Four-year Plan of Courses

English Teaching major

Students need 128 credits for graduation, including 40 upper-division credits (numbered 300 or higher). Refer to the Undergraduate Catalog for complete degree requirements. This worksheet is based on the 2009–10 catalog; older catalogs might have slightly different requirements.

These tables provide one way—not the only way—to divide the courses required for this major into eight semesters over four years. This means that you average 16 credits per semester. Courses need not be taken in this exact sequence, but keep in mind that some courses are prerequisites for others. You may move some courses around to suit your schedule or your interests. These schedules do not include summer courses; courses taken in the summers reduce the number that must be taken in a fall or spring semester.

BSU has a program called Finish in Four that helps students complete degrees in four years. English Teaching is a not major eligible for the Finish in Four program, but you may still try to finish in four years. See the Finish in Four website (http://www.boisestate.edu/finish4/) for information. This document is not part of the Finish in Four program, but it shows how students can divide their coursework over four years, assuming needed courses are available.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester / Spring Semester
Course / Credits / Course / Credits
ENGL 101 / 3 / ENGL 102 / 3
Core area I class (not ENGL) / 3 / Core area I class (not ENGL) / 3
Core area II history class / 3 / Comm 101 (speech) / 3
Core area III math class / 4 / Core area III science class / 4
ENGL 198 / 1 / Elective (any field) / 3
Electives (any fields) / 2
Semester total credits: / 16 / Semester total credits: / 16

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester / Spring Semester
Course / Credits / Course / Credits
ENGL 267, 268, 277, or 278 / 3 / ENGL 267, 268, 277, or 278 / 3
ED-CIFS 201 / 3 / ED-TECH 202 / 3
Writing course 200 or higher / 3 / ENGL 275 / 3
Core area III class (any field) / 4 / Writing course 200 or higher / 3
Elective (any field) / 3 / Core area II class / 3
Elective (any field) / 1
Semester total credits: / 16 / Semester total credits: / 16

Note: Students must apply in the early fall of their junior years to begin their education courses (aka, The Blocks) in the spring. See http://education.boisestate.edu/teachered/appinfo.htm for a link to the application and http://education.boisestate.edu/teachered/praxisi.htm to read about Praxis I. Allow eight weeks for Praxis I results to arrive.


Note: It is very important to take LING 305 in the junior year so you may complete a second LING course before student teaching.

Junior Year

Fall Semester / Spring Semester (Block I)
Course / Credits / Course / Credits
LING 305 / 3 / ED-CIFS 301 (internship) / 1
Upper-div. ENGL / 3 / ED-CIFS 302 / 4
Upper-div. ENGL / 3 / ED-CIFS 301 / 3
Upper-div. ENGL / 3 / ENGL 301* / 3
Any ENGL 200 or higher / 3 / ENGL 481* / 3
Elective (any field) / 1 / Any other LING course / 3
Semester total credits: / 16 / Semester total credits: / 17

*ENGL 301 and 481 are co-requisites.

Senior Year

Fall Semester (Block II) / Spring Semester (Block III)
Course / Credits / Course / Credits
ENGL 381 / 3 / EDUC 484/485 / 16
ED-CIFS 401 (internship) / 2 / (student teaching)
ED-LTCY 444 / 3
Upper-div. ENGL / 3
Upper-div. ENGL / 3
Elective (any field) / 1
Semester total credits: / 15 / Semester total credits: / 16