English, Minor

Required Credit Hours: 21

Methods (3 credits)

ENGL 250 - Interpreting Literature Credits: (3)

Distribution (6 - 9 credits)

Literature before 1900 (3 credits)

ENGL 311 - Epic and Romance Credits: (3)
ENGL 314 - Old English Credits: (3)
ENGL 315 - Beowulf Credits: (3)
ENGL 316 - Arthurian Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 317 - Topics in Old English Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 322 - Medieval Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 323 - Early Modern British Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 324 - Renaissance and Restoration Credits: (3)
ENGL 325 - English Renaissance Drama Credits: (3)
ENGL 332 - Enlightenment and Sensibility Credits: (3)
ENGL 333 - The Rise of the Novel Credits: (3)
ENGL 341 - Romanticism and Revolution Credits: (3)
ENGL 343 - English Novel, 1832-1900 Credits: (3)
ENGL 361 - Early American Literatures Credits: (3)
ENGL 362 - Literatures of American Nationalism and the Crisis of Slavery Credits: (3)
ENGL 363 - Literatures of Emancipation, Reconstruction, and Incorporation Credits: (3)
ENGL 365 - Early Black American Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 381 - Topics in British Literature Before 1700 Credits: (3)
ENGL 382 - Topics in British Literature Between 1700 and 1900 Credits: (3)
ENGL 420 - Studies in Chaucer Credits: (3)
ENGL 421 - Studies in Shakespeare Credits: (3)
ENGL 426 - Studies in Milton Credits: (3)
Other courses designated with the BLB, BLT, and ALB attributes

Literature since 1900 (3 credits)

ENGL 352 - Modern British and Irish Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 353 - International Modernism Credits: (3)
ENGL 355 - Modern Fiction Credits: (3)
ENGL 356 - Modern Poetry to 1930 Credits: (3)
ENGL 357A - Modern Poetry, 1930-1960 Credits: (3)
ENGL 357B - Modern Poetry after 1960 Credits: (3)
ENGL 358 - Modern Drama Credits: (3)
ENGL 364 - American Modernism to the 1960s Credits: (3)
ENGL 366 - Modern African-American Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 370 - Global Postmodernism Credits: (3)
ENGL 372 - Studies in Contemporary Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 384 - Topics in Literature Since 1900 Credits: (3)
ENGL 416A - Literature and the Formation of Homosexuality Credits: (3)
ENGL 417A - Literature of the Americas Credits: (3)
ENGL 417B - The Harlem Renaissance Credits: (3)
ENGL 419B - Hemingway: The Man and the Myth Credits: (3)
ENGL 419C - Edith Wharton and Her Milieu Credits: (3)
Other courses designated with the LS attribute

Constructions of Race (3 credits)

May be satisfied in conjunction with the Literature before 1900 or Literature since 1900 requirements.

ENGL 365 - Early Black American Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 366 - Modern African-American Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 371A - Transnational Asian American Literature Credits: (3)
ENGL 414A - African American Women Writers Credits: (3)
ENGL 417B - The Harlem Renaissance Credits: (3)
ENGL 423 - Topics in Post-Coloniality Credits: (3)
Other courses designated with the CR attribute

Electives (9 - 12 credits)

Most eligible elective courses for the English minor will be taken in English literature, but certain courses in Creative Writing, Linguistics, Modern Languages, and Classical Studies can be applied, as outlined below.
At least 9 elective credits must be in courses, regardless of prefix, numbered 300 or above.
Students may count 3 elective credits across the following categories:

in an English course at the 100 or 200 level;

in an approved course in English linguistics listed on the English Department’s website; or

in an approved Modern Languages or Classical Studies course, either in another language or in translation, listed on the English Department’s website.

Students may count 3 elective credits in creative or expository writing at the 300 or 400 level.

Additional Information:

Students may seek approval for elective credit for courses not on the lists of eligible English linguistics, Modern Languages, and Classical Studies courses by petitioning the English Department Chair.