ENGL 100A Fiction0.50 units
An introduction to fiction through the detailed examination of a range of novels and/or short stories.
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172 undergraduate courses in the 2026–27 Undergraduate Calendar, and 29 graduate courses in the Fall 2026 Graduate Calendar.
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ENGL 100B Poetry0.50 units
An introduction to poetry through a detailed examination of a range of poetic texts.
ENGL 100C Drama0.50 units
An introduction to dramatic literature through the detailed examination of a range of dramatic texts.
ENGL 101A Introduction to Literary Studies0.50 units
An introduction to the study of literature, covering such areas of enquiry as literary history, genre, criticism, analysis, and theory.
ENGL 101B Introduction to Rhetorical Studies0.50 units
This course introduces students to rhetoric: the art of persuasion. The history, theory, practice, and impacts of rhetoric will be considered. Students will analyze persuasive artifacts including propaganda, advertisements, political texts, and scientific communications. Students will also act as rhetors (users of rhetoric) to craft persuasive arguments.
ENGL 101C Introduction to Literature and Rhetoric0.50 units
This course examines the interrelationships between literature and rhetoric through the study of a range of literary and rhetorical genres and elements.
ENGL 103 Combating Racisms0.50 units
This course examines historical and contemporary practices, theories, principles, figures, and allies of anti-racism. Students will learn methods of communicating and pursuing anti-racism in culture, society, and in personal and professional interracial relationships. Coursework will immerse students in recognizing language, behaviours, institutions, and discourses that maintain white supremacies and further enable racist policies and practices in North America. Students will be challenged to apply course material to real issues of racisms in local contexts and communities.
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 103, COMMST 103
ENGL 104 Rhetoric in Popular Culture0.50 units
This course examines the role of persuasion in contemporary society by focusing on one or more topic areas: film, television, video games, comic books, music, fashion, etc. Students will explore the topic area(s) in depth using a variety of rhetorical theories and methods.
ENGL 107 Writing With Your own English(es)0.50 units
This writing class encourages students to bring their unique cultural and personal voices to academic, professional and public writing of all kinds as they assess and critique contemporary notions of monolingual academic English as “good English” or “proper English”. Students will be supported in experimenting with code meshing, code switching, code shifting, and translingualism as they explore the intellectual and creative power of their home, heritage, and native languages and rhetorics.
ENGL 108A The Superhero0.50 units
An examination of hero figures, ranging broadly from ancient characters such as Gilgamesh to the modern comic book superhero. Literary as well as non-literary materials (e.g., film, comics, games) will be considered.
ENGL 108B Global English Literatures0.50 units
An exploration of texts from a range of geographical locations, such as South Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan.
ENGL 108D Digital Lives0.50 units
An examination of how digital communication technologies create and promote online identities and social spaces, as well as interpersonal and communal interactions.
ENGL 108E Gender and Representation0.50 units
A study of the ways gender in all its diversity is constructed and gendered experience is expressed in literature, rhetoric, and a variety of media.
- Cross-listed
- GSJ 108
ENGL 108F The Rebel0.50 units
A study of various works of literature in which the protagonist is a rebel against existing norms. The course will examine a number of rebel types and concepts, moral implications, and final outcomes either in successful realization or in tragic defeat.
ENGL 108G Horror0.50 units
A study of the contemporary horror genre in literature and film. Topics may include the history of horror, the construction of fear, and the development of horror archetypes. Authors and creators may include H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, George Romero, and Stephen King.
ENGL 108P Popular Potter0.50 units
This course examines all seven of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.
ENGL 108T Tolkien: From Book to Film0.50 units
A study of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), and their film adaptations by Peter Jackson (2001-03, 2012-14).
ENGL 108X Literature and Medicine0.50 units
How can literature help us understand the body, illness, and healing? The course considers the perspectives of patients and medical practitioners across a range of works, including poetry, fiction, medical texts, and other nonfiction.
ENGL 109 Introduction to Academic Writing0.50 units
The course will explore a variety of issues in academic writing such as style, argument, and the presentation of information. Frequent written exercises will be required.
ENGL 119 Communications in Mathematics and Computer Science0.50 units
This course aims to build students' oral and written communication skills to prepare them for academic and workplace demands. Working independently and in collaboration with others, students will analyze and produce various written and spoken forms of communication. Projects and assignments will draw on materials for Mathematics and Computer Science students.
- Prerequisites
- Enrolled in an Honours Mathematics program
ENGL 129 Written Academic English0.50 units
Designed specifically for students for whom English is not the first language, this writing skills course provides instruction in grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, elements of composition, and academic essay writing, including a focus on theme, development of central ideas, exposition, and argumentation.
- Antirequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Not completed any of the following:
- Not open to fluent writers of English
- Complete all of the following
- Cross-listed
- EMLS 129
ENGL 140R The Use of English0.50 units
This course examines the use of English in a variety of contexts (colloquial, scientific, legal, political, commercial, journalistic, literary, etc.) to increase critical awareness of the language and help students write more clearly and effectively.
ENGL 190 Shakespeare0.50 units
Designed for students in all faculties, the course examines some of Shakespeare's comedies, history plays, and tragedies. Shakespeare's variety and flexibility in developing characters and dramatic structures are stressed, as are significant themes.
- No previous work in Shakespeare is required.
ENGL 191 Communication in the Engineering Profession (AE, CHE, CIVE, ENVE, GEOE)0.50 units
In this course, students in Architectural, Chemical, Civil, Environmental, and Geological Engineering will enhance oral and written communication competencies in contexts relevant to the engineering profession.
- Prerequisites
- Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
- Cross-listed
- COMMST 191
ENGL 192 Communication in the Engineering Profession (COMPE, ELE, MGTE)0.50 units
In this course, students in Computer, Electrical, and Management Engineering will enhance oral and written communication competencies in contexts relevant to the engineering profession.
- Prerequisites
- Enrolled in H-Computer Engineering, H-Electrical Engineering, or H-Management Engineering
- Antirequisites
- Not completed any of the following:
- GENE191
- Not completed any of the following:
- Cross-listed
- COMMST 192
ENGL 193 Communication in the Sciences0.50 units
In this course students will enhance oral and written communication competencies in contexts relevant to the life sciences and physical sciences.
- For add/drop consent, consult the Science Undergraduate Office who administers this course.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Enrolled in H-Science & Financial Management
- Enrolled in a Bachelor of Science program in the Faculty of Science
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- COMMST 193
ENGL 200A English Literatures 10.50 units
An introduction to the diverse forms and voices of literature written in English from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century, focussing on key writers and works, including works by women and People of Colour. Students will explore literary techniques, historical and cultural contexts, and the question of the canon.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 200B English Literatures 20.50 units
An introduction to the diverse forms and voices of literature written in English from the late 18th century to the present, focussing on key writers and works from Britain and North America, and including works by women and People of Colour. Students will explore literary techniques, historical and cultural contexts, and the question of the canon.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 200C English Literatures 30.50 units
An introduction to literature written by People of Colour and Indigenous and Black authors. Using a postcolonial and anti-racist framework, this course examines historical and contemporary issues of race, racism, and colonialism in a variety of literary texts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 201 The Short Story0.50 units
This course deals with the history and techniques of the short story, with emphasis upon works by such British, American, and Canadian writers as Henry James, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway, and Alice Munro.
ENGL 202A The Bible and Literature 10.50 units
A study of the major stories, themes, and literary characteristics of the Old Testament of the King James Bible (also known as the Hebrew Scripture), and of its influence on other English literature.
ENGL 203 Designing Digital Media0.50 units
This course draws on multiple theoretical perspectives to introduce students to the fundamental principles of multi-modal communication design in its social context. Students will analyze, design, and produce digital media for use in a variety of platforms.
- Prerequisites
- Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
- GBDA101 - Introduction to Digital Media Design (0.50)
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
- Cross-listed
- DAC 201
ENGL 204 Designing Digital Video0.50 units
This course introduces students to the principles of designing time-based multi-modal communication in a social context. Students will analyze, design, and produce video for use in a variety of digital platforms.
- Antirequisites
- Cross-listed
- DAC 202
ENGL 205R The Canadian Short Story0.50 units
The short story is Canada's most vibrant literary form. Students will examine short stories from the 19th century to the present. Topics to be covered may include national, regional and Indigenous identity, mythology, multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism, as well as explorations of contemporary social justice issues.
ENGL 206 Writing Lives0.50 units
This course studies the ways the self is constructed through text by examining a variety of life-writing approaches, organized from youth to old age, along with theories of identity, memory, gender, narrative, cultural studies, and autobiography as a genre.
ENGL 208A Forms of Fantasy0.50 units
A study of fantasy literature, including some subgenres such as romances, fairy tales, fables, and gothic and horror fiction.
ENGL 208B Science Fiction0.50 units
Various examples drawn, for instance, from Utopian and anti-Utopian science fiction, social science fiction, "gadget" science fiction, parapsychology, and alternate worlds and beings will be considered. Some attention will be given to the historical development of the genre.
ENGL 208C Studies in Children's Literature0.50 units
A critical examination of works of children's literature. Specific readings may range broadly, encompassing works as diverse as ancient folk tales and novels and poetry from the 18th century to the present day.
ENGL 208E Women's Writing0.50 units
This course explores a range of women's writing and the social and cultural contexts in which they made their voices heard.
- Cross-listed
- GSJ 208E
ENGL 208G Gothic Monsters0.50 units
A study of monstrosity, fear, terror, and horror in the gothic mode from its origins to the present, with attention to the ways various genres (from the novel to new media) represent gothic sexualities, genders, politics, and aesthetics.
ENGL 208K Detective Fiction0.50 units
A study of the detective novel, the novel of crime, the thriller, the novel of intrigue, and of espionage with texts drawn from various time periods and national literatures. The course includes the examination of critical approaches to the form of detective fiction.
ENGL 208M Travel Literature0.50 units
The course examines the forms and functions of travel literature as a genre. Topics will include the representation of travel as adventure, discovery, pilgrimage, and escape; travel and tourism; travel and gender; travel and colonialism.
ENGL 209 Advanced Academic Writing0.50 units
This course will explore relationships between audience, situation, purpose, and form in academic writing in the disciplines. Students will explore the rhetorical features of knowledge creation across fields of study. They will practice situated inquiry and argumentation through a variety of research-based written exercises, including a significant research project in a field of their choice.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 1B or higher
ENGL 210C Genres of Creative Writing0.50 units
This course introduces students to both contemporary and historical forms of creative writing. Students will explore genres of poetry, prose, and/or drama through their own writing. Students will also investigate the culture of publishing, learn key revision strategies, and workshop the writing of their peers to develop their critical abilities.
ENGL 210E Genres of Technical Communication0.50 units
This course explores writing, presentation, and design across various genres of technical communication, with a primary focus on printed and/or online computer documentation. Other assignments might include white papers, product specifications, help-desk communication, etc.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 210F Genres of Business Communication0.50 units
This course explores the genres of communication in business and other organizations. Students will study and produce instances from several of the following: reports (of several kinds), letters, email messages, marketing materials, public relations materials, and any other types of organizational communication.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 1B or higher
ENGL 210G Genres of Fundraising Communication0.50 units
This course covers researching, organizing, drafting, and editing documents used to raise funds in contexts such as public and charitable organizations, academic research, and the arts. Students will design and write materials such as grant proposals, applications, and fundraising campaigns, using traditional and digital media. Students will have the opportunity to cater projects to their specific needs and objectives as fundraisers.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 210H Arts Writing0.50 units
A study of the various forms, processes, and modes of publication of professional writing in the arts. The course will consider both free-lance writing and writing within institutional contexts. Practice in research, writing, and editing will be emphasized.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 210I Legal Writing0.50 units
A study of the principles, processes, and various forms of writing used in the practice of law and drafting of legislation. The history and structure of legal writing, including current debates about plain language, will be examined.
- Cross-listed
- LS 291
ENGL 210J Technical Editing0.50 units
This course will introduce students to practices and tools of technical editing, such as language and format editing, verification and fact-checking, style guide consistency, discourse appropriateness, and the use of profession-specific software.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 211 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literatures0.50 units
This course examines literary works in a variety of genres by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit authors in Canada. Students will study the literature in relation to key concepts that recur in Indigenous literary criticism such as land, teaching, and respect.
- Cross-listed
- GSJ 211
ENGL 213 Literature and the Law0.50 units
A study of literary works that involve legal matters and/or have led to litigation on such grounds as obscenity, treason, heresy, libel, and plagiarism.
- Cross-listed
- LS 292
ENGL 217 Canadian Children's Literature0.50 units
A study of 19th- and 20th-century Canadian literature for children.
ENGL 221 Monstrous Hunger0.50 units
In this course students will explore the role eating plays in emotional and physical well-being. Through close reading of literary texts and other textual objects, students will build an understanding of eating as a biological necessity that requires the confrontation of one's relationships with others, the environment, and one's own body and health. Furthermore, in gaining an ability to use the concepts of eating/food studies, students will not only consider how eating is an encounter with one's bodily vulnerabilities and dependencies but also ask how acts of and attitudes towards eating can become monstrous.
- Cross-listed
- HHUM 221
ENGL 222 Health, Illness, and Narrative0.50 units
What stories do we tell ourselves about our bodies, relationships, and lives as we try - individually and as a culture - to be "healthy"? And how do stories help us cope with the uncertain, often scary, and sometimes tragic scenarios when illness replaces health? In this course students will pursue these questions by exploring the role narrative plays in our broader perceptions of health and illness. Through discussion and writing, students will analyze a range of media and genres to gain insight into the larger cultural discourses and social institutions that shape our understanding of these topics.
- Cross-listed
- HHUM 222
ENGL 225 Introduction to Anti-Racist Communication0.50 units
This course surveys the rhetorical strategies of both more recent and historical civil rights and anti-racist activists. Students will use Black rhetorical theory and will examine work by international historical figures such as Franz Fanon, Aime Cesaire, Edouard Glissant, Albert Memmi, and Mohandas Gandhi, Frederick Douglas, WEB Dubois, Martin Luther King, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Fred Hampton, Robert Hill, and Walter Rodney and such recent figures as Kimberle Crenshaw, Robyn Maynard, Brittney Cooper, Desmond Cole, Feminista Jones, Rinaldo Walcott, and Idil Abdillahi. The objective for students is to understand the evolution of liberatory, anti-racist rhetoric and the rhetorical successes and failures of key anti-racist activists.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 203, COMMST 203
ENGL 230 The Pleasure of Poetry0.50 units
This course is an introduction to the enjoyment of poetry: what we like about it, what makes it fun, and how we can enjoy it more. Students will have an opportunity to expand their understanding of poetry. A range of poems will be sampled, and students will have opportunities to share poems that they like.
ENGL 232 Graphic Narrative0.50 units
A study of graphic narrative (such as comics, graphic novels, and alternative modes) from the 18th century to the present. This course addresses issues such as the history and formal conventions of the medium as well as the unique rhetoric of comics-based storytelling. Topics of interest may include graphic memoir, multimodality, cross-cultural influence, and the comics-as-literature movement.
ENGL 233 Sexual Health and Well-Being in Comics0.50 units
This course will present a concentrated history of the major trends and patterns within the representation of human sexuality and sexual health in 20th- and 21st-century comics art. Students will be introduced to the unique and powerful role that comics have played in representing sexuality and sexual well-being through exposure to various artists and scholars on the subject. Students will explore key concepts through close readings of relevant texts, and through the application of key theoretical materials, modelling the kind of analytical work that students will then produce themselves in both discussion and written assignments.
- Cross-listed
- HHUM 218, SRF 218
ENGL 234 Young Adult Literature0.50 units
This course considers trends in young adult literature (YA), and the variety of social, economic, and political factors that have influenced them. Students will learn about the emergence of YA literature as a category, shifts in publishing and readership, and the factors that have influenced the kinds of stories and authors being published. Students will develop their ability to evaluate the texts in a wider cultural context, and effectively communicate their understanding through different written forms.
ENGL 239 Introduction to Modern Arab and Muslim Drama0.50 units
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of modern Arab and Muslim drama, providing students with a deep understanding of its various contexts, genres, evolutions, themes, and aesthetic nuances. Moreover, students will actively engage in the transformative practice of Theatre of the Oppressed, where they will merge their creative skills with scholarly knowledge. Collaborating in groups, they will create and perform Forum plays that serve as reflections on pertinent socio-political issues explored in the course. This blend of theoretical exploration and practical application ensures a holistic and immersive learning experience, fostering critical thinking, empathy, and artistic expression.
- Cross-listed
- SI 239R, THPERF 239
ENGL 240R Migration, Diaspora, and Exile in Muslim Narratives0.50 units
This course examines Muslim narratives written in the diaspora, such as from North America or the United Kingdom. It investigates the diversity of Islamic culture and expression in diasporic contexts, exploring an array of experiences and issues written from various sociocultural locations.
- Cross-listed
- SI 240R
ENGL 241R Sacred Spaces and Human Geographies in Muslim Literary Expressions0.50 units
Using the Muslim dimension as a central theme, this course explores the social, cultural, and political implications to be found in a range of postcolonial literatures from Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. Students investigate issues such as identities, nationalism and politics, cultural memory, and sacred space and place.
- Cross-listed
- SI 241R
ENGL 242 Literature, Rhetoric, and the Visual Arts0.50 units
This course will study literature and rhetoric in dialogue with the visual arts, including potential materials such as paintings, photography, illustrations, sculpture, monuments and memorials, installation art, multimedia and digital media. Course material will draw on a variety of literary and rhetorical genres, historical periods, and forms of visual art.
ENGL 243 Literature, Rhetoric, and Music0.50 units
This course explores the cultural, historical, and aesthetic relationships between literature, rhetoric, and music. Course materials may draw on a range of historical periods and themes, as well as a variety of literary, lyrical, and musical genres. Attention will be paid to ways that literary, rhetorical, and musical arts exist in artistic dialogue.
ENGL 248 Literature for an Ailing Planet0.50 units
Can the humanities change how cultures relate to environments and the natural world? This course surveys environmental thought in works of literature and in popular culture.
- Cross-listed
- ERS 288
ENGL 251 Literary Theory and Criticism0.50 units
What exactly are we doing when we study literature? By examining a selection of critical methods and theoretical approaches, this course will enhance understanding of the many different emphases, values, and priorities critics bring to literature, and the many available perspectives on what constitutes literature's significance.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 262 Manga0.50 units
Manga is graphic narrative from Japan that draws on complex historical contexts, global influences, and stylistic conventions in order to create a unique storytelling medium. By studying manga texts such as Dororo, Akira, and Deathnote, students in this course will be encouraged to think critically about visual narrative, cultural values in a global marketplace, and literature as a concept.
- Cross-listed
- EASIA 262R
ENGL 275 Fiction and Film0.50 units
A study of the relationships between written and cinematic narrative focusing on adaptations of fiction to film and the different narrative techniques of each medium.
ENGL 280 Literatures of Migration0.50 units
This course explores the literatures and cultures of diasporic and immigrant communities in North America, such as African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern, and Latin American. Topics to be covered may include memory, race, hybridity, home, and belonging.
ENGL 291 Global Literatures0.50 units
How have cultural exchange, border crossings, and globalization shaped English language and literature? In this course students will discuss literary and cultural productions from around the world and explore themes such as colonialism, transnationalism, and globalization.
ENGL 292 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism0.50 units
This course provides a survey of the multidisciplinary field of rhetorical studies. In addition to introducing key concepts, theoretical frameworks, and critical debates, this course examines the role of rhetoric in a range of academic disciplines and social contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 293 Introduction to Digital Media Studies0.50 units
A study of theories of digital media, including critical, rhetorical, and semiotic approaches, and of the interpretation and creation of digital media artifacts.
ENGL 294 Introduction to Critical Game Studies0.50 units
This course introduces students to the field of humanities-based game studies. Topics may include the debate between ludological (rules-based) and narratological (story-based) approaches, procedural studies, platform and software studies, gamification, games and adaptation studies, and games as rhetorical objects.
ENGL 295 Social Media0.50 units
This course surveys the popular social media landscape and charts scholarly approaches, both methodological and theoretical, to understanding and analyzing social media texts. Topics to be addressed may include memes, social networks, fan communities and texts, digital identity, and other emergent social media forms.
ENGL 303 Special Topics in Digital Design0.50 units
In this course students will learn advanced digital design theory. They will participate in workshops with professional designers, develop specialized digital materials, and contribute signature work to their digital portfolio.
- Cross-listed
- DAC 300, COMMST 300
ENGL 304 Designing Digital Sound0.50 units
In this course students will be introduced to sound production and analysis. Students will learn to record, edit, and implement sound in a variety of genres and formats, with possible areas of investigation including podcasting, documentary, digital games, music, and audio art.
- Cross-listed
- DAC 203
ENGL 305A Old English Language and Literature0.50 units
An introduction to the English language in its earliest form, and study of selected prose and poetry from pre-Conquest England in the original language, with attention to historical, cultural, and religious contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 305B The Age of Beowulf0.50 units
A study of the earliest English literature in translation. The heroic epic Beowulf will be studied in depth, along with a selection of Old English poetry and prose, such as lyrics, riddles, and historical and religious writing.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2B or higher
ENGL 306A Introduction to Linguistics0.50 units
Introduction to linguistics and the principles of linguistic analysis through an examination of English phonology, forms, syntax, and discourse.
ENGL 306B How English Grammar Works0.50 units
This course analyzes English grammar structures, "grammar rules," and the reasoning behind them. The course then examines English-language change, and considers grammar in pedagogical and multicultural contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2B or higher
ENGL 306D The History of the English Language0.50 units
This course explores the history of the English language, from Anglo-Saxon dialects ("Old English"), through the combining of Anglo-Saxon and Norman French, its evolution in medieval and early modern Britain, up to its transformation within multilingual and multicultural contexts. The course examines not only the evolving vocabulary and grammar of the language, but also its social history.
ENGL 306F Introduction to Semiotics0.50 units
A study of systems of signs, codes, and signification in language, culture, and literature.
ENGL 306G Critical Discourse Analysis0.50 units
This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of critical discourse analysis (CDA), the close study of language and its effects in social context. Students will learn to apply discourse-analytical tools to a wide range of texts, conversations, images, and other artifacts.
ENGL 307 Linguistic Imperialism and Resistance0.50 units
This course investigates relations between domination and language imposition and offers students the opportunity to study language, discourse, and rhetorical difference as resistance. Topics may include language eradication and genocide, English language education and residential schools, North American Black Englishes and anti-racist resistance, Caribbean Black Englishes and subversion of the colonial state, world Englishes and the diaspora.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 308 Race and Resistance0.50 units
An examination of how contemporary literary and cultural texts represent, reconfigure, and resist ideas of race. Analyzing literature, film, art, popular culture, and social movements, this course covers major debates in critical race theory and anti-racist practices.
- Cross-listed
- GSJ 307
ENGL 309A Rhetoric, Classical to Enlightenment0.50 units
A study of rhetorical theories from antiquity through the Renaissance to the 18th century, with an emphasis on how these theories reflect changing attitudes towards language, society, and the self.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 309C Contemporary Rhetoric0.50 units
An examination of contemporary rhetorical theory and its relationships to criticism, interdisciplinary studies, and digital applications.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 309E Speech Writing0.50 units
The analysis, writing, and editing of speeches. This course considers how genre and style impact the creation, reception, and implications of meaning. Students practice writing, as form and style, in the construction of arguments and other genres of speech making.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 4A
- Complete 1 of the following
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing, 4G-English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing, or H-English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing
- Complete all of the following
- Cross-listed
- COMMST 323
ENGL 309G The Discourse of Dissent0.50 units
A study of the social, historical, and rhetorical dimensions of collective action. Topics may include health and welfare movements, civil rights and anti-war protests, and environmentalism.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- COMMST 434, HIST 309, GSJ 309
ENGL 310A Middle English Literature0.50 units
A study of English writings during the later Middle Ages. Possible representative works include romances such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; alliterative literature, such as The Vision of Piers Plowman; selections from Chaucer; spiritual prose writings; Middle English lyrics and verse.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 310B Chaucer0.50 units
A study of Geoffrey Chaucer's writings. Depending on the instructor, this course may focus on a single work such as The Canterbury Tales, or a selection.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 311 Eighteenth-Century Literature: Sex, Satire, and Sentiment0.50 units
In this course, students will explore the topics of sex, satire, and sentiment in a selection of Restoration and eighteenth-century literature. Students will learn about writers such as Aphra Behn, Jonathan Swift, Ann Finch, Alexander Pope, Phillis Wheatley, and Olaudah Equiano, and consider their contemporary resonance. Students will develop their ability to read period texts closely and to communicate their understanding through different written forms.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Antirequisites
- Not completed any of the following:
ENGL 313 Early Canadian Literatures0.50 units
This course examines a selection of pre-1920 Canadian texts concerning first contact, imperialism, colonization, incipient nationhood, and early multi-racial immigration that participate in the ongoing invention of Canada.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 315 Modern Canadian Literature0.50 units
This course focuses on the varied ways in which 20th-century writers of poetry and prose participate in the shaping of Canadian literary culture, with emphasis on the literature of the middle decades.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 316 Canadian Drama0.50 units
This course explores traditions and experiments in Canadian drama through an analysis of Canadian plays, especially those from 1960 to the present, in their historical and theatrical contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 318 Contemporary Canadian Literature0.50 units
This course examines Canadian Literature written in the latter decades of the 20th century and into the 21st century. Literary works are studied in relation to relevant contemporary social, cultural and political topics, such as nationalism, indigeneity, multiculturalism, and diaspora.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 319 History and Theory of Writing and Print Media0.50 units
This course explores the social, political, and cultural contexts and consequences of the media technologies of writing and print (including the book) from their beginnings to the 20th century.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 320 History and Theory of Pre-Internet Media0.50 units
This course explores the social, political, and cultural contexts and consequences of media technologies such as newspapers, photography and film, radio, recorded music, television, and early computing.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 322 Postcolonial Literature of the Americas0.50 units
This course examines postcolonial literature in English from Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean. Through study of both written and oral genres, we will discuss how language practices adapt to and are created in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Topics may include diaspora and migration, nationalism, gender, neo-colonialism, and multiculturalism.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 324 Modern and Contemporary American Drama0.50 units
This course explores traditions and experiments in American drama through an analysis of American plays, especially those from the 1940s to the present, in their historical, textual, and theatrical contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 325 Austen0.50 units
A study of selected novels by Jane Austen, including Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Her letters and juvenilia may also be considered, as well as some of the films based on or inspired by her novels.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 326 Language, Life, and Literature in the Caribbean0.50 units
This course introduces students to the ways in which language shapes and sustains various forms of cultural expressions in the Caribbean region. Students will use the creative output of storytellers, poets, DJs, and playwrights as a lens to investigate and trace the evolution of a distinctly Caribbean identity from the post-colonial period (1960s) up to the present. Students are also introduced to the social dynamics of Creole language use in the Caribbean and an exploration of the ways in which these languages are implicated in diverse cultural art forms.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 210
ENGL 327 Black Diasporic Lives: 1740-19000.50 units
An introduction to cultural productions of the Black diaspora pre-1900, with an emphasis on political writing, memoir, fiction, and journalism. Students will engage works from a variety of regions, situated in their historical and cultural contexts, even as connections will be drawn to later social movements.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 240
ENGL 328 Introduction to Black Canadian Writing0.50 units
An analysis of Black writing and cultural achievement in Canada. Students will develop an understanding of theoretical and literary texts in this field and will critically assess how contributions from this field have helped to shape Canada from the 18th century to the present.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 244
ENGL 330 Sonnets, Songs, and Satires: Poetry in the Age of Shakespeare0.50 units
This course will introduce students to the short poetry written in sixteenth century England. Emphasis will be placed on the sonnet, a form central to the Renaissance reimagining of desire and the self; translations of the psalms, a collection of biblical songs newly influential after the Protestant Reformation; and the satire, a form through which poets addressed questions of social and political justice. Students will develop an understanding of genre in historical context by analyzing and interpreting this poetry in regular class discussions and in frequent written assignments. Students will also expand their knowledge by writing at least one poem of their own.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 335 Creative Writing 10.50 units
Designed to assist students with an interest in developing their creative writing skills in various genres, this course consists of supervised practice, discussions of craft, and peer critiques.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 336 Creative Writing 20.50 units
This course is designed to assist advanced creative writers in developing a body of work in one or more genres by means of supervised practice, discussions of craft, and peer critiques.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
- ENGL335 - Creative Writing 1 (0.50)
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Must have completed the following:
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 340 Contemporary African Literature and Film0.50 units
Drawing on a wide range of genres that includes prose fiction, plays, popular fiction, and films/videos, this course will examine the development and growth of modern African literature and film (in English or in translation to English) from the late 1950s to the present and from different regions of the continent. Students will develop introductory knowledge of the varied historical and cultural contexts that shaped the rise and global circulation of contemporary African literature and film since the mid-20th century. Students will build their knowledge of the unique stylistic techniques that major writers and film-makers from Africa have used since the 1950s, and will increase their capacity for critical assessment of themes relating to colonization in Africa, cultural nationalism, politics and mis-governance, gender and identity politics, and globalization.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 340
ENGL 342 American Literature to 18600.50 units
A study of developments in early American Literature. Texts may be drawn from Anglo-European movements such as gothicism and romanticism; captivity narratives and other colonial writings; African American, Native American, and other minority traditions; sentimental and domestic fiction; and American forms such as the frontier romance, and other minority literatures.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 343 American Literature 1860-19100.50 units
A survey of literary developments in America from the Civil War through the turn of the 20th century, including significant movements of the period such as realism, regionalism, and naturalism; the New Woman's writing and other developments in women's literatures; popular forms such as the Western; and minority literatures.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 344 Modern American Literature0.50 units
A study of American Literature from the early 20th century through the Second World War, emphasizing aesthetic innovation in the modernist movement, and its aftermath in the social writings of the 1930s.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 345 American Literature in a Global Context0.50 units
A study of the ways in which movements of peoples and cultures have shaped American literature. Topics may include colonialism, immigration and migration, literary influence across borders and languages, nativism and internationalism, racial and ethnic styles and exchanges.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 346 American Fiction0.50 units
A study of four to five writers. Topics may include the evolution of narrative style, realism and anti-realism, literature and story, fiction and history, the novel and film, gender and ethnicity.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 346R Global Asian Diasporas0.50 units
This course explores the literature and culture from one or more global Asian diasporas, with particular emphasis on cultures of East Asian origin. Topics may include identity, transnationalism, imperialism, war, labour, migration, and popular culture.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- EASIA 346R
ENGL 347 American Literature Since 19450.50 units
A study of the movements of American Literature following the second world war. The course will consider the formal and cultural diversity of writing in this period, with attention to topics such as avant-garde experiment, the persistence of realism, counter-cultural politics, feminism and literature, postmodernism, and the emergence of minority writers in the mainstream.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 348 American Poetry Since 18500.50 units
A study of poems, poets, ideas, and movements, contributing to the growth of a distinctive American poetry from Whitman and Dickinson to the 21st century. Texts will be drawn from popular and avant-garde contexts, as well as the literary mainstream.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 350A Seventeenth-Century Literature 10.50 units
A study of literature by such writers as Jonson, Donne, Wroth, Herbert, Bacon, Milton, Behn, and Dryden.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 350B Seventeenth-Century Literature 20.50 units
An intensive study of Milton's epic, Paradise Lost, in its historical and literary contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 361 Early Modern Worlds on Stage0.50 units
This course explores plays from the English Renaissance in their historical and theatrical contexts. Topics may include playhouses and staging, censorship, and collaboration.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 362 Shakespeare 10.50 units
A study of the plays written before 1599-1600, excluding Julius Caesar.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- THPERF 386
ENGL 363 Shakespeare 20.50 units
A study of the plays written after 1599-1600, including Julius Caesar.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- THPERF 387
ENGL 364 Shakespeare in Performance at the Stratford Festival0.50 units
A historical, theoretical, and analytical introduction to Shakespeare's plays in performance, both on stage and screen, this course focuses on specific problems and decisive issues of past productions and of those in the current Stratford Festival season.
- The course is offered as part of a consortium with faculty from five universities.
- Students are required to arrange their own transportation to Stratford.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- THPERF 364
ENGL 365 Selected Studies0.50 units
Designed to provide an in-depth study of problems and/or authors selected by the instructor. Students interested in initiating such courses are encouraged to do so by bringing their ideas to the attention of individual instructors.
ENGL 366 Selected Studies0.50 units
Designed to provide a study in-depth of problems and/or authors selected by the instructor. Students interested in initiating such courses are encouraged to do so by bringing their ideas to the attention of individual instructors.
ENGL 367 Voice and Text at the Stratford Festival0.50 units
Taught by faculty and Stratford Festival coaches, this practical course invites students to explore acting techniques and exercises to develop their stage voice with a particular focus on Shakespeare's plays. This is a block course that meets in Stratford for two weeks in May, and may be taken with ENGL 364/THPERF 364, as the two courses are offered at complementary times.
- The course is offered as part of a consortium with faculty from five universities.
- Students are required to arrange their own transportation to Stratford.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
- Cross-listed
- THPERF 367
ENGL 371 Editing Literary Works0.50 units
Investigating scholarly, educational, popular, and electronic editions, this course explores the theory and practice of editing literary texts.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 372 Women and Medicine in Literature0.50 units
In this course students will engage with issues related specifically to women in Western medicine. The course will include an historical overview of the position of women in health care, but will focus primarily on the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will read a range of primary texts in areas such as fiction, poetry, drama, and life-writing alongside secondary readings that allow them to interrogate the representations and experiences in the primary texts. Through these readings, and through written work and in-class discussion, students will understand and respond to the specific concerns related to women in Western medicine.
- Cross-listed
- HHUM 372
ENGL 373 Writing Anti-Racism0.50 units
In this course students will be introduced to counterstory as research method, genre, and organizing rhetoric within anti-racist movements. Students will examine counterstory in the context of Critical Race Theory and read classic counterstories by figures such as Derrick Bell, Patricia Williams, Richard Delgado, Bryan Brayboy, Tomson Highway, and Lee Maracle. Course activities will challenge students to assess and assert the value and truth of the Black lived experience, Black epistemologies, and Black knowledge production, including that of Black Canadians and their Indigenous and Allies of Colour. Students will write, workshop, revise, and publish their own actionable anti-racist commitments.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 308, COMMST 308
ENGL 375 Topics in Black Language and Linguistics0.50 units
This course focuses on the formal linguistic, sociolinguistic, and communicative aspects of either a single Black language or a combination of Black languages or language varieties spoken within the contemporary African diaspora, e.g., in Africa, the Caribbean, Canada, or the United States. Attention will be given to the ways in which Black language has developed, how it is deployed by speakers and writers, and attitudes and debates about Black language use in culture, education, and society.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 310
ENGL 378 Professional Communications in Statistics and Actuarial Science0.50 units
This course introduces students to oral and written communication in the fields of statistics and actuarial science. With emphasis on the public presentation of technical knowledge, the ability to give and receive constructive feedback, and communication in a collaborative environment, this course helps students develop proficiencies in critical workplace skills. This course is writing intensive and includes extensive collaborative assignments.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- Complete 1 of the following
- Earned a minimum grade of 70% in at least 1 of the following:
- COMMST100 - Interpersonal Communication (0.50)
- COMMST223 - Public Speaking (0.50)
- EMLS101 - Oral Communications for Academic Purposes (0.50)
- EMLS102 - Clear Communication in English Writing (0.50)
- EMLS129 - Written Academic English (0.50)
- ENGL109 - Introduction to Academic Writing (0.50)
- ENGL129 - Written Academic English (0.50)
- Earned a minimum grade of 70% in at least 1 of the following:
- Earned a minimum grade of 70% in at least 1 of the following:
- Enrolled in H-Actuarial Science, JH-Actuarial Science, H-Biostatistics, H-Data Science (BMath), H-Data Science (BCS), H-Statistics, or JH-Statistics
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 381 Early Modern Bodies0.50 units
This course draws on a variety of literary, religious, and medical texts to explore the ways that bodies were understood and represented in early modern England. Students will learn to situate contemporary cultural narratives about bodies, including race, gender, illness, and aging, within a historical context. They will build skills in analyzing the features and functions of narrative and representation, from close reading to thinking about how stories about bodies are shaped, shared, and passed down.
- Cross-listed
- HHUM 373
ENGL 383 Phonetics0.50 units
This course is designed for students seeking a foundation in phonetics (the study of speech sounds) for future academic and/or professional purposes. In this course, students study concepts in articulatory phonetics (the mechanisms involved in speech production) and acoustic phonetics (the transmission of physical properties of speech). Students acquire practical skills in reading and transcribing speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and in recording, editing, and analyzing speech using phonetic analysis software.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 392A Information Design0.50 units
The theory and practice of design for print and digital media, including the study of design concepts such as space, colour, typography, interactivity, immersion, motion, and presence. Students produce designs using professional software tools.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2B or higher
ENGL 392B Visual Rhetoric0.50 units
This course introduces students to the study of images from a rhetorical perspective, including the interaction of texts and images in such professional writing fields as advertising, book illustration, technical documentation, journalism, and public relations. Issues may include visual and textual literacy, the semiotics and rhetoric of design, and the ideological basis of social communication.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2B or higher
ENGL 403 Digital Design Research Project0.50 units
Students work in small groups under the supervision of a faculty researcher on an ongoing, large-scale, digital design project.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Cross-listed
- DAC 400
ENGL 405 African American Rhetoric0.50 units
This course examines the artistic, cultural, political, and disciplinary histories of African American rhetoric, discourse, and persuasion. Students will study various genealogies of African American rhetoric through primary texts such as dialogues, essays, folklore, music, song lyrics, dance, interviews, news stories, raps, videos, and speeches by African Americans. Special attention will be given to the economic, gendered, and social conditions of African Americans from the enslavement period in North America to the present, as well as to the Black diaspora.
- Prerequisites
- Complete 1 of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in Black Studies Diploma, or Fundamentals of Anti-Racist Communication Diploma
- Complete 1 of the following
- Cross-listed
- BLKST 410, COMMST 410
ENGL 406 Advanced Rhetorical Study0.50 units
Topics may include communication, media, politics, science, and social movements. Students will explore the topic(s) in depth using a variety of rhetorical theories and methods.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 407 Language and Politics0.50 units
This course explores how language shapes and is shaped by the unequal distribution of power in modern societies. The role of language will be considered in, for example, the maintenance of sexual difference, the establishment and maintenance of national identity, and the conflict between social classes. The reading will consist of literary and theoretical texts, the latter including such writers as Bourdieu, Bakhtin, Foucault, Cameron, Lakoff, Ngugi wa Thion'go, and Paulin.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 408A Writing for the Media0.50 units
This course examines the genres and strategies of both journalism and public relations. With a strong orientation towards rhetorical and linguistic theories, this course will cover audience concerns from both within and outside organizations.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 408B The Discourse of Advertising0.50 units
This course introduces students to writing and editing advertising copy. Students will also be introduced to models of discourse and rhetorical analysis of advertising texts. Assignments include creating a portfolio of advertising copy and an extensive analysis of sample advertising discourse.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 408C The Rhetoric of Digital Design: Theory and Practice0.50 units
Students apply a variety of analytic perspectives - design discourse, multimodal discourse, rhetorical theory, social semiotics - to the design and production of a major digital project (or compilation of projects) using professional software and hardware tools.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 409A Rhetoric of Argumentation0.50 units
This course studies the discursive, social, and rhetorical principles of argumentation, including topics such as evidence, reasoning, and the organization and presentation of arguments. Scholars studied may include Richard Whatley, Jurgen Habermas, Stephen Toulmin, Chaim Perelman, Lucie Olbrecht-Tyteca, Kenneth Burke, and Pierre Bourdieu.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 410 Eighteenth-Century Women Writers0.50 units
In this course students will learn about women authors such as Aphra Behn, Ann Finch, Elizabeth Wortley Montagu, Phillis Wheatley, Anne Radcliffe, and Jane Austen, and consider their contemporary resonance. Students will explore such topics as female authorship, romance and the gothic, and intersections of gender, race, and colonialism. Students will develop their ability to read period texts closely and to communicate their understanding through different written forms.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- GSJ 410
ENGL 412 Eighteenth-Century Literature and Media0.50 units
A study of oral, printed, and popular media and literature (such as ballads, fiction, and newspapers) in the Restoration and 18th century. Topics may include the role of women in the rise of print culture, the social role of popular print forms, and the literary reception of new media technologies.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 425 Transnational Feminisms and Contemporary Narratives0.50 units
This course examines the dialogue between transnational feminist theories and literary practices. Drawing on a range of literary and media genres from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this course considers the historical developments, as well as contemporary contexts (e.g., migration, globalization), that gave rise to the framework of transnational feminism and its negotiations with Anglo-American and European feminist literary theories.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 430A Literature of the Romantic Period 10.50 units
An examination of the first generation of Romantic writers, including such authors as Barbauld, Blake, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, and Coleridge.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 430B Literature of the Romantic Period 20.50 units
An examination of the second generation of Romantic writers, including such authors as Byron, P. B. Shelley, Mary Shelley, Keats, and Hemans.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 432 Topics in Creative Writing0.50 units
This course will focus on a selected genre, approach, creative method, or other aspect of creative writing. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 451A Literature of the Victorian Age 10.50 units
A critical study of early to mid-Victorian literature, including authors such as Carlyle, Arnold, Tennyson, the Brontës, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Gaskell, Ruskin, and Dickens. Topics may include liberty, work, gender, class, imperialism, and poetry.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 451B Literature of the Victorian Age 20.50 units
A critical study of mid to late Victorian literature, including authors such as Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Eliot, Newman, Hopkins, Michael Field, Wilde, and Hardy. Topics may include the "Woman Question," the crisis in religious faith, and aestheticism.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 460A Early Literature of the Modernist Period in the United Kingdom and Ireland0.50 units
A study of the literatures of the United Kingdom before and after World War I, including such writers as Conrad, Forster, Hopkins, Mansfield, Shaw, Synge, Wilde, and Yeats.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 460B Literature of the Modernist Period in the United Kingdom and Ireland0.50 units
A study of the literatures of the United Kingdom and Ireland from World War I to World War II, including such writers as Auden, Eliot, Isherwood, Joyce, Lawrence, Orwell, West, and Woolf.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 460C Literature of the Postwar Period in the United Kingdom and Ireland0.50 units
A study of the literatures of the United Kingdom and Ireland after World War II, including such writers as Beckett, Greene, Larkin, Murdoch, Osborne, Pinter, and Spark.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 460D Contemporary Literature of the United Kingdom and Ireland0.50 units
A study of the contemporary literatures of the United Kingdom and Ireland, including such writers as Byatt, Boland, Drabble, Heaney, Hughes, Rushdie, and Stoppard.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 461 Irish Literature0.50 units
A study of modern and contemporary Irish literature in English. This course will introduce students to a range of Irish writing in its often turbulent historical and cultural context. The international dimensions of Irish writers and their work will be explored.
ENGL 463 Postcolonial Literatures0.50 units
This course examines postcolonial literature (fiction, poetry, and drama) from Africa, Australia, Britain, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan. Topics may include the range of creative forms and language use in texts; indigeneity and migration; intersections of gender, sexuality, and race; and resistance, nationalism, and history.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Cross-listed
- GSJ 463
ENGL 470A Contemporary Critical Theory0.50 units
Contemporary critical theory offers an array of competing constructions of text and culture. This course examines several topics in recent critical theory, such as gender, race, subjectivity, textuality, and popular culture.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 470B History of Literary Criticism0.50 units
An historical survey of major critical texts and movements from the Greek and Roman classics to the New Criticism of the mid-20th century, examining different critical theories and practices in a context of cultural changes.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
ENGL 470C Literary Studies in Digital Forms0.50 units
A critical examination of literary publication, research, and criticism in digital forms.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 471 Adapting Literary Works0.50 units
Focusing on modern and contemporary adaptation of works of literature in English, this course examines the problems, possibilities, and principles of representing such works in other literary forms and in other media.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 472 Research Methods in Technical Communication0.50 units
This course teaches students the practice and theory of research methods in the field of technical and professional communication. Topics may include resource validity and renewal cycles, data-gathering techniques and analytics, interview techniques for subject-matter experts, rapid research skills, and user-experience design.
- Prerequisites
- Students must be in level 2A or higher
ENGL 481 Topics in the History and Theory of Language0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic in the history and theory of language. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 484 Topics in Literatures Medieval to Romantic0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic, author, genre, or period in Medieval to Romantic literatures. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 485 Topics in Literatures Romantic to Modern0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic, author, genre, or period in Romantic to Modern literatures. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 486 Topics in Literatures Modern to Contemporary0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic, author, genre, or period in Modern to Contemporary literatures. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 491 Topics in Literature and Rhetoric0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic in literature and rhetoric. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 492 Topics in the History and Theory of Rhetoric0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic in the history and theory of rhetoric. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 493 Topics in Professional Writing and Communication Design0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic in professional writing and communication design. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 494 Topics in Forms of Media and Critical Analysis0.50 units
A special study of a selected topic in forms of media and critical analysis. See course instructor for details.
- Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 3G-English - Language & Literature, 3G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 3G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, 4G-English - Creative & Professional Writing, 4G-English - Literature, 4G-English - Literature & Rhetoric, 4G-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication, H-English - Creative & Professional Writing, H-English - Literature, H-English - Literature & Rhetoric, or H-English - Rhetoric, Media, & Professional Communication
- Complete all of the following
ENGL 495A Supervision of Honours Essay0.50 units
Senior honours essay will be completed under supervision.
ENGL 495B Supervision of Honours Essay0.50 units
Senior honours essay will be completed under supervision.
- Prerequisites
- Must have completed the following:
- ENGL495A - Supervision of Honours Essay (0.50)
- Must have completed the following:
Graduate
From the Fall 2026 Graduate Calendar.
ENGL 700 Rhetorical Studies0.50 units
A course in rhetorical theory and criticism for graduate-level students.
- Prerequisites
ENGL 701 Critical Design Methods0.50 units
This course introduces students to both the theory and practice of Critical Design, broadly construed. Critical Design is not a field of its own, but a mode of design thinking that is informed by critical theories and research methods from the arts and humanities. Critical Design can intersect with and draw on established fields of design from graphic and UX design to industrial and urban design. The course begins with an overview of the history of design as critique, before examining the recent emergence of research-creation practices such as speculative design, critical making, discursive design, and applied media theory. The positionality of designers and audiences will be considered in readings and assignments that focus on gender, disability, race, and class. Special attention will be paid to the design of media technologies and the infrastructures that support them, which involves methods in UX design, sustainable hardware design, and digital urban design. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of course materials through writing, design, and light fabrication.
- Cross-listed
- SYDE 663
ENGL 702 Rhetorical Research Methods0.50 units
This course is an introduction to research methods used in rhetoric, communication design, and writing studies. Emphasis is placed on research ethics, the fit of method to research design, the interdisciplinary scope of research methods, the emergence of new research methods, and the development of research proposals. Students will become familiar with a range of methods, including methods in technical and professional communication, mixed methods, and rhetorical field methods, among others. This course suggests method as a practice as well as an object of study, connecting well-known traditional methods in rhetoric, communication design, and writing studies to those that are emergent, new, and mixed. This course allows students to map a variety of methods while understanding the relationship between practices (methods) and theoretical frameworks (methodologies), allowing students to pair appropriate methods to their own research questions. Outcomes of this course are an understanding of how to design a research project and how to support it with methods that are appropriate, feasible, flexible, and ethical.
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ENGL 705 Studies in Old and Middle English Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 710 Studies in Renaissance Drama0.50 units
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ENGL 715 Studies in Renaissance Prose and Poetry0.50 units
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ENGL 720 Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 725 Studies in Romanticism0.50 units
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ENGL 730 Studies in Victorian Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 735 Studies in Modern British Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 750 Studies in Early American Literature0.50 units
Studies in Early American Literature
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ENGL 755 Studies in 19th Century American Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 760 Studies in 20th-Century American Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 770 Studies in Canadian Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 775 Studies in Commonwealth Literature0.50 units
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ENGL 780 Studies in Genre0.50 units
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ENGL 785 Studies in Literary Criticism0.50 units
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ENGL 788 Topics in Rhetorical Theory and Criticism0.50 units
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ENGL 789 Writing Studies0.50 units
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ENGL 790 Discourse Analysis0.50 units
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ENGL 791 Professional Writing0.50 units
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ENGL 792 Semiotics0.50 units
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ENGL 793 History of Rhetoric0.50 units
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ENGL 794 Digital Culture0.50 units
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ENGL 795 Studies in Selected Topics0.50 units
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ENGL 796 Propaganda and Ideology0.50 units
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ENGL 797 Digital Media and Literature0.50 units
Digital Media and Literature
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ENGL 798 Digital Design0.50 units
Digital Design
ENGL 799 Media Theory and Critique0.50 units
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