Minor: English Language and Literature
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 | ||
| Foundations Of Ancient World Literature I | ||
| Classical Literature In Translation | ||
| Ancient World in Cinema | ||
| Literary Monstrosities | ||
| Writing About Literature | ||
| Popular Literature | ||
| World Literature in English | ||
| Introduction To Fiction | ||
| Introduction To Poetry | ||
| The Craft of Creative Writing | ||
| Women Writing/Women Reading | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Introduction To Linguistics/Language Science | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| British Literature I | ||
| Bible As Literature | ||
| Structure Of English | ||
| American Literature II | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Arthurian Legends | ||
| Modern Irish Literature | ||
| British Literature II | ||
| History Of The English Language | ||
| African American Literature I | ||
| Race and Literature | ||
| African American Literature II | ||
| Introduction to American Studies | ||
| Special Readings | ||
| The Novel Before 1900 | ||
| Studies in Poetry | ||
| The Modern Novel | ||
| The Novel After 1900 | ||
| Old English | ||
| Histories Of Writing, Reading, And Publishing | ||
| Girls, Literacies, and Print Culture | ||
| Special Readings | ||
| Paleography | ||
| Classical Studies | ||
| Studies in Digital Humanities | ||
| Early Modern Studies | ||
| 18th-Century Studies | ||
| Medieval Studies | ||
| 19th-Century Studies | ||
| Studies in Rhetoric and Composition | ||
| Studies in Authorship | ||
| Studies in Genre | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Studies | ||
| Concepts of the Hero in Ancient Literature and World Cinema | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |