Minor in Literature

For those who are majoring in another field, we offer a . Please contact the English Department Major Advisor for more information.

To be awarded a minor, at least 12 units of coursework must be completely distinct and separate from the coursework in the major (University Policy S16-4).

Important Forms

Minor in Literature Worksheet 

Course Requirements: 17-19 units

Complete two courses from: (6-7 units) 

  • ENGL 50 Beginnings to the "American" Experiment
  • ENGL 60 Literatures of the Atlantic World, 1680-1860
  • ENGL 70 Emerging Modernisms and Beyond

Select 11-12 units of upper division advisor approved Literature courses: (11-12 units)

  • ENGL 112A Children's Literature
  • ENGL 112B Literature for Young Adults
  • ENGL 113 Gothic and Horror Fiction
  • ENGL 115 The Bible as Literature
  • ENGL 116 Myth in Literature
  • ENGL 117A American Literature, Film, and Culture
  • ENGL 117B Global Film, Literature, and Cultures
  • ENGL 121 Introduction to Comparative Literature
  • ENGL 122 Topics in Comparative World Literature
  • ENGL 123A Literature for Global Understanding, the Americas
  • ENGL 123B Literature for Global Understanding, Africa
  • ENGL 123C Literature for Global Understanding, Oceania
  • ENGL 123D Literature for Global Understanding, Asia
  • ENGL 125 European Literature: Homer to Dante
  • ENGL 126 Holocaust Literature
  • ENGL 139 Visiting Authors
  • ENGL 140A Old English
  • ENGL 141 Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 142 Chaucer
  • ENGL 144 Shakespeare I
  • ENGL 145 Shakespeare and Performance
  • ENGL 146 Early Modern British Literature
  • ENGL 149 The Romantic Period
  • ENGL 150 The Victorian Age 
  • ENGL 151 20th and 21st Century Poetry
  • ENGL 153 Studies in the British Novel Before 1900
  • ENGL 162 American Literature Before 1865
  • ENGL 163 American Literature: 1865-1945
  • ENGL 166 American Literature Since 1945
  • ENGL 167 Steinbeck
  • ENGL 168 The American Novel
  • ENGL 169 Ethnicity in American Literature
  • ENGL 176 The Short Story
  • ENGL 177 Topics in Fiction Since 1900
  • ENGL 181 Special Topics
  • ENGL 182 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Literature
  • ENGL 183 Major Authors
  • ENGL 184 Queer Literary Studies

The following courses do not count for the Literature Minor: ENGL 100WB, ENGL 100W, ENGL 103, ENGL 105, ENGL 106, ENGL 107, ENGL 110, ENGL 120, ENGL 127, ENGL 128, ENGL 129, ENGL 130, ENGL 131, ENGL 132, ENGL 133, ENGL 134, ENGL 135, ENGL 137, ENGL 173, ENGL 199.