Minor - English
- A minor must contain at least 9 hours of upper division course work.
- Courses taken to satisfy Core Areas I through V may not be counted as course work in the minor.
- Courses taken in Core Area VI may be counted as course work in the minor.
Required Courses: (15 hours)
Five upper-division ENGL courses, at least three of which must be at the 4000 level
[3000-level
ENGL
courses require one 2000-level ENGL course or one 2000-level CMLT course]
[4000-level
courses require two 2000-level ENGL courses OR (one 2000-level ENGL course AND one 2000-level CMLT course), with the exception of ENGL 4000W,
Introduction to English Studies, which requires EITHER one 2000-level ENGL course OR one 2000-level CMLT course]
No more than two upper-division (3000-level or above) Advanced Writing and Composition courses may come from the following list:
ENGL 3590W
ENGL 3600W
ENGL 3800W or
ENGL 3800H*
ENGL 3801W*
ENGL 4800W**
ENGL 4830W
ENGL 4831W
ENGL 4832W
ENGL 4995*
**ENGL 4800W may not be repeated by
ENGL Minors.
*ENGL 3800W or
ENGL 3800H,
ENGL 3801,
ENGL 4800W and
ENGL 4995
may only be taken by Minors with Permission of the Department.
- Four courses must be taken at the University of Georgia;one course may be transferred from elsewhere.
- No Independent and Distance Learning courses count towards the English minor.
- A grade of "C" (2.0) or better must be earned in all minor courses.
TOTAL HOURS: 15
For more information about minor course work, contact:
Dr. Aidan Wasley, Undergraduate Coordinator
awasley@uga.edu
(706) 542-2171
or
Ms. Laurie Norris, Undergraduate Administrative Coordinator
lgn1013@uga.edu
We encourage students who wish to take more than the permitted number of Advanced Writing Courses to consider the Writing Certificate Program or the Area of Emphasis in Creative Writing in the English Major.
For more information about the Writing Certificate Program, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Davis, Coordinator, Writing Certificate Program, eadavis@uga.edu.
For more information about the Major in English with an Area of Emphasis in Creative Writing, please contact Ms. Jordana Rich, Creative Writing Program Coordinator, jerich@uga.edu.