English Minor

The English Minor invites students majoring outside of the English & Communications department to pursue a passion, to augment their current field of study, and to join a vibrant, interdisciplinary literary community. Students in the minor will have the opportunity to explore the relationship between culture and literary production in courses that are profoundly influenced and inspired by critical lenses such as gender studies, queer theory, performance studies, Black studies, ethnic studies, postcolonial theory, and more.

Each of the following 6 cr

  • ENGL 151/151H Reading & Imagination: Fundamentals of Literary Studies I: 3 cr
  • ENGL 152: Interpretations and Methods: Fundamentals of Literary Studies II 3 cr

Choose four of the following courses 12 cr

  • ENGL 221 Literary Journalism
  • ENGL 251 Queer Lit
  • ENGL 256 African American Literature
  • ENGL 257 Global Anglophone Literary Survey
  • ENGL 258 American Literary Survey
  • ENGL 259 British Literary Survey
  • ENGL 265 Literary Theme
  • ENGL 270 Literary Genre
  • ENGL 289 Special Topics in English
  • ENGL 291 Open Up: Community Dialogue Workshop
  • ENGL 331 Story of English
  • ENGL 340 Literature and Society
  • ENGL 341/341H Hybrid Poetics
  • ENGL 349 Critical Reading
  • ENGL 351 World of Shakespeare
  • ENGL 361 John Steinbeck
  • ENGL 363 Travel Writing
  • ENGL 368/368H Age of Milton
  • ENGL 371 American Renaissance
  • ENGL 372/372H Arts of Medieval & Renaissance Britain
  • ENGL 388 Visions & Voices: American Ethnic Literature & Art
  • ENGL 393 Faulkner and the Global South
  • ENGL 405/405H Creativity & Survival
  • ENGL 441 Special Topics in Literature
  • ENGL 493 Teaching Assistantship
  • ENGL 500 Independent Study
  • ENGL 540 Internship