
Are you interested in minoring in English? Maybe you're a History or Political Science major hoping to enhance your profile for Law School, or a Computer Science major seeking to build your skills in digital, technical, and business writing. Perhaps you're majoring in Elementary Education and want to gain a background in creative writing, genre, and English instruction. Or maybe you love literature and want to learn more about how to build a life in writing and the arts.
Whatever your interests, minoring in English at Southern is simple: the minor consists of 18 credits, which allow you to focus on the history of British, American, and Multicultural Literature, Creative Writing, or Professional Writing, according to four pathways. The English Department also participates in several interdisciplinary minors, like the minor in Renaissance Studies.
English minors take at least 6 courses in the minor, according to one of the following specializations:
Education majors, particularly Elementary and Special Education majors, who wish to minor in English as part of their interdisciplinary second major select this program of study.
This is an interdisciplinary program at SCSU. The minor is based on a combination of your interests and consultation with the program coordinator (Professor Joel Dodson, dodsonj2@southernct.edu).
To declare a minor in English, stop in to speak to one of our staff or faculty members in the English Department office at Engleman D265A, or visit the Selection of Degree Program page directly in Banner. While faculty advisors are not formally assigned to English minors, contact the English Department Chair or Assistant Chair to request direction from an advisor in selecting your courses, or speak to one of English your instructors for further assistance.