Multicultural and Transnational Literatures Certificate

Program Coordinator: Matthew Cox (2122 Bate Building; 252-737-1664; coxmat@ecu.edu)

The graduate certificate in multicultural and transnational literatures offers continuing education for post baccalaureate teachers, professionals, and potential graduate degree students in literatures from diverse ethnic and cultural groups that may have been excluded from mainstream literary studies. Course work is interdisciplinary, with emphases on genre, historical context, and critical methodologies, and a focus on ethnic American and world literatures written in English.

This certificate is offered only online and requires 12 s.h. as follows:

Core courses - 3 s.h.

(If both core courses are taken, one may count as an elective.)

ENGL 6340 - Ethnic American Literature
or
ENGL 6360 - World Literature Written in English

Elective courses - 9 s.h.

Select elective courses from the following:

ENGL 6330 - Studies in Latinx Literatures
ENGL 6345 - Jewish Literature
ENGL 6350 - Studies in Native American Literature
ENGL 6370 - Caribbean Literature
ENGL 6375 - Middle Eastern Literature
ENGL 6380 - Studies in African Literature
ENGL 6420 - Studies in Asian American Literature
ENGL 6460 - Studies in African American Literature
ENGL 6475 - Multicultural Women’s Literatures
ENGL 6480 - LGBTQ+ Theories and Literatures
ENGL 6485 - Disability Studies Theories and Literatures
ENGL 6490 - Multicultural and Transnational Poetry
ENGL 6495 - Transnational Sinophone Cinema
ENGL 6515 - Advanced Studies in Children’s Literature
ENGL 7080 - Cultural Studies Theory and Method
ENGL 7300 - Directed Reading in Multicultural and Transnational Literature
ENGL 7350 - Seminar in Multicultural and Transnational Literature
ENGL 7365 - Selected Topics in Multicultural and Transnational Literature
Other special topics graduate courses in related areas may be approved on an individual basis.