Students may enter the Honours program in either their second or third year of study. Admission into either emphasis in second year requires an average of at least 76% in 3 credits of First-Year English literature and 3 credits of First-Year writing or in UBC’s Arts One program. Admission into the Literature emphasis in third year requires an average of at least 76% in ENGL 210 and 211 OR in ENGL 200 plus 3 credits from ENGL 220-249. Admission into the Language and Literature emphasis in third year requires an average of at least 76% in ENGL 200 and ENGL 229.
Upper-Level Requirements
48 credits in ENGL courses numbered 304 or higher, comprising:
- 12 credits of seminars: must include ENGL 489 and at least 3 credits of ENGL 491 or 492
- Language seminar: ENGL 489 and/or graduate seminar on language (with permission)
- Language and/or Literature seminar: ENGL 491, 492
- 12 credits of literature:
- 3 credits Literature Group A: Medieval and Renaissance Literatures (ENGL 343 to ENGL 350)
- 3 credits Literature Group B: 18th- and 19th-Century Literatures (ENGL 351 to ENGL 364)
- 3 credits Literature Group C: Modern, Contemporary, Transnational, and Indigenous Literatures (ENGL 365 to ENGL 379)
- 3 credits Literature Group D: Media, Theory, Genre, and Special Topic (ENGL 332 to ENGL 339; ENGL 380 to ENGL 397)
- 12 credits of language:
- 3 credits: either ENGL 330 or ENGL 331
- Remaining 9 credits: 3 credits from three out of five Language Groups A, B, C, D, E
- 3 or 6 credits of ENGL 499, Honours Essay
- 6-9 credits of additional ENGL courses numbered 304 or higher
Language Group A: Structure of English (ENGL 330, 331, 321, 3261, 4891)
Language Group B: History of English (ENGL 318, 319, 3261 342, 343, 344, 346, 4891)
Language Group C: Approaches to contemporary English (ENGL 323, 324, 3261,328, 4891)
Language Group D: Discourse and meaning (ENGL 312, 322, 3261, 327, 4891)
Language Group E: Rhetoric (ENGL 307-311, 4891)
Note: topics in ENGL 326 and ENGL 489 vary. In any year, each course will be classed into a Group depending on the topic covered in that specific year; please see an Honours Advisor.
Please refer to the list of courses offered for details on our courses.