StudyQA — Bachelor: English — University of Victoria

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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)