Explore Literary Traditions with an English Minor at Lindenwood University 

Do you love to read? Is a library your favorite place to spend an afternoon? Consider adding an English minor to your college experience! A minor in English can be great to combine with any major degree program across the University, as it enables you to develop your critical reading, thinking, and writing skills, which are essential in any career. Best of all, you get to build these skills while reading and discussing some of the best works of literature in the world! 

An English minor requires 18 credit hours. In this minor, you will study a wide variety of texts, from periods ranging from the medieval to the modern era.  

Here is a sampling of some courses you could take: 

• ENGL 22200 - Writing about Reality 
• ENGL 33300 - Shakespeare 
• ENGL 34101 - London in the Eighteenth Century 
• ENGL 34200 - Politics, Passion, Poetry and Problems: The Romantic Movement 
• ENGL 34300 - Victorians: Vile or Virtuous? 
• ENGL 34400 – Latinx Literature 
• ENGL 35400 - Finding Home: Space, Place, and Identity in American Literature 
• ENGL 37100 - Reading and Writing of the Young Adult Novel 
• ENGL 40400 - History of the English Language 
• CAH 36500 - Digital Research 

Additionally, our faculty frequently offer special topics courses that allow you to explore subjects of particular interest more deeply. 

Learn more about the requirements for the English minor here!  

Interested in studying English? Contact us for more information about how to add this minor to your degree program!