ENGLM - English Minor

The English minor consists of six courses. A course will count toward the minor if the grade earned is a C- or higher. At least one course in the minor must be designated as focusing on Underrepresented Voices & Social Justice.

Seminar in Literary Studies.  Seminars numbered ENGL 160 through 169 engage students with literary texts from multiple genres (including poetry and drama) from multiple periods of literary history.  They equip students with a range of skills in literary studies: close reading, argument, and persuasive writing.  The department strongly recommends that students take their Seminar in Literary Studies before enrolling in upper-level English courses. 

Two core courses in literature: one emphasizing foundational periods of literary traditions in English (generally, texts written before 1800) and one emphasizing the literatures of later periods, including film.  At least one of these two courses must be at the 300 level or higher. 

A three-course concentration, enabling students to deepen and advance their work within the discipline of English. The literature concentration consists of three courses (in addition to those in the two-course core) on literature or film, of which two must be at the 300 level or above.  The creative writing concentration consists of three creative-writing courses, of which two must be workshops.