Spring 2019 Undergraduate Calendar


ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CREATIVE WRITING: PROGRAM REGULATIONS

No more than three 1000-level English courses may be counted towards the Major requirements for a degree program in English.

Students are required to have completed ENGL-1002, ENGL-2109, and ENGL-2119 by the end of second year, but are urged to take them in their first year.

ENGL-2609 will satisfy the Category C (Canadian literature) requirement even if it has already been used to satisfy a 2000-level requirement. If ENGL-2609 is used to satisfy both a 2000-level requirement and the Category C requirement, the student must take one additional course to bring the total number of courses up to the required number for the degree program.

Requirements for all 3000 level English Department courses: Semester three standing, and two of ENGL-1002; ENGL-2109 or ENGL-2119.

**Some of our classes (ENGL-2710 and ENGL-4710) are double-credit (6.0 credit) courses, and so take place over two consecutive semesters. The following single-credit courses have been replaced: ENGL-3109, ENGL-3129, ENGL-3269, ENGL-3279, ENGL-3439, ENGL-3449, ENGL-3469, ENGL-3479. These are marked with a double asterisk. They will no longer appear in the calendar as of the 2015-16 academic year.

CREATIVE WRITING COURSES AND PROGRAMS

Creative Writing courses are offered at the 2000, 3000, and 4000 levels. All of the courses require workshop participation and provide the opportunity for individual writing conferences. Creative Writing courses are not available on an Audit basis.

The complete program for four-year Honours students in English Literature and Creative Writing features ENGL-2710 in second year, ENGL-3710 and one “practicum” course (ENGL-3002, ENGL-3059, ENGL-3069, ENGL-3079, ENGL-3099) in third or fourth year, and ENGL-4710 in fourth year. However, students may enter the program at any point commensurate with their talent and experience. ENGL-2710 and ENGL-4710 are two-term (6.0 credits) courses.

Admission to all courses requires approval based on a portfolio. A portfolio is a sample of the student’s best work, ten to twenty-five pages depending on the course. The deadlines for portfolio submission are August 1st for Fall courses and December 1st for Winter courses. Students may access specific portfolio amounts and requirements from the English website.

Admission to the “practicum” courses ENGL-3059, ENGL-3069, ENGL-3079 require approval based on an application form. Application forms are one page long and request background information on the student’s related experience (if any) in the practicum area along with a short (one paragraph) statement of intent for taking the course. Students may gain access to specific application formats on the English Department website.

Students not in the Creative Writing program may take any of the Creative Writing courses for credit towards the English Language and Literature minor, general, or four-year Honours degrees.

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE PROGRAMS

Full-time General and Honours students begin their programs with ENGL-1002 (a one-semester course normally taken in the Fall term), ENGL-2109 (offered in the Fall term), and ENGL-2119 (offered in the Winter term). Students are encouraged to complete their remaining 2000-level course requirements by the end of their second year. Second-year students may begin 3000-level courses in the winter term of second year (Semester 4 of their programs). Practicum courses may be taken in either third or fourth year. 4000-level seminars are normally taken in fourth year.

Part-time students should consult an academic advisor regularly for assistance in planning an appropriate sequence of courses.

Admission to ENGL-3059, ENGL-3069, ENGL-3079 requires approval based on an application form. Application forms are one page long and request background information on the student’s related experience (if any) in the practicum area along with a short (one paragraph) statement of intent for taking the course. Students may gain access to specific application formats on the English Department website.

COURSE CATEGORIES

Requirements for degree programs in English make reference to the following groups of courses:

1000- and 2000-level: ENGL-1002, ENGL-1229, ENGL-1239, ENGL-1289, ENGL-1409, ENGL-2310, ENGL-2029, ENGL-2059, ENGL-2109, ENGL-2119, ENGL-2609, ENGL-2709.

Language and Theory Courses at the 2000-level: ENGL-2809, ENGL-2859, ENGL-2410, ENGL-2420, ENGL-2939.

Practicum Courses: ENGL-3002, ENGL-3059, ENGL-3069, ENGL-3079, ENGL-3099.

Creative Writing Courses:ENGL-2710, ENGL-3710, ENGL-4710

Category A - Early British Literature: **ENGL-3109, **ENGL-3129, ENGL-2149, ENGL-3229, ENGL-3239, ENGL-3249, **ENGL-3269, **ENGL-3279, ENGL-3289, ENGL-3339, ENGL-3349, ENGL-3359, ENGL-3369.

Category B - Later British Literature: **ENGL-3439, **ENGL-3449, **ENGL-3469, **ENGL-3479, ENGL-3489, ENGL-3499, ENGL-3529, ENGL-3539, ENGL-3579.

Category C - Canadian Literature: ENGL-2609, ENGL-3619, ENGL-3669, ENGL-3679. (ENGL-2609 will simultaneously satisfy a 2000-level requirement and satisfy a Category C requirement.)

Category D - American and World Literatures Written in English: ENGL-3509, ENGL-3549, ENGL-3559, ENGL-3569, ENGL-3589, ENGL-3320, ENGL-3719, ENGL-3729, ENGL-3739, ENGL-3749, ENGL-3759.

Category E - Composition, Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Theory: ENGL-3019, ENGL-3839, ENGL-3420, ENGL-3979, ENGL-3410.

4000-level seminars: ENGL-4119 to ENGL-4209, ENGL-4249, ENGL-4710.

*Students may substitute one of the following for ENGL-2809: ENGL-2859, ENGL-3019, ENGL-2410, ENGL-3549, or ENGL-3839.

**Courses marked with a double asterisk -- ENGL-3109, ENGL-3129, ENGL-3269, ENGL-3279, ENGL-3439, ENGL-3449, ENGL-3469, ENGL-3479 -- have been replaced by double credit course ENGL-3449. Students may not claim credit for equivalent single-semester courses and full-term courses in any particular area.


*Students may substitute one of the following for ENGL-2809: ENGL-2859, ENGL-3019, ENGL-2410, ENGL-3549, or ENGL-3839