English, Minor

Required Credit Hours: 21

(at least 15 of which must be in courses numbered 300 and above)

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 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)

At least 9 elective credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above.
Students may count 3 elective credits across the following categories:

in CWRW 212

in linguistics (LING) courses found in the catalog under English course descriptions; or

in an approved Modern Languages or Classical Studies course, either in another language or in translation, listed on the “undergraduate program” section of English Department’s website.

Students may count an additional 3 elective credits in creative (CRWR) or expository writing (WRIT) 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.