Part of the Graduate School of Education
Combined English, BA / English Education, EdM
The UB Teach English education program is an accelerated, combined degree program that allows you to earn an English BA and an English education EdM in five years. The program focuses on providing you with content expertise in English while preparing you to teach English at the adolescence level (grades 5 to 12).
Why English and English Education at UB?
In this combined program, you will study in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as the Department of Learning and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education. While in the Department of English, you benefit from a dedicated focus on the discipline of English; in the Department of Learning and Instruction, you learn how to bring English to life in the grades 5 to 12 classroom.
UB prepares highly-qualified teachers who lead their classrooms, shape students’ lives and positively engage with the communities they serve.
Students enrolled in this program will:
- Discover the power and resources of the English language through literature, poetry, popular culture, film, the craft of writing, community engagement, and more.
- Employ the skills of close reading, historical contextualization, and theoretical reflection in order to formulate compelling questions and to craft original essays.
- Complete intensive clinical education experiences in collaboration with Western New York schools across diverse settings, while learning the nuances of the teaching profession.
- Gain the skills, expertise and confidence to implement evidence-based practice in the classroom and co-teach alongside an expert teacher in a one-year residency.
Program Overview
| Academic credential granted | Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Education (EdM) |
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| Certification option | Successful completion of program leads to an institutional recommendation for New York State initial and professional certification in English education |
| Grade levels | 7 to 12 with 5 to 6 extension |
| Credits required for completion | 145 |
| Time to completion | 5 years |
| Course delivery | On campus, online |
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| Application deadline | Early Action : Nov. 15 Scholarship Consideration: Dec. 8 Regular Decision: Feb. 1 Students can continue to submit an application for fall consideration until capacity is reached. |
Important Fall Dates
See dates for open house, orientation, test submissions, tuition deposit deadlines and more.
Coursework Note
This is a sample course schedule. These courses are subject to change. As a student in the UB Teach program, you must work closely with your advisor before registering for classes.
Recommended Courses
We recommend that you incorporate the following courses into your studies:
- One Shakespeare course
- One world or multicultural literature course
- One genre or author course
- Two courses in American literature surveys
- Two courses in British literature surveys
Required Undergraduate Education Courses
- CEP 400 Educational Psychology
- ELP 405 Sociology of Education
- LAI 350 Introduction to Education
- LAI 414 Adolescent Writing across Curriculum
- LAI 474 Teaching the Exceptional Learner
English BA Courses
- Three 200-level English courses
Suggested courses:- ENG 231 British Writers I
- ENG 232 British Writers II
- ENG 241 American Writers 1
- ENG 242 American Writers 2
- ENG 251 Short Fiction
- ENG 252 Poetry
- One course (3 credits) in criticism/theory
Suggested courses:- ENG 301 Criticism
- ENG 367 Psychoanalysis and Culture
- ENG 369 Literary Theory
- ENG 370 Critical Race Theory
- ENG 371 Queery Theory
- ENG 372 Feminist Theory
- ENG 440 Film Theory
- ENG 454 Literature and Philosophy
- ENG 455 Cultural Theory
- Three courses (9 Credits) in earlier literature (pre-1800)
Suggested courses include:- ENG 309 Shakespeare Early Plays
- ENG 310 Shakespeare Late Plays
- ENG 317 Early British Drama
- ENG 318 Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG 322 Victorian Literature
- ENG 332 Early American Literature
- One course (3 credits) in breadth of literary study
Chosen from among specified upper-level English courses that are grounded in perspectives or experience outside the literary mainstream. - Five additional courses (15 Credits) of which four courses (12 credits) must be at the ENG 300–400 level, and one course (3 credits) must be at the ENG 400 level
Suggested courses include:- ENG 341 Studies in African American Literature
- ENG 383 Studies in World Literature
- ENG 405 Studies in Early Women Writers
Progression to Graduate Coursework
You will not apply separately to graduate study; instead, there are a series of progression points that you must meet.
Advancement to the graduate portion of the program requires that you:
- maintain a 3.0 GPA
- earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major)
- earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate level coursework
- complete an interview with the Office of Educator Preparation in year three of bachelor's program
English Education EdM Courses
- ENG 501 Introduction to Scholarly Methods
- ENG 502 Introduction to Critical Theory
- LAI 512 Readings in Multicultural Literature *
- LAI 513 Teaching of Literature *
- LAI 536 Digital Composing as Literacy Learning *
- LAI 537 Language, Diversity and Literacy *
- LAI 552 Middle Childhood/ Adolescent Literacy Methods
- LAI 580 Literature for Young Adults
- LAI 595 Supervised Teaching 2
- LAI 617 Methods of Teaching English in Grades 5-12
- LAI 667 Field Experience
- LAI 668 Supervised Teaching 1
- LAI 674 Seminar in Teaching
- LAI 698 Instructional Strategies in Secondary Schools
- LAI 700 Capstone
*May substitute an English Education elective course with your advisor's permission.
Graduate-Level Electives
- Two 500-level English courses
Courses should be selected in coordination with the Graduate School of Education's Office of Educator Preparation.- ENG 500-level Elective 1
- ENG 500-level Elective 2
Questions?
For more information about coursework and requirements, please contact:
Office of Educator Preparation, ubedprep@buffalo.edu, 716-645-2461