Linguistics Concentration

Program CIP Code

15.23.0101.00

Concentration Requirements

Please note a passing score on the Comprehenisve Examination is required.

• ENGL 5001 - Bibliographic Methods and Orientation to English Graduate Studies 1
• ENGL 5002 - Teaching English 1010E Lab Practicum 1
• ENGL 508A - Seminar in Criticism and Theory 3
• ENGL 6000 - Professionalization Practicum 1

• Complete one (1)  course from:

• ENGL 5500 - Native American Literature 3
• ENGL 558D - African American Literature 3

• Complete four (4) courses from:

• ENGL 508B - Special Topics in Criticism and Theory 3
• ENGL 508C - Composition Theory and Pedagogy 3
• ENGL 508D - Technical Writing Theory and Research 3
• ENGL 530A - Seminar in English Drama 1550 to 1780 3
• ENGL 530B - Special Topics in World Drama 3
• ENGL 530C - Seminar in Modern Serious Drama 3
• ENGL 549A - Medieval English Literature 3
• ENGL 549B - Masterworks of the Middle Ages 3
• ENGL 549C - Seminar in Chaucer 3
• ENGL 5500 Native American Literature  3
• ENGL 550A - Seminar in Shakespeare 3
• ENGL 550B - Renaissance Poets 3
• ENGL 551A - A Rise of the Novel 3
• ENGL 551B - Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature
• ENGL 551C - Special Topics in Eighteenth Century British Literature
• ENGL 552A - Studies in the British Romantic Period
• ENGL 554A - American Renaissance 3
• ENGL 554B - Nineteenth Century American Fiction 3
• ENGL 552B - Special Topics in the British Romantic Period 3
• ENGL 552C - Victorian Poetry 3
• ENGL 552D - Victorian Novel 3
• ENGL 554C - Nineteenth Century American Poets 3
• ENGL 554D - Early American Literature 3
• ENGL 5550 - Independent Study 3
• ENGL 556A - Southern Literature 3
• ENGL 556B - Seminar In Faulkner 3
• ENGL 556C - Clarksville and South Renaissance 3
• ENGL 558A - Twentieth Century American Poetry 3
• ENGL 558B - Major Figures in Twentieth Century American Fiction 3
• ENGL 558C - Major Figures in Twentieth Century American Poetry 3
• ENGL 558D African American Literature  3
• ENGL 560D - Twentieth Century American and English Poetry 3
• ENGL 561A - Twentieth Century English Fiction 3
• ENGL 561B - Twentieth Century English Poetry 3
• ENGL 561C - Major Figures in Twentieth Century English Fiction 3
• ENGL 5700 - Literature Across Cultures 3
• ENGL 5710 - Selected Topics 3

• Complete one (1) course from:

• ENGL 5360 - Professional Writing and Editing 3
• ENGL 541A - Seminar in Creative Writing: Prose Non-Fiction 3
• ENGL 541B - Seminar in Creative Writing: Fiction 3
• ENGL 541C - Seminar in Creative Writing: Poetry 3
• ENGL 5450 - Special Topics in Professional Writing Internship 3
• ENGL 5460 - Graduate Literary Journal Internship 3
• ENGL 5990 Thesis  3
• LING 506A Advanced History of English Language  3
• LING 506B Structure of Language  3
• LING 506C Advanced Language, Culture and Identity  3
• LING 506D Advanced Survey of Early Germanic Languages  3
• LING 506E Language Variation and Change  3
• LING 506F Discourse Analysis  3
• LING 506G Historical Linguistics  3
• LING 506H Theory in Second Language Acquisition  3
• Any ENGL course listed above not previously utilized.

• Choose 3 (9 hours) linguistic courses from

• LING 506A - Advanced History of English Language 3
• LING 506B - Structure of Language 3
• LING 506C - Advanced Language, Culture and Identity 3
• LING 506D - Advanced Survey of Early Germanic Languages 3
• LING 506E - Language Variation and Change 3
• LING 506F - Discourse Analysis 3
• LING 506G - Historical Linguistics 3
• LING 506H - Theory in Second Language Acquisition 3
• ENGL 5990 - Thesis 3

Total Program Hours 33