Minor Requirements

Minors in the English department give students the opportunity to pursue focused interests in literature, writing, and/or rhetoric. The literature and writing minors provide students with concentrated instruction in areas of interest within the English department's course offerings. The interdisciplinary minor in technical communication prepares students for careers as technical writers, editors, or information designers, or to develop the highly valued expertise of communicating effectively in any profession. The interdisciplinary minor in rhetoric offers instruction in classical and contemporary approaches to understanding how symbols work to influence thought and action.

Minor in Literature

English Survey Course
Choose one course from the following list:

ENGL 2220 Survey of British Literature 1

ENGL 2221 Survey of British Literature 2

ENGL 2223 Survey of American Lit 1

ENGL 2224 Survey of American Lit 2

Background and Shakespeare
Choose one course from the following list:

ENGL 2100 Backgrounds Eng Am Literature

ENGL 3489 Shakespeare on Film

ENGL 2300 Shakespeare

ENGL 3612 Shakespeare's Comedies

ENGL 3613 Shakespeare's Tragedies

ENGL 3614 Topics in Shakespeare

Theory: Literary Criticism, Linguistics, Rhetoric
Choose one course from the following list:

LING 1150 Intro to Lang & Linguistics

LING 1160 Intro to Rhetoric

LING 3322 Topics in Rhetoric

LING 2325 Rhetoric of Law

LING 3337 Literary Criticism

LING 3339 Topics in Literary Criticism

LING 2350 Linguistic Analysis

LING 3458 Topics in Linguistics

LING 4654 Seminar in Linguistics

LING 4656 Seminar in Linguistics

Literary Elective

Any ENGL course excluding required writing courses.

Minor in Writing

Writing Courses
Choose four courses from the following list:

ENGL 1160 Intro to Rhetoric

ENGL 3320 Technical Comm 1

ENGL 3321 Technical Comm 2

ENGL 3322 Topics in Rhetoric

ENGL 3323 Topics Tech Comm

ENGL 3372 Creative Writing

ENGL 3377 Poetry Workshp

ENGL 3378 Fiction Workshop

ENGL 3379 Nonfiction Workshop

ENGL 3380 Topics in Writing

ENGL 3382 Publication Arts

Minor in Rhetoric

The interdisciplinary minor in rhetoric consists of courses in English and Communication Studies. Of the five courses, at least two must be taken in English, and at least two must be taken in Communication Studies.

English majors may use only one course for both the English major and the minor in rhetoric. Communication Studies majors in the Public Advocacy & Rhetoric concentration may use only one course for both the Public Advocacy & Rhetoric concentration and the minor in rhetoric.

Foundational Course
Choose one course from the following list:

ENGL 1160 Introduction to Rhetoric

COMM 1210 Persuasion & Rhetoric

COMM 2310 Classical Rhetorical Theory

Electives
Choose four courses from the following list:

ENGL 3320 Topics in Rhetoric

ENGL 3325 Rhetoric of Law

ENGL 3381 The Writing Process

COMM 3331 Argumentation and Debate

COMM 2331 Legal Argumentation, Advocacy, and Citizenship

COMM 3410 Rhetorical Criticism: Great Americans, 1630-1930

COMM 3411 Rhetorical Criticism: Image & Sound, 1930-Present

COMM 3501 Free Speech: Law & Practice

COMM 4602 Rhetorical Theory

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