English Minor

Minor Requirements

Students minoring in English must take at least 6 courses:

• at least one survey course
• at least two courses at the 300 level in two of the historical periods
• at least one 400-level seminar in literature
• two electives at any level, only one of which may be a 100-level course

Students who declare an English minor in their 3rd and 4th years:

• at least one literature course at the intermediate (300) level from each of three historical periods: medieval/early modern (to 1700), the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1701-1900), the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (1901 to now)
• at least one 400-level seminar in literature
• two electives at any level, only one of which may be a 100-level course

GPA Requirement

Passing grades are required in six departmental courses, with a GPA of 2.00 averaged over all courses taken in the department.

English and Creative Writing Department

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