Major

Major in English Studies

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.

Program Requirements:

Students will need to achieve a minimum 60% average in the 36 credits presented for the Major in English Studies.

Students must complete the required three credits of introductory English Studies with a minimum grade of 60%

Students must complete 36 credits in the Major as follows:
ENGL 1000 level		3 cr.
ENGL Literary Foundations		3 cr.
ENGL Innovation and Action		3 cr.
ENGL		27 cr.

Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601		3 cr.
Social Science and/or Professional Studies		6 cr.
Science		6 cr.

Note:

Students are limited to a maximum of 6 credits of English Studies Topics courses at the 1000 level.

A maximum of 6 credits of cross-listed courses may count toward an English Studies Major.

Students may complete an Honours BA double major if they obtain an overall average of 70% in each Major, and complete an additional three credits (minimum) of Honours Seminars in English Studies. Please refer to the Honours double major degree requirement section for further information.

Group Requirements:

Literary Foundations

ENGL 2256	Early Canadian Literature
ENGL 2257	Contemporary Canadian Literature
ENGL 2446	Children's Literature Before 1914
ENGL 2447	Children's Literature After 1914
ENGL 2536	Shakespeare Before 1600
ENGL 2537	Shakespeare After 1600
ENGL 2717	Here Be Dragons? Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature in Translation
ENGL 3096	Bawdy Politics: Writing the Restoration
ENGL 3097	Vice and Folly: The Age of Satire, 1660-1730
ENGL 3176	Falling Apart: British Literature 1900-1950
ENGL 3177	Contemporary British Literature, 1950 and Beyond
ENGL 3196	Dangerous Liaisons: The 18th Century Novel
ENGL 3246	Desire and Identity in Early Modern Literature
ENGL 3247	Transgressing Boundaries in Early Modern Literature
ENGL 3346	The Romantics
ENGL 3347	The Victorians
ENGL 3486	Topics in Genre
ENGL 3496	Topics in Dramatic Genres
ENGL 3497	Topics in Prose Genres

Innovation and Action

ENGL 2026	Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
ENGL 2077	Graphic Novels
ENGL 2366	Pygmalion Remix
ENGL 2616	Topics in Visual Storytelling
ENGL 2626	Topics in Speculative Fiction
ENGL 2716	Magic Realism
ENGL 2816	Illness, Death, and Dying on Stage
ENGL 3036	Topics in Media Studies
ENGL 3086	Disney and the Fairy Tale
ENGL 3146	Topics in Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 3217	Topics in Literature, Culture, and Sexuality
ENGL 3276	Indigenous Literatures of North America
ENGL 3277	Topics in the Indigenous Literatures of North America
ENGL 3446	The Picture Book in Performance and Pedagogy
ENGL 3617	Topics in Popular Fiction
ENGL 3646	Reading Green

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