Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Create coherent academic arguments that are built upon multi-leveled textual analysis.
- Integrate close reading of primary texts.
- Engage in critical conversations.
- Present an essay in ways that reflect a sense of professional rules and conventions.
Program Requirements
The Minor in English Language and Literature is designed for students desiring a general background in literature written in English.
To graduate with a Minor in English Language and Literature, students must achieve a grade-point average of at least 2.0 in the 18-hour program described below, but no credit will be given for courses in which the grade is below C-. Students must take 12 of the 18 hours required at the 300- or 400-level. No course may fulfill more than one requirement. No courses in journalism or in expository writing may be counted toward the Minor in English. No more than one course in Creative Writing may be counted toward the Minor in English Literature. In addition to the following approved courses, students may petition to have other considered by the Director of Undergraduate Studies in English.
Program of Study
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select six of the following: | 18 | |
| Myth and Literature | ||
| Literary Monstrosities | ||
| True Lives: Autobiographical Arts and Acts | ||
| Writing About Literature | ||
| Popular Literature | ||
| Women and Literary Culture/The Heroine in Literature | ||
| Introduction To Undergraduate Study In English | ||
| World Literature in English | ||
| Introduction To Drama | ||
| Introduction To Fiction | ||
| Introduction To Poetry | ||
| The Craft of Creative Writing | ||
| Introduction to Ethnic Studies | ||
| Women Writing/Women Reading | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Introduction To Linguistics/Language Science | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| British Literature I | ||
| Bible As Literature | ||
| American Literature II | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Arthurian Legends | ||
| Modern And Contemporary Irish Literature | ||
| British Literature II | ||
| African American Literature I | ||
| African American Novel | ||
| African American Literature II | ||
| Contemporary American Literature | ||
| Classical Literature in Translation | ||
| Women & Literary Culture: Genre Focus | ||
| Women And Literary Culture: Historical Focus | ||
| The 18th Century Novel | ||
| Special Readings | ||
| Special Readings: Detective Fiction | ||
| The Novel Before 1900 | ||
| Studies in Poetry | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| Contemporary Novel | ||
| Contemporary Novel | ||
| Introduction to Latinx Literature | ||
| Concepts of the Hero in Ancient Literature and World Cinema | ||
| Old English | ||
| Harlem Renaissance | ||
| Black Women Writers | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Renaissance Literature I | ||
| Milton | ||
| Restoration And Early 18th-Century British Literature | ||
| The Romantic Period | ||
| Modern Poetry | ||
| 19th-Century American Literature | ||
| Medieval Literature | ||
| Renaissance Literature II | ||
| 18th-Century British Literature II | ||
| The Victorian Period | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| 20th-Century American Literature | ||
| 18th-Century British Literature | ||
| Histories Of Writing, Reading, And Publishing | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Shakespeare and Film | ||
| American Culture | ||
| Girls And Print Culture | ||
| Special Readings | ||
| Shakespeare Comedies And Histories | ||
| Early English Drama | ||
| Modern Drama, 1880-1945 | ||
| The Civil Rights Movement in African American Literature | ||
| Studies In The Novel 1740-1900 | ||
| From Field Shout to Hip Hop: African American Poetic Traditions | ||
| Stages Toward Freedom: African American Dramatic Traditions | ||
| Slave Narratives: Race, Gender, and Writing Freedom | ||
| African American Migrations in Literature | ||
| Women's Literature in Africa and the African Diaspora | ||
| Special Offerings | ||
| Shakespeare Tragedies And Romances | ||
| Restoration And 18th-Century Drama | ||
| Contemporary Drama II | ||
| Studies In The Modern Novel | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |