Undergraduate Program
Minors
English Literature
The English Literature minor is not open to majors in Literature, Creative Writing, or Journalism. This minor does not automatically include a Thematic Sequence.
This minor offers students not majoring in English a chance to use their elective hours to satisfy a personal interest, to strengthen their degree, or to enhance their career opportunities. When you begin this minor, you must register with the chief departmental adviser, and you must check your progress with the adviser at least once a year until you complete the minor. Courses taken for credit/no-credit will not count toward the minor. A minimum 2.0 g.p.a. is required for all courses in the minor.
Minor Requirements
1. Introduction to English Literature (6 hours).
Choose two of these:
- ENG 131 Life and Thought in English Literature to 1660
- ENG 132 Life and Thought in English Literature, 1660-Present
- ENG 133 Life and Thought in English Literature, 1901-Present
2. Study of a Major Author (3 hours).
Choose one of these:
- ENG 372 Shakespeare’s Principal Plays: The Early Period
- ENG 373 Shakespeare’s Principal Plays: The Later Period
- ENG 440 Major English and American Writers (when topic is appropriate)
3. Theme or Genre Study (3 hours).
Choose one of these:
- ENG 233 British Women Writers
- ENG 281 British Novel
- ENG 283 Modern Poetry
- ENG 284 English Drama, 1660-1800
- ENG 450 Studies in Genre (when topic is appropriate)
- ENG 490 Special Topics in Literary Study (when topic is appropriate)
4. Period Study (3 hours).
Choose one of these:
- ENG 327 Medieval Literature
- ENG 328 The Renaissance: Nondramatic Literature
- ENG 331 17th-Century Poetry and Prose
- ENG 334 English Literature of the Restoration (1660-1714)
- ENG 335 English Literature of the 18th Century
- ENG 339 Writers of the Early Romantic Period
- ENG 342 Writers of the Later Romantic Period
- ENG 343 English Literature of the Early Victorian Period, 1830-1860
- ENG 344 English Literature of the Later Victorian Period, 1860-1901
- ENG 345 British Modernism, 1890-1945
- ENG 347 Postwar/Postcolonial British Literature, 1945-Present
5. Additional Hours of Advanced Study (3 hours).
Choose one additional course from courses listed in requirements 2, 3, and 4 above.
Total Hours Required: 18