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English, Minor

This flexible minor, with many approved electives, allows students to follow their love of English into the realms of literature, rhetoric, linguistics, or creative writing. The departmental portfolio of coursework is ripe with possibilities for individual interests, including technical writing, poetry, film as literature, folklore, or women writers.

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  • A minor is earned in conjunction with a bachelor's degree.

    To receive a minor (18 - 24 units) at Northern Arizona University, you must complete a planned group of courses from one or more subject matter areas with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0. At least 12 units of the minor must be unique to that minor and not applied to any other minor.

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In addition to University Requirements:

  • Complete individual plan requirements.

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

No more than fifty percent of the units used to satisfy minor requirements may be used to satisfy major requirements.

Minimum Units for Completion21
Major GPAC

Purpose Statement

The minor in English introduces students to various approaches to the English language across the disciplines of Literature, Creative Writing, Rhetoric, and Applied Linguistics.
At the completion of the minor, students will have attained the high-level literacy skills and have practiced the research methods necessary to compete in graduate and professional schools, and to succeed in the workplace.

In the English minor, students have opportunities to develop an understanding of the close weave of logical thought and effective expression, to strive for more persuasive or creative uses of English, to cultivate knowledge and appreciation of literature from a variety of perspectives and cultures, to understand the structure of English and a range of issues related to its learning and use, and to recognize the global contexts of English.  The English Minor can thus help students prepare themselves to become productive, responsible members of the communities in which they live and work

Minors in English are encouraged to discuss upper-division courses with advisors in order to shape the program of study best suited to each student's interests and long-term plans.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Knowledge of language as a system, as well as knowledge about language change and variation over time and across demographics, cultures, and geographies.
  • Understanding of how effective writers and speakers adapt language to various purposes, and will show in their own work a knowledge of the operation of discourse features such as rhetorical situation, performative language, style, and diction, and the operation of different kinds of literacy.
  • Understanding of both emergent and established literary traditions, periods, and genres.
  • Knowledge of basic concepts and terminology in the study of literature, linguistics, rhetoric, and creative writing.
  • Knowledge of appropriate traditions and histories across the range of disciplines that make up the study of English, including literary and creative genres, disciplinary-specific canons, practical and professional writing formats and genres, types of rhetorical discourse, types of linguistic phenomena, and media/web format genres as they emerge.

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Minor Requirements
  • Take the following 21 units with a Grade of "C" or better in each course:

    Select one course from each of the following four areas (12 units):

    • Literature courses: ENG 230, ENG 231, ENG 232, ENG 242, ENG 243, ENG 245, ENG 247, ENG 253, ENG 261, ENG 266
    • Rhetoric courses: ENG 110, ENG 118, ENG 210, ENG 211, ENG 218
    • Creative Writing courses: ENG 270, ENG 271, ENG 272
    • Linguistics courses: ENG 121, ENG 220, ENG 223
    • Please note: you may count only one 100-level course toward this requirement.

      • Additional 300-level ENG coursework (6 units)
      • Additional 400-level ENG coursework (3 units)
  • At least 9 units of upper-division coursework for this minor must be taken at NAU.

    You may be able to use the following English courses to fulfill Northern Arizona University's diversity requirements and requirements for this minor. 

    • Ethnic Diversity: ENG 118, ENG 245, ENG 247, ENG 310W, ENG 345, ENG 445
    • Global Diversity: ENG 351
  • Some courses may have prerequisites. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.

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Jeff Berglund
Professor
Department of English
Part-Time Faculty
Cline Library
Jeff.Berglund@nau.edu
+1 928 523-9237
Liberal Arts , room 103
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Sherwin Jay Bitsui
Associate Professor
Department of English
Sherwin.Bitsui@nau.edu
+1 928 523-5651
Liberal Arts , room 132
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Vedran Dronjic
Associate Professor
Department of English
Vedran.Dronjic@nau.edu
+1 928 523-6273
Babbitt Academic Annex , room 318
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Laura A Gray-Rosendale
Professor
Department of English
Laura.Gray-Rosendale@nau.edu
+1 928 523-0956
Liberal Arts , room 106
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Kim Hensley Owens
Professor
Department of English
Kim.HensleyOwens@nau.edu
+1 928 523-6745
Liberal Arts , room 102
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Lawrence M Lenhart
Associate Professor
Department of English
Lawrence.Lenhart@nau.edu
+1 928 523-1587
Liberal Arts , room 140D or 315C
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Jess Martini
Lecturer
Department of English
Jess.Martini@nau.edu
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Luke Doyle Plonsky
Professor
Department of English
Luke.Plonsky@nau.edu
+1 928 523-8392
Babbitt Academic Annex , room 325
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Karen J Renner
Associate Professor
Department of English
Karen.Renner@nau.edu
+1 928 523-6012
Liberal Arts , room 331
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KT Thompson
Associate Professor
Department of English
KT.Thompson@nau.edu
+1 928 523-5140
Liberal Arts , room 115A
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Nicole Walker
Professor
Department of English
Nicole.Walker@nau.edu
+1 928 523-6207
Liberal Arts , room 107
Department of English
Location
Room 140 Building 18
Liberal Arts
705 S. Beaver Street
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6032
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6032
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6032
Email
english@nau.edu
Phone
928-523-4911