If you are a graduate student from another major, you may obtain a graduate minor in an English department graduate major at the same or lower degree level as your major. To do so, you first need to find an English department Graduate Faculty member in the appropriate major to help you identify the required minor courses and to serve on your Academic Plan Committee. That professor’s name and approval/signature as well as that of the DOGE in the English department are required when you submit required forms and the Graduate College Academic Plan in your Workday account.
Available graduate minors
English, Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication, Teaching English as a Second Language/Applied Linguistics
A graduate minor at the MA level requires 9 credits of English, 6 of which must be at the 5000 or 6000 level in the respective major.
Creative Writing and the Environment
This program requires 12 credits in English department’s creative writing courses at the graduate level, not counting thesis credits; 3 of these credits must be ENGL 5500: Craft and Professional Practice.
Applied Linguistics and Technology and Rhetoric and Professional Communication
A graduate minor in these PhD areas requires 12 credits in English department courses not counting dissertation credits; 9 of these credits must be at the 5000-6000 level.
Please consult the English Graduate Program Handbook for more information.