Minor in Writing & Literature

Students wanting to minor in Writing & Literature must complete the following:

• A minimum of 6 credits in courses designated as foundation courses. Foundation courses include 6 credits of work in WRI courses designated as minor prerequisites. These must include one writing course (WRI 234, Creative Writing and Literature, or WRI 207, Introduction to Creative Writing) and one literature course (WRI 210, Literary Studies: Ancient World Literature; WRI 230, Literary Studies: 19th Century U.S. Literature; or WRI 240, Literary Studies: Literature of the Pacific Rim).
• Students must receive a “B-” or better in each foundation course in order to declare a minor in Writing & Literature.

After completing these 200-level courses, students fulfill the remaining 6 credits of the minor through one writing workshop and one literature seminar in the yearlong Writing & Poetics Department, the Summer Writing Program, or some combination thereof.

A prospective major* who has completed one foundation course with a second in progress or who is currently enrolled in two foundation courses may be provisionally cleared to register for courses in the major with: * the understanding that the student needs to receive a “B-” or better before declaring the major, and * the understanding that, should the student fail to earn at least a “B-” in a foundation course, he or she will be required to complete the equivalent writing or literature course the subsequent semester and earn at least a “B-.” * A student who fails to earn a minimum of a “B-” will be unable to proceed with taking 300 or 400 level courses restricted to “majors only”* until an acceptable grade in an equivalent foundation course has been earned. * Each foundation course may be repeated once. * Upon earning a “B-” or better in the aforementioned foundation course(s), the prospective major* is responsible for going to his or her advisor to begin the declaration of major process before the end of the drop/add period of the semester subsequent to the satisfactory completion of the course(s).

*This also applies to students with a minor in Writing and Literature or Interdisciplinary students with a concentration in Writing and Literature.

The department does not require additional materials from a student to minor in Writing and Literature.