English program requirements
What the English Specialist, Majors and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
English Specialist
- Arts program
- 10.0 ENG credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASSPE1645
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
10.0 ENG credits including 4.0 credits from 300+ level courses, at least 1.0 credit of which must be at the 400-level.
ENG100H1, ENG102H1, and courses with a CR/NCR final grade are not accepted toward any English Program.
Courses must fulfil the following requirements:
Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures: ENG253H1; ENG254H1; ENG269H1; ENG270H1; ENG355H1/ ENG355Y1; ENG356Y1; ENG358H1; ENG359H1; ENG366H1; ENG367H1; ENG368H1; ENG369H1; ENG370H1/ ENG370Y1; ENG371H1; ENG372H1
Pre-1800 British Literature: ENG220H1; ENG240Y1; ENG300H1/ ENG300Y1; ENG301H1; ENG302H1; ENG302Y1; ENG303H1; ENG305H1; ENG306Y1; ENG306H1; ENG307H1; ENG308Y1; ENG308H1; ENG309H1; ENG311H1; ENG320Y1; ENG320H1; ENG321H1; ENG322Y1; ENG322H1; ENG323H1; ENG330H1; ENG331H1; ENG335H1; ENG337H1; ENG373H1; ENG374H1
Theory, Language, Critical Methods: ENG201H1; ENG201Y1; JWE206H1; ENG280H1; ENG281H1; ENG285H1; ENG376H1; ENG377H1; ENG382H1/ ENG382Y1; ENG384H1/ ENG384Y1; ENG385H1
11.0 credits from Introduction to British Literature: ENG202H1, ENG203H1
20.5 credit from Introduction to American Literature: ENG250H1
30.5 credit from Introduction to Canadian Literature: ENG252H1
40.5 ENG credit from Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures courses from list below
52.0 ENG credits from Pre-1800 British Literature courses from list below
60.5 ENG/JWE credit from Theory, Language, Critical Methods courses from list below
70.5 credit from Quantitative Methods: ENG286H1/ ENG287H1 or 0.5 credit in any BR=5 course
84.5 credits in additional ENG courses
Notes:
Note 1No more than 1.0 credit of 100 level courses may count toward the program’s completion.
Note 2ENG386H1, ENG387H1, ENG388H1, ENG389H1, ENG394H1, ENG395H1, ENG496H1, ENG497H1, and ENG498H1 may not be counted toward fulfilling the requirements for the Specialist program in English.
Note 3For the purpose of program completion, JWE206H1 counts as an English course.
Note 4Please note that prerequisites and exclusions will be strictly enforced.
Courses these requirements name
- ENG100H1Effective Writing
- ENG102H1Literature and the Sciences
- ENG253H1Caribbean Literature
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- ENG269H1English Literature and Chinese Translation
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG355H1Transnational Indigenous Literatures
- ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG356Y1African Canadian Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG358H1Early African Canadian Literature
- ENG359H1Later African Canadian Literature
- ENG366H1African American Literature
- ENG367H1African Literatures in English
- ENG368H1Asian North American Literature
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- ENG370H1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses
- ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG371H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG372H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG220H1Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG240Y1Old English Language and Literature
- ENG300H1Chaucer
- ENG300Y1Chaucer last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG301H1Sixteenth-Century Literature
- ENG302H1Seventeenth-Century Literature
- ENG302Y1English Renaissance Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG303H1Milton
- ENG305H1Swift, Pope, and Their Contemporaries
- ENG306Y1Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG306H1Restoration and Early-Eighteenth Century Literature
- ENG307H1Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG308Y1Romantic Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG308H1Romantic Literature to 1812
- ENG309H1Romantic Literature after 1812
- ENG311H1Medieval Literature
- ENG320Y1Shakespeare last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG320H1Shakespeare I: Early Plays and Poems
- ENG321H1Shakespeare II: Later Plays and Poems
- ENG322Y1The Rise of the Novel last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG322H1The Rise of the Novel
- ENG323H1Austen and Her Contemporaries
- ENG330H1Medieval Drama
- ENG331H1Drama 1485-1603
- ENG335H1Drama 1603-1642
- ENG337H1Drama 1660-1800
- ENG373H1Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature
- ENG374H1Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature
- ENG201H1Reading Poetry
- ENG201Y1Reading Poetry last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- JWE206H1Writing English Essays
- ENG280H1Critical Approaches to Literature
- ENG281H1Writing About Literature
- ENG285H1The English Language in the World
- ENG376H1Topics in Theory, Language, Critical Methods
- ENG377H1Topics in Theory, Language, Critical Methods
- ENG382H1Literary Theory
- ENG382Y1Literary Theory last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG384H1Literature and Psychoanalysis
- ENG384Y1Literature and Psychoanalysis last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG385H1History of the English Language
- ENG202H1Introduction to British Literature I
- ENG203H1Introduction to British Literature II
- ENG250H1Introduction to American Literature
- ENG252H1Introduction to Canadian Literature
- ENG286H1Literature and Data
- ENG287H1The Digital Text
- ENG386H1Creative Writing: Writing for Stage and Screen
- ENG387H1Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
- ENG388H1Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENG389H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
- ENG394H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG395H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG496H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Multigenre Workshop
- ENG497H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Literary Citizenship
- ENG498H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Long-Form Writing
English Major - Stream in Creative Writing
- Arts program
- 7.0 ENG credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASMAJ1647B
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits and meets the requirements listed below may apply. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
7.0 ENG credits including 2.0 credits from 300+ level Creative Writing courses, at least 0.5 credit of which must be at the 400-level.
ENG100H1, ENG102H1, and courses with a CR/NCR final mark are not accepted toward any English program.
Courses must fulfill the following requirements:
Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures: ENG253H1; ENG254H1; ENG269H1; ENG270H1; ENG355H1/ ENG355Y1; ENG356Y1; ENG358H1; ENG359H1; ENG366H1; ENG367H1; ENG368H1; ENG369H1; ENG370H1/ ENG370Y1; ENG371H1; ENG372H1
Pre-1800 British Literature: ENG220H1; ENG240Y1; ENG300H1/ ENG300Y1; ENG301H1; ENG302H1; ENG302Y1; ENG303H1; ENG305H1; ENG306Y1; ENG306H1; ENG307H1; ENG308Y1; ENG308H1; ENG309H1; ENG311H1; ENG320Y1; ENG320H1; ENG321H1; ENG322Y1; ENG322H1; ENG323H1; ENG330H1; ENG331H1; ENG335H1; ENG337H1; ENG373H1; ENG374H1
Theory, Language, Critical Methods: ENG201H1; ENG201Y1; JWE206H1; ENG280H1; ENG281H1; ENG285H1; ENG376H1; ENG377H1; ENG382H1/ ENG382Y1; ENG384H1/ ENG384Y1; ENG385H1
Creative Writing: ENG386H1; ENG387H1; ENG388H1; ENG389H1; ENG394H1; ENG395H1; ENG497H1; ENG498H1; ENG496H1; DRM228H1; DRM328H1; DRM428H1; CRE275H1; CRE276H1; CRE279H1; CRE280H1; CRE282H1; CRE350Y1; CRE479H1; CRE479Y1; CRE480H1; WRR211H1; WRR311H1
11.5 credits from British, Canadian, and American Literature: ENG202H1; ENG203H1; ENG250H1; ENG252H1
20.5 credit from Introduction to Creative Writing: ENG289H1
30.5 credit from Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures courses from the list below
40.5 credit from Pre-1800 British Literature courses from the list below
50.5 credit from Theory, Language, Critical Methods courses from the list below
60.5 credit from Quantitative Methods: ENG286H1/ ENG287H1 or 0.5 credit in any BR=5 course
73.0 credits from ENG courses, to include 2.0 credits from Creative Writing courses at the 300+ level, at least 0.5 credits of which must be from Creative Writing courses at the 400 level
Notes:
Note 1No more than 1.0 credit of 100 level courses may count toward the program’s completion.
Note 2Please note that prerequisites and exclusions will be strictly enforced
Courses these requirements name
- ENG100H1Effective Writing
- ENG102H1Literature and the Sciences
- ENG253H1Caribbean Literature
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- ENG269H1English Literature and Chinese Translation
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG355H1Transnational Indigenous Literatures
- ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG356Y1African Canadian Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG358H1Early African Canadian Literature
- ENG359H1Later African Canadian Literature
- ENG366H1African American Literature
- ENG367H1African Literatures in English
- ENG368H1Asian North American Literature
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- ENG370H1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses
- ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG371H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG372H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG220H1Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG240Y1Old English Language and Literature
- ENG300H1Chaucer
- ENG300Y1Chaucer last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG301H1Sixteenth-Century Literature
- ENG302H1Seventeenth-Century Literature
- ENG302Y1English Renaissance Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG303H1Milton
- ENG305H1Swift, Pope, and Their Contemporaries
- ENG306Y1Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG306H1Restoration and Early-Eighteenth Century Literature
- ENG307H1Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG308Y1Romantic Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG308H1Romantic Literature to 1812
- ENG309H1Romantic Literature after 1812
- ENG311H1Medieval Literature
- ENG320Y1Shakespeare last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG320H1Shakespeare I: Early Plays and Poems
- ENG321H1Shakespeare II: Later Plays and Poems
- ENG322Y1The Rise of the Novel last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG322H1The Rise of the Novel
- ENG323H1Austen and Her Contemporaries
- ENG330H1Medieval Drama
- ENG331H1Drama 1485-1603
- ENG335H1Drama 1603-1642
- ENG337H1Drama 1660-1800
- ENG373H1Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature
- ENG374H1Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature
- ENG201H1Reading Poetry
- ENG201Y1Reading Poetry last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- JWE206H1Writing English Essays
- ENG280H1Critical Approaches to Literature
- ENG281H1Writing About Literature
- ENG285H1The English Language in the World
- ENG376H1Topics in Theory, Language, Critical Methods
- ENG377H1Topics in Theory, Language, Critical Methods
- ENG382H1Literary Theory
- ENG382Y1Literary Theory last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG384H1Literature and Psychoanalysis
- ENG384Y1Literature and Psychoanalysis last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG385H1History of the English Language
- ENG386H1Creative Writing: Writing for Stage and Screen
- ENG387H1Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
- ENG388H1Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENG389H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
- ENG394H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG395H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG497H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Literary Citizenship
- ENG498H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Long-Form Writing
- ENG496H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Multigenre Workshop
- DRM228H1Playwriting I
- DRM328H1Playwriting II
- DRM428H1Advanced Playwriting
- CRE275H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
- CRE276H1Writing for the Stage and Screen
- CRE279H1Creative Non-Fiction
- CRE280H1Creative Writing: Poetry
- CRE282H1Emerging Genres in Creative Writing
- CRE350Y1Creative Writing
- CRE479H1Fiction: A Master Class
- CRE479Y1The Novel: A Master Class
- CRE480H1Poetry: A Master Class
- WRR211H1Introduction to Creative Writing
- WRR311H1Seminar in Creative Writing – Fiction
- ENG202H1Introduction to British Literature I
- ENG203H1Introduction to British Literature II
- ENG250H1Introduction to American Literature
- ENG252H1Introduction to Canadian Literature
- ENG289H1Introduction to Creative Writing
- ENG286H1Literature and Data
- ENG287H1The Digital Text
English Major - Stream in Literature and Language
- Arts program
- 7.0 ENG credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ1647A
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
7.0 ENG credits including 2.0 credits from 300+ level Literature and Language courses, at least 0.5 credit of which must be at the 400-level.
ENG100H1, ENG102H1, and courses with a CR/NCR final mark are not accepted toward any English program.
Courses must fulfill the following requirements:
Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures: ENG253H1; ENG254H1; ENG269H1; ENG270H1; ENG355H1/ ENG355Y1; ENG356Y1; ENG358H1; ENG359H1; ENG366H1; ENG367H1; ENG368H1; ENG369H1; ENG370H1/ ENG370Y1; ENG371H1; ENG372H1
Pre-1800 British Literature: ENG220H1; ENG240Y1; ENG300H1/ ENG300Y1; ENG301H1; ENG302H1; ENG302Y1; ENG303H1; ENG305H1; ENG306Y1; ENG306H1; ENG307H1; ENG308Y1; ENG308H1; ENG309H1; ENG311H1; ENG320Y1; ENG320H1; ENG321H1; ENG322Y1; ENG322H1; ENG323H1; ENG330H1; ENG331H1; ENG335H1; ENG337H1; ENG373H1; ENG374H1
Theory, Language, Critical Methods: ENG201H1; ENG201Y1; JWE206H1; ENG280H1; ENG281H1; ENG285H1; ENG376H1; ENG377H1; ENG382H1/ ENG382Y1; ENG384H1/ ENG384Y1; ENG385H1
11.0 credits from Introduction to British Literature: ENG202H1, ENG203H1
20.5 credit from Introduction to American Literature: ENG250H1
30.5 credit from Introduction to Canadian Literature: ENG252H1
40.5 ENG credit from Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures courses from list below
51.0 ENG credits from Pre-1800 British Literature courses from list below
60.5 ENG/JWE credit from Theory, Language, Critical Methods courses from list below
70.5 credit from Quantitative Methods: ENG286H1/ ENG287H1 or 0.5 credit in any BR=5 course
82.5 credits in additional ENG courses
Notes:
Note 1No more than 1.0 credit of 100 level courses may count toward the program’s completion.
Note 2ENG386H1, ENG387H1, ENG388H1, ENG389H1, ENG394H1, ENG395H1, ENG496H1, ENG497H1, and ENG498H1 may not be counted toward fulfilling the requirements for the Stream in Literature and Language of the Major program in English.
Note 3For the purpose of program completion, JWE206H1 counts as an English course.
Note 4Please note that prerequisites and exclusions will be strictly enforced.
Courses these requirements name
- ENG100H1Effective Writing
- ENG102H1Literature and the Sciences
- ENG253H1Caribbean Literature
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- ENG269H1English Literature and Chinese Translation
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG355H1Transnational Indigenous Literatures
- ENG355Y1Transnational Indigenous Literatures last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG356Y1African Canadian Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG358H1Early African Canadian Literature
- ENG359H1Later African Canadian Literature
- ENG366H1African American Literature
- ENG367H1African Literatures in English
- ENG368H1Asian North American Literature
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- ENG370H1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses
- ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG371H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG372H1Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures
- ENG220H1Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG240Y1Old English Language and Literature
- ENG300H1Chaucer
- ENG300Y1Chaucer last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG301H1Sixteenth-Century Literature
- ENG302H1Seventeenth-Century Literature
- ENG302Y1English Renaissance Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG303H1Milton
- ENG305H1Swift, Pope, and Their Contemporaries
- ENG306Y1Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG306H1Restoration and Early-Eighteenth Century Literature
- ENG307H1Eighteenth-Century Literature
- ENG308Y1Romantic Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG308H1Romantic Literature to 1812
- ENG309H1Romantic Literature after 1812
- ENG311H1Medieval Literature
- ENG320Y1Shakespeare last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG320H1Shakespeare I: Early Plays and Poems
- ENG321H1Shakespeare II: Later Plays and Poems
- ENG322Y1The Rise of the Novel last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG322H1The Rise of the Novel
- ENG323H1Austen and Her Contemporaries
- ENG330H1Medieval Drama
- ENG331H1Drama 1485-1603
- ENG335H1Drama 1603-1642
- ENG337H1Drama 1660-1800
- ENG373H1Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature
- ENG374H1Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature
- ENG201H1Reading Poetry
- ENG201Y1Reading Poetry last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- JWE206H1Writing English Essays
- ENG280H1Critical Approaches to Literature
- ENG281H1Writing About Literature
- ENG285H1The English Language in the World
- ENG376H1Topics in Theory, Language, Critical Methods
- ENG377H1Topics in Theory, Language, Critical Methods
- ENG382H1Literary Theory
- ENG382Y1Literary Theory last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG384H1Literature and Psychoanalysis
- ENG384Y1Literature and Psychoanalysis last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG385H1History of the English Language
- ENG202H1Introduction to British Literature I
- ENG203H1Introduction to British Literature II
- ENG250H1Introduction to American Literature
- ENG252H1Introduction to Canadian Literature
- ENG286H1Literature and Data
- ENG287H1The Digital Text
- ENG386H1Creative Writing: Writing for Stage and Screen
- ENG387H1Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
- ENG388H1Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENG389H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
- ENG394H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG395H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG496H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Multigenre Workshop
- ENG497H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Literary Citizenship
- ENG498H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Long-Form Writing
English Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 ENG credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN1645
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
4.0 ENG credits, including 1.0 credit from 300+level ENG courses.
Only 1.0 credit from 100-level ENG courses may be counted. We do not accept ENG100H1, ENG102H1, or any CR/NCR courses toward our programs.
ENG386H1, ENG387H1, ENG388H1, ENG389H1, ENG394H1, ENG395H1, ENG496H1, ENG497H1, and ENG498H1 may not be counted toward fulfilling the requirements for the Minor program in English.
Notes:
Note 1For the purpose of program completion, JWE206H1 counts as an English course.
Note 2Please note that prerequisites and exclusions will be strictly enforced.
Courses these requirements name
- ENG100H1Effective Writing
- ENG102H1Literature and the Sciences
- ENG386H1Creative Writing: Writing for Stage and Screen
- ENG387H1Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
- ENG388H1Creative Writing: Poetry
- ENG389H1Creative Writing: Short Fiction
- ENG394H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG395H1Creative Writing: Special Topics
- ENG496H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Multigenre Workshop
- ENG497H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Literary Citizenship
- ENG498H1Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Long-Form Writing
- JWE206H1Writing English Essays
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