Department of English

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Course Offerings

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Please consult the Academic Timetable for updated information on course times and locations.

Fall 2025 Courses

1000-level courses

2025 Fall Course Instructor
ENGL 1005 Literature: Global Perspective Brittany Kraus
ENGL 1015 Literature: How it Works David Evans
ENGL 1025 Literature: Why it Matters Patricia Robertson
ENGL 1030 Reading & Writing Stories Heather Jessup
ENGL 1040 Reading Pop Culture: Writing Req. Jessica Hawkes
ENGL 1050 Pulp Fiction: Writing Req. Robert Sparrow-Downes
ENGL 1111 University Writing Lesley Choyce, Jessica Hawkes & Cooper Lee Bombardier

Upper-level courses

2025 Fall
 Course Instructor
ENGL 2010/CRWR 2010 The Personal Essay Alice Brittan
ENGL 2095 Narrative in the Cinema David Evans
ENGL 2217/THEA 2216 Shakespeare at the Globe Erika D'Souza
ENGL 2218 Gothic Fiction Helen Pinsent
ENGL 2238 Children's Literature Erika D'Souza
ENGL 3001 History of Literary Criticism Trevor Ross
ENGL 3006 Old English Kathy Cawsey
ENGL 3031 19th Cent. Fict: Austen-Dickens Rohan Maitzen
ENGL 3040  Irish Literature 1700 - 1900 Julia Wright
ENGL 3098/CRWR 3010 Creative Writing: Poetry I Sue Goyette
ENGL 3099/ CRWR 3020 Creative Writing: Fiction I Cooper Lee-Bombardier
ENGL 3270 Contemporary Canadian Lit. Bart Vautour
ENGL 3320 Literature and Medicine Emily Cann
ENGL 3705 History of the Book Vincent Masse

 

Graduate courses

2025 Fall Course Instructor
ENGL 4020 Paradise Lost Trevor Ross
ENGL 4030/5256 Gawain Poet Kathy Cawsey
ENGL 4840/5947 Queerness in Detective Fiction Margaret Robinson
ENGL 5006 Studies in Research-Creation Erin Wunker
ENGL 5917  Critical Theory: Ethical Turn Alice Brittan
     

Winter 2026 Courses

1000-level courses

2025 Fall Course Instructor
ENGL 1005 Literature: Global Perspective  Eric Schmaltz
ENGL 1015 Literature: How it Works TBA
ENGL 1040 Reading Pop Culture: Writing Req TBA
ENGL 1050 Pulp Fiction: Writing Req. Anthony Enns
ENGL 1111 University Writing Cooper Lee Bombardier/TBA

Upper-level courses

2026 Fall
Course Instructor
ENGL 2002 British Literature after 1800  Rohan Maitzen
ENGL 2005 World Literature TBA
ENGL 2010/CRWR 2010 The Personal Essay TBA
ENGL 2085 Video Games: Story, Wld & Play TBA
ENGL 2232 Contemporary Science Fiction  Jason Haslam
ENGL 3002 Contemporary Critical Theory  Erin Wunker
ENGL 3010 Renaissance Poetry & Culture 1  To Be Determined
ENGL 3027 Romantic Era II  Julia Wright
ENGL 3062 American Lit. 1865 - 1914  Jason Haslam
ENGL 3234 British Lit: Earlier 20th Cent.  David Evans
ENGL 3255/GWST 3255 Contemporary Women's Writing  Alice Brittan
ENGL 3301 Graphic Novels  Anthony Enns
ENGL 3311/CRWR 3311 Editing & Publishing Lit.  Bart Vautour
ENGL 3312/CRWR 3312 Literary Communities  Bart Vautour
ENGL 3503/ THEA 3503 Modern Theatre  Jure Gantar
ENGL 4017 Wm. Faulkner & Toni Morrison  David Evans
ENGL 4040 George Eliot  Rohan Maitzen
ENGL 4809/5401 Communicable Romanticism  Julia Wright
ENGL 5450 Victorian Novel - Eliot Rohan Maitzen
ENGL 5564  Lives of Virginia Woolf Heather Jessup
ENGL 5683 Sounding the Nation Eric Schmaltz

Graduate courses

2025 Fall Course Instructor
ENGL 5401 Communicable Romanticism  Julia Wright
ENGL 5450 Victorian Novel - Eliot  Rohan Maitzen
ENGL 5564 Lives of Virgina Woolf  Heather Jessup
ENGL 5683 Sounding the Nation Eric Schmaltz

 

Tentative Fall 2026 Graduate Courses

Graduate courses

2026 Fall Course Instructor
ENGL 5973 Climate Fiction Jason Haslam
ENGL 5961 Photogarphy and Visual Culture LiLi Johnson
ENGL 5130 Gender and Sex in Medieval Literature Kathy Cawsey
ENGL 5006 Studies in Research Creation Bart Vautour

Tentative Winter 2027 Graduate Courses

Graduate courses

2027 Winter Course Instructor
ENGL 5XXX Literatures of the Expanded Field in Canada Eric Schmaltz
ENGL 5842 Exiles, Captives, and Migrants Andrew Brown
ENGL 5562 Telling the Truth in America David Evans
ENGL 5XXX Literature & Science Anthony Enns