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Minor in English

Patrice DadoPictured | Patrice Dado | Bachelor of General Studies / Minors in Art History, English, and Women's and Gender Studies | South Bend, Indiana (hometown)
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Minor in English

Jake Mattox, PhD | Coordinator
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Minor Requirements (15 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.


Core Requirement (6 cr.)
  • ENG-L 202 Literary Interpretation

Select one from the following:

Category I: American Literature
  • ENG-L 350 Early American Writing and Culture to 1800
  • ENG-L 351 American Literature 1800-1865
  • ENG-L 352 American Literature 1865-1914
  • ENG-L 354 American Literature Since 1914
  • ENG-L 355 American Fiction to 1900
  • ENG-L 358 American Literature, 1914-1960
  • ENG-L 370 Recent Black American Writing
  • ENG-L 379 American Ethnic and Minority Literature
Category II: British Literature before 1800
  • ENG-E 301 Literatures in English to 1600
  • ENG-E 302 Literatures in English 1600-1800
  • ENG-L 220 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 306 Middle English Literature
  • ENG-L 313 Early Plays of Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 314 Late Plays of Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 315 Major Plays of Shakespeare
  • ENG-L 327 Later 18th-Century Literature
  • ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800
Category III: British and World Literature after 1800
  • ENG-E 303 Literatures in English 1800-1900
  • ENG-E 304 Literatures in English 1900-Present
  • ENG-L 329 Romantic Literature
  • ENG-L 335 Victorian Literature
  • ENG-L 348 19th-Century British Fiction
  • ENG-L 365 Modern Drama Continental
  • ENG-L 382 Fiction of Non-Western World
  • ENG-L 388 Studies in Irish Literature and Culture

Elective Requirement (9 cr.)
  • Three additional English courses, two of which must be at the 300–level or above and one of which must be at the 200-level or above. These courses can be chosen from any that count toward the English major; may include courses in literature (ENG-L, ENG-E) from Distribution Categories list above, writing (ENG-W), linguistics (ENG-G), film studies (CMLT-C), or an internship (ENG-W 398).

  • ENG-W 130, ENG-W 131, and General Education Common Core courses do not count toward the minor.

Academic Bulletins

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2023-2024 Campus Bulletin
2022-2023 Campus Bulletin
2021-2022 Campus Bulletin
2020-2021 Campus Bulletin
2019-2020 Campus Bulletin
2018-2019 Campus Bulletin
2017-2018 Campus Bulletin
2016-2017 Campus Bulletin
2015-2016 Campus Bulletin
2014-2015 Campus Bulletin

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