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English B.A.Division of Humanities - Adm
Division of Humanities
In English, students study literature and language, including its 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.
English offers a Creative Writing Track for English majors and a Creative Writing Minor for non-majors. The Creative Writing program includes introductory classes in the techniques of poetry and prose writing, advanced classes in genres such as fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, and a variety of topics courses.
Objectives--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. The major is designed to meet the needs of students with various goals, including those seeking a foundation for work in fields related to English (e.g., education, communications, editing and publishing, law, theater); those who want a humanistic base in reading, thinking, and writing for a liberal arts education; and those who intend to pursue graduate study in the field. 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 Student Learning Outcomes
Students will:
• Read and discuss in an analytical fashion both primary and secondary texts;
• Write a coherent argument, both with and without secondary sources;
• Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the English language;
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of critical approaches to literary study;
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of literary history;
• Conduct basic scholarly research and present it in a professional, scholarly setting; and
• Demonstrate a solid foundation for a lifelong appreciation of literature.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students are required to complete general University and college requirements. For more
information, see the general education requirements.
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 2 semester(s) of
any second language.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
Up to 4 credits of coursework with a grade of D or D+ may be used to meet the major requirements. Courses may not be taken S-N, unless offered S-N only.
A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the major 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)
Take exactly 12 credit(s) from the following:
·
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 1212 - Survey of American Literature from the Civil War Forward
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
Research Seminar
A research-based study of a literary subject that forms a capstone experience for majors. 40xx courses are offered in rotation.
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ENGL 4004 - Research Seminar: Old English Literature and Language
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4012 - Research Seminar: Environmental Literature and Theory
(4.0 cr)
·
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)
·
ENGL 4024 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4028 - Research Seminar: Inventing a Nation: Early American National Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4029 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4031 - Research Seminar: Renaissance Romance
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4032 - Research Seminar: Transnational Theory and Literatures
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4034 - Research Seminar: The Adventure Novel in American and British Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4035 - Research Seminar: Booker Watch: Contemporary British Literature and the Emergence of Canonicity
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4036 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4037 - Research Seminar: The Biographical Novel
(4.0 cr)
Lower Level Elective Courses
4 of the 40 credits in the major must have an HDIV designator at 2xxx or above. No more than 4 credits of 2xxx courses, other than the required surveys, may count in the major. A survey course, not used previously, may count as an elective.
Take at most 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
ENGL 1028 - Introduction to Popular Literature: Science Fiction
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2015 - Introduction to Film Studies
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2016 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1403 - Sports Literature and Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
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)
·
ENGL 1029 - Introduction to Popular Literature: Detection and Espionage in Fiction and Film
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2106 - Topics in Writing: The Environmental Imagination: Reading and Writing about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2107 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2108 - Writing With Style
(2.0 cr)
·
ENGL 1404W - Topics in Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2171 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2173 - The Nature Essay: Writing and Reading Creative Non-fiction about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(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 1212 - Survey of American Literature from the Civil War Forward
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2253 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2411 - Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2xxx
·
HUM 1xxx
·
HUM 2xxx
Upper Level Elective Courses
Up to 4 credits of 3993, 4993 may count in the major.
Take 12 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ENGL 3012 - Advanced Fiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3015 - Advanced Poetry
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3016 {Inactive}
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3017 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3018 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3032 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3043 - Medieval Makings of Tolkien's Worlds
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3142 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3153 - Gothic Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3154 - 19th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3155 - 20th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3156 - Modern Irish Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3157 - English Renaissance Drama
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3159 - Shakespeare: Studies in the Bard
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3161 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3163 - Life in a Medieval City: Literature and Culture in York, 700-1500
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3165 - Seventeenth-Century Revolutions
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3166 - Postcolonial Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3168 - Victorian Literature and Culture
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3171 - The Literature of Creative Nonfiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3172 - American Utopian Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3173 - Contemporary British Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2034 - Contemporary Literature from India and the Caribbean
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3261 - Modern British and American Poetry
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3262 - 20th- and 21st-Century American Poetry: From Modern to Contemporary
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3311 - American Indian Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3312 - World Indigenous Literature and Film
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3331 - African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3332 - African American Women Writers
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3414 - Feminist Theory
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3444 {Inactive}
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3522 - Harlem Renaissance
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3xxx
·
ENGL 4993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4xxx
·
HUM 3xxx
·
HUM 4xxx
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Creative Writing
To earn an English Creative Writing subplan, students must complete 48 credits; these must include ENGL 2121 and eight other writing credits of which four credits must be at the ENGL 3xxx level.
NOTE: Students must also complete the required courses, advanced skills course, the research seminar, and a 2xxx-level or above elective that carries the HDIV designation as listed under the English major program requirements. Eight credits of electives must be outside of creative writing courses [see list below].
Required Courses
We strongly recommend that students take Engl 2121 or equivalent in the classroom and not online.
ENGL 1404W - Topics in Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
Electives
Choose 20 total electives from the following categories. Note that a course may not count in more than one category. Only one 2000-level elective allowed in the elective categories.
Writing Electives
Take at most 8 credit(s) from the following:
Upper Division Electives
Take at most 8 credit(s) from the following:
·
ENGL 3012 - Advanced Fiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3015 - Advanced Poetry
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3016 {Inactive}
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3032 - Creative Nonfiction Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
Additional Electives
Take at most 4 credit(s) from the following:
·
ENGL 1403 - Sports Literature and Writing
[ART/P]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2106 - Topics in Writing: The Environmental Imagination: Reading and Writing about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2173 - The Nature Essay: Writing and Reading Creative Non-fiction about the Natural World
[ENVT]
(4.0 cr)
·
FREN 3410 - Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Troubadours and Old Occitan: Creative Writing in the Middle Ages
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
Literature Electives
If you complete Engl 2022, 2106, or 2173 as a writing elective, you must choose all 3000-level elective courses. If you have not completed a 2000-level writing elective, you may choose one 2000-level elective course.
Take 0 - 8 credit(s) from the following:
·
ENGL 1028 - Introduction to Popular Literature: Science Fiction
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2015 - Introduction to Film Studies
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2016 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
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)
·
ENGL 1029 - Introduction to Popular Literature: Detection and Espionage in Fiction and Film
[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 1212 - Survey of American Literature from the Civil War Forward
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2253 {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2411 - Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2xxx
·
ENGL 3142 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3153 - Gothic Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3154 - 19th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3155 - 20th-Century British Fiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3156 - Modern Irish Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3157 - English Renaissance Drama
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3159 - Shakespeare: Studies in the Bard
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3161 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3163 - Life in a Medieval City: Literature and Culture in York, 700-1500
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3165 - Seventeenth-Century Revolutions
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3166 - Postcolonial Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3168 - Victorian Literature and Culture
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3171 - The Literature of Creative Nonfiction
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3172 - American Utopian Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3173 - Contemporary British Literature
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 2034 - Contemporary Literature from India and the Caribbean
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3261 - Modern British and American Poetry
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3262 - 20th- and 21st-Century American Poetry: From Modern to Contemporary
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3301 - U.S. Multicultural Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3311 - American Indian Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3312 - World Indigenous Literature and Film
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3331 - African American Literature
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3332 - African American Women Writers
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3414 - Feminist Theory
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3444 {Inactive}
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3522 - Harlem Renaissance
[HDIV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
ENGL 3xxx
·
ENGL 4993 - Directed Study
(1.0-5.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4xxx
Public Reading Participation
Substantive participation in public reading of creative work.
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