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ma checksheet: Licensure Concentration

Master of Arts in English Education
Curriculum Checksheet
Licensure Concentration

A. Core Courses (12 hours required)

• ENG 5000—Literacy in Context: Issues and Reform (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)

• ENG 5100—Rhetorical Grammar
• ENG 5110—Principles of English Linguistics
• ENG 5200—Issues in Contemporary American English
  
• ENG 5210—Advanced Creative Writing
  
• SPE 5230—Spoken Communication
• ENG 5440, 5450—Process Writing: Theory and Practicum
  
• 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)*
  
• TESL 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)

• ENG 5030—North Carolina Literature
  
• ENG 5050—Native American Literature
  
• ENG 5600—Americans in Paris
  
• ENG 5610—Shakespeare Studies
  
• 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)

• 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: Thursday, May 26, 2011

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