honours program
General Requirements for the Honours Program
PREREQUISITES: An overall high second-class standing in the 2nd year and a first or a high second-class standing in English.
120 total credits are required. At least 48 credits must be taken in English courses numbered 304 and above (an additional six credits of elective work may be granted if a student shows that an elective provides a significant addition to his/her work in literature). Students contemplating an Honours program are strongly advised to complete Faculty requirements in science and language before entering the program.
English Honours students are also required to take courses in the following areas:
a. At least one course from each of the following areas (minimum 9 credits):
1. Old and Middle English Studies: 343,344, 346, 356
2. Sixteenth-Century Studies: 347, 348
3. Seventeenth-Century Studies: 349, 354, 376b. At least one course from two of the following areas (minimum 6 credits), one of which must be in Canadian Literature unless that requirement has already been met in the second year:
1. Eighteenth-Century Studies: 357, 358
2. Nineteenth-Century Studies: 359, 362, 364, 369
3. Twentieth-Century Studies: 462, 464, 466, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478c. At least 3 credits of language or rhetoric from ENGL 307-340.
In addition, students will be required to take four sections of senior seminars, 491 and 492 (for a total of 12 credits), in their third and fourth years. These may be taken at any time and in any order, but must include three credits of ENGL 491 (focusing on theory). They must also take ENGL 499, the Honours Essay (for 3 or for 6 credits) which is best taken in their fourth year.
English Honours students also need 42 credits of non-English courses and at least 48 credits in 300- and 400-level courses.
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