English major, English Literature

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Arts section for information on additional requirements, including the requirements for declaring a major. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.

Lower-level requirements: 18-24 credits

ENGL 105 or ARTS 100
Three credits from ENGL 104, 108, 109, 115, 120, 130, 150, 170
Six credits from ENGL 204-207
Six credits from ENGL 208-294

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

Students completing the upper-level credits in this program will have both depth and breadth in their study of English literature. For students considering graduate work in English, we recommend at least one senior course from as many of the following categories as possible: Chaucer or Medieval Studies; Tudor Poetry and Prose, Shakespeare, or Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Seventeenth or Eighteenth Century; Romantics, Victorian Novel, or Victorian Poetry; Modern British Literature or Modernism; Canadian Literature; American Literature; Literary Theory, History of Criticism, or Advanced Composition.

English major, Creative Writing concentration

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Arts section for information on additional requirements.

Lower-level requirements: 21-27 credits

• ENGL 105 or ARTS 100
• ENGL 104
• Three credits from ENGL 108, 115, 120, 130, 150, 170,
• Six credits from ENGL 204-207, 240, 280, 294
• Six credits from ENGL 208, 211, 212, 213, 215

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

• Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304, 306, 312, 316
• 12 credits from ENGL 302, 303, 311, 313, 315, 317, 373, 377, 378, 381
• Four credits from ENGL 356, 360, 361
• Four credits from ENGL 301-403 excluding courses designated as creative writing courses (see Note 1)
• ENGL 490 (see Note 2)

Note 1: The following upper-level courses are designated as creative writing courses: ENGL 302, 303, 311, 313, 315, 317, 373, 377, 378, 381.

Note 2: ENGL 490 must be focused on a creative writing project.

English major, Drama concentration

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Arts section for information on additional requirements.

Lower-level requirements: 18-24 credits

ENGL 105 or ARTS 100
Three credits from ENGL 108, 109, 115, 120, 130, 150, 170
• ENGL 233/THEA 203
• ENGL 234/THEA 204
• Six credits from ENGL 204-294

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304, 306, 309, 316, 318, 319
Twelve credits from ENGL 310, 312, 361, 365, 368, THEA 301, 305, 306, 307, 360, 401 (see Note)
Twelve credits from ENGL 301-490

Note: ENGL 365 and THEA 301 are cross-listed courses; only one may be taken for credit.

English major, Writing and Rhetoric concentration

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Arts section for information on additional requirements.

Lower-level requirements: 18-24 credits

ENGL 105 or ARTS 100
Three credits from ENGL 104, 108, 109, 115, 120, 130, 150, 170
Six credits from ENGL 204-294
Six credits from ENGL 209, 210, 214

Upper-level requirements: 32 credits

Eight credits from ENGL 301, 304, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 316, 318, 319
16 credits from ENGL 370, 374, 375, 376, 379, 386
Eight credits from ENGL 301-490

Course listings

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