English Literature Minor
For information, contact the Department of English, 356 Bachelor Hall, 513-529-5221.
This minor offers students a chance to use their elective hours to satisfy a personal interest, to strengthen their degree, or to enhance their career opportunities.
When you begin this minor, you must register with the chief departmental advisor, and you must check your progress with the advisor at least once a year until you complete the minor. Courses taken credit/no-credit will not count toward the minor. A minimum 2.00 GPA is required for all courses in the minor. This minor is open to all majors except English: Literature.
Program Requirements
(18 semester hours)
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required course | ||
| ENG 298 | Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies | 3 |
| 300 Level Requirement | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Medieval Literature | ||
| Sixteenth-Century English Literature | ||
| Seventeenth-Century English Literature | ||
| English Literature of the 18th Century | ||
| African American Writing, 1746-1877 | ||
| African American Writing, 1878-1945 | ||
| African American Writing, 1946-Present | ||
| British Romanticism, 1789-1837 | ||
| Victorian Literature, 1837-1901 | ||
| British Modernism, 1890-1945 | ||
| Ethnic American Literatures | ||
| Early American Literature | ||
| Topics in Film | ||
| Cultural Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Asian/America | ||
| Antebellum American Literature | ||
| American Realism and Naturalism | ||
| American Modernism | ||
| Contemporary American Literature | ||
| Women and Gender in Film | ||
| Interdisciplinary Special Topics | ||
| Shakespeare’s Principal Plays: Early Works | ||
| Shakespeare’s Principal Plays: Late Works | ||
| English Renaissance Drama | ||
| Studies in Drama and Performance | ||
| Studies in Poetry | ||
| Studies in Prose | ||
| 400 Level Requirement | ||
| Select 3 hours from the following: | 3 | |
| Major English and American Writers | ||
| Studies in Genre | ||
| Special Topics in Literary Study | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select 9 hours from unused 300 and 400 level courses above or the following (no more than 6 hours may be at the 100 level.): | 9 | |
| Popular Literature | ||
| Introduction to Poetry | ||
| Introduction to Fiction | ||
| Introduction to Drama | ||
| Books You Need To Read | ||
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Literature and Travel | ||
| Disability and Literature | ||
| Humanities and Technology | ||
| Literature and Film | ||
| Shakespeare and Film | ||
| The Short Story | ||
| Women Writers | ||
| Narrative and Digital Technology | ||
| GLBTQ Literature | ||
| Native American Literature | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Introduction to European Literature | ||
| Caribbean, Latin American, and Latinx Literatures | ||
| Children's Literature | ||
| Literature and Medicine | ||
| Environmental Literature | ||
| Colonial & Postcolonial Literature | ||
| English Literature to 1660 | ||
| English Literature 1660-1900 | ||
| English Literature 1901 to Present | ||
| American Literature to 1900 | ||
| American Literature 1900 to the Present | ||
| Contemporary American Fiction | ||
| Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory | ||
| Queer Theory | ||
| Black Feminist Theory | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |