Program Overview

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English Program Overview

The English program at NC State University offers a Master of Arts degree with concentrations in Film Studies, Linguistics, Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition. The program is designed to provide students with a broad array of courses that will help them meet their personal and professional goals.

Program Requirements

The M.A. program in English is a 33-hour program that requires students to complete a capstone project at the end of the program. The program offers four areas of concentration, each with its own core and elective curriculum.

Concentrations

• Film Studies
• Linguistics
• Literature
• Rhetoric and Composition

Student Financial Support

Teaching assistantships are available for a limited number of promising students. These assistantships are awarded upon admission and are only available for full-time students who begin their graduate work in the fall semester.

Admissions Requirements

Students must submit a personal statement, writing sample, and two letters of recommendation, with an optional third letter. The application deadline is June 15 for fall semester admission and November 15 for spring. The application deadline to be considered for a teaching assistantship is February 1.

Applicant Information

• Delivery Method: On Campus
• Entrance Exam: None
• Interview Required: None

Application Deadlines

• Fall: June 15; February 1 (Aid)
• Spring: November 15

Degrees

• English (MA)
• English (MA): Film Studies Concentration
• English (MA): Linguistics Concentration
• English (MA): Literature Concentration
• English (MA): Rhetoric and Composition
• Digital Humanities (Certificate)

Faculty

The English department has a diverse faculty with expertise in various areas of English studies. The faculty includes:

Professors

• Christopher M. Anson
• Barbara A. Bennett
• Belle McQuaide Boggs
• Helen Jane Burgess
• Kirsti Karra Cole
• Huiling Ding
• Robin M. Dodsworth
• Marc K. Dudley
• Marsha Gabrielle Gordon
• Jorge Mari
• Jeffrey Ingle Mielke
• Jason Miller
• James S. Mulholland
• Miriam E. Orr
• Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi
• Stacey L. Pigg
• Jeffrey Leo Reaser
• David M. Rieder
• Laura Ruth Severin
• Jason Swarts
• Erik R. Thomas
• Walter A. Wolfram

Associate Professors

• Zachary Charles Beare
• Agnes Bolonyai
• Christopher James Crosbie
• Casie J. Fedukovich
• Paul Camm Fyfe
• Andrew Robert Johnston
• Jennifer Anne Nolan
• Margaret Simon
• Timothy Linwood Stinson
• Douglas M. Walls
• Rebecca Ann Walsh

Assistant Professors

• Diamond Forde
• Chris Lindgren
• Michelle McMullin
• LaTanya Denise McQueen
• Yasheng She
• Carter Sickels
• John Paul Stadler
• Anu Thapa

Teaching Associate Professor

• James Robert Knowles

Teaching Assistant Professor

• Anna Marie Gibson-Knowles

Courses

The English program offers a wide range of courses in various areas of English studies, including:

• ENG 505: Writing Program Administration: Theory, Practice, and Research
• ENG 506/COM 506: Verbal Data Analysis
• ENG 507: Writing for Health and Environmental Sciences
• ENG 508: Usability Studies for Technical Communication
• ENG 509: Old English Literature
• ENG 510: Middle English Literature
• ENG 511: Theory and Research In Composition
• ENG 512: Theory and Research In Professional Writing
• ENG 513: Empirical Research In Composition
• ENG 514/COM 514: History Of Rhetoric
• ENG 515: Rhetoric Of Science and Technology
• ENG 516/COM 516: Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice
• ENG 517: Advanced Technical Writing, Editing and Document Design
• ENG 518: Publication Management for Technical Communicators
• ENG 519: Online Information Design and Evaluation
• ENG 520: Science Writing for the Media
• ENG 522: Writing in Nonacademic Settings
• ENG 523: Language Variation Research Seminar
• ENG 524: Introduction to Linguistics
• ENG 525: Variety In Language
• ENG 527/ENG 727: Discourse Analysis
• ENG 528: Sociophonetics
• ENG 529: 16th-Century Non-Dramatic English Literature
• ENG 530: 17th-Century English Literature
• ENG 531: American Colonial Literature
• ENG 532: Narrative Analysis
• ENG 533: Bilingualism and Language Contact
• ENG 534: Quantitative Analysis in Sociolinguistics
• ENG 536: Research Methods in Phonology
• ENG 539/WL 539: Seminar In World Literature
• ENG 540: History Of Literary Criticism
• ENG 541: Literary and Cultural Theory
• ENG 543: Introduction to Digital Humanities
• ENG 548/AFS 548/ENG 448/AFS 448: African-American Literature
• ENG 549: Modern African Literature
• ENG 550: British Romantic Period
• ENG 551/ENG 451: Chaucer
• ENG 554/COM 554: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
• ENG 555: American Romantic Period
• ENG 558: Studies In Shakespeare
• ENG 560: British Victorian Period
• ENG 561: Milton
• ENG 562: 18TH-Century English Literature
• ENG 563: 18TH-Century English Novel
• ENG 564: Victorian Novel
• ENG 565: American Realism and Naturalism
• ENG 570: 20TH-Century British Prose
• ENG 571: 20TH-Century British Poetry
• ENG 572: Modern British Drama
• ENG 573: Modern American Drama
• ENG 575: Southern Writers
• ENG 576: 20TH-Century American Poetry
• ENG 577: 20th-Century American Prose
• ENG 578: English Drama To 1642
• ENG 579: Restoration and 18th-Century Drama
• ENG 580: Literary Postmodernism
• ENG 581/COM 581: Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism
• ENG 582: Studies in Literature
• ENG 583: Studies In Rhetoric and Writing
• ENG 584: Studies In Linguistics
• ENG 585: Studies In Film
• ENG 586: Studies In Theory
• ENG 587: Interdisciplinary Studies in English
• ENG 588: Fiction Writing Workshop
• ENG 589: Poetry Writing Workshop
• ENG 590: Studies In Creative Writing
• ENG 591: Studies in National Cinemas
• ENG 592: Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres
• ENG 610: Special Topics English
• ENG 624: Teaching College Composition
• ENG 626: Advanced Writing for Empirical Research
• ENG 636: Directed Readings
• ENG 669: Literature, Methods, and the Profession
• ENG 675: Projects in Technical Communication
• ENG 676: Master's Project in English
• ENG 685: Master's Supervised Teaching
• ENG 688: Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time Registration
• ENG 690: Master's Examination
• ENG 693: Master's Supervised Research
• ENG 695: Master's Thesis Research
• ENG 696: Summer Thesis Research
• ENG 699: Master's Thesis Preparation
• ENG 722: Linguistics and Literacy
• ENG 727/ENG 527: Discourse Analysis
• ENG 729: Language Variation and Social Theory
• ENG 730: Ethnolinguistic Variation
• ENG 731: Applied Sociolinguistics
• ENG 798: Special Topics in English Studies
• ENG 810: Directed Readings in English Studies
• ENG 896: Summer Dissert Res