Minor Course Requirements

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Minor concentrations are available in the following areas:

Minor in English/American Literature (20 hours)

1. One course in critical and analytical approaches to literature:

ENG 2213 - Introduction to Literary Methods and Critical Approaches

2. Four elective courses in literature (at least one must be 3000-level courses).

Please see the courses page for a list of available electives.

Minor in Writing (20 hours)

1. Three writing courses (above ENG 1102), from

ENG 2204 - Advanced News Reporting and Writing
ENG 2206 - Creative Writing – Poetry
ENG 2207 - Creative Writing – Fiction
ENG 2208 - Advanced Composition
ENG 2211 - Grammar & Usage *
ENG 2212 - Professional Communication
ENG 2214 - Editing and Desktop Publishing

2. One course from the following:

Eng 3307 - Advanced Professional Communication: Writing in Digital Environments
Eng 3308 - Advanced Professional Communication: Writing in Law and Policy
Eng 3xxx - Advanced Professional Communication: Writing in the Professional Contexts
Eng 3/4000 - Internship in English, with a writing focus (with approval of the Writing Committee)
Eng 3/4000 -Independent Study in English, with a writing focus (with approval of the Writing Committee)
[Possibility of “Special Topics in Advanced Writing,” per faculty interest and consensus.]

3. One course from the following:

Eng 3306 - Approaches to the Study of Language *
Eng 3309 - Rhetorical Approaches to Everyday Discourse
Eng 3310 - Rhetorical Approaches to Nonfiction Literature

* You may count either ENG 2211 or 3306, but you may not count both.

Minor in Journalism (24 hours)

1. Take all of the following:

Eng 1103 - Intro to Journalism
Eng 2214-Editing and Desktop Publishing
Eng 2204 - Advanced News Reporting and Writing
Eng 2205- Media Ethics
Eng 2298-Independent Study with The McDaniel Free Press (4 hours).

2. One course from the following:

Eng 2208 - Advanced Comp
Eng 2210 - Media & Politics
Eng 2212 - Professional Communication

3. Recommended

An off-campus internship

Minor in Comparative Literature (20 hours)

1. Take all of the following:

CLT 2219 - Great Works of the Western World I
CLT 2220 - Great Works of the Western World II
CLT 3321 - Comparative Mythology
Two additional courses in Comparative Literature chosen in consultation with advisor.
Foreign language through the 2000 level. (Placement at the 3000 level satisfies this requirement.)

Minors in elementary and secondary education are also available in conjunction with the English major. See Dr. Mary Bendel Simso for questions about this.