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We provide a unique environment for English studies in Canada.

Programs in English Literature, Media, and Writing (ELMW) include a specialization, major, minor, and 3-year concentration. These programs foreground the integral relationship between compositional and critical-reading practices and replace the programs in English Literature (ELIT) and English Rhetoric and Media Studies (ERMS).

Current students may choose to continue in their current ELIT and ERMS programs or they may choose to switch to the new ELMW program. The Department of English has created a transition plan to ensure that current ELIT and ERMS students can continue in and graduate from the ELIT and ERMS programs.

Academic Advisor

Philippa Spoel

Telephone: (705) 675-1151 ext. 4345

Email: pspoel@laurentian.ca

Office: Administrative Assistant:
Emy-Anne Adam
(705) 675-1151 ext. 4340
sla@laurentian.ca

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Program Details

Delivery Method: On campus

Program Language: English

Our program equips graduates with the kind of skills and practices that employers always need: people who can solve complex problems, communicate clearly with a wide range of people and create stylish texts and films that both inspire and inform.

Relevant graduate study opportunities at Laurentian:

Graduate studies in Science Communication

Admission Requirements

Ontario High School Applicants

Program Prerequisites:

1 grade 12 English U/M course; 5 other grade 12 U/M courses
A minimum overall average of 70% in the 6 best grade 12 U/M courses

Additional information for applicants who have completed Advanced Placement courses.

Additional information for applicants who have completed the International Baccalaureate.

Applicants from outside an Ontario High School

International Students

Canadian High School Applicants from outside Ontario

Applicants from Colleges

Applicants from other Universities

Mature Students

How To Apply

Canadian Applicants

If you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you must complete your application through the Ontario Universities Application Center (OUAC).

For detailed instructions on the application process, see the How to Apply: Canadian Undergraduate Applicants page.

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International Applicants

If you’re an international applicant, you must fill out the International Application Form.

For detailed instructions on the application process, see the How to Apply: International Students page.

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Degree Options

Note for Current Students

The degree options listed below are for the upcoming academic year, not the current academic year. If you are a current student looking for which courses to take in order to complete your degree options from a previous academic year's curriculum, please consult with an academic advisor.

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Programs

Total 120 credits

Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements for the BA or B.Sc.

Specialization in English Literature, Media, and Writing

First year:

6 credits from :

ENGL 1705E Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL 1706E Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

ENGL 1707E Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

ENGL 1717E Introduction to Creative Writing

24 credits other courses, including:

6 elective credits of linguistic awareness
6 elective credits of scientific literacy
12 elective credits

Second year:

ENGL 2056E Texts in Historical Context

ENGL 2057E Critical Reading and Textual Analysis

12 credits ENGL courses (6cr from Case-based courses and 6cr from Practice-based courses)

12 credits other courses, including:

6 elective credits in Indigenous content

6 elective credits

Third year:

ENGL 3056E Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts

ENGL 3057E Introduction to Critical Theories

12 credits ENGL courses (6cr from Case-based courses and 6cr from Practice-based courses)

12 credits other courses

Fourth Year:

9 credits of 4000-level ENGL seminars

9 credits ENGL courses (Case-based courses and/or Practice-based courses)

12 credits other courses

Note: Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.

Major in English Literature, Media, and Writing

First year:

6 credits from :

ENGL 1705E Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL 1706E Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

ENGL 1707E Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

ENGL 1717E Introduction to Creative Writing

24 credits other courses, including:

6 elective credits of linguistic awareness
6 elective credits of scientific literacy
12 elective credits

Second year:

ENGL 2056E Texts in Historical Context

ENGL 2057E Critical Reading and Textual Analysis

6 credits ENGL courses (3cr from Case-based courses and 3cr from Practice-based courses)

18 credits other courses, including:

6 elective credits in Indigenous content

12 elective credits

Third year:

ENGL 3056E Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts

ENGL 3057E Introduction to Critical Theories

6 credits ENGL courses (3cr from Case-based courses and 3cr from Practice-based courses)

18 credits other courses

Fourth Year:

6 credits of 4000-level ENGL seminars

6 credits ENGL courses (Case-based courses and/or Practice-based courses)

18 credits other courses

Note: Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.

Bachelor of Arts (General) in English

Total 90 credits

Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements for the BA or B.Sc.

Concentration in English Literature, Media, and Writing

First year:

6 credits from :

ENGL 1705E Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL 1706E Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

ENGL 1707E Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

ENGL 1717E Introduction to Creative Writing

24 credits other courses, including:

6 elective credits of linguistic awareness
6 elective credits of scientific literacy
12 elective credits

Second year:

ENGL 2056E Texts in Historical Context

ENGL 2057E Critical Reading and Textual Analysis

9 credits ENGL courses

15 credits other courses, including:

6 elective credits in Indigenous content

9 elective credits

Third year:

ENGL 3056E Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts

ENGL 3057E Introduction to Critical Theories

9 credits ENGL courses

15 credits other courses

Note: Students may not exceed 42 credits at the 1000 or 9100 level in their degree program.

Minor in English Literature, Media, and Writing

6 credits from :

ENGL 1705E Introduction to Writing and English Studies

ENGL 1706E Introduction to Writing and English Studies I

ENGL 1707E Introduction to Writing and English Studies II

ENGL 1717E Introduction to Creative Writing

18 credits ENGL courses (minimum 6 credits at the 3000 level)

PRACTICE-BASED COURSES

ENGL 2016E Science Writing in the Public Sphere

ENGL 2546E Classical Rhetoric for Contemporary Citizens

ENGL 2626E Critical Approaches

ENGL 2827E Documentary Film Making

ENGL 3126E Introduction to Shakespeare

ENGL 3175E Medieval & Early Modern Drama

ENGL 3192E Topics in Medieval & Renaissance Lit II

ENGL 3196E Core Seminar – Group 1

ENGL 3292E Topics in 18th & 19th Century Lit II

ENGL 3296E Core Seminar Group 2

ENGL 3392E Topics in 20th & 21st Century Lit II

ENGL 3396E Core Seminar Group 3

ENGL 3411E Canadian Indigenous Poetics

ENGL 3492E Topics in North American Lit II

ENGL 3496E Core Seminar Group 4

ENGL 3516E Creative Writing

ENGL 3517E Studies in Creative Writing

ENGL 3536E Environmental Communication

ENGL 3556E Principles and Practices of Professional Writing

ENGL 3566E Indigenous Oral Storytelling

ENGL 3576E The Craft of Life Writing

ENGL 3577E The Craft of Writing Poetry

ENGL 3592E Topics in Media and Rhetoric II

ENGL 3596E Core Seminar (ERMS - English Rhetoric and Media Studies)

ENGL 3846E Applied Media Aesthetics

CASE-BASED COURSES

ENGL 2626E Critical Approaches

ENGL 2636E Detective Fiction

ENGL 2637E Children' Literature

ENGL 2646E The Study and Evolution of the English Language

ENGL 2656E Northern Ontario Literature

ENGL 2666E Literature and the Environment

ENGL 2676E Popular Literature & Culture I

ENGL 2677E Popular Literature & Culture II

ENGL 2815E World Cinema

ENGL 2826E Rhetoric of Documentary Films

ENGL 2846E Rhetoric of Film and Image

ENGL 3106E Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose

ENGL 3107E Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose

ENGL 3126E Introduction to Shakespeare

ENGL 3127E Shakespeare in Context

ENGL 3157E 16th & 17th Century Women’s Writing

ENGL 3175E Medieval & Early Modern Drama

ENGL 3191E Topics in Medieval & Renaissance Lit I

ENGL 3195E Special Topics in Medieval & Renaissance Literature

ENGL 3196E Core Seminar – Group 1

ENGL 3206E The 18th Century English Novel

ENGL 3215E English Literature of the Romantic Period

ENGL 3235E Victorian Literature

ENGL 3246E Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature

ENGL 3247E Literature of Sensibility and Revolution

ENGL 3256E Women of Letters of the 18th Century

ENGL 3291E Topics in 18th and 19th Century Lit I

ENGL 3296E Core Seminar Group 2

ENGL 3305E Postcolonial Literary Studies

ENGL 3326E Modern Novel

ENGL 3327E Contemporary Novel

ENGL 3346E Modern Women’s Writing

ENGL 3347E Contemporary Women’s Writing

ENGL 3391E Topics in 20th and 21st Century Lit I

ENGL 3396E Core Seminar Group 3

ENGL 3411E Canadian Indigenous Poetics

ENGL 3416E American Thought and Culture

ENGL 3445E A Survey of Canadian Literature

ENGL 3456E Indigenous Literatures in Canada I

ENGL 3486E American Modernism

ENGL 3487E Contemporary American Literature

ENGL 3491E Topics in North American Lit I

ENGL 3496E Core Seminar Group 4

ENGL 3507E Writer’s Voice

ENGL 3527E Rhetorical Criticism

ENGL 3536E Environmental Communication

ENGL 3546E Media Representations of Indigenous Peoples in North America

ENGL 3591E Topics in Media & Rhetoric I

ENGL 3596E Core Seminar (ERMS - English Rhetoric and Media Studies)

ENGL 3826E Indigenous Film in Canada

ENGL 3846E Applied Media Aesthetics

Courses

Year:

ENGL-1540EL - Academic Reading and Writing English Speakers ENGL-1550EL - English Language Learning: Academic Reading and Writing ENGL-1561EL - Business Communication ENGL-1705EL - Introduction to Writing and English Studies ENGL-1706EL - Poetry, Plays & Prose - an Introduction To Writing and English Studies ENGL-1707EL - Fiction and Film - an Introduction to Writing and English Studies ENGL-1717EL - Introduction to Creative Writing ENGL-2546EL - Classical Rhetoric for Contemporary Citizens ENGL-2626EL - Critical Approaches ENGL-2656EL - Northern Ontario Literature ENGL-2676EL - Popular Literature and Culture I ENGL-2677EL - Popular Literature and Culture II ENGL-2826EL - Rhetoric of Documentary Films ENGL-2637EL - Children's Literature ENGL-2636EL - Detective Fiction ENGL-2016EL - Science Writing in the Public Sphere ENGL-2646EL - The Study and Evolution of the English Language ENGL-2666EL - Literature and the Environment ENGL-2815EL - World Cinema ENGL-2056EL - Texts in Historical Context ENGL-2057EL - Critical Reading and Textual Analysis ENGL-2846EL - Rhetoric of Film and Image ENGL-2827EL - Documentary Film Making ENGL-3157EL - Women's Writing in the 16th and 17th Century ENGL-3175EL - Medieval and Early Modern Drama ENGL-3195EL - Selected Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature ENGL-3196EL - Core Seminar Group 1 ENGL-3206EL - The 18th Century English Novel ENGL-3256EL - Women of Letters in the 18th Century ENGL-3296EL - Core Seminar Group 2 ENGL-3305EL - Postcolonial Literary Studies ENGL-3326EL - The Modern Novel ENGL-3327EL - The Contemporary Novel ENGL-3335EL - Modern and Contemporary Poetry ENGL-3346EL - Modern Women's Writing ENGL-3347EL - Contemporary Women's Writing ENGL-3396EL - Core Seminar Group 3

ENGL-3416EL - American Thought and Culture ENGL-3445EL - A Survey of Canadian Literature ENGL-3496EL - Core Seminar Group 4 ENGL-3507EL - Writer's Voice ENGL-3516EL - Creative Writing ENGL-3527EL - Rhetorical Criticism ENGL-3536EL - Environmental Communication ENGL-3596EL - Core Seminar (ERMS - English Rhetoric and Media Studies) ENGL-3836EL - Women and Film ENGL-3105EL - 16th and 17th Century Poetry and Prose ENGL-3235EL - Victorian Literature ENGL-3456EL - Indigenous Literatures in Canada I ENGL-3517EL - Studies in Creative Writing ENGL-3546EL - Media Representations of Indigenous Peoples in North America ENGL-3566EL - Indigenous Oral Storytelling ENGL-3576EL - The Craft of Life Writing ENGL-3577EL - The Craft of Writing Poetry ENGL-3106EL - Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose ENGL-3107EL - Seventeenth-Century Poetry and Prose ENGL-3126EL - Introduction to Shakespeare ENGL-3127EL - Shakespeare in Context ENGL-3246EL - Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature ENGL-3247EL - Literature of Sensibility and Revolution ENGL-3411EL - Canadian Indigenous Poetics ENGL-3486EL - American Modernism ENGL-3487EL - Contemporary American Literature ENGL-3826EL - Indigenous Film in Canada ENGL-3846EL - Applied Media Aesthetics ENGL-3056EL - Texts in Modern and Contemporary Contexts ENGL-3057EL - Introduction to Critical Theories ENGL-4656EL - Directed Readings ENGL-4686EL - Honours Seminar I ENGL-4687EL - Honours Seminar II ENGL-4695EL - Honours Thesis ENGL-4786EL - Honours Seminar III ENGL-4787EL - Honours Seminar IV