Program Requirements

Hours: 21

Writing - 3 hours

Choose one from the following:

COM 295 Writing for New Media Environments (3) LAS
ENG 290 The Story of Your Life: Writing Diaries, Memoirs & Autobiographies (3) LAS
ENG 300 Advanced Composition (3) LAS
ENG 370 Creative Writing: Poetry (3) LAS
ENG 371 Sem Creative Writing:Poetry (3) LAS
ENG 372 Creative Writing: Fiction (3) LAS
ENG 373 Sem Creative Writing:Fiction (3) LAS
ENG 374 Screenwriting Workshop (3) LAS
ENG 388 Feature Writing (3) LAS

Literature - 18 hours

Choose six courses from any literature course with an ENG prefix (coded as CL or LAS), excluding those listed in the writing category above

Minimum grade of "C" in all courses for the minor.
Residency requirement: 6 hours

Program Outcomes

Course work in English at Mount St. Joseph University will expose students to literary voices from a variety of cultures and time periods, give students the tools to become critical thinkers as they engage texts and their world, give students practice in writing critically, give students opportunities to develop their creative voices, and give students practice in working with and critiquing texts other than written ones.
Course work in English at Mount St. Joseph University will:

  • expose students to literary voices from a variety of cultures and time periods,
  • give students the tools to become critical thinkers as they engage texts and their world,
  • give students practice in writing critically
  • give students opportunities to develop their creative voices
  • give students practice in working with and critiquing texts other than written ones.