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The English Department welcomes students majoring
in other programs who feel they would like to complement their studies, and
enrichen their cultural lives, by minoring in English. Such crossing of
disciplines makes even more sense today because the field of literary studies
like many other humanities fields—has in recent decades actively fostered
relations with the arts, social sciences, and science and technology. (See,
for example, the department's
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Site for Humanities Research
for a conceptual map of how literature currently intersects with other disciplines.)
Requirements of the Minor in English
(for students entering the minor after July 1, 2000)
(requirements for students who began the minor before this date)
Preparation
One lower-division course in English (4 units)
Upper Division
20 UD units, distributed as follows:
- 4.0 units of literature, pre-1700, chosen from: English 101, 105A-B-C, 110A-B, 115, 119, 144,
152A, 156, 157 or 162
- 4.0 units of literature from 1700-1900, chosen from: English 102, 103A-B, 126B-C,
137A, 169, 172, 179 or 180
- 12.0 units of English electives
Depending on course content the following courses may apply to area A or area B of the
upper-division minor; English 114AA-ZZ, 128AA-ZZ, 131, 132AA-ZZ, 133AA-ZZ, 134AA-ZZ, 151AA-ZZ,
16SAA-ZZ. Any of these courses apply automatically to area C. Contact the department to see
which courses will apply to areas A and B in a given quarter. Substitutions and waivers are
subject to approval by the chair of the department.
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis. This
includes both courses offered by the English Department and those offered by other departments
and applied to the minor.
How to Become a Minor in English
Students do not need to declare the minor. Once a student has completed the course work
outlined above, he or she can pick up a Request for Certification Form in the English
Department office, South Hall 2607. The following preconditions apply:
- Student UC grade-point average in pertinent upper-division courses is 2.0 or higher.
- No more than 5 upper-division units overlap between the English minor and the
upper-division portion of a student's major(s) or other minor(s). If the overlap
with a student's major(s) exceeds 5 upper-division units, then completion of
the English minor will not be formally recognized; if the overlap with other
minor(s) exceeds 5 upper-division units, then only the first minor reported
will be noted on the student's transcript.
- Students must have completed at least 12 of the upper-division requirements
for the minor while registered as a UCSB student.
- Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department.
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