• The undergraduate major in English is built around an 18-hour core that includes one course from each of the following six categories: American Literature, British Literature, World Literature, Film, Linguistics, and Rhetoric.
• Students in the Teacher Education Program (TED) take 31 hours of professional coursework in addition to the 18-hour core curriculum in English and the 21-hour TED concentration. The concentration includes five literature courses and two English electives. Admission to the program requires the joint permission of the Department of English and the College of Education. Formal applications are required for admission to Teacher Education candidacy and for admission to the Professional Semester. Students who complete the program are eligible to apply for certification to teach English in secondary schools in North Carolina.