The programs offered by the Department of English prepare students to succeed in an increasingly diverse world by encouraging lifelong learning, critical thinking, and effective writing. The curriculum includes courses from across the fields of English studies: rhetoric, writing, linguistics, and literature.
Students majoring in another subject who wish to minor in English must complete requirements for one of the following emphases.
Linguistics Emphasis Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| ³¢±õ±·³ÒÌý´¡101 | How Language Works | 3 |
| ³¢±õ±·³ÒÌý´¡201 | The Structure and Meanings of Language | 3 |
| 12 |
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý´¡210 | Linguistic Anthropology | |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡450 | Linguistics and English Language Teaching | |
ENGL/LING A490D | Selected Topics in Style and Social Innovation | |
ENGL/LING A467 | The History and Future of Global English | |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡490µþ | Language in Use | |
| Total | 18 |
Literature Emphasis Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡200 | Global Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡390µþ | Literature by Genre | 3 |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡429 | Major Authors | 3 |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡435 | Critical Theory | 3 |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡490´¡ | Topics in Literature | 3 |
| 3 |
| Total | 18 |
Professional Writing Emphasis Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 3 |
°Â¸é°Õ³ÒÌý´¡212 | Writing and the Professions | |
°Â¸é°Õ³ÒÌý´¡213 | Writing and the Sciences | |
°Â¸é°Õ³ÒÌý´¡214 | Arguing Across Contexts | |
| 6 |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡311 | Writing in Public Life | |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡312 | Technical Writing and Design | |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡313 | Professional Writing | |
| 3 |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡414 | Research Writing | |
·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡495 | Internship in Professional Writing | |
| |
| ·¡±·³Ò³¢Ìý´¡433 | Literacy, Rhetoric and Social Practice | 3 |
| 3 |
| Total | 18 |
A minimum of 18 credits is required for the minor.Â
