English Minor
The English minor allows students to supplement their major with an interdisciplinary investigation into English, literature, and advanced topics in composition. The English minor offers various schema that students can use to interpret their worlds and to articulate their understandings rooted in their unique narratives and perspectives. This minor is designed to create a model of inquiry-based and experiential learning in English as we apply best practices in rigorous interpretive and analytic writing instruction within the Undergraduate College.
The English minor is offered in fully online and blended 10-week formats.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
PLO 1. Write with clarity across a variety of audiences to effectively promote the message.
PLO 2. Integrate diverse perspectives and contexts in written and oral communication in order to demonstrate an awareness of "rhetorical situations" and a diversity of language conventions.
PLO 3. Critically respond to a diverse body of texts utilizing active reading and rhetorical analysis.
PLO 4. Investigate how culture, race, and equity impact communication in order to adapt messages, language use, and expressions for audience understanding and appreciation.
PLO 5. Identify and apply appropriate information sources, research strategies, and writing processes to support all messaging and oral and written communication.
PLO 6. Analyze the challenges of communication in different social and communication contexts and defend the importance of inclusive and multilingual communication in a functioning democratic and diverse society.
Minor Details:
- Requires 30 QH
- 15 QH must be taken at NLU
- Requires a minimum grade of “C” for each course in the minor
Note: The same courses may not be used to satisfy the minor, concentration, and/or program major requirements.
Required Courses
English Minor - 30 QH
Choose 30 QH from the list of English courses below:
| ENG 300 | American Literature to 1865 | 5 |
| ENG 301 | Advanced English Composition | 5 |
| ENG 310 | American Literature 1865 to Present | 5 |
| ENG 320 | Latinx Literature | 5 |
| ENG 330 | British Literature | 5 |
| ENG 340 | Literature of the Black Diaspora | 5 |
| ENG 425 | Literary Criticism and Analysis | 5 |