English: Writing, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 15
Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9
Program Code: N377
The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.
No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement.
Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Department of English.
Required Courses
Students must successfully complete at least 15 hours in writing courses beyond the first-year level, at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose fifteen (15) hours in writing courses beyond the first-year level, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level. | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
Writing courses that fulfill the requirements for the minor in writing include:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 2113 | Intermediate Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 2123 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 2133 | Autobiographical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3103 | Topics in Advanced Composition | 3 |
| ENGL 3123 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3133 | Poetry Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3143 | Studies in Literacy and Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENGL 3153 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3163 | Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities | 3 |
| ENGL 3173 | Histories of Writing, Rhetoric and Technology | 3 |
| ENGL 3223 | Oklahoma Writers/Writing Oklahoma | 3 |
| ENGL 4943 | Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing | 3 |
- Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.