1. Major Academic Plan (MAP)
Associate in Arts
BAE English, Secondary Education
Department of English
College of Arts, Letters, and Education (CALE)
Why study English and Education?
At the heart of the English program is a passion for critically, creatively, and professionally understanding and using the English language. The English Education option prepares effective, informed, student-centered teachers.
Scholarship Opportunities
The Ralph Tieje, Jr. Endowment is awarded to an English major in his or her fourth year on the basis of scholarship and character. In recent years, the amount awarded has been $1,350.
The Harold and Verna Kleiner Memorial Fund is an annual scholarship awarded to a worthy and deserving student studying any option in the English Department. The selection of the scholarship recipient and amount is determined jointly by the university's Board of Trustees and English Department faculty. In recent years, the amount awarded has been $375.
The Colton-Huston Scholarship is awarded each year to no more than four female undergraduate English majors who are studying either American or English literature in the Literary Studies program or the Secondary English Education program.
Education Program
In addition to studying literature, English Education students complete the Secondary Education program, which leads to certification to teach grades 5-12 in the State of Washington.
Some of the courses required by the Education program include:
CMST 200
ENGL 101 and 201
MATH 107
EDUC 201
PSYC 304
SPED 363
CALE Coordinator:
Kathryn Kleypas
343D Patterson
Sample Careers
High School Teacher
Middle School Teacher
Librarian
Writer and Editor
Private Tutor

2. AA-DTA Degree Requirements with Suggested Classes that Fulfill EWU Prerequisites/Requirements
SPOKANE FALLS C.C. COURSE
E.W.U. COURSE EQUIVALENT
COMMUNICATION (10 credits)
ENGL& 101 English Composition I (5)
ENGL 101 College Composition: Argument and Exposition (5)
ENGL& 102 Composition II (5)
ENGL 201 College Composition: Analysis/Research/Document (5)
QUANTITATIVE/SYMBOLIC REASONING (5 credits)
Consult your advisor for course options.
HUMANITIES (15 credits)
ENGL& 220 Intro to Shakespeare (5)
ENGL 350 Shakespeare (5)
SOCIAL SCIENCES (15 credits)
MATHEMATICS/SCIENCE (15 credits)
MATH& 107 Math in Society (5) (or higher)
HEALTH/REC/LEISURE/ACTIVITIES COURSES (5 credits)
ELECTIVES (25 credits)
CMST& 101 Introduction to Communication (5) Or
CMST& 220 Public Speaking (5)
CMST 200 Intro to Speech Communication (5)
CMST 201 Public Speaking (5)
EDUC& 202 Intro to Education (5)
EDUC 201 Intro to Education (5)
This program requires a grade equal to or greater than a 2.8 in ALL prerequisite coursework.
The courses listed below transfer to satisfy EWU Graduation Requirements and can be taken before or during the major programs:
Cultural Diversity (one course)
ANTH& 210 Indians of North America (5)
ART 112 Non-Western Art (5)
CMST 226 Gender Communication (5)
CMST 227 Intercultural Communication (5)
ENGL 247 American Multicultural Literature (5)
ENGL 259 African American Literature (5)
ENGL278 Women Writers (5)
HIST& 219 Native American History (5)
HUM 102 Introduction to Women’s Studies (5)
HUM 107 Introduction to Cultural Studies (5)
SOC 221 Race and Ethnic Relations (5)
SOC 230 Sociology of Gender (5)
WS 201 Women of Our World (5)
International Studies (one course)
BUS 120 International Business (5)
GEOG 230 World Regional Geography (5)
HIST 142 History of Japan (5)
HIST 230 Latin American History (5)
HUM 224 Contemporary Global Cinema (5)
HUM 241 The Impact of the Nazi Past (5)
MUSC 109 World music (5)
POLS 102 Comparative Government (5)
POLS 125 Introduction to Global Issues (5)
POLS& 203 International Relations (5)
POLS 205 Islam and the West; Theater of Cooperation and Conflict (5)
SOC& 201 Social Problems (5)