English Minor

The English minor consists of 18 semester hours:

  • ENGL 112: Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
  • One of the following courses:
    • ENGL 230: British and Commonwealth Literature I
    • ENGL 231: British and Commonwealth Literature II
    • ENGL 240: American Literature
  • Two of the following courses (at least one must be at the 300-level or higher):
    • ENGL 200: Literary Texts and Contexts (GE)
    • ENGL 201: Readings in World Literature (GE)
    • ENGL 202: British and Commonwealth Literature (GE)
    • ENGL 203: Readings in American Literature (GE)
    • ENGL 210: Narratives of Illness, Disability, and Caretaking (WI) (GE)
    • ENGL 307: Business Writing (GE)
    • ENGL 308: Professional Writing Technologies
    • ENGL 309: Fiction Writing (WI) (GE)
    • ENGL 310: Poetry Writing
    • ENGL 311: Playwriting
    • ENGL 313: Studies in Composition (WI)
    • ENGL 321: The Study of Fiction
    • ENGL 322: The Study of Poetry
    • ENGL 323: The Study of Drama
    • ENGL 402: Teaching Writing: Theories and Practices
    • ENGL 406: Topics in Professional Writing
    • ENGL 424: The Study of Children's Literature
    • ENGL 425: The Study of Adolescent Literature
    • ENGL 431: Medieval Literature
    • ENGL 433: Renaissance Literature
    • ENGL 434: Seventeenth Century Literature
    • ENGL 435: Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
    • ENGL 437: Romanticism
    • ENGL 438: Victorian Literature
    • ENGL 439: Modern British Literature
    • ENGL 442: Early American Literature
    • ENGL 443: The American Renaissance
    • ENGL 444: American Realism and Naturalism
    • ENGL 445: Modern American Literature
    • ENGL 451: Contemporary Literature
    • ENGL 472: Readings in Shakespeare (WI)
  • Two of the following courses (at least one must be at the 300-level or higher)
    • ENGL 300: Introduction to English Studies (WD) (WI)
    • ENGL 420: Introduction to Literary Criticism (WD)
    • ENGL 446: Appalachian Folklore
    • ENGL 447: Appalachian LIterature
    • ENGL 449: African American Literature
    • ENGL 450: Native American Literature
    • ENGL 453: The Female Literary Tradition
    • ENGL 470: The Author in Context (WD) (WI)

To help students plan their academic-year schedules, the department maintains a list of undergraudate course offerings; a project course cycle also is available that indicates when particularly courses usually are offered.