English Minor

English Minor


Strengthen your reading and writing skills to aid you in your academic or career goals. 

As an English minor at Saint Mary’s, you’ll read, analyze, and discuss the great written works of the English language. You will progress through more than a thousand years of literary history, from Beowulf to Beloved, engaging with numerous genres and movements. 

With our outstanding, approachable faculty as your guide, you’ll gain a foundational understanding of literary criticism and theory. You’ll also have the opportunity to hone your own creative writing within a supportive workshop setting.

 

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Curriculum

English, Minor

As an English minor, students work closely with their professors to analyze, contemplate, and write about a wide range of “texts,” including literature, theory, film, drama, digital media, and other cultural forms. Through sustained engagement with these materials, students develop skills in critical thinking, analytical reading, and effective writing, applying them to projects that span essays, digital platforms, and cultural criticism.

Requirements

Foundations

Students are required to complete ENGL 100 and 200 as foundational courses.

  • Intro to Literary Analysis (3 units)
  • Issues in Literary Study (3 units)
  • Lower Division Composition
  • Shakespeare(low Div) (1 units)
  • Upper Division Literature
  • Intro to Literary Analysis (3 units)
  • Creative Practice in Lit Arts (1 units)
  • Issues in Literary Study (3 units)
  • Arts and Culture Writing (4 units)
  • Voices of American Diversity (3 units)
  • Intro to Digital Humanities (3 units)
  • ENGL Elective (1-5 units)
  • Medieval Literature (4 units)
  • British Literature Before 1800 (4 units)
  • British Literature 1800-Pres (4 units)
  • Renaissance & 17th Century Lit (4 units)
  • Restoration & 18th Century Lit (4 units)
  • 19th-Century Literature (4 units)
  • American Lit Before 1800 (4 units)
  • American Literature 1800-1900 (4 units)
  • American Literature 1900-Pres (4 units)
  • 20th-Century Literature (4 units)
  • Contemporary Literature (4 units)
  • Development of English Fiction (4 units)
  • The English Novel (4 units)
  • The American Novel (4 units)
  • The Short Form (4 units)
  • Studies in a Literary Genre (4 units)
  • Science Fiction (4 units)
  • American Ethnic Writers (4 units)
  • Anglophone Literature (4 units)
  • Topics in African American Lit (4 units)
  • Asian-American Literature (4 units)
  • Latinx Literature (4 units)
  • Vietnamese-American Literature (4 units)
  • Postcolonial Asian Literature (4 units)
  • Korean/American Lit & Pop Cul (4 units)
  • Children's Literature (4 units)
  • Women Writers (4 units)
  • Literary Movements (4 units)
  • Engl Lit: Global Issues & Pers (4 units)
  • Engl Lit: Identity, Power & Eq (4 units)
  • Single Author (4 units)
  • Chaucer (4 units)
  • Shakespeare (4 units)
  • Milton (4 units)
  • Toni Morrison (4 units)
  • Introduction to Drama (4 units)
  • Contemporary Drama (4 units)
  • Topics in Drama (4 units)
  • Film (4 units)
  • Topics in Film (4 units)
  • Korean Cinema (4 units)
  • Hitchcock (4 units)
  • Indie Film: Diverse Voices (4 units)
  • Black Cinema (4 units)
  • Advanced Composition (4 units)
  • Public History / Narrative (4 units)
  • Public History EL (1 units)
  • The Art of Writing (Jan Term) (3 units)
  • Topics in Literary Theory (4 units)
  • Affect Theory (4 units)
  • Feminist Theory (4 units)
  • Film Theory (4 units)
  • Narrative Theory (4 units)
  • Performance Theory (4 units)
  • Postcolonial Literary Theory (4 units)
  • Linguistics (4 units)
  • Law and Literature (4 units)
  • Literary Criticism (4 units)
  • ENGL UD Elective (1-5 units)
  • Internship (1-4 units)
  • Internship (1-4 units)
  • Capstone in English (4 units)
  • Independent Study (1-4 units)
  • Senior Thesis (Indep Study) (4 units)

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