Ball State’s major in teaching English language arts will prepare you for a career in secondary school teaching. As a student, you will take content courses both in English and communications as well as courses focusing on the methods and strategies for the classroom, all under the guidance of our dedicated, experienced faculty who have extensive backgrounds as public school and education scholars. Students who successfully complete the program, which includes a semester of student teaching, are licensed to teach secondary EnglishLanguage Arts and Communications in Indiana schools. The Teaching English Language Arts major is designed to prepare you for teaching effectively in middle and high schools. The program includes completing: core courses in English and communication studies to meet performance standards for licensure, a concentration area in either English or communications studies to provide greater depth of content knowledge in the student’s area of teaching interest, content methods courses that provide pedagogical knowledge and fulfill other professional requirements of the teacher education program. Your progress through the program will be monitored, and you must meet prescribed levels of performance at various checkpoints as listed in the Unit Assessment System (UAS) in order to continue enrollment in teacher education.