Catalog Year

2022-2023

Degree

Minor

Credits

20

Locations

Mankato

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English Minor

Program Requirements

Core

An introduction to literary genres and to the techniques of writing about literature.

Prerequisites: ENG 101 

Elective

Literature Surveys - Students must take a minimum of 8 credits (two courses) from 2 of the 3 categories (British, American, and World).

British Literaturey Survey - Choose 0 - 4 Credit(s).

Representative works from British literature encompassing Beowulf through the Eighteenth Century. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites: ENG 275W 

Representative works from British Literature, the Romantic Period to the present. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites: ENG 275W 

American Literature Survey - Choose 0 - 4 Credit(s).

A survey of American Literature from its beginnings to the end of the Civil War. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites: ENG 275W 

A survey of American Literature from the end of the Civil War to the present. Prereq: ENG 275

Prerequisites: ENG 275W

World Literature Survey - Choose 0 - 4 Credit(s).

Topics on themes, issues, and developments in genres of the literatures of the world. Content changes. May be repeated.

Prerequisites: none

Diverse Cultures: Purple

A study of selected novels from a variety of time periods and cultures, including Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Prerequisites: none

Choose an additional 8 credits from any 300/400 English courses (except ENG 325, ENG 362, ENG 463, or ENG 464)

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