Department of English, Theatre, and World Languages

Chair: Wendy P. Miller

Faculty: Hannah Baggott, Michael J. Berntsen¹, McGregor Boyle, Youngsuk Chae, Polina Chemishanova^{10, 12}, Aaron Cole, Teagan E. Decker⁸, Jonathan W. Drahos⁴, Michele Fazio, Virginia Garnett, Peter Grimes¹¹, Laura Hakala, Holden Hansen, Steven Hedgpeth, Brian Scott Hicks, Eun Hee Jeon, Deana Johnson², Brigitte Knight, Roger A. Ladd, Zachary Laminack, Ana Cecilia Lara⁹, Walter E. Lewallen, Milagros López-Fred, Natalie Love, Cynthia McPeters⁵, Cynthia Miecznikowski³, Michelle Nettle, Catherine Parisian, Melissa Schaub, Spencer Silverthorne, Robin L. Snead, Joseph Sweet^6,7, Charles Tita, David Underwood, Amy Williams

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.

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.

Programs

• Creative Writing, Minor
• English, Minor
• French, Minor
• Hispanic Studies, Minor
• Literature, Minor
• Professional Writing, Minor
• Spanish, Minor
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Minor
• Theatre, Minor

• Spanish for Medical Professionals, Certificate

• English as a Second Language (ESL) Graduate, Add-On Licensure
• English as a Second Language, Add-On Licensure

• 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.

• English Education, Licensure Concentration, M.A.
• English Education, Thesis Concentration, M.A.

Courses

• EED 3840. Literature and Reading for Adolescents (6-12): Methods and Materials (3 credits)
• EED 3890. The Teaching of Writing and Speech (6-12): Methods and Materials (3 credits)
• EED 4020. Methods of Teaching Dramatic Literature and Performance (3 credits)
• EED 4490. Internship for English/Language Arts in Secondary/Middle Schools (9 credits)
• EED 4750. Professional Seminar in Secondary/Middle Grades English/Language Arts (3 credits)

• ENG 1020. Laboratory in Writing I (1 credit)
• ENG 1030. Laboratory in Writing II (1 credit)
• ENG 1040. Expanded Composition (3 credits)
• ENG 1050. Composition I (3 credits)
• ENG 1060. Composition II (3 credits)
• ENG 1910. Spelling (1 credit)
• ENG 1920. Vocabulary Building (1 credit)
• ENG 1930. Pronunciation (1 credit)
• ENG 1940. English Usage (1 credit)
• ENG 1950. Sentence Mastery (1 credit)
• ENG 1960. Punctuation (1 credit)
• ENG 2010. Southern Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2020. Contemporary Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2030. Literary Genres (3 credits)
• ENG 2050. World Literature Before 1660 (3 credits)
• ENG 2060. World Literature After 1660 (3 credits)
• ENG 2080. Women’s Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2090. Literature and Film (3 credits)
• ENG 2100. African American Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2180. Asian American Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2190. Latino Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2200. Native American Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2230. American Literature Before 1865 (3 credits)
• ENG 2240. American Literature Since 1865 (3 credits)
• ENG 2410. Environmental Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 2450. Introduction to Rhetoric (3 credits)
• ENG 2470. British Literature Before 1790 (3 credits)
• ENG 2480. British Literature After 1790 (3 credits)
• ENG 2760. Writing Creative Nonfiction I (3 credits)
• ENG 2780. Writing Poetry I (3 credits)
• ENG 2790. Writing Fiction I (3 credits)
• ENG 2860. Literary Magazine Production (1 credit)
• ENG 2870. Literary Magazine Production (1 credit)
• ENG 2900. Film and New Media Criticism (3 credits)
• ENG 2990. Writing Center Theory and Practice (3 credits)
• ENG 3040. Principles of Literary Study (3 credits)
• ENG 3070. Professional Editing (3 credits)
• ENG 3100. The Harlem Renaissance (3 credits)
• ENG 3110. Medieval British Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 3120. Early Modern British Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 3130. American Romanticism (3 credits)
• ENG 3140. American Realism and Naturalism (3 credits)
• ENG 3150. British Romantic Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 3160. Victorian Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 3170. Post-Colonial Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 3250. Language in Society (3 credits)
• ENG 3420. The British Novel (3 credits)
• ENG 3430. The American Novel (3 credits)
• ENG 3440. The Native American Novel (3 credits)
• ENG 3460. Aspects of the English Language (3 credits)
• ENG 3470. Native American Poetry (3 credits)
• ENG 3540. Modern Drama (3 credits)
• ENG 3560. Modernist Fiction (3 credits)
• ENG 3570. History of Rhetoric (3 credits)
• ENG 3580. Professional Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 3650. Writing in Digital Environments (3 credits)
• ENG 3660. Modernist Poetry (3 credits)
• ENG 3670. Contemporary Fiction (3 credits)
• ENG 3680. Contemporary Poetry (3 credits)
• ENG 3700. Advanced Composition (3 credits)
• ENG 3710. English Grammar (3 credits)
• ENG 3720. Civic Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 3740. Writing Poetry II (3 credits)
• ENG 3750. Writing Fiction II (3 credits)
• ENG 3760. Writing Creative Nonfiction II (3 credits)
• ENG 3860. Literary Magazine Production (1 credit)
• ENG 3870. Literary Magazine Production (1 credit)
• ENG 3900. Study Abroad (3 credits)
• ENG 3990. Practicum in Composition Tutoring (1-2 credits)
• ENG 4020. Literary Criticism (3 credits)
• ENG 4210. Grant Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 4230. Special Topics in American English (3 credits)
• ENG 4240. Special Topics in American English (3 credits)
• ENG 4250. African American Rhetorics (3 credits)
• ENG 4260. Creative Writing Workshop (1-3 credits)
• ENG 4500. Seminar in American Indian Literature (3 credits)
• ENG 4550. Directed Studies Seminar (3 credits)
• ENG 4570. Shakespeare (3 credits)
• ENG 4810. Phonetics and Phonology (3 credits)
• ENG 4830. Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)
• ENG 4850. Cultural Issues of English as a Second Language (3 credits)
• ENG 4860. Literary Magazine Production (1 credit)
• ENG 4870. Literary Magazine Production (1 credit)
• ENG 4990. Professional Internship (3 credits)
• ENG 5830. Second Language Acquisition (3 credits)

• ENGS 2xxx. Studies in Literature (3 credits)
• ENGS 4xxx. Seminar in Literature (3 credits)
• ENGS 33xx. Special Topics in Literature (3 credits)
• ENGS 37xx. Special Topics in Creative Writing (3 credits)
• ENGS 4090-4129. Special Topics in Composition and Rhetoric (3 credits)

• FRH 1310. Elementary French I (3 credits)
• FRH 1320. Elementary French II (3 credits)
• FRH 2310. Intermediate French I (3 credits)
• FRH 2320. Intermediate French II (3 credits)
• FRH 2550. French Conversation and Composition (3 credits)
• FRH 2560. French Conversation and Composition (3 credits)