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The Minor in English

The English minor provides a short version of the major requirements, including a 12-unit core in literary analysis, rhetoric, and surveys of American and British literature.

Course Requirements for the Minor: 21 units

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.

2 courses required:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 335W Rhetoric and Writing (W)   3.0 FS  GW  W
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Written Communication (A2) requirement.
Practice in writing and revising prose that informs and persuades effectively, based on a study of classical and modern rhetorical principles. Open to all students; required of all English majors, including credential candidates, who should take it by the end of their junior year in preparation for upper-division course work in English. 3 hours discussion. This is an approved Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement course; a grade of C- or higher certifies writing proficiency for majors. This is an approved Writing Course. (003488)
ENGL 340 Approaches to Literary Genres   3.0 FS  
The course focuses on developing analytical approaches to literary genres, primarily short stories, novels, poems, and plays. Required of English majors by end of junior year in preparation for upper-division course work in English. 3 hours lecture. (003431)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 276 Survey of Early British Literature   3.0 FS  
A survey of British literature from Beowulf to mid-1700s. 3 hours lecture. (003472)
ENGL 277 Survey of Later British Literature   3.0 FS  
A survey of British literature from mid-1700s to the twentieth century. 3 hours lecture. (003473)

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 278 Survey of Early American Literature   3.0 FS  
A survey of American literature from its beginnings to the 1850s. 3 hours lecture. (003475)
ENGL 279 Survey of Later American Literature   3.0 FS  
A survey of American literature from the 1850s to 1945. 3 hours lecture. (003476)

9 units selected from:

Any upper-division English (ENGL) courses except 499.

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