English Minor

A total of 18 hours with grades of "C" or better, including 12 hours at the 300- or 400- level is required. Courses other than those offered only as pass/fail may not be taken on a pass/fail basis for this minor. Required: 18 hours of ENG.

Note: ENG101 may not be counted as part of a major or minor. An English major may wish to consider minoring in Spanish, to strengthen his/her general knowledge of languages, literature, and culture. See Modern Languages for requirements for the minor.

Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
Inaugurated in Fall 2001, Delta Kappa Iota is the Wilmington branch of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honors society. One of the largest members of the Association of College Honor Societies, Sigma Tau Delta has close to 600 chapters, 700 faculty sponsors, and inducts approximately 7,000 members annually. Its central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies.

Adolescent Integrated Language Arts Teaching Licensure
An integrated language arts teaching licensure program (grades seven-12) is available. Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Students seeking licensure should consult faculty in both English and Education. Full description for English courses required for the Teaching Education Program are available on file in the English and Education areas and the library.

English Major for Pre-Law
The Association of American Law Schools has identified three abilities students should acquire in pre-legal education: comprehension and expression in words; critical understanding of the human institutions and values with which the law deals; and creative power in thinking. Working closely with their advisors, English majors wishing to attend law school may follow a course of study that will help them develop the necessary abilities.

Communication Arts Major
All writing courses in English are suitable for the interdisciplinary program in Communication Arts. Department courses particularly applicable to a Communication Arts major are ENG101, ENG200, ENG225, ENG475. Communication Arts majors may also find the skills taught in the literature courses useful.

Special Programs
Students in English have completed internships working for major corporations in technical and business communications as well as doing staff writing and editorial work for magazines. Internships are also available for students who want to work on Wilmington College student publications. Those interested should contact the Center for Service Learning and Career Resources. Select students studying English are given the opportunity to earn course credit as teaching interns, serving as student assistants to instructors in basic composition courses. See ENG460 or ENG475 or contact the English faculty for details.

College Writing Program Requirements for General Education
The English area and the College Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program help students fulfill the College writing requirement which requires that all students first complete ENG 101 and then pass three writing-intensive courses (W-courses). Students should try to take at least one W-course each year in order to benefit most fully from the College writing program.

W-courses are offered in specified 200-level general education courses and in specified 200-, 300-, and 400- level courses in majors. Students should also use the College Academic Resources Center and consult with advisors on how to benefit fully from the required Writing Across the Curriculum program.

Careers for English majors
English majors often choose careers in journalism, technical writing, publishing, public relations and teaching. They also have put their training to work for small businesses and major corporations. College records show that graduates with English majors are actively pursuing careers in some eighty different fields. Here is a sampling: Attorneys, College Professors and Administrators, Newspaper Journalists, Librarians, Nurses, Doctors, Social Workers, Actors, Graphic Artists, Political and Government officials, Ministers, Business Owners and Managers, and Writers.

Special program features
Internships: Internships at Wilmington are important learning experiences. Interns apply what they have studied in college classes to real on-the-job situations. The English and Communication Arts departments cooperate in sponsoring both on-campus and off-campus internships, ranging from one to six hours of credit, during the school year or in the summer. We encourage all majors to plan at least one internship as part of their academic programs. Often internships can lead directly to a job at graduation.