Mercyhurst University Education Department Mercyhurst University Education Department

Education Concentration

Students interested in pursuing careers as English teachers are encouraged to choose the education concentration under the English major.
  • Two 100-level courses in addition to the core:
  • World Classics
  • Western Classics
  • British Classics
  • American Classics
  • Five 200-level pre-seminar courses, one from each category:
  • British literature to 1798:
  • Medieval Literature
  • Renaissance Literature
  • Restoration and the 18th Century
  • British literature from 1798:
  • Romanticism
  • Victorian Literature
  • 20th Century British Literature
  • American literature to 1865:
  • Colonial Literature
  • American Renaissance
  • American literature from 1865:
  • Late 19th Century Literature
  • Early 20th Century Literature
  • 20th Century literature
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Drama
  • Post-modern
  • Three 300-level special topics seminars from each of the following categories:
  • Topics in British Literature
  • Topics in American Literature
  • Topics in Multicultural Literature
  • Eight designated courses as follows:
  • Shakespeare
  • History of Criticism
  • 20th Century Criticism
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Teaching Writing: Pedagogy and Practice
  • Oral Interpretation or Basic Acting
  • Seminar elective
  • Senior English project
  • Two required course required by the Education department:
  • WL 101 Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Learners (Junior/Senior Year)
  • EDUC 210 Comparative Issues in Education (Junior/Senior Year)