Master of Science - Adolescence Education - English (Grade 7-12)

Program Description 

Graduate students majoring in Adolescence Education (Grades 7 to 12) must select an academic specialty from the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum. Such study complements the Adolescence Childhood courses and provides students with specialized knowledge in one particular discipline. This adds depth and breadth to the student's level of teaching expertise. It is expected that students, as a teacher, will transmit their enthusiasm for the focused subject to young learners, helping them to grow intellectually and socially. Students may select English from among the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum (18 credits). Students in the Adolescence Education program also will take 27 credits in teacher education courses.

The 45 to 48 credit graduate degree program will prepare students to teach English to young learners (ages 9 to 14) while deepening their knowledge and appreciation of the English language and its great literature. In addition to studying the psychology of the adolescent student and mastering a variety of teaching techniques, students will have an opportunity to take 18 credits in English, including “Research Method and Critical Writing.” Additional English courses must be taken in five of six broad areas of study (Early Literature and Language, Literature of the English Renaissance, Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth-century British Literature, American Literature of any period, and Modern Literature of any country). The Department of English, Philosophy, and Foreign Languages offers more than 40 elective courses in a rich array of subjects that range from “Rhetoric,” “Style and Syntax” and “Psycholinguistics” to “Metaphysical Poetry,” “The Irish Literary Renaissance,” and “Contemporary American Drama.”