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English & Secondary Education Certifications


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Inspire the next generation of great thinkers and writers. 

Pursue your calling to be a middle or high school English teacher at Grove City College, where you can earn a B.A. in English and a Secondary Education Certification, or a B.A. in English and a Communication Secondary Education Certification. On either path, you will be steeped in good literature and supported by professors who will point you to Christ as the master teacher. With a degree combining the best of English and education at Grove City College, you will be ready to help students pursue life-changing wisdom through literature, find their voice as skilled communicators, and use their gifts to benefit the common good.

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Program Distinctives
  • Rigorous education from a Christ-centered perspective.
  • Personal access to experienced and accomplished Christian faculty mentors in English and Education (as well as Communication if you choose the communication-specific degree).
  • Practical field experiences incorporated into every education course.
    • In both middle and high school settings, you will learn about classroom management, student motivation, best practices in pedagogy and assessment, and inclusive teaching strategies.
  • Student teaching experience during the fall or spring semester of your senior year, with mentoring from a faculty advisor and professional partners in the field.
  • Education Career Services offering exceptional career development and networking opportunities for you as both a student and alumnus of Grove City College. The ECS fosters relationships with private, public, charter, and international schools, as well as other education employers.
  • Licensure assistance through our highly developed certification services, through which we help students and alumni fulfill state certification requirements, meet testing requirements, and pursue additional certifications as desired.
  • Educational leadership opportunities through national and international partners in areas such as urban education, gifted education, youth theater programs, ESL programs, and more.
  • Opportunities to attend education conferences and events such as the National Council for Teachers of English, Ed Camp, and various high school outreach programs.
  • Access to the Hamilton Curriculum Library on campus, which has a wealth of resources including school curricular materials, adolescent and young adult literacy materials, and educational technology tools.
  • Literary research opportunities under the direction of experienced faculty on such writers as George Herbert, Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney, and Wendell Berry have been conducted in the past.
  • Award-winning theatre program open to students of all majors, featuring two mainstage productions and numerous other student productions every academic year.
  • Active on-campus groups including our award-winning chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (international education honorary), as well as the Secondary Education Society, Council for Exceptional Children, Lambda Iota Tau (literary honorary which sponsors poetry readings and other literary events), and Alpha Psi Omega (theatre honorary which coordinates our student-directed one-act play festival each semester).
  • Student publications to which you can submit original pieces and/or contribute as an editor, including The Echo (departmental publication featuring creative literary pieces), as well as The Collegian (newspaper), and the Journal of Law & Public Policy.
  • Vocation-enriching humanities core classes woven into your academic schedule that will strengthen your critical thinking and communication skills while cultivating empathy and a well-rounded understanding of the world.
Career Opportunities & Outcomes
  • Career paths: Our education majors become certified and licensed teachers around the country and all over the world, typically recruited well ahead of graduation. 
    • With an education degree from Grove City, you will be well equipped to work in a wide variety of school settings — from public to private, domestic to international — or with global education organizations, educational publishers, and other companies and nonprofits in related fields.
    • Our graduates pursue ongoing professional development throughout their careers via graduate-level education in English, English education, special education, curriculum and instruction, and school administrative leadership and policy.
  • If you are like 96% of Grove City College graduates within six months, you will be prepared to compete for top full-time positions soon after you graduate, if not before.
  • Wherever your career takes you, you will possess the skills and sense of purpose to inspire students through literature, challenge them to seek Truth, and encourage their growth as communicators and people.
Program Specifics
  • B.A. in English and Secondary Education Certification
    • 36 credit hours of English coursework spanning British, American, and classical literature with inclusion of Shakespeare and grammar courses.
    • 49 credit hours of professional education coursework including foundations of teaching, technologies of instruction, educational psychology, culturally relevant pedagogy, methods of teaching adolescents and high school students, and more.
    • Additional courses as outlined in the status sheet. For detailed course descriptions, refer to the College Catalog.
  • B.A. in English and Communication Secondary Education Certification
    • 36 credit hours of English coursework spanning British, American, and classical literature with inclusion of Shakespeare and grammar courses.
    • Six credit hours of communication coursework in speech, media, or theatre.
    • 49 credit hours of professional education coursework including foundations of teaching, technologies of instruction, educational psychology, culturally relevant pedagogy, methods of teaching adolescents and high school students, and more.
    • Additional courses as outlined in the status sheet. For detailed course descriptions, refer to the College Catalog.
    Student & Alumni Stories

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