Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English

ENG 500 Introduction to Graduate Study

An orientation to graduate study in general and the nature and methods of research in particular. Should be taken during the first semester of graduate work.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 508 Workshop

A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
1- 3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

ENG 515 Using Literature to Address Social and Emotional Learning

This course examines approaches to addressing social and emotional learning and its competencies through literature. 

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore and Junior

ENG 522 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1-3

Prerequisites

ENG 500 with a minimum grade of C

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours

ENG 523 Advanced Studies in the Teaching of Writing

Advanced study of teaching and learning, integrating theory and practice for teachers of writing.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 525 Studies in the Moving Image

Introduction to film analysis and film theory. Students will have the opportunity to learn core skills in film analysis and interpretation and engage with ongoing conversations in film theory.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 530 Advanced Studies in World Literature

An investigation of a theme, form or problem that cuts across periods and nationalities.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

ENG 536 Teaching Immigrant Literature

Course will expand on undergraduate literary and critical training to examine four theoretically informed approaches to teaching US Immigrant literature.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 538 Literary Criticism and Theory

Historical survey of different theoretical approaches to literary and cultural criticism and pedagogy, including classical, renaissance, and eighteenth-century movements. Emphasis on twentieth-century schools.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 500 with a minimum grade of C

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 540 Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric

This course offers an introduction to the discipline of rhetoric and composition, emphasizing disciplinary identity and evolution, as well as theoretical perspectives on discourse, rhetoric, and writing pedagogy.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore and Junior

ENG 541 Colloquium in Literature

Graduate-level focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, theme, genre or individual author.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours

ENG 547 Visual Rhetoric and Multimodal Literacies

This course familiarizes students with a range of 21st century digital composing tools and methods of assessing multimodal projects.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 561 Genre Study: Poetry

This course prepares students with tools and methods to read and teach works of poetry.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 562 Genre Study: Fiction

This course prepares students with tools and methods to read and teach works of fiction.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 563 Genre Study: Drama

This course prepares students with tools and methods to read and teach dramatic literature.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 570 Advanced Studies in American Literature

This course offers in-depth study of literature from a particular literary period and its movements. Works chosen suit the variable title of the course and represent writers from or based in the United States of America.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore and Junior

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours

ENG 580 Advanced Studies in British Literature

This course offers in-depth study of literature from a particular literary period and its movements. Works chosen suit the variable title of the course and represent writers from the British Isles and/or from former colonies.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore and Junior

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours

ENG 593 The Rocky Mountain Writing Project

Teachers teaching teachers about writing to extend their knowledge in theory and practice and to prepare them as writing consultants. Open to K-12 teachers in all disciplines. S/U graded.
6

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 12 credit hours

ENG 594 Practicum in the Teaching of College Composition

Train new teaching assistants in School of English to teach college level composition to UNC students.
3

Class Restriction

Exclude Freshman and Sophomore

ENG 601 Advanced Research Methods

Advanced study and application of research methods and approaches for literary study including, but not limited to, Archival Research, Distant Reading, New Historicism, Reception Studies, Feminist/Queer Recuperation and Recovery, and Textual Analysis.
3

Prerequisites

ENG 500 with a minimum grade of C

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 602 Introduction to Graduate Study: Issues, Trends and Topics in English Content and Pedagogy

This course examines current and emerging issues and trends in the English studies including composition, literature, and pedagogy with and emphasis on assessment and the inclusion of diverse learners in American schools.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 610 Interventions in Literacy

This course will help individuals effectively select and implement research-based literacy interventions as they relate to students' strengths and needs at individual student, classroom, and school-wide levels.

3

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed only for one of these courses: ENG 610 or EED 610

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 620 Teaching as Inquiry: Teacher Action Research in the English Classroom

This course provides an overview of educational research with an emphasis on literacy in secondary and post-secondary settings and guides teachers to develop systematic inquiries into effective teaching and learning. Participants will learn about methods for conducting teacher action research through analysis and application of classroom-based research.

3

Prerequisites

ENG 602 with a minimum grade of B

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer - Check with department/school for next offering

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 622 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

ENG 623 Old English

Students will study the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England, translating important historical and literary documents in prose and poetry, including works by Alfred, Aelfirc, and others.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 626 Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century

Representative poetry, prose, and/or drama in England from 1660-1789, including such writers as Dryden, Behn, Astel, Finch, Pope, Swift, Defoe, Fielding, Boswell, Johnson, Gray, Equiano, Barbauld, Wycherley, and Congreve.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 628 Studies in the Victorian Period

British literature from 1832-1900, with primary focus on prose fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. emphasis on the intellectual currents of the period as reflected in the literature of the age.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 629 20th Century British Literature

Studies in British literature of the twentieth century, with primary focus on diction, poetry, and non-fiction prose. Emphasis on cultural and intellectual influences on the literature of the era.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 632 American Literature WW1 to Present

Studies in American literature 1914 to the present, with primary focus on fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose. Emphasis on cultural and intellectual influences on the literature of the era.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 633 Studies in Linguistics

Seminars in various topics ranging from the evolution of English from its beginnings to dialectology, semantics, stylistics and psycholinguistics.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

ENG 634 Studies in World Literature

Seminars in writers or works in translation to illustrate generic, thematic, national, or cultural approaches to world literature.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

ENG 639 Graduate Seminar in Literature

Graduate seminars in various topics (e.g., the tragic hero, alienation, the experimental novel) related in form and/or idea and drawn from American, British or World literature in translation.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

ENG 640 History and Theory of Rhetoric

Readings in selected rhetoricians, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Erasmus, Ramus, Bacon, Montaigne, Campbell, Blair, Bakhtin, Richards, Gates, Cixous, Kristeva.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 641 Studies in Composition Research and Pedagogy

Reading in composition theory and pedagogy, including expressivist, cognitive, historical, rhetorical, social epistemic, discourse, and cultural studies.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 642 Film Theory and Analysis

This seminar explores major debates and developments in film theory from the 1920s to recent decades. Theories are illustrated with the technical and aesthetic analysis of specific films.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 650 Advanced Editing

This course will focus on the knowledge, skills and practice needed to enter the editing profession.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 651 Professional Writing in the Non-Profit Sector

This course explores professional writing theories and puts them to use in a community engagement project. Students will work with a non-profit organization to develop a grant package, build a social media presence, and design/compose various public-facing deliverables.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 652 Advanced Studies in Digital Humanities

This course introduces students to both theory and technological tools prevalent in the digital humanities. While the specific theoretical foundations, technologies, and projects will vary based on instructor expertise, students can expect to work with video production, textual annotation/qualitative data analysis, web design and coding, and/or e-editing tools and/or technologies.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 6 credit hours

ENG 653 Writing Center Administration

This course offers extensive theory and historical background on as well as typical practice in directing a writing center.
3

Level Restriction

Include GR

ENG 697 MA or Creative Project

Select MA project, a journal-appropriate research paper, or creative project (collection of poems, short stories, or novel chapters). Proposal approval by advisor and public presentation (faculty/students) required.

3-6

Prerequisites

ENG 601 with a minimum grade of C

Offered

Generally offered Fall, Spring, and/or Summer Annually

Level Restriction

Include GR

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with a maximum of 12 credit hours