British and American Literature Minor

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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