English Minor

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The Department offers a minor in English that requires 18 credits of upper-level courses in a program planned with an English faculty advisor. The goal of the minor is to give students not simply a collection of courses, but a coherent experience with English courses chosen to suit their needs and interests.

Program Requirements

The minimum number of credits (exclusive of the University’s Core curriculum) required for the English minor: 18. No more than a total of 6 credit hours can be earned at the 200-level. A grade of “C-” or better is required.

Each English minor program must meet the following specific requirements beyond College Writing or waivers:

Further information about the English minor is available from the English Department.

Introduction to Literary Studies (3 Credits)

ENG 245 - Introduction to Literary Studies

Three ENG 300- or 400-level historical period courses (9 credits)

One must focus on a period before 1800 and one on a period after 1800.

Historical Period Courses Before 1800:
ENG 315 - Ancient Literature Credits: 3
ENG 320 - Continental Literature Credits: 3
ENG 325 - Epic and Romance Credits: 3
ENG 350 - Medieval English Literature Credits: 3
ENG 351 - Chaucer and the Medieval World Credits: 3
ENG 352 - Medieval Drama Credits: 3
ENG 353 - Medieval Women Writers Credits: 3
ENG 354 - Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 355 - English Renaissance Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 357 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama Credits: 3
ENG 360 - Shakespeare Credits: 3
ENG 361 - Shakespeare Credits: 3
ENG 362 - Studies in Shakespeare Credits: 3
ENG 363 - Studies in the Renaissance Credits: 3
ENG 365 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 366 - Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century Credits: 3
ENG 367 - Literature and Culture of the Early Republic Credits: 3
ENG 368 - Studies in Eighteenth-Century American Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 369 - Emergence of the Novel Credits: 3
ENG 370 - Literature of Discovery, Exploration, and Colonialism Credits: 3
ENG 379 - Earlier Women Writers Credits: 3
ENG 415 - Independent Study in Ancient and Biblical Literature and Culture Credits: 1-6
ENG 450 - Independent Study in Medieval Studies Credits: var.
ENG 451 - Seminar in Medieval Studies Credits: 3
ENG 455 - Independent Study in the Renaissance Credits: 1-15
ENG 456 - Seminar in the Renaissance Credits: 3
ENG 465 - Independent Study in the Eighteenth Century Credits: var.
ENG 466 - Seminar in the Eighteenth Century Credits: 3
Historical Period Courses After 1800:
ENG 321 - Modernisms Credits: 3
ENG 322 - Modern Autobiography Credits: 3
ENG 324 - Studies in Canadian Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 326 - Studies in International Literature Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 328 - Modern Novel: Themes and Methods Credits: 3
ENG 346 - Language, Literature and the Politics of Identity in Contemporary Ireland Credits: 3
ENG 371 - Romantic Writing Credits: 3
ENG 373 - Studies in Romantic Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 375 - Nineteenth-Century British Novel Credits: 3
ENG 376 - Victorian Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 377 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 378 - The Novel of Self Development Credits: 3
ENG 380 - Early Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 382 - The Earlier American Novel Credits: 3
ENG 383 - Studies in African-American Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 384 - Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 385 - Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 387 - Women Writers Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 390 - British Poetry Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 391 - American Poetry Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 393 - The American Novel Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 394 - Studies in American Literature and Culture Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 395 - Irish Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 396 - James Joyce Credits: 3
ENG 397 - Studies in Irish Literature and Culture Credits: 3
ENG 398 - Studies in British Literature and Culture Since 1900 Credits: 3
ENG 475 - Independent Study in the Nineteenth Century Credits: 1-15
ENG 476 - Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Studies Credits: 3
ENG 490 - Independent Study in Literature Since 1900 Credits: 1-6
ENG 491 - Seminar in Literature Since 1900 Credits: 3

Two Additional ENG Electives (6 Credits)

200-, 300-, or 400-level to complete the 18 credits required for the minor

Any of the above or the following courses:

ENG 201 - Creative Writing Credits: 3
ENG 202 - Memoir and Autobiography Credits: 3
ENG 204 - Professional Writing Credits: 3
ENG 205 - Sentence Style Credits: 3
ENG 244 - Introduction to Cultural Studies Credits: 3
ENG 262 - Poetry Credits: 3
ENG 263 - Fiction Credits: 3
ENG 264 - Performance Genres Credits: 3
ENG 300 - Fiction Writing Credits: 3
ENG 301 - Poetry Writing Credits: 3
ENG 302 - Fiction Workshop Credits: 3
ENG 303 - Poetry Workshop Credits: 3
ENG 304 - Advanced Memoir Credits: 3
ENG 305 - Rhetoric, Syntax, and Style Credits: 3
ENG 306 - Writing the Novel Credits: 3
ENG 307 - Topics in Professional Writing Credits: 3
ENG 309 - Newswriting Credits: 3
ENG 310 - Topics in Journalism Credits: 3
ENG 318 - Autobiography Credits: 3
ENG 319 - Studies in Genre and Form Credits: 3
ENG 330 - History of the English Language Credits: 3
ENG 334 - Topics in Literacy Studies Credits: 3
ENG 337 - Studies in Rhetoric Credits: 3
ENG 338 - Studies in Language Credits: 3
ENG 340 - History of Literary Criticism and Theory Credits: 3
ENG 341 - Contemporary Critical Theories Credits: 3
ENG 342 - Topics in Contemporary Theory Credits: 3
ENG 344 - Sex/Gender and Sexuality Credits: 3
ENG 345 - Racial Formations Credits: 3
ENG 347 - Topics in Cultural Studies Credits: 3
ENG 348 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies Credits: 3
ENG 400 - Independent Study in Creative or Expository Writing Credits: 1-15
ENG 401 - Creative Writing Minor Thesis Credits: 1
ENG 409 - Internship in Professional Writing Credits: 1-6
ENG 410 - Independent Study in Journalism Credits: 1-15
ENG 411 - Seminar in Journalism Credits: 3
ENG 418 - Independent Study in Genre and Form Credits: 1-3
ENG 419 - Seminar in Genre and Form Credits: 3
ENG 431 - Seminar on Literacy Studies and the Teaching of Writing Credits: 3
ENG 440 - Independent Study in Literary Criticism and Theory Credits: 1-15
ENG 441 - Seminar in Literary Criticism and Theory Credits: 3
ENG 444 - Independent Study in Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies Credits: 1-6
ENG 445 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies Credits: 3