Program Requirements

1. Students must complete a minimum of 15 ENGL credit hours.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 9 upper-division (3000-level and above) ENGL credit hours.
3. Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all courses applied to the minor requirements.
4. Students must complete all minor courses taken at CU Denver and all transfer courses applying to minor requirements with a minimum grade of C- (1.7). Students cannot complete minor course requirements pass/fail.
5. Students must complete a minimum of 9 ENGL credit hours CU Denver English faculty.
6. A minimum of 6 credits must be taken at the upper division level.

Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations

1. Core composition courses (English 1020 and 2030) do not count toward the minor, nor does CLEP or AP credit.
2. Courses counted in the minor cannot be counted toward any of the English majors.
3. Internships are available for students who have completed over 60 credit hours and count toward the upper-division elective in the minor. Visit CU Denver’s Experiential Learning Center (ELC) for more (Tivoli 260). A faculty sponsor is required for all internships.
4. Students are encouraged to take ENGL 1020 and ENGL 2030 before beginning the minor. (ENGL 2154 and ENGL 2030 can be taken concurrently.)

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  A. Required Course Areas (four courses) 12 hours:

   

  Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric (take ONE as you begin the minor)

• ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies
• ENGL 2070 - Grammar, Rhetoric and Style

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  Multimedia (take ONE):

• ENGL 3084 - Multimedia Composition
• ENGL 4701 - Multimedia in the Community

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  Language Study (take ONE):

• ENGL 3160 - Language Theory
• ENGL 4601 - Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition
• ENGL 4651 - Second Language Writing

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  Advanced Writing Experience (take ONE):

• ENGL 4190 - Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies

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  B. Elective Course in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies (one course):

  ** A course does not count here and in the Required Course Areas above. The exception is English 4190. One 4190 is required in the above section (A: Required Course Areas), and one additional 4190 can count below (in B: Elective Courses), if elected. (A maximum of two 4190s in total.)

   

  Elective Courses in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies (take one) 3 hours:

• ENGL 2060 - Introduction to Writing & Digital Studies
    
• ENGL 2070 - Grammar, Rhetoric and Style
    
• ENGL 3084 - Multimedia Composition
    
• ENGL 3154 - Technical Writing
• ENGL 3160 - Language Theory
    
• ENGL 3170 - Business Writing
• ENGL 3405 - Topics in Writing
• ENGL 3416 - Magazine Writing
• ENGL 3995 - Travel Study
• ENGL 4175 - Writing in the Sciences
• ENGL 4180 - Argumentation and Logic
• ENGL 4190 - Advanced Topics in Writing & Digital Studies
    
• ENGL 4280 - Proposal and Grant Writing
• ENGL 4601 - Principles and Practices of Second Language Acquisition
    (by permission)
• ENGL 4651 - Second Language Writing
    (by permission)
• ENGL 4701 - Multimedia in the Community

 

TOTAL: 15 hours