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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 335 Rhetoric and Writing   3.0 FS  WP
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
Description: 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. This is a writing proficiency, WP, course; a grade of C- or better certifies writing proficiency for majors. (003488 )
ENGL 340 Approaches to Literary Genres   3.0 FS  
Description: 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. (003431 )

1 course selected from:

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

1 course selected from:

SUBJ NUM Title Sustainable Units Semester Offered Course Flags
ENGL 278 Survey of American Literature I   3.0 FS  
Description: A survey of American literature from its beginnings to the 1850s. (003475 )
ENGL 279 Survey of American Literature II   3.0 FS  
Description: A survey of American literature from the 1850s to 1945. (003476 )

9 units selected from:

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

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