
Professional advancement often depends on good reading aptitude, as well as sound writing and rhetorical techniques and critical and creative thinking. With an English minor, you’ll explore literature while you also hone your communication skills.
Professional advancement often depends on good reading aptitude, as well as sound writing and rhetorical techniques and critical and creative thinking. With an English minor, you’ll explore literature while you also hone your communication skills.
Communication skills are must-have talents to work in creative fields, such as screenwriting, advertising and publishing. They are also important in other careers where you may have to write a grant proposal, a contract, a persuasive argument for a legal case, a public policy or a business plan. This minor can complement any major.
The English minor has two tracks — literature and writing — each with a specific focus. You will take courses focused on reading, writing and editing, as well as a selection of either literature or writing-intensive courses. You’ll gain valuable, real-world insights from our nationally renowned professors and professional writers who visit campus to share their expertise. You’ll also have the opportunity to contribute to “Montage,” Quinnipiac’s creative writing journal.
To complete the minor, students must take 18 credits of English coursework; at least 9 credits must be at the 300 level.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Possible courses include: | ||
EN 201 | Creative Writing | 3 |
EN 202 | Introduction to Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
EN 203 | Practicing Stylistics | 3 |
EN 204 | Reading Literature | 3 |
EN 205 | Introduction to Fiction Writing | 3 |
EN 206 | Introduction to Writing Poetry | 3 |
EN 207 | Interactive Storytelling and Narrative | 3 |
EN 208 | Greek Tragedy | 3 |
EN 209 | Love Stories | 3 |
EN 210 | The Art of Poetry | 3 |
EN 212 | The Personal Essay | 3 |
EN 213 | The Nature Essay | 3 |
EN 214 | The History Essay | 3 |
EN 215 | The Travel Essay | 3 |
EN 220 | The Short Story As a Genre | 3 |
EN 222 | Comics and Graphic Novels | 3 |
EN 223 | Hippies, Punks and Rude Boys | 3 |
EN 230 | Carbon Tales | 3 |
EN 235 | Literature by Women | 3 |
EN 240 | Survey of English Literature I | 3 |
EN 241 | Medieval Romances | 3 |
EN 250 | Survey of English Literature II | 3 |
EN 260 | Survey of American Literature I | 3 |
EN 265 | Black Writers in and Beyond the US | 3 |
EN 270 | Survey of American Literature II | 3 |
EN 277 | Literature of the Americas | 3 |
EN 280 | The European Tradition in Literature I | 3 |
EN 281 | The European Tradition in Literature II | 3 |
EN 301 | Advanced Fiction-Writing Workshop | 3 |
EN 302 | Advanced Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
EN 303 | The Art of Audio Narrative | 3 |
EN 304 | Junior Seminar in Critical Theory | 3 |
EN 306 | Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
EN 308 | Composing America | 3 |
EN 320 | Studies in the Novel | 3 |
EN 321 | Twentieth-Century British Literature | 3 |
EN 322 | Modern British Literature (1900-1945) | 3 |
EN 323 | Contemporary British Literature (1945-Present) | 3 |
EN 324 | The Gothic Novel | 3 |
EN 325 | History of the English Language | 3 |
EN 326 | Modern Irish Drama | 3 |
EN 330 | World Literature | 3 |
EN 338 | American Literature by Women of Color | 3 |
EN 340 | Immigrant Fictions | 3 |
EN 341 | Chaucer and the Medieval Period | 3 |
EN 343 | Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies | 3 |
EN 344 | Shakespeare: Tragedies and Romances | 3 |
EN 345 | English Literature of the Renaissance | 3 |
EN 348 | Milton and the 17th Century | 3 |
EN 350 | 18th-Century British Literature (1660-1800) | 3 |
EN 351 | Studies in Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
EN 352 | British Romanticism (1785-1832) | 3 |
EN 355 | Victorian Literature (1832-1901) | 3 |
EN 361 | Origins of U.S. Literature (1492-1865) | 3 |
EN 365 | The American Renaissance (1830-1865) | 3 |
EN 366 | Modern U.S. Literature (1900-1945) | 3 |
EN 367 | Contemporary U.S. Literature (1945-Present) | 3 |
EN 373 | Modernist American Poetry | 3 |
EN 390 | Environmental Writing | 3 |
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