A. The English Minor

The requirements for the minor (for students entering Indiana University in the Summer 1998 and thereafter) are:

1. L202 (Literary Interpretation)
2. Departmentally approved courses representing two of the following periods in the history of literatures in English--beginnings through the sixteenth century, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, the nineteenth century, 1900 to the present.
3. 200- to 400-level electives, at least one of them at the 300-level or above, for a total of 15 hours.

   At least nine hours of these courses must be taken in residence on the Bloomington campus. Forms for declaration of the minor are available in the English Advising Office (Ballantine 442). Departmental approval can be arranged by the Undergraduate Secretary. Students whose major department requires a minor should consult with their adviser about additional or other requirements.

COURSES SATISFYING HISTORICAL-DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT

Beginnings Through the Sixteenth Century:
E301 - Literatures in English to 1600
L305 - Chaucer
L306 - Middle English Literature
L307 - Medieval and Tudor Drama
Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries:
E302 - Literatures in English, 1600-1800
L308 - Elizabethan Drama and Its Background
L309 - Elizabethan Poetry
L313 - Early Plays of Shakespeare
L314 - Late Plays of Shakespeare
L317 - English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century
L318 - Milton
L320 - Restoration and Early Eighteenth- Century Literature
L327 - Later Eighteenth-Century Literature
L347 - British Fiction to 1800
L350 - Early American Writing and Culture to 1800
The Nineteenth Century:
E303 - Literatures in English, 1800-1900
L332 - Romantic Literature
L335 - Victorian Literature
L348 - Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
L351 - American Literature 1800-1865
L352 - American Literature 1865-1914
L355 - American Fiction to 1900
L356 - American Poetry to 1900

1900 to the Present:
E304 - Literatures in English, 1900-Present
L345 - Twentieth-Century British Poetry
L346 - Twentieth-Century British Fiction
L354 - American Literature since 1914
L357 - Twentieth-Century American Poetry
L358 - American Literature, 1914-1960
L359 - American Literature, 1690-Present
L366 - Modern Drama: English, Irish, American, and Post-Colonial
L380 - Literary Modernism
L381 - Recent Writing
L383 - Studies in British and Commonwealth Culture (when subject is 20th Century)

B. The English Major with Concentration in Creative Writing

L202 - Literary Interpretation 3 hours
L371 - Critical Practices 3 hours

Historical-Distribution Requirement

Beginnings Through the Sixteenth Century 3 hours
Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries 3 hours
The Nineteenth Century 3 hours
1900 to the Present 3 hours
12 hours, of which at least 6 must be at the 300-level or above, chosen from the following list. At least one course must be either W381 or W383.
W203 - Creative Writing
W301 - Writing Fiction
W303 - Writing Poetry
W311 - Writing Creative Nonfiction
W401 - Advanced Fiction Writing
W403 - Advanced Poetry Writing
W381 - The Craft of Fiction
W383 - The Craft of Poetry

COURSES SATISFYING HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT

Beginnings Through the Sixteenth Century:

E301 - Literatures in English to 1600
L305 - Chaucer
L306 - Middle English Literature
L307 - Medieval and Tudor Drama

Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries:

E302 - Literatures in English, 1600-1800
L308 - Elizabethan Drama and Its Background
L309 - Elizabethan Poetry
L313 - Early Plays of Shakespeare
L314 - Late Plays of Shakespeare
L317 - English Poetry of the Early Seventeenth Century
L318 - Milton
L320 - Restoration and Early Eighteenth- Century Literature
L327 - Later Eighteenth-Century Literature
L328 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama
L347 - British Fiction to 1800
L350 - Early American Writing and Culture to 1800

The Nineteenth Century:

E303 - Literatures in English, 1800-1900
L332 - Romantic Literature
L335 - Victorian Literature
L348 - Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
L351 - American Literature 1800-1865
L352 - American Literature 1865-1914
L355 - American Fiction to 1900
L356 - American Poetry to 1900

1900 to the Present:

E304 - Literatures in English, 1900-Present
L345 - Twentieth-Century British Poetry
L346 - Twentieth-Century British Fiction
L354 - American Literature since 1914
L357 - Twentieth-Century American Poetry
L358 - American Literature, 1914-1960
L359 - American Literature, 1960-present
L366 - Modern Drama: English, Irish, American, and Post-Colonial
L380 - Literary Modernism
L381 - Recent Writing
L383 - Studies in British and Commonwealth Culture (when subject is 20th Century)