Minors
Our 15 minors include a wide variety of courses that allow you to hone your skills.
Whether you want to concentrate on reading, writing, or creative work (or some combination of the three), we always offer a diversity of courses to meet your needs and interests. You can also get academic credit for internships—whether working on our online literary journal, Blackbird, our series of scholarly editions, British Virginia, pursuing other internship opportunities in social media, or working with other local or online journals, publishers, or schools.
Each minor consists of 18 credits (six classes) of coursework. Students of all majors, including English, are welcome to pursue these minors, although English majors cannot minor in English.
Declare a Minor
To declare a minor, or if you have questions, contact english@vcu.edu. It is suggested that students complete at least half of a minor before declaring it officially.