English Department Minors
The English Department offers the following minors:
(scroll down for descriptions and contact information)
Why complete an academic minor?
Academic minors are structured groups of courses in an academic area outside the student's major field of study, generally totaling fifteen credit hours.
Academic minors grant students recognition for completing a systematic program of study outside their majors and prepare them for enriched personal and professional lives. The minor appears on students' final transcript.
How to declare a minor
To formally declare one of the eight minors offered by the English department, download the Minor Declaration form. Fill out the form and have the Minor Coordinator of your program sign the form (scroll down for contact information on Minor Coordinators). Bring the signed form to Shirley Jones in Tompkins 246. After the form is processed, the minor will appear on your degree audit.
Each Minor Coordinator determines whether courses transferred from other institutions meet requirements for the minor. For further assistance, see the University's Advising Central website and visit their page on Academic Minors.
What to do when you have completed minor requirements
In the semester in which you plan to graduate, download the Minor Completion form. Fill out the form, listing the courses you have taken to complete the minor, and take it, with your degree audit, to the Minor Coordinator. After obtaining his or her signature, bring the signed form to Shirley Jones in Tompkins 246.
English Department Minors
The minor provides coursework in writing and editing news and features for print and non-print media as well as an introduction to the profession of journalism.
(not available to LWR majors)
The minor is designed to investigate the structure and function of language as a cognitive and behavioral science. Among students likely to be attracted to this minor are those who expect to pursue graduate study in linguistics, those interested in foreign languages or English as a second language, and those interested in communication sciences.
This minor broadens students’ their perspectives on foreign cultures through the study of literature outside the Anglo-American tradition. Students will also develop critical, analytical, and linguistic skills essential to compete in today’s job market. The minor offers choices from a range of courses in literature, in translation or in the original language, from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The Film Studies minor provides a comprehensive introduction to the art and industry of the cinema through courses in film analysis, history, theory, criticism, screenwriting, and production.
This minor focuses on the English-language literature of the United States and of the British colonies out of which the United States emerged.
The minor in Technical and Scientific Communication introduces students to numerous genres including internal and external documents such as proposals, reports, science writing, users guides, reference manuals, and online documentation. Critical perspectives on the role of communication in the creation of scientific and technical knowledge will be examined.
This minor provides a background in writing poetry, fiction, screenplays, and/or non-fiction.
The English minor program will allow students to pursue general interests in writing, literature, and language.
