Literature and Culture, Minor

The Minor in Literature & Culture

Overview

The minor in Literature & Culture is offered by the Department of English and available to all undergraduate students, including English majors. If you wish to declare a minor in Literature & Culture, please make an appointment with the staff advisor, Laura E. Donaldson. For more information, visit the Literature & Culture web page.

Double Counting

Students who have a minor in English as well as a primary and/or an additional major in English may not double count any English courses with that minor. Otherwise, up to two courses from the minor may double count with programs outside of the English Department. Courses that meet the various requirements are advertised on a semester-by-semester basis. Full descriptions are available each semester on the Department's Courses web page.

Transfer Courses

Students may transfer in a maximum of one advisor-approved course from an institution outside of Carnegie Mellon University, with the exception of 76-2xx Introductory Genre Writing Course and 76-275 Introduction to Critical Writing, to count toward a minor.

Courses that meet the various requirements are advertised on a semester-by-semester basis. Full descriptions are available each semester on the Department's Courses web page.

Curriculum

Complete 6 courses and a minimum of 54 units. At least one course (at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level) must focus on a period of 1900 or before. Applicable courses have an asterisk (*).

Required Courses (2 courses)18 units

Required Courses		Units
76-275	Introduction to Critical Writing	9
76-212	Introduction to TV Writing	9
or 76-260	Introduction to Writing Fiction
or 76-261	Intro to Writing Creative Nonfiction
or 76-265	Introduction to Writing Poetry
or 76-269	Introduction to Screenwriting
		18

200-Level Literature & Culture Courses (2 courses)18 units

Course options include but are not limited to the following:

200-Level Literature & Culture Courses
76-203	Literature & Culture in the 18th Century ^*	9
76-207	Special Topics in Literature & Culture Topic and instructor vary by semester.	9
76-210	Banned Books	9
76-217	Literature & Culture of the 20th and 21st Century	9
76-220	Mystery! From Detective Fiction to True Crime	9
76-221	Books You Should Have Read By Now Topic and instructor vary by semester.	9
76-230	Literature & Culture in the 19th Century ^*	9
76-236	CMU Prison Education Project:	12
76-239	Introduction to Film Studies	9
76-241	Introduction to Gender Studies	9
76-242	American Woman Writers	9
76-244	Immigrant Fictions	9
76-245	Shakespeare: Tragedies & Histories ^*	9
76-247	Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances ^*	9
76-259	Film History	9
76-268	Comic Books & Pop Culture	9
76-278	Japanese Film and Literature: The Art of Storytelling	9
76-295	Russian Cinema: From the Bolshevik Revolution to Putin's Russia	9
76-296	20th Century Russian Masterpieces	9
76-299	19th Century Russian Masterpieces ^*	9

300- or 400-Level Literature & Culture Courses (2 courses)18 units