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Program Description

The Department of Literatures in English offers three minors: “Creative Writing,” “English,” and “Minority, Indigenous, and Third World Studies” (MITWS). English majors can complete any minor except English.

Academic Standards

Grade Requirements

All courses must be taken for a letter grade. Grades of S/U or SX/UX will not be accepted.

Each course must be completed with a grade of C or better to count toward the minor.

Minor Declaration Information

Students interested in minoring with the department should submit the Intent to Minor form as soon as possible. To declare a minor, students should submit the declaration form as soon as all classes to be used are known, and no later than the end of the seventh week of their final semester.

Visit the English Minors Guide for the declaration forms and more information.

Successful completion of the minor will be noted on students’ official transcripts after their conferral date and when processing by their college's Registrar is complete.

Program Information

• Minimum Credits for Minor: 15

Minor Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Elective Courses 1
Students minoring in English may distribute their eligible courses from categories such as literature, creative writing, and critical writing/creative nonfiction. 2		15-20

¹

A maximum of three creative writing courses may be applied to the minor, and creative writing or expository writing courses repeated for credit may only be applied once.

²

Courses offered by the department and all crosslisted courses quality for the minors, even if the student is not enrolled in the ENGL section. 

First-Year Writing Seminars may not be applied toward the minors.

A maximum of one 1000-level course may be applied to the minors.

A maximum of one course at the 2000-level or higher from transfer, study abroad, independent study, or another Cornell department on subjects related to literary study, even if focused on literatures not originally in English, may qualify if approved by the department.