The English MinorFive courses at or above the l00-level; or English 90, 90AS, or 90BS plus four courses at or above the 100-level. One of the 100-level courses must be a designated seminar. Only one of the five courses may be taken at an institution other than Duke. AP credits and pass-fail courses may not be used. |
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Today "English" includes more and does more than ever before. If you are interested in Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Joyce, or Woolf, English is for you. If you're interested in film, women's studies, issues of race and difference, Southern literature, contemporary fiction, theatre, linguistics, or creative writing, English is also for you. Members of the Department have recently published on such topics as twentieth-century art and literature, the American West and the frontier, black and white dialects of American English, Gay and Lesbian Studies, and contemporary revisions in the literary canon, as well as in more traditional areas such as Shakespeare, Milton, William Faulkner, and T. S. Eliot. Students studying English continue these interests in graduate school, or they teach, or they enter fields such as publishing; but they also, and quite routinely, enter law school, medical school, business, or other professions. A survey of recent Duke alumni revealed that 38 percent of the English majors intended to begin graduate study (in law, medicine, humanities, the arts, education, business, and communications) in the year following graduation. Of those with plans for employment, the most popular areas were film, media and advertising (25%), teaching (21%), and business (16%).