Graduate Program Information

Our MA in English program is dedicated to supporting you as you explore your passions, build your community, and chart your path forward.

Explore your Passion.

Learn more about literature, writing, language, and eduction in a collaborative environment! The English Department offers graduate students opportunities to work with faculty whose scholarship in language, literature, and writing has won recognition at the national and international level.

M.A. students in the UNC Charlotte graduate program have a wide array of concentrations available to them as the consider the areas of study they want to pursue for the M.A. in English:

• Applied Linguistics
• Children’s Literature
• ​Composition/Rhetoric
• Creative Writing
• English Education
• English for Specific Purposes
• Literature
• Technical/Professional Writing

The English Department also offers a Certificate in Technical/Professional Writing and a Certificate in Applied Linguistics; credits can be doublecounted if students are dually enrolled in an M.A. and a certificate program.  Other popular certificate programs among our students are the certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the certificate in Africana Studies.

Build your Community.

Relationships are at the heart of what we do in the English department. English Master’s students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities, including:

• English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) membership
• English Scholars Series (for academic and career development)
• Publishing and presenting research and writing
• Developing skills to teach college-level English  
• Professional Internships
• Spring Break Study Abroad (recent programs to London and the Lake District, England)

Our EGSA is a vibrant and inclusive community that provides opportunities for leadership and professional development as well as personal growth and socializing with your cohort. You will be invited to participate in the academic, social, and intellectual life of the English department, including EGSA social events, fundraisers, and an annual student-run conference that attracts master’s and doctoral students from across the southeastern region.

Chart your Path.

We are proud of our graduates and of the variety of careers they explore after completing our program. Recent graduates have gone on to work as:

• Conversational and Generative AI Consultants
• Editors 
• Media Specialists
• Public Relations Specialists
• Technical Writers
• Product Strategists
• Consultants in Linguistics and Marketing
• Community College and Adjunct Instructors 
• Local Non-Profit Organizations
• K-12 Teachers in Private and Charter schools

Many of our graduates also go on to PhD and MFA programs. Recent graduates have attended the University of British Columbia, the University of Georia, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UCLA, Brandeis University, the University of Virginia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of South Carolina, the Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland, the University at Buffalo, and Penn State.

Ready to learn more?

Contact our Director of Graduate Studies:

Professor Meghan Barnes: mbarne56@charlotte.edu
Director of Graduate Studies