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All students majoring or minoring in English must take both AP/EN 1001 3.00 and AP/EN 1002 3.00. They must successfully complete AP/EN 1001 3.00 with a minimum grade of D (50%) before they may take AP/EN 1002 3.00, and complete AP/EN 1002 3.00 with a minimum grade of C (60%) before they will be permitted to continue in English. Students may only count six credits from a 1000-level English course towards their major or minor program. Students may not count credits from the 2300 series for major or minor credit in English or AP/CLTR 1953 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 1953 6.00, AP/HUMA 1953 6.00) for major or minor credit in English. Students may not count more than six credits from the 3170 series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major or minor credit in English.

Students majoring or minoring in English are required to take a minimum number of credits in courses focusing on literature from before the 20th century. Such courses fall into two categories: I) pre-18th century literature (from before 1700), and II) pre-20th century literature (from between 1700 and 1900). Students should fulfill this requirement within the overall number of credits required for their English degree.

Among the total number of credits required for:

  • Honours BAs with English as a Minor, or Regular BAs, students pursuing those degrees must take at least three credits overall in courses from either group I or II;
  • Honours BAs, Honours Double Major BAs, or Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BAs, or Honours Major/Minor BAs, students pursuing those degrees must take at least three credits in courses from group I and at least three credits in courses from group II; and
  • Specialized Honours BAs, students pursuing those degrees must take at least nine credits in courses from groups I and II overall – they may satisfy this requirement by taking either: a) at least six credits from group I and at least three credits from group II, or b) at least three credits from group I and at least six credits from group II. (amended June 6, 2014)

In short, Minors and Regular BAs may satisfy this requirement by accumulating at least three credits in courses from group I or II. Honours and Specialized Honours BAs must take courses in both groups I and II. Honours BAs must take at least six credits across the two groups. Specialized Honours BAs must take at least 9 credits across the two groups.

English courses in groups I and II will be identified on the English Department’s web page. Students should check there to choose courses that satisfy this requirement and to see whether their previously completed courses satisfy this requirement.

This requirement applies to all first-, second -year students in these degree programs in Fall 2014, and all majors and minors in English thereafter.

For a complete list of courses and detailed reading lists, refer to the department's websiteat www.yorku.ca/laps/en.

Students intending to proceed to graduate school should take a broad range of courses, should avoid concentration in only one period or genre and, in consultation with a member of the English Department, should plan a degree program with the understanding that certain traditional subjects may be regarded as essential by some graduate schools.

Students intending to teach in Ontario schools must meet the varied requirements of various Faculties of Education and are advised to construct a balanced degree program by doing at least some work in each major period in literary history; such students should consult specific Faculties of Education about their regulations.

Students are responsible for planning their course of study and for ensuring that all degree and major requirements are met. The department will provide advisers during the summer months, fall and winter terms to advise those students who have questions about their program or about English studies in general. Enquiries may be made through the Undergraduate Office, 208 Stong College, 416-736-5166.

Specialized Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students will take at least 60 credits in English, including:

  • AP/EN 1001 3.00 and AP/EN 1002 3.00;
  • 18 credits from 2000-level courses, including six credits in each of categories A, B and C;
  • 12 credits from 3000-level courses;
  • 12 credits from 4000-level courses;
  • 12 additional credits: six from 2000- or 3000-level courses and six from 3000- or 4000-level courses.

Students may not count more than six credits from the 3170 series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major or minor credit in English.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students will take at least 48 credits in English, including:

  • AP/EN 1001 3.00 and AP/EN 1002 3.00;
  • 18 credits from 2000-level courses, including six credits in each of categories A, B and C;
  • 12 credits from 3000-level courses;
  • 12 credits from 4000-level courses.

Students may not count more than six credits from the 3170 series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major or minor credit in English.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or with approved major degree programs in the Faculties of Health, Science the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

English may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Students must take at least 42 credits in English and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet English requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits in English and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Major credits: the 42 credits in English must include:

  • AP/EN 1001 3.00 and AP/EN 1002 3.00;
  • 12 credits from 2000-level courses, including six credits from Category C and six credits from Category A and/or B;
  • 12 credits from 3000-level courses;
  • 12 credits from 4000-level courses.

Students may not count more than six credits from the 3170 series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major or minor credit in English.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be at the 4000 level.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or with approved minor degree programs in the Faculties of Health, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Students must complete at least 48 credits in the major in conformity with the requirements of the program major, including at least 12 credits at the 4000 level and at least 30 credits in the minor in conformity with the requirements of the program minor, including at least six credits at the 4000 level.

Honours Minor BA (Amended November 12, 2013)

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Minor credits: students must take at least 30 credits in English, including:

  • AP/EN 1001 3.00 and AP/EN 1002 3.00;
  • 12 credits from 2000-level courses, including six credits from Category C and six credits from Category A and/or B;
  • six credits from 3000-level courses;
  • six credits from 4000-level courses.

Students may not count more than six credits from the 3170 series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major or minor credit in English.

Note: at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

BA: 90 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits that meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must take at least 30 credits in English, including:

  • AP/EN 1001 3.00 and AP/EN 1002 3.00;
  • 12 credits from 2000-level courses, including six credits from Category C and six credits from Category A and/or B;;
  • at least 12 credits in the major at the 3000 level or above.

Students may not count more than six credits from the 3170 series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major or minor credit in English.

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Categories

All English courses (above the 1000 level) are placed in various categories depending on year level. The categories are listed below. Not all courses are offered every year and additional courses may be added.

2000 Level

Category A: Approaches, Theories and Methods

AP/EN 2000 6.00
AP/EN 2001 3.00
AP/EN 2002 3.00
AP/EN 2010 6.00
AP/EN 2011 3.00
AP/EN 2012 3.00
AP/EN 2020 3.00

Category B: Genres and Modes

AP/EN 2100 3.00
AP/EN 2100 6.00
AP/EN 2120 3.00
AP/EN 2120 6.00
AP/EN 2140 3.00
AP/EN 2140 6.00

Category C: Literatures

AP/EN 2220 6.00
AP/EN 2230 6.00
AP/EN 2231 6.00
AP/EN 2240 6.00
AP/EN 2250 6.00

3000 Level

Category A: Approaches and Methods; Theory and Culture

AP/EN 3000 6.00
AP/EN 3020 6.00
AP/EN 3031 6.00
AP/EN 3032 6.00
AP/EN 3040 3.00
AP/EN 3040 6.00
AP/EN 3041 6.00
AP/EN 3060 6.00
AP/EN 3061 6.00
AP/EN 3070 6.00
AP/CLTR 3080 3.00
AP/CLTR 3080 6.00

Category B: Trans-Historical/National: Styles and Movements

AP/EN 3121 6.00
AP/EN 3125 6.00
AP/EN 3126 6.00
AP/EN 3130 6.00
AP/EN 3131 3.00
AP/EN 3132 3.00
AP/EN 3140 3.00
AP/EN 3150 6.00
AP/EN 3155 3.00
AP/EN 3160 6.00
AP/EN 3161 3.00
AP/EN 3162 3.00
AP/EN 3163 6.00
AP/EN 3170 3.00
AP/EN 3171 3.00
AP/EN 3172 3.00
AP/EN 3173 3.00
AP/EN 3174 3.00
AP/EN 3175 3.00
AP/EN 3176 3.00
AP/EN 3177 3.00
AP/EN 3178 3.00
AP/EN 3179 3.00
AP/EN 3180 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/WRIT 3180 6.00)
AP/EN 3190 6.00
AP/EN 3191 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 3013 3.00)
AP/EN 3193 3.00
AP/EN 3193 6.00

A maximum of six credits from courses numbered 3170-3179 can count toward the major/minor.

Category C: Literatures in and Across History

Canadian

AP/EN 3210 6.00
AP/EN 3220 6.00
AP/EN 3220 3.00
AP/CLTR 3090 3.00
AP/CLTR 3090 6.00
AP/EN 3230 6.00
AP/EN 3231 6.00
AP/EN 3235 6.00
AP/EN 3240 6.00
AP/HUMA 3537 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/CDNS 3839 3.00, AP/MIST 3839 3.00)
AP/IT 3721 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3241 6.00)
AP/MIST 3535 3.00 (cross-listed to AP/HUMA 35353.00, AP/CDNS 3535 3.00, AP/EN 3252 3.00)
AP/MIST 3536 3.00 (cross-listed to AP/HUMA 35363.00, AP/CDNS 3536 3.00, AP/EN 3253 3.00)

American

AP/EN 3305 3.00
AP/EN 3310 3.00
AP/EN 3310 6.00
AP/EN 3319 3.00
AP/EN 3319 6.00
AP/EN 3320 6.00
AP/EN 3321 6.00
AP/EN 3322 6.00
AP/EN 3323 3.00
AP/EN 3350 3.00
AP/EN 3370 3.00
AP/EN 3390 6.00

Global

AP/EN 3410 3.00
AP/EN 3420 6.00
AP/EN 3430 6.00
AP/EN 3440 6.00
AP/EN 3450 6.00
AP/RU 3720 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3451 3.00)
AP/RU 3730 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3452 3.00)
AP/RU 3740 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3453 3.00)
AP/RU 3750 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3454 3.00)
AP/RU 3760 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3455 3.00)

British

AP/EN 3500 6.00
AP/EN 3505 6.00
AP/EN 3506 6.00
AP/EN 3510 6.00
AP/EN 3515 6.00
AP/EN 3520 6.00
AP/EN 3524 6.00
AP/EN 3525 6.00
AP/EN 3535 6.00
AP/EN 3536 6.00
AP/EN 3540 6.00
AP/EN 3545 6.00
AP/EN 3545 3.00
AP/EN 3550 6.00
AP/EN 3551 6.00
AP/EN 3552 3.00
AP/EN 3553 3.00
AP/EN 3555 6.00
AP/EN 3560 6.00
AP/EN 3570 6.00
AP/EN 3591 6.00
AP/EN 3592 6.00
AP/EN 3625 6.00

4000 Level

Category A: Inter-and Multidisciplinary

AP/EN 4000 3.00
AP/EN 4000 6.00
AP/EN 4001 6.00
AP/EN 4002 6.00
AP/EN 4003 6.00
AP/EN 4004 6.00
AP/EN 4004 3.00
AP/EN 4005 3.00
AP/EN 4010 3.00
AP/EN 4011 3.00
AP/EN 4012 3.00
AP/EN 4020 3.00
AP/EN 4020 6.00
AP/EN 4021 6.00
AP/EN 4022 6.00
AP/EN 4040 6.00
AP/EN 4041 3.00
AP/EN 4041 6.00
AP/EN 4042 3.00
AP/EN 4050 3.00
AP/EN 4050 6.00
AP/EN 4060 3.00
AP/EN 4061 3.00
AP/EN 4070 6.00
AP/EN 4072 6.00
AP/EN 4073 6.00
AP/EN 4080 3.00
AP/EN 4080 6.00
AP/EN 4099 6.00

Category B: Trans-National and/or Historical Genre/s

AP/EN 4101 6.00
AP/EN 4113 6.00
AP/EN 4115 6.00
AP/EN 4116 3.00
AP/EN 4120 6.00
AP/EN 4130 3.00
AP/EN 4130 6.00
AP/EN 4140 3.00
AP/EN 4140 6.00
AP/EN 4142 6.00
AP/EN 4143 3.00
AP/EN 4143 6.00
AP/EN 4146 3.00
AP/EN 4161 6.00
AP/EN 4163 3.00
AP/EN 4163 6.00
AP/EN 4165 6.00
AP/EN 4166 6.00
AP/EN 4170 6.00
AP/EN 4181 6.00
AP/EN 4191 3.00
AP/EN 4191 6.00
AP/EN 4192 6.00

Category C: Literatures in and Across History

Canadian Generic

AP/EN 4200 3.00
AP/EN 4200 6.00
AP/EN 4209 3.00
AP/EN 4209 6.00
AP/EN 4220 6.00
AP/EN 4230 3.00
AP/EN 4230 6.00
AP/EN 4236 6.00

Canadian Topics

AP/EN 4250 3.00
AP/EN 4250 6.00
AP/EN 4251 3.00
AP/EN 4251 6.00
AP/EN 4252 3.00
AP/EN 4252 6.00
AP/EN 4253 3.00
AP/EN 4253 6.00
AP/EN 4254 3.00
AP/EN 4254 6.00
AP/EN 4255 3.00
AP/EN 4255 6.00
AP/EN 4256 6.00
AP/EN 4284 3.00

American

AP/EN 4315 3.00
AP/EN 4331 3.00
AP/EN 4332 3.00
AP/EN 4333 3.00
AP/EN 4335 3.00
AP/EN 4341 3.00
AP/EN 4352 3.00
AP/EN 4360 3.00
AP/EN 4371 3.00
AP/EN 4384 3.00
AP/EN 4390 6.00

Global

AP/EN 4400 6.00
AP/EN 4410 3.00
AP/EN 4410 6.00
AP/EN 4411 3.00
AP/EN 4412 3.00
AP/EN 4420 6.00
AP/EN 4421 3.00
AP/EN 4422 3.00
AP/EN 4425 3.00

British

AP/EN 4500 6.00
AP/EN 4504 6.00
AP/EN 4505 6.00
AP/EN 4510 6.00
AP/EN 4511 6.00
AP/EN 4515 6.00
AP/EN 4516 6.00
AP/EN 4520 3.00
AP/EN 4520 6.00
AP/EN 4521 6.00
AP/EN 4522 3.00
AP/EN 4523 3.00
AP/EN 4523 6.00
AP/EN 4530 6.00
AP/EN 4531 3.00
AP/EN 4531 6.00
AP/EN 4535 6.00
AP/EN 4540 3.00
AP/EN 4550 6.00
AP/EN 4551 3.00
AP/EN 4560 6.00
AP/EN 4561 6.00
AP/EN 4562 6.00
AP/EN 4570 6.00
AP/EN 4571 3.00
AP/EN 4572 6.00
AP/EN 4573 3.00
AP/EN 4574 3.00
AP/EN 4574 6.00
AP/EN 4575 6.00
AP/EN 4576 6.00
AP/EN 4577 3.00
AP/EN 4578 6.00
AP/EN 4579 6.00
AP/EN 4580 6.00
AP/EN 4582 3.00
AP/EN 4582 6.00
AP/EN 4583 3.00
AP/EN 4584 3.00
AP/EN 4591 6.00
AP/EN 4591 3.00
AP/EN 4592 6.00
AP/EN 4593 3.00
AP/EN 4593 6.00
AP/EN 4594 6.00
AP/EN 4595 3.00
AP/EN 4722 6.00
AP/EN 4723 3.00


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