KSU Department of English

Minors Offered by the English Department

The English Department currently offers minors in Professional Writing, Film, and Language and Literary Studies. Each of these minors requires the completion of four courses, which must be beyond the courses required for the student's major. At least three of these four courses must be taken at Kennesaw State. The prerequisite for the majority of the needed courses is ENGL 2110, the general education world literature course. If you have questions about these minors, please contact Mike Tierce at 770.423.6612 or at mtierce@kennesaw.edu .

MINOR IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING

Select any four of the following courses:

WRIT 3100	Poetry Writing	WRIT 3130	Literary Nonfiction
WRIT 3107	Writing Short Films	WRIT 3140	Technical Writing
WRIT 3108	Feature Film Writing	WRIT 3150	Computers and Writing
WRIT 3109	Careers in Writing	WRIT 3160	Argumentative Writing
WRIT 3110	Playwriting	WRIT 4120	Advanced Creative Writing
WRIT 3111	Professional Editing	ENGL 4490	Special Topics in English (Must be a writing-based course approved by the English Department)
WRIT 3120	Fiction Writing

MINOR IN FILM

The following three courses are required for the minor:

FILM 3200*	Film History and Theory
FILM 3220	Studies in Film
FILM 4200*	Advanced Studies in Film

* Either of these courses can be taken a second time as the fourth course provided the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.

Select any one of the following courses as a fourth course:

FILM 3107	Writing Short Films	THTR 3213	Acting for the Camera
FILM 3108	Writing Feature Films	THTR 3703	Broadway to Hollywood: Musical Theatre on Stage and Film
COMM 4444	Film and Video Structure and Process	FL 4490 (film related)	Special Topics in Foreign Language

MINOR IN LANGUAGE AND LITERARY STUDIES

Select any four of the following courses:

Engl 3030*	Studies in Grammar and Linguistics	Engl 4360*	American Literature Before 1800
Engl 3035	Introduction to Language and Linguistics	Engl 4370*	British Medieval and Chaucerian Literature
Engl 3040	History of the English Language	Engl 4372*	British Renaissance Literature
Engl 3230*	Literary Genre	Engl 4374*	Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
Engl 3320*	Scriptural Literature	Engl 4380*	World Literature Before 1800
Engl 3330*	Gender Studies	Engl 4401*	Topics in African Literatures
Engl 3340*	Ethnic Literatures	Engl 4460*	19th-Century American Literature
Engl 3350*	Regional Literature	Engl 4470*	19th-Century British Literature
Engl 3360*	African American Literature	Engl 4480*	19th-Century World Literature
Engl 3400	Survey of African Literatures	Engl 4490**	Special Topics in English
Engl 3500*	Topics in African American Literature	Engl 4491	Major Figures in World Literature
Engl 3600*	Topics in African Diaspora Literatures	Engl 4560*	20th-Century American Literature
Engl 4220	Critical Theory	Engl 4570*	20th-Century British Literature
Engl 4230*	Theory-Based Studies in Literature	Engl 4580*	20th-Century World Literature
Engl 4340	Shakespeare

These courses can be taken more than once provided the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.
*Must be a language or literature-based course approved by the English Department.

INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS:

African and African American Studies Minor (Department of History and Philosophy) [.doc]

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updated: 25 March 2008