General Education Courses (37-41 credit hours)

For details on required courses, refer to the General Education Program .

Foreign Language Courses

Students with an English major (all concentrations) are required to demonstrate foreign language competency at the intermediate level.  Intermediate proficiency requires completion of a 2000-level or above course in a foreign language that uses the Latin alphabet (e.g., French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish) or a 1202-level course in a language that does not use the Latin alphabet (e.g., Chinese, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, etc.).

Major Courses (6 credit hours)

• ENGL 2100 - Writing About Literature (3) (W)
• ENGL 3100 - Approaches to Literature (3) (W)

Concentration Required Courses (12 credit hours)

Students must satisfy the each of the following distribution requirements. Transfer courses will be considered, but only two courses at the 2000-level will be credited toward these distribution requirements. Approved alternatives at the 4000-level can be used to satisfy this requirement.

Concentration Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Select three of the following:

• ENGL 2072 - Topics in Literature and Film (3)
• ENGL 2074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture (3)
• ENGL 2100 - Writing About Literature (3) (W)
• ENGL 2101 - Masterpieces of British Literature I (3)
• ENGL 2102 - Masterpieces of British Literature II (3)
• ENGL 2103 - Masterpieces of Modern Fiction (3)
• ENGL 2104 - Major American Writers (3)
• ENGL 2105 - Introduction to Poetry (3) (W)
• ENGL 2106 - Film Criticism (3)
• ENGL 2108 - Introduction to Drama (3) (W)
• ENGL 2200 - Contemporary Literature (3)
• ENGL 2201 - Contemporary Poetry (3)
• ENGL 2202 - Contemporary Fiction (3)
• ENGL 2301 - Introduction to African American Literature (3)
• ENGL 2400 - American Literature Survey (3)
• ENGL 2401 - British Literature Survey I (3)
• ENGL 2402 - British Literature Survey II (3)
• ENGL 2403 - British Literature Survey (3)
• ENGL 3072 - Topics in Literature and Film (3)
• ENGL 3074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture (3)
• ENGL 3100 - Approaches to Literature (3) (W)
• ENGL 3102 - Literature for Young Children (3)
• ENGL 3103 - Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 3104 - Literature for Adolescents (3)
• ENGL 3157 - Twentieth Century Black American Literature: Prose (3)
• ENGL 3158 - Gender and African American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3159 - African American Poetry (3)
• ENGL 3211 - Medieval Literature (3)
• ENGL 3212 - British Renaissance Literature (3)
• ENGL 3213 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century (3)
• ENGL 3214 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832 (3)
• ENGL 3215 - British Victorian Literature (3)
• ENGL 3216 - British Literature in Transition, 1870-1914 (3)
• ENGL 3217 - Modern British Literature (3)
• ENGL 3231 - Early African American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3232 - Early American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3233 - American Literature of the Romantic Period (3)
• ENGL 3234 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods (3)
• ENGL 3235 - Modern American Literature (3)
• ENGL 3236 - African American Literature, Harlem Renaissance to Present (3)
• ENGL 3237 - Modern and Recent U.S. Multiethnic Literature (3)
• ENGL 4002 - Women and Literature (3)
• ENGL 4072 - Topics in Literature and Film (3)
• ENGL 4074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture (3)
• ENGL 4102 - British Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 4103 - American Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 4104 - Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature (3)
• ENGL 4111 - Ancient World Literature (3)
• ENGL 4112 - Modern World Literature (3)
• ENGL 4114 - Milton (3)
• ENGL 4116 - Shakespeare’s Early Plays (3)
• ENGL 4117 - Shakespeare’s Late Plays (3)
• ENGL 4118 - British Renaissance Literature (3)
• ENGL 4120 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832 (3)
• ENGL 4121 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century (3)
• ENGL 4122 - British Victorian Literature (3)
• ENGL 4123 - Modern British Literature (3)
• ENGL 4132 - British Drama to 1642, Excluding Shakespeare (3)
• ENGL 4139 - Early American Literature (3)
• ENGL 4140 - American Literature of the Romantic Period (3)
• ENGL 4141 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods (3)
• ENGL 4142 - Modern American Literature (3)
• ENGL 4145 - Literature of the American South (3)
• ENGL 4150 - Poetry (3)
• ENGL 4151 - Drama (3)
• ENGL 4153 - Fiction (3)
• ENGL 4155 - Pan-African Literature (3)
• ENGL 4211 - Chaucer and Medieval Literature (3)
• ENGL 4235 - History of the Book (3)

Restricted Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Select nine additional credit hours in ENGL courses at the 2000-level or above.

Minor Courses (18 credit hours)

A Major in English also requires completion of either a minor established at UNC Charlotte or an individually designed course of study consisting of a minimum of 18 credit hours in coursework selected from English and/or other departments, approved by the student’s Department of English advisor and undergraduate coordinator.  Students with a second major in another department are considered to have satisfied the minor requirement.  

Unrestricted Elective Courses

As needed.