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Nov 03, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
English Studies Minor
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Mission
Provides personalized learning opportunities leading to advanced studies or a variety of careers including teaching, writing, editing, linguistics and literature. The various programs help students develop a broad knowledge of literature, language and writing to foster analytical and critical skills. Students encounter new ideas; appreciate aesthetic and practical language; become impassioned readers, writers and thinkers; and gain perspectives in assimilating and evaluating their new experiences.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop a broad grasp of the linguistic, literary, and rhetorical components of English as a field of study.
- Analyze how varied uses of the English language have contributed to American and global cultures.
- Apply theories and research methods as appropriate to analyze and produce texts for a variety of purposes.
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Core Courses
- Lower- or upper-division courses from English, Linguistics, Literature, or Writing Credits: 8
- Upper-division courses from English, Linguistics, Literature, or Writing Credits: 16
Note:
May not be combined with a major in any English Studies concentration. Students planning any English area minor need to be aware of prerequisites for upper-division courses. Planning with an advisor is essential.
Satisfactory Grade Use
Writing (WR) and Linguistics (LING) course requirements may be fulfilled with a grade of S.
Literature (LIT) course requirements may not be fulfilled with a grade of S. Do not select Satisfactory/No Credit grading for any LIT courses that will be used in the program.
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