The English department offers four different minors. Each one can be paired with any major on campus and tailored to meet your needs and interests. The skills and experiences you’ll gain in English add tremendous value to most any degree.
English Minor
The English Minor provides advanced skills in writing, interpretation, and critical and creative thinking—skills vital to a 21st century career in a wide range of fields.
- Choose any 1 ENGL course at the 200-level
- Choose any 5 additional ENGL courses numbered 300 or above—from offerings in literature, creative writing, professional writing and rhetoric, film and media, and linguistics
Creative Writing Minor
The Creative Writing Minor provides advanced training in the genres that most interest you—poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction—in whatever combination you choose.
- Choose any 1 ENGL course at the 200-level
- Creative Writing - ENGL 360
- Choose any 2 regular or advanced creative writing courses at the 400-level (ENGL 460, 464, 465, 469, 491, 492, 493)
- Choose any 1 advanced creative writing course (ENGL 491, 492, 493)
- Choose any 1 elective ENGL course at the 300-500 level
Professional Writing and Communication Minor
The minor in Professional Writing and Communication provides training in the various genres of business, technical, and digital writing and communication vital to any 21st century career.
- Choose any 1 ENGL course at the 200-level
- Introduction to Professional Writing - ENGL 363
- Choose any 4 writing, rhetoric, speech, and communications courses from ENGL 387, 460, 462, 463, 466, 468, 469, 494; and SPCH 330, 331, 380, 387, 441, 464
Speech Communication Minor
The Speech Communication Minor provides skills, knowledge, and experiences vital to effective communication—in business, organizational, political, and cultural settings.
- Choose any 3 SPCH courses numbered 100-200
- Choose any 3 SPCH courses numbered 300 and above (may include ENGL 387 or SPCH 387)