Graduate Program in English
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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ma checksheet: Licensure Concentration
Master of Arts in English Education
Curriculum Checksheet
Licensure Concentration
Sem. Hrs.
A. Core Courses (12 hours required) ---------------------------------- 12
__________ENG 5000—Literacy and Literature Education in Context (spring even years)
__________EED 5510—The Teaching of Writing: Theories, Issues, and Practices (fall odd years)
__________EED 5520—The Teaching of Literature: Theories, Issues, and Practices (spring odd years)
__________EDN 5660—Applied Educational Research (suggested within the first 12 hours of graduate study)
B. Literacy Emphasis (6 hours required, up to 18 hours accepted) ---------------------------------- 6 - 18
__________ENG 5100—Rhetorical Grammar
__________ENG 5200—Issues in Contemporary American English
__________ENG 5230—Advanced Creative Writing
__________SPE 5230—Spoken Communication
__________ENG 5440, 5450—Process Writing
__________ENG 5500—Advanced Nonfiction Writing
__________ENG 5810—Phonetics and Phonology (fall odd years)*
__________ENG 5830—Second Language Acquisition (spring even years)*
__________ENG 5850—Cultural Issues of English as a Second Language (fall even years)*
__________ENG 5890—Applied Pedagogy of Teaching English as a Second Language (spring odd years)*
__________ENGS 5100-5199 —Special Topics in Literacy
* indicates courses leading to Graduate Add-On Licensure in ESL; candidates for this licensure must have taken ENG 346 Aspects of the English Language and ENG 371 English Grammar or their equivalents.
C. Literature Emphasis (6 hours required; up to 18 hours accepted) ---------------------------------- 6-18
__________ENG 5030—North Carolina Literature
__________ENG 5050—Native American Literature
__________ENG 5610—Shakespeare Studies
__________ENG 5650—Americans in Paris
__________ENG 5750—Film Studies
__________ENGS 5000-5099 — Literary Topic Seminar
__________ENGS 5200-5299 — Literary Genre Seminar
__________ENGS 5300-5399 — Author Seminar
__________ENGS 5400-5499 — Literary Period Seminar
__________ENGS 5700-5799—Expanding Canon Seminar
D. Thesis (0 hours required; 6 hours accepted) ---------------------------------- 0 - 6
__________ENG 6010—Three-Credit Thesis
__________ENG 6020— Six-Credit Thesis I
__________ENG 6030— Six-Credit Thesis II
Thesis credit (3 - 6 hours) will be awarded under B. Literacy Emphasis or C. Literature Emphasis, depending on the topic. Students writing a thesis must also take six hours of course work in the Emphasis in which thesis credit is awarded. Thesis credit will be awarded under B (Literacy Emphasis) or C (Literature Emphasis), depending on the topic. Students writing a thesis must also take at least six hours of course work in the Emphasis in which thesis credit is awarded.
E. 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.
Program Total: 36
The degree must be completed within five years of admission to the program. Students should note rotation of core courses and should schedule their Capstone Experience to assure that they can complete all requirements in a timely manner. Each graduate student should obtain the UNCP Catalog and the Graduate Student Handbook upon admission to the program. For additional information on Program Description, Admissions Requirements, Orientation, Graduate Faculty, and Schedule of Courses consult www.uncp.edu/maee/.
Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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