Literature in English Minor

HFA PEAK

16–18 credits (Total does not include First-Year Seminar or ENG-100 courses)

Minor Requirements

Complete two 200-level Literary Studies Courses (6 credits):

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ENG 200-Level Introduction to Literary Studies Courses 6 credits

6 credits

Complete two 300-level literature seminars (6 credits):

ENG-307Origins and Traditions of English Literature

3 credits

ENG-308Rival Playwrights: Marlowe, Shakespeare, Johnson

3 credits

ENG-310English Renaissance Literature

3 credits

ENG-311Drama of Early Modern Europe

3 credits

ENG-315Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Leggedy Beasties: the Supernatural in British Literature

3 credits

ENG-316The Brontes

3 credits

ENG-317Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

3 credits

ENG-319Nineteenth-Century Literature of the British Isles

3 credits

ENG-322V. S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie

3 credits

ENG-324Narratives Against Oppression

3 credits

ENG-325Constructing World Literatures

3 credits

ENG-329Inventing America

3 credits

ENG-330African American Literature

3 credits

ENG-332Adrienne Rich

3 credits

ENG-333Hemingway and Faulkner

3 credits

ENG-335American Renaissance

3 credits

ENG-337American Poetry and Poetics

3 credits

ENG-338Postmodern Literature

3 credits

Complete 3 credits from the following:

ENG-280Theory and Methods of the Study of Literature

3 credits

ENG-SEM-
One 300-Level Literature Seminar

3 credits

Students who wish to be certified to teach English at the secondary level may need to take additional courses in English and should consult with a faculty member in the Education Department to learn the current requirements for certification.

Creative Activity

Take 3 credits from the approved Creative Activities courses.