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)
Relevant author courses and topics courses offered as ENGL 371, 412, 414, 416, 417, 419, 465

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)
Relevant author courses and topics courses offered as ENGL 371, 380, 412, 414, 416, 417, 419, 465

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)
Relevant author courses and topics courses offered as ENGL 371, 412, 414, 416, 417, 419, 465

Electives (9 - 12 credits)

Students may count 3 credits in creative or expository writing at the 300 or 400 level towards the minor.
Students may count 3 elective credits at the 100 or 200 level in English.
Students may count 3 credits in English-language linguistics. The English-language linguistics that can be counted are the following:
ENGL 230 - Topics in Modern English
LING 250 - African-American English
ENGL/LING 303 - History of English Language OR
LING 308 - Language and Culture OR
LING 360 - Language Attitudes
ENGL/LING 400 - Meaning & Understanding

Additional Information:

Students may count one approved literature course taken in any of the Modern Languages or Classical Studies, either in another language or in translation, as an elective toward the minor. Approved courses are listed on the English Department’s website. Students may seek approval for courses not on this list by petitioning the English Department Chair.