英语系提供组合学位课程，允许选定的学生在单个课程中同时完成文学学士学位和硕士学位。全日制学生可以在大约五年内完成课程。学生将在初中状态的最后一个季度申请该计划，感兴趣的学生应与该计划的负责人见面。TEACH计划将人文科学和社会科学（LAS）大学英语专业与研究生水平的教育学院（COE）教育硕士计划相结合。学生获得伊利诺伊州中学英语语言艺术执照并获得英语学士学位和教育硕士学位。该计划允许本科生将通过英语专业课程获得的学分与MEd所需的英语内容区域分享。本科生可以在三年级的春季申请该计划。他们必须完成体验学习课
The English Department offers combined degree programs that allow selected students to complete both BA and the MA degrees in a single program. Full-time students are able to complete the program in approximately five years. Students apply to this program in the last quarter of their junior-year status, interested students should meet with the director of the program. The TEACH Program combines a Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (LAS) undergraduate English major with a graduate level College of Education (COE) Masters in Education Program. Students graduate with a BA in English and a MEd in Education with State of Illinois Secondary English Language Arts licensure. The program allows undergraduate students to share credit earned through their English major courses with the English content area required for the MEd. Undergraduates may apply to the program during the spring of their junior year. They must complete the Experiential Learning course, TCH 320, and meet other application criteria--e.g., completion of at least 16 quarter credit hours at DePaul and a 3.0 GPA.