Advisor Summary Form for a Teacher Candidate Preparing to Student Teach Spring 2014
School of Teacher Education & Principal Preparation
STUDENT: ____________________________________________ TEACHING CONCENTRATION:________________________
CSU ID NUMBER:__________________________
ADVISOR ___________________________
DATE: _____________
After completing a review of the coursework check sheet and transcripts, please list all courses the candidate must complete for licensure
requirements. Include courses in which the student is currently enrolled. Reminder: Grades in education and content courses must be
C or above to meet licensure requirements.
*All coursework must be completed BEFORE STUDENT TEACHING!
(jody.drager@colostate.edu) if additional courses are needed after student teaching.
COURSE
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CONTACT
JODY
DRAGER
SEMESTER TO BE TAKEN
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The above list correctly identifies courses required for certification.
Student's Signature
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Advisor's Signature
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Director, STEPP
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Student’s Name
E-mail Address
Address
Teacher Licensing Program
School of Teacher Education and Principal Preparation
111 Education Building
(970) 491-5292
Website: www.stepp.cahs.colostate.edu
Phone
ENGLISH EDUCATION
Curriculum Checksheet
120 Credits
Note to the Student: This checksheet describes the curricular requirements for both the Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in English Education and for
the teacher licensing program in English. The courses listed are courses required in both areas. All curricular requirements on this checksheet, along with other
programmatic requirements, must be met in order to receive the institutional recommendation for the teaching endorsement. A minimum of 42 credits must be
completed in upper-division coursework. The Teacher Licensing Program is a non-degree program; bachelor degrees in education are not awarded.
Professional Education Courses
Substitution
Teaching Concentration (Content) Courses
EDUC 275 Schooling in the U.S. (3C)
3
E 240 Introduction to Poetry
EDUC 331 Ed Tech & Assessment
2
E 270 Introduction to American Lit (3B) 3
EDUC 340 Literacy & the Learner
3
EDUC 350 Instruction I (Indivual/Mgmnt)
3
EDUC 386 Practicum-Instruction I
1
EDUC 450 Instruction II (Stand/Assess)
3
British Literature – Select ONE of the following:
E 276 Intro to British Literature I (3B)
3
4
E 277 Intro to British Literature II (3B)
3
EDUC 486E Practicum: Instruction II
1
E 322 English Language for Teachers I 3
EDUC 463 Methods-Tchg Lang Arts
4
E 341 Principles of Literary Criticism
EDUC 485B Student Teaching-Sec
11
Shakespeare – Select ONE of the following:
EDUC 493A Seminar: Professional Relations1
Total Credits
E 342 Shakespeare I
3
E 343 Shakespeare II
3
E 401 Teaching Reading
3
E 402 Teaching Composition
3
E 405 Adolescents’ Literature
3
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All-University Core Curriculum
Substitution
CO 150 College Composition (1A)
3
Mathematics (1B)
3
SPCM 200 Public Speaking (2A)
3
____CO301D Writing in Discs-Ed (2B)
3
Biological/Physical Sciences (3A)
7
____E 270 Intro to American Lit (3B)
3
3
E276 or E277 British Lit (3B)
3
EDUC 275 Schooling in the U.S. (3C)
3
Historical Perspectives (3D)
3
Global and Cultural Awareness (3E)
3
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3
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(E 245 or LB 170 or LB 171)
Depth and Integration (AUCC 4A, 4B, 4C)
A.
Fulfilled by E341 in Concentration
B.
Fulfilled by E341 in Concentration
C.
Fulfilled by capstone course in Concentration
English Elective – One lower- or upper-division E prefix course
Free electives 14 cr._____________________________
See department’s “green sheet” for the list of acceptable
AUCC courses
Upper-Division English Electives
12
 9 of the 12 hours must include one course from three
distribution categories: (1) Literatures of the British Isles
before 1830 or in American or European Literatures before
1900; (2) Literatures of the British Isles after 1830 or in
American or European Literatures after 1900; (3)
Breakthrough; (4) Genre. See page 3 for courses that fall
under these categories. Note also these additional
requirements: One course must be a Capstone Course (4C:
E460, 463, 465, 470), preferably taken in the senior year.
Also, one course must be a world literature course (E 337,
353, 356, 452, 455).
Upper-Division Electives (12 credits)
Category 1
3
Category 2
3
____ Category 3 or 4
3
____
3
Elective
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See the back of this checksheet for important
course requirements and advising reminders.
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Important Coursework Requirements:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
To enroll in EDUC 275 and EDUC 340, students must have completed 30 credits of post-secondary coursework and plan to pursue completion
of the Licensure Program at CSU.
Students must be admitted to the Licensure Program to enroll in Phase II courses: EDUC 331, 350 and 386.
Because the coursework content and field experiences build upon previous courses, the phases cannot be taken concurrently or out of
sequence.
Grades in ALL education courses and teaching content courses must be C or above.
Students cannot advance to the next phase of the program with incomplete grades or grades of C- or below in professional education courses.
Coursework Model of the Teacher Licensure Program – Secondary and K-12 Endorsements (Revised for Spring 2010)
Colorado State University
EDUC 340
"Literacy and the Learner"
3 credits (Course includes field
experiences in the school
system.)
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
PHASE III
EDUC 350
"Instruction I: Individualization/
Management"
3 credits (Course is a Professional
Development School (PDS) at the public
junior high schools)
EDUC 450
"Instruction II: Standards and
Assessment"
4 credits (Course is a Professional
Development School (PDS) at the
public high schools)
EDUC 386
"Practicum: Instruction I"
1 credit (Includes field experiences aligned
with EDUC 350)
EDUC 486E
"Practicum:
Instruction II"
1 credit (Includes field experiences
aligned with EDUC 450)
EDUC 331
"Educational Technology and
Assessment"
2 credits
EDUC/EDCT ***
"Content Methods"
4 credits (Course can be taken in
Phase II or III of Program)
PHASE IV
Passing Score on State Licensing Exam Required to Begin
Student Teaching
EDUC 275
"Schooling in the United
States"
3 credits (Course includes
field experiences in the P-12
school system)
PHASE II
Admission Required to Enroll in Phase II EDUC Courses
PHASE I
EDUC 485 A-B-C, EDCT 485
"Student Teaching"
11-12 credits (Course entails 15-16 weeks of
full-time experience in a cooperating school
site)
EDUC 493A,EDCT 492
“Seminar: Professional Relations”
1 credit (Taken concurrently with
EDUC/EDCT 485)
Successful completion of Program
coursework, field experiences, and other
requirements leads to…

Institutional
Recommendation for a
Colorado Initial
Educator License
Early Childhood Education students' core education courses will vary from this listing.
Additional content methods courses may be required in specific endorsement areas.
Substitution Approval:
______
Student
Date
Education Advisor
Date
Director, Teacher Licensure Program
Date
Mission of the Teacher Licensure Program
To teach and model best educational practice in order to prepare emerging professionals to facilitate student success.
Professional Program Accreditation
The Program is accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education,
and the Colorado Department of Education.
“Accreditation of teacher education
through the audit of evidence of
student achievement.”
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Distribution Categories:
Category 4 (continued)
Category 1. Historical Approaches: Literatures of the
British Isles before 1830, or American or European Literatures before
1900
__ E 432 20th -century British Fiction
__ E 443 English Renaissance Drama
__ E 444 Restoration and 18th-century Drama
__ E 445 Modern British and European Drama
__ E 460 Chaucer
__ E 463 Milton
__ E 475 American Poetry before 1900
__ E 478 Modern Poetry
__ E 479 Recent Poetry of the U.S.
__ E 342 Shakespeare I
__ E 343 Shakespeare II
__ E 353 Russian and Soviet Literature in Translation
__ E 424 Renaissance Literature
__ E 425 Restoration and 18th- century Literature
__ E 426 British Romanticism
__ E 430 18th -century English Fiction
__ E 440 American Prose before 1900
__ E 443 English Renaissance Drama
__ E 444 Restoration and 18th -century Drama
__ E 452 Masterpieces of European Literature
__ E 460 Chaucer
__ E 463 Milton
__ E 475 American Poetry before 1900
Category 2. Historical Approaches: Literatures of the British Isles after 1830,
or American or European Literatures after 1900
__ E 332 Modern Women Writers
__ E 334 20th Century Gay and Lesbian Fiction
__ E 345 American Drama
__ E 350 Gothicism in Literature and Film
__ E 420 Beat Generation Writing
__ E 422 African-American Literature
__ E 427 Victorian Literature
__ E 431 19th -century English Fiction
__ E 432 20th -century British Fiction
__ E 433 Literatures of the American West
__ E 438 Contemporary Native American Literature
__ E 441 American Prose since 1900
__ E 445 Modern British and European Drama
__ E 455 20th-century European Literature
__ E 478 Modern Poetry
__ E 479 Recent Poetry of the U.S.
Category 3. Breakthroughs: Ideological, Racial, Cultural, Gendered
__ E 330 Images of Women in Literature
__ E 332 Modern Women Writers
__ E 334 20th-century Gay and Lesbian Fiction
__ E 336 Goddess Religions
__ E 338 Ethnic Literatures of the U.S.
__ E 356 Asian Literature
__ E 422 African-American Literature
__ E 428 Colonial & Post-Colonial Textuality
__ E 438 Contemporary Native American Literature
Category 4. Genre Approaches
__ E 334 20th-century Gay and Lesbian Fiction
__ E 337 Western Mythology
__ E 342 Shakespeare I
__ E 343 Shakespeare II
__ E 345 American Drama
__ E 350 The Gothic in Literature and Film
__ E 403 Nature Writing
__ E 430 18th-century English Fiction
__ E 431 19th-century English Fiction
Upper-division English electives beyond the distribution requirements
may be chosen from any of the courses listed in the four distribution
categories listed to the left and/or from the following list of courses:
__ CO 302 Writing Online
__ CO 401 Writing and Style
__ E 300/AMST 300 American Lives
__ E 302 Reading and the Web
__ E 305 Principles of Writing and Rhetoric
__ E 311 A-C Intermediate Creative Writing
__ E 320 Introduction to the Study of Language
__ E 322 English Language for Teachers I
__ E 323 English Language for Teachers II
__ E 324 Teaching English as a Second Language
__ E 326 Development of the English Language
__ E 335 American Folklore
__ E 370 American Literature in Cultural Contexts*
__ E 401 Teaching Reading
__ E 402 Teaching Composition
__ E 405 Adolescents’ Literature
__ E 406 Topics in Literacy
__ E 412 A-C Creative Writing Workshop
__ E 465 Topics in Literature and Language**
__ E 470 Individual Author
__ E 501 Theories of Writing
__ E 502 Language, Literacy and Learning
__ E 503 Investigating Classroom Literacies
__ E 505 A-C Major Authors†
__ E 506 A-C Literature Survey‡
__ E 507 Special Topics in Linguistics
__ E 513 A-C Form and Technique in Modern Literature
E384 A-B, E487 A-B, and E495 may NOT count toward the upper-level
English electives in column A.
*E 370 American Literature in Cultural Contexts is a variable topic course.
Depending on the topic, it might fulfill one or more of the four above
categories. If so, it will be announced in the RAMBLER newsletter. Please
check it or with your adviser.
**Note: E 465 is a variable topic course; depending on the topic offered, it
might fulfill one of the above three distribution categories. If so, it will be
announced in the RAMBLER newsletter. Please check with it or with your
adviser.
†E 505 is a variable topic Major Author course; senior English majors with
high GPAs may take it with their adviser’s permission to fulfill an upper
level English elective. It may NOT fulfill the AUCC capstone course
requirement.
‡E 506 is a variable topic survey; senior English majors with high GPAs
may take it with their adviser’s permission to fulfill one of the four
distribution categories.
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