24:15:06:06.  7-12 language arts education endorsement. Specific content areas include:

          (1)  Language arts - composition/grammar: 18 semester hours with at least six in upper division coursework, to include a language arts methodology course, reading, the structure and usage of grammar in written language, the purpose and form of written communications to a variety of audiences, and advanced composition. The endorsement may be added with either coursework or the passage of the designated state test;

          (2)  Language arts - drama/theater: The endorsement may be added by the passage of the designated state test without the verification of coursework;

          (3)  Language arts - literature: 18 semester hours with at least six in upper division coursework, to include a language arts methodology course, American literature, analysis, and response to a variety of genre, multicultural authors, and audience ages and teaching of reading. The endorsement may be added with either coursework or the passage of the designated state test;

          (4)  Language arts - mass communications: The endorsement may be added by the passage of the designated state test without the verification of coursework;

          (5)  Language arts - 18 semester hours with at least six in upper division coursework, to include a language arts methodology course, speech/debate: theories of communication, function of the individual, language acquisition, and context variables, such as setting, purpose, audience, and subject. The endorsement may be added with either coursework or the passage of the designated state test.

          Source: 25 SDR 13, adopted July 21, 1998, effective September 1, 2000; transferred from § 24:16:08:13, 30 SDR 211, effective July 5, 2004; 32 SDR 41, effective September 11, 2005; 36 SDR 169, effective May 11, 2010.

          General Authority: SDCL 13-1-12.1, 13-42-3.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 13-42-3, 13-42-4.