The English Minor

Why minor in English? Because you love your major, but you also love reading. Because culture lifts your spirits. Because you want to write elegantly and persuasively, and employers value communication as a top skill for graduates. Because you want to help others love literacy and use communication, too. Because it is a very flexible minor, letting YOU choose your path.

Because you’ve probably already taken some of the courses required! You may be halfway there.

The minor consists of five undergraduate courses for a minimum of 15 total credit hours. Courses that fulfill minor requirements may also be used to fulfill the university’s General Education requirements.

Requirements

  • 3 credit hours of any literature course
  • 3 credit hours of an upper-level writing course (English 3304, 3305, 3398, 3405, 3467S, or 4567S)
  • 9 credit hours of any other English course 3000-level or above
    • One of these 9 credit hours can be your English 2367 GE requirement
    • Another of these 9 credit hours can be a course that also fulfills your Arts & Humanities literature requirement, your Arts & Humanities visual/performing arts requirement, or your Arts & Humanities culture and ideas requirement

The English Minor can be started and completed at Ohio State’s Newark campus.

Interested? Talk to your advisor or one of our English faculty to learn more.

For more information, download the official OSU English Minor sheet.