English Minor < University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Department of English and Comparative Literature is a vibrant and diverse department with a global reach. Our course offerings present a diversity of approaches to the study, production, and appreciation of literary and nonliterary texts.

Requirements

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:

take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.

For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.

The English minor consists of five courses:

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Requirements
ENGL 120	British Literature, Medieval to 18th Century ^H	3
One course from Survey II in the core curriculum for the English and Comparative Literature major (see list below)		3
Three (3) additional ENGL courses, with at least two (2) at or above the 200 level. ¹		9
Total Hours		15

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

¹: Excluding ENGL 100, ENGL 105, ENGL 105I, ENGL 110, and ENGL 191.

English (ENGL) course descriptions.

Survey II Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 151	Nineteenth-Century American Literature	3
ENGL 152	Twentieth-Century American Literature	3
ENGL 117	Arguing on the Internet: Rhetoric in the Age of Social Media	3
ENGL 121	British Literature, 19th and Early 20th Century ^{H, F}	3
ENGL 122	Introduction to American Literature ^H	3
ENGL 124	Contemporary Literature	3
ENGL 129	Literature and Cultural Diversity ^{H, F}	3
CMPL 130	Great Books II ^H	3
CMPL 131	Great Books II: Savage, Native, Stranger, Other	3
CMPL 132	Great Books II: Performance and Cultural Identity in the African Diaspora	3
CMPL 133	Great Books II: Imaging the Americas from the Late 18th Century to the Present	3
CMPL 134	Great Books II: Travel and Identity ^H	3
CMPL 142	Visual Culture II	3

H	Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

F

FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute.

See the program page here for special opportunities.