A List of Possible Minors
Ph.D. students in English may take minors in the following departments and programs: American studies, Afro-American studies, art history, Cognitive Science, Communication and Culture, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Eighteenth-century Studies, Folklore, French, Gender Studies, German, Greek, History, Italian, Journalism, Latin, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Renaissance Studies, Slavics, Spanish, Theatre and Drama, Victorian studies, and West European studies. Requirements for the minor are set by the minor department or program.
The Department of English has offered the following minors: American Literature, British Literature, Children’s Literature, Pedagogy, Creative Writing, English and Germanic Philology, English Language, and Textual Studies. Minors within the department must be approved by the Director of Graduate Studies.
Some of the more common minors
American Studies. G603 [Introduction to American Studies], G751 [Seminar in American Studies], and either G620 [Colloquium in American Studies] or four hours in G753 [Independent Studies] or a course outside English approved by the Director of the American Studies Program.
Biblical and Literary Studies. Four courses in biblical literature and in the history of biblical interpretation, to be selected in consultation with the Director of the Institute for Biblical Studies.
Biblical Studies also offers a certificate requiring eight courses in biblical literature, the history of biblical interpretation, and the theory and practice of literary criticism, including I600.
CEPS (Comparative Ethnic & Postcolonial Studies). Students must take four courses and participate in a colloquium series (2 credits). Courses include: Introduction to Comparative Ethnic and Postcolonial Studies; one further course each in ethnic and in postcolonial studies; and one course of the student's choosing, subject to approval by the minor advisor. At lease one course must be outside the English Department. Students will participate in an on-going coloquium series. In one semester students will formalize that participation by registering for 2 credits, attending regularly, and presenting their own research (either an advanced seminar paper, an article prepared for publication, or the forerunner of the dissertation proposal).
Children's Literature. Twelve hours in courses approved for the minor; for students in English, to include one course outside the English Department; for students from other departments, to include one course outside English and their own departments.
Cultural Studies. Sixteen (16) hours of credit in courses approved for the Cultural Studies Program, including C601 and either C701 or C790. The other courses must be approved by one of the program’s directors.
Eighteenth-Century Studies. Administerd by the Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies. The minor requires 16 credit hours in courses approved by the Program in Eighteenth-Century Studies; courses for the minor must be taken in a least threee different departments, including the student's own. (Exceptions will only be entertained in unusual circumstances). At least one approved seminar (usually at the 700-level) is needed to complete the minor. All students must also take the PhD minor gateway course, a broad introduction to interdisciplinary work in the eighteenth century. The gateway course for each semester is advertised on the Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies website.
English and Germanic Philology. Four courses to include G601 [Old English] and at least one of the other older Germanic languages, i.e. German G632 [Gothic], G635 [Old Norse], G638 [Old High German], G639 [Old Saxon], and G640 [Middle High German]. The remaining courses may be chosen from among English G602 [Middle English], G655 [History of the English Language], L710 [Beowulf], L711 [Old English Literature], German G532 [History of the German Language], G625 [Colloquium in Germanic Linguistics, when the topic is appropriate], G629 [Reading Middle High German], G636 [Old Icelandic Literature], G835 [Seminar in Germanic Linguistics, when the topic is appropriate], and any of the remaining older Germanic languages listed above. Also offered is a certificate in English and Germanic philology, requiring four courses in addition to the four required for the minor.
Feminist Critical Studies. Emphasizes feminist criticism and theory. Four courses (at least 15 hours of credit) including L663 [Introduction to Feminist Critical Studies] and at least one course outside the department; each course must be passed with a grade of B+ (3.3) or higher. Relevant courses include L605, L700, L707, and L773, Fine Arts A474 and A674, Cultural Studies C601 and C602, Communication and Culture C551 and C604, and Telecommunications T651 in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies.
Film Studies. Four courses in film from at least two different departments chosen in consultation with the Chair of the Film Studies Committee.
Gender Studies. Twelve hours of coursework including G602 [Survey of Contemporary Research in Gender Studies: the Humanities] or G601 [Survey of Contemporary Research in Gender Studies: The Social and Behavioral Sciences], plus nine hours of additional work in courses approved for Gender Studies. Please note that at least tow courses must be taken outside the English department, and at least three hours of this coursework must be taken in the Social or Behavioral Sciences.
Literacy Studies. Jointly administered by the Department of English and the School of Education, the minor requires a minimum of four courses, including English L502, Education L630, and two courses selected from an approved list, at least one of which must be outside the English Department. For School of Education students, three of the four courses must be outside the student’s major area. Students should confer with one of the advisors of the Literacy Studies minor; their names can be obtained from the Director of Graduate Studies.
Literary Theory. One course from the following Comparative Literature courses: C503 [Topics in World Criticism and Theory I], C504 {Topics in World Criticism and Theory II], C601 [Studies in the History of Theory and Criticism], C602 [Contemporary Theoretical Issues and Approaches]; one course from the following English courses: L605 [Literary and Critical Theory], L607 [History of Literary Criticism to the Enlightenment, L608 [History of Literary Criticism from 1750 10 1960], G660 [Stylistics], and L707 [Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism]; and a third course chosen from the above lists or from relevant courses offered by other departments. Students should check with the Director of Graduate Studies for information about course selection.
Literature and Science. The Literature and Science minor consists of four courses. Two of the four will be English Department courses from the area of literature and science. One of those English courses will be L769 Literature and Science, the “core” courses for the minor. The non-English department courses will either come from a relevant science, or from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science or from some other relevant (nonliterary) discipline. The minor will be administered by the Director of Graduate Studies in English, in consultation with the literature and science faculty as necessary.
Medieval Studies. Four courses outside the English Department in Medieval Studies form at least two different departments to include one from the following list: M500 [Bibliography of Medieval Studies], M502 [Colloquium in Medieval Studies], L300 [Intensive Introduction to Classical and Medieval Latin], L409 [Readings in Medieval Latin], and L611 [Palaeography of the Latin Script].
Medieval Studies also offers a certificate requiring four medieval courses in English and five courses in the medieval period from other departments, including two from the minor list above [excluding M502]. Courses for the minor or certificate should be selected in consultation with the Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies.
Performance Studies. Four courses to include Introduction to Performance Studies (Folklore F750 and cross-listed in other departments) and three others from such departments and programs as English, Anthropology, Film Studies, Fine Arts, and Folklore.
Renaissance Studies. Four courses in Renaissance Studies, to include R501 [Renaissance Civilization] and R502 [Topics in Renaissance Civilization].
Renaissance Studies also offers a certificate requiring, in addition to the minor courses, five additional Renaissance courses in any department. R503 [Independent Study] is recommended. Students should consult the Director of Renaissance Studies in selecting their courses.
Victorian Studies. Offers a certificate as a substitute for a minor requiring sixteen hours in courses in Victorian Studies. One course must be chosen from V611 [Victorian Britain: Culture and Society 1820-1900], V701 [Studies in Victorian England], V711 [Social Science and Social Philosophy in the Victorian Age], and V805 [Readings in Victorian England], and at least four additional hours must be in course work outside the English Department.
Western European Studies. Twelve hours in West European Studies courses, to include W301-W302 [Contemporary Western Europe, 6 credits]; good knowledge of at least one approved continental West European language.
Internal Minors
The English Department offers internal minors in fields not usually covered (especially to the depth allowed by the minor) in traditional Ph.D. programs. These minors, consisting of three English courses, thus serve the same purpose of broadening the student’s Ph.D. program that the external and interdisciplinary minors do. Descriptions of, and requirements for, these minors follow.
American Literature. Three courses (in addition to those satisfying the distributional requirement) in a well-defined field in American literature (e.g. Twentieth-Century American Literature); open only to students whose major field of interest is British literature by permission of the Director of Graduate Studies.
British Literature. Three courses (in addition to those satisfying the distributional requirement) in a well-defined field in British literature (e.g. Medieval literature, the novel, drama);l open only to students whose major field of interest is American literature by permission of the Director of Graduate Studies.
Creative Writing. W611-W612 [Writing Fiction I-II] or W613-W614 [Writing Poetry I-II] plus four hours of W664 [Topics in Current Literature] or W680 [Theory and Craft of Writing]. Students must apply to the Creative Writing Committee if they wish to pursue this minor. Poets must submit at least ten poems. Fiction writers must submit at least 25 pages of fiction. Contact the Director of the Creative Writing Program.
English Language. Three courses (in addition to the one satisfying the distributional requirement) in English Language courses, to be chosen from G601 [Old English], G602 [Middle English], G603 [Old Irish], G651 [American English], G655 [History of the English Language], G660 [Stylistics], and L680 [Studies in Literary Theory: a special section devoted to textual editing], and L701 [Descriptive Bibliography and Textual Problems}.
Pedagogy. Twelve hours (three courses) in Pedagogy, normally W500 [Teaching Composition: Issues and Approaches], W602 [Contemporary Theories in Rhetoric and Composition], and L503 [Teaching of Literature in College]; plus three hours to be chosen from W502 [Fields of Editing], W602 [Contemporary Theories in Rhetoric and Composition], and L502 [Contexts for the Study of Writing]; plus a seminar in Rhetoric or Literacy such as L705 [Problems in Composition, Literacy, and Culture] or L790 [Independent Study], although substitutions are possible depending on the background and interests of the student.
Textual Studies. Twelve hours of course work in descriptive and analytical bibliography, textual theory and criticism, and textual editing, normally L501 [Introduction to Graduate Studies], L680 [Studies in Literary Theory: a special section devoted to textual editing}, and L701 [Descriptive Bibliography and Textual Problems]. |
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