Requirements for English Minors

English Literature Minor (5 course credits)

  • 220: Human Values in British and American Literature
  • 230: Introduction to Literary Scholarship
  • One course credit from “cultural contexts” category:
    • 315EH: English Language: Historical and Analytical
    • 326: British Literature: Medieval to Renaissance
    • 336: British Literature: Restoration to Romanticism
    • 346: British Literature: Empire to Independence
    • 353: American Literature: Beginnings to Realism; or 355: American Literature: Realism to the Present
    • 358U: Native American Literatures
    • 365U: Writing of Women
    • 380: Special Topics—when designated “literature” (v)
  • One course credit from “study-in-depth” category:
    • 401XH: Shakespeare and the English Renaissance
    • 410X: Individual Author
    • 421: Traditions in Literary Genre (v)
    • 439: Film and Literature
    • 441X: Theory and Practice of Criticism
    • 451XG: Approaches to Texts and Contexts (v)
    • 488: Senior Capstone in Literature
  • One course credit from English electives (excluding 112 and 491: Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing for the Secondary School)

Variable topic courses designated (v)


English Writing Minor (5 course credits)

  • 227R: Foundations of Creative Writing
  • One course credit from English literature/linguistics electives (excluding 112 and 491: Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing for the Secondary School).
  • Two course credits from one set of the following pairs:
    • 316: Business Writing AND 324: Technical Writing; OR
    • 317: News Writing AND 318: Feature Writing; OR
    • 377: Nonfiction Writing Seminar AND 477: Advanced Nonfiction Writing Seminar; OR
    • 378: Poetry Writing Seminar AND 478: Advanced Poetry Writing Seminar; OR
    379: Fiction Writing Seminar AND 479: Advanced Fiction Writing Seminar
  • One course credit in writing from
    • 316: Business Writing
    • 317: News Writing
    • 318: Feature Writing
    • 324: Technical Writing
    • 377: Nonfiction Writing Seminar
    • 378: Poetry Writing Seminar
    • 379: Fiction Writing Seminar
    • 380: Special Topics (v) approved for Writing credit
    • 390: Cooperative Education
    • 477: Advanced Nonfiction Writing Seminar
    • 478:  Advanced Poetry Writing Seminar
    • 479: Advanced Fiction Writing Seminar
    • 489: Senior Capstone in Writing

Variable topic courses designated (v)

Journalism Minor (5 course credits)

  • Each of these:
    • 317: News Writing
    • 318: Feature Writing
    • 371: Editing Process
    • 403: Advanced Reporting
  • One course credit from these:
    • Art 370: Graphic Design
    • English 390: Co-op in Journalism
    • COM 236/Art 236: Introduction to the Photographic Process
    • COM 313: Persuasion: Influencing Human Behavior
    • COM 331: Mass Media
    • English 419: Mass Communication Law (0.5)
    • English 420: Mass Communication Ethics (0.5)
  • While journalism minors would also be encouraged to choose their distribution courses and electives with their career plans in mind, they would not be required to submit their course plans in contract (see section on Proposed List of Core Courses, p. 16 in the handbook, or here).