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 (12 credit hours)

• ENGL 3162 - Language and the Virtual World (3)
• ENGL 3180 - Language and Digital Technology (3)

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• ENGL 4182 - Information Design and Digital Publishing (3)
• or  ENGL 4183 - Editing with Digital Technologies (3) *

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• ENGL 4168 - Multimodality and Text Description (3)
• or  ENGL 4267 - Language and Culture in Digital Spaces (3) *

Concentration Courses (15 credit hours)

Select five of the following:

• ENGL 2116 - Introduction to Technical Communication (3) (W)
• ENGL 2161 - Grammar for Writing (3)
• ENGL 3132 - Introduction to Contemporary American English (3)
• ENGL 3267 - Vocabulary, Etymology, and Grammar (3)
• ENGL 4008 - Topics in Advanced Technical Communication (3)
• ENGL 4160 - Origins of Language (3)
• ENGL 4161 - Modern English Grammar (3)
• ENGL 4165 - Multiculturalism and Language (3) *
• ENGL 4167 - The Mind and Language (3)
• ENGL 4181 - Writing and Designing User Documents (3)
• ENGL 4204 - Expository Writing (3) (W)
• ENGL 4235 - History of the Book (3)
• ENGL 4260 - History of Global Englishes (3) *
• ENGL 4262 - Language and Diversity (3) *
• ENGL 4263 - Linguistics and Language Learning (3)
• ENGL 4270 - Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy (3) (W) *
• ENGL 4272 - Studies in the Politics of Language and Writing (3) (W)
• ENGL 4273 - Studies in Writing, Rhetoric, and Identity (3) (W) *
• ENGL 4274 - Visual Rhetoric (3) (W)
• ENGL 4275 - Rhetoric and Technology (3) (W)
• ENGL 4277 - Digital Literacies (3)
• ENGL 4400 - Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing (1 to 3) (W)
• ENGL 4405 - Literacy and Language (3)
• ENGL 4410 - Professional Internship (3 or 6)

Restricted Elective Courses (9 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.