The Department of English Language & Literature offers a number of undergraduate degree options.
For detailed information about the English Language & Literature Department’s undergraduate degree programs, see our entry in Brock’s Undergraduate Calendar here.
Please note this late addition to all programs requiring first year courses, not yet appearing in the calendar will include:
one credit from
English Language and Literature
The Honours degree in English Language and Literature is the option that the majority of our students pursue. It offers students a wide range of courses in different historical periods, genres, and theoretical approaches. Its list requirements mean that students are well prepared for graduate studies in English. Literature degrees are also available as three-year Pass degrees or as Combined degrees with another area of study (Honours or Pass available).
A four-year B.A. (Honours) in English Language and Literature
The Honours degree in English Language and Literature is the option that the majority of our students pursue. It offers students a wide range of courses in different historical periods, genres, and theoretical approaches. Its list requirements mean that students are well prepared for graduate studies in English. Literature degrees are also available as three-year Pass degrees or as Combined degrees with another area of study.
- Find details about program requirements here
A three-year B.A. (Pass) in English Language and Literature
Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours B.A. entitles a student to apply for this degree.
- Find details about program requirements here
Combined Honours or Pass degrees
Students may take a combined major in English Language and Literature and a second discipline. For requirements in the other discipline, the student should consult the relevant department/centre. It should be noted that not all departments/centres provide a combined major option.
- Find details about program requirements here
A Concurrent Honours BA/BEd
Students wishing to pursue a career in teaching may, through this program, complete the Pre-service Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree program (leading to an Ontario Certificate of Qualification) while earning their Honours English degree.
- Find details about Concurrent Education here
A Minor in English
Students may obtain a minor in English Literature within their degree program by successfully completing a four-year credit course of study.
- Find details about courses here
English & Creative Writing
Combines study in English literature with workshop and lecture courses designed to give students practical experience in creative writing as well as study in the social and theoretical aspects of creative writing. Students planning to proceed to training for intermediate or secondary school teaching are advised to include in their Honours English and Creative Writing program three credits in a second teachable discipline.
A four-year B.A. (Honours) in English and Creative Writing
This degree combines study in English literature with workshop and lecture courses designed to give students practical experience in creative writing as well as study in the social and theoretical aspects of creative writing. Students planning to proceed to training for intermediate or secondary school teaching are advised to include in their Honours English and Creative Writing program three credits in a second teachable discipline. Prospective students to the English and Creative Writing program must submit a portfolio in the Winter term of their first year.
- Find details about program requirements here
Combined Honours degree for Creative Writing
Students may take a combined major in English and Creative Writing and a second discipline. For requirements in the other discipline, the student should consult the relevant department/centre. It should be noted that not all departments/centres provide a combined major option.
- Find details about program requirements here
Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse Studies
Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Studies (WRDS) is a cross disciplinary program that focuses on the theory and practice of situated discursive production. It incites students to critically examine and produce texts as provocative historical, theoretical, and material objects. In other words, the WRDS Program invites students to explore the ways that—as government officials, hip-hop stars, journalists, bloggers, editors, talk show hosts, or private individuals writing letters to editors—writers change the world.
A four-year B.A (Honours) in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse Studies
Combines the study of writing, rhetoric and discourse with the study of English literature.
- Find details about program requirements here
A three-year B.A (Pass) in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse Studies
Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours B.A. in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Studies entitles a student to apply for this degree.
- Find details about program requirements here
Combined Honours or Pass degrees
Students may earn a ‘combined’ three-year degree or four-year Honours degree, co-majoring in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Studies and a second discipline.
A Minor in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse Studies
Students may obtain a minor in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse Studies within their degree program by successfully completing a four-credit course of study.
A Certificate in Professional Writing
Students not enrolled in a degree program may obtain a Certificate in Professional Writing by successfully completing a five-credit course of study in writing.
- For details about program requirements here
For access to the 2024-2025 or older Undergraduate Calendars, please visit here.
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Faculty of Humanities Academic Advisor
Liz Hay
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Department Chair
Dr. Tim Conley
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Tel: 905 688 5550, Ext. 3531
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