Integrated Language Arts
Arts and Humanities

Integrated Language Arts is a major for those who:

• are compelled to read cereal boxes, the fine print on t-shirts, and billboards
• experience the visual and the verbal as one and the same
• get excited when a word looks or sounds good
• believe that the form itself matters as much as content
• get sidetracked by unfamiliar words when surfing the internet
• peel back the multiple meanings of words like peeling an onion

Description
Professors of this major write and think constantly about literature and actually enjoy revising their work. When they are not helping students understand nuances of literature and writing, they are engaging students in publishing, poetry readings, and dramatic performances.

The Integrated Language Arts major is designed for students who wish to teach secondary language arts in public and private schools. Students who complete this 65-hour major will be licensed to teach English, speech, reading, and journalism in grades 7-12 and will hold an Ohio teacher's license for those four areas.

Courses required for the Integrated Language Arts major

This program is unique in that the student graduates with a license in four concentration areas rather than one, and is thus more employable. This major is designed for those who wish to teach at the secondary level. However, other possible careers might include journalism, editing, technical writing, public relations, textbook consulting, speech writing, professional development, or tutorial services.

Defiance College graduates of this field have been very successful. Many have entered careers in public relations and journalism, while others have entered graduate school programs and are now teaching in secondary schools and at the college and university level.