Courses for this license
| Course | Title |
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| EDIL 802 | Professional Preparation II: Special Needs and Educational Technology |
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| EDIL 821 | Secondary Methods with Field Study II: English Grades 5–12 |
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| EDPS 861A | Secondary Professional Practicum A: English Grades 5–12 |
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| EDPS 861B | Secondary Professional Practicum B: English Grades 5–12 |
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Methods courses run in the fall. Student teaching runs in the spring: Practicum A from mid-January to mid-March, then Practicum B from mid-March to mid-May. Your methods courses and both practicum courses must be taken at FSU.
Subject-matter requirements
Massachusetts requires candidates for this license to hold a bachelor's degree and to demonstrate the depth and breadth of content knowledge needed to teach the state's English Language Arts and Literacy Framework for Grades 3–12.
Faculty in the English department review each applicant's transcript against the subject areas below, which FSU uses to assess that knowledge. Coursework completed at FSU or another institution may satisfy some or all of these areas, and the transcript review identifies any courses that remain.
| Requirement | FSU courses that meet it |
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| British literature: Old English to 1680 | ENGL 251 |
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| British literature: 1680 to 1890 | ENGL 255 |
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| American literature, or literature from historically underrepresented groups with an American focus (2 courses) | Two of ENGL 243, 248, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 275, 353, 365, 366 (or 853), 368, 370, 373, 374, 383, 397 (or 897), or 920 |
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| Literature from outside the U.S. and Britain, before 1900 | One of ENGL 202, 265, 266, 271, 319, or 345 |
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| Literature from outside the U.S. and Britain, after 1900 | One of ENGL 203, 277, 342, 362, 376, or 382 |
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| Composition theory and pedagogy | ENGL 310 (or ENGL 821) |
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Plan to finish any subject-matter courses you still need before student teaching. Exceptions need your coordinator's approval.
