The Integrated Language Arts program prepares candidates for Ohio licensure in Integrated Language Arts (grades 7-12).
Integrated Language Arts - B.S.E.
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- Integrated Language Arts coordinator: Kristine E. Pytash, Ph.D. | kpytash@kent.edu | 330-672-0641
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Non-degree Certificate in Language Arts
黑料网鈥檚 Undergraduate Certificate in Language Arts provides targeted education in language arts studies. This program offers career benefits for students looking to specialize in language arts.
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The required content courses are taught by faculty from the departments of English; Media and Journalism; Communication Studies; and Theater. The methods courses, featuring the most effective pedagogy strategies for teaching English/Language Arts, are taught by EHHS faculty. This combination of content and methods courses provides a strong foundation for graduates of our program, who will be licensed to teach English/Language Arts, Journalism, Communication and Theater (please note that Ohio Integrated Language Arts teachers are licensed to teach Theater (Grades 7-8 Only), at the middle school level).
One of the unique features of our program is that one entire methods course is devoted to the teaching of new media, giving candidates a broad knowledge of how to use such new media as blogs, wikis, podcasts, and desktop video production in their classrooms.
- Our graduates teach in schools across Ohio and the US. Here's a partial list of schools where our graduates are teaching.
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Overview of the program
Below is a description of the required courses and the year/semester in which you will study them. For more detailed information about the program, please contact Dr. Kristy Pytash (kpytash@kent.edu).
Before Entering Advanced Study
- ADED 20000: Topics in Social Justice in Teaching and Learning (3 credit hours)
Provides you with an overview of social justice issues that are central to teaching and learning across all educational contexts.
Fall, Junior Year
- MCED 40007: Teaching Reading with Literature (3 credit hours)
Provides you with an immersion in classic and new Young Adult texts. - ADED 32142: Principles of Teaching Adolescents (3 credit hours)
Provides you with an overview of pedagogy for adolescents and includes 30 hours of field experience at an urban middle school or high school. This is a general course for all ADED majors (not specific to one content area).
Spring, Junior Year
- ADED 43335: Teaching Language & Composition (3 credit hours)
Provides an overview of traditional and alternative models of teaching language and composition. - ADED 43315: Teaching Literature in the Secondary Schools (3 credit hours)
Provides an overview of traditional and alternative models of teaching the literary canon.
Fall, Senior Year
- ADED 43325: Multi-Modal Literacies in the Secondary Classroom (3 credit hours)
Provides an overview of the latest in "new literacies" and how they may be integrated into the English/Language Arts classroom. - ADED 42292: Field Work Practicum (3 credit hours)
Section 001 or 002. You are expected to spend 100 hours at a student teaching assignment and teach at least one 10-day unit during late October/early November. Each student is observed teaching twice鈥攐nce by the practicum instructor and once by the university supervisor.
Spring, Senior Year
- ADED 42392: Student Teaching (9 credit hours)
Twelve weeks of full-time teaching. - ADED 49525: Inquiry into Professional Practice (3 credit hours)
Provides real-world job seeking skills as well as time for reflection and analysis of the student teaching experiences
- ADED 20000: Topics in Social Justice in Teaching and Learning (3 credit hours)
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Integrated Language Arts Faculty
- Rhonda Hylton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | rhylton1@kent.edu | 330-672-0639 - Kristine Pytash, Ph.D.
Professor and ADED Program Coordinator | kpytash@kent.edu | 330-672-2580 - Elizabeth Testa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor | etesta@kent.edu | 330-672-0647
- Rhonda Hylton, Ph.D.
Program Information for Integrated Language Arts - B.S.E.
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Program Description
Full Description
The Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Integrated Language Arts prepares students for teacher licensure in integrated language arts reading, writing, speaking and listening) for grades 7-12. The combination of content and methods courses provides a strong foundation for graduates of the program, who will be licensed to teach English/language arts, journalism, communication and theater. (Please note that those with Ohio licensure in integrated language arts are able to teach theater for grades seven and eight only.) The program uniquely features a methods course devoted to the teaching of new media.
Students are required to complete Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks.
Professional Licensure Disclosure
This program is designed to prepare students to sit for applicable licensure or certification in Ohio. If you plan to pursue licensure or certification in a state other than Ohio, please review state educational requirements for licensure or certification and contact information for state licensing boards at 黑料网's website for professional licensure disclosure.
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Admissions
for Integrated Language Arts - B.S.E.
Admission Requirements
Admission to this major is selective. Admission to the college does not guarantee admission to a major and/or admission to professional coursework for a selective admission program. To be admitted directly into a teacher education program, it is required that new freshmen have a 2.750 high school GPA. Students who do not meet the GPA requirement at the time of admission for this major will be admitted to the EHHS General non-degree program until which time they have established a 黑料网 GPA of 2.750. They may then submit a change of program to declare this major.
Current 黑料网 and Transfer Students: Active 黑料网 students who wish to change their major must have attempted a minimum 12 credit hours at 黑料网 and meet all admission criteria listed above to be admitted. Students who have not attempted 12 credit hours at 黑料网 will be evaluated for admission based on their high school GPA for new students or transfer GPA for transfer students. Transfer students who have not attempted 12 credit hours of college-level coursework at 黑料网 and/or other institutions will be evaluated based on both their high school GPA and college GPA.
International Students: All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions to waive) by earning a minimum 71 TOEFL iBT score, minimum 6.0 IELTS score, minimum 47 PTE score or minimum 100 DET score, or by completing the ELS level 112 Intensive English Program. For more information on international admission visit the admissions website for international students.
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Learning Outcomes
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Plan and implement research-based instruction in the teaching of reading, literature, language, and composition.
- Implement response-centered literacy instruction that is culturally relevant and sustaining.
- Implement fair and equitable assessment strategies to analyze students’ literacy learning.
- Engage in reflective practice and pursue continued professional growth and collaboration with colleagues.
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Coursework
Program Requirements
Major Requirements
Course List Code Title Credit Hours Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA) (min C grade required in all courses) COMM 15000 INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) 3 or COMM 26000 CRITICISM OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE (DIVD) (KHUM) ENG 20021 INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING 3 or ENG 43092 TEACHING POETRY IN THE SCHOOLS (ELR) ENG 21054 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE (KHUM) 3 ENG 22071 STORIES THAT BUILT THE WORLD: HEROES, QUESTS AND LEGENDS (KHUM) 3 or ENG 22072 STORIES TO SAVE THE WORLD: LITERATURE AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY (KHUM) ENG 24001 INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY 3 ENG 24002 INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION THEORY 3 ENG 31003 LINGUISTICS 3 ENG 34004 BRITISH LITERATURE, 1800-1900 3 or ENG 34005 BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE, 1900-PRESENT MDJ 20001 MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS) 3 MDJ 26001 WRITING FOR MEDIA 3 MDJ 47003 TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM 3 THEA 11000 THE ART OF THE THEATRE (DIVG) (KFA) 3 British Literature Elective, choose from the following: 3 ENG 25001LITERATURE IN ENGLISH I ENG 34001MEDIEVAL LITERATURE ENG 34002BRITISH LITERATURE, 1500-1660 ENG 34003BRITISH LITERATURE, 1660-1800 Reading Against the Grain Elective, choose from the following: 3 ENG 21001INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES (DIVD) ENG 21002INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVD) ENG 21003INTRODUCTION TO LGBT LITERATURE (DIVD) ENG 33010AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1900 ENG 33012MODERN AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG 33013AFRICANA WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVG) ENG 33014AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN'S LITERATURE ENG 33015AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG) ENG 34011WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (DIVG) ENG 34021WOMEN'S LITERATURE (DIVD) ENG 35301LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (DIVD) U.S. Literature Electives, choose from the following: 6 ENG 33001U.S. LITERATURE TO 1865 ENG 33002U.S. LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO 1945 ENG 33003U.S. LITERATURE FROM 1945 TO PRESENT Linguistics Elective, choose from the following: 3 COMM 35852INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION (DIVG) ENG 31001FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR ENG 31002HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENG 31004LEXICOLOGY/LEXICOGRAPHY ENG 31008GRAMMAR FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENG 41001SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN SCHOOLING (DIVD) (WIC) Major Electives, choose from the following: 2 COMM 21000COMMUNICATION GRAMMAR REVIEW COMM 35912GENDER AND COMMUNICATION (DIVD) COMM 45007FREEDOM OF SPEECH ENG 25002LITERATURE IN ENGLISH II MDJ 22000PHOTOGRAPHY BASICS MDJ 40022FILM AS COMMUNICATION SOC 42568RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES (DIVD) THEA 11100MAKING THEATRE: CULTURE AND PRACTICE THEA 11303THE ART OF ACTING THEA 11722FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION I: SCENERY, STAGECRAFT AND SOUND THEA 11723FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION LABORATORY I: SCENERY THEA 11724FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION LABORATORY II: PROPS AND SCENIC ART THEA 11732FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION II: COSTUMES, LIGHTING AND PROJECTIONS THEA 11733FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION LABORATORY III: COSTUMES THEA 11734FUNDAMENTALS OF PRODUCTION LABORATORY IV: LIGHTING, SOUND AND PROJECTIONS THEA 21016MAKEUP FOR STAGE AND SCREEN Communication Studies (COMM) Upper-Division Electives (30000 or 40000 level)English (ENG) Upper-Division Electives (30000 or 40000 level)Media and Journalism (MDJ) Upper-Division Electives (30000 or 40000 level)Foreign Language Electives (two semesters)Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA) ADED 20000 TOPICS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING (min C grade) 1 3 ADED 32142 PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING ADOLESCENTS (WIC) (min C grade) 1 3 ADED 42292 FIELD WORK PRACTICUM (ELR) (min C grade) 1 3 ADED 42392 SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING (ELR) 1 9 ADED 43315 TEACHING LITERATURE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS (min C grade) 3 ADED 43325 MULTI-MODAL LITERACIES IN THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM (min C grade) 1 3 ADED 43335 TEACHING LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION (min C grade) 1 3 ADED 49525 INQUIRY INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (min C grade) 3 CULT 29535 EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY (min C grade) 3 EPSY 29525 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (min C grade) 3 ETEC 39525 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY (min C grade) 3 MCED 40007 TEACHING READING WITH LITERATURE IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD (min C grade) 1 3 SPED 23000 INTRODUCTION TO EXCEPTIONALITIES (DIVD) (min C grade) 3 UC 10001 FLASHES 101 1 (min B grade) 6 3 3 6-7 3 Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120 - 1
Teacher candidates are only permitted to repeat a field experience course once. Please see policy for details.
Progression Requirements
Students must meet all professional requirements for admission to advanced study. To be admitted, students must display evidence of the following:
- Adequate communication skills
- Sound content area knowledge (language arts, mathematics, science or social studies)
- Basic understanding of the teaching profession
- Basic understanding of adolescents
- Dispositions aligned with the conceptual framework of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, including being open-minded, flexible, caring and responsible
Faculty will select the most qualified applicants based on an interview, letters of recommendation, GPA1, and performance in English coursework.
Applicants must have experience working with young adults in a supervisory capacity, such as tutoring, camp counseling, volunteer work or related experience. Students should contact the College of Education, Health, and Human Services’ Vacca Office of Student Services, 304 White Hall, during the first year of study to inquire about the procedures and criteria associated with admission to advanced study.
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Undergraduate students who have not completed a minimum of 12 黑料网 credit hours will be evaluated for advanced study and professional phase based on their high school GPA for new freshmen or transfer GPA for transfer students.
Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements Summary Minimum Major GPA Minimum Overall GPA 2.600 2.750 Double Majors/Dual Degrees
Students seeking to declare an additional teacher education major in the B.S.E. degree (double major) or in a different degree (dual degree) may have the double major/dual degree approved as long as the following requirements are met:
- Approval is received from the academic unit administrating each major. A program of study for those interested in pursuing a double major must be approved in writing by faculty from each major area prior to admission to advanced study.
- All required content courses are completed for each major
- All required methods courses are completed for each major.
- Separate practicum and inquiry courses are completed for each major as listed below:
- ADED 42292 (or the equivalent required by the major outside the college)
- ADED 49525 (or the equivalent required by the major outside the college)
- Students who have two majors from among the following only need to take ADED 42392, consisting of a 16-week classroom experience involving both subject areas: Life Sciences, Earth Science, Physical Sciences, Integrated Science, Integrated Mathematics, Life Science/Chemistry, Integrated Social Studies and/or Integrated Language Arts.
- Students who have a second major not included in the list above (#5) will have their student teaching requirements determined by faculty from both program areas at the time the program of study is developed, with a minimum 16 weeks spent in the classroom.
Licensure information
Candidates seeking Ohio licensure are required to pass specific assessments in order to apply for licensure. See Ohio Department of Education-Educator Preparation website for more information on assessments specific to licensure type. Taking and passing the licensure tests prior to graduation is encouraged but not required.
Students must apply for State of Ohio Licensure (defined by completion of all licensure program requirements) within 12 months of program completion. After 12 months, applicants must meet State approved program/licensure requirements that are in effect at the time of application. This means that students who apply after the 12 month deadline may have to take additional coursework if the content, methods courses, program requirements, or licensure requirements have changed from the catalog in force.
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Roadmap
Roadmap
This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this major. However, courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.
Plan of Study Grid Semester One Credits ! MDJ 20001 MEDIA, POWER AND CULTURE (DIVD) (KSS) 3 THEA 11000 THE ART OF THE THEATRE (DIVG) (KFA) 3 UC 10001 FLASHES 101 1 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 16 Semester Two COMM 15000 or COMM 26000INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION (KADL) or CRITICISM OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE (DIVD) (KHUM)3 ! CULT 29535 EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY 3 ENG 22071 or ENG 22072STORIES THAT BUILT THE WORLD: HEROES, QUESTS AND LEGENDS (KHUM) or STORIES TO SAVE THE WORLD: LITERATURE AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY (KHUM)3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 15 Semester Three Requirement: minimum 2.75 overall GPA by end of term; minimum 2.600 major GPA ENG 21054 INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE (KHUM) 3 ! EPSY 29525 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 SPED 23000 INTRODUCTION TO EXCEPTIONALITIES (DIVD) 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Kent Core Requirement 3 Credit Hours 15 Semester Four Requirement: minimum 2.750 overall GPA; minimum 2.600 major GPA ADED 20000 TOPICS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING 3 ENG 24001 INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDY 3 ENG 24002 INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION THEORY 3 ENG 33001 or ENG 33002
or ENG 33003U.S. LITERATURE TO 1865 or U.S. LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO 1945
or U.S. LITERATURE FROM 1945 TO PRESENT3 ETEC 39525 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hours 15 Semester Five Requirement: minimum 2.750 overall GPA; minimum 2.600 major GPA ! ADED 32142 PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING ADOLESCENTS (WIC) 3 ENG 20021 or ENG 43092INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING or TEACHING POETRY IN THE SCHOOLS (ELR)3 ENG 25001 or ENG 34001
or ENG 34002
or ENG 34003LITERATURE IN ENGLISH I or MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
or BRITISH LITERATURE, 1500-1660
or BRITISH LITERATURE, 1660-18003 ENG 31003 LINGUISTICS 3 ! MCED 40007 TEACHING READING WITH LITERATURE IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 3 MDJ 26001 WRITING FOR MEDIA 3 Credit Hours 18 Semester Six Requirement: minimum 2.750 overall GPA; minimum 2.600 major GPA ! ADED 43315 TEACHING LITERATURE IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS 3 ! ADED 43335 TEACHING LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION 3 ENG 33001 or ENG 33002
or ENG 33003U.S. LITERATURE TO 1865 or U.S. LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO 1945
or U.S. LITERATURE FROM 1945 TO PRESENT3 MDJ 47003 TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM 3 Linguistics Elective 3 Credit Hours 15 Semester Seven Requirement: minimum 2.750 overall GPA; minimum 2.600 major GPA ! ADED 42292 FIELD WORK PRACTICUM (ELR) 3 ! ADED 43325 MULTI-MODAL LITERACIES IN THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM 3 ENG 34004 or ENG 34005BRITISH LITERATURE, 1800-1900 or BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE, 1900-PRESENT3 Reading Against the Grain Elective 3 Major Elective 2 Credit Hours 14 Semester Eight Requirement: minimum 2.750 overall GPA; minimum 2.600 major GPA ! ADED 42392 SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING (ELR) 9 ! ADED 49525 INQUIRY INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 3 Credit Hours 12 Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120 -
Program Delivery
- Delivery:
- In person
- Location:
- Kent Campus
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Accreditation
for Integrated Language Arts - B.S.E.
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
Examples of Possible Careers and Salaries for Integrated Language Arts - B.S.E.
Those who complete the B.S.E. in Integrated Language Arts at 黑料网 can benefit from specialized career opportunities in language arts education.
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Education teachers, postsecondary
4.8%
about as fast as the average
77,300
number of jobs
$65,440
potential earnings
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English language and literature teachers, postsecondary
2.1%
slower than the average
81,300
number of jobs
$69,000
potential earnings
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Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education
3.6%
about as fast as the average
627,100
number of jobs
$60,810
potential earnings
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Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education
3.8%
about as fast as the average
1,050,800
number of jobs
$62,870
potential earnings
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Notice: Career Information Source
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' . Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.