English Teaching Concentration

Program Declaration

Approval of the Director of English Teaching.

Concentration Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses including one language-focused course, one literacy-focused course, one methods course, and three upper-level electives.

Students must plan their course of study in consultation with the Director of English Teaching.

Minimum grade: A minimum grade of C is required from all concentration courses.
Pass/fail: No courses taken pass/fail may be applied toward the concentration.
Residency: At least five courses applied toward the concentration must be completed at UMass Boston. One course taken at another institution may be applied toward the concentration with approval from the program director.

Course Requirements

Language-Focused Course (3 Credits)

Complete one from below.

ENGL 242 - Grammar for Every Writer 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 440 - History of the English Language 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 442 - Global Englishes and Language Diversity 3 Credit(s)

Literacy-Focused Course (3 Credits)

Complete one from below.

ENGL 448 - Perspectives on Literacy 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 459 - Seminar for Tutors 3 Credit(s)

Methods Course (3 Credits)

Complete one from below.

ENGL 450 - Teaching Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 451 - Teaching Writing 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 452 - Teaching English With Digital Technology 3 Credit(s)

Electives (9 Credits)

Complete three upper-level literature, writing, or film courses (representative list below).

Literature Courses
ENGL 320 - Memoir and Autobiography 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 324 - Short Story 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 326 - Stage and Page: Drama Before 1642 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 327 - Stage and Page: Drama, 1660-1900 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 328 - Stage and Page: Drama, 1900-Today 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 331 - Satire 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 332 - Comedy 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 333 - Tragedy 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 334 - Science Fiction 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 335 - Children’s Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 337 - Short Novel 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 343 - Literature, Culture and Environment 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 345 - Literature of the American South 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 349 - Topics in Latina/o/x Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 351 - Early African-American Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 352L - Harlem Renaissance 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 353 - Multiethnic American Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 354 - Race in American Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 357 - African-American Women Writers 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 358 - Critical Race Studies in Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 365 - The British Novel and the Nineteenth Century 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 366 - Women and Men in Nineteenth-Century Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 368 - Modern American Fiction 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 369 - Post-1945 American Fiction 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 370 - Reading Sexualities: Queer Theory 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 371 - The Coming-of-Age Novel 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 372L - American Women Writers and American Culture 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 373 - Working-Class Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 375 - Literature of the American Civil War 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 376 - Literature and the Political Imagination 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 377 - Literature of the Americas 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 379 - Special Topics in English and American Literature I 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 380 - Special Topics in English and American Literature II 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 382 - William Shakespeare’s Early Works 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 383 - William Shakespeare’s Later Works 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 385 - John Milton 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 395 - Comparative Reading of Two Authors 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 396 - Jane Austen 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 401 - The Medieval Period 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 402 - The Renaissance in England 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 405 - British Romanticism 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 406 - The Victorian Age 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 408 - American Romanticism 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 409 - American Realism 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 410 - The Modern Period 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 411 - Postcolonial Literary Studies 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 412 - Contemporary British Fiction and Film 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 437 - Reading the Gothic: Transatlantic Terrors 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 438 - Reading the Graphic: Texts and Images 3 Credit(s)
Writing Courses
ENGL 300 - Intermediate Creative Writing Workshop 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 301 - Advanced Poetry Workshop 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 302 - Advanced Fiction Workshop 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 303 - Advanced Special Topics in Creative Writing 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 306 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 307 - Journalism and Media Writing 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 308 - Professional Editing 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 309 - Multimedia Authoring 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 311L - How to Write Like a Film Critic 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 312 - Digital Culture and Composition 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 316L - Cult Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 317L - American Independent Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 340 - Literature and Visual Media 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 341L - Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 3 Credit(s)