Our English program includes a special intensive version of ENGL 100 for international students, and courses on fiction, poetry, drama, and Canadian literature.
Program Courses
COURSE CODECOURSE NAMECREDITS
ENGL 100 Strategies for University Writing (3)
Description:
This course focuses on the study and application of academic discourse. Students learn to write clearly, using correct grammar and good organization; apply principles of unity, coherence, and emphasis in paragraph and essay construction; write unified and economical sentences with effective transition, coordination, and subordination; use different patterns in writing, such as comparison and contrast, description, narration, and process development; plan, analyze, revise, and proofread their own writing; and begin to incorporate readings or other source materials into their writing. The emphasis throughout is on the rhetorical strategies of academic writing.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 112, SFU ENGL 199, UNBC ENGL 170, and UVic ENGL 135.
ENGL 101 Introduction to Fiction (3)
Description:
Introduction to fundamental literary principles of fiction, including form, plot, character, narration, and theme.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 100 level, SFU ENGL 101, UNBC ENGL 103, and UVic ENGL 100 level.
ENGL 102 Introduction to Poetry (3)
Description:
Introduction to the close reading of poetry, principally from the modern period. Students study a variety of poets, as well as multiple works of selected poets.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 1st, SFU ENGL 102, UNBC ENGL 102, and UVic ENGL 100 level.
ENGL 103 Introduction to Drama (3)
Description:
Introduction to the principles of drama, both as written text and as theatre. We emphasize modern Canadian plays and theatrical performance as symbolic action. Some attention is also given to appropriate techniques for writing English papers.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 1st, SFU ENGL 103, UNBC ENGL 104, and UVic ENGL 100 level.
ENGL 220 English Literature to the 18th Century (3)
Description:
An examination of the work of major English writers of prose, poetry, and drama from the 14th century to the 18th century.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 220, SFU ENGL 203, and UVic ENGL 200A.
ENGL 221 English Literature from the 18th Century to the Present (3)
Description:
A survey of poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction prose from the 18th century to the present.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 221, SFU ENGL 206, UNBC ENGL 211, and UVic ENGL 220C.
ENGL 222 Canadian Literature (3)
Description:
The study of major genres of Canadian writing: fiction, poetry, non-fictional prose, and drama.
Transfers to: UBC ENGL 222, SFU ENGL 200 level, UNBC ENGL 212, and UVic ENGL 202.
Equivalent* Alexander College entry-level test may be required in some cases.