Feb 17, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

English Writing and Literature Minor

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Department of English and Philosophy

Program Requirements (15 credits)

Writing Requirement (6 credits):

Take any course with an ENGL prefix except 090, 101, 102, 111, 112 and 113.

ENGL-121 Introduction to Professional Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-125 Professional Writing Elements of Style (3 cr.)
ENGL-149 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.)
ENGL-207 Writing for the Media (3 cr.)
ENGL-210 Journalism Practicum (1 cr.)
ENGL-215 Foundations of Technical Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-218 Mass Communication: Effects of the Technology on Society (3 cr.)
ENGL-225 Editing Processes and Practices (3 cr.)
ENGL-245 Creative Writing (3 cr.)
ENGL-247 Critical Writing (3 cr.)
ENGL-249 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.)
ENGL-299 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
ENGL-312 Transnational Professional Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-317 Topics in Journalism (1-3 cr.)
ENGL-320 Professional and Technical Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-335 Introduction to Digital Humanities (3 cr.)
ENGL-340 The Structure of English (3 cr.)
ENGL-342 Creative Writing II (3 cr.)
ENGL-349 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)
ENGL-350 Digital Storytelling (3 cr.)
ENGL-370 Developing Health Messages (3 cr.)
ENGL-371 Rhetoric and Style: Strategies of Argumentation (3 cr.)
ENGL-385 Document Design (3 cr.)
ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet (3 cr.)
ENGL-396 Expository Writing (Travel Writing in Scotland) (3 cr.)
ENGL-399 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
ENGL-407 Seminar in Applied Journalism (3 cr.)
ENGL-418 Convergent Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-430 Writing for Content Management (3 cr.)
ENGL-435 Writing Technical Manuals (3 cr.)
ENGL-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)
ENGL-410 Scientific Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-345 Usability Design and Testing (3 cr.)
ENGL-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)
ENGL-470 Special Topics in Health Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-471 Professional Communication Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-475 Applied Health Communication Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-480 Seminar in Digital Humanities (3 cr.)
ENGL-495 Digital Humanities Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-499 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

Literature Requirement (6 credits):

Take any course with a LIT prefix.

LIT-203 American Poets: Verse, Lyric, and Slam (3 cr.)
LIT-205 The Short Story (3 cr.)
LIT-208 Fiction Into Film (3 cr.)
LIT-230 American Cinema (3 cr.)
LIT-260 Modern American Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-272 Women Writers (3 cr.)
LIT-273 American Multicultural Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-275 Environmental Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-280 Best-Sellers (3 cr.)
LIT-281 Recent American Literature: Culture, Race, Ethnicity and Nature (3 cr.)
LIT-285 Science Fiction (3 cr.)
LIT-299 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
LIT-300 Children’s Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-303 Coming of Age in Literature and Film (3 cr.)
LIT-307 After 9/11: American Literature of Public Crisis and Trauma (3 cr.)
LIT-308 Alice Walker: Beyond Purple (3 cr.)
LIT-399 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
LIT-450 Experience in China: Modern East Asian Literature and Cinema (3 cr.)
LIT-450 Studies in Literature: Women’s Autobiographical Writing: Private Lives, Public Stories (3 cr.)
LIT-499 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

Electives (3 credits):

Take any additional course with a LIT or ENGL prefix except 090, 101, 102, 111, 112 and 113.

ENGL-121 Introduction to Professional Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-125 Professional Writing Elements of Style (3 cr.)
ENGL-149 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.)
ENGL-207 Writing for the Media (3 cr.)
ENGL-210 Journalism Practicum (1 cr.)
ENGL-215 Foundations of Technical Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-218 Mass Communication: Effects of the Technology on Society (3 cr.)
ENGL-225 Editing Processes and Practices (3 cr.)
ENGL-245 Creative Writing (3 cr.)
ENGL-247 Critical Writing (3 cr.)
ENGL-249 Cooperative Education Experience (1-8 cr.)
ENGL-299 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
ENGL-312 Transnational Professional Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-317 Topics in Journalism (1-3 cr.)
ENGL-320 Professional and Technical Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-335 Introduction to Digital Humanities (3 cr.)
ENGL-340 The Structure of English (3 cr.)
ENGL-342 Creative Writing II (3 cr.)
ENGL-349 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)
ENGL-350 Digital Storytelling (3 cr.)
ENGL-370 Developing Health Messages (3 cr.)
ENGL-371 Rhetoric and Style: Strategies of Argumentation (3 cr.)
ENGL-385 Document Design (3 cr.)
ENGL-388 Writing for the Internet (3 cr.)
ENGL-396 Expository Writing (Travel Writing in Scotland) (3 cr.)
ENGL-399 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
ENGL-407 Seminar in Applied Journalism (3 cr.)
ENGL-410 Scientific Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-418 Convergent Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-345 Usability Design and Testing (3 cr.)
ENGL-430 Writing for Content Management (3 cr.)
ENGL-435 Writing Technical Manuals (3 cr.)
ENGL-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)
ENGL-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)
ENGL-470 Special Topics in Health Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-471 Professional Communication Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-475 Applied Health Communication Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-480 Seminar in Digital Humanities (3 cr.)
ENGL-495 Digital Humanities Capstone (3 cr.)
ENGL-499 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
LIT-203 American Poets: Verse, Lyric, and Slam (3 cr.)
LIT-205 The Short Story (3 cr.)
LIT-208 Fiction Into Film (3 cr.)
LIT-230 American Cinema (3 cr.)
LIT-260 Modern American Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-272 Women Writers (3 cr.)
LIT-273 American Multicultural Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-275 Environmental Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-280 Best-Sellers (3 cr.)
LIT-281 Recent American Literature: Culture, Race, Ethnicity and Nature (3 cr.)
LIT-285 Science Fiction (3 cr.)
LIT-299 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
LIT-300 Children’s Literature (3 cr.)
LIT-303 Coming of Age in Literature and Film (3 cr.)
LIT-307 After 9/11: American Literature of Public Crisis and Trauma (3 cr.)
LIT-308 Alice Walker: Beyond Purple (3 cr.)
LIT-399 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)
LIT-450 Studies in Literature: Women’s Autobiographical Writing: Private Lives, Public Stories (3 cr.)
LIT-499 Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

Note:

Minor can be elected by students in the Professional Communication and Emerging Media program.

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