Options for a Ph.D. Minor
PhD Minor in Literature
Graduate Students in other Departments may minor in English literature. A minor in English literature requires at least twelve graduate credits in English with no grade lower than B. Candidates for this Option A Minor must secure advance approval of the courses from the Director of Graduate Studies in English before they can register for any of the courses that they wish to count towards this minor. Under some circumstances it may be possible to transfer graduate English courses completed at another institution to count towards the minor in English literature.
PhD Minor in Creative Writing
PhD students in other departments may elect an external Minor in Creative Writing. The requirement for the Minor in Creative Writing is 9 hours of graduate or advanced undergraduate workshops and one additional 3-credit elective by the students in consultation with the MFA Advisor. To be eligible to apply for the Minor, a PhD student must have already completed, or be currently enrolled in, an advanced-level workshop. Application for admission to the minor consists of the submission (by November 15 of the Fall semester, or April 15 of the Spring semester) of a writing sample in one or more genres (up to 30 pp. of fiction or creative non-fiction; up to 10 pp. of poetry), and a statement (1-2 pp.) justifying the minor's rele/vance to the student's current or future research and career plans.
PhD Minor in Composition & Rhetoric
PhD students in other departments may elect an external minor in Composition and Rhetoric. This minor is geared toward graduate students from a wide array of disciplines who seek an emphasis in the teaching of post-secondary writing, with an interest in rhetoric, literacy, and/or discourse analysis. Minors must complete 12 credits, generally in the form of four, 3-credit courses. Minors are encouraged to take English 700 (Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric) early in the sequence. Otherwise, any three-credit PhD course in Composition and Rhetoric will count toward the requirement. To learn more about the courses and seek permission to register, contact the Graduate Advisor in Composition and Rhetoric. An internal minor in Composition and Rhetoric is available to English PhD students in Literary Studies and Applied English Linguistics.
PhD Minor in English Language and Linguistics
PhD students in other departments may elect an external Minor in English Language and Linguistics (ELL). The requirement for the Minor in ELL is a plan of 12 credits in courses to be selected in consultation with an ELL faculty member and the ELL Graduate Advisor. Minors are encouraged to take English 713 (a graduate research and professionalism course). Any course in English Language and Linguistics may be included in the minor course plan with written approval by the ELL Graduate Advisor. To learn more about the courses, to obtain approval for a plan of courses,and seek permission to register in specific courses, contact the Graduate Advisor in English Language and Linguistics. An internal minor in EnglishLanguage and Linguisitcs is available to PhD students in composition and Rhetoric or English Literature.
Department of English
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