2024-2025 Catalog 
  
    Apr 28, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

English Literature (ENLI-MNR-AS) Minor

Location(s): Ferris Main Campus


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Minor

A minor in English Literature enhances any degree. Students who minor in English Literature are perceived by employers as having the needed communication and critical thinking abilities that are a premium in today’s workplace. The English minor allows students to explore a variety of cultures, perspectives, and human dynamics through the study of literature. The majority of courses are also writing intensive further adding to the graduate’s marketability in a workplace where the ability to write clearly and expressively is an asset.

Program Outcomes


  1. Analyze a variety of texts, including content, purposes, components, and meanings.
  2. Articulate the contexts (e.g., cultural, historical, rhetorical, aesthetic) and theoretical bases of texts and their production.
  3. Create professional-quality texts for a variety of audiences and situations.

Admission Requirements


This minor is open to all students enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program, and may only be awarded to those not pursuing a degree in this subject area.

New Student Admission Requirements


  • Students must be admitted to Ferris State University and pursuing a bachelor’s degree.

Transfer Student Admission Requirements


  • Students must be admitted to Ferris State University and pursuing a bachelor’s degree.

All Minor Requirements - 18 Credits Required


Minor Courses - 3 Credits Required


Genre Elective - 3 Credits Required


American Literature Elective - 3 Credits Required


British Literature Elective - 3 Credits Required


Diversity Elective - 3 Credits Required


Additional Elective - 3 Credits Required


Literature (LITR) Elective - 300 level or higher Credit Hours: 3

Notes


  • Students who return to the university after an interrupted enrollment, not including summer semester, must normally meet the requirements of the curriculum which are in effect at the time of their return, not the requirements which were in effect when they were originally admitted.
  • Credit Variance - Credits required may vary based on course placement, prerequisites, etc. If you have questions, contact your advisor.

Graduation Requirements


In order to graduate from Ferris State University, students must meet both University and Programmatic Graduation Requirements.

University Graduation Requirements


These are the minimum graduation requirements for a minor at Ferris State University:

  • A GPA of 2.00 or higher must be achieved for the courses within the minor.
  • A minimum of 18 credits within the minor must be earned.
  • A minimum of 50 percent of minor credits must be earned from Ferris State University to meet the Residency requirement.
  • A minimum of 9 of the credits in the minor must be at the 200 level or higher.
  • A maximum of one-third of the credits, but no more than 7 credit hours, in a minor may overlap with the student’s major.
  • Up to 6 credit hours may overlap between any two minors.
  • The minor must be completed prior to or at the awarding of a bachelor’s degree.

Programmatic Graduation Requirements


These are the additional graduation requirements mandated by the program:

  • All requirements as specified in the All Minor Requirements section must be met.
  • A GPA of 2.50 or higher must be achieved for the courses within the minor.
  • A minimum of 50 percent of the credits in the minor must be at the 300 level or higher.
  • A minimum grade of B- must be earned in both ENGL 150  and ENGL 250 .

Contact Information


Dr. Heather Pavletic
(231) 591-3033
[email protected]

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