The 1000 level series courses offer an introduction to a variety of approaches to the reading of and writing about literature, using texts from a range of genres and periods. At the 2000 level, students may choose from introduction to literary periods courses, Shakespeare course, and Canadian and American literature courses. These courses provide foundation for the 3000 level courses. At the 3000 level students are offered courses in traditional periods of English literature, various national literatures including Canadian and American, Postcolonial literature, dramatic literature, creative writing, film, genre and cultural studies.

Normally taken only in the fourth year when students are best equipped to benefit from them, the "Selected Topics" courses of the 4000 series provide an opportunity for students and faculty to develop their special interests. While various topics are offered from year to year at the 4000 level, students can pursue individual study and research under supervision (4951: Independent Study).

Note:  The listing of a course in the Calendar is not a guarantee that the course is offered every year.

Note:  Students must obtain a grade of at least C- in all courses used to fulfill prerequisite requirements. Otherwise, written permission of the appropriate Department Head or Program Co-ordinator must be obtained.

ENGL 1111 (3.00)
Literature, the Arts and Humanities
English 1111 provides an introduction to the interrelationship between literature and social issues, focusing on the intersection of the discipline of English with other fields in the Arts and Humanities. The course will acquaint beginning students with many of the major forms of English literature as encountered through discussions related to subjects such as the fine arts, religion, philosophy, history, and other fields in the Arts and Humanities. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours, Tutorials Time Arranged)

ENGL 1121 (3.00)
Literature, Science and Technology
Like its companion course English 1111, English 1121 provides an introduction to the interrelationship between literature and social issues, in this case focusing on topics related to the fields of Science and Technology. The material will introduce beginning students to English Literature and its interaction with scientific and technological subjects in past and present societies. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours, Tutorials Time Arranged)

ENGL 1201 (3.00)
Introduction to Principles of Literary Analysis
This course, offered in several sections each year, introduces students to critical approaches to the reading of, and writing about, literature. Each section has its own reading list, set by the individual instructor and including a balanced representation of prose, fiction, poetry and drama, taken from a range of historical periods.[Note 1: Students who wish to pursue courses in English at the 2000 level and above must take ENGL 1201.] (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 1001)

ENGL 1501 (3.00)
Introduction to Poetry
This course introduces the elements of poetry, including image, figure, rhythm, and form, and surveys outstanding achievements in the English tradition of poetry. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 2011)

ENGL 1701 (3.00)
Introduction to Drama Studies
This course introduces conventions, forms, and devices of drama as they emerge under, and respond to, specific theatrical and cultural conditions. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed as DRAM 1701 and may be taken as three credits in either discipline.] (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: DRAM/ENGL 2021)

ENGL 1801 (3.00)
Introduction to Prose Fiction
Prereq or coreq: ENGL 1201; or permission of the Department
This course will examine the two major prose genres of the novel and the short story; selected examples of representative forms will be chosen to illustrate the range and variety of both genres. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 2031; ENGL 2041)

ENGL 1991 (3.00)
Special Topic in English
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. (Format: Variable) [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for ENGL 1991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]

ENGL 2201 (3.00)
Literary Periods to 1800
Prereq: ENGL 1201; 3 credits from ENGL 1501, 1701, 1801; or permission of the Department
This course presents an intensive survey of English literary history from Anglo-Saxon times to the late eighteenth century as well as training in the research methods of the discipline. [Note 1: ENGL 2201 is mandatory for the Majors and Honours degrees.](Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 2001)

ENGL 2211 (3.00)
Introduction to Shakespeare
Prereq: ENGL 1201; 3 credits from ENGL 1501, 1701, 1801; or second-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Program in Drama; or permission of the Department
This course introduces students to a wide range of Shakespeare's plays. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 2311; ENGL 2321; ENGL 3300)

ENGL 2301 (3.00)
Literary Periods, 1800-Present
Prereq: ENGL 1201; 3 credits from ENGL 1501, 1701, 1801; or permission of the Department
This course presents an intensive survey of English literary history from the Romantic period to the present as well as training in the research methods of the discipline. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) [Note 1: ENGL 2301 is mandatory for the Majors and Honours degrees.]

ENGL 2701 (3.00)
Introduction to American Literature
Prereq: ENGL 1201; 3 credits from ENGL 1501, 1701, 1801; or permission of the Department
This course offers students an introductory survey of American writing from the colonial period to the present. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 2801 (3.00)
Introduction to Canadian Literature
Prereq: ENGL 1201; 3 credits from ENGL 1501, 1701, 1801; or permission of the Department
This course presents an introductory overview of Canadian literature from its beginnings to the present. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 2800)

ENGL 2991 (3.00)
Special Topic in English
Prereq: ENGL 1201; 3 credits from ENGL 1501, 1701, 1801; or permission of the Department
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. (Format: Variable) [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for ENGL 2991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]

ENGL 3011 (3.00)
Survey of Medieval Literature
Prereq: ENGL 2201; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of selected literary texts produced in England from the fifth century to the fifteenth century. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Celtic texts will be read in modern translations, Middle-English texts will be read in the original. Major texts and authors such as Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon elegies, Chaucer, Lydgate and Malory will be included along with anonymous texts. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3011 Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature)

ENGL 3021 (3.00)
Middle-English Literature
Prereq: ENGL 3011; or permission of the Department
This course will concentrate on Middle-English literature produced in the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. Prose and poetry genres, including lyrics, romances, dream visions and frame narratives may be studied in conjunction with a specific theme or subject. The texts will be read in the original Middle-English language. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3021 Later Medieval Literature)

ENGL 3211 (3.00)
Advanced Studies in Shakespeare
Prereq: 3 credits from ENGL 2211, 3311; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of a selected number of Shakespeare's plays at an advanced level, requiring students' engagement with current issues in Shakespearean scholarship and criticism. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3300)

ENGL 3231 (3.00)
Sixteenth Century Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course will examine development of literary forms and genres in the English Renaissance. It will provide an overview to the non-dramatic literary developments in the 16th Century, and will provide samples of the tremendous range of literature being produced in the Tudor period. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3241 (3.00)
Major Texts in Early English Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course will examine a major text, genre or theme from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Topics will rotate from a selection of long texts and long text-based genres. Examples of such texts are: Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Piers Plowman, Morte D'Arthur, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Faerie Queene, and Arcadia. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) [Note 1: Please contact the English Department for the specific subject for each year.]

ENGL 3311 (3.00)
English Drama to 1642
Prereq: ENGL/DRAM 1701; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level or third-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Drama Program; or permission of the Department
A study of English dramatic literature and production, excluding Shakespeare, from the Middle Ages to the closing of the theatres in 1642. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3100; ENGL 3111; ENGL 3121)

ENGL 3351 (3.00)
Literature of the Early Seventeenth Century
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of the poetry and prose of the early seventeenth century, focusing on the work of authors such as Donne, Jonson, and Herbert. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3350)

ENGL 3361 (3.00)
Literature and the English Revolution
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of the poetry and prose which emerged from the political, religious, and social revolutions of the mid-seventeenth century, including the work of Marvell, Milton, and Bunyan. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3350)

ENGL 3411 (3.00)
Restoration and Augustan Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing of the Restoration and early Augustan periods (1660-1720). The variety of genres and authors to be studied includes early novels by Behn, Defoe, and Swift, formal verse satire by Rochester and Pope, verse epistles and lyrics by Philips and Finch, and diaries and memoirs by Pepys and Manley. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3400)

ENGL 3421 (3.00)
Literature in the Age of Enlightenment
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing from the Age of Reason to the Age of Sensibility (1720-1780). The range of genres and authors to be studied includes satires by Pope and Johnson, novels by Haywood, Fielding, Sterne, and Burney, lyric odes by Carter, Collins, and Gray, and the first Gothic novel by Walpole. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3400)

ENGL 3431 (3.00)
Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama
Prereq: ENGL/DRAM 1701; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level or third-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Drama Program; or permission of the Department
This courses examines the major British playwrights and dramatic forms emerging between the time of the Restoration of the Monarchy (1660) and the end of the eighteenth century. Works will be assessed both in light of their contemporary theatrical conditions and as cultural artifacts of their respective ages. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3430)

ENGL 3451 (3.00)
Literature in the Age of Romanticism
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing from 1780 to 1810, a period of profound cultural transformation under the impact of the American, French, and Industrial Revolutions. Romanticism was one response to this context, and the course will explore representative examples from the poetry of Blake, Smith, Coleridge, and William Wordsworth. Other genres to be studied will include the Gothic novel, the Jacobin novel, diaries, and epistolary essays. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3451 Literature in the Age of Revolution)

ENGL 3461 (3.00)
Literature of the Regency
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing of the early nineteenth century from the Regency through the reign of George IV (1810-1830). The literary genres to be studied will include Romantic poetry, Regency satire, the historical novel, and the novel of manners, written by such authors as Byron, Austen, Keats, the Shelleys, Scott, Hemans, and Landon. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3450)

ENGL 3481 (3.00)
Early Victorian Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing from the 1830s to the 1860s. Genres and authors to be studied include the novels, essays, and poems of such authors as Carlyle, the Brontes, Tennyson, Gaskell, Dickens, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Robert Browning. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3450)

ENGL 3491 (3.00)
Late Victorian Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing at the zenith of the British Empire (1867-1900). The variety of genres and authors to be studied includes novels by Eliot, Thackeray and Hardy, essays by Arnold, Ruskin, and Pater, and poems by Webster, Field, Arnold, Hopkins, the pre-Raphealites, Christina Rossetti, and Wilde. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3450)

ENGL 3511 (3.00)
Early Twentieth-Century British Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines British writing from the turn of the twentieth century to the end of the Second World War. Although this period saw the formation of literary modernism, many British authors continued to write in more conventional modes. Many writers sought to understand how Western culture and civilization could allow for the destruction caused by total war. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3511 The Rise of Modernism)

ENGL 3521 (3.00)
British Literature Since 1945
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines various British literary works written since the Second World War. While some writers continued to experiment with style and form, other post-war British writers retreated from the experimentalism of the major modernists. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)(Exclusion: Any version of ENGL 3521 previously offered with another title)

ENGL 3551 (3.00)
The Development of Modern Drama
Prereq: ENGL/DRAM 1701; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level or third-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Drama Program; or permission of the Department
A study of representative modern plays including works by Pirandello, Brecht, and Beckett chosen to illustrate the major developments in dramatic literature and production in the twentieth century. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3500)

ENGL 3561 (3.00)
Contemporary Drama
Prereq: ENGL/DRAM 1701; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level or third-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Drama Program; or permission of the Department
A study of selected contemporary plays and playwrights. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3500)

ENGL 3611 (3.00)
Drama, Theatre, and Society
Prereq: ENGL/DRAM 1701; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level or third-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Drama Program; or permission of the Department
This course examines ways in which drama may both reflect and influence society, using as examples the complex relationship between Restoration comedy and its society, efforts at social engineering in Eighteenth-Century bourgeois tragedy, the role of melodrama in reflecting nineteenth century society and culture, and the "birth" of social drama late in the nineteenth century. In addition, it carries these ideas forward to include study of political theatre of the 1920's and 1930's, as well as works by contemporary social playwrights. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3621 (3.00)
Reading Films
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course focuses on affinities between printed and cinematic narrative forms, introducing students as well to some of the principles of semiotics, and to the place of film theory within the context of cultural studies more generally. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours, Laboratory 2 Hours) [Note 1: This course may count as 3 credits in Art History.]

ENGL 3651 (3.00)
Literature by Women to the Twentieth Century
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of literature by women before the twentieth century. This course employs a variety of critical approaches to define a tradition of writing by women. Works by such writers as Mary Godwin Shelley, Charlotte Brontë, Christina Rossetti, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning will be examined. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3650)

ENGL 3661 (3.00)
Literature by Women in the Twentieth - Century
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of literature by women in the twentieth century. The course attempts to identify the major developments in the literature, using contemporary critical approaches. Works by such writers as Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys and Margaret Atwood will be examined. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3650)

ENGL 3711 (3.00)
American Literature From the Colonial Period to the Civil War
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of American Literature from its beginnings to 1865. This course focuses on various canonical texts which have become central to American culture and self-understanding; however, the course also makes room for voices of dissent, for those who criticized colonial practices and, after 1776, the newly formed United States of America. Finally, the course will consider various literary responses to what was called the "peculiar institution" that would ultimately divide the nation: slavery. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3711 Early American Literature)

ENGL 3721 (3.00)
American Literature From the Civil War To the Present
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of American Literature from 1865 to the present. This course examines American writing and culture during the period when the United States became a colonial and, later, a world power. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3721 Twentieth Century American Literature)

ENGL 3731 (3.00)
African American Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course offers a survey of African American writing from the eighteenth century to the present. In addition to "literary" texts, the course will examine selected examples of the African American vernacular tradition. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3741 (3.00)
Asian American Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course offers an introduction to a variety of Asian American writing from the late nineteenth century to the present. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3751 (3.00)
Post-Colonial African Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines African literature in English from 1950, covering the novel, drama, and poetry and relating the literature to both Post-Colonial theory and to the historical developments in African politics and cultures. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3751 Literatures of the South Pacific and Africa)

ENGL 3761 (3.00)
Literatures of Australia, New Zealand And the South Pacific
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course traces the development, from their beginnings in the 1800's, of the literatures of Australia and New Zealand, and introduces the more recent literature from the South Pacific and island states. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3751 Literatures of the South Pacific and Africa)

ENGL 3771 (3.00)
Caribbean Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course offers an introduction to the literature of the Caribbean Islands since 1945. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3761 Literatures of South East Asia and Caribbean)

ENGL 3781 (3.00)
The Literature of India and Southeast Asia
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course examines the 20th century literature of India and Southeast Asia against the history of the various independence movements and other ideological movements important to the cultures of the area. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3801 (3.00)
Canadian Literature From the Beginnings To 1914
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of representative works of Canadian literature from the beginnings to the First World War. The development of Canadian literature from the exploration and settlement stage to Confederation and the beginnings of modernism will be presented. Works by such authors as Richardson, Moodie, Roberts, and Duncan will be examined. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3810)

ENGL 3811 (3.00)
Canadian Modernism
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course will examine the developments in Modernism found in Canadian literature from 1910 to 1950. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3820)

ENGL 3821 (3.00)
The Canadian Postmodern
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course will examine the proliferating innovations in the forms and themes of Canadian literature since 1950. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3820)

ENGL 3831 (3.00)
Aspects of Canadian Literature
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
A study of a selected aspect of Canadian literature. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3810)

ENGL 3841 (3.00)
Modern Canadian Drama
Prereq: DRAM/ENGL 1701; 3 credits from ENGL at the 2000 levle or third-year standing in the Interdisciplinary Drama Program; or permission of the Program Director
This course explores developments in Canadian theatre from the mid-1960s by looking at representative playwrights, plays, theatres, and movements. (Format: Lecture 3 hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3991 Modern Canadian Drama)

ENGL 3850 (6.00)
Creative Writing
Prereq: Acceptance of a portfolio of original creative work
This course will offers workshops in creative writing, concentrating primarily on poetry and short fiction; it may also include some work in other forms such as drama and the personal essay (Format: Seminar/Workshop 3 Hours)(Exclusion: ENGL 3851; ENGL 3861)

ENGL 3871 (3.00)
Contemporary Literary Theory I
Prereq: Third-year standing; 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course offers an introduction to various contemporary theories of literature; diverse approaches, such as structuralist, semiotic, post-structuralist and "deconstructive" will be examined. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3880)

ENGL 3881 (3.00)
Contemporary Literary Theory II
Prereq: ENGL 3871; or permission of the Department
This course will draw upon the literary theories introduced in English 3871 while introducing further theoretical approaches such as psychoanalytic, feminist, and Marxist theories. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: ENGL 3880)

ENGL 3911 (3.00)
Studies in Literary Genre
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course will address one or more popular genres of literature, paying attention to the emergence and rise of the genre(s) and to the narrative conventions of the genre(s). Generic literatures examined could include, but need not be limited to, autobiography, mystery, romance, speculative fiction, utopia or dystopia, etc. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3921 (3.00)
Cultural Studies
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course offers an introduction to the broad field of contemporary cultural studies, paying particular attention to current theoretical models of 'reading' the texts of popular culture. Diverse forms of texts will be examined. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3931 (3.00)
Aspects of Postmodernism
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course will examine various aspects of the postmodern aesthetic by exploring post-modern writing, such as that by Barth, Eco, Carter, Calvino, or Acker, within the context of recent theories of postmodernism; the course will explore implications of postmodernism as both a cultural and an aesthetic phenomenon. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3941 (3.00)
Modernism
Prereq: 6 credits from ENGL at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department
This course is an introduction to concepts of modernism in literature and culture. While the course focuses on modernist literature written in English, its scope is international and interdisciplinary. Students study foundational modernist literary texts, but also read other works, in philosophy, anthropology, and psychology, for example, and consider other art forms in order to understand the cultural forces from which modernism arose. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)

ENGL 3991 (3.00)
Special Topic in English
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. (Format: Variable) [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for ENGL 3991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]

ENGL 4221 (3.00)
Selected Topics in Pre-1800 Literature
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from pre-1800 English literature. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4221 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4231 (3.00)
Selected Topics in Post-1800 Literature
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from post-1800 English literature. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4231 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4701 (3.00)
Selected Topics in American Literature
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from American English literature. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4701 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4801 (3.00)
Selected Topics in Canadian Literature
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from Canadian English literature. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4801 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4921 (3.00)
Selected Topics in Sex, Gender and Literature
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from English literature dealing with sex and gender. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4921 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4931 (3.00)
Selected Topics in Text and Technology
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from English literature dealing with text and technology. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4931 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4941 (3.00)
Selected Topics in Literary Representations of Race, Culture and Nation
Prereq: Third-year standing; permission of the Department. Preference is given to students pursuing a course-based Honours
This course examines closely selected topics drawn from English literature dealing with representations of race, culture, and nation. (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)[Note 1: ENGL 4941 may be taken for credit more than once if the topic differs]

ENGL 4950 (6.00)
Independent Study in English
This course permits senior students, under the direction of faculty members, to pursue their interest in areas not covered, or not covered in depth, by other courses through a program of independent study. (Format: Independent Study) [Note 1: Permission of the Department/Program Advisor. Students must obtain consent of an instructor who is willing to be a supervisor and must register for the course prior to the last day for change of registration in the term during which the course is being taken. Note 2: A program on Independent Study cannot duplicate subject matter covered through regular course offerings. Note 3: Students may register for ENGL 4950/51 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]

ENGL 4951 (3.00)
Independent Study in English
This course permits senior students, under the direction of faculty members, to pursue their interest in areas not covered, or not covered in depth, by other courses through a program of independent study. (Format: Independent Study) [Note 1: Permission of the Department/Program Advisor. Students must obtain consent of an instructor who is willing to be a supervisor and must register for the course prior to the last day for change of registration in the term during which the course is being taken. Note 2: A program on Independent Study cannot duplicate subject matter covered through regular course offerings. Note 3: Students may register for ENGL 4950/51 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]

ENGL 4990 (6.00)
Honours Thesis
Supervised by members of the Department, candidates for an Honours degree (Thesis Option) must complete an Honours thesis of acceptable scope and quality. The subject of the Honours thesis is to be approved by the Department at the end of the year in which the student will achieve fourth year standing (completion of at least 84 credits). A formal thesis proposal must be submitted to and approved by the Department at the beginning of the subsequent Fall term. The candidate is to be directly responsible to a supervisor and a department committee. (Format: Independent Study/Thesis)

ENGL 4991 (3.00)
Special Topic in English
This course either focuses on topics not covered by the current course offerings in a department or program or offers the opportunity to pilot a course that is being considered for inclusion in the regular program. (Format: Variable) [Note 1: Prerequisite set by Department/Program when the topic and level are announced. Note 2: When a Department or Program intends to offer a course under this designation, it must submit course information, normally at least three months in advance, to the Dean. Note 3: Students may register for ENGL 4991 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.]