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Program Description

The Department of Literatures in English offers three minors: “Creative Writing,” “English,” and “Minority, Indigenous, and Third World Studies” (MITWS). English majors can complete any minor except English.

Students interested in minoring with the department should submit an online Intent to Minor minor intent form as soon as possible. To declare a minor, students should submit the applicable online minor declaration form as soon as all classes to be used are known, and no later than the end of the seventh week of their final semester.

Visit the English Minors Guide for the declaration forms and more information.

Successful completion of the minor will be noted on students’ official transcripts after their conferral date and when processing by their college's Registrar is complete.

Minor Requirements

Due to the writing-intensive nature of these courses,  the department discourages enrollment in more than one creative writing course per semester.

Students minoring in Creative Writing must complete the following courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 2800	Creative Writing	3
ENGL 3820	Narrative Writing	3
ENGL 3840	Poetry Writing	3
ENGL 4800	Advanced Poetry Writing	3
or ENGL 4801	Advanced Narrative Writing
Any English course in literature or cultural studies that is not a writing workshop and which otherwise qualifies for minor credit.		3

 Notes on course credits

• ​All coursework for this minor is in person, in Ithaca, unless otherwise noted. 
• Each minor requires students to pass five three- or four-credit full-semester courses at the 2000-level or higher with a minimum grade of C (no S/U grades). Courses offered by the department and all crosslisted courses quality for the minors, even if the student is not enrolled in the ENGL section. 
• First-Year Writing Seminars may not be applied toward the minors.
• A maximum of one course from transfer, study abroad, independent study, or upper-level literature courses from another Cornell department may qualify if approved by the department.