General Education Elective 200+ level (Cr: 3)
  • Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • World Language  (Cr: 6)
  • ED 111 - Clinical Field Based Experience I (Cr: 2)
  • ED 125 - Approaches to Middle and Secondary Education (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 102 - Introduction to Literary Studies (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement
  • ENG 108 - Introduction to Creative Writing (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies Aesthetic Awareness General Elective
  • ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
  • ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.
  • ENG 217 - History and Structure of the English Language (Cr: 3)

Second Year - Credits: 32

  • Global Issues General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
  • Individual and Society General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3) 
  • Values and Ethics Reasoning General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • ED 203 - Inclusionary Practices in Educational Settings (Cr: 3)
  • ED 211/211L - Clinical Field Based Experience II and Lab (Cr: 2)
  • ED 240 - Literacies for Learning at the Middle and Secondary School (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 203 - Early American Literature (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 213 - Early British Literature (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 218 - Argument Based Writing (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 225 - Literary Criticism and Interpretation (Cr: 3)
  • PSY 200 - Child and Adolescent Psychology (Cr: 3)

Third Year - Credits: 33

  • British Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • Science and Technology General Education Requirement (Cr. 3-4)
  • World Cultures General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
  • World Literature Elective  (Cr: 3)
  • ED 303 - Pre-Practicum Field Experience (Cr: 1)
  • ED 330 - Sheltered English Immersion Teacher's Endorsement (Cr: 3)
  • ED 339 - Assessment for Learning (Cr: 3)
  • ED 380/380L - Methods in the Secondary Content Areas and Field Experience (Cr: 4)
  • ENG 314 - Early World Literature (Cr: 3)
    or
  • ENG 316 - World Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 365 - Shakespeare (Cr: 3)
  • IDS 302 - Interdisciplinary Methods of Inquiry (Cr: 3)
    Satisfies Writing Designated Requirement

Fourth Year - Credits: 30

  • American Literature Elective (Cr. 3)
  • General Education Electives  (Cr: 9)
    (One must be 200+ level)
  • ED 400/400L - Practicum and Seminar in Education (Cr: 12)
  • ENG 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
    Or
  • ENG 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)

American Literature Electives

Choose one from the following:

  • ENG 204 - American Literature: Civil War to Present (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 224 - Justice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 227 - African-American Literature (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 240 - Boston in Literature and Film (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 245 - Cartoonists and Satirists (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 266 - Science Fiction Literature: From Galaxies Far Away (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 310 - Modern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 337 - American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)

British Literature Electives

Choose one from the following:

  • ENG 214 - British Literature: 18th Century to Present (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 233 - Other Worlds: Fantasy Literature (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 260 - Gothic Literature (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 315 - Women Writers (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 361 - Victorian Secrets: Fear and Hypocrisy in Victorian Literature (Cr: 3)

World Literature Electives

Choose one from the following:

  • ENG 212 - Drama Survey (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 230 - Rebels and Misfits (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 235 - Modern Fiction (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 321 - Literary Triumvirates (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 336 - Nature Writing (Cr: 3)
  • ENG 367 - Eastern Literature and Haiku (Cr: 3)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the English program, students will be able to: 

  1. Advance coherent, well-reasoned arguments that demonstrate conceptual organization and control over language. 

  2. Analyze literary texts through close reading, attending carefully to language, form, and structure to interpret how meaning is created.

  3. Explain and apply key concepts related to the history, theory, and analysis of literature. 

  4. Through a sustained process of drafting and revision, create work that possesses a distinctive authorial voice, achieved through language and imagery and/or original exploration of topic or theme. 

  5. Interpret texts from diverse cultural, historical, and social perspectives, demonstrating an understanding of how worldview shapes both literary expression and interpretation.

  6. Make connections between their major and professional opportunities through internships.


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