Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
ARTS 140 002 Information and Analysis - How the Sausage is Made

This course introduces students to diverse ways of finding, examining, and using data and information in the social sciences and humanities. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to understand quantitative and qualitative methods of data gathering and build competencies in conceptualizing, contextualizing, and comprehending methods of information analysis. Students will be expected to investigate, use, and assess the presentation of information in their own work and the work of others so that they can better understand the range of social, ethical, and political challenges of our world.

 

Offered on campus

PDF icon ARTS 140-002_L.Jang_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 100B 001 Poetry

An introduction to poetry through a detailed examination of a range of poetic texts.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

David-Antoine Williams Fall 2022
ENGL 101A 001 Introduction to Literary Studies

An introduction to the study of literature, covering such areas of enquiry as literary history, genre, criticism, analysis, and theory.

 

Offered on campus

Veronica Austen PDF icon ENGL 101A_V.Austen_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 108F 001 The Rebel

A study of various works of literature in which the protagonist is a rebel against existing norms. The course will examine a number of rebel types and concepts, moral implications, and final outcomes either in successful realization or in tragic defeat.

 

Offered on campus

Diana Lobb PDF icon ENGL 108F_D.Lobb_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 200A 002, 081 English Literatures 1

An introduction to the diverse forms and voices of literature written in English from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century, focussing on key writers and works, including works by women and people of colour. Students will explore literary techniques, historical and cultural contexts, and the question of the canon.

 

Offered on campus and online

Tristanne Connolly PDF icon ENGL 200A-002_T.Connolly_Fall 2022.pdfPDF icon ENGL 200A-081_B.Anderson_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 208A 001 Forms of Fantasy

A study of fantasy literature, including some subgenres such as romances, fairy tales, fables, and gothic and horror fiction.

 

Offered on campus

Mark Spielmacher PDF icon ENGL 208A_M.Spielmacher_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 208M 001 Travel Literature

The course examines the forms and functions of travel literature as a genre. Topics will include the representation of travel as adventure, discovery, pilgrimage, and escape; travel and tourism; travel and gender; travel and colonialism.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

Sylvia Terzian Fall 2022
ENGL 210H 001 Arts Writing

A study of the various forms, processes, and modes of publication of professional writing in the arts. The course will consider both free-lance writing and writing within institutional contexts. Practice in research, writing, and editing will be emphasized.

 

Offered on campus

Paul Challen PDF icon ENGL 210H_P.Challen_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 232 001 Graphic Narrative

A study of graphic narrative (such as comics, graphic novels, and alternative modes) from the eighteenth century to the present. This course addresses issues such as the history and formal conventions of the medium as well as the unique rhetoric of comics-based storytelling. Topics of interest may include graphic memoir, multimodality, cross-cultural influence, and the comics-as-literature movement.

 

New Course!

 

Offered on campus

Andrew Deman PDF icon ENGL 232_A.Deman_Fall 2022.pdf Fall 2022
ENGL 251 001 Literary Theory and Criticism

What exactly are we doing when we study literature? By examining a selection of critical methods and theoretical approaches, this course will enhance understanding of the many different emphases, values, and priorities critics bring to literature, and the many available perspectives on what constitutes literature's significance.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

David-Antoine Williams Fall 2022