English Minor

Students should schedule an appointment with an English advisor to declare and make a course plan. English Minor advising appointments can be scheduled at: Advising Appointments. The minor is designed for majors in other LSA departments and schools at the University of Michigan, and is not open to English majors.

Prerequisites

There is no prerequisite course for declaring the English minor. We recommend that students begin with a 200-level Foundations & Methods course. Students should schedule an appointment with an English advisor to declare the major.

Requirements

Minimum Credits: 15

1. FOUNDATIONS & METHODS (two courses, 6 credits total) 
   • one 200-level course from the approved list (3 credits)
   • one 300- or 400-level course (3 credits)
2. REGIONS (one course, 3 credits total)
   • one course (3 credits) from ONE subcategory below:
     • the Americas, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland
     • Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific Islands. 
3. TIME (one course, 3 credits total)
   • one course (3 credits) from ONE subcategory below:
     • Medieval and Early Modern
     • 18th and 19th Centuries
     • Modern and Contemporary
4. ELECTIVES The remaining 3 credits must be completed with electives. The department will offer in any one term a considerable range of courses designed to meet these requirements and electives. A list of which courses meet a given requirement will be available each year online at https://lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/english/en/undergraduate/english-major/program-requirements/course-requirements-lists-by-term.html or from an English department advisor.

Additional Notes:

• A total of two 200-level courses (no more than 6 credits) can count toward the minor. Because students must take one 200-level Foundations & Methods course to fulfill the Foundations & Methods 200-level requirement, they can count one additional 200-level course towards the minor. That second 200-level course can either satisfy the Time or Regions requirement or count as an elective.
• One 300/400-level creative/expository writing course (no more than 3 credits) can count toward the minor. 300/400-level creative/expository writing courses that count as an elective include:322  323  324  325  328  344  345  423  424  425  426  327/THTREMUS 327  427/THTREMUS 427  Transferred writing courses  WRITING 300
• ALA 325 - Putting Your Education to Work can now be counted toward elective English credits (1 credit)
• All courses counted toward the major must be completed with a grade of C- or better. Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in the minor.