Minor in English

The minor in English allows students to pursue - within a framework of general requirements - their specific interests in one of three areas: British literature, American literature, or Modern & Contemporary literature. Each student's particular choice of courses within these three options must be determined in consultation with the undergraduate English advisor. All courses offered for the minor must be taken for a letter grade and must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Completion of the minor requires 18 credits.

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Minor Requirements

Credit & Grade Requirements

18 Credits / 6 Courses
Courses passed with a grade of C or better

Course Requirements

One Core Course:

EGL 204 Literary Analysis and Argumentation

Two EGL 200-level courses (6 credits):

EGL 205: Survey of British Literature I
EGL 206: Survey of British Literature II
EGL 207: History of the English Language
EGL 210: Literature, Medicine, and Ethics
EGL 217: American Literature I
EGL 218: American Literature II
EGL 220: Critical Approaches to the Cinema
EGL 224: 20th-Century Literatures in English
EGL 226: 20th-Century American Literature
EGL 231: Saints and Fools
EGL 232: Rebels and Tyrants
EGL 243: Shakespeare: The Major Works
EGL 249: African-American Literature and Music in the 19th and 20th Centuries
EGL 250: Introduction to English Studies for STEM Majors
EGL 260: World Mythology
EGL 261: The Bible as Literature
EGL 266: The 20th-Century Novel
EGL 272: American Narratives of Race and Justice
EGL 274: African-American Literature
EGL 276: Feminism: Literature and Cultural Contexts
EGL 284: Public Humanities Workshop
EGL 285: Writing Workshop: Fiction
EGL 286: Writing Workshop: Poetry
EGL 290: What is Public Health? A Humanities Approach

Two EGL 300-level courses (6 credits):

EGL 300: Old English Literature
EGL 301: Authors, Periods, Topics, or Genres, with Intensive Writing
EGL 303: Genre or Media
EGL 304: Renaissance Literature in English
EGL 305: The Pacific, Travel & Empire
EGL 308: Single Author
EGL 309: Interdisciplinary Study of Literature
EGL 311: Literary or Critical History
EGL 317: Energy Humanities and Literature
EGL 319: Ecology and Evolution in American Literature
EGL 320: Modern and Contemporary Literature
EGL 325: Screenwriting
EGL 328: Documentary Theatre Creation
EGL 333: The Italian-American Experience in Literature
EGL 345: Shakespeare I
EGL 346: Shakespeare II
EGL 351: Documentary Cinema: History, Theory, Practice
EGL 353: Law and Literature
EGL 360: Young Adult Literature
EGL 361: Poetry in English
EGL 362: Drama in English
EGL 364: Prose in English
EGL 367: Contemporary African-American Literature
EGL 368: Caribbean and American Connections in Literature
EGL 369: Topics in Race and Ethnicity in American Literatures and Cultures
EGL 370: Literature and Ethics
EGL 371: Topics in Gender Studies in Literature
EGL 372: Topics in Women and Literature
EGL 373: Literature in English from Non-Western Cultures
EGL 374: English Literature in Relation to Other Literatures
EGL 376: The Literature of Imperialism
EGL 378: Contemporary Native American Fiction
EGL 379: Native American Texts and Contexts
EGL 380: Senior Seminar
EGL 381: Advanced Analytic and Argumentative Writing
EGL 382: Black Women's Literature of the African Diaspora
EGL 385: Advanced Fiction Workshop
EGL 386: Advanced Poetry Workshop
EGL 387: Playwriting
EGL 389: Science Fiction
EGL 390: Topics in American or Anglophone Literary History
EGL 391: Topics in British Literary History Pre-1800
EGL 392: Topics in British Literary History After 1750
EGL 394: Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
EGL 395: Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies of Europe
EGL 397: Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
EGL 399: Topics in American Literary and Cultural Studies