English Literature, Media, and Writing

Ontario High School Applicants

1 grade 12 English U/M course

5 other grade 12 U/M courses 

A minimum overall average of 70% in the 6 best grade 12 U/M courses

Additional information for applicants who have completed Advanced Placement courses.

Additional information for applicants who have completed the International Baccalaureate.

Applicants from outside an Ontario High School 

International Students

Canadian High School Applicants from outside Ontario

Applicants from Colleges

Applicants from other Universities

Mature Students

Note pour les étudiants actuels

Les options de grade ci-dessous seront offertes lors de la prochaine année universitaire et ne le sont pas cette année. Si vous cherchez les cours à suivre afin de compléter les options d'un programme d'une année universitaire antérieure, svp consultez avec un conseiller académique.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Programs

Total 120 credits

Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements for the BA or B.Sc.

All students entering a BA program as of September 2017 are required to take 6 credits each of linguistic awareness, scientific literacy and indigenous content as per the regulations.

Eligible courses are available at the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 levels and students should take them at the appropriate time in their studies.

Courses fulfilling these requirements may be taken as electives or as part of a minor, concentration, major or specialization. 

Specialization in English Literature, Media, and Writing  

First year:

6 credits from :

     ENGL 1705E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies

     ENGL 1706E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

     ENGL 1707E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

     ENGL 1717E     Introduction to Creative Writing

24 credits other courses, including:

     6 elective credits of linguistic awareness
     6 elective credits of scientific literacy
     12 elective credits

Second year:

ENGL 2056E     Texts in Historical Context

ENGL 2057E     Critical Reading and Textual Analysis

12 credits ENGL courses (6cr from Case-based courses and 6cr from Practice-based courses)

12 credits other courses, including:

     6 elective credits in Indigenous content (starting 2017)

     6 elective credits

Third year:

ENGL 3056E     Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts

ENGL 3057E     Introduction to Critical Theories

12 credits ENGL courses (6cr from Case-based courses and 6cr from Practice-based courses)

12 credits other courses

Fourth Year:

9 credits of 4000-level ENGL seminars

9 credits ENGL courses (Case-based courses and/or Practice-based courses)

12 credits other courses

Note:    Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.

Major in English Literature, Media, and Writing 

First year:

6 credits from :

     ENGL 1705E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies

     ENGL 1706E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

     ENGL 1707E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

     ENGL 1717E     Introduction to Creative Writing

24 credits other courses, including:

     6 elective credits of linguistic awareness
     6 elective credits of scientific literacy
     12 elective credits

Second year:

ENGL 2056E     Texts in Historical Context

ENGL 2057E     Critical Reading and Textual Analysis

6 credits ENGL courses (3cr from Case-based courses and 3cr from Practice-based courses)

18 credits other courses, including:

     6 elective credits in Indigenous content (starting 2017)

     12 elective credits

Third year:

ENGL 3056E     Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts

ENGL 3057E     Introduction to Critical Theories

6 credits ENGL courses (3cr from Case-based courses and 3cr from Practice-based courses)

18 credits other courses

Fourth Year:

6 credits of 4000-level ENGL seminars

6 credits ENGL courses (Case-based courses and/or Practice-based courses)

18 credits other courses

Note:    Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.

Bachelor of Arts (General) in English

Total 90 credits

Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements for the BA or B.Sc.

All students entering a BA program as of September 2017 are required to take 6 credits each of linguistic awareness, scientific literacy and indigenous content as per the regulations.

Eligible courses are available at the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 levels and students should take them at the appropriate time in their studies.

Courses fulfilling these requirements may be taken as electives or as part of a minor, concentration, major or specialization. 

Concentration in English Literature, Media, and Writing

First year:

6 credits from :

     ENGL 1705E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies

     ENGL 1706E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

     ENGL 1707E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

     ENGL 1717E     Introduction to Creative Writing

24 credits other courses, including:

     6 elective credits of linguistic awareness
     6 elective credits of scientific literacy
     12 elective credits

Second year:

ENGL 2056E     Texts in Historical Context

ENGL 2057E     Critical Reading and Textual Analysis

9 credits ENGL courses 

15 credits other courses, including:

     6 elective credits in Indigenous content (starting 2017)

     9 elective credits

Third year:

ENGL 3056E     Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts

ENGL 3057E     Introduction to Critical Theories

9 credits ENGL courses 

15 credits other courses

Note:    Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.

Minor in English Literature, Media, and Writing 

6 credits from :

     ENGL 1705E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies

     ENGL 1706E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

     ENGL 1707E     Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

     ENGL 1717E     Introduction to Creative Writing

18 credits ENGL courses (minimum 6 credits at the 3000 level)

PRACTICE-BASED COURSES

ENGL 2016E     Science Writing in the Public Sphere

ENGL 2546E     Rhetorical Principles

ENGL 2626E     Critical Approaches

ENGL 2827E     Documentary Film Making

ENGL 3126E     Introduction to Shakespeare

ENGL 3175E     Medieval & Early Modern Drama

ENGL 3196E     Core Seminar – Group 1

ENGL 3296E     Core Seminar Group 2

ENGL 3396E     Core Seminar Group 3

ENGL 3411E     Canadian Indigenous Poetics

ENGL 3496E     Core Seminar Group 4

ENGL 3516E     Creative Writing

ENGL 3517E     Studies in Creative Writing

ENGL 3536E     Environmental Communication

ENGL 3566E     Indigenous Oral Storytelling

ENGL 3556E     Principles and Practices of Professional Writing

ENGL 3576E     The Craft of Life Writing

ENGL 3577E     The Craft of Writing Poetry

ENGL 3596E     Core Seminar (ERMS - English Rhetoric and Media Studies)

ENGL 3846E     Applied Media Aesthetics

CASE-BASED COURSES

ENGL 2626E     Critical Approaches

ENGL 2636E     Detective Fiction

ENGL 2637E     Children' Literature

ENGL 2646E     The Study and Evolution of the English Language

ENGL 2656E     Northern Ontario Literature

ENGL 2666E     Literature and the Environment

ENGL 2676E     Popular Literature & Culture I

ENGL 2677E     Popular Literature & Culture II

ENGL 2815E     World Cinema

ENGL 2826E     Rhetoric of Documentary Films

ENGL 2846E     Rhetoric of Film and Image

ENGL 3106E     Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose

ENGL 3107E     Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose

ENGL 3126E     Introduction to Shakespeare

ENGL 3157E     16th & 17th Century Women’s Writing

ENGL 3175E     Medieval & Early Modern Drama

ENGL 3195E     Special Topics in Medieval & Renaissance Literature

ENGL 3196E     Core Seminar – Group 1

ENGL 3206E     The 18th Century English Novel

ENGL 3215E     English Literature of the Romantic Period

ENGL 3235E     Victorian Literature

ENGL 3246E     Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature

ENGL 3247E     Literature of Sensibility and Revolution

ENGL 3256E     Women of Letters of the 18th Century

ENGL 3296E     Core Seminar Group 2

ENGL 3305E     Postcolonial Literary Studies

ENGL 3326E     Modern Novel

ENGL 3327E     Contemporary Novel

ENGL 3346E     Modern Women’s Writing

ENGL 3347E     Contemporary Women’s Writing

ENGL 3396E     Core Seminar Group 3

ENGL 3411E     Canadian Indigenous Poetics

ENGL 3416E     American Thought and Culture

ENGL 3445E     A Survey of Canadian Literature

ENGL 3456E     Indigenous Literatures in Canada I

ENGL 3486E     American Modernism

ENGL 3487E     Contemporary American Literature

ENGL 3496E     Core Seminar Group 4

ENGL 3507E     Writer’s Voice

ENGL 3527E     Rhetorical Criticism

ENGL 3536E     Environmental Communication

ENGL 3546E     Media Representations of Indigenous Peoples in North America

ENGL 3596E     Core Seminar (ERMS - English Rhetoric and Media Studies)

ENGL 3826E     Indigenous Film in Canada

ENGL 3846E     Applied Media Aesthetics

Minor in Canadian Studies 

Students must complete 24 credits from at least three subject areas from among the following courses:

ENGL 3405E     Canadian Thought and Culture

ENGL 3445E     A Survey of Canadian Literature

FREN 2717F     Thèmes de la littérature canadienne-française

FREN 2786F     Littérature et culture au Canada français

GEOG 2246E     Political Geography: Canadian Issues

GEOG 2247E     Economic Geography: Canadian Issues

GEOG 3497E     Geography of Northern Canada: Developmental Issues

HIST 1406E     Canadian History: Pre-Confederation

HIST 1407E     Canadian History: Post-Confederation

HIST 2136E     History of French Canada

HIST 3066E     Cities in Canada: an Historical Perspective

HIST 3106E     History of the Canadian Family

HIST 3156E     History of Education in Canada

HIST 3166E     History of Women in Canada

HIST 3176E     Canada in World Affairs

HIST 3196E     Canada in the 20^th Century: Selected Problems

HIST 3216E     The First Nations in Canada in Historical Perspective

HIST 3286E     Canadian Military History

INDG 2616E     Canadian Indigenous Literature: Exploring Genre

INDG 2617E     Canadian Indigenous Literature: Novels and Plays

INDG 3105E     Canadian Law, Politics and Indigeous People

THEA 3357E     Canadian Theatre

Note:    Students should verify the prerequisites for any of the above courses in planning their course selection

Minor in Early Modern Studies 

Students must complete 6 credits from each of Groups A (English), B (History), and C (Classics, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy), and an additional 6 credits from the group of their choice.  A minimum of 6 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Group A (English)

ENGL 3105E     16^th and 17^th Century Poetry and Prose

ENGL 3125E     Shakespeare

ENGL 3145E     Medieval Poetry and Prose

ENGL 3157E     Women’s Writing in the 16^th and 17^th Century

ENGL 3175E     Medieval and Early Modern Drama

ENGL 3195E     Selected Topics in Medieval and Renaissance literature

ENGL 3196E     Core Seminar Group I

Group B (History)

HIST 2406E     Early Modern British History

HIST 2547E     Later Medieval Europe

HIST 3606E     The Reformation and Counter-Reformation

HIST 3616E     History of Women and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Era

HIST 4466E     Tudor Britain

HIST 4467E     Stuart Britain

HIST 4517E     Later Medieval Chronicles

HIST 4526E     The Pre-Industrial Life-Cycle

HIST 4536E     Gender in Early Modern Europe

Group C (Classics, Modern languages, Music, Philosophy)

ANCS 2005E     Greek Mythology

ANCS 2016E     Classical Mythology

ANCS 2136E     Greek and Latin Roots of English

ANCS 3226E     Greek and Roman Tragedy

ESPA 4116N     Love and Death in Medieval Spain

ESPA 4156N     Cervantes’ Don Quijote: From the Renaissance to a Modern Vision

GREC 2115E     Introductory Greek

ITAL 4116N     Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Medieval Tradition

ITAL 4216N     Petrarch, Boccaccio and the Invention of Humanism

ITAL 4226N     Italian Literary Culture in the Age of Baroque and of the Enlightenment

ITAL 4247N     The Idea of the Italian Renaissance

LATN 2115E     Introductory Latin

MUSC 2006E     Music of the Baroque Period

MUSC 4016E     Music of the Middle Ages

MUSC 4017E     Music of the Renaissance

PHIL 2326E     The Empiricist, From Locke to Hume

PHIL 2327E     The Rationalists, From Descartes to Leibniz

Note:    Students should verify the prerequisites for any of the above courses in planning their course selection

Liste des membres du corps professoral

Patricia Brace

Department of English

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Hoi Cheu

Department of English

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Ernst Gerhardt

Department of English

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Susan Glover

Department of English

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Mrinalini Greedharry

Department of English

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Sylvia Hunt

Department of English

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Philippa Spoel

Department of English

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