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, or natural science. 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	40-42
Additional Program General Education Hours	12
Education Requirements: EDUC 3313 - Foundations of Teaching* EDUC 3320 - Instructional Assessment* Please select *two* 3-hour courses from HUM/SS Course List or LANG/BL Language Course List.
Major Core:	61
EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* (S-L) EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L) 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 (ENGL or Pedagogy 3000-4000)	5-7
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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