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English Education Program at Purdue: Undergraduate & Graduate Degrees

Prepare for a career in English education with our undergraduate and graduate programs. Explore courses on pedagogy, literature, and more. Engage with expert faculty and gain practical experience through fieldwork.

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English Education Program at Purdue: Undergraduate & Graduate Degrees

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  1. English Education Undergraduate Licensure & Graduate Degree Programs

  2. Program Faculty • Tara Johnson • Assistant Professor • Department of English • Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2005 • Interests: The intersections among race, class, gender, and sexuality in education; teacher-student relationships; poststructural feminism in qualitative research.

  3. Program Faculty • Christian Knoeller • Associate Professor • English and Curriculum & Instruction • Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1993 • Interests: Teaching literature & creative writing, American poetry, contemporary Native American writers, Thoreau’s reading of American history

  4. Program Faculty • Janet Alsup • Associate Professor, • English and Curriculum & Instruction • Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000 • Interests: Teacher identity; teaching composition, literature, & cultural studies in schools; qualitative & narrative research methods in English education, and young adult literature

  5. Program Faculty • Melanie Shoffner • Assistant Professor • Department of English • Ph.D., University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 2006 • Interests: English Teaching; teacher education; reflective practice; qualitative research

  6. Undergraduate ProgramEnglish Teaching Major • Prepares students to be middle and high school English teachers licensed to teach in Indiana. Students are enrolled in CLA. • Includes courses from the College of Education's Department of Curriculum & Instruction as well as courses from the English Department in CLA. Students earn a degree in English.

  7. Additional Licensure Programs • Transition to Teaching Program (TTT) • Post-baccalaureate licensure

  8. Graduate DegreesIn English Education • MsEd Degree / C & I / Literacy & Language Emphasis in English Education • Ph.D.Degree / C & I / Literacy & Language Emphasis in English Education • Ph.D. Secondary Area / CLA / English Specialization in English Education

  9. Undergraduate Curriculum Professional Courses • EDCI 205 Exploring Teaching as a Career • EDCI 285 Multiculturalism and Education • EDCI 270 Introduction to Educational Technology • EDPS 235 Learning and Motivation • EDPS 265 The Inclusive Classroom • EDST 200 History and Philosophy of Education

  10. Undergraduate CurriculumContent-Specific Pedagogy • ENGL 391 Composition for English Teachers • ENGL 492 Literature in Secondary Schools • EDCI 422 Teaching English / Secondary Schools • EDCI 434 Teaching English / Middle Schools • EDCI 498 Supervised Teaching

  11. Undergraduate CurriculumAdvanced Field Experiences EDCI 422 Teaching English / Secondary Schools 10 Weeks / 20 Hours / Action Research EDCI 434 Teaching English / Middle Schools 5 Weeks / 10 Hours EDCI 498 Supervised Teaching 10 Weeks / Full-time Student Teaching

  12. Graduate Curriculum (MsEd)Literacy & Language Core • EDPS 530 Advanced Educational Psychology • EDCI 580 Curriculum / Philosophy of Education • EDCI 585 Multicultural Education/ Diversity • EDPS 533 Introduction to Educational Research • EDCI 500 Foundations of Literacy & Language

  13. Graduate Curriculum (MsEd)Secondary English Education Twelve “theme-related” credit hours such as these: • EDCI 502Reading in Middle & Secondary School • EDCI 509The Process Approach to Writing • EDCI 526Language Study for Educators • EDCI 524Bilingual/Bicultural Education • EDCI 574Studies in Young Adult Literature • EDCI 613Seminar in English Language Arts* • EDCI 632Seminar in Genre Studies * Note: EDCI 613 can be taken for credit repeatedly

  14. Undergraduate Enrollment • Program enrollment peaked at over 200 secondary English teaching majors • Enrollment management plan to reduce under-grad majors by 20-25% over 5 years (undergraduate enrollment is presently 158)

  15. Current Program Initiatives • INTERNATIONAL Study Abroad Program in English Education to offer core content pedagogy courses ENGL 391 & ENGL 492 in London (Sponsored by a Purdue SAIL grant) • Growing the Graduate Program

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