English Minors
You can minor in any of our four tracks:
- The requirements for minoring in English in the Literature Concentration are 12 credits in 300/400 literature courses.
- The requirements for minoring in English in the Writing Concentration are 12 credits in 200/300/400 writing courses.
- The requirements for minoring in English in the Linguistics Concentration are 12 credits in 200/300/400 linguistics courses.
- Learn more about theSpeech Pathology Minor.
English Concentrations
Literature and Writing Concentrations
Literature Concentration Requirements
THREE REQUIRED COURSES (12 credits):
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature 4 credits
- ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts 4 credits
- ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions 4 credits
LITERATURE COVERAGE AREAS (20 credits):
Students must take one ENL course in each of the following literary coverage areas, and no course may satisfy more than one coverage area.
- British literature
- American literature
- Literature in translation
- Literature written by women, American minorities, or writers in Asia (including the Middle East), Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
- Genre / Theme**
Additionally, at least one of the courses from above must be pre-1800.
REMAINING COURSES (12 credits):
These eight or twelve credits may be Linguistics (LING 201 / LING 300-level or higher), Literature (ENL), Writing (EWR), or ENL 302 (Oral Interpretation of Literature).
English majors in the adolescence education sequence must take either LING 201 (Introduction to Language) or LING 301 (Introduction to Linguistics). **Additionally, they must take ENL 323 (Coming of Age Narratives) or ENL 305 (Critical Approaches to Children's and Young Adult Literature), which fall under the Genre/Theme Coverage Area in (5) above.
Writing Concentration Requirements
Three Required Courses (12 credits):
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature 4 credits
- ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts 4 credits
- ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions 4 credits
Writing Courses (20 credits):
- ENL 267 Workshop in Creative Writing
(prior to registering for genre-specific writing courses at the 300 and 400 levels) - Four additional EWR writing courses
NO MORE than TWO 200 level writing courses (8 credits) can be counted toward the major requirements.
Remaining Courses (12 credits):
These eight or twelve credits may be Linguistics (LING 201 / LING 300-level or higher), Literature (ENL), Writing (EWR), or ENL 302 (Oral Interpretation of Literature).
English majors in the adolescence education sequence must take either LING 201 (Introduction to Language) or LING 301 (Introduction to Linguistics). Additionally, they must take ENL 323 (Coming of Age Narratives) or ENL 305 (Critical Approaches to Children's and Young Adult Literature).
Linguistic Concentration Requirements
THREE REQUIRED LINGUISTICS COURSES (12 credits):
- LING 301 Introduction to Linguistics 4 credits (formerly ENL 422)
- LING 302 Phonetics 4 credits (formerly ENL 428)
- LING 304 Syntax I 4 credits (formerly ENL 423)
ADDITIONAL LINGUISTICS COURSES (20 credits):
Choose FIVE additional Linguistics courses from the following:
- LING 201 Introduction to Language (formerly ENH 230)
- LING 303 Phonology I (formerly ENL 449)
- LING 305 Second Language Learning (formerly ENL 426)
- LING 350 The Structure of Words (formerly ENL 447)
- LING 360 Word & Sentence Prosody
- LING 370 Language Change (formerly ENL 424)
- LING 380 Sociology of Language (formerly ENL 427)
- LING 390 History of English (formerly ENL 425)
- LING 402 Speech Science (formerly ENL 448)
- LING 403 Phonology II
- LING 404 Syntax II
- LING 405 Semantics & Pragmatics
- LING 410 First Language Acquisition
- LING 411 Psycholinguistics
- LING 412 Sign Language Linguistics
- LING 420 Anatomy & Physiology for Speech Science
- LING 430 Phonetic & Phonological Disorders
- LING 437 Introduction to Computational Linguistics
- LING 450 Audiology
REMAINING COURSES (8 or 12 credits-depending upon date of declaration)*:
- These eight or twelve credits may be Linguistics (LING 201 / LING 300-level or higher), Literature (ENL), Writing (EWR), or ENL 302 (Oral Interpretation of Literature).
For English majors in the adolescence education sequence, ENL 323 (Coming of Age Narratives) or ENL 305 (Critical Approaches to Children's and Young Adult Literature) is required.
Dramatic Literature Concentration Requirements
DRAMATIC LITERATURE CONCENTRATION
THREE REQUIRED COURSES (12 credits):
- ENL 290 Introduction to the Study of Literature 4 credits
- ENL 310 World Literature in Contexts 4 credits
- ENL 300 British and American Literary Traditions 4 credits
DRAMATIC LITERATURE COURSES (12 credits):
Dramatic Literature courses may be selected from the following:
- ENL 361 The Early Shakespeare
- ENL 362 The Later Shakespeare
- ENL 354 English Drama to 1800
- ENL 357 World Drama to 1800
- ENL 355 Modern European Drama
- ENL 356 American Drama
- ENL 358 World Drama since 1800
- ENL 359 Contemporary Drama
- FRN 426 Classical French Drama
- SPN 345 Spanish Theater
- SPN 425 The Golden Age of Spanish Drama
- ENL 272/ENL 373 Playwriting I, II
One course from the above list must be pre-1800 and one course must be post-1800.
Dramatic Arts Courses (8 credits):
May be selected from the following:
- DRA 110 Acting I (4 hours; 3 credits)
- DRA 210 Acting II (4 hours; 3 credits)
- DRA 213 Movement for the Theater (4 hours; 3 credits)
- DRA 214 Voice/Diction for Theater (4 hours; 3 credits)
- DRA 141/ DRA 142 Theater Production (3 hours; 3 credits/2 hours; 1 credit)
- DRA 230 Set Design for the Theater (4 hours; 3 credits)
- DRA 300 Topics on Productions (4 hours; 4 credits)
- DRA 320 Directing (4 hours; 4 credits)
- DRA 272 Performance Histories (4 hours; 4 credits)
- DRA/ENG, DRA/ENL, DRA/FRN, or DRA/SPN courses
REMAINING COURSES (8 or 12 credits-depending upon date of declaration)*:
These eight or twelve credits may be Linguistics (LING 201 / LING 300-level or higher), Literature (ENL), Writing (EWR), or ENL 302 (Oral Interpretation of Literature).