Language Arts Minor

The requirements for a language arts minor are 26 credit hours (with at least 9 hours at the 300 or 400 level), including:

A. Required Courses

• ENG 160 Introduction to Literature
• ENG 205 Children’s Literature
• ENG 260 Approaches to Literary Studies
• ENG 317 The English Language: History, Structure, and Grammar

B. Students minoring in language arts must also take one film course, such as:

• HUM 290 Twentieth Century Studies: Film
• HUM 303 Contemporary Studies: The Movies
• HUM 306 From Novel to Film
• HUM 340 French Film Comedy
• ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film

And one of the following:

• HUM 330 Arab and Asian Studies
• HUM 332 Latin American Studies
• HUM 333A African Studies I
• HUM 333B African Studies II
• HUM 334 North American Studies
• HUM 335 Caribbean Studies

Select from the following to equal 26 credit hours:

• ENG 203 Literature: The Short Story
• ENG 206 Introduction to Poetry
• ENG 207 Introduction to Mass Media
• ENG 222 Introduction to African-American Literature

-OR-

• ENG 322 Studies in African-American Literature
• ENG 241 History of the Drama
• ENG 275 Introduction to Classical Literature and Mythology
• ENG 301 British Writers I
• ENG 302 British Writers II
• ENG 310 American Literature I
• ENG 311 American Literature II
• ENG 320 Selected Writers
• ENG 321 Modern Poetry
• ENG 331 Contemporary Drama
• ENG 333 Detroit in Literature
• ENG 350 World Literature
• ENG 351 Shakespeare
• ENG 352 The Novel
• ENG 353 Contemporary Literature of Africa
• ENG 361 Shakespeare on Film
• ENG 370 Literature by Women

C. Electives