BA in Communication Arts & Literature (English Education) 2025-2026

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1	B.A. in Communication Arts & Literature 5-12 (English Education) 2025-2026: Option 1 - Modular
2	FIRST YEAR
3	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
4	ENJ 100 How Stories Change the World	4	GES 130 Christianity & Western Culture	4	Choose: ENJ 103 Topics in American Lit, ENJ203U World Lit, ENJ305G Truth-Telling: Stories of Resistance	4
5	BIB 101 Introduction to the Bible	4			GES 140 Introduction to Wellbeing	2
6	GES 125 Introduction to the Creative Arts	4			Laboratory Science (D) course	4
7	GES 160 Inquiry Writing Seminar	4			COM 110 Basic Communication	4
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9	SECOND YEAR
10	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
11	ENJ 120 Reporting	4	Choose: ENJ 321GZ Media & Communication in Developing Countries (even years), ENJ 312AZ Travel Writing (odd years), ENJ 201 Literature on Location (odd years)	4	EDU 200 Introduction to Education	3
12	ENJ 200L Story in Modern America	4			EDU 201 Introduction to Education Field Experience	1
13	THE 201 Christian Theology	4			ENJ 121 Digital Storytelling	4
14	EDU 203 School Health and Drugs	2			Second Language (S) course or World Cultures (U) course	4
15					Mathematics (M) course	4
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17	THIRD YEAR
18	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
19	EDU 220 Introduction to Middle Level Education	4	Elective/Endorsement/Minor	4	EDU 320 Pedagogy and the Young Adolescent Learner	1
20	EDU 276 Educational Psychology	3			EDU 321 Integrated Literacy in the Content Areas	1
21	EDU 241 Educational Psychology Field Experience	1			EDU 407 (spring only) Middle Level Education Practicum in English	1
22	ENJ 211 Methods of Tutoring Writing	1			EDU 408 (spring only) Methods in Teaching 5-12 English	4
23	Choose: ENJ 103 Topics in American Lit, ENJ203U World Lit, ENJ305G Truth-Telling: Stories of Resistance	4			EDU 317GZ Educational Equity	4
24					ENJ 202 Juvenile Literature (spring, even years)	4
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26	FOURTH YEAR
27	Fall	Credits	January Session	Credits	Spring	Credits
28	EDU 492 Student Teaching Grades K-12 & 5-12	12	January off	0	Science, Technology, and Society (K) course	4
29	EDU 495 Student Teaching Seminar K-12 & 5-12 Education Students	2			Contemporary Christian Issues (P) course	2
30					Choose: ENJ110A Introduction to Creative Writing, ENJ 311 Writing for Social Change, ENJ314A Fiction Writing, ENJ 315A Poetry Writing	4
31					Elective/endorsement/minor	4
32		14		0		14
33	Total Credits: 125
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35	Most financial aid packages stipulate 12 credits/term; Minnesota state grants are reduced when credit load falls below 15 credits/semester. January Session credits are counted as part of Spring Term.
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