Graduate Program in English

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Graduate Program in English
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6624
Fax: 910.775.4092
Email: maee@uncp.edu

Location: Dial Humanities Building, Room 121
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The Department of English and Theatre offers a Master of Arts in English Education, with both a Licensure Concentration and a Thesis Concentration. We also offer a Master of Arts in Teaching with an English specialization. These programs provide candidates with opportunities for personal, intellectual, professional, and pedagogical growth.

Graduate Programs in English Education affirm the richness of language and literature produced by diverse groups.  Thus, our programs offer courses in language, literacy, literature, and pedagogy.  Core courses and electives within a chosen concentration expand students’ personal, intellectual, and professional horizons through classroom experiences and opportunities for travel.

In-service teachers who are admitted with initial licensure will be recommended for the North Carolina M license in English upon successful completion of the MA program. Candidates without initial teaching licensure may choose whether to pursue licensure through the MAT program, or to waive licensure in the MA program’s Thesis Concentration. The UNCP Graduate Program in English Education is approved by the Department of Public Instruction for Advanced Licensure in English and is one of the few programs in the state offering courses leading to add-on ESL licensure. Furthermore, program goals and objectives are aligned with National Board Certification standards.

College graduates with backgrounds in English or related fields who are admitted to the program seek advanced knowledge and skills in language, literacy, and literature for various personal and professional proposes, including preparation to teach in community colleges.

Through graduate course work, candidates for the Graduate Programs in English Education acquire, extend, synthesize, apply, and reflect upon their knowledge, expertise, and experience in language, literacy, literature, and pedagogy.  For licensure candidates (MA or MAT), the culminating product of the graduate experience is a Capstone Portfolio and Presentation, in which the candidate demonstrates a clearly articulated, coherent philosophy of teaching literacy and literature. MA candidates in the Thesis Concentration complete a six-credit thesis, in which they pursue a substantial topic through sustained independent research.

Updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2009