We are delighted to offer a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Major in English to interested students who qualify. This degree will appeal to students who are especially passionate about literature or who intend to pursue English studies at the graduate level.
** Please note that the declaration requirements for the Honours Program are higher than for the Major Program. We advise students to qualify for the Major before declaring an Honours.**
To earn a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Major in English…
- Students will need to complete 63 credits of English courses.
- Students should complete ENGL 2250, as well as six other 2000-level ENGL credits.
- Students must complete at least one course from each of three 3000-level groups:
Group 1:
ENGL 3314 Medieval Literature
ENGL 3315 Chaucer
ENGL 3320 Shakespeare
ENGL 3321 Renaissance Drama (formerly “English Renaissance Drama, Excluding Shakespeare”)
ENGL 3323 Renaissance Literature (formerly “Seventeenth-Century British Literature”)
Group 2:
ENGL 3325 18th-Century British Literature
ENGL 3301 Canadian Literature Before 1900 (formerly “19th-Century Canadian Literature in English”)
ENGL 3307 American Literature Before 1900 (formerly “Literature of the United States: 1865 to 1910”)
ENGL 3328 Romantic Literature
ENGL 3332 Victorian Poetry (formerly “Victorian Poetry and Prose”)
ENGL 3336 Victorian Literature (formerly “The Victorian Novel, 1837-1900”)
Group 3:
ENGL 3302 Multiculturalism and Canadian Literature (formerly “Canadian Prose in English from 1900.” However, the course has been substantially revised. Please contact the instructor with any questions)
ENGL 3309 Race and American Literature (formerly “Literature of the United States:1945 to the Present”)
ENGL 3360 Women Writers (formerly “Writing Women/Women Writing”)
ENGL 3340 Postcolonial Literature (formerly “Cross-Cultural World Literature”)
ENGL 3362 Environment and Literature
ENGL 3390 Indigenous Literature (formerly “Indigenous Narratives, Oral and Written”
Further...
- Students must take either ENGL 4350 (Special Topics in Film) or ENGL 4700 (Special Topics in Literature), as well as six additional ENGL credits at the 4000-level, or three 4000-level ENGL credits and ARTS 4800.
- Students may choose ENGL 4990 Honours Thesis Project as one of their 4000-level elective courses. Only declared Honours students are eligible to take ENGL 4990.
- The (optional) Honours Thesis Project (ENGL 4990) allows students to propose, develop, and create a thesis project on an original research question while working closely with an English faculty supervisor who has expertise in the area.
- Note: Students who have taken ENGL 4401, 4409, or 4420 can seek an exemption to be recognized as having fulfilled the 4350/4700 requirement. Get in touch with the English Chair to ask about such substitutions.