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English Minor

18 semester hours required

Required:

ENGL 203 (3) – Major British Writers I

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. These courses should be completed during the sophomore year.

Choose 1 of the following courses:

Medieval and Renaissance Literature
ENGL 313 (3) – Studies in Medieval Literature
ENGL 317 (3) – History of the English Language
ENGL 319 (3) – Chaucer
ENGL 322 (3) – Shakespeare and Elizabethan Drama
ENGL 324 (3) – Shakespeare and Jacobean/Caroline Drama
ENGL 325 (3) – Shakespeare: Ten Plays
ENGL 337 (3) – English Literature of the 16th Century
ENGL 338 (3) – English Literature of the 17th Century

Choose 1 of the following courses:

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literature
ENGL 329 (3) – American Romanticism
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) – Special Topic (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

Choose 1 additional three-credit English course

in literature or criticism at the 300-level or above.

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.