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Honours Program
The BA Honours program in English provides a rigourous and comprehensive education in literary studies. Many graduate schools and professional programs require an Honours degree, and ours is equivalent to those programs at top universities across Canada.
Requirements
To be eligible for the Honours program, students normally have a minimum of 70% in their English courses or an average of 75% or higher overall.
If you are interested in the Honours program, please contact either the Head of the Department or our Manager of Academic Programs. You can begin the paperwork yourself by completing the Application Form.
Here is some information about The Honours Essay. 
Consult the University Calendar for information about the requirements for Joint Honours programs in HSS as well as the specific requirements for an Honours degree in English.
Major in English Requirements:
Students who choose English as their major must include 36 credit hours in courses in the subject, including:
a) English 2000 and 2001
b) English 3200 or 3201
c) Three credit hours in Canadian literature, chosen from: 2150, 2151, 2160, 3152, 3153, 3155, 3156, 3157, 3158, 4821, 4822, 4850-4860
d) Three credit hours in American literature, chosen from: 2160, 2213, 2214, 3260, 4251, 4260, 4261, 4270
e) Six credit hours at the 4000-level. (These six credit hours may not be chosen from courses conducted by another department.)
f) Nine credit hours in additional English courses
g) At least nine credit hours must be at the 3000-level
h) Students must normally complete English 2000 and English 2001 before they are eligible to register for courses at the 4000-level.
First-Year English
The completion of first-year English courses is required for all programs at Memorial University. These courses are taught by all members of the English Department, including both senior professors and our most recently appointed scholars and teaching fellows.
These courses introduce students to the study of imaginative literature at the University level and to the fundamentals of composition: discovering the points they want to make, planning, drafting, and editing. Students learn to read a variety of texts critically, to appreciate the nuances of language, and to write accurate and clear essays.
Students write a minimum of four essays per semester, at least one of which is composed out of class. Students are also required to write two essays in their final examination at the end of the semester.
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A tentative list of upcoming English course offerings can be found at www.mun.ca/hss/courses.php.
English courses are designated by ENGL.
ENGL 1020 Writing for Second Language Students I
is an introduction to the use of English with emphasis on composition. This course is for students whose first language is not English and who have attained a standard acceptable to the University on an approved language proficiency exam such as IELTS, TOEFL or CAEL. Students completing this course may elect to use it with ENGL 1021 to fulfill the Bachelor of Arts Language Study Requirement.
CR: the former ENGL 1030
UL: cannot be used as credit to fulfill the requirements for the major, minor, and honours in English programs
ENGL 1021 Writing for Second Language Students II
develops skills in critical reading and writing of academic English, with emphasis on research and writing syntheses from sources, for non-native English-speaking students. Students successfully completing this course may elect to use it with ENGL 1020 to fulfill the Bachelor of Arts Language Study Requirement.
PR: ENGL 1020
UL: cannot be used as credit to fulfill the requirements for the major, minor, and honours in English programs

ENGL 1090 Critical Reading and Writing: Telling Stories
is a foundational course for all university programs undertaken at Memorial University of Newfoundland, since understanding how stories work is fundamental to all disciplines. This course focuses on the language we encounter in our reading and use to record our reading experiences. Emphasis is placed on critical reading and writing: analyzing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing. All sections of this course follow Critical Reading and Writing Course Guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/crw.
CR: ENGL 1000, or the former ENGL 1030, or the former ENGL 1080

ENGL 1110 Critical Reading and Writing in Rhetoric
is an examination of prose texts such as essays, articles and reviews. Students write for different purposes and audiences. Emphasis is placed on critical reading and writing: analyzing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing. All sections of this course follow Critical Reading and Writing Course Guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/crw and build on foundational Critical Reading and Writing content delivered in ENGL 1090.
PR: ENGL 1000, or 1020, or 1090, or the former ENGL 1030, or the former ENGL 1080

ENGL 1191 Critical Reading and Writing: Self and Society
studies a variety of texts that explore the interaction between individual desires and social identities. Building on foundational critical reading and writing skills acquired in English 1090, students gain further experience with analyzing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing. All sections of this course follow Critical Reading and Writing Course Guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/crw and build on foundational CRW content delivered in ENGL 1090. Bachelor of Arts students should normally choose the second Critical Reading and Writing course from a discipline listed in the Breadth of Knowledge Requirement, unless pursuing a Major or Minor in English.
CR: ENGL 1001, the former ENGL 1101, 1102, 1103
PR: ENGL 1000, or 1020, or 1090, or the former ENGL 1030, or the former ENGL 1080
ENGL 1192 Critical Reading and Writing: Imagined Places
studies a variety of texts that explore imaginary (or imaginatively reconstructed) places and the responses of the humans who inhabit them. Building on foundational critical reading and writing skills acquired in English 1090, students gain further experience with analyzing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing. All sections of this course follow Critical Reading and Writing Course Guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/crw. Bachelor of Arts students should normally choose the second Critical Reading and Writing course from a discipline listed in the Breadth of Knowledge Requirement, unless pursuing a Major or Minor in English.
CR: ENGL 1001, and the former ENGL 1101, 1102, 1103
PR: ENGL 1000, or 1020, or 1090, or the former 1030, or the former 1080

ENGL 1193 Critical Reading and Writing: Ways of Reading
focuses on the process of reading, on specific strategies and approaches that we take in our encounters with texts and on the ways we report those encounters. Building on foundational critical reading and writing skills acquired in English 1090, students gain further experience analyzing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing. All sections of this course follow Critical Reading and Writing Course Guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/crw. Bachelor of Arts students should normally choose the second Critical Reading and Writing course from a discipline listed in the Breadth of Knowledge Requirement, unless pursuing a Major or Minor in English.
CR: ENGL 1001 and the former ENGL 1101, 1102, 1103
PR: ENGL 1000 or 1020, or 1090, or the former 1030 or the former 1080

ENGL 2000 Major Writers to 1800
is an introduction to the work of major authors by detailed study of selected texts. There is an emphasis on the various skills of essay writing.
CR: ENGL 2005
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2001 Major Writers from 1800
is an introduction to the work of major authors by detailed study of selected texts. There is an emphasis on the various skills of essay writing.
CR: ENGL 2008 and the former ENGL 2007
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2002 Drama
is a survey of drama from the Greeks to the present day.
CR: ENGL 2350, 2351
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level
ENGL 2003 Poetry
is a study of poetry, which aims to increase the student's critical understanding and appreciation of poetry, conducted through an examination of a wide variety of kinds and techniques.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2004 Short Fiction
aims to give the students an appreciation of the short story as a literary form. The course will deal with the nature, history and development of short fiction by considering a variety of authors and stories.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2010 Introduction to Professional Writing
requires students to analyze published essays for their aims, strategies, and discourses. Students practice writing as a process of discovery in the context of a learning community: for instance identifying questions to explore, free-writing, finding a focus, drafting, peer-editing, revising, editing. Each student produces a portfolio of revised, edited work.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2013 Twentieth Century Musicals
is a survey of twentieth-century musical theatre. Selected works, presenting different styles and periods, will be examined in detail. There will be a strong, required listening/viewing component to this course. The ability to read music is not required.
CR: Music 3007
EQ: Music 2013
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level
UL: cannot be taken for credit by students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music program

ENGL 2122 Introduction to World Literature in English
addresses contemporary literature consciously pre-occupied with global cultural identities and practices. The writers studied address transnational issues such as migration, environmental and human rights, travel and tourism, and the legacies of European colonialism. All sections of this course follow International Studies guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/IS.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2150 Modern Canadian Fiction
is a study of representative Canadian fiction since 1930, including such authors as Ross, Buckler, Davies, Laurence, Atwood, Ondaatje and Findley.
CR: ENGL 2146
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2151 New Canadian Fiction
is a study of fiction of Canadian writers since the 1970s.
CR: ENGL 2146
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2160 North American Indigenous Literature
will introduce Indigenous literature in a social, political and historical context. Beginning with the oral tradition (songs, narratives, legends, and orations), it will focus on different works by North American Indigenous writers: poetry, drama, short stories and novels.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level
ENGL 2211 The English Novel from 1800-1900
is a survey of representative texts from 1800-1900.
CR: the former ENGL 2200
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2212 The Twentieth-Century British Novel
is a survey of representative texts from 1900-2000.
CR: the former ENGL 2201
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2216 American Literature from 1776-1865
is a survey of American fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry from the Revolution to the Civil War era.
CR: the former ENGL 2214, ENGL 2215
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2217 American Literature from 1865-1945
is a survey of American fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry from the Civil War era to the end or the Second World War.
CR: the former ENGL 2213, the former ENGL 2214, ENGL 3215
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2218 American Literature since 1945
is a survey of American fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry from the end of the Second World War until the present.
CR: the former ENGL 2213, ENGL 3215
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2390 Introduction to Modern English Structures
is a practical introduction to the descriptive study of the English language with emphasis on syntax.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2400 History of the English Language to 1500
is a study of the early stages of the English Language: the Indo-European background; pronunciation and spelling, grammar, vocabulary and meaning in Old and Middle English.
EQ: Linguistics 2400
PR: ENGL 2390 or the former Linguistics 2103

ENGL 2450 Theatre
is an introduction to principles of directing and acting, through lectures, discussion and stage production.
AR: attendance is required
EQ: the former English 3350
OR: three hours of workshops

ENGL 2451 Physical Stage and Video Technique
is an introduction to the fundamentals and vocabulary of design, lighting and stagecraft and film/ video craft, including sound, properties, etc.
AR: attendance is required
EQ: the former English 3351
OR: three hours of workshops
ENGL 2600 Introduction to Middle English
is a study of the language and literature of the later medieval period, excluding Chaucer.
EQ: Medieval and Early Modern Studies 2600, the former Medieval Studies 2600
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level, or 6 credit hours at the 1000 level chosen from Table 1 Core Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Courses Approved for the Major and Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

ENGL 2811 Science Fiction and Fantasy
introduces the literary sub-genres of science fiction and fantasy. It examines the traditional canonical backgrounds from which popular literatures derive, studies the formulaic patterns and explores the place of science fiction and fantasy in popular culture.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2812-2820 (Excluding 2813 and 2815) Special Topics
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2813 Reading Images
introduces students to the field of visual culture and familiarizes them with both the vocabulary and the methodologies to examine images critically.
EQ: Communication Studies 2813
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2815 Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
is an introduction to the study of contemporary theory and criticism with an emphasis on its application in the reading of literary texts.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2850 What is Film?
introduces students to the critical analysis of film, focusing on how its elements create style and meaning.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2851 Introduction to Film Form and Film Theory
develops students' visual literacy and introduces film theories focused on, for example, reproduction technologies and cultures of spectatorship.
PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2905 Introduction to Creative Writing
will introduce students to the basic techniques and tools in the writer’s tool box in order to write original fiction, non-fiction and poetry. This course will explore examples of literature from these three genres and give students the opportunity to participate in peer-assessment and workshop critiques in order to develop the necessary skills for critical reading and creative writing.
PR: 6 credit hours of English including ENGL 1090 or the former 1080, or permission of the instructor
ENGL 3002 Medieval Books
is an examination of the development and role of the manuscript book during the Middle Ages. Topics covered will include book production and dissemination; authors, scribes and audiences; and various kinds of books (e.g. glossed Bibles, anthologies, books of hours, etc.) and their uses.
EQ: Medieval and Early Modern Studies 3000, the former Medieval Studies 3000, History 3000, Religious Studies 3000

ENGL 3006 Medieval and Early Modern Women Writers
will study selections from the considerable corpus of women's writings in the Medieval and Early Modern period, as well as issues which affected women's writing. All selections will be read in English translation.
EQ: Medieval and Early Modern Studies 3006, the former Medieval Studies 3006, the former Medieval Studies 3351, Gender Studies 3001

ENGL 3009 Literature and the Environment
examines literary writing concerned with relationships between humans and the nonhuman world. Possible topics include human-animal relationships; Indigenous relationships to the land; social justice and environment; traditions of environmental writing in different time periods, locations, and genres; writing ecological catastrophe; imagining the Anthropocene.
PR: 6 credit hours in Critical Reading and Writing courses

ENGL 3021 Medieval and Tudor Drama
is a study of the development of pre-Shakespearean drama, including representative cycle plays, morality plays, moral interludes, comedies, tragedies, folk plays, and royal entries.
EQ: Medieval and Early Modern Studies 3021, the former Medieval Studies 3021
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level, or 3 credit hours at the 2000 level chosen from Table 1 Core Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Courses Approved for the Major and Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

ENGL 3022 English Renaissance Drama
is a study of the development of English drama (excluding Shakespeare) from 1580 to 1642.
CR: ENGL 4317
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3130 The English Novel to 1800
is a study of eighteenth-century English novels by such authors as Burney, Defoe, Fielding, Manley, Richardson, Sterne and Smollett.
CR: the former ENGL 2210
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3152 Canadian Literature to 1918
is a study of the development of Canadian literature from its beginnings to the end of World War I.
CR: ENGL 3145, 3147, or the former 3150
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3153 Canadian Literature, 1918-1945
- inactive course.
ENGL 3153 Canadian Literature, 1918-1945
- inactive course.

ENGL 3155 Newfoundland Literature
is a study of literature from the island of Newfoundland with emphasis on representative writers since 1900.
CR: ENGL 2155
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3156 Modern Canadian Drama
is a study of a number of representative plays which illustrate the development of modern drama and theatre in Canada.
CR: ENGL 4307
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3157 Canadian Literature 1945-1970
is a study of the development of Canadian literature from 1945 to 1970.
CR: ENGL 3148, the former ENGL 3146, the former ENGL 3151, the former ENGL 3154
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3158 Canadian Literature 1970 to the Present
is a study of recent developments in Canadian literature.
CR: ENGL 3148, the former ENGL 3146, the former ENGL 3151, the former ENGL 3154
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3159 Contemporary African-Canadian Literature
involves the study of creative texts through postcolonial and critical race theories, attending to themes such as Black history and music, theories of Black writing, inter-racial relationships, and anti-racism.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3160 Empire and After: Introduction to Post-Colonial Writing
offers a broad overview of works which respond to the global phenomenon of British imperialism, and its persistent international consequences. Utilizing a cross-continental comparative frame, the course addresses the question: what happens when cultures collide? All sections of this course follow International Studies guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/IS.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3161 Australian Literature
focuses on contemporary writing by established Australian authors. It pays particular attention to the after effects of colonialism and the formulation of national identities.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3175 Irish Literature
focuses on major Irish writers in at least two genres.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3200 Shakespeare
is a study of tragedies and romances such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, Pericles, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level
ENGL 3201 Shakespeare
is a study of comedies and histories such as Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3260 American Drama
is a study of plays by dramatists from a range of periods, organized by theme.
CR: ENGL 4308
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3261 American Prose Fiction
is a study of novels and/or short fiction from various periods in American history, organized by theme.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3262 American Poetry
is a study or poetry and verse from various periods in American history, organized by theme.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3263 American Cultural Traditions
focuses on the literature produced within a particular political or cultural community in the United States, such as African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Indigenous, feminist, LGBTQ, proletarian, and/or socialist.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3265 Hardboiled Fiction
investigates the rich literary history of hard-boiled fiction through representative texts and critically explores how hardboiled aesthetic practices continue to get nuanced in relation to changing socioeconomic contexts.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3266-3274 Special Topics in American Literature
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3460 Folklore and Literature
examines the interrelationships among folklore forms and literary genres, the influence of oral traditions on written literatures, and the theoretical issues raised by these interrelationships. The primary emphasis is on the interpretation of literature from the perspective of folk tradition.
CR: the former ENGL 4450, the former Folklore 4450
EQ: Folklore 3460
PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level