Minor in English

24.0 quarter credits

The English minor provides students from other majors with a more intensive background in literature. Coursework in the minor exposes students to literature from a variety of periods, cultures and genres and also provides practice in critical thinking, literary analysis and writing. These courses enrich students' intellectual lives and provide them with skills that are valuable in a variety of professional situations.

Students complete 24.0 credits (8 courses), distributed as follows:

Requirements			24.0
Students select three (3) of the following courses:			9.0
ENGL 200 WI	Classical to Medieval Literature			3.0
ENGL 201	Renaissance to the Enlightenment			3.0
ENGL 202 WI	Romanticism to Modernism			3.0
ENGL 203 WI	Post-Colonial Literature I			3.0
ENGL 204	Post-Colonial Literature II			3.0
ENGL 205 WI	American Literature I			3,0
ENGL 206 WI	American Literature II			3.0
ENGL 207 WI	African American Literature			3.0
ENGL 211 WI	British Literature I			3.0
ENGL 212	British Literature II			3.0
ENGL 214	Readings in Fiction			3.0
ENGL 215 WI	Readings in Poetry			3.0
ENGL 216 WI	Readings in Drama			3.0
Students select two (2) of the following courses:			6.0
WRIT 220 WI	Creative Non-Fiction Writing			3.0
WRIT 225 WI	Creative Writing			3.0
WRIT 301 WI	Writing Poetry			3.0
WRIT 302	Writing Fiction			3.0
WRIT 303	Writing Humor and Comedy			3.0
WRIT 304 WI	Special Topics: (Humor, Autobiography, Writing about the Media)			3.0
WRIT 306	Writing about the Media			3.0
WRIT 310	Literary Editing and Publishing			3.0
WRIT 312	Practice of Professional Writing			3.0
WRIT 400	Writing in Cyberspace			4.0
WRIT 405	Internship in Publishing			2.0
Students select three (3) of the following courses:			9.0
ENGL 300 WI	Literature and Science			3.0
ENGL 302	Environmental Literature			3.0
ENGL 303	Science Fiction			3.0
ENGL 305 WI	The Mystery Story			3.0
ENGL 306	Literature of Baseball			3.0
ENGL 307	Literature of the Holocausts			3.0
ENGL 310 WI	Period Studies			3.0
ENGL 315 WI	Shakespeare			3.0
ENGL 320 WI	Major Authors			3.0
ENGL 325	Topics in World Literature			3.0
ENGL 330	The Bible as Literature			3.0
ENGL 335	Mythology			3.0
ENGL 345	American Ethnic Literature			3.0
ENGL 350	Jewish Literature and Civilization			3.0
ENGL 355 WI	Women and Literature			3.0
ENGL 360 WI	Literature and Society			3.0
ENGL 365	Topics in African American Literature			3.0
ENGL 370	Topics in Literature and Medicine			3.0
ENGL 380	Literary Theory			3.0
NOTE: Where a course required for the minor is already required for a student's major, the student is directed to choose another English elective. Other substitutions are permissible at the discretion of the Program Director.