About the Program
The minor in Diverse Literatures offers students the opportunity to study texts by writers from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on American literature. The minor includes genre and topic-based courses on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and (dis)ability and highlights the contributions of diverse writers on American literature, culture, and society.
Students design their program with their minor adviser or the English Department chair.
About the English Department
208 Ketchum Hall
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo, NY 14222
Phone: (716) 878-5417
Fax:
https://english.buffalostate.edu/
Program Requirements
Required Courses (6 credit hours)
ENG 147 Introduction to Diverse Literatures 3
ENG 447 Selected Topics in Diverse Literatures 3
Elective Courses (12 crs)
Select 12 credit hours; at least 6 credit hours must be upper-division.
AAS 100 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES
AAS 240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940
AAS 241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
ENG 231 WOMEN IN LITERATURE
ENG 240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940
ENG 241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
ENG 243 INTRODUCTION TO LATINX LITERATURE
ENG 254 CULTURALLY DIVERSE AMERICAN LITERATURE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS
ENG 353 AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE
ENG 354 ETHNIC AMERICAN MINORITY LITERATURES
ENG 356 SPECULATIVE FICTION
ENG 385 GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN LITERATURE
WGS 101 INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
The following courses may count with permission of the English department chair:
AAS 189 TOPICS COURSE
AAS 421 DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
AAS 468 READINGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
ENG 322 REPRESENTATIVE WRITERS
ENG 361 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
ENG 450 STUDIES IN POETRY
ENG 451 STUDIES IN FICTION
ENG 452 STUDIES IN DRAMA
ENG 490 SENIOR SEMINAR
ENG 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY (3-12)
WGS 201 INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQAI2+ STUDIES
WGS 212 FEMINIST THEORY
WGS 326 BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT
WGS 389 TOPIC COURSE
Total Credit Hours 18