The BA in English with a concentration in secondary education provides rigorous content in literature, composition, linguistics and secondary teaching pedagogy. This program provides extensive preparation for meeting the needs of all student populations, including attention to levels of academic performance and cultural and linguistic diversity. Students finish the program with Arizona Department of Education certification for middle and high school English language arts. Fingerprint clearance and a background check is required in the second year of the program. Additional Program Fee: No Second Language Requirement: Yes First Required Math Course: MAT 142 - College Mathematics.

Students graduating with a bachelor's in English with a concentration in secondary education will have tremendous opportunities for employment. With over one million students in a state ranked seventh in the nation in population growth, the need for certified teachers in Arizona is self-evident. Arizona State University provides more of those teachers than any other institution of higher education. Over the last 15 years ASU grads have had their pick of teaching jobs around the valley and in the state. After student teaching in school districts in the greater Phoenix area or on one of the 22 Native American nations, students are often hired to teach in the same school where they completed their internship. New teachers will continue to be in demand, because the predicted rate of population growth in AZ is still strong, and the retirement rate of teachers is increasing.