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English and Creative Writing Minor

18 semester hours required

Choose any 200-level literature course

offered by the department, with the exception of ENGL 237.

These introductory courses stress close reading, explore interpretive strategies, and engage students in literary research. This requirement should be completed during the sophomore year.

Choose 3 of the following courses:

ENGL 201 (3) – Fiction Workshop
ENGL 207 (3) – Poetry Workshop
ENGL 228 (3) – The Art of the Essay
ENGL 308 (3) – Advanced Poetry Workshop
ENGL 312 (3) – Advanced Fiction Workshop
ENGL 314 (3) – Advanced Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Choose 1 of the following courses:

Nineteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 329 (3) – American Renaissance
ENGL 331 (3) – The 19th-Century American Novel
ENGL 367 (3) – The Age of Romanticism
ENGL 368 (3) – Topics in 19th-Century British Literature and Culture
ENGL 374 (3) – Great 19th-Century British Novels

Choose 1 of the following courses:

Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Literature
ENGL 302 (3) – Ways of Reading (when material is appropriate)
ENGL 330 (3) – African-American Literature
ENGL 332 (3) – Modern and Contemporary Women Writers
ENGL 380 (3) – Classics of Modern Drama
ENGL 393 (3) – Modern Poetry I
ENGL 394 (3) – Modern Poetry II
ENGL 397 (3) – Modernism and Modern Fiction
ENGL 398 (3) – Late Modern and Contemporary Fiction

Note: No course used to fulfill minor requirements may be taken on a P/CR/NC grading option. No course below the 200-level may be used toward the minor.

Courses in interdisciplinary studies may count toward the minor when the department decides that their material is appropriate. Courses in American, British, and European history, and European civilization are strongly recommended as electives outside of the department.