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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English

Minor in English

Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements ENGMIN
The Minor in English provides students with a course of study that deepens literary and rhetorical analysis, builds critical writing skills, and offers specialized knowledge of particular genres, cultural forms, and literary history. The minor enhances a number of majors and career possibilities by foregrounding the power of language, critical analysis, and communication skills.

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours (above the 100 level), including the requirements listed below.
  1. Introductory course. One (1) course:
    • ENG-L 260 Thinking with Texts
  2. Introductory Genre course. One (1) course:
    • ENG-L 203 Introduction to Drama (must be approved for CASE Intensive Writing)
    • ENG-L 204 Introduction to Fiction (must be approved for CASE Intensive Writing)
    • ENG-L 205 Introduction to Poetry (must be approved for CASE Intensive Writing)
    • ENG-L 206 Introduction to Prose (Excluding Fiction) (must be approved for CASE Intensive Writing)
  3. Literary history courses. Two (2) courses:
    • ENG-L 305 Chaucer when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 306 Middle English Literature when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 307 Medieval and Tudor Drama when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 308 Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century Drama when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 309 Elizabethan Poetry when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 310
    • ENG-L 312 Literary History 2: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
    • ENG-L 313 Early Plays of Shakespeare when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 314 Late Plays of Shakespeare when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 316 when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • ENG-L 317 English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 318 Milton when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 320 Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 327 Later Eighteenth-Century Literature when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 328 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 332 Romantic Literature when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 338 Celtic Narratives when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 347 British Fiction to 1800 when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • ENG-L 350 Early American Writing and Culture to 1800 when taken Fall 2026 or later
  4. Electives. One English elective at the 300–499 level (may include ENG-L 310, ENG-L 312 or ENG-L 316 if not used to fulfill requirement 3 above).
  5. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    5. Exceptions to minor requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.