English
“I don’t see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech...you’re not free to move unless you’ve learned to walk, and not free to play the piano unless you practise. Nobody is capable of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to be learned and worked at.” — Northrop Frye, The Educated Imagination
English courses at UCFV are designed to give you a great deal of practice in writing, reading, and speaking the language. Writing courses aim to improve your clarity of thought and expression, and to increase the speed and accuracy with which you write and understand prose.
Other English courses present imaginative literature (poetry, fiction, drama) with a threefold objective: learning to read literature with an eye sensitive to underlying themes and structures, learning to analyze literature in genuinely constructive and critical ways, and learning to write about literature with clarity and insight.
As part of our mission to offer a degree that is responsive to our students’ needs, we in the English department allow students to choose an English major from one of three options: the more traditional English major, an English major with a North American concentration, or an English major with a drama concentration. We also offer a minor and an extended minor. Any one of these options may prepare you for graduate school or a career in teaching. English at UCFV is also excellent preparation for careers in journalism, law, publishing and editing, and information management. Concentrations allow you to work both in English and other related disciplines.
This section specifies the major, extended minor, and minor discipline requirements only. Please refer to the Bachelor of Arts section for additional BA requirements.
English major, extended minor, and minor students, or students planning to enter a teacher education program, may choose to complete the UCFV Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) certificate program simultaneously with, or upon completion of, their major or minor. See TESL section for additional information on this option.
Major, English Literature
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
Six credits from English 201, 202, 225, 226, 227, 230, 240
Six credits from the English 200 series
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
* A senior Literature in Translation course may be substituted for one course in this series.
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.
Major, North American concentration
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
English 240
Three credits from English 201, 202, 225, 226, 227, 230
Six credits from the English 200 series
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
* French 360 (French Canadian/Québécois Literature in Translation) may be substituted for one of the courses in this series.
Other requirements: 12 credits
Courses with North American content from other disciplines augment the breadth of the North American concentration.
12 credits from the following:
If you don’t have the prerequisites for the courses you choose from the above list, you must receive the course instructor’s permission before registering. Other courses may be considered by the English department. Consult with the English department head.
Major, Drama concentration
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
English 130
Three credits from English 120, 150, 170
English 230
Three credits from English 201, 202, 225, 226, 227, 240
Six credits from English 200 series
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
Other requirements: 12 credits
12 credits from the following:
Other courses may be considered by the English department. Consult with the department head.
* Students without prerequisites must take Theatre 211 before requesting written permission from the Theatre department head.
** Students without the prerequisites must take Theatre 123 before requesting written permission from the Theatre department head.
English extended minor requirements
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
six credits from English 201, 202, 225, 226, 227, 230, 240
six credits from the English 200 series
Upper-level requirements: 16 credits
English minor requirements
Lower-level requirements: 12 credits
Upper-level requirements: 16 credits
16 credits in upper-level English, with one course from English 301–316
Faculty
Jim Andersen, BA (UBC), MA (Waterloo), Department Head
David Allen, BA (Hons), MA (SFU), PhD (Queen’s), Professional Teaching certificate (SFU)
Tim Callin, BA, MA (UVic), PhD (Canterbury)
John Carroll, BA (Hons) Wesleyan U, College of Letters, MFA (UBC), MA (WWU)
Virginia Cooke, BA (Hons) (Oregon), MA (SFU), PhD (Queen’s)
Susan Fisher, BA, MA, PhD (UBC)
Andrew Gutteridge, BA, MA (SFU)
Tim Herron, BA (Western Ontario), MA, PhD (Queen’s)
Suzanne Klerks, BA (McGill), MA (Carleton)
Allan McNeill, BA, MA, Prof. Teaching Cert. (SFU)
John Moffatt, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Queen’s)
Miriam Nichols, BA (Hons), MA (SFU), PhD (York)
Rhonda Schuller, BS, MA (Iowa State), MA (USC)
Lisa Storozynsky, BA, MA (Calgary), PhD (Birmingham)
Hilary Turner, BA (McMaster), MA (Queen’s), PhD (McMaster)
Staff
Lesley Poh, Departmental Assistant
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