British and American Literature Minor

The minor in British and American literature is designed to give you experience in reading, discussing, and writing about a variety of works by British and American authors. To complete the minor, you must take six courses, as follows (see lists below for offerings):

1. British and American Literature I (3701)

2. British and American Literature II (3702)

3. One upper-division American Literature course.

4. One upper-division British Literature course.

5. A second upper-division course in either American or British Literature.

6. Senior Seminar (4890)

TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS: 18


Upper-division American literature courses

Catalog # Title Hours
3770 American Literature in Historical Perspective 3
4862 Themes in American Literature 3
4864 Selected Topics in American Literature 3
3780 American Genres 3
4871 The Black Experience in American Literature 3

Upper-division British literature courses

Catalog # Title Hours
4830 Major Figures in British Literature 3
4862 Genres, Circles, and Movements in British Literature 3
4860 The Medieval World 3
4881 Shakespeare and His World 3
4882 The English Renaissance 3
4886 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature 3
4887 The Romantic Period 3
4892 Nineteenth-Century British Literature Studies 3
4895 Early Twentieth-Century British Studies 3
4896 British Literature from World War II to the Present 3