ENGLISH DEPARTMENT



ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

Fall 2012

ENGLISH COURSES AND YOUR CAREER

Courses in English instill knowledge of language, literature, rhetoric, and writing and an awareness of diverse ideas, cultures, languages, and viewpoints. In this current “Information Age,” our classes also foster a flexible set of skills that employers value: the ability to think, read, and write critically and expressively; to analyze, interpret, and adapt complex ideas and texts; to solve problems creatively; and to research, manage, and synthesize information. Those with degrees in English go on to thrive in a wide range of fields, including education, law, medicine, business, finance, marketing, writing, community service and nonprofit work, journalism, editing, the arts, library and museum work, and in many other fields. The English Department offers a variety of courses in creative writing, technical communication, linguistics, literature, rhetoric and writing. So whether you’re looking for an introductory or a graduate course, a class in language or in writing, a broad survey of literature or a seminar on a specialized topic, chances are we have a course suited for you.

NOTE: New majors should take ENGL 2100 as soon as it can be scheduled after ENGL 1101 and 1102, followed by ENGL 3100. Transfer students should schedule ENGL 2100 in their first semester at UNCC.

Topics in English: Writing Intensive: African Literature, Music & Art (W) (3)

2091-001 Ojaide TR 09:30AM-10:45AM

Survey of socio-cultural context in which African literature, music, and art function; examination of the impact of changes resulting from international dependence and improved communications across continents and cultures; parallels drawn with other regions of the world, particularly the US and Europe. Creative research or community projects required.

Writing about Literature (W) (3)

2100-001 Brockman TR 12:30PM-01:45PM

2100-002 Vetter MW 12:30PM-01:45PM

2100-003 Gatlin MW 11:00AM-12:15PM

2100-004 Brockman TR 02:00PM-03:15PM

2100-090 Moss M 05:30PM-08:20PM

ENGL 2100 is the first course in the major and a prerequisite for 3100. It offers combined practice in writing and the study of literature, emphasizing writing processes including revision.

Introduction to Technical Communication (W) (3)

2116-001 Schmitz MW 12:30PM-01:45PM

2116-002 Schmitz MW 02:00PM-03:15PM

2116-003 TBA TR 03:30PM-04:45PM

2116-004 Schmitz TR 12:30PM-01:45PM

2116-005 Schmitz TR 11:00AM-12:15PM

2116-006 Muesing MW 09:30AM-10:45AM

2116-007 Muesing MW 11:00AM-12:15PM

2116-090 Huddleston-Edwards T 06:30PM-09:15PM

Restricted to ENGR, ITCS, GEOG, PHYS, ANTH, COMM, ENGL, & TEWR majors and minors see your department for permits. Used seats will be released 4/10/2012 for other majors and minors. This course is designed to show you how to solve technical problems through writing. Emphasis will be placed upon the types of writing, both formal and informal, that you will most likely do in the workplace. In this course you should learn:

• the theoretical bases of technical communication

• the most common forms of technical documents

• how to plan, draft, and revise documents

• how to plan and make presentations

• how to work and write collaboratively

• how to integrate text and visual elements into technical documents.

Introduction to Creative Writing (W) (3)

2126-001 Parkison MW 02:00PM-03:15PM

Students will actively participate in a lively workshop environment. At all stages of the workshop, we will focus on the creative process of writing original stories and poems, covering everything from generating ideas to revising a final draft. Because this class is focused on writing and the creative process, we will examine our own work and the work of published authors. Creative exercises will be an important aspect of approaching the writing process. Therefore, students will be expected to keep a writing journal to organize their assigned exercises.

Introduction to Creative Writing (W) (3)

2126-090 Davis, C W 06:30PM-09:15PM

The focus of this introductory creative writing workshop will be on poetry.  No prior experience with writing or reading poetry is necessary, only an interest in the creative use of language and in the exciting activity of group discussion and constructive criticism, with the shared goal of understanding and producing great poems.  Our reading and discussion of published poetry will help us appreciate the art form, and will also provide models for our own work, focusing on aesthetic issues such as description, voice, form, and exploratory subject matter.  Conscientious participation in the peer critique process, in this highly interactive workshop, will be expected. 

Introduction to Fiction Writing (3)

2128-001 Gwyn TR 02:00PM-03:15PM

In this class we will learn a set of terms for describing the elements of good fiction, and we will begin to practice one of the most fundamental kinds of story-writing: the plot which involves a self-recognition and reversal. This plot has been fundamental to narrative at least since Aristotle explained its nature in his Poetics. While it is one of the most universal plots, it is still one of the most difficult to master. We will read Aristotle on plot as well as a selection of modern short fiction whose plots work according to the principles that Aristotle laid out so long ago. In this way, we will all be creating our own individual stories in our own individual voices; and, at the same time, we will be a community working on a shared form. We may not master this plot in one term; but, if we seriously work at it, we will learn much about the craft of story-writing. Fulfills prerequisite for advanced fiction workshops, ENGL 4203 and ENGL 4209.

Introduction to African American Literature (3)

2301-001 Lewis TR 09:30AM-10:45AM

Cross-listed with AAAS 2301 and AMST 3000. This course offers an introduction to African-American drama, prose, and poetry. It is a prerequisite for upper-level African-American literature courses in the English department and meets a requirement for the African-American Minor in Diverse Literature and Cultural Studies. Requirements include arriving and staying in class on time, quizzes, one paper, final exam, one creative or group project.

American Literature Survey (3)

2400-001 Shealy TR 12:30PM-01:45PM

This course surveys American literature from the Colonial period to the Modern era. Emphasizing important literary movements, we will discuss how American literature has evolved from its beginnings in the 1600s to the early twentieth century. Reading short stories, poetry, and novels, we shall examine major American authors.

British Literature Survey I (3)

2401-002 Melnikoff MW 12:30PM-01:45PM

This course offers a wide-range survey of English literature from Middle Ages through the Renaissance. During the semester, we will examine the contexts, ideas and genres of a variety of literary material, from Beowulf to Doctor Faustus to Paradise Lost. Class discussions, essays, examinations and imitation assignments are all designed to promote a sustained critical engagement with some of the seminal works in the early history of English literature. (This course or Engl 3301 meets a survey requirement for English majors who have entered the program since fall 2002).

British Literature Survey II (3)

2402-001 McGavran MW 12:30PM-01:45PM

This course surveys British and other Anglophone Literature of the 18th 19th 20th centuries—mostly poetry and prose fiction. Major authors, literary movements, ideas, and cultural issues will be addressed. Writing assignments will include homework, a limited-scope research paper, and an essay midterm and final exam. (This course or Engl 3302 meets a survey requirement for English majors who have entered the program since fall 2002).

British Literature Survey II (3)

2402-090 Moss W 05:30PM-08:15PM

This course explores the developments in British literature between the eighteenth-century and the present day that helped to create our modern view of the world. Topics include British imperialism, slavery, industrialization, romanticism and the power of nature, as well as changing concepts of gender, race, and class. Readings include both high and popular culture, from the new genre of detective fiction to the formal experimentation of modernist poets. Requirements: an essay, a midterm, and a final exam. (This course or Engl 3302 meets a survey requirement for English majors who have entered the program since fall 2002).

Introduction to U.S., Latino/a-Literature

3050-001 Socolovsky MW 11:00AM-12:15PM

This course examines 20th century literatures written in English in the U.S. by Latino/a writers, and introduces students to the variety of texts and contexts which shape contemporary U.S. Latino literary experiences.

Topics in English: War & Genocide in Children’s Literature

3050-004 Minslow MW 09:30AM-10:45AM

Cross-listed with ENGL 3050-004. In this course, students will read a variety of books intended for child and young adult audiences that represent conflict, war, and genocide. The course will consider the ways authors represent the atrocities associated with war and genocide to a young audience and how these books are used to inculcate children into a society’s dominant ideologies. Borrowing from theories from a number of academic disciplines, the course will also address how these texts help child readers construct concepts of themselves as global citizens and form attitudes about war, racism, ethics, and globalization. The differences between war and genocide, the uniqueness of the Holocaust, and the function of literature as a tool for promoting social change will also be explored. {Geo-Political}

Topics in English: Writing-Oral: Growing Up Southern (W,O) (UG 3)

3053-003 Eckard T 02:00PM-04:45PM

Growing up in the American South often means coming to terms with a history, culture, and mindset unlike any other part of the United States. The South has such a rich, complex and diverse culture that even lifelong residents scratch their heads in wonderment. To help us understand this thing called “Growing Up Southern,” we will study literature, films, and music. Our primary focus will be on the importance of family and place in shaping individual lives. Our lives are determined by our relationship with ourselves and with others, with time, with place, and with the culture in which we live. In essence, our relationships are our lives. Writing about them will help us connect the dots of our lives. We will also explore how race, religion, social class, and gender influence growing up in the South. This course meets both writing intensive and oral communication general education goals.

Approaches to Literature (W) (3)

3100-001 Socolovsky MW 12:30PM-01:45PM

3100-002 Gardner TR 03:30AM-04:45AM

3100-003 Minslow MW 02:00PM-03:15PM

3100-090 Minslow M 05:30PM-08:15PM

You must take 2100 before taking this course. ENGL 3100 is a prerequisite to be completed before taking 3000 or 4000 level English courses in literature. This course provides an introductory study and application of major critical approaches to literature based on close reading of selected literary works. (Required of English majors and minors).

Children’s Literature (3)

3103-001 West TR 11:00AM-12:15PM

Students in this course will read several classics in children’s literature as well as a number of contemporary children’s books. Among the topics that will be covered during class lectures are the history of children’s literature. This course will be taught in lecture format and is not restricted to English and Education majors. (Large lecture.)

Literature for Adolescents (L) (3)

3104-001 Moss MW 03:30PM-04:45PM

Students will read twelve books that were written primarily for adolescent and young adult readers. Class discussions will be devoted to analyzing these books, defining the major characteristics of adolescent literatures, and examining the history of this type of literature. Students will also discuss how the concepts of identity formation relate to these books.

Introduction to Contemporary American English (3)

3132-001 Thiede MW 05:00PM-06:15PM

This course is designed for those who study to become teachers, curriculum planners, language professionals, and for all those who wish to have an overview of what fields of linguistic study apply in real life.  Specifically, we will work within the following disciplines:

  discourse analysis, pragmatics: social, forensic, medical, community

lexicon/semantics: translation, identity, communication systems

morphology: dictionaries, disorders, acquisition

neurolinguistics/psycholinguistics: disorders, development

phonetics/phonology: variation, pronunciation, acquisition

sociolinguistics: identity, power, variation, alignment, gender

syntax

    history and variation

Independent Study (1-3)

3852-001 TBA TBA TBA

3852-002 TBA TBA TBA

Independent study courses are available to undergraduate students under certain conditions. These courses must be arranged with individual instructors before registering for them and are intended to enable students to pursue studies in areas not provided by regularly scheduled courses. For further information, students should see their advisors.

Topics in English: Black Literature and Culture of the South (3, 3G)

4050/5050-001 Leak TR 02:00PM-03:15PM

Cross-Listed with AFRS 4101: This course will explore a range of African America literary and cultural texts that focus on the South.  From writers like Charles Chesnutt to Toni Morrison, how does the South emerge in the black literary and cultural imagination?    Are there changes in sensibility depending on time period, gender,  geography, or the length of time one is removed from the South.  We will read short stories, poetry, novels, and at least one play, focused on the South?   Some of the writers included will be Charles Chesnutt,  Zora Neale Hurston, Natasha Tretheway, Ravi Howard, and Tony Grooms. 

Another component to the course will be the exhibit Without Sanctuary, which will be at the Levine Museum of the New South from September 1, 2012 to Jan 1, 2013.  The exhibit is a collection of lynching photographs and memorabilia from a troubling period in American history.    Some of the work we will read will consider the exploration of lynching themes in African American Literature of the South. 

Topics in English: Early African American Literature (3,3G) (W)

4050/5050-090 Lewis W 06:30PM-09:15PM

This course will pay particular attention to literary forms exhibited in texts of the 17th through 19th centuries that were authored by African Americans.  From poetry to narrative to novel, we will examine the relevance of individual works beyond the historical significance of their publication.  Students will also develop their own thematic or historically based projects.

Topics in English: Language and Diversity

4050/5050-091 Roeder W 06:30PM-09:15PM

This course examines language use as social practice, offering an advanced introduction into quantitative and qualitative sociolinguistic research on language in contemporary American society. The course will focus on variation in American varieties of English that correlates with variation in region, gender, ethnic identity, socio-economic status, age, social network, and other cultural groupings. Additional topics will include style shifting and language attitudes. Throughout the semester, emphasis will be placed on applying sociolinguistic theories and findings to linguistic diversity across the U.S., as a whole, as well as within specific communities with which students have personal experiences. Students will be encouraged to compare and contrast their own experiences with those discussed in readings and class lectures.

Topics in English: Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances

4050/5050-092                                   Hartley                   W           06:30PM-09:15PM

This course will explore the origin, nature, and development of two of Shakespeare’s favorite dramatic genres: comedy and romance. It will also consider the many provocative intersections between these genres in Shakespeare’s work. Plays studied during the course of the semester will include The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest. Class discussions, performance work, essays, and examinations are all designed to promote a sustained critical engagement with some of Shakespeare’s seminal artistic achievements.

Topics in English: Modern and Contemporary Women’s Poetry

4050/5050-095 Vetter M 05:30PM-08:15PM 

This course considers women poets of the twentieth century, focusing in particular on six American and British poets: one American and one British poet of the modernist era, H.D. and Stevie Smith; two important mid-century American poets, Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia Plath; and two living poets, Julia Alvarez and Carol Ann Duffy, the current (and first female) British poet laureate.  We will end the semester with very recent verse penned by a range of young poets of the “Gurlesque” movement.  Students will be assessed on in-class participation, weekly informal writing, an explication, research papers, and a final examination.  

Topics in English: Writing Intensive: Creative Non-Fiction

4051/5050-004 McGavran MW 03:30PM-4:45PM

Although you will do considerable reading and researching for this course, it is primarily a creative writing course, and your writing will thus form the main focus of in- and out-of-class activities and also of your grade. Readings will include selections from various examples of creative nonfiction as well as commentary on creative nonfiction as a literary genre distinct from fiction, poetry, etc. Creative nonfiction can be quite personal and based mostly on one’s own memories, it can be heavily researched academic study of a particular time or place or event, or it can combine memory and research in various proportions.

Classics in British Children’s Literature (3, 3G)

4102/5102-001 Connolly MW 12:30PM-01:45PM

A historical survey of major works of British Children’s Literature, especially texts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While focusing on close readings of texts, we will also situate works within the context of class, gender roles, and British nationalism. Throughout the course, we will investigate changing concepts of childhood as well as the development of varied genres, such as fantasy. Texts will include such works as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Treasure Island, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Multiculturalism and Children Literature (3,3G)

4104/5104-001 Connolly MW 3:30PM-04:45PM

In this course, we will explore a range of genres and forms—including picturebooks, folktales, poetry, graphic novels, and historical and realistic fiction—that represents a wealth of cultural, racial, religious, political, and social diversity in literature for children and adolescents. We will explore how visual and verbal texts reveal social constructions of cultural identity and also work to develop definitions of what “culture” and “multiculturalism” mean in the context of children’s and adolescent literature.

Topics in English: Ancient World Literatures

4111/5050-005 Davis, B M 05:00PM-07:45PM

"World literature" is a staple of American high school and college teaching, yet often newly-graduated teachers feel that they are unprepared to teach this admittedly vast subject. Thus this course will consist of content-oriented and pedagogical perspectives. Among the issues we will discuss will be whether there are "universal" values, traditions, symbols and story patterns that we find across cultures and at all times; how the definition of "world" has changed from "ancient and modern Western literature" to a more global-historical perspective; whether societies without writing can be considered to have a canon of "classic" stories; how to read "oral literature;" the history of writing; how suitable modern forms of literary criticism are when applied to ancient works. A major focus will be inter-textuality: how stories vary over time, yet remain essentially the same; a second emphasis will look at the wisdom of the elders.

Theories of Technical Communication (3, 3G)

4180/5180-090 Wickliff R 06:30PM-09:15PM

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to theories that underlie modern and historical practices of writing and reading technical and scientific documents, and of interpreting technologies themselves.

Emphasis will be placed upon reading from a wide range of technical writing theories, content areas, and genres. This includes theories of use or usability, scientific and technical reports, and digital/electronic document design. At a minimum, we will discuss theories of reading, revision, problem representation, visual rhetoric, usability, gender, collaboration, and international communication.

Information Design & Digital Publishing (3, 3G)

4182/5182-090 Toscano W 06:30PM-09:15PM

Prerequisite: ENGL 2116. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the principles, vocabulary, and theories of computer-aided document design, including perceptual, cultural, and rhetorical elements. You will be expected to use the computer to solve a variety of writing problems, including planning, drafting, editing, and publishing. All students will plan, design, and complete print and electronic documents that will be evaluated in a course portfolio. The course meets in a computer classroom with various Adobe and Microsoft software applications students will use for assignments. (Satisfies writing requirement for M.A. Students).

Writing Poetry (3, 3G)

4202/5202-090 Davis, C M 06:30PM-09:15PM

Prerequisite: ENGL 2126 or 2127, Graduate Student status, or permission of Instructor. This course offers an investigation of possibilities inherent in poetry, with attention paid to the necessity for revision. We will read and discuss anthologized poetry.

Writing Fiction (3, 3G)

4203/5203-090 Parkison W 05:30PM-08:15PM

Students will actively participate in a lively workshop environment.  At all stages of the workshop, we will focus on the creative process of writing original stories, covering everything from generating ideas to revising a final draft.  Because this class focuses on writing and the creative process, we will examine our own work and the work of published authors.  Creative exercises will be an important aspect of approaching the writing process.  Therefore, each student will keep a writing journal to organize assigned exercises.  Since this is an advanced course that focuses on craft, the class will assume that students have had previous creative writing courses and workshop experience. 

Expository Writing (W) (3, 3G)

4204/5204-090 Wickliff M 05:30PM-08:15PM

Expository Writing (ENGL 4204/5204) enables students to further develop as writers. The course is designed around the identification of issues that will serve as starting points for questions, research and writing. Within the general framework provided by reading and ongoing class discussions, students will research and write about topics that they find important and want to address. Revision, work shopping, reflection, and primary and secondary research will be integral to the work of the class. (satisfies writing requirement)

Teaching English/Communication Skills to Middle and Secondary School Learners (3, 3G)

4254/5254-090, 091 Avila T 05:30PM-08:15PM

Prerequisite: MDSK 3151 or MDSK 6162. Restricted to English and Education Majors. Catalog Description: This course will cover various approaches to the teaching of English, including recent theories, teaching methodology, and research related to writing and literary study. This course is appropriate for those students seeking licensure in 6-12 English education (English 9-12 and English language arts 6-8 certification). Course requires a clinical experience of 15 (for undergraduate students)-30 (for graduate students) hours.

Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing

4400/5400-001,002,003 Knoblauch MW 02:00PM-03:15PM

English 4400/5400 trains students to work as peer Writing Assistants in the University Writing Resources Center (WRC). Based on the view that knowing and learning are fundamentally social, the WRC fosters an environment of active, collaborative learning outside the classroom. Its primary purpose is to provide one-to-one writing instruction to students from first-year to graduate in any discipline. Its goal is not to “fix” papers, but to teach students to become more effective writers. The WRC also has an educational mission for its Writing Assistants. Staffed by undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of disciplines, the WRC offers teaching experience and leadership opportunities to tutors as you develop your writing abilities and interpersonal skills. ENGL 4400/5400 introduces you to the field of writing center studies. You will read, discuss, and write about research, theory, and practice of tutoring. You will learn about the philosophies of writing centers, writing processes, strategies for working with English language learners, and how to facilitate student writing across the disciplines. You will write weekly reflections about your tutoring experience. You will lead class discussions about the challenges you encounter as a Writing Assistant. You will observe other tutors at work and be observed yourself. You will conduct and write about some original writing center research of your own. Along with twice-weekly class meetings, this course requires a practicum, which includes tutoring in the WRC. English graduate Teaching Assistants work 20 hours per week. Other students enrolled in the course tutor 3 hours per week. WRC staff also give presentations and host workshops on topics such as avoiding plagiarism, documenting sources, peer response, and revision strategies.

Topics in English: Literacy and Language

4405/5050-093 Griffin R 05:30PM-08:15PM

Exploration of how language and literacy can be effectively taught to adolescents. Topics include composing strategies and the effects of new media on literacy practices, writing assessment, the role of teacher response in student writing, the role of grammar in teaching writing, and the ways in which language constructs identities and world views.

English Department Internship (3-6, 3-6G)

4410/5410-090 Bosley T 06:30PM-09:15PM

4410/5410-091 Bosley T 06:30PM-09:15PM

Internships for 3 or 6 credit hours involve primarily writing and other communication tasks. Sites are available for undergraduate and graduate students to work with corporations, non-profit organizations, and governmental groups. Enrollment by permit only. Contact Dr. Deborah Bosley (704) 687-3502 or dsbosley@uncc.edu. (Descriptions of current sites at .

Independent Study (3)

4852-C01 TBA TBA TBA

Topics in Advanced Technical Communication – Writing Effective Grant Proposals (3G)

6008-U90 Bosley W 06:30PM-09:15PM

In this course, we will focus on the rhetorical strategies and writing skills necessary to 

be an effective grant writer. Working with non-profits in the Charlotte area, you will learn to

* research and find appropriate funders

* write effective and fundable grant proposals

* submit proposals to funding agencies

* understand the psychology of philanthropy, funders, and foundations

* craft compelling narratives

* review others' proposals through peer review

* team up with local non-profits to write a proposal for them

In addition, several funders and directors of non-profits will give guest lectures

to help you understand the process and procedures for writing and submitting a

grant proposal. This course gives you a chance to apply rhetorical theory and practice

in the real world to enable organizations to secure funding.  

Topics in English: American Poetry and Black Poets’ Response

6070-091 Pereira T 06:30PM-09:15PM

Our focus will be on 20th century black poets’ responses to American poetry and its institutions. Students will read canonical white American poets of the 20th century, including T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Elizabeth Bishop, Charles Olson, and the Beats, and responses to these poets and their poetry in the work of Gwendolyn Brooks, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Harryette Mullen, Elizabeth Alexander, and Wanda Coleman. We will also consider the rise of slam poetry, anthologies and the canon wars raged therein, and MFA programs and poetry workshops. Students will read widely and write frequently, as well as present on poems regularly in class. Students will have the opportunity to take a mock MA Exam test and will research and write a substantial final paper.

Topics in English: Linguistics and Children's Literature

 6070-093 Thiede W 06:30PM-09:15PM

This course parallels ENGL 6161 as an introduction to linguistics, except that all its applications focus on children's literature and topics of emerging literacy.  Through linguistic study, we shall investigate such issues as how 'age-appropriateness' is determined, how authors turn themselves into de-facto applied linguists, how particular features of language may be thematized in a work, how the author engages in language games by playing with anomalies (morphological, semantic, etc.), how authors enter into a make-belief discourse with the child being read to (or into a conspiratorial double-entendre with the adult who is reading), how children's books may be intended as teaching tools for phonics and literacy, etc.  The course may substitute for ENGL 6161 with special permission of the director of graduate studies.  Self-guided review and analysis of children's books (current and historical) will be required.

 

Topics in English: Composition Theory and Pedagogy

6070-094 Lunsford T 05:30PM-08:30PM

Topics in English: Fiction Writing

6070-A92 Gwyn T 06:30PM-09:15PM

An advanced workshop for English graduate students in the creative writing track, this seminar will focus on the long novel: its composition, conventions, and formal concerns.  Students will compose three 10-20 page chapters along with a synopsis of their novel project.  [NOTE: as this is an advanced workshop, students are advised (but not required) to have already taken English 5203: Writing Fiction]

Introduction to English Studies (3G)

6101-090 Jackson R 05:30PM-08:20PM

My English 6101 has three primary goals: first, to help students develop advanced critical reading and writing skills; second, to bring  students to a critical awareness of the methods and values of an array of different interpretive approaches to written texts; third, to help students begin to establish a well-grounded personal literary-critical sense. Whatever your individual goals as graduate students, you should all be equally concerned about making your critical reading and writing skills the best they can possibly be. These skills are basic to any advanced liberal arts student in the same way that good physical health is basic to any serious athlete. The better your general critical reading and writing ability as a student, the more agile a thinker and writer you will be in a wide array of other endeavors. (This is one reason law schools prefer English majors.) Likely readings will be by: Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Saussure, Derrida, Marx, Foucault, Said, some poetry and fiction.

Worlds of Juvenile Literature (3)

6103-080 Minslow R 05:00PM-07:45PM

Covers a range of literature for children and adolescents including both historical and contemporary works

Worlds of Juvenile Literature (3G)

6103-090 Connolly R 06:00PM-08:45PM

This class explores a rich array of children’s literature, including fairy tales and fantasy, picture books, and realistic fiction for a variety of age groups. We’ll approach our readings as serious works of literary fiction, raising complex emotions in their readers, and stimulating thought about major social and cultural issues. In particular, we will focus on such issues as gender roles, class, multiculturalism and heritage, childhood, family, and censorship. Required work will include a seminar paper.

Technical/Professional Writing (3G)

6116-A90 Morgan M 06:30PM-09:15PM

This graduate course in Technical/Professional Writing allows you to explore not only the art of designing and writing technical but also the current theory and research in the field. You will design, create, and publish both print and online documents as well as discuss the rhetorical principles/situations embedded within the genre. Focusing on the ideologies surrounding technology and technology’s role in the production of texts, the course is designed to foster sophisticated, critical understanding of writing and the social construction of technology.

Introduction to the English Language (3G)

6160-090 Blitvich R 05:30PM-08:15PM

This course aims to provide students with knowledge of linguistics that can be used as a tool to analyze the discourse of their different fields of enquire. Before looking at discourse from two very different perspectives, linguistic and constructivist, we will discuss the origins of human communication. The way humans communicate is what makes us unique. In the second part of the course, we will explore how insights from linguistics can help us analyze literary texts and will learn and apply a method of analyzing discourse.

Introduction to Linguistics (3G)

6161-090 Roeder M 06:30PM-09:15PM

This course gives you language to talk about language. It explains the structural and functional processes of English, including its inventory and combination of sounds, how words are formed and change, how these words combine to form phrases and sentences, and how we use all of these units of language in written and spoken discourse. Another important focus is language development, both at the individual level in considering how babies learn their first language(s) as well as on a broader scale in considering how language evolves and changes over time.

Introduction to English for Specific Purposes (3G)

6165-090 Miller T 06:30PM-09:15PM

This course takes a learner-centered approach to language teaching. English for Specific Purposes focuses on “specific” kinds of language forms and practices that adult learners of English need to learn in order to thrive in a particular vocational, professional, or academic setting. Students in the course will develop the ability to assess the specific language needs of adult learners and create appropriate curricula and teaching materials directed to those needs. The theoretical, pedagogical and practical knowledge students will gain in this class can benefit their current or future English language teaching.

Internship in College Teaching (3G)

6495-001 Knoblauch TBA TBA

Teaching one section offered by the UNCC English Department under supervision of English staff. Students will be accepted for internship only near the end of the degree program and upon approval of the department. Students will be assigned to teach selected basic courses. And also will participate in periodic conferences and seminars.

Seminar in British Literature: 19th Century British Women’s Writers

6680-090 Rauch W 06:30PM-09:15PM

In this course, we will explore work of British Women Writers, most of whom are novelists. They include: Jane Austen, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Browning, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Braddon, and George Eliot. Our object is not only to understand these works as literary items, but to explore the gendered world of the Victorians. The idea of genre is also important. What is it about the novel as a form that that either empowered women or provided them a voice they might otherwise not have been able to express? What is it about these novels that makes them endure in the present era, given how much change there has been with respect to women in society? So, we will look at criticism, history, and contemporary adaptations of these works as time permits. Finally, according to individual interests, students can explore women writers in genres including gardening (Jane Loudon), Children’s Literature (Gatty, Yonge, Potter), domestic economy (Beeton), and economics (Martineau).

Seminar in American Literature

6685-090 Shealy T 05:30PM-08:15PM

The first half of the century produced some of the most well-known authors of American literature. This course examines the development of the American novel, from the early sentimental novel at the end of the eighteenth century to the emerging realistic fiction at the conclusion of the Civil War. Among the authors we shall read are Charles Brockden Brown, Susanna Rowson, James Fenimore Cooper, Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Louisa May Alcott. (Satisfies national and historical requirements).

Directed Reading (3)

6890-001,002,003,004,005,006,007,008,009 TBA TBA

Directed Reading (1)

6890-010 TBA TBA TBA

Thesis/Project Teaching English (6)

6974-001,002 TBA TBA TBA

Research integrating the fields of English and Education in a theoretical or application-oriented study. If the thesis/project is the outgrowth of previous coursework, considerable additional research and exposition must be done. Subject to departmental approval.

Thesis (6G)

6996-001,002,003 TBA TBA TBA

Students interested in thesis work may not enroll for such work until a written thesis proposal has been approved by the student’s Thesis Committee (made up of three graduate faculty with expertise in the topic) and by the Graduate Coordinator. It is recommended that thesis work not be undertaken until near the end of the graduate program.

Master’s Degree Graduate Residence (1 G)

7999-001 TBA TBA TBA

Students who are not registered for course work must register for ENGL 7999 (one-credit hour) in order to complete a thesis and/or take the Comprehensive Exams. No grade will be given.

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