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).

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Important Forms

Minor in Literature Worksheet 

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