English
Minor Department of English · UC Irvine · 2026-2027 Catalog
The English minor offers students in other majors an opportunity to study the global literatures written in English—British and American, African, Asian and Australasian—from historical, cultural, and theoretical perspectives. It attends to literary forms, their evolution and traditions, while emphasizing the diversity of literature’s motives, occasions, influences and effects. Along with the considerable pleasure of reading the myriad expressions of literary art in English, what humanity has to say about itself over centuries and continents, the minor provides a substantial education in critical analysis and argument.
Requirements
Seven courses (28 units) are required for the minor.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| A. Select three of the following: | ||
| ENGLISH 8 | Multicultural American Literature | |
| ENGLISH 9 | Shakespeare | |
| ENGLISH 10 | Topics in English and American Literature | |
| ENGLISH 11 | Society, Law, and Literature | |
| ENGLISH 12 | Young Adult Fiction | |
| ENGLISH 15 | Introductory Seminar in English: Topics in Literary Studies | |
| ENGLISH 16 | The Craft of Poetry | |
| ENGLISH 17 | The Craft of Fiction | |
| B. Select at least four Departmental (English, Literary Journalism, Writing) courses numbered 102 or above, excluding LIT JRN 198, LIT JRN 199, WRITING 139W, and WRITING 197. An upper-division course in a foreign literature in the original language or in translation may be substituted for one of these four courses. Two courses from the following may also be substituted: | ||
| ENGLISH 100 | Introduction to Literary Theory | |
| ENGLISH 101W | Undergraduate Seminar in Critical Writing: Topics in Literary History | |
| WRITING 101W | Undergraduate Seminar: Applications in Literary Theory and Criticism for Creative Writing | |
Residence Requirement for the English Minor: Four upper-division courses must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the department undergraduate chair.