UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Degree Requirements

English Minor

English Minor Liberal Arts: 24 cr. hrs.


Required courses: 18 cr. hrs.
ENGL 251 Advanced Composition 3 cr.
ENGL 253 Introduction to Literary Studies 3 cr.
ENGL 321 The English Language: History and Culture 3 cr.
ENGL 335 Shakespeare 3 cr.
Select one American survey course*
ENGL 324 Survey of American Literature I, Origins-1900 3 cr.
OR
ENGL 325 Survey of American Literature II, 1900-1980 3 cr.
Select one British survey course*
ENGL 331 Survey of English Literature I, 650-1800 3 cr.
OR
ENGL 332 Survey of English Literature II, 1800-Present 3 cr.
*One survey course must cover the period before 1800.

Directed Electives: 6 cr. hrs.
Select one genre course: 3 cr. hrs.

ENGL 230 International Short Fiction 3 cr.
ENGL 231 The Short Story 3 cr.
ENGL 232 Contemporary Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 233 Introduction to Poetry 3 cr.
ENGL 234 Modern Novels 3 cr.
ENGL 444 Major Authors 3 cr.

Select one period course, English, American or International: 3 cr. hrs.
ENGL 341 European Literature (19th Century) 3 cr.
ENGL 422 Renaissance Drama 3 cr.
ENGL 423 17th Century Prose and Poetry 3 cr.
ENGL 426 Victorian Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 427 Modern British Literature: 1890-1940 3 cr.
ENGL 428 Modern British Literature: 1940-Present 3 cr.
ENGL 429 American Renaissance 3 cr.
ENGL 430 American Realism 3 cr.
ENGL 431 Modern American Fiction 3 cr.
ENGL 432 Contemporary American Literature 3 cr.
ENGL 441 Twentieth-Century International Literature 3 cr.