The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2024-2025 Catalog
Department of English, Theatre, and World Languages
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Chair: Wendy P. Miller
Faculty: Nikki Agee, Hannah Baggott, Michael J. Berntsen1, Brooke Bradley, Youngsuk Chae, Polina Chemishanova10, 12, Aaron Cole, Teagan E. Decker8, Jonathan W. Drahos4, Michele Fazio, Virginia Garnett, Peter Grimes11, Laura Hakala5, Holden Hansen, Steven Hedgpeth, Brian Scott Hicks, Eun Hee Jeon, Deana Johnson2, Brigitte Knight, Roger A. Ladd7, Zachary Laminack, Ana Cecilia Lara9, Walter E. Lewallen, Milagros López-Fred, Natalie Love, Cynthia Miecznikowski3, Catherine Parisian, Melissa Schaub, Spencer Silverthorne, Robin L. Snead, Joseph Sweet6, Charles Tita, David Underwood, Amy Williams, Samantha Wilson
| 1Assistant Chair |
7Director of Graduate Program in English Education |
| 2Director of College Opportunity Program (COP) |
8Dean, Maynor Honors College |
| 3Director of Composition |
9Director of World Languages/Spanish Licensure |
| 4Director of Theatre |
10Director of Writing Intensive Program |
| 5 Interim Director of University Writing Center |
11Editor, Pembroke Magazine |
| 6Coordinator of Undergraduate English Education |
12Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Accreditation |
The Department of English, Theatre, and World Languages educates students and serves the region and the academy through teaching and research in the liberal arts. The Department cultivates insightful readers, articulate writers and speakers, expressive performers, and critical thinkers. Department faculty work to improve literacy, to develop innovative pedagogy, to enhance and showcase creative work, and to expand and transmit disciplinary knowledge.
Through sustained development of students’ critical thinking, reading, and writing, the General Education composition sequence lays the foundation for future success. Offerings in literature, world languages, and performance broaden and enrich students’ perspectives. Graduates of our programs become successful as professionals, graduate students, citizens, leaders, and life-long learners in a diverse global community.
The Department offers majors in English, Spanish, and Theatre and related minors and concentrations. Undergraduate majors prepare students for North Carolina Teacher Licensure in Secondary English, Middle Grades Language Arts 6-9, and add-on licensure in English as a Second Language. Graduate Programs in English prepare students for advanced licensure and other professional endeavors.
The Department offers distinctive, realistically conceived, and well‑executed programs for (1) the English major; (2) the student seeking North Carolina Teacher Licensure in English, Secondary Education 9‑12 (program approved by NCTE), Middle Grades Language Arts Education 6-9, or ESL Add-On Licensure; as part of the Educator Preparation Program these are approved by the Council for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and Accreditation of Educator Preparation; (3) the Theatre major; (4) the Spanish major; (5) the General Education student, served by a strong Composition program and a wide choice of courses; (6) the student majoring in another subject who wishes to develop a minor in an area of English, world languages, or theatre or simply to choose an elective or two; and (8) the in‑service teacher, or college graduate with a background in English or a related discipline, seeking post‑graduate work in English Education. The Department recognizes that each program has a distinctive philosophy and specific objectives, which are made clear to students involved in each program.
The Department office offers information about advisement and screening procedures for English majors, teacher licensure candidates in English and Spanish, Spanish majors, and Theatre majors. Also available is information about the academic concentrations in English, Spanish, and TESL and minors in Creative Writing, English, French, Literature, Spanish, TESOL, Theatre, and Professional Writing. These are offered to all students enrolled at the University.
Pembroke Magazine, housed in the Department and founded in 1969 by the late Norman Macleod while he was at UNC Pembroke, focuses on North Carolina, national, and international writers. It publishes both beginning and established writers.
The University Theatre, a performance program housed in the Givens Performing Arts Center, provides a practical laboratory for the theoretical and artistic components of the Theatre Program of the Department.
The Department recommends that all of its majors study a foreign language; six semester hours (or equivalent competency) are required for English majors.
A grade of C (2.0) in ENG 1050 (Composition I) is prerequisite to all literature courses at the 2000 level and above. All full‑time students enroll in Composition I during their first semester of full‑time study and continue consecutively thereafter until they successfully complete both ENG 1050 and ENG 1060.
ProgramsAcademic ConcentrationLicensureMajor- English, Literary Studies Emphasis, B.A.
- English, Middle Grades Language Arts (6-9) Emphasis, B.A.
- English, Professional Writing Emphasis, B.A.
- English, Secondary Education (9-12) Emphasis, B.A.
- Spanish, B.A.
- Theatre Arts, B.A.
MinorCoursesEnglish EducationEnglishSpecial Topics in EnglishFrenchPage: 1
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