Minority, Indigenous, and Third World Studies (Minor)
College of Arts and Sciences
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.
The MITWS minor seeks to foster comparative thinking across domestic U.S. and international contexts, and coursework should engage with ethnic, indigenous, and/or national literatures including African, African American, Asian, Asian American, American Indian or Indigenous, Pacific Islander, Caribbean, and Latina/o.
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 an online Intent to Minor minor intent form as soon as possible. To declare a minor, students should submit the applicable online minor 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.