The English Minor centers on the study of literature, language, and culture, and allows students to take courses in English and American literature, creative writing, film, and world literatures written in or translated into English. A maximum of 6 credits may be taken at the 100 level.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 300 | Critical Approaches to English | 3 |
| Select 15 credits from the following in consultation with your advisor (no more than two 100-level courses can count toward the minor): | 15 | |
| Writing New Jersey Now | ||
| Foundations of American Identities and Cultures | ||
| Afrofuturism and Its Histories | ||
| American Popular Entertainment: Vaudeville, Radio, Film and TV | ||
| Caribbean Diasporas | ||
| Special Topics in American Identities and Cultures | ||
| American Identities and Cultures: Theories and Methods | ||
| Healing in America: History, Narrative, and Performance | ||
| Shakespeare and American Identity | ||
| Capstone in American Identities and Cultures | ||
| Introduction to the Film | ||
| Special Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Major Film Movements | ||
| Major Film Genres | ||
| Major Film Directors | ||
| World Film Before 1945 | ||
| World Film After 1945 | ||
| Intermediate Screenwriting | ||
| The Contemporary Film | ||
| American Film to 1945 | ||
| American Film 1945 to the Present | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Film | ||
| Class, Race and Ethnicity in Film | ||
| Advanced Screenwriting | ||
| Seminar in Film | ||
| Introduction to Literature: The Analytic Essay | ||
| Introduction to Literature: The Short Story | ||
| Introduction to Literature: Utopian and Dystopian Fiction | ||
| World Literature: The Coming of Age Theme | ||
| World Literature: Voices of Tradition and Challenge | ||
| Myth and Literature | ||
| Queer Fiction | ||
| American Literature I: Beginnings to 1890 | ||
| American Literature II: 1890 to Present | ||
| Images of Muslim Women in Twentieth Century Literature and Culture | ||
| American Drama | ||
| Black Women Writers: US | ||
| Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | ||
| Social Protest Literature in America | ||
| English Literature I: Beginnings to 1660 | ||
| English Literature II: 1660 to Present | ||
| King Arthur and Arthurian Literature in Medieval England | ||
| Special Topics in English or American Literature | ||
| Special Topics in Comparative Literature | ||
| The Golden Age of Children's Literature | ||
| English Novel to 1900 | ||
| Art of Poetry | ||
| Art of Fiction | ||
| Art of Drama | ||
| Contemporary U.S. Literature of Immigration | ||
| Vietnam War and American Culture | ||
| Survey of Brazilian Literature | ||
| The English Language | ||
| Women Poets | ||
| Critical Approaches to English | ||
| The Novels of Toni Morrison | ||
| Young Adult Literature | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature | ||
| American Indian Themes | ||
| African, Asian and Caribbean Literature in English | ||
| American Poetry to 1940 | ||
| American Poetry: World War II to Present | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as Literature | ||
| Literature of American Renaissance | ||
| European Romanticism | ||
| Contemporary Irish Literature | ||
| American Literary Realism | ||
| Modern American Fiction | ||
| Recent American Fiction 1990 to Present | ||
| Postwar American Fiction 1945-1990 | ||
| Literature of the Enlightenment Era | ||
| Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century | ||
| From Sensibility to Romanticism | ||
| Milton | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Medieval English Literature | ||
| 19th Century English Romantic Literature | ||
| Victorian Poetry | ||
| Renaissance Literature | ||
| Victorian Popular Fiction | ||
| The Victorian Novel | ||
| Nineteenth-Century British Non-Fiction Prose | ||
| English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | ||
| Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | ||
| Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | ||
| Modern British Fiction 1900-1945 | ||
| Postwar British Fiction 1946-1990 | ||
| Recent British Fiction 1990-Present | ||
| James Joyce | ||
| Irish Literary Revival: 1890-1939 | ||
| Modern Irish Drama | ||
| Modern Poetry to T.S. Eliot | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| African Myth and Literature | ||
| Contemporary African Literature | ||
| English Independent Study I | ||
| English Independent Study II | ||
| Women Prose Writers | ||
| Literary Modernism | ||
| Contemporary European Drama | ||
| Modern Drama: Ibsen to O'Neill | ||
| Modern European Novel | ||
| Speculative Fiction: Fantasy | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Comic and Satiric Tradition | ||
| The Grammars of English | ||
| Autobiography | ||
| Old English Language and Literature | ||
| 17th Century English Poetry | ||
| Restoration and 18th Century Drama | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Literature | ||
| Seminar in American Literature | ||
| Seminar in English Literature | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Introduction to Poetry Writing | ||
| Introduction to Fiction Writing | ||
| Beginning Drama Workshop | ||
| Special Topics in Creative Writing | ||
| Intermediate Fiction Workshop | ||
| Intermediate Poetry Workshop | ||
| Intermediate Drama Workshop | ||
| Teaching Writing in the Public Schools | ||
| Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing | ||
| Advanced Fiction Workshop | ||
| Advanced Poetry Workshop | ||
| Seminar in Creative Writing | ||
| History of Journalism in America | ||
| Structure of American English | ||
| Language in Society | ||
| History of the English Language | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |