Nov 21, 2024  
BVU Academic Catalog 2024-2025 
    
BVU Academic Catalog 2024-2025

English Language Arts for Secondary Education (B.A.)


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This major meets the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners’ requirements for English Language Arts grades 5-12 teaching license (Endorsement 120) with a 5-12 Reading Endorsement (Endorsement 149). Teachers are credentialed to teach all English Language Arts programming and reading interventions.

Secondary education focuses on adolescent and young adult learning. Students interested in a teaching career working with learners in this age range must, in addition to studying content within a discipline (identified as a teaching licensure area by the State of Iowa), meet the requirements for curricular and instructional coursework, and affiliated field experiences, to develop their skills as professional educators.

Students completing this major program will be well prepared to enter the teaching field and to develop the strong knowledge-based critical thinking skills needed by middle and high school students.

Students pursuing the multidisciplinary major English Language Arts for Secondary Education must be accepted into the BVU Teacher Education Program (TEP) and meet the progressive requirements throughout the program as outlined in the description of the TEP Checkpoints. See the Education section of the catalog for the TEP Checkpoints.

Education - General Program Information

  

The Teacher Education Program

   

The Education Core:


The education core, which is required of all students seeking a teaching license, is the nucleus of the Teacher Education program and includes basic courses in education and psychology. Elementary Education majors, students seeking secondary licensure, and Post Baccalaureate students are required to take all EDCO courses for a letter grade and to earn a minimum grade of “C-” in each course.

* Prerequisite:


Students must complete a background check prior to beginning this field experience. The background check will be conducted by BVU’s Human Resource department and is at the student’s expense.

Secondary Education Licensure Core:


Secondary education licensure requires a content major in a certifiable teaching area and completion of the following eight components:

  • Foundations of Collegiate Learning, Liberal Arts Core, and university graduation requirements
  • The education core (See “The Education Core” section.)
  • SEDU 310 Standards, Assessment and Instruction for Engaged Learning 
  • The secondary methods course(s) in your chosen discipline including the field experience (See below)
  • TEAC 4XX Student Teaching in Secondary Disciplinary Area

* Prerequisite:


Students must complete a background check prior to beginning this field experience. The background check will be conducted by BVU’s Human Resource department and is at the student’s expense.

82 credit hours


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