Minor in Literature
For those who are majoring in another field, we offer a minor in Literature. Please contact the English Department Major Advisor for more information.
To be awarded a minor, at least 12 units of coursework must be completely distinct and separate from the coursework in the major (University Policy S16-4).
Important Forms
Course Requirements
Complete two courses from: (6-7 units)
- ENGL 50 Beginnings to the "American" Experiment
- ENGL 60 The Emergence of "British" and "American" Literatures (1680 to 1860)
- ENGL 70 Emerging Modernisms and Beyond
Select 11-12 units of upper division advisor approved Literature courses: (11-12 units)
- ENGL 101 Introduction to Literary Criticism
- ENGL 102 History of the English Language
- ENGL 109 Writing and the Young Writer
- ENGL 112A Children's Literature
- ENGL 112B Literature for Young Adults
- ENGL 113 Gothic Novel and Horror Fiction
- ENGL 114 Myth, Fantasy, and Science Fiction
- ENGL 115 The Bible as Literature
- ENGL 116 Myth in Literature
- ENGL 117A American Literature, Film, and Culture
- ENGL 117B Global Film, Literature, and Cultures
- ENGL 118 Modern European Fiction
- ENGL 119 Topics in Jewish Literature
- ENGL 121 Introduction to Comparative Literature
- ENGL 122 Topics in Comparative World Literature
- ENGL 123A Literature for Global Understanding, the Americas
- ENGL 123B Literature for Global Understanding, Africa
- ENGL 123C Literature for Global Understanding, the Americas
- ENGL 123D Literature for Global Understanding, Asia
- ENGL 125 European Literature: Homer to Dante
- ENGL 126 Holocaust Literature
- ENGL 139 Visiting Authors
- ENGL 140A Old English
- ENGL 141 Medieval Literature
- ENGL 142 Chaucer
- ENGL 143 The Age of Elizabeth
- ENGL 144 Shakespeare I
- ENGL 145 Shakespeare and Performance
- ENGL 146 The Later English Renaissance
- ENGL 147 Milton
- ENGL 148 British Literature: 1660-1800
- ENGL 149 The Romantic Period
- ENGL 150 The Victorian Age
- ENGL 151 Twentieth Century Poetry
- ENGL 152 Studies in British Drama before 1800
- ENGL 153 Studies in the British Novel Before 1900
- ENGL 156 Black Women Writers
- ENGL 162 American Literature Before 1865
- ENGL 163 American Literature: 1865-1945
- ENGL 165 Topics in Ethnic American Literature
- ENGL 166 American Literature Since 1945
- ENGL 167 Steinbeck
- ENGL 168 The American Novel
- ENGL 169 Ethnicity in American Literature
- ENGL 172 The Arts in the U.S. Society
- ENGL 176 The Short Story
- ENGL 177 Topics in Fiction Since 1900
- ENGL 180 Individual Studies
- ENGL 181 Special Topics
- ENGL 182 Women in Literature
- ENGL 183 Major Authors
- ENGL 184 Directed Reading
- ENGL 190 Honors Colloquium
- ENGL 193 Senior Seminar
- ENGL 193C Senior Seminar in Creative Writing and Self
- ENGL 195 Reflection Literary Theory
The following courses do not count for the Literature Minor: ENGL 100W, 100WB, 103, 105, 106, 107, 110, 120, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 173, 199.