English and Creative Writing Minor

Minor Requirements

A minor in English and Creative Writing gives you flexibility to choose an area of concentration that particularly interests you (e.g. creative writing, a specific historical period, a particular genre, or literature by women, etc). The minor consists of five courses (20 credits) chosen in consultation with your English and Creative Writing department advisor, with the following stipulations:

• No more than two 100-level courses may count towards the minor. 
• No internships or preceptorships may count towards the minor
• No more than one literature course taken on a study abroad program may count towards the minor (for which prior approval of the chair is required)
• Neither AP nor IB nor ENGL 101 - College Writing   may count towards the minor
• ENGL 125 - Studies in Literature   taken at Macalester may count towards a minor, but when it is granted by the Registrar as credit for AP or IB it may not count.