The following course of study is the normal preparation for a prospective secondary school English teacher.  Those who complete this program are allowed to waive the CSET exam required for high school classroom teaching.

All students in the Subject-Matter Preparation Program must enroll in the following special courses:

English 24/124: SMPP Assessment and Portfolio

1. English 24 (offered in Spring Only)
   English 24 is a .25 credit course that students in the English Subject-Matter Preparation Program, designed for prospective secondary school teachers, are required to register for once prior to their senior year. The course assists students in beginning their portfolio and preparing them for the initial assessment interview required by the SMPP program.
2. English 124
   English 124 is a .25 credit course that students in the English Subject-Matter Preparation Program are required to register for during one semester of their senior year. The course assists students in assembling the final version of their portfolio and preparing them for the final assessment interview required by the SMP program.

SUBJECT-MATTER PREPARATION PROGRAM IN ENGLISH

Saint Mary’s College has been approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing of the State of California to offer a student who majors in English appropriate preparation for a teaching credential in English. The following course of study is the normal preparation for a prospective secondary school English teacher. Those who complete this program are allowed to waive the CSET exam required for high school classroom teaching.

1. CORE STUDIES: 13 courses (12.25 units)
   1. Composition and Rhetoric – 2 courses (1.25 units)
      1. English 100: Advanced Composition
      2. English 101: Writing Tutor Workshop (.25 units)
   1. Linguistics – 1 course
      1. English 110: Linguistics—Language, Mind, and Culture
   1. Literature – 8 courses
      1. English 19: Introduction to Literary Analysis
      2. English 29: Issues in Literary Study
      3. English 103 and 104: Major British Writers
      4. English 175: Shakespeare
      5. English 150, 151 or 152: American Literature
      6. One course in English or American Literature before 1800
      7. One course in English or American Literature before 1900
   1. Speech, media and creative performance:
      1. Choose 2 of the following courses.
         Choose 1 Communication and 1 Performing Arts:
      2. Communication 10: Argument and Advocacy
      3. Communication 2: Communication and Social Understanding
      4. Communication 3: Communication Inquiry
      5. Performing Arts 1: Perceiving the Performing Arts
      6. Performing Arts 33: Acting 1: Principles of Performance
      7. Performing Arts 132: Performing Arts in Production
2. EXTENDED STUDIES:  9 courses (7 units)
   The extended studies curriculum is designed to supplement the core by providing students with depth, breadth, areas of concentration, and an introduction to classroom teaching and teaching technology.
   1. One of the following courses:
   2. English 167: Literary Criticism: From the Ancient Greeks to the Romantics
   3. English 168: Literary Criticism: the 19th and 20th centuries
   4. English 170: Problems in Literary Theory
   5. One of the following courses:
   6. English 153: American Ethnic Writers and Oral Traditions
   7. English 154: Studies in African-American Literature
   8. Two of the following courses:
   9. English 102: Creative Writing
   10. English 105: Children’s Literature
   11. English 125 or 126: Film
   12. English 140: Literary Genres (Including Popular Genres)
   13. English 163: The Other English Literatures
   14. English 173: Women Writers
   15. English 182, 183 or 184: Drama
3. Internship Requirement and Classroom Technology
   1. All of the following courses:
   2. Registration in SMPP:  English 24 first semester in program (.25 units)
   3. Registration in SMPP:  English 124 senior year in program (.25 units)
   4. Education 122: Field Experience (1 unit)
   5. Single Subject Teacher Education 224: Technology in the Classroom (.5 units)

SMPP Coordinator:  Professor Janice Doane

Dante 306, 631-4424

jdoane@stmarys-ca.edu

October 7, 2010