{"id":498,"date":"2012-09-26T20:20:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T20:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/?page_id=498"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:08:13","slug":"english-studies-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/english-studies-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"English\/Writing Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The English\/Writing minor provides a basic understanding of the English language and literature. When combining this minor with a major, or with another minor, please contact a faculty member<\/a> in English and Writing to help you choose elective classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Information<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major and minor checksheets and the academic catalog are located on the Academic Degrees and Programs webpage at https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/academics\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites (not counted in the 30 credit minimum) :<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 136 Themes
WR 121 Expository Prose Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Required course:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ANY 200 – Level Literature Course Credits: 3+<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take one (1) of the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WR 222 Introduction to Rhetoric
WR 281 Writing in the Community<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take one (1) of the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WR 241 Introduction to Fiction Writing
WR 242 Introduction to Poetry Writing
WR 243 Screenwriting Fundamentals
WR 248 Introduction to Writing in Genres<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose one (1) of the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ENGL 371 British Literature before 1800
ENGL 372 British Literature after 1800
ENGL 381 American Literature before 1865
ENGL 382 American Literature after 1865<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose one (1) of the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WR 341 Intermediate Fiction Writing
WR 342 Intermediate Poetry Writing
WR 348 Intermediate Writing in Genres<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose one (1) of the following:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WR 360 Literacy, Discrimination, and Power
WR 393 Rhetoric of Public Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electives:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Minimum of 10 electives credits in English and Writing at the 200-level or above, a minimum of 5 of which must be at the upper-division (300+)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The English\/Writing minor provides a basic understanding of the English language and literature. When combining this minor with a major, or with another minor, please contact a faculty member in English and Writing to help you choose elective classes. More Information Major and minor checksheets and the academic catalog are located on the Academic Degrees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/498\/revisions\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/engwrite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}