Minor in English

A minor provides a student majoring in another department with general background in English literature, as well as with skills in critical reading and writing. Ordinarily, the chair acts as adviser to minors. The minor in English requires at least six English courses, at the 100- to 200-level.

Each designation in parentheses in the descriptions below is used in course listings every semester in order to identify what requirements a course meets. Thus, if a course does not appear in the list below (for example, a new course), you can nonetheless readily see what requirements it meets through these designations.

1. One course in poetry (B-1)

2. One historical sequence (two courses) from the following: (A)

ENG133-134 Survey of Women Writers
ENG140-141 Major British Writers
ENG180-181 Major American Writers
ENG182-183 African-American Literature

3. One seminar in criticism from the following (D):

ENG240 Literary Analysis and Critical Strategies
ENG245 Mythopoetics
ENG248 Contemporary Literary Theory
ENG249 Signs and Crossroads: Semiotic Theory and Practice
ENG295 Gender and Discourse
ENG340 Introduction to Graduate Study in English

4. At least two other English courses, one of which must be a 200-level seminar.