English Minor

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Requirements for the Minor:

English minors have a seven-course requirement:

As of the Fall 2014, we will continue to require seven courses of minors but the seventh will be a 300-level seminar.

Note: students who have declared their English minors during or before Spring 2014 are not subject to the change in requirements, however, we still encourage all minors to enroll in a seminar, which is available by petition.

The seven course breakdown for the minor is as follows:

One 100-Level course

One Shakespeare course

*One pre-1700 course

Three 200-level English courses

One 300-level English course

*Clarifications to the pre-1700 requirement

English Majors, minors and ID students all share two requirements. The first is one Shakespeare course, one of which is offered each term. The second requirement is a pre-1700 class, listed as EGL 202 through EGL 215 in the new numbering system, which covers courses in Medieval (Doyle), Renaissance (Wareh), Restoration (Jenkins) or Early American (Murphy) literatures.

The pre-1700 and the Shakespeare requirements must be fulfilled with two separate courses (we get that question a lot). A second course in Shakespeare may count as an elective, but the department wishes to clarify that this practice should not substitute for taking a pre-1700 course.