English 
Hone your craft, whatever it may be.
Writing is essential in every subject.
Whether you’re studying business or political/legal studies, planning to attend graduate school for any subject, or have other plans, the minor in English can amplify your success. Develop yourself as a writer and deepen your understanding of the world. Sharpen your ability to analyze, empathize and pointedly criticize. Understand history and the human condition with perspective and purpose.
Students who minor in English develop the skills that virtually every profession seeks: excellent communication skills, analytical thinking, creativity, and self-management abilities.
Your English minor will include coursework in rhetoric and literature, with electives in areas of the English language that interest you most — World Masterpieces, Young Adult literature, Film, History, Analysis and Criticism and more.
Students who minor in English develop the skills that virtually every profession seeks: excellent communication skills, analytical thinking, creativity, and self-management abilities.Your English minor will include coursework in rhetoric and literature, with electives in areas of the English language that interest you most — World Masterpieces, Young Adult literature, Film, History, Analysis and Criticism and more.
The minor in English at William Woods University includes 6 required course credits and 12 required elective credits.
Minor Requirements
Core Credits: 3.00
| Students are introduced to the major genres of literature (fiction, poetry, and drama), as well as their attendant forms, conventions, and contexts. Students are also introduced to techniques for interpreting, analyzing, and commenting on literature, using the vocabulary of literary studies. Prerequisites: ENG101 credits: | Introduction to Literature -Q | 3 |
English Electives not including 099, 101 and 102 - 15 Credits
| Students critically examine the basic tenets of success film screenwriting (character, plot, motif, theme, etc.) and the relationship between screenwriting and central aspects of film production (casting, acting, cinematography, storyboarding, etc.) as manifested in various narrative films, both contemporary and classic in origin. Prerequisite: ENG210 and COM231 (or concurrent enrollment in COM232) credits: | Screenplay Analysis and Treatment | 3 |
credits: | Introductory Projects | 3 |
| A survey of English literature from Old English to the Romantic Period with emphasis on reading, interpretation, and criticism of representative works of major authors, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, and Johnson. Pre-requisite – ENG101 credits: | English Literature I -Q | 3 |
| A survey of English literature from the Romantic Period to the present with emphasis on reading, interpretation, and criticism of representative works of major authors, including Keats, Shelly, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Arnold, Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, and Woolf. Pre-requisite – ENG101 credits: | English Literature II -Q | 3 |
| Students study the basic elements of film production and meaning, with particular attention paid to defining and interpreting various aesthetic, technological, social, psychological, and philosophical aspects of cinema. Prerequisites – ENG 101 credits: | Introduction to Film Studies -Q | 3 |
| Students identify and interpret the narrative, visual, and genre conventions of classical Hollywood style. Additionally, students identify and interpret the defining characteristics of the major American film genres. Prerequisite – ENG101 credits: | Film Genres -Q | 3 |
| Creative Writing is considered from aesthetic and structural perspectives: students read and discuss contemporary writing in poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and/or drama; develop their expressive writing skills through writing assignments; discuss and evaluate concepts related to the aesthetic challenges writers face. Prerequisite – ENG101 credits: | Introduction to Creative Writing -X | 3 |
| A survey of American literature to 1860 with emphasis on reading, interpretation, and criticism of representative works of major authors. Prerequisite – ENG101 credits: | American Literature I -Q | 3 |
| A survey of American literature from 1860 to present with emphasis on reading, interpretation, and criticism of representative works of major authors. Prerequisite – ENG101 credits: | American Literature II-Q | 3 |
credits: | Independent Study | 3 |
| A study of modern English grammar, usage, and sentence structure. Students will identify grammar and syntax structures and apply those principles to their own and others’ writing. Prerequisite – ENG102 credits: | Grammar and Syntax | 3 |
| Students investigate an assess specific genres, stylistic movements, historical periods, artistic developments, etc. in cinema. The specific topic focus changes each time the course is offered, and the course may be repeated for credit as long as the topic focus varies each time a student is enrolled. Prerequisite – ENG210 credits: | Special Topics in Film | 3 |
| A study of the origins, changes and reasons for changes in the grammar, sounds and vocabulary of English from the beginnings of the language to modern times. Prerequisite – ENG102 credits: | History of the English Language | 3 |
| Students investigate and assess major critical perspectives narrative cinema, from the journalistic approach to the ideological/theoretical approach. Students distinguish between film reviewing and film criticism and apply what they learn to their own analysis of specific works. Prerequisite – ENG102 and (ENG210 or ENG215) credits: | Film Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| In this course, students will study the major schools of literary criticism, focusing on the formal (e.g. – deconstructive, reader-response, psychoanalytic) and the cultural (e.g. – Marxist, New Historicist, African-American, feminist) aspects of theory. Students will apply these theories to assigned works with recognized significance in the field. Students will write short responses to the theory and apply them. They will also undertake a major project where they undertake a fuller exploration of the two main approaches to theory (formal and cultural). Prerequisite – ENG280 credits: | Theory and Criticism of Literature | 3 |
| This course combines frequent writing practice with discussions of rhetorical theories and strategies for teaching writing. Students will examine how linguistic and rhetorical theories apply to the teaching of writing and how teachers may evaluate student writing constructively. The course also provides information about professional resources and ways to design effective writing courses, assignments, and instructional materials. Several writing assignments give students firsthand experience with instructional techniques; a term project permits students to design a writing course, examine professional issues, or conduct original research. Prerequisite – ENG102 credits: | Compositn for Prospective Teachers | 3 |
| A study of Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories, and of his cultural background. Prerequisites – ENG102 credits: | Shakespeare | 3 |
| A theoretical and practical study of the teaching of English at the secondary level. Not creditable toward the English major or minor. credits: | Methods of Teaching | 3 |
| Students design and create capstone projects and portfolios for the undergraduate English major, in which the program core objectives are synthesized and applied. Prerequisites – ENG102 and Senior Standing credits: | Humanities Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Requires a minimum of 120 clock hours in an approved work situation. In addition to submitting a log of work activities with dates and times, the student will develop a complete portfolio illustrating internship activities and outcomes, with brief explanatory texts. The student will also prepare a resume. Requires the permission of the division chair. credits: | ENG Internship II | 3 |
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