English Teaching Endorsement

If you are currently pursuing teacher certification in another field and would like to add an English Language Arts endorsement, you will take the courses listed below, complete supervised fieldwork in an English Language Arts classroom, and pass the Praxis II for your grade level:

Grades 6-12: English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (test #5038)

Grades 5-9: Middle School English Language Arts (test #5047)

For more information about the supervised fieldwork, contact the division of Teacher Education.

Idaho State Department of Education Requirements	Boise State University Courses
Grammar 3 Credits	ENGL 329 Grammar, Style, and Writing LING 307 Linguistics for Education LING 427 Pedagogical Grammar
Literary Theory 3 Credits	ENGL 275 Methods of Literary Studies
American Literature 3 Credits	ENGL 277 Survey of American Literature I ENGL 278 Survey of American Literature II ENGL 316 Contemporary American Literature ENGL 375 Early American Literature ENGL 377 American Renaissance ENGL 378 American Realism ENGL 384 Literature of the American West ENGL 387 Modern and Postmodern American Literature
British Literature 3 Credits	ENGL 267 Survey of British Literature I ENGL 268 Survey of British Literature II ENGL 340 Chaucer ENGL 341 Medieval Literature ENGL 345 Shakespeare ENGL 350 British Renaissance Literature ENGL 351 Milton ENGL 358 Eighteenth-Century British Literature ENGL 360 British Romantic Literature ENGL 365 Victorian Literature ENGL 386 Modern and Contemporary British Literature
Multicultural/World Literature 3 Credits	ENGL 211 Sacred Texts ENGL 216 Literature and Global Consciousness ENGL 217 Mythology ENGL 300 Studies in World Literature ENGL 307 Literary Translation ENGL 338 Literature in Translation ENGL 390 Ethnic Literature ENGL 392 Film and Literature ENGL 395 Women Writers ENGL 396 Postcolonial Literature
Advanced Composition 3 Credits	CW 201 Writing Creative Nonfiction CW 202 Writing Poetry CW 203 Writing Fiction ENGL 201 Nonfiction Writing ENGL 204 Creative Nonfiction: Genres and Contexts ENGL 304 Argument ENGL 310 Writing, Advocacy, and Leadership
Young Adult Literature 3 Credits	ED-LLC 447 Young Adult Literature ENGL 380 Teaching Readers of Literary Texts
Methods Course 3 Credits	ENGL 301 Teaching Writers in Secondary ELA Classrooms ENGL 380 Teaching Readers of Literary Texts ENGL 402 Assessing Readers and Writers ENGL 480 Integrating the English Language Arts
Supervised Teaching Experience in English Language Arts Variable Credits (1-6)	ED-CIFS 458 Supervised Clinical Field Experience (undergrad) ED-CIFS 558 Supervised Clinical Field Experience (graduate) ED CIFS 466 Professional Year III: Teaching Experience in the Middle School
Praxis Test	Passing score on Praxis II Grades 6-12: English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (test# 5038) Grades 5-9: Middle School English Language Arts (test #5047)

English Teaching Endorsement

Department of Writing Studies