English Literature Minor
The English Department offers an undergraduate Literature Minor to students who have completed EGL 101 and EGL 102 and are enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs at Farmingdale State College. The English Literature Minor consists of 18 credits. Students must complete nine core credits and nine elective credits. Students must apply through the English Department, and specific course work must be determined in consultation with a full-time faculty member of the English Department. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in the English Literature Minor courses is required for awarding of the Minor upon graduation.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will analyze complex literary works within the context of the history and evolution of literary genre
- Students will analyze complex literary works in relation to specific historical, political and cultural contexts
- Students will analyze the interrelationship, both past and present, of complex literary works and disciplines such as philosophy, religion, science, medicine, psychology, sociology, music, art and education
- Students will demonstrate an enhanced understanding of literary terms and forms
- Students will demonstrate an enhanced ability to analyze language
- Students will demonstrate an increased sophistication in the use of language in both oral and written communication
- Students will demonstrate an enhanced ability to critically assess both online and print sources of literary criticism
- Students will demonstrate an enhanced ability to write sustained analysis of complex works of literature that incorporates secondary sources and readings
About Academic Minors
Farmingdale State College students are invited to enhance their studies with an "Academic Minor." A minor is a cluster of thematically related courses drawn from one or more departments. In addition to department based minors (e.g. computer programming & info systems), interdisciplinary minors are also available (e.g. legal studies).
Academic minors are approved by the College-Wide Curriculum Committee and the Provost. Students must make application for an academic minor through the department offering the minor in conjunction with the Registrar's Office Specific course work must be determined in consultation with a faculty member in the department offering the minor. A statement of successful completion of the academic minor will appear on the student's transcript at the time of graduation.
- A minor is considered to be an optional supplement to a student's major program of study.
- Completion of a minor is not a graduation requirement and is subject to the availability of the courses selected. However, if the requirements for a minor are not completed prior to certification of graduation in the major, it will be assumed that the minor has been dropped. Consequently, the student will only be certified for graduation in their primary major.
- Only students in 4 year baccalaureate programs can apply for a minor.
- A minor should consist of 15 to 21 credits.
- At least 12 credits must be in courses at the 200 level or higher.
- At least 9 credits must be residency credits.
- Specific requirements for each minor are determined by the department granting the minor.
- Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in their minor. Some minors may require a higher GPA.
- Students are prohibited from declaring a minor in the same discipline as their major (e.g. one cannot combine an applied math minor with an applied math major). Academic minors may not apply to all curricula.
- Students are permitted to double-count courses.
- Students are only permitted to take more than one minor with appropriate written approval of their department chair or curriculum Dean.
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
English & Humanities
Dr. Marlene San Miguel Groner
Knapp Hall, Room 13
934-420-2050
englishandhumanities@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
Fall 2022
Subject to revision
Core: (9 credits)
Survey Course - One course from the following part one survey courses offered by the Department:
| EGL 201 English Literature: Old English through the 18th Century |
| EGL 203 American Literature: Beginnings to 1865 |
| EGL 206 World Literature: Early Classics |
Survey Course - One course from the following part two survey courses offered by the Department:
| EGL 202 English Literature: 19th Century to the Present |
| EGL 204 American Literature: 1865 to the Present |
| EGL 207 World Literature: The Moderns |
Genre Course - One course from the following genre courses offered by the Department:
| EGL 210 Introduction to Drama |
| EGL 212 Introduction to Fiction |
| EGL 214 Introduction to Poetry |
Electives: (9 credits)
Three courses must be chosen from this list; at least two of the three courses must be 300-level:
A third 200-level survey course (see above), in addition to the two core survey courses
| EGL 200 Shakespeare |
| EGL 216 Creative Writing |
| EGL 222 Women in Literature |
| EGL 225 Images of Women in Drama |
| EGL 228 Classics and Mythology in Popular Culture |
| EGL 232 Immigrant Literature: Voices of Multicultural America |
| EGL 240 Themes in Science Fiction in Film and Literature |
| EGL 242 Film and Literature |
| EGL 244 Classics of Supernatural Film and Literature |
| EGL 246 Themes in Literature |
| EGL 250 Young Adult Literature |
| EGL 266 Fantasy in Literature and Film |
| EGL 269 The Romantic Arts: Art, Dance, Literature & Music |
| EGL 302 Nineteenth Century English Novel |
| EGL 307 Special Topics in Literature |
| EGL 308 The City in Literature, Art, Film and Theatre |
| EGL 309 Voices of Black America in Poetry, Prose and Song |
| EGL 312 Major Authors in American Literature |
| EGL 314 Major Authors in World Literature |
| EGL 316 Women in Modern American Literature |
| EGL 317 Studies in Shakespeare |
| EGL 319 Modern Drama |
| EGL 322 Leadership in Fact, Fiction and Film |
| EGL 323 Major Authors in British Literature |
| EGL 330 Ancient Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides |
| EGL 331 Death, Madness and Sex: The Victorians |