Faculty of Arts
Section 8: Departments in, and Programs and Courses Offered by, the Faculty of Arts
8.9 Department of English, Film, and Theatre
Head: Judith Owens
General Office: 625
Fletcher
Argue
Building
Telephone: (204) 474-9678
Web: umanitoba.ca/english
Email: english@umanitoba.ca
8.9.1 Academic
Staff
8.9.2 Program
Information
English literature connects us in vital ways to times, places, and
cultures, including our own; engages us in important moral and social
questions; encourages us to reflect upon the capacities of the human mind
and imagination; invites us to probe connections between language, form,
structure, and meaning; and entertains, surprises, shocks, and moves us.
Through its offerings of courses in contemporary and historical literature
and in creative writing, our program promotes the study of English from
this wide range of perspectives.
For entry, continuation and graduation requirements for the
General Degree, Advanced Degree and Honours Degree, see Section 4: Basic
Faculty Regulations for the Three Programs Leading to a B.A.
Major Program
For entry to the Major, the prerequisite is a grade of "C" or
better in ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340. For students who have taken additional
courses toward the Major, then a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 is required
on all courses including the higher grade of repeated courses and excluding
failed courses.
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 in all courses that
comprise the Major is required to graduate, including the higher grade of
repeated courses and excluding failed courses.
Minor Program
For entry to the Minor, the prerequisite is a grade of "C" or
better in ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300(or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340.
Honours
Program
For entry to the Honours Program see Section 4: Basic Faculty Regulations
for the Three Programs Leading to a B.A. A grade of “B” or
better is required in ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or in
both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340; ENGL 1200 is strongly recommended. Students
may also be admitted to Honours in English in the third year of undergraduate
study, in consultation with the department. Honours students must have
their programs approved by the department each year. Normally, to continue
in the Honours Program, a minimum grade of “B” must be obtained
in all English courses.
Honours courses are also open to students who have been
accepted into the pre-M.A. program and to students who have obtained the
written consent of the department head.
Honours students who revert to a general program in English
must meet the literature prior to the 1900 requirement for a Major or
Minor, and they should consult the department head before continuing.
Students taking Single Honours should, if possible, take at
least 12 credit hours in one of the following languages: French, German,
Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish.
Study Resources
All students taking English should own a writing handbook and a good
dictionary such as Webster’s New Collegiate, Funk and Wagnall’s
Standard College, The Concise Oxford, The Gage Canadian, or The New World.
Students will also find useful The MLA Handbook and M.H. Abrams, A Glossary
of Literary Terms.
8.9.3
English , Program Code: 004
UNIVERSITY 1 |
YEAR 2 |
YEAR 3 |
YEAR 4 |
GENERAL
MAJOR1,2,3,5 TOTAL: 30 CREDIT HOURS |
ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340 |
24
credit hours in general courses to include at least 9 credit hours of
literature prior to 1900 5 [of the credit hours listed above,
at least 6 credit hours must be at the 3000 level]. |
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ADVANCED
MAJOR1,2,3,5 TOTAL: 48 CREDIT HOURS |
ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340 |
42
credit hours in general courses4 to include at least 15 credit
hours of literature prior to 1900 5 [of the credit hours
listed above, at least 9 credit hours must be at the 3000 level]. |
MINOR1,3,5 TOTAL: 18 CREDIT HOURS |
ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340 |
12
credit hours in general courses to include at least 6 credit hours of
literature prior to 1900 5 [of the credit hours listed above,
at least 3 credit hours must be at the 3000 level]. |
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HONOURS
SINGLE1,5,6,8 |
ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340 |
• ENGL 2640 (in Year 2)
• 24 credit
hours of literature prior to 1900 5, of which 12 credit hours
is to be in literature prior to 1700 selected from the following English
courses: ENGL 2070, ENGL 2080, ENGL 2090, ENGL 3000, ENGL 3010, ENGL 3020, ENGL 3030, ENGL 3050, ENGL 3080, ENGL 3090, ENGL 31807
• 6 credit
hours in Canadian literature, selected from the following English
courses: ENGL 2270, ENGL 32707
•12 credit
hours in other literature after 1900, selected from the following English
courses: ENGL 2160, ENGL 2180, ENGL 2830, ENGL 2840, ENGL 3980, ENGL 39907
• 9 credit
hours in other English courses [of the credit hours listed above, at
least 9 credit hours must be at the 3000 level].
• 9 credit
hours in Honours seminars (4000 level) in Years 3 and 4. Honours seminars
that are double-numbered with a graduate course will be limited to
fourth-year Honours students.
• 24 credit
hours in ancillary options |
HONOURS
DOUBLE1,3,5,8 |
ENGL 1200 or ENGL 1300 (or the former 004.126) or both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1340 |
• ENGL 2640 (in Year 2)
• 18 credit
hours of literature prior to 1900 5
• 6 credit
hours in other English courses [of the credit hours listed above, at
least 6 credit hours must be at the 3000 level].
• 6 credit
hours in Honours seminars (4000 level). Honours seminars that are
double-numbered with a graduate course will be limited to fourth-year
Honours students.
• 36 credit
hours in second honours field
• 6 credit
hours in ancillary options |
NOTES:
1 See “(B) Introductory Courses”
below for restrictions on the number of courses numbered at the 1000
level that may be taken for credit.
2 Students may offer up to 6
credit hours in Film Studies courses, with the exception of FILM 1290 and FILM 1310 (or the former FILM 1300), toward both the 3-year and the
4-year Major in English. Any Film Studies course so applied may not also
be offered toward a Minor in Film Studies.
3 Film Studies course FILM 2280 may be used as an
English course to satisfy the English course requirements. If it is used
as such, it may not also be applied to a minor in Film Studies or as an
ancillary option in Honours.
4 Credit in ENGL 2000 may be
offered toward the 48 hours in general courses required for a Major (Advanced).
5 Students may offer up to
6 credit hours of literature in translation courses (ENGL 2490, CLAS
3610, CLAS 3620, ICEL 3320, ICEL 3330) to satisfy requirements for a
General Major, Advanced Major, Single Honours or Double Honours. Students
may offer up to 3 credit hours of literature in translation courses to
satisfy the “literature prior to 1900” requirement for a
General Major, Advanced Major, Single Honours or Double Honours. Students
may not offer literature in translation courses to satisfy the requirements
for a Minor.
6 Film and Theatre courses, other
than Introductory (1000 level), may be used for credit towards an Honours
program (Single).
7 Certain courses that vary
in content from year to year, such as Honours seminars and Special Topics
courses, may also satisfy this requirement, as determined by the Department.
8 Ancillary options are
courses taken from outside the Honours field of study.
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Literature Prior to 1900
Students declaring a four-year Major in English must take at least 15 credit hours from the courses listed below. Students declaring a three-year Major in English must take at least 9 credit hours from the list. Students declaring a Minor in English must take at least 6 credit hours from the list. Courses chosen from this list will be deemed to satisfy the previous “Special List” requirement for students in progress towards a degree with previously declared Majors or Minors in English. [NOTE: From year to year, other courses may meet this requirement. Please refer to the on-line course timetable for additional information on these courses.]
| Faculty of Arts |
| English |
Credit Hours |
| ENGL 2070 |
Literature of the Sixteenth Century |
6 |
| ENGL 2080 |
Medieval Literature |
6 |
| ENGL 2090 |
Literature of the Seventeenth Century
|
6 |
| ENGL 2120 |
Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
|
6 |
| ENGL 2130 |
Literature of the Romantic Period |
6 |
| ENGL 2140 |
Literature of the Victorian Period
|
6 |
| ENGL 2170 |
American Literature to 1900 |
6 |
| ENGL 3000 |
Chaucer |
6 |
| ENGL 3010 |
Shakespeare
|
6 |
| ENGL 3020 |
Milton |
6 |
| ENGL 3030 |
Studies in Sixteenth-Century Literature |
3 |
| ENGL 3050 |
Studies in Old English
|
6 |
| ENGL 3080 |
Studies in Medieval Literature |
3 |
| ENGL 3090 |
Studies in Seventeenth-Century Literature
|
3 |
| ENGL 3120 |
Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature |
3 |
| ENGL 3130 |
Studies in the Romantics |
3 |
| ENGL 3140 |
Studies in the Victorians
|
3 |
| ENGL 3180 |
Studies in Renaissance Literature
|
3 |
| 004.206* |
Medieval Literature |
3 |
| 004.210* |
English Literature of the Sixteenth Century |
3 |
| 004.215* |
English Literature of the Seventeenth Century
|
3 |
| 004.226* |
English Literature of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century |
3 |
| 004.228* |
Literature of the Romantic Period
|
3 |
| 004.229* |
Literature of the Victorian Period |
3 |
| 004.253* |
A History of Critical Theory |
3 |
| 004.286* |
American Literature to 1900 |
3 |
| 004.306* |
Studies in Middle English |
6 |
| 004.307* |
Studies in Chaucer
|
6 |
| 004.310* |
Studies in Shakespeare
|
6 |
| 004.311* |
Studies in Renaissance Literature |
6 |
| 004.315* |
Studies in Seventeenth-Century Literature |
6 |
| 004.316* |
Studies in Milton |
6 |
| 004.326* |
Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature |
6 |
| 004.328* |
Studies in the Romantics
|
6 |
| 004.329* |
Studies in the Victorians |
6 |
| NOTE: Restrictions apply to the following courses regarding their use for credit in English (ENGL 2490) and for fulfillment of the literature prior to 1900 requirement. See program note 5. Contact the department for further information on restrictions. |
| Classics (Classical Studies) |
Credit Hours |
| CLAS 3610 |
Greek Literature in Translation (taught with ENGL 2490)
|
3 |
| CLAS 3620 |
Latin Literature in Translation (taught with ENGL 2490)
|
3 |
| 003.269* |
Greek Literature in Translation |
3 |
| 003.270* |
Latin Literature in Translation |
3 |
| Icelandic |
Credit Hours |
| ICEL 3320 |
Old Norse Mythology (taught with ENGL 2490) |
3 |
| ICEL 3330 |
Icelandic Sagas in Translation (taught with ENGL 2490) |
3 |
* Indicates course no longer offered.
Types of Courses
A – Preliminary Courses
These courses are not designed to teach English as a second language.
For students who need help with basic writing skills, the Department of English, Film, and Theatre offers two half courses: ENGL 0930 English Composition and ENGL 0940 Writing About Literature. These courses are limited in size. Both ENGL 0930 and ENGL 0940 are acceptable for credit towards a degree in Arts or Science, but they may not be counted for credit in the 48 hours for a Major (Advanced), the 30 hours for a Major (General), or the 18 hours for a Minor. Either or both will, however, be included in the total number of hours a student is allowed to take in the combined Major and Minor. There is no prerequisite for entry into ENGL 0930 or ENGL 0940, and these courses are not required for admission to subsequent English courses.
B – Introductory Courses
A grade of “C” or better in one of: ENGL 1200 (004.120), ENGL 1201 (004.120), ENGL 1300 (004.130), ENGL 1301 (004.130), or in both ENGL 1310 (004.131) and ENGL 1340 (004.134), or the former 004.126 is normally required for entry to a Major or Minor program in English and is the normal prerequisite for any English course beyond the introductory level. For admission to Honours courses or the Honours program see Honours Program above. Up to 12 hours of courses at the 1000 level may be taken for credit but students may offer only 6 hours of courses numbered at the 1000 level for credit in the minimum number of hours required for a three-year Major, a four-year Major, or a Minor in English. If 9 or 12 hours are taken, however, they will be included in the total number of hours a student is allowed to take in the combined Major and Minor.
C- Intermediate Courses (2000 level)
These courses are open to any student who has a grade of “C” or better in one of: ENGL 1200 (004.120), ENGL 1201 (004.120), ENGL 1300 (004.130), ENGL 1301 (004.130), or in both ENGL 1310 (004.131) and ENGL 1340 (004.134), or the former 004.126, or who has written consent of the department head.
D- Advanced Courses (3000 level)
E- Honours Courses
Film
Theatre
Drama
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