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 Kwantlen Polytechnic University  Calendar  2011-12  Faculty of Humanities  English: Bachelor of Arts Major and Minor

English: Bachelor of Arts Major and Minor

Description

The Bachelor of Arts, Major or Minor in English programs focus on the diverse literatures of the English-speaking world, including the full range of  British, Canadian, and American literary traditions, diasporic literature and literature in translation, oral and written Aboriginal narratives, and classic and contemporary film. These degrees will allow students to develop the knowledge, core competencies, and skills characteristic of a traditional Bachelor of Arts program, while preparing them to respond critically and creatively to a wide range of issues and challenges in our community and in society in general. In addition to critical reading, writing and thinking skills, students who complete a Bachelor of Arts in English will be prepared for entry into the labour market through the incorporation of essential employability skills into all of our courses. They will also benefit from the expertise and the commitment to teaching excellence of our faculty, as well as from the small class sizes that characterize undergraduate study at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Arts degrees have high levels of student satisfaction, and the literacy and analytical skills developed in such programs will prepare students to become constructive members of society and to fit well into the workplace.

Career Opportunities

Graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Kwantlen Polytechnic University will have acquired a combination of discipline-based knowledge, core competencies and transferable skills that are not confined to a single career path but rather will allow them to pursue a wide range of personal and professional goals, ranging from education, journalism and advertising to social work, creative writing and communications. In addition, they will be well prepared for post-graduate studies in English, Law, Library Science, Human Resources, and Public Relations, to name only a few of the fields that graduates of English programs have traditionally entered. In fact, employers often rank graduates of English Studies programs as among their most versatile and adaptable employees.

Program Admission Requirements

In addition to Kwantlen’s General university admission requirements, including the undergraduate-level English Proficiency Requirement, the following program admission requirements apply:

Year One Admission:

Year Three Admission:

Qualifying Year

Students who do not qualify upon initial application to Kwantlen may be eligible for entry to the Qualifying Year. Students who possess at least a 'C' in English 12 (or equivalent) and a passing grade in Principles of Math 11 (or equivalent) or Applications of Math 12 will be able to apply for entry to the BA Qualifying Year. Students will be admitted to the BA program in the second year provided they have successfully completed appropriate qualifying courses. Other applicants who do not qualify are encouraged to consult an Educational Advisor for the appropriate qualifying courses that satisfy the application criteria.

Program Continuance Requirements

Current BA students must meet the following requirements to continue into their 3rd year of study. Registration access to third or fourth year courses is first awarded to students who have completed the following:

Content

Students in the Bachelor of Arts, Major or Minor in English program will begin their first year of study with English 1100, an introductory writing course that is required of all students at Kwantlen, followed by one of two introductory literature courses. In their second year, students will choose at least three courses from a variety of 2000-level options designed to provide them with the literary historical knowledge necessary for upper-level study of literature in English. In their third year, students undertake in-depth study in a range of specific literary-historical periods and may concentrate on the development of a specific literary genre, i.e. poetry, fiction, drama or film. Finally, in the fourth year, students examine more sharply focused topics or themes, which are considered from multiple perspectives. (The specific requirements at each level of study, and the different requirements for the Major and Minor programs, are outlined below.)

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English must complete all requirements in the Bachelor of Arts framework in addition to their major or minor program requirements.

English Major

1000 Level

The 1000 level of study in English provides a foundation for all Bachelor of Arts degree students by providing six to nine credits of critical reading and writing-intensive course work.  Courses at the 1100 level focus primarily on the essay form; those at the 1200 level focus primarily on introductions to fiction, poetry and drama.

All Bachelor of Arts program students must complete:
  ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading and Thinking: An Introduction 3 credits
And one of:
  ENGL 1202 Reading and Writing about Selected Topics 3 credits
  ENGL 1204 Reading and Writing about Genre 3 credits

2000 Level

English courses at the 2000 level are accessible to all students who have completed six English course credits from above (or their equivalent).

Prospective Bachelor of Arts, Major in English program students must complete:
  ENGL 2316 English Literature: 14th to 18th Centuries 3 credits
  ENGL 2317 English Literature: 18th to 20th Centuries 3 credits
And one of:
  ENGL 2301 Canadian Literature in English 3 credits
  ENGL 2309 Literature of the United States of America 3 credits
Students may also take further second-year courses as electives:
  ENGL 2300 Advanced Writing and Research 3 credits
  ENGL 2315 The Comic Voice 3 credits
  ENGL 2319 The Novel in English: Its Development 3 credits
  ENGL 2320 Studies in Poetry 3 credits
  ENGL 2330 Studies in Drama 3 credits
  ENGL 2340 Studies in Fiction 3 credits
  ENGL 2350 Critical Studies in Film 3 credits

3000 and 4000 Level

English courses at the 3000 level are accessible to students who  have completed at least three credits in English at the 2000 level. English courses at the 4000 level are accessible to students who have completed at least three credits in English at the 3000 level. In order to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts, Major in English, however, students must be admitted to the Bachelor of Arts and meet all of the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements, including all program requirements for an English Major.

In order to satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts, Major in English program, students must also complete at least thirty credits of study in 3000- and 4000-level English courses. These thirty credits must include a minimum of three credits at the 4000 level and meet the following distribution requirements:

a) Must complete:
  ENGL 3300 Critical Theory 3 credits
b) At least three credits from each group prior to 1900:
  Group A:
  ENGL 3315 Chaucer: Saints, Sinners, and Sex 3 credits
  ENGL 3320 Studies in Shakespeare 3 credits
  ENGL 3323 Seventeenth-Century British Literature 3 credits
  ENGL 3325 Eighteenth-Century British Literature 3 credits
  Group B:
  ENGL 3301 Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature in English 3 credits
  ENGL 3306 Literature of the United States: Beginnings to 1865 3 credits
  ENGL 3328 Romantic Poetry and Poetics 3 credits
  ENGL 3332 Victorian Poetry and Non-Fiction 3 credits
  ENGL 3336 The Victorian Novel 3 credits
c) At least three credits in each of the five areas after 1900:
  Area 1:
  ENGL 3351 Studies in Modernism 3 credits
  ENGL 3352 The British Novel, 1900-1945 3 credits
  ENGL 3355 Modern and Contemporary Drama 3 credits
  ENGL 3358 British Fiction since 1945 3 credits
  Area 2:
  ENGL 3301 Nineteenth-Century Canadian Literature in English 3 credits
  ENGL 3302 Canadian Prose in English from 1900 3 credits
  ENGL 3303 Canadian Poetry in English from 1880 to the Present 3 credits
  ENGL 4401 Topics in Canadian Literature 3 credits
  Area 3:
  ENGL 3307 Literature of the United States: 1865-1910 3 credits
  ENGL 3308 Literature of the United States: 1910-1945 3 credits
  ENGL 3309 Literature of the United States: 1945 to the Present 3 credits
  ENGL 4409 Topics in Literature of the United States 3 credits
  Area 4:
  ENGL 3310 Literature in Translation 3 credits
  ENGL 3340 World Literature in English 3 credits
  ENGL 3345 Diasporic Literatures 3 credits
  ENGL 3360 Writing Women/Women Writing 3 credits
  ENGL 3390 Indigenous Narratives, Oral and Written 3 credits
  Area 5:
  ENGL 3313 Reading Canonical Writers 3 credits
  ENGL 3316 History of the English Language 3 credits
  ENGL 3317 Readings in the History of Ideas 3 credits
  ENGL 3330 Children’s Literature 3 credits
  ENGL 3350 Literature and Film 3 credits
  ENGL 3370 Life Writing 3 credits
  ENGL 3380 Popular Writing 3 credits
  ENGL 4350 Topics in Film Studies 3 credits
  ENGL 4400 English Studies in the Classroom 3 credits
  ENGL 4700 Special Topics in Literature 3 credits

Note:

English Minor

1000 Level

The 1000 level of study in English provides a foundation for all Bachelor of Arts degree students by providing six to nine credits of critical reading and writing-intensive course work.  Courses at the 1100 level focus primarily on the essay form; those at the 1200 level focus primarily on introductions to fiction, poetry and drama.

All Bachelor of Arts program students must complete:
  ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading and Thinking: An Introduction 3 credits
And one of:
  ENGL 1202 Reading and Writing about Selected Topics 3 credits
  ENGL 1204 Reading and Writing about Genre 3 credits

2000 Level

English courses at the 2000 level are accessible to all students who have completed six English course credits from above (or their equivalent).

Bachelor of Arts, Minor in English program students must complete:
  ENGL 2316 English Literature: 14th to 18th Centuries 3 credits
  ENGL 2317 English Literature: 18th to 20th Centuries 3 credits
And one of:
  ENGL 2301 Canadian Literature in English 3 credits
  ENGL 2309 Literature of the United States of America 3 credits
Any other 2300-level English courses may be used as electives.

3000 and 4000 Level

English courses at the 3000 level are accessible to students who  have completed at least three credits in English at the 2000 level. English courses at the 4000 level are accessible to students who have completed at least three credits in English at the 3000 level.

Students who have completed the nine credits of required English courses at the 2000 level, as well as the other third-year entry requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, can apply for entry into the Bachelor of Arts, Minor in English program.

Bachelor of Arts, Minor in English program students must complete:
  ENGL 3300 Critical Theory 3 credits
  One 4000-level English course.
And nine credits chosen from among the other 3000-level and 4000-level English courses.

Note: The grade for each English course taken towards a Minor in English must be a 'C' or better.

Graduation

Upon successful completion of the major program, students are eligible to receive a Bachelor of Arts, Major in English.

Upon successful completion of the minor program, students are eligible to receive a Minor in English as part of a Bachelor of Arts program.

Last Updated: Nov 9, 2011

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