1. Undergraduate Minors

English Minor| Minor

Students can use an English minor to further their undergraduate studies and give them a comprehensive background in literary and writing skills.

Required Courses for An English Minor

Students must take a minimum of 15 Semester Credits, starting with:

  • EN 140 Principles of Critical Analysis (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 220 Major British Writers (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 221 Major American Writers (3 Semester Hours)

Students must also take three semester credits from the English Minor Group 1 Selection:

  • EN 327 The Neoclassical Age (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 328 The Romantic Age (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 329 The Victorian Age (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 345 Old English and Medieval Literature (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 346 Tudor and Stuart Literature (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 347 British Modernism and Contemporary British Literature (3 Semester Hours)

As well as three semester credit hours from the English Minor Group 2 offering:

  • EN 300 American Literature to 1865 (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 301 American Literature, 1865 to 1914 (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 302 American Literature, 1914 to Present (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 338 African-American Literature (3 Semester Hours)

  • EN 339 Multi-Ethnic American Literature (3 Semester Hours)

Related Areas of Study

MajorEnglish

By earning a Bachelor of Arts in English you learn to communicate clearly and effectively, becoming an exceptional practitioner of the written word. Learn to think and write critically and analytically, develop ethical and responsible research skills, create and sustain effective arguments, and apply a variety of critical and theoretical lenses to their writing. Particular emphasis is placed on British and American literature.