Grades 7-12 Certification - English, Language Arts, and Reading (BAEd)

English Language Arts and Reading: Students planning to be certified to teach Grades 7-12 will secure a major in either biology, English, history, mathematics, natural science, or speech communication. To be eligible for Texas certification, students will also follow the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) standards for Grades 7-12.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses	credit hours (baEd)
CORE EXPERIENCE
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience	3
Developing A Christian Mind DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind	3
English	9-10
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II ENGL 2301 - World Literature I
Fine Arts FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts	3
History HIST Lower Level (LL)	3
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List.
Kinesiology	1
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living
Mathematics	3
MATH 1303 - College Algebra
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)	3-4
Choose one 3-4 hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List.
Religion	9
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.
Social Science POLS 2301 - American National Government	3
Total Core Experience	40-41
Additional Program General Education Hours	12
Education Requirements: EDUC 3313 - Foundations of Teaching* EDUC 3320 - Instructional Assessment* Please select *two* 3-hour courses from HIST/FA/SS Course List or LANG/BL Language Course List.
Major Core:	61
EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* EDUC 4313 - Classroom Management and Organization in Culturally Diverse Settings* (S-L) EDUC 4314 - Best Practices in Teaching* (S-L) EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology* EDUC 4323 - Classroom Discipline for the 21st Century* EDUC 4436 - Secondary Pedagogy for English, Language Arts, and Reading with Lab* (AGP-eligible) EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* ENGL 2302 - World Literature II ENGL 3301 - American Literature I ENGL 3302 - American Literature II ENGL 3305 - Advanced Written Communication (S-L) or ENGL 4301 - Introduction to Linguistics ENGL 3313 - British Literature I ENGL 3314 - British Literature II ENGL 4011 - English Language Arts and Reading 7-12 Seminar ENGL 4309 - Studies in Fiction ENGL 4311 - Studies in Poetry HIST LL READ 4338 - Pedagogy of Language Arts* (AGP-eligible) READ 4340 - Adolescent Reading and Writing Instruction*
ELECTIVES All electives must be courses that prepare the candidate for the TExES content examination.
Upper-Level	0
Lower or Upper-Level	6-7
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED	120

*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.

Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:

Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0. Some programs may require a higher GPA for graduation.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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