The English Minor invites students majoring outside of English to pursue a passion for literature, to augment their current field of study, and to join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of readers, scholars and critics. Students in the minor will have the opportunity to explore the relationship between culture and literary production in courses that are influenced and inspired by critical lenses such as new historicism, gender studies, queer theory, performance studies, Black studies, ethnic studies, postcolonial theory and more.

Students graduating with a minor in English will be able to:

• Communicate effectively in oral, written, and other forms of discourse;
• Demonstrate an ability to work effectively in collaborative learning and problem-solving environments;
• Craft thoughtful, creative texts that demonstrate a keen sensitivity to language, form, style, and effect;
• Analyze texts closely and critically, showing how languages, style, form, and genre create effects and shape meanings;
• Articulate an understanding of how cultural, historical, and ideological contexts condition both the creation and the reception of texts across time and in today’s complex, diverse world;
• Use various critical methods and theoretical frameworks in scholarly dialogue with others about the interpretations of texts;
• Design and conduct research, applying it to problem-solving and contributing to various forms of public discourse;
• Employ relevant technologies in the production, critique, and presentation of texts;
• Reflect on how the knowledge and abilities developed in the English Minor transfer meaningfully to other academic and non-academic, real-world situations.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 151	Fundamentals of Literary Studies I: Reading and Imagination	3
or ENGL 151H	Honors: Fundamentals of Literary Studies I: Reading and Imagination
ENGL 152	Fundamentals of Literary Studies II: Interpretation and Methods	3
Four Courses Selected From:		12
ENGL 209	Writing and the Visual
ENGL 210	Essentials of Film
ENGL 221	Literary Journalism
ENGL 251	Queer Lit
ENGL 256	African American Literature
ENGL 257	Global Anglophone Literary Survey
ENGL 258	American Literary Survey
ENGL 259	British Literary Survey
ENGL 265	Literary Theme
ENGL 270	Literary Genre
ENGL 289	Special Topics in English
ENGL 291	Open Up: Community Dialogue Workshop
ENGL 331	The Story of English
ENGL 340	Literature and Society
ENGL 341	Hybrid Poetics
or ENGL 341H	Honors: Hybrid Poetics
ENGL 349	Critical Reading
ENGL 351	The World of Shakespeare
ENGL 361	John Steinbeck
ENGL 363	Travel Writing
ENGL 368	The Age of Milton
or ENGL 368H	Honors: The Age of Milton
ENGL 371	The American Renaissance
ENGL 372	Arts of Medieval and Renaissance Britain
or ENGL 372H	Honors: Arts of Medieval and Renaissance Britain
ENGL 388	Visions and Voices: American Ethnic Literature and Art
ENGL 393	Faulkner and the Global South
ENGL 394	Film and the Creative Writer
ENGL 397	Special Topics in Film
ENGL 402	Special Topics in Visual Culture
ENGL 405	Creativity and Survival
or ENGL 405H	Honors: Creativity and Survival
ENGL 412	Films and Filmmakers
ENGL 441	Special Topics in Literature
ENGL 493	Teaching Assistantship in English
ENGL 500	Independent Study
ENGL 540	Internship in English
Total Hours		18