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DEPARTMENT CF ENGLISH

Head: R. J. Baker

Course Recuirements in First Four Semesters

Students who plan to study

English

must obtain credit for l±e courses

listed below in their first four semesters:

For general program - major in

English -

English 101-3,

102-3,

103-3, 201-3

For honors

honors program in English -

English 101-3, 102-3, 103-3, 201-3

Note: 1.

English

101-3, 102-3,

103-3

may be taken in any order in the

first three semesters.

English 111-3 may be taken in any of the first four semesters.

Students not specializing in English may take any of the

courses described.

Foreign Languages: Most graduate schools require some proficiency

in one or two foreign languages. Those who contemplate graduate

studies in this field are advised to include foreign language courses

•

in their program.

PRESENTATION OF COURSES

Courses to be offered

Fall Semester

English

001-0, 101-3, 102-3, 111-3, 201-3

1966

Upper division courses to be announced later

Spring Semester

English 001-0, 101-3, 102-3, 103-3, 111-3,

1967

2Ol-

Summer Semester

1967

English 001-0, 101-3, 102-3,111-3, 201-3

Description of Courses

Composition

English 001-0 Writing

The principles and practice of expository writing - reports, essays,

precis, etc.

(1-1-0)

L i t era tu r e

English 101-3 Twentieth Century Fiction

The study of representative short stories and novels.

(2-1-0)

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English 102-3 Twentieth

Century

Verse

The

study of representative poets.

(2-1-0)

•

English

103-3

Twentieth Century Drama

The study of representative plays.

(2-1-0)

English

201-3

The Study of Literature

An examination of number of critical approaches to literature--the

biographical, historical, linguistic

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symbolic, etc.. The course will also

include elementary bibliography, library techniques, the research essay,

etc. It will be given by a number of members of the Department.

(2-1-0)

English Language

English 111-3 The Study of Language

This course will examine a number of different kinds of descri

tions of

the English language. Attention will be given to recent theories of

English grammar, phonology, dialect geography, usage, and lexicography.

PREREQUISITES TO ENGLISH MAJOR OP. HONOURS: English 101, 102-103, 111. 201

Students wishing to major or take

onours in English may follow either

Plan A or Plan B:

PLAN A

Honours:

The Honours student will take a minimum of 50 hours of upper-

division work. 30 hours of this work will consist of six 5-hour

courses (i.e. 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of seminar), one from

each of the following pairs:

English

401-5

Chaucer

or 402-5 Tudor Studies (e.g. Spenser)

403-5 Shakespeare

or 404-5 Seventeenth Century Studies

405-5 Eighteenth Century Studiesor _406-5 Studies in Romanticism

407-5

Nineteenth Century Studiesor(403-5 English Novel A(th beginnin to

Austen)

409-5 English Novel B(Dickens to Conrad)

410-5 American Literature A

or 411-5 American Literature B

(beginning to 1860)

(1860 - 1900)

412-5 Studies in the English

or 413-5 Studies in Criticism

Language

The balance of required work (20 hours) and any additional work in

English that the student elects to do may be chosen from among any of

the remaining alternatives above and from the following courses:

414-5 Modern American Studies

415-5 Modern British Studies

416-5 Canadian Literature

417-5 Special Studies A, B, etc.

These 20 or more hours' work may consist of any approved arrangement

of full 5-hour courses (lectures and seminars), 3-hour courses

(lectures only), and 2-hour courses (seminars only).

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The English Major will take a mnumum of 30 hours of upper-

division work. 20 hours o this work will consist of four 5-hour

courses drawn trots any four of tie pairs of required courses listed

above. The balance of required work (10 hours) and any additional

work in English that the student elects to do may consist of any

arrangement oi other Departmental courses taken for ive, three, or

two hours' credit.

PLAN B

Honours:

The Honours student will take a raininium of 50 hours of uper-division

work o his choice. He may take courses for five, three, or two nours'

credit. At the and of his senior year he will write a comprehensive

examination.

Malor:

The English Major will take a minumum of 30 hours of upper-division

work of his choice. He may take courses for five, three, or two hours'

credit. At the end of his senior year he will write a comprehensive examinat-

ion.