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Minor in English

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Program Objectives

The minor in English allows students of other disciplines to add a concentration in literature to their plan of study. The minor provides a wide range of courses in literature that enhance a student’s critical thinking and appreciation for the
masters of the written word.

Requirements and Curriculum

Required Courses

ENGL 2999 Approaches to English Studies
Subtotal 3 S.H.

American Literature (Choose One)

ENGL 2000 American Literature I: Exploration to the Civil War  
ENGL 4200 Romantic Movement in U.S. Literature
ENGL 2100 American Literature II: Civil War to the Present
ENGL 2650 Ethnic American Literature
ENGL 3010 American Drama
ENGL 3220 American Novel to 1950
Subtotal 3 S.H.

British Literature (Choose One)

ENGL 2200 British Literature I: Beowulf to Milton
ENGL 3030 The Middle Ages
ENGL 3120 The Golden Age of English Renaissance
ENGL 4010 Chaucer and His World
ENGL 2210 British Literature II: Pepys to Shelley
ENGL 4040 Major English Writers of the 17th Century
ENGL 4050 The Novel in the 18th Century
ENGL 4070 Tradition and Revolution in British Literature:
1750–1800
ENGL 4080 British Romanticism
ENGL 2220 British Literature III: Bronte to Rushdie
ENGL 3040 British Literature since World War II
ENGL 4090 The 19th Century English Novel
ENGL 4100 Victorian Literature
ENGL 4115 British Modernism
Subtotal 3 S.H.

Electives

One literature elective with Global Diversity (GDA) or
One literature Global Diversity Non-Western (GDAN) 3 S.H.
ENGL Electives (choose two 3000 or 4000 level) 6 S.H.
Subtotal 9 S.H.

Total for minor

18 S.H.