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Morris Campus
English MinorDivision of Humanities - Adm
Division of Humanities
In English, students study literature and language, including their development over time and contemporary significance. Courses for both majors and non-majors offer a wide range of approaches and topics. Some courses focus on single authors, genres, or historical periods; others emphasize social contexts of literature, investigate representations of race or gender, or explore literary perceptions of the environment. Still, others cover film, creative writing, and contemporary popular literature.
The curriculum introduces students to the main literary genres and important historical periods and movements in English; to representative works of British, American, and Anglophone literature; and to methods of critical interpretation. Students engage in critical reading, oral and written analysis of texts, formal argumentation, and research.
English classes tend to be small and conversational. Students collaborate with one another by discussing subtle and complex texts while discovering their own interpretive voices by writing clear and persuasive essays.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Up to 4 credits of coursework with a grade of D or D+ may be used to meet the minor requirements. Courses may not be taken S/N unless offered S/N only.
A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the minor to graduate. The GPA includes all, and only, University of Minnesota coursework. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.
Required Courses
ENGL 1509W - Literary Studies
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
Elective Courses
Students must complete at least 16 credits from the electives below, subject to the following restrictions. No more than 4 credits of directed studies (x993) may be applied to the minor. No more than 4 credits of creative writing courses may be applied to the minor. At least 4 credits must be at the 3xxx level or higher.
Take exactly 16 credit(s) from the following:
Upper Level Electives
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ENGL 3005 - Understanding Writing: Theories and Practices
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3021 - Grammar and Language
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3043 - Medieval Makings of Tolkien's Worlds
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3065 - Mental Illness in Literature
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3153 - Gothic Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3154 - 19th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3155 - 20th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3156 - Modern Irish Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3157 - English Renaissance Drama
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3159 - Shakespeare: Studies in the Bard
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3163 - Life in a Medieval City: Literature and Culture in York, 700-1500
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3165 - Seventeenth-Century Revolutions
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3166 - Postcolonial Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3168 - Victorian Literature and Culture
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3171 - The Literature of Creative Nonfiction
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3172 - American Utopian Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3173 - Contemporary British Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3175 - Social Justice Biofiction
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3261 - Modern British and American Poetry
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3262 - 20th- and 21st-Century American Poetry: From Modern to Contemporary
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3311 - American Indian Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3312 - World Indigenous Literature and Film
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3331 - African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3332 - African American Women Writers
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3411 - Critical Approaches to Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 3414 - Feminist Theory
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3522 - Harlem Renaissance
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4004 - Research Seminar: Old English Literature and Language
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4017 - Research Seminar: Tricksters-Conjurers in American Indian and African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4023 - Research Seminar: Nationalism and Irish Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4027 - Research Seminar: Dickens and Criticism
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4028 - Research Seminar: Inventing a Nation: Early American National Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4031 - Research Seminar: Renaissance Romance
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4034 - Research Seminar: The Adventure Novel in American and British Literature
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4037 - Research Seminar: The Biographical Novel
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4038 - Research Seminar: Writing Early Ireland
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4039 - Research Seminar: Feminist and Queer Storytelling
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 4xxx
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Lower Level Electives
Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ENGL 1028 - Introduction to Popular Literature: Science Fiction
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 1126 - Introduction to Children's Literature
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1127 - Science in Literature
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1205 - Survey of British Literature to the 18th Century
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1206 - Survey of British Literature from the 18th Century Forward
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1211 - Survey of American Literature to the Civil War
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2015 - Introduction to Film Studies
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2031 - Gender in Literature and Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2033 - The Bible and Literature
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2041 - Introduction to African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2059W - Introduction to Shakespeare
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2108 - Writing With Style
(2.0 cr)
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ENGL 2411 - Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
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Creative Writing Electives
Take at most 4 credit(s) from the following:
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ENGL 1403W - Sports Literature and Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2106 - Topics in Writing: The Environmental Imagination: Reading and Writing about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2111W - Reading and Writing Fantasy
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
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ENGL 2122 - Writing and Researching the Future
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
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ENGL 2123 - Writing the Great Unfinished Novel
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
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ENGL 2124 - Writing for the University Register: Introduction to Journalism
[E/CR]
(2.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2125 - Tuxes and Tiaras Not Required: Writing Formal Poetry
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2126 - The Art and Craft of Plot
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2127 - Reanimating the Past: Building Fiction from the Archives
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2162 - Careers for Writers
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2173 - The Nature Essay: Writing and Reading Creative Non-fiction about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3012 - Advanced Fiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3015 - Advanced Poetry
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3032 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1404 - Topics in Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing
[ART/P]
(2.0 cr)
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