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College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English

113 Satterfield Hall
Tel: 330-672-2676
E-mail: english@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/english

The English minor offers students the opportunity to gain additional expertise in writing and the study of literature and language. It is an especially attractive complement to degrees in fine arts, foreign languages, history, sociology, psychology, business and journalism. 

 

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

ENGLISH MINOR REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
  ENG 24001 Introduction to Literary Studies 3  
  ENG
ENG		 25001
25004		 Literature in English I   or
Literature in the United States I		 3  
  ENG
ENG		 25002
25005		 Literature in English II   or
Literature in the United States II		 3  
  English Elective 1 3  
  Distribution Requirements:
Choose one course listed in the major from the following three areas: (1) historical courses (2) genre studies, cultural studies, literary theory and (3) writing and language studies		 9  
  MINIMUM TOTAL 21  
  1. Any 20000-, 30000- or 40000-level English courses, excluding ENG 21011, ENG 41009, ENG 41092, ENG 41192 and ENG 41292. No 10000-level English courses may be used to meet program requirements.

 

Graduation Requirements:

  • Minimum 9 of the 21 total credit hours must be upper-division.
  • Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA.
  • Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F).