Complete course descriptions can be found in the Grenfell Campus section of the Calendar. The University Calendar is the authority for all course information. 

Upcoming Courses

Below, you can find the courses we are planning to offer in the next year. This plan is tentative and is subject to change – the finalized list will be available when registration begins. The majority of our courses are offered in person, but we do have some remote or online options. All English courses count as Writing courses. 

Fall 2026 (tentative) 

English 1000: This course is taken by most students in their first year at Grenfell, and it is a required course for most degrees. You will study various forms of prose writing (essays, short stories, and novels) and learn about writing at a university level. English 1000 is taught by many different members of the English faculty. Many sections of English 1000 are offered every fall, but usually only one section is offered in the winter semester. This course counts as a Critical Reading and Writing (CRW) course. 

English 1001: This is the ‘second half’ of the first-year English courses at Grenfell, focused on poetry and drama. Many students take this course in the winter semester after they have completed English 1000. Like English 1000, this course is taught by many different members of the English faculty. Many sections of English 1001 are offered every winter, but usually only one section is offered in the fall semester. This course counts as a Critical Reading and Writing (CRW) course. Prerequisites: ENGL 1000, 1020, or 1090. 

English 2005: This survey of British literature covers from the medieval through to 1700. It is the companion course to English 2008, which picks up where 2005 leaves off. English 2005 is a required course for the English Major and Honours degrees, and it is typically offered every fall semester. Prerequisites: six credit hours at the 1000 level. 

English 2155: This course offers a study of Newfoundland and Labrador literatures, primarily focused on texts written since 1949. This course counts as a Nationally Identified (Canadian) Literature course. Prerequisites: six credit hours at the 1000 level. 

English 2350: This course surveys important plays and dramatic works in the western tradition from the Ancient Greeks until the end of the eighteenth century. This course counts as a Pre-1900 Course. Prerequisites: six credit hours at the 1000 level. 

English 2815: This course introduces students to literary theory and criticism, integral elements of the study of literature, media, and culture at a university level. English 2815 is a required course for the English Major and Honours degrees, and it is typically offered every fall semester. Prerequisites: six credit hours at the 1000 level. 

English 3148: This course is focused on Canadian poetry from 1918 (following the First World War) through to the present. This course counts as a Nationally Identified (Canadian) Literature course. Prerequisites: three credit hours at the 2000 level. 

English 3205: This course offers a survey of William Shakespeare’s dramatic works across four genres: comedy, history, tragedy, and romance. English 3205 is a required course for the English Major and Honours degrees, and it is typically offered every fall semester. This course is also designated as a Pre-1900 Course. Prerequisites: six credit hours at the 1000 level. 

English 3810: This course is focused on nonfiction writing by women after 1900 and explores how women writers have engaged with social, political, artistic, literary, and other issues in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. English 3810 counts as a Women Writers course. Prerequisites: three credit hours at the 2000 level. 

English 4830: This special topics course focuses on the Japanese influence on Canadian literature. This course can count as a Nationally Identified (Canadian) Literature course. Prerequisites: three credit hours at the 3000 level. 

English 4872: *NEW COURSE!* This special topics course focuses on contemporary Atlantic Canadian literatures. This course can count as a Nationally Identified Literature (Canadian) course. Prerequisites: three credit hours at the 3000 level. 

English 4950: This is the capstone project for the English Major. Students develop a project on a topic of their choosing in consultation with a faculty supervisor and spend the semester writing and revising a critical or creative piece of writing (usually around 25 pages). You get to shape the project, and it can focus on authors and texts that you have not covered in a class before. English 4950 enables students to apply the skills they have learned throughout their degree to a project about which they are passionate. English 4950 is typically taken in a student’s final year or final semester, often (but not always) in the winter semester. Only Grenfell English majors should enroll in this course. Students enrolling in 4950 should consult with the Programme Chair as early as possible. Prerequisites: three credit hours at the 3000 level. 

English 4951: English 4951 is focused on advanced research methods, designed primarily for Honours students to take in the fall of their final year as they prepare to write their Honours thesis (English 4959) in the winter semester. This course is a required course for all English Honours students, but it is now open to any student with the appropriate prerequisites. Students enrolling in 4959 should consult with the Programme Chair as early as possible. Prerequisites: three credit hours at the 3000 level. 

English 4959: This is the Honours Thesis, the final project for English Honours students. Like English 4950, this course is undertaken under the supervision of an English faculty member and can focus on a creative or critical project of the student’s choice, but the thesis is intended to be longer and more critically complex than the 4950 project. The thesis builds on the work started in English 4951. Only Grenfell English Honours students should enroll for this course. Prerequisites: ENGL 4951. 

Winter 2027 (tentative) 

Coming soon!