English Education, Licensure Concentration, M.A.

A. Core Courses: 15 Sem. Hrs.

(15 hours required)

• ENG 5000. Literacy in Context: Issues and Reform (3 credits)
• ENG 5300. Theories and Methods of Literary Research (3 credits)
• EED 5510. The Teaching of Writing: Theory and Practice (3 credits)
• EED 5520. The Teaching of Literature: Theories, Issues, and Practices (3 credits)
• EDN 5490. Effective Educational Leadership (3 credits)

B. Content Courses: 21 Sem. Hrs.

(Choose 21 credit hours from the following courses)

• ENG 5030. North Carolina Literature (3 credits)

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• ENG 5050. Native American Literature (3 credits) or
• AIS 5500. Native American Literature (3 credits)

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• ENG 5100. Rhetorical Grammar (3 credits)
• ENG 5110. Principles of English Linguistics (3 credits)
• ENG 5200. Issues in Contemporary American English (3 credits)
• ENG 5210. Advanced Creative Writing (3 credits)
• SPE 5230. Spoken Communication (3 credits)
• ENG 5440. Process Writing: Theory (3 credits)
• ENG 5450. Process Writing: Practicum (3 credits)
• ENG 5500. Advanced Nonfiction Writing (3 credits)
• ENG 5600. Americans in Paris (3 credits)
• ENG 5610. Shakespeare Studies (3 credits)
• ENG 5750. Film Studies (3 credits)
• ENG 5810. Phonetics and Phonology (3 credits) (fall odd years)^*
• ENG 5830. Second Language Acquisition (3 credits) (spring even years)^*
• ENG 5850. Cultural Issues of English as a Second Language (3 credits) (fall even years)^*
• TESL 5890. Applied Pedagogy of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 credits) (spring odd years)^*
• ENGS 5000-5099. Literary Topic Seminar
• ENGS 5100-5199. Special Topics in Literacy
• ENGS 5200-5299. Literary Genre Seminar
• ENGS 5300-5399. Author Seminar
• ENGS 5400-5499. Literary Period Seminar

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• ENG 6010. Three-Credit Thesis (3 credits)

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• ENG 6020. Six-Credit Thesis I (3 credits) and
• ENG 6030. Six-Credit Thesis II (3 credits)

C. Capstone Portfolio and Presentation

is the culminating experience of the graduate program and takes place during the last semester (fall or spring) of the candidate’s course work.