The course offerings and instructors listed below are subject to change.
If you have questions about course selection, degree requirements, your audit, or Co-op, we invite you to make an appointment to meet with a Departmental Advisor during Advising Week.
Many of our first-year courses preclude one another which means credit cannot be earned for more than one course. When selecting courses, please be mindful that you cannot enroll or receive credit in more than one of the following courses: FYSM 1004, ENGL 1000 (no longer offered), ENGL 1100, ENGL 1200, ENGL 1300, ENGL 1400, ENGL 1600, and ENGL 1700.
Students are also limited to enrolling in ENGL 1010 or ENGL 1020 as these courses preclude one another. Majors and Minors in any English Program in search of a dedicated writing course should take ENGL 1010 instead of ENGL 1020.
- First Year - Fall 2025
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FYSM 1004A Reading Literatures and Cultures J. Medd Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
FYSM 1004B Reading Literatures and Cultures D. Dragunoiu Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
FYSM 1004C Reading Literatures and Cultures S. Murray Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
FYSM 1004D Reading Literatures and Cultures A. Wallace Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 1009A Literature in Global Context M. Chakravorty Introduction to the study of literature from a global perspective. Students will be exposed to writers from various locations and to methods for studying literature across national boundaries.
ENGL 1010A Writing Essays about Literature S. Birkwood An intensive writing course focusing on the formulation and construction of a literary essay. ENGL 1010B Writing Essays about Literature J. Mason An intensive writing course focusing on the formulation and construction of a literary essay. ENGL 1020A Effective Writing TBD The rhetorical principles, skills, and structures necessary for the kind of writing done at the university level. Clear and effective composition as a mode of research, discovery, analysis, and persuasion. Students pursuing the English major or minor should take ENGL 1010 instead of ENGL 1020. ENGL 1200A Literature, Science, and Technology A. Barrows An introductory course whose readings focus on the intersections between literature, science, and technology. Topics will vary. ENGL 1500A Introduction to Creative Writing N. Bozak An introduction to the practice of creative writing, focusing on poetry, the short story, creative non-fiction, and drama. Emphasis is also placed on contextualizing creative writing as an academic discipline, a mode of self-expression, and a professional industry.
- First Year - Winter 2026
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FYSM 1004A Reading Literatures and Cultures J. Medd Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
FYSM 1004B Reading Literatures and Cultures D. Dragunoiu Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
FYSM 1004C Reading Literatures and Cultures S. Murray Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
FYSM 1004D Reading Literatures and Cultures A. Wallace Introduction to active literary reading skills, focusing on at least three literary genres including poetry, prose, and drama, with attention to literary, social, historical, and political contexts. This course is writing attentive. Strongly recommended for English majors. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 1008A English Grammar: Fundamentals G. Williams A practical and intensive overview of English grammar designed for students who want to improve their understanding of grammar for their own writing and reading. This is not an ESL course.
ENGL 1010C Writing Essays about Literature S. Calkin An intensive writing course focusing on the formulation and construction of a literary essay. ENGL 1010D Writing Essays about Literature TBD An intensive writing course focusing on the formulation and construction of a literary essay. ENGL 1020B Effective Writing TBD The rhetorical principles, skills, and structures necessary for the kind of writing done at the university level. Clear and effective composition as a mode of research, discovery, analysis, and persuasion. Students pursuing the English major or minor should take ENGL 1010 instead of ENGL 1020. ENGL 1400A Literature, Art, and Culture R. Norris An introductory course whose readings focus on the intersections between literature, art, and culture. Topics will vary. ENGL 1500B Introduction to Creative Writing TBD An introduction to the practice of creative writing, focusing on poetry, the short story, creative non-fiction, and drama. Emphasis is also placed on contextualizing creative writing as an academic discipline, a mode of self-expression, and a professional industry. ENGL 1600A Literature and Magic B. Johnson An introductory course whose readings focus on the intersections between literature and magic. Topics will vary. ENGL 1700 Climate Change and the Humanities TBD An introduction to literature and culture in the context of the environmental humanities and climate change.
- Second Year - Fall 2025
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EACH 2000A Environmental Humanities TBD An overview of approaches to environmental and climate change issues in the Humanities. Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, students will engage with material depicting climate change and environmental topics, as well as develop research and communication strategies. ENGL 2012A Greek and Roman Epic L. Klaasen An examination of the genre of epic in Greco-Roman antiquity, including a close reading of translations of Homer and Vergil.
Also listed as CLCV 2008.ENGL 2100A Topics in Popular Culture J. Murray Study of a selected topic related to popular culture. ENGL 2104A Drama Workshop TBD A course dealing with the rudiments of theatrical performance: voice, movement, improvisation, interpretation. Exercises are based upon examples drawn from classical and contemporary repertoires. ENGL 2200A Creativity, Imagination, and Writing B. Johnson This course not only surveys theories about the imagination and creativity but also teaches various rhetorical exercises and strategies for sparking inventive thinking and new ideas to fire the writing process. ENGL 2202A Weird Fiction G. Williams Introduction to a sub-category of speculative fiction that spans from traditional ghost stories and tales of the macabre to the “New Weird”: contemporary writing that overthrows the clichés, conventions, and expectations of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. ENGL 2301A Literatures and Cultures 500-1500 R. Norris A study of the period between 500 and 1500, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts. ENGL 2302A Literatures and Cultures 1500-1700 T. DeCook A study of the period between 1500 and 1700, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts. ENGL 2400A Introduction to Digital Humanities TBD An introduction to the principal debates in and approaches to the Digital Humanities. Also listed as DIGH 2001.
ENGL 2500A Classical Mythology TBD A study of classical mythology, emphasizing its use in Greek and Roman literature and its place in classical art and religion. There is some discussion of classical myths in terms of contemporary interpretations of myth. Also listed as CLCV 2500.
ENGL 2600A History of World Cinema I G. Iversen Historical survey of world cinema primarily from 1895 to 1945, examining the forms, structures and stylistic conventions of various periods and nations. Also listed as FILM 2606.
ENGL 2802A Indigenous and Canadian Literature S. Jamieson A survey of Canadian literary cultures in English from their beginnings to the present that frames them in the wider context of Indigenous writing and storytelling. This course is writing-attentive. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 2802B Indigenous and Canadian Literature J. Mason A survey of Canadian literary cultures in English from their beginnings to the present that frames them in the wider context of Indigenous writing and storytelling. This course is writing-attentive. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 2903A Writing Fiction N. Bozak A workshop involving regular assignments in writing prose fiction and practical criticism based on this work. Permission to register in this course requires the student to submit a writing sample. Instructions can be found here. ENGL 2910A Book Arts Workshop R. Norris This experiential learning course immerses students in the practical arts and histories of book production.
ENGL 2920A Topics in Decolonization & Migration I S. Casteel An introduction to the study of literature and culture in the context of topics such as empire and decolonization, diaspora, migration and globalization, race, and ethnicity. Themes, authors, and geographical and temporal focus will vary.
- Second Year - Winter 2026
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ENGL 2011A Children’s Literature S. Jamieson An introduction of the critical study of children’s literature. Also listed as CHST 2011.
ENGL 2107A Science Fiction T. DeCook A study of the history and traditions of science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, and utopia, covering various periods, nationalities, genres, and/or media. ENGL 2109A Gender, Sexuality and Literature J. Medd How literature represents, reproduces, and resists cultural notions of gender and sexuality. Topics may include: gender and sexuality in relation to literary history, production, and reception; literature by/about “deviant” or subcultural sexualities and genders. ENGL 2301B Literatures and Cultures 500-1500 S. Calkin A study of the period between 500 and 1500, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts.
ENGL 2302B Literatures and Cultures 1500-1700 G. Williams A study of the period between 1500 and 1700, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts.
ENGL 2401A Digital Humanities: Theory & Method TBD A multidisciplinary survey of core theories, methodologies and tools within the Digital Humanities. Assignments will include collaborative work and applied projects.
Also listed as DIGH 2002.ENGL 2500B Classical Mythology TBD A study of classical mythology, emphasizing its use in Greek and Roman literature and its place in classical art and religion. There is some discussion of classical myths in terms of contemporary interpretations of myth.
Also listed as CLCV 2500.ENGL 2601A History of World Cinema II M. Guha Historical survey of world cinema primarily since 1945, examining the forms, structures and stylistic conventions of various periods and nations. Also listed as FILM 2607.ENGL 2605A Greek and Roman Drama L. Klaassen An examination of the genres of tragedy and comedy in Greco-Roman antiquity.
Also listed as CLCV 2010.ENGL 2609A Drama: Modes and Movements J. Cleveland A study of dramatic texts and traditions, offering attention to major dramatic modes and movements such as Ritual, Dance, Naturalism, Expressionism, Absurdism, Political Theatre, Feminist Theatre, and Global/Intercultural Theatre. Each will be investigated in the context of performance videos, live performances, and/or written text. ENGL 2802A Indigenous and Canadian Literature S. Jamieson A survey of Canadian literary cultures in English from their beginnings to the present that frames them in the wider context of Indigenous writing and storytelling. This course is writing-attentive. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 2802B Indigenous and Canadian Literature J. Mason A survey of Canadian literary cultures in English from their beginnings to the present that frames them in the wider context of Indigenous writing and storytelling. This course is writing-attentive. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 2900A Literature of the Self S. Murray A study of developments in the literary representation of the self. The course considers a wide range of major texts from the Middle Ages to the present. ENGL 2901A Writing Poetry TBD A workshop involving regular assignments in writing poetry and practical criticism based on this work. Permission to register in this course requires the student to submit a writing sample. Instructions can be found here.
ENGL 2908A Celtic Literatures C. Tracey The literatures of Ireland, Scotland, and/or Wales. Topics will vary in national and historical scope and may be organized by theme, author, and/or genre.
- Third Year - Fall 2025
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ENGL 3007A Reading Poetry C. Tracey This course is designed to enable students to develop skills in reading and writing about poetry. Readings will be chosen from a variety of authors, periods, and/or genres.
ENGL 3010A The Secret Lives of Poems C. Tracey This course is designed to enable students to develop skills in reading and writing about great works of poetry. Course requirements will feature a combination of creative and critical exercises, but no formal essay.
ENGL 3105A History of Literary Theory S. Calkin Introduction to ideas about literature, aesthetics, authorship, and readership as these have circulated in periods before the twentieth century.
ENGL 3106A Theories and Critical Practices B. Johnson This course offers students an interdisciplinary foundation in cultural, critical, and literary theories and practices. This course is writing attentive. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 3201A European Literature A. Wallace Major movements and works from Dante’s Divine Comedy through Voltaire’s Candide. Themes include the New Humanism vs. old Chivalry in the Renaissance and Baroque periods; the rise of the modern novel and drama; reason, nature, and the Enlightenment project. Also listed as HUMS 3200.
This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 3306A Shakespeare and Film M. White A study of film adaptations of selected plays by Shakespeare. ENGL 3414A Introduction to Professional Writing & Editing TBD The fundamental skills of professional writing and editing, including writing for specific audiences, document design, revision strategies, copyediting. Also listed as ALDS 3414.
ENGL 3500A Literatures and Cultures 1700-1900 S. Birkwood A study of the period between 1700 and 1900, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts.
ENGL 3501A Literatures and Cultures 1900-Now D. Dragunoiu A study of the period between 1900 and the present, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts.
ENGL 3902A Writing Screenplays TBD An intermediate workshop involving regular assignments in writing for film. This course requires a grade of B+ or higher in one of: ENGL 2901, ENGL 2903, ENGL 2915; or departmental permission. If you do not have the prerequisite, please see the instructions for submitting a portfolio here.
Also listed as FILM 3902.ENGL 3905A Topics in Performance A. Barrows A study of selected elements of performance. Topics will vary but may include such areas as the theory and practice of comic timing on stage or movement on stage space. ENGL 3908A Research & Theo. Acad. Writing N. Artemeva Study of contemporary research and theory (1970s to present) on academic writing in elementary, secondary and post-secondary school, with emphasis on writing in university. Consideration of what academic writing entails, how writing fosters learning, and how instruction can help students develop their writing abilities.
Also listed as ALDS 3401.ENGL 3911A Cultural Studies F. Nudelman This course explores cultural expression across diverse media, theorizing culture as a form of struggle that shapes material conditions, fuels knowledge production, and informs lived experience.
ENGL 3960A Studies in Indigenous Literature S. Birkwood A study of Indigenous literatures and cultures.
- Third Year - Winter 2026
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ENGL 3020A EURR Literature and Culture V. Stanisic-Keller More information to come.
ENGL 3106A Theories and Critical Practices B. Johnson This course offers students an interdisciplinary foundation in cultural, critical, and literary theories and practices. This course is writing attentive. This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 3201A European Literature A. Wallace Major movements and works from Dante’s Divine Comedy through Voltaire’s Candide. Themes include the New Humanism vs. old Chivalry in the Renaissance and Baroque periods; the rise of the modern novel and drama; reason, nature, and the Enlightenment project. Also listed as HUMS 3200.
This is a Fall/Winter full-year course.
ENGL 3204A Literary Representations of Childhood & Youth A. Barrows An examination of the ways in which childhood, children, and youth have been represented in creative literature (fiction, poetry, drama, and/or creative nonfiction). Also listed as CHST 3204.
ENGL 3500B Literatures and Cultures 1700-1900 J. Murray A study of the period between 1700 and 1900, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts.
ENGL 3501B Literatures and Cultures 1900-Now J. Henderson A study of the period between 1900 and the present, with attention to cultural, historical, geographical, and literary contexts.
ENGL 3702A American Culture TBD A study of American writing in its cultural and historical contexts.
ENGL 3903A Writing Fiction (Intermediate) N. Bozak An intermediate workshop involving regular assignments in writing prose fiction and practical criticism. This course requires a grade of B+ or higher in one of: ENGL 2901, ENGL 2903, ENGL 2915; or departmental permission. If you do not have the prerequisite, please see the instructions for submitting a portfolio here.
ENGL 3909A Research and Theory in Workplace Writing TBD Study of contemporary research and theory (1980s to present) in writing in workplace settings. Consideration of how writing is used in accomplishing work, how novices learn to write effectively, and what the implications are for pedagogy. Also listed as ALDS 3402.
ENGL 3910A From Degree to Career D. Dragunoiu This experiential-learning course prepares students in English for their transition into the workplace. Project-based activities (including readings and research) and guest speakers will teach students to identify, develop, and apply the skills and knowledge gained from a degree in English studies.
ENGL 3915A Special Topics in Writing N. Bozak An intermediate workshop that involves regular creative writing assignments and practical criticism based on this work. Topics will vary. This course requires a grade of B+ or higher in one of: ENGL 2901, ENGL 2903, ENGL 2915; or departmental permission. If you do not have the prerequisite, please see the instructions for submitting a portfolio here.
ENGL 3930A Top Decolonization & Migration II M. Chakravorty An intermediate study of literature, culture, and research in the context of topics such as empire and decolonization, diaspora, migration and globalization, race, and ethnicity. Themes, authors, and geographical and temporal focus will vary.
ENGL 3972A Studies in Postcolonial Literature S. Casteel A study of postcolonial literatures and cultures. Topics may vary from year to year.
- Fourth Year - Fall 2025
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ENGL 4004A Writing and Knowledge-Making in the Professions TBD The role of writing in constructing knowledge in the professions, as viewed from contemporary socio-cultural perspectives. Consideration of how the goals, values, and assumptions of different professions shape their writing in distinctive ways and what implications this holds for theory, research, and practice. Also listed as ALDS 4404.
ENGL 4115A Culture and the Text T. DeCook Topics will vary from year to year. More information to come.
ENGL 4115B Culture and the Text TBD Topics will vary from year to year. More information to come.
ENGL 4135A Studies in Publishing C. Tracey Topics will vary from year to year. More information to come.
ENGL 4607A Studies in 20th- and 21st-century Lit. G. Williams A study of a selected topic in literature of the 20th and 21st century.
ENGL 4607B Studies in 20th- and 21st-century Lit. J. Medd A study of a selected topic in literature of the 20th and 21st century.
ENGL 4609A Global Stages and Theories J. Cleveland An advanced study of dramatic texts from transnational, postcolonial, or European contexts. This course will offer sustained attention to specific theatre traditions, theatrical practice, and interpretation of texts. Topics and points of emphasis vary from year to year.
ENGL 4915A Advanced Writing Workshop TBD An advanced workshop involving regular assignments in creative writing and practical criticism based on this work. Topics will vary.
This course requires a grade of B+ or higher in one of: ENGL 3902, ENGL 3903, ENGL 3906, ENGL 3915, ENGL 3916; or departmental permission. If you do not have the prerequisite, please see the instructions for submitting a portfolio here.
ENGL 4950A Topics in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literature and Theory S. Casteel A study of a selected topic in postcolonial and/or diaspora literatures and theories. Themes, authors, and geographical and temporal focus will vary.
- Fourth Year - Winter 2026
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EACH 4000A Seminar in the Environmental and Climate Humanities B. Vellino A capstone seminar designed to refine analytic and research skills related to environmental and climate humanities and to provide students with the opportunity to engage in a research or community engagement project, either individually or in groups. Topics vary from year to year.
ENGL 4001A Studies in Poetry C. Tracey A study of a selected topic in poetry.
ENGL 4115C Culture and the Text C. Tracey Topics will vary from year to year. More information to come.
ENGL 4115D Culture and the Text O. Lael Netzer Topics will vary from year to year. More information to come.
ENGL 4115E Culture and the Text R. Norris Topics will vary from year to year. More information to come.
ENGL 4139A Editing a Literary Magazine TBD In this experiential learning course students will work collaboratively to design, edit, produce, and publicize issues of a Carleton University literary magazine in digital and/or print formats. ENGL 4301A Studies in Renaissance Literature M. White A study of a selected topic in Renaissance literature.
ENGL 4401A Studies in 18th-Century Literature J. Murray A study of a selected topic in Restoration or 18th-century literature.
ENGL 4500A Studies in Romanticism P. Keen A study of a selected topic, 1770-1830.
ENGL 4961A Indigenous Literatures II B. Vellino A study of the contemporary period of Indigenous literature, examining the historical and mythic influences on the literature.
ENGL 4976A Issues in Postcolonial Literature A. Barrows A study of a selected topic in postcolonial literature and culture.