English

This program develops your ability to write well, to analyze texts effectively, and to create your own effective texts. These courses will also prepare for you for reading and writing in contexts beyond the classroom and university, wherever clear, competent communication is valued.

• Fundamentals of Academic Literacy
• Academic Reading and Writing
• The Literature of Our Era
• Great Moments in English Literature
• English Literature to 1660
• English Literature 1660 - 1800
• English Literature 1800 - 1914
• Introduction to Modernist Literature
• Introduction to Canadian Literature
• Introduction to American Literature
• Introduction to Cultural Studies
• Foundations of Literary Criticsm
• Technical Communications
• Writing for Government and the Public Sector
• Copy Editing
• Honours: Practical Criticism
• Introduction to Old English
• Old English Literature
• Later Middle English
• Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
• Chaucer: Troilus and Minor Works
• Studies in Medieval English Literature: Special Topic Medieval Manuscripts at UVic
• 7th Century Poetry and Prose to 1660
• Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies
• Shakepseare: Comedies, Problem Plays, and Romances
• Milton: Major Poetry and Selected Prose
• Swift, Pope, and the Literature of the Augustan Age: 1701 - 1745
• Johnson, Blake, and the Later 18th-Century
• The Beginning of the English Novel: 1660 - 1750
• The English Novel: 1750 to the Early 19th Century
• British Fiction and Non-Fiction of the Early 19th Century
• Victorian Fiction Dickens to Eliot
• Late Victorian and Edwardian Fiction
• Victorian Culture and Thought
• Social Media and Electronic Communication
• Backgrounds to English Literary Traditions
• Research for Professional Writers
• Comtemporary American Fiction
• 20th-Century British Fiction to WWII
• Modern Drama Since WWII
• Special Studies in Postcolonial Litertures: Special Topic The Dark Side of Sorry: Postcolonial Literature in an Age of Apology
• Special Studies in Canadian Literature: Special Topic Wildnerness Writing in Canada
• Special Studies in Contemporary Literature: Special Topic Religion and Contemporary American Fiction
• Modern Canadian Fiction
• The Bible and Literature in English
• Graduating Essay in Honours

Requirements

• Twelve years or more of academic preparation and graduation from a recognized senior secondary school or completion of a recognized diploma program. University entrance examinations offered in the home country may also be required.
• Attestat o srednem obrazovanii (at Grade 11)
• Senior-level math course
• Two senior-level science courses
• IELTS: International English Language Testing System - 6.5, with no individual component less than 6.0
• TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language - 90 on the online test or 575 on the paper-based test, with no section less than 20
  (UVic's TOEFL institution code is 0989)

Scholarships

• Entrance scholarships
• Bursaries
• Work study program