Program Contact: Nicholas Robinette 203-582-6601
Professional advancement often depends on good reading aptitude, as well as sound writing and rhetorical techniques along with critical and creative thinking. With an English minor, you’ll explore literature while you also hone your communication skills. These are must-have talents to work in creative fields, such as screenwriting, advertising and publishing. They are also important in other careers where you may have to write a grant proposal, a contract, a persuasive argument for a legal case, a public policy or a business plan. This minor can complement any major.
The Department of English offers a minor in English for students who wish to study literature and improve their writing abilities—both creative and critical. Students whose professional advancement depends on good reading aptitude, sound writing and rhetorical techniques, and critical and creative thinking are encouraged to apply to the chair of the English department.
To complete the minor, students must take 18 credits of English coursework; at least 9 credits must be at the 300 level.
To complete the minor, students must take 18 credits of English coursework; at least 9 credits must be at the 300 level.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Possible courses include: | ||
| EN 201 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| EN 202 | Introduction to Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| EN 203 | The Art of the Sentence | 3 |
| EN 204 | Reading Literature | 3 |
| EN 205 | Introduction to Fiction Writing | 3 |
| EN 206 | Introduction to Writing Poetry | 3 |
| EN 207 | Interactive Storytelling and Narrative | 3 |
| EN 209 | Love Stories | 3 |
| EN 210 | The Art of Poetry | 3 |
| EN 212 | The Personal Essay | 3 |
| EN 213 | Nature Writing | 3 |
| EN 215 | Studies in Travel Writing | 3 |
| EN 220 | The Short Story As a Genre | 3 |
| EN 222 | Comics and Graphic Novels | 3 |
| EN 223 | Hippies, Punks and Rude Boys | 3 |
| EN 230 | Carbon Tales | 3 |
| EN 235 | Lit by Women | 3 |
| EN 240 | Fictions and Fantasies in Historical English Literature | 3 |
| EN 241 | Medieval Romances | 3 |
| EN 250 | Survey of English Literature II | 3 |
| EN 260 | Survey of American Literature I | 3 |
| EN 265 | Black Writers in and Beyond the US | 3 |
| EN 270 | Survey of American Literature II | 3 |
| EN 277 | Literature of the Americas | 3 |
| EN 280 | The European Tradition in Literature I | 3 |
| EN 281 | The European Tradition in Literature II | 3 |
| EN 301 | Advanced Fiction-Writing Workshop | 3 |
| EN 302 | Advanced Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| EN 303 | The Art of Audio Narrative | 3 |
| EN 304 | Junior Seminar in Critical Theory | 3 |
| EN 306 | Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
| EN 308 | Composing America: Rhetoric and Reality | 3 |
| EN 320 | Studies in the Novel | 3 |
| EN 321 | The Modern Image | 3 |
| EN 322 | Modern British Literature (1900-1945) | 3 |
| EN 323 | Contemporary British Literature (1945-Present) | 3 |
| EN 324 | The Gothic Novel | 3 |
| EN 325 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| EN 330 | World Literature | 3 |
| EN 338 | American Liturature by Women Of Color | 3 |
| EN 340 | Immigrant Fictions | 3 |
| EN 341 | Chaucer and the Medieval Period | 3 |
| EN 343 | Shakespeare's History and Comedies | 3 |
| EN 344 | Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances | 3 |
| EN 345 | English Literature of the Renaissance | 3 |
| EN 348 | Milton and the 17th Century | 3 |
| EN 350 | 18th Century British Literature | 3 |
| EN 351 | 3 | |
| EN 352 | British Romanticism (1785-1832) | 3 |
| EN 355 | Victorian Literature (1832-1901) | 3 |
| EN 365 | The American Renaissance (1830-1865) | 3 |
| EN 366 | Modern U.S. Literature (1900-1945) | 3 |
| EN 367 | Contemporary U.S. Literature (1945-Present) | 3 |
| EN 390 | Environmental Writing | 3 |