Complement Your Major
Adding a Minor
Enlarge Your World
Adding a minor allows you to focus on an area that complements your major, enhances your knowledge and skills, or allows you to pursue a particular interest. We offer three minors: English, Creative Writing, and Linguistics & Culture Interdisciplinary.
English Minor
The minor in English offers opportunities for students to create a unique path through English and Composition classes. Requirements are open: 21 credits total of E and/or upper-division CO courses, 12 credits of which must be at the 300-level or higher. This freedom allows students to pursue what they love most in language, literature, composition, and writing.
Students will gain a set of skills, critical and creative both, that will complement their major and future career. This minor is now available online and on campus.
To add an English minor, reach out to our coordinator Sheila Dargon, below.
Creative Writing Minor
The Creative Writing minor offers a unique opportunity for you to balance work in the sciences, business, engineering, or the humanities with the imaginative freedom and cultural engagement of an education in the arts. You will gain experience in two genres (poetry, fiction, and/or creative nonfiction) as you study with published authors, interact with celebrated visiting writers, and gain familiarity with today’s literary landscape. This 21-credit minor, including four workshops and three literature courses, is available both online and on campus.
Linguistics & Culture Interdisciplinary Minor
Linguistics & Culture
The Linguistics and Culture Interdisciplinary Minor is designed for students with a particular interest in language and its cultural interfaces. Its core is a pair of linguistics and anthropological linguistics courses, which are supported by courses in specific languages, and supplemented by elective courses in English; Anthropology; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Philosophy; and Communication Studies.
Courses address current and historical descriptive, theoretical, and pedagogical issues in linguistics, cultural anthropology, philosophy of language, non-verbal communication, and the relation between communication, language and thought, providing students with a well-rounded program of study.
The program is open to all students and designed to be an addition to the student’s major. CSU has linguistic and cultural expertise and this program provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to broaden their education as they prepare themselves for graduate study or careers requiring an analytic understanding of the nature of language and its relations with thought and culture.