2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
    Aug 03, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Education, B.A. - Secondary/High School English (Grades 9-12) and English Double Major


Degree Planning Sheet

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Degree Planning Sheet with Full-Time Sample Course Plan  

This sample plan represents a full-time pace. Part-time options are available; please connect with the recruitment team to learn more.

 

Students who wish to teach English at the high school level (grades 9-12) enter the secondary/high school teacher preparation program. The program provides a double major in education and English, involving extensive professional education courses with a strong grounding in content area coursework  All teacher preparation programs also involve extensive experiences in partner schools.

Prior to acceptance, transfer students may need to pass the MoGEA and/or MoCA at 220 or higher, depending on the number of credit hours they are able to transfer into Maryville.  Please direct questions to Stacey Ruffin.

 

Disclaimer: The program requirements outlined in this catalog are applicable only to students who enroll in this degree program at the university during the academic year specified in this catalog.  Please be aware that program requirements and offerings are subject to change in future academic years. Dual-enrolled students are not admitted to a degree program, but upon admission to a degree program, they will follow the degree requirements that align with their start term.

MCORE


(36 credits)

Social Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the study of human behavior, its ethical and moral dimension, human societies, the requirements of civility, and social science theory and practice which undergirds such study.

(6 credits)

Civic Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the study and purpose of human institutions and systems, the historical and contemporary forms of power, authority, governance and citizenship, and the distribution and use of resources.

(6 credits)

Cultural Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on significant systems of thought, contributions made by significant historical and cultural figures, philosophical and historical movements, and ideas which have shaped history, culture and human institutions.

(6 credits)

Creative Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the nature of the creative imagination, the philosophical underpinnings of human creativity in music, the visual arts, the narrative arts, and philosophical invention, and innovation in a variety of human endeavors.

(9 credits)

Scientific Discovery


Courses in this area will focus on the nature of scientific reasoning, the history and variety of the scientific endeavor in culture, and the nature of scientific process and exploration.

(9 credits)

Major Requirements


(89 credits)

Practicum Experiences


(20 credits)

Education majors spend a considerable amount of time in schools gaining firsthand classroom experience with students. Beginning in the sophomore year, all education students are required to complete a practicum experience each semester, with increasingly rigorous expectations regarding student interactions, lesson planning and delivery, and collaboration with professional educators in the field. These experiences build upon one another to provide teacher candidates with exposure to students from multiple grade levels in diverse schools and districts, as well as to a wide variety of teaching/learning opportunities in real-world settings. These practicum experiences culminate in student teaching experience in the final semester of the initial teacher preparation program.

Content Requirements


(39 credits)

Teacher candidates wishing to teach English Language Arts at the middle school level earn a double major in English from Maryville University. Candidates must earn a minimum of 39 credit hours in English with 27 of those hours taken at the 300 level or above. Courses listed below are required for the double major in addition to a number of electives from the following categories:

Composition and Rhetoric

Study of the English Language (modern grammar, history of language, and/or other dialects)

American Literature

English Literature

World Literature

  • Upper level (300+) World Literature elective

English elective

  • Upper level (300+) English elective

Graduation Requirements


School of Education and Missouri Licensing Requirements

  • MoGEA with a passing score (220 or higher on all subsections)
  • MoCA with a passing score (220 or higher on all subsections)
  • 3.0 or higher professional GPA (includes content area and education coursework)
  • 2.75 Cumulative GPA (Please note: calculated from ALL college coursework, not just Maryville credits)

Maryville University Policies

  • 120 credit hours minimum (last 30 hours in residency)
  • A minimum of half the major credit hours in residency
  • A minimum of half the minor credit hours in residency
  • 60 credit hours must be completed at a 4-year institution