Bachelor of Science in Secondary English

 

Program Type

Bachelors

Estimated Time to Compete

Four Years

Program Description

A Bachelor of Science in Education - Secondary English is designed to produce graduates who are qualified to pursue careers as teachers of Language Arts in grades 7-12. Candidates who complete the program will have passed the Praxis examination as well as logged significant hours in local and regional classrooms as observers and student teachers. With an emphasis on culturally responsive teaching, the program will also produce teachers who are at the vanguard of the discipline in terms of engaging students from myriad backgrounds and with diverse needs. As graduates of TMCC specifically, candidates will be uniquely suited to meeting the needs of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, providing exceptional teaching to ensure that classrooms provide the knowledge and environment fundamental to advancing the opportunities available to tribal community members.

Mission

 

Institutional Mission Statement

 

Turtle Mountain Community College is committed to functioning as an autonomous Indian controlled college on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation focusing on general studies, undergraduate education, Career & Technical Education, scholarly research, and continuous improvement of student learning. By creating an academic environment in which the cultural and social heritage of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is brought to bear throughout the curriculum, the college establishes an administration, staff, faculty, and student body exerting leadership in the community and providing service to it.

Career Outlook

Students who successfully complete the program will be able to:

  • Meet the requirements for becoming fully qualified teachers in 7-12 Language Arts
  • Employ culturally responsive teaching in any secondary school classroom
  • Maintain a high standard of professionalism
  • Pursue further degrees in Education and/or enter the field depending on regional and state- based requirements
  • Address the needs of the TMBCI secondary school system and its students
  • Position themselves to apply for work in other Native communities
  • Adapt interdisciplinary techniques to classroom teaching
  • Conduct discipline-specific research
  • Develop teaching portfolios as well as learn how to use instructional technologies
  • Understand the fundamentals of project-based learning and curriculum development
  • Learn how to engage exceptional and special-needs students

Credit Hours

Total Credits for the 4-year Program: 123.5

Application Deadline

Review the TMCC Academic Calendar for registration deadlines for each semester. 

Plan of Study Grid

 

Year One (Fall)

COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3

ENGL 110College Composition I

3

HIST Native American History Elective

3

LANG 125Ojibwa Language I

3

SCIENCE
Review Science/Lab Requirements

4

SOCI 105First Year Experience

2

Total Credit Hours:18

Year One (Spring)

ENGL 120College Composition II

3

ENGL 224Introduction to Fiction

3

LANG 126Ojibwa Language II

3

MATH 103College Algebra

4

SOCI
Select from CJ, ECON, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Year Two (Fall)

EDUC 190Intro to Teaching (Early Entry)

3

EDUC 200Introduction to Teaching

3

EDUC 300Educational Technology

2

ENGL 211Intro to Creative Writing

3

HPER 210First Aid/CPR

2

PSYC 111Introduction to Psychology

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Year Two (Spring)

EDUC 299Secondary Classroom Management

3

EDUC 353Child & Adolescent Psychology

3

ENGL 221Introduction to Drama

3

ENGL 222Introduction to Poetry

3

ENGL 236Women and Literature

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Year Three (Fall)

EDUC 235Preparation for Praxis I

1

EDUC 310Introduction to Exceptional Learner

3

EDUC 321Multicultural Education/Human Diver

3

EDUC 321LClinical III

0.5

EDUC 329Curriculum Planning & Evaluation

3

EDUC 329LClinical IV

0.5

ENGL 251Classics of British Literature

3

ENGL 265Native American Lit I

3

Total Credit Hours:17.0

Year Three (Spring)

EDUC 320Native Issues in Education

3

EDUC 350Practicum One

1

ENGL 260Classics of American Literature

3

ENGL 266Native American Literature II

3

ENGL 270Introduction to Literary Criticism

3

ENGL 301Multicultural Literature in the US

3

Total Credit Hours:16

Year Four (Fall)

EDUC 235Preparation for Praxis I

1

EDUC 360Practicum II

1

EDUC 402Foundations of Reading and Reading Diagnosis

4

EDUC 409Methods/Materials for Language Arts

3

EDUC 409LClinical V

0.5

ENGL 420Author/Thematic Focus

3

Total Credit Hours:12.5

Year Four (Spring)

EDUC 414Student Teaching

12

EDUC 415Student Teaching Seminar

1

Total Credit Hours:13