Degree Requirements
1. Required LAC — 40 credits
2. Required Major — 39 credits
Take all of the following courses:
| ENG 195 | Introduction to the Discipline of English | 3 |
| ENG 319 | Writing and Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| ENG 345 | Literary Theory and Criticism | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| ENG 318 | Traditional and Modern Grammars | 3 |
| ENG 320 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| ENG 419 | English Linguistics | 3 |
British Literature before 1800
Choose one of the following courses:
| ENG 349 | Old English (700-1200) | 3 |
| ENG 350 | Middle English (1200-1485) | 3 |
| ENG 351 | The Tudor Period (1485-1603) | 3 |
| ENG 352 | The Stuart Period (1603-1714) | 3 |
| ENG 353 | The Eighteenth Century (1714-1789) | 3 |
British Literature after 1800
Choose one of the following courses:
| ENG 354 | British Romanticism | 3 |
| ENG 355 | Victorian Prose and Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 356 | Twentieth Century English Literature | 3 |
American Literature before 1900
Choose one of the following courses:
| ENG 370 | Colonial American Literature, 1492-1800 | 3 |
| ENG 371 | Antebellum American Literature, 1800-1865 | 3 |
| ENG 372 | American Realism and the Making of America | 3 |
American Literature after 1900
Choose one of the following courses:
| ENG 373 | American Modernism and the Crisis of Representation | 3 |
| ENG 374 | American Diaspora and Globalization | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| ENG 402 | The Short Story | 3 |
| ENG 403 | Techniques of the Novel | 3 |
| ENG 430 | Advanced Studies in World Literature, Folklore, or Mythology | 3 |
| ENG 441 | Colloquium in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 495 | Advanced Cultural Studies | 3 |
Remaining credits may be fulfilled with any ENG, FILM or HUM prefixed courses, excluding ENG 122, ENG 123, and ENG 225.
3. Required Minor — 18 credits
4. University-Wide Credits — 23 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 23 credits.
Accelerated (4 +1) English Liberal Arts B.A. and English M.A.
Motivated and high-achieving students may seek to complete the requirements for the B.A. and M.A. in English in five years. To obtain both degrees, students must complete all the requirements for the B.A. described above (120 credit hours) and all of the requirements for the standard M.A. described in the Graduate Catalog (33 credit hours). However, the accelerated B.A./M.A. program involves 9 credit hours that are shared between the Bachelor's and Master's programs, so the total number of credit hours to complete the accelerated Master’s program is 144. Completing the requirements for both degrees is made possible by taking the 9 double-counted B.A./M.A. credits in the Senior year (paid for at the undergraduate tuition rate) and 6 graduate-level credits (online – graduate-level tuition rate) in the summer following the Senior year and completion of the undergraduate program. Students remain eligible for financial aid as an undergraduate; any Graduate School aid is not available until students are admitted as a Graduate student.
Due to its necessarily streamlined path of progression, admission to the Accelerated B.A. and M.A. in English occurs in the Fall semester only. Students interested in transferring into the accelerated program must:
- Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 to take graduate-level courses as a Senior.
- Meet with the English M.A. Director of Graduate Studies in the fall semester of the Junior year and apply during the spring semester of the Junior year (following the same procedure and meeting the same requirements as other M.A. applicants). Full admission is dependent on completing the B.A. requirements in the senior year while maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA. The program application will be signed and forwarded to the Graduate School with signatures of the program advisor indicating the approval of graduate course transfer.
- Complete ENG 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies in the fall semester of their Senior year, followed by ENG 538 Literary Criticism and Theory and a second 500-level elective in the spring semester of that year. These are the 9 credits that are double counted within the accelerated program only.
- Fulfill the requirement of taking at least one graduate-level course from each of the three course categories: British Literature before 1800 (ENG623, ENG624, ENG625, ENG626), British Literature after 1800 (ENG627, ENG628, ENG629), and American Literature (ENG630, ENG631, ENG632).
- Students must apply for completion of their UG degree the semester before completing UG degree (i.e. in the fall semester of their Senior Year). To apply, students must be registered for all remaining courses in their final UG semester, that is, the spring semester of their Senior Year.
Outline for degree completion of the Accelerated B.A. and M.A. in English Liberal Arts
Meet with faculty advisor or Director of Graduate Studies and apply for the program in the fall semester, Junior Year.
- Fall Semester, Senior year
ENG 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies (3) [double-counted]
- Spring Semester, Senior year
ENG 538 Literary Criticism and Theory (3) [double-counted]
One 500 level ENG-coded Elective (3) [double counted]
Two online 8-week 500-level courses (6) [please note that only two of these courses will be offered each summer]:
ENG 523 - Advanced Studies in the Teaching of Writing (3)
ENG 525 - Studies in the Moving Image (3)
ENG 547 - Visual Rhetoric and Multimodal Literacies (3)
ENG 561 - Genre Study: Poetry (3)
ENG 562 - Genre Study: Fiction (3)
ENG 563 - Genre Study: Drama (3)
[Note: Because students are required to register for their six 500-level summer credits while they are still UG students, they must complete the Petition to Count Work Toward the Next Higher Degree form with the Graduate School]
- Fall Semester, fifth year
Three 600-level ENG-coded courses (9)
- Spring Semester, fifth year
Three 600-level ENG-coded courses (9)
MA comprehensive examination
33 Credits