English Minor Requirements
| English Literature Minor (6 courses, 18 credits) |
| Required Courses |
6 Credits |
| ENG 250 Literary History I* |
| ENG 251 Literary History II* |
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| Category I—Elective Courses: Choose 1 |
3 Credits |
| ENG 362 The Novel |
| ENG 363 The Drama |
| ENG 364 The Poem |
| ENG 365 Short Fiction |
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| Category II—Elective Courses: Choose 3 (no more than 2 courses in one century) |
9 Credits |
| ENG 331 Medieval Literature |
| ENG 333 16th-Century Literature |
| ENG 335 17th-Century Literature |
| ENG 340 18th-Century Literature |
| ENG 345 Romantic Literature |
| ENG 346 Victorian Literature |
| ENG 347 20th-Century British Literature |
| ENG 348 Contemporary British Literature |
| ENG 351 19th-Century American Literature |
| ENG 352 20th-Century American Literature |
| ENG 353 Contemporary American Literature |
| ENG 411 History of the English Language |
| ENG 435 Seminar in Milton |
| ENG 441 Seminar in American Literature |
| ENG 435 Seminar in Milton |
| ENG 441 Seminar in American Literature |
| ENG 443 Seminar in Literary Modernism |
| ENG 445 Seminar in Black and Multi-Ethnic Literature |
| ENG 455 Seminar in Chaucer |
| ENG 447 Seminar in Global Literature |
* English minors must take ENG 250 and 251 before they take 300- and 400-level courses. (Transfer students and others, under special circumstances, may take some upper-level courses concurrently with 200-level courses with permission of the Chair.)
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| English Writing Minor (6 courses, 18 credits) |
| Required Courses |
6 Credits |
| ENG 250 Literary History I* |
| ENG 251 Literary History II* |
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| Category I—Elective Courses: Choose 1 |
3 Credits |
| ENG 362 The Novel |
| ENG 363 The Drama |
| ENG 364 The Poem |
| ENG 365 Short Fiction |
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| Category II—Elective Courses: Choose 3 |
9 Credits |
| ENG 303 Creative Writing: Poetry |
| ENG 304 Creative Writing: Fiction |
| ENG 305 Creative Writing: Nonfiction |
| ENG 306 Creative Writing: Drama and Screenplay |
| ENG 315 Topics in Specialized Writing |
| ENG 316 Theories of Writing and Tutoring |
| ENG 317 Workplace Writing: Electronic Writers Workshop |
| ENG 321 Workplace Writing: Business and Professional Contexts |
| ENG 322 Workplace Writing: Grant Proposals, Fund Raising and Development |
| ENG 323 Workplace Writing: Reviewing and Publishing |
| ENG 400 Advanced Creative |
| ENG 405 Advanced Prose Writing |
| ENG 407 Advanced Workplace Writing: Business and Professional Contexts |
| ENG 490 Independent Research and Study |
* English minors must take ENG 250 and 251 before they take 300- and 400-level courses. (Transfer students and others, under special circumstances, may take some upper-level courses concurrently with 200-level courses with permission of the Chair.)
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| Cinema Studies Minor (7 courses, 21 credits) |
| Required Courses |
9 Credits |
| ENG 250 Literary History I* |
| ENG 251 Literary History II* |
| ENG 284 Language of Film Analysis* |
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| Category I—Elective Courses: Choose 2 |
6 Credits |
| ENG 331 Medieval Literature |
| ENG 333 16th Century Literature |
| ENG 335 17th Century Literature |
| ENG 340 18th Century Literature |
| ENG 345 Romantic Literature |
| ENG 346 Victorian Literature |
| ENG 351 19th Century American Literature |
| ENG 347 20th Century British Literature |
| ENG 348 Contemporary British Literature |
| ENG 352 20th Century American Literature |
| ENG 353 Contemporary American Literature |
| ENG 411 History of the English Language |
| ENG 425 Seminar in Shakespeare |
| ENG 435 Seminar in Milton |
| ENG 455 Seminar in Chaucer |
| ENG 441 Seminar in American Literature |
| ENG 443 Seminar in Literary Modernism |
| ENG 447 Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature |
| ENG 445 Seminar in Black and Multi-Ethnic Literature |
| ENG 362 The Novel |
| ENG 363 The Drama |
| ENG 364 The Poem |
| ENG 365 Short Fiction |
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| Category II—Elective Courses: Choose 2 |
6 Credits |
| Film Theory, History, Analysis: |
| ENG 381 Studies in Film Genre |
| ENG 382 Comparative Film Directors |
| ENG 383 Survey in National Cinemas |
| ENG 384 Film Adaptation |
| ENG 484 Seminar in Cinema Studies |
| ENG 490 Independent Research and Study (with permission) |
| AMS 251 Hitchcock |
| COM 291 Documentary Film |
| GER 307 German Literature and Film (knowledge of the German language required) |
| GMS 306 Ethnographic Film |
| MUS 309 Film Music |
| POL 306 Political Film |
| PSY 375 Psychology and Fil |
| SPAN 412 Hispanic Theater: Modern Spanish Culture on Stage and Screen (knowledge of the Spanish language required) |
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| Film-related Writing: |
| ENG 306 Creative Writing: Drama and Screenplay |
| ENG 323 Reviewing and Publishing |
* English minors must take ENG 250, 251, and 284 before they take 300- and 400-level courses. (Transfer students and others, under special circumstances, may take some upper-level courses concurrently with 200-level courses with permission of the Chair.)
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These requirements are in addition to the Core Curriculum Requirements. Please see the Academic Catalogs for more information, including course descriptions.
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