Department of English

Jeffrey Johnson, Chair, 2201 Bate Building

Faculty

• Department of English Faculty 

Programs

• English, BA

• English Minor
• Film Studies Minor
• Linguistics Minor

• English Honors Program
• Summer Program in England

• Business and Technical Communication Certificate
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate

Courses

• ENGL 1000 - Appreciating Literature
• ENGL 1100 - Foundations of College Writing
• ENGL 1200 - Composition
• ENGL 2000 - Interpreting Literature
• ENGL 2050 - English for Global Communication
• ENGL 2100 - Major British Writers
• ENGL 2200 - Major American Writers
• ENGL 2201 - Writing about the Disciplines
• ENGL 2230 - Southern Literature
• ENGL 2400 - World Literature in English
• ENGL 2420 - The Short Story
• ENGL 2570 - The Supernatural
• ENGL 2700 - Introduction to Language Studies
• ENGL 2710 - English Grammar
• ENGL 2740 - Language in the USA
• ENGL 2760 - Afro-Caribbean Language and Culture
• ENGL 2815 - Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 2830 - Writing and Style
• ENGL 3000 - History of British Literature to 1700
• ENGL 3010 - History of British Literature, 1700-1900
• ENGL 3020 - History of American Literature to 1900
• ENGL 3030 - Introduction to Rhetorical Studies
• ENGL 3040 - Introduction to Professional Writing
• ENGL 3240 - U.S. Latino/a Literature
• ENGL 3250 - Native American Literatures
• ENGL 3260 - African American Literature
• ENGL 3280 - African Literature
• ENGL 3290 - Asian American Literature
• ENGL 3300 - Women and Literature
• ENGL 3330 - Early Twentieth-Century Drama
• ENGL 3340 - Contemporary Drama
• ENGL 3410 - Introduction to Poetry
• ENGL 3460 - Topics in Literature and Mythology
• ENGL 3470 - Topics in Popular Literature
• ENGL 3480 - Science Fiction
• ENGL 3490 - Satire
• ENGL 3570 - American Folklore
• ENGL 3600 - Classics from Homer to Dante
• ENGL 3610 - Human Values in Literature
• ENGL 3630 - The Bible as Literature
• ENGL 3640 - Literature and Religion
• ENGL 3660 - Literature and Film of Environmental Crisis
• ENGL 3700 - History of the English Language
• ENGL 3710 - Advanced English Grammar
• ENGL 3720 - Writing Systems of the World
• ENGL 3730 - The Structure of English: Phonology and Morphology
• ENGL 3740 - The Structure of English: Syntax and Semantics
• ENGL 3750 - Introductory Linguistics
• ENGL 3760 - Linguistic Theory for Speech and Hearing Clinicians
• ENGL 3770 - Language Universals
• ENGL 3810 - Advanced Composition
• ENGL 3820 - Scientific Writing
• ENGL 3830 - Introduction to Play Writing
• ENGL 3831 - Plays from the Writer’s Perspective
• ENGL 3835 - Persuasive Writing
• ENGL 3840 - Introduction to Poetry Writing
• ENGL 3841 - Poetry from the Writer’s Perspective
• ENGL 3850 - Introduction to Fiction Writing
• ENGL 3851 - Fiction from the Writer’s Perspective
• ENGL 3860 - Introduction to Nonfiction Writing
• ENGL 3861 - Creative Nonfiction from the Writer’s Perspective
• ENGL 3870 - Introduction to Editing and Publishing
• ENGL 3880 - Writing for Business and Industry
• ENGL 3885 - Writing and Document Design
• ENGL 3890 - Critical Writing
• ENGL 3895 - Topics in Technical and Professional Writing
• ENGL 4000 - Introduction to Literary Theory
• ENGL 4010 - Medieval Literature
• ENGL 4020 - Chaucer
• ENGL 4030 - Milton
• ENGL 4040 - Literature of the New World to 1820
• ENGL 4050 - Prose and Poetry of the English Renaissance
• ENGL 4070 - Shakespeare: The Histories
• ENGL 4080 - Shakespeare: The Comedies
• ENGL 4090 - Shakespeare: The Tragedies
• ENGL 4100 - Seventeenth-Century Literature
• ENGL 4110 - Topics in English Drama to 1800
• ENGL 4120 - Eighteenth-Century Literature
• ENGL 4150 - The Romantic Period
• ENGL 4170 - Victorian Literature
• ENGL 4200 - American Literature, 1820-1865
• ENGL 4230 - North Carolina Literature
• ENGL 4250 - American Literature, 1865-1920
• ENGL 4300 - Recent British and American Writers
• ENGL 4340 - Ethnic American Literature
• ENGL 4370 - Literature and Environment
• ENGL 4380 - Studies in African American and African Diaspora Literatures
• ENGL 4510 - Directed Readings
• ENGL 4520 - Directed Readings
• ENGL 4530 - Special Topics Seminars
• ENGL 4540 - Special Topics Seminars
• ENGL 4550 - Senior Honors Seminar
• ENGL 4555 - Senior Honors Seminar
• ENGL 4710 - Teaching English as a Second Language: Theories and Principles
• ENGL 4720 - Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers
• ENGL 4730 - Language and Society
• ENGL 4740 - TESOL Methods
• ENGL 4780 - Technical Writing
• ENGL 4785 - Project Management in Professional Communication
• ENGL 4835 - Classical Rhetorics
• ENGL 4885 - Digital Writing