A KPU English degree ignites students’ passion for literary and cultural creations, fosters a depth of understanding about the contexts that shape stories, and prepares graduates to tackle the challenges of today’s world.
To earn a BA Major in ENGL…
- Students will need to complete 51 credits in ENGL.
- 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 complete six credits of ENGL at the 4000-level or three ENGL 4000-level credits & ARTS 4800
Students must take an additional 21 credits of ENGL at the 3000- or 4000-levels.
- Students with questions about course and requirement changes can get in touch with the English chair.
Subject to ministry approval, changes will appear in the Fall 2025 University Calendar starting in June. Students who began a BA Major in ENGL have the option to complete their degree using the old or the new requirements. All students beginning the program after Fall 2025 must complete their degree using the new requirements.