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2010-2011 Calendar | English | Humanities |

English and Humanities Joint Major Program

Department of English | Department of Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
91ÅÝܽ Calendar 2010-2011

This joint major is for those interested in exploring relationships between English literature and humanities. Students must plan their program in consultation with advisors in each department.

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

English

Students complete the lower division requirements of the English major program, as follows.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete two of

  • ENGL 101W-3 Introduction to Fiction*
  • ENGL 102W-3 Introduction to Poetry*
  • ENGL 103W-3 Introduction to Drama*
  • ENGL 104W-3 Introduction to Prose Genres*
  • ENGL 105W-3 Introduction to Issues in Literature and Culture*
  • ENGL 199W-3 Introduction to University Writing*

*any one, but not more than one of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified transfer units in English or in ENGL-Writing

and one of

  • ENGL 201-3 Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 203-3 Early Modern Literature

and one of

  • ENGL 205-3 Restoration and 18th Century Literature
  • ENGL 206-3 Nineteenth Century Literatures in English

and any two of

  • ENGL 201-3 Medieval Literature**
  • ENGL 203-3 Early Modern Literature**
  • ENGL 205-3 Restoration and 18th Century Literature**
  • ENGL 206-3 Nineteenth Century Literatures in English**
  • ENGL 207-3 Twentieth Century Literatures in English**
  • ENGL 210W-3 Writing and Critical Thinking**
  • ENGL 212-3 Metrics and Prosody**
  • ENGL 214-3 History and Principles of Rhetoric**
  • ENGL 216-3 History and Principles of Literary Criticism**†

**any one, but not more than one of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified 200 division transfer units in English

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Students with 18 lower division English transfer units have met the lower division requirements for a major provided those units include any one of ENGL 101W, 102W, 103W, 104W, 105W, or 199W; one of ENGL 201 or 203; one of ENGL 205 or 206; and six additional 200 division units in English.

Students wishing to major in English are strongly advised to submit a formal declaration to this effect to the undergraduate advisor upon completing all lower division requirements.

Humanities

Students complete 15 units including

  • HUM 101W-3 introduction to the Humanities

and one of

  • HUM 102W-3 Classical Mythology
  • HUM 105-3 Western Civilization from the Ancient World to the Reformation Era
  • HUM 130-3 Introduction to Religious Studies

and one of

  • HUM 201-3 Great Texts: Ancient World to Renaissance
  • HUM 202-3 Great Texts: Renaissance to Modernity
  • HUM 203-3 Great Texts: Asian Thought and Literature

and two further lower division humanities courses.

Upper Division Requirements

English

one of

  • ENGL 300-4 Old English
  • ENGL 304-4 Studies in Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 306-4 Chaucer
  • ENGL 310-4 Studies in Early Modern Literature Excluding Shakespeare
  • ENGL 311-4 Early Shakespeare
  • ENGL 313-4 Late Shakespeare
  • ENGL 320-4 Studies in 18th Century Literature (1660-1800)
  • ENGL 322-4 Studies in the Eighteenth Century British Novel

and one of

  • ENGL 354-4 Studies in Canadian Literature before 1920
  • ENGL 357-4 Studies in Canadian Literature since 1920
  • ENGL 359-4 Studies in the Literature of British Columbia

Plus 12 units of upper division English, 4 of which must be at the 400 level, excluding directed studies courses(ENGL 441, 442, 443 and 444).

Humanities

Students complete 22 units in upper division humanities courses which must include

  • HUM 495-2 Humanities Graduating Seminar
Recommended
  • HUM 305-4 Medieval Studies
  • HUM 307-4 Carolingian Civilization
  • HUM 311-4 Italian Renaissance Humanism
  • HUM 312W-4 Renaissance Studies
  • HUM 321-4 The Humanities and Critical Thinking

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 91ÅÝܽ beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement
Units
 Notes
W - Writing
6
 Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 91ÅÝܽ within the student’s major subject
Q - Quantitative
6
 Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth
18
 Designated Breadth Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci
6
 Additional Breadth 6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)

 

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

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