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A major in English helps students develop the essential skills in reading, analyzing, researching, writing, and speaking for success in nearly all occupations and professions. Students may major in one of five English concentrations: Creative Writing, Integrated Language Arts, Literature, Professional Writing, TESOL.

The general concentration allows students to shape their own program within a traditional framework of courses in literary history, theory, and analysis. The creative writing concentration offers a full series of introductory and advanced courses in creative writing. The professional writing concentration includes courses in business writing, technical writing, and journalism. A combination of linguistics and current methods of language instruction creates the foundation of the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) concentration.

Integrated Language Arts is an education-based licensure program at Wright State University that prepares you for a career in teaching ILA (English, Communication, Journalism, and Theatre) in grades 7-12 in the state of Ohio, also known as Adolescent/Young Adult Licensure (AYA). This program requires that you complete your undergraduate program with a B.A. in English: Language Arts Education, and upon completing your Fifth Year, receive licensure and a Master's in Education.

Certificate programs in Technical Writing, TESOL, and Professional Writing are available.
Students interested in teaching English at the high school level should pursue the Integrated Language Arts curriculum. Students will be required to complete the graduate-level program through the College of Education and Human Services to qualify for Ohio licensure.

For a complete list of required course visit the English Department Semesters Transitional Planning Strategy (TaPS) pages.

Bachelor of Arts in English, Emphasis on Creative Writing—Sample Curriculum
Freshman Academic Writing and Reading Mathematics and the Modern World Core Global Studies course Foreign Language 1010 Core History course Great Books: Literature Core Social Science course Foreign Language 1020 2 electives	Sophomore Core Social Science course Introduction to Poetry Writing or Introduction to Fiction Writing British Texts (choice of three time periods) Foreign Language 2010 Research and Argument Introduction to Dramatic Writing American Texts (choice of two time periods) Foreign Language 2020 2 electives	Junior 2 Core Natural Science courses Quantitative Thinking Qualitative Thinking Intro to Literary Study I Intro to Literary Study II Advanced Poetry Writing Seminar or Advanced Fiction Writing Seminar Rhetoric, Linguistics, or History of the English Language Core Multicultural course 1 elective	Senior 1 additional Core course 2 4000-level literature courses Special Topics in Creative Writing Capstone Seminar in Poetry Writing or Fiction Writing 5 electives

Bachelor of Arts in English, Emphasis on Professional Writing—Sample Curriculum
Freshman Academic Writing and Reading Mathematics and the Modern World Core Global Studies course Foreign Language 1010 Core History course Great Books: Literature Core Social Science course Foreign Language 1020 2 electives	Sophomore Core Social Science course Core Multicultural course 1 additional Core course British Texts (choice of three time periods) Foreign Language 2010 Research and Argument American Texts (choice of two time periods) Foreign Language 2020 2 electives	Junior 2 Core Natural Science courses Quantitative Thinking Intro to Literary Study I Intro to Literary Study II Technical Writing Document Design Professional Editing Rhetoric, Culture, and Persuasion 1 elective	Senior 1 additional Core course Qualitative Thinking 2 4000-level literature courses Topics in Technical and Professional Writing Internship in Writing 4 electives

Bachelor of Arts in English, Emphasis on TESOL—Sample Curriculum
Freshman Academic Writing and Reading Mathematics and the Modern World Core Global Studies course Foreign Language 1010 Core History course Great Books: Literature Core Social Science course Foreign Language 1020 2 electives	Sophomore Core Social Science course Core Multicultural course British Texts (choice of three time periods) Foreign Language 2010 Research and Argument American Texts (choice of two time periods) 1 additional British, American, or Post-Colonial literature course Foreign Language 2020 2 electives	Junior 2 Core Natural Science courses Quantitative Thinking Qualitative Thinking Intro to Literary Study I Intro to Literary Study II Introduction to Linguistics TESOL Practices & Materials TESOL Assessment 1 elective	Senior 2 4000-level literature courses TESOL Grammar TESOL Internship History of the English Language or Studies in TESOL Education or ESL in the Pre-K-12 Classroom 1 additional Core course 4 electives

Bachelor of Arts in English, Emphasis on Literature—Sample Curriculum
Freshman Academic Writing and Reading Mathematics and the Modern World Core Global Studies course Foreign Language 1010 Core History course Great Books: Literature Core Social Science course Foreign Language 1020 2 electives	Sophomore Core Social Science course Core Multicultural course British Texts (choice of three time periods) Foreign Language 2010 Research and Argument American Texts (choice of two time periods) 1 additional British, American, or Post-Colonial literature course Foreign Language 2020 2 electives	Junior 2 Core Natural Science courses Quantitative Thinking Qualitative Thinking Intro to Literary Study I Intro to Literary Study II Rhetoric, Linguistics, or History of the English Language 1 additional Core course 2 electives	Senior 4 4000-level literature courses 2 upper-level English electives 4 electives

Bachelor of Arts in English, Emphasis on Integrated Language Arts—Sample Curriculum
Freshman Academic Writing and Reading Mathematics and the Modern World Core Global Studies course Foreign Language 1010 Core History course Great Books: Literature Core Social Science course Foreign Language 1020 Essentials of Public Address 1 elective	Sophomore Core Social Science course British Texts (choice of three time periods) Foreign Language 2010 Research and Argument American Texts (choice of two time periods) 1 additional British, American, or Post-Colonial literature course Writing Pedagogy for Integrated Language Arts Foreign Language 2020 Mass Communication 1 elective	Junior 2 Core Natural Science courses Core Multicultural course Quantitative Thinking Intro to Literary Study I Intro to Literary Study II Post-Colonial Texts Writing Workshop Reading Workshop Language for Teachers or Linguistics	Senior Qualitative Thinking 1 4000-level literature course Teaching Shakespeare through Performance and Analysis or 4000-level literature course Young Adult Literature Field Experience I and II Educational Psychology Two additional education courses Integrated Language Arts Curriculum Capstone 2 electives

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