BA Honours in English

Honours Requirements: Minimum 70% GPA, 75% in major; completion or registered in 30 credit hours; minimum 9 credit hours completed in proposed major.

□ 1. ENGL 100: Critical Reading and Writing I

□ 2. ENGL 110: Critical Reading and Writing II 

□ 3. ENGL 211: Literature Survey I

□ 4. ENGL 212: Literature Survey II 

□ 5. One of:

    ENGL 221: Poetry

    ENGL 222: Fiction

    ENGL 223: Drama 

□ 6. One of:

    ENGL 301: Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances

    ENGL 302: Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies 

□ □ 7-8. Two of:

    ENGL 349: Methods for the Study of Literary History

    ENGL 390: History of Criticism

    ENGL 399: Methods for the Study of Literary Theory 

□ 9. One 300-level ENGL course designated as Period I (1000-1660) 

□ 10. One 300-level ENGL course designated as Period II (1660-1790) 

□ 11. One 300-level ENGL course designated as Period III (1791-1900) 

□ □ □ 12-14 Any three 200- or 300- or 400-level ENGL courses 

□ □ □ □ □ □  15-20. Either any 6 ENGL courses at 400-level, or any four ENGL courses at 400-level, plus ENGL 490 followed by ENGL 491 (Honours Paper)

A Concentration in Creative Writing option can be selected by completing four courses within the honours requirements from the list below. Substantial work must be done in at least two different genres:

□ 1. ENGL 251: Expository and Persuasive Writing

□ 2. ENGL 252: Creative Writing I

□ □ 3. Any two of

    ENGL 352AA-ZZ: Creative Writing II

    ENGL 353: Creative Writing III

    ENGL 354: Creative Non-Fiction

    Any 400-level ENGL course designated as Creative Writing

Arts Core Requirements (11 minus 2 courses* already required by honours = 27 credit hours)

[For specific courses that meet the Arts requirements, see the latest issue of the U of R Undergraduate Calendar]

□ Arts 099 (Academic Integrity)

□ 1. A course in communication and literacy (*requirement met by ENGL 100)

□ 2. A course in numerical or logical reasoning 

□ 3. A course in the fine arts

□ 4. A course in the natural sciences

□ 5. A course in textual studies (*requirement met by ENGL 110)

□ □ 6. & 7. Two language courses in any language other than English

□ 8. A course in inter-cultural difference

□ 9. A course in social and cultural heritage

□ 10. A course in the social sciences

□ 11. A course in Indigenous Studies (e.g., ENGL214, 310AA-ZZ)

Open Electives (11 courses = 33 credit hours)

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40 courses = 120 credit hours with at least 70% Program GPA and at least 75% English GPA required to graduate with BA Honours in English