SIS Code: 16WLM  Term Effective: 8/2003

Description

In keeping with the University's mission to provide an international curriculum, the World Literature minor offers N.C. State students, except for Language and Literature (LAN) and World Literature Concentration (LIT) English majors, an opportunity to broaden their perspectives on foreign cultures through the study of literature outside of the Anglo-American tradition. Students will also develop critical, analytical, and linguistic skills essential in today's job market. The minor offers choices from a range of courses in literature, in translation or in the original language, from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. World Literature courses are cross-listed in the Department of English and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. No courses for the minor may be taken for S/U credit.

Requirements

• This minor is open to NC State students, except LAN and LIT English majors.
• Proficiency in foreign language at the FL 202, LAT 202, GRK 202 or above.
• Completion of 15 credit hours.
• Students may transfer in no more than 6 hours of courses toward the minor.
• Must have an overall 2.0 GPA in the minor and may count no course grade lower than a 'C-'.
• A maximum of ONE (1) course may be used (double-counted) towards both departmental major requirements and minor requirements.

Required Courses (3 credit hours)

ENG/FL 221 Literature of the Western World I OR ENG/FL 222 Literature of the Western World II

Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Group 1: Choose 1 course
ENG (FL) 221 Literature of the Western World I
ENG (FL) 222 Literature of the Western World II
ENG (FL) 223 Contemporary World Literature I
ENG (FL) 224 Contemporary World Literature II

Group 2
Choose 2 courses in
ENG (FL) 394 Special Topics in World Literature
or 1 course in
ENG 496 Seminar in Literary Criticism

Group 3: Choose 1 course
Any 300- or 400-level literature course outside of your major
ENG (FL) 539 Seminar In World Literature with permission of the instructor

Admissions and Certification of Minor

This minor is open to NC State students, except LAN and LIT English majors. In both instances, students should contact one of the advisers listed below. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification should be completed during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

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