Students wishing to major in English must take ★6 of junior English (or ★3 of junior English plus WRS 101) and a minimum of ★30 to a maximum of ★48 at the 200-level or above, including ★9 at the 200-level*, ★9 at the 300-level and ★6 at the 400-level.
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As you choose your courses, consider these three recommended components:
1. Strong Recommendations
Three areas of study are strongly recommended (consider taking ★3 or more from each of the following):
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Popular Genres
ENGL 209 B1: Reading Histories: Making Readers
ENGL 301 A1 Social & Cultural History of the English Language: Life Writing
ENGL 308 Aboriginal/Indigenous Literature: Horror Stories
ENGL 375 A1: Contemporary Bestsellers and Popular Genres in 21c Canada
ENGL 384 A1 Popular Culture: Reading Popular Texts
ENGL 389 A1 Children's Literature: Print Traditions
ENGL 385 B1: Issues in Popular Culture: Social Media Networks
ENGL 483 A1 Studies in Popular Culture: J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
ENGL 485 A1 Queer Gaming-Gender, Sexuality & Playfulness
ENGL 401 B1 The Cultural Politics of Jane Austen
ENGL 425 B1: Reading, Readers and Mass Media
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Global Issues
ENGL 222 Reading Politics: Race and Ethnicity
ENGL 223 A1 & B1 Reading Politics: Empire and the Postcolonial
ENGL 308 Aboriginal/Indigenous Literature: Horror Stories
ENGL 309 B1: The Poetry and Poetics of the Indigenous Renaissance
ENGL 314 Postcolonial Literature & Culture: Irish Writing in English
ENGL 316 Postcolonial Literature & Culture: Middle Eastern Writing in English
ENGL 367 B1 Contemporary Literature & Cultures: Migration and Displacement
ENGL 481 A1: Studies in Empire and the Postcolonial: Borders, Lines and Walls
ENGL 481 B1 Studies in Empire and the Postcolonial: African Literature and the Discourse of the Other
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Contemporary - 21st Century
ENGL 308 Aboriginal/Indigenous Literature: Horror Stories
ENGL 309 A1 Indigenous Literary Movements
ENGL 309 B1: The Poetry and Poetics of the Indigenous Renaissance
ENGL 362 B1: American Literature & Culture: Toward the Now - Later 20th & Early 21st Century
ENGL 367 B1 Contemporary Literature & Cultures: Migration and Displacement
ENGL 376 B1: Late 20th-Century Canadian Literature & Culture: Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
ENGL 375 A1: Contemporary Bestsellers and Popular Genres in 21c Canada
ENGL 385 B1: Issues in Popular Culture: Social Media Networks
ENGL 391 B2: Women's Writing: Writing by Women Post-1900: #MeToo
ENGL 402 B1 Academia in Contemporary Fiction
ENGL 425 B1: Reading, Readers and Mass Media
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Social Justice and Literature
ENGL 209 B1: Reading Histories: Histories in Texts (Literature and Environmental History)
ENGL 220 Reading Politics: Gender and Sexuality
ENGL 221 Reading Politics: Class and Ideology
ENGL 222 Reading Politics: Race and Ethnicity
ENGL 223 Reading Politics: Empire and the Postcolonial
ENGL 301 B1 Social and Cultural History of Genre: "All of Them Witches"
ENGL 309 A1 Indigenous Literary Movements
ENGL 309 B1: The Poetry and Poetics of the Indigenous Renaissance
ENGL 360 X50 Race and Belonging in American Writing
ENGL 367 B1 Contemporary Literature & Cultures: Migration and Displacement
ENGL 481 A1: Studies in Empire and the Postcolonial: Borders, Lines and Walls
ENGL 401 B1 The Cultural Politics of Jane Austen
ENGL 407 A1 Shakespeare and Ecological Crisis
ENGL 481 B1 African Literature and the Discourse of the Other
WRITE 494 A Poetics of Treaty
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Gender and Sexuality
ENGL 220 Reading Politics: Gender and Sexuality
ENGL 390 A1 Women's Writing: Writing by Women pre-1900: The Rise of Women Novelists
ENGL 391 B2: Women's Writing: Writing by Women Post-1900: #MeToo
ENGL 401 B1 The Cultural Politics of Jane Austen
ENGL 485 A1 Queer Gaming-Gender, Sexuality & Playfulness
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Creative Writing
WRITE 294 Introduction to Writing Poetry
WRITE 295 Introduction to Writing Prose
WRITE 297 Introduction to Writing Nonfiction
WRITE 392 Intermediate Poetry
WRITE 393 Intermediate Fiction
WRITE 397 Intermediate Creative Writing: Nonfiction
WRITE 399 A1 The Line between Nonfiction and Poetry
WRITE 399 A2 Story Lab: Producing Narrative Across Media and Culture
WRITE 399 X50 Creative Writing for Video Games
WRITE 494 A Poetics of Treaty
WRITE 495 Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
WRITE 498 Advanced Creative Writing: Nonfiction: Researching and Writing the Object World and Material Culture
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Media Studies and Print Culture
ENGL 209 Making Readers
ENGL 303 Digital Cultures
ENGL 385 Issues in Popular Culture: Social Media Networks
ENGL 395 Media, Culture, History
ENGL 425 B1 Reading, Readers and Mass Media
ENGL 485 A1 Queer Gaming-Gender, Sexuality & Playfulness
WRITE 399 A2 Story Lab: Producing Narrative Across Media and Culture
WRITE 399 X50 Creative Writing for Video Games
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Going to Graduate School
Many graduate programs emphasize historical and national breadth in entrance requirements and thus if you are thinking about graduate school, you may wish to take courses in the following areas:
Medieval: ENGL 325, ENGL 409
Early Modern: ENGL 336, ENGL 339, ENGL 344, ENGL 407
Restoration and Eighteenth Century: ENGL 390, ENGL 343
Nineteenth Century: ENGL 349, ENGL 350, ENGL 352, ENGL 358, ENGL 401
Modernism: ENGL 363
Canadian: ENGL 376, ENGL 375, ENGL 376, ENGL 378
American: ENGL 358, ENGL 360, ENGL 362
Post-colonial: ENGL 314, ENGL 316, ENGL 481
Indigenous: ENGL 308, ENGL 309
Literary Theory: ENGL 218, ENGL 219