This information is part of the Colgate University catalog, 2024-25.


Minor Requirements

Students minoring in English must take at least 6 courses:

  • at least one survey course
  • at least two courses at the 300 level in two of the historical periods
  • at least one 400-level seminar in literature
  • two electives at any level, only one of which may be a 100-level course

Students who declare an English minor in their 3rd and 4th years:

  • at least one literature course at the intermediate (300) level from each of three historical periods: medieval/early modern (to 1700), the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (1701-1900), the twentieth and twenty-first centuries (1901 to now)
  • at least one 400-level seminar in literature
  • two electives at any level, only one of which may be a 100-level course

GPA Requirement

Passing grades are required in six departmental courses, with a GPA of 2.00 averaged over all courses taken in the department.


English and Creative Writing Department

For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the  catalog page.