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Undergraduate Calendar 2019-2020 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]

Course Listings

The courses listed in this section include all courses approved for the undergraduate curriculum for the 2019-2020 academic year. Not all courses in the approved curriculum will be offered during the year. Students are advised to refer to the course timetables available annually in Mosaic in March and June to determine which specific courses will be offered in the upcoming sessions.
Note: An A/B suffix appearing in a course number indicates that the course may be delivered across more than one term (see Multi-Term Course in the Glossary  of this calendar). The A/B S suffix indicates that the course may be delivered as either a multi-term course or within a single term. 

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Please note, when searching courses by “Code or Number”, an asterisk (*) can be used as a wildcard character to return mass results. For example, a “Code or Number” search of ” 2* ” can be entered returning all level II courses.
 

Engineering Physics

Courses in Engineering Physics are administered by the Department of Engineering Physics.
John Hodgins Engineering Building, Room A315, ext. 27925
https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/engphys/

Department Note

All Engineering Physics courses are open to students registered in any Engineering or Science Program who meet the prerequisites unless otherwise stated. Prior permission of the instructor is necessary for students from other Faculties or from Engineering or Science who do not meet the coures prerequisites.
  

  • ENGPHYS 4S03 - Lasers and Electro-Optics

    3 unit(s)
    Basic properties of electromagnetic radiation. Optical modulation and detection. Nonlinear optics. Multiple-beam interference and coherence. Optical resonators. Laser systems.
    Three lectures; first term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGPHYS 3E03, PHYSICS 3N03, ELECENG 4EM4, or ELECENG 3FK4
  

  • ENGPHYS 4U02 - Modern and Applied Physics Laboratory

    2 unit(s)
    Selected advanced experiments in two areas of applied physics, chosen from among: photonics; semiconductor fabrication (solar cells); biomedical engineering; nuclear engineering.
    One Lab (three hours each); both terms
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in the final level of an Engineering Physics program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGPHYS 4U04
  

  • ENGPHYS 4X03 - Introduction to Photovoltaics

    3 unit(s)
    A review of photovoltaic devices including solar cell operation, characterization, manufacturing, economics and current and next generation technologies.
    Three lectures; first term
    Prerequisite(s): One of ELECENG 2EI5, MATLS 3Q03 or ENGPHYS 3BA3
  

  • ENGPHYS 4Z03 - Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

    3 unit(s)
    Detailed description of fabrication technologies used in the semiconductor industry; computer modelling of device fabrication; analysis of device performance.
    Two classroom-based lectures, one computer cluster-based lecture; first term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGPHYS 3F03  or MATLS 3Q03 ; and registration in the Faculty of Engineering or the Integrated Biomedical Engineering & Health Sciences (IBEHS) program.

Engineering Technology

Courses in Engineering Technology are administered by the Bachelor of Technology Program.
Engineering Technology Building (ETB), Room 121, ext. 20195
http://mybtechdegree.ca
  

  • ENGTECH 1AC3 - Analytical Chemistry

    3 unit(s)
    Introduction to laboratory procedures used in chemical analysis for classical wet and instrumental methods; statistical data treatment, gravimetric analysis, volumetric analysis, pH measurements and optical methods.
    Three lectures, one lab (three hours); second term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1CH3 and registration Automation Engineering Technology or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1BI3 - Biology

    3 unit(s)
    This course provides basic introduction to the following topics: chemistry of life, cells, genetics, evolution and diversity and plant and animal form and function.
    Two lectures, one lab (three hours every other week); second term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1CH3 - Chemistry

    3 unit(s)
    Basic chemical concepts, calculations and laboratory procedures. Chemical formulae and equations, chemical stoichiometry, nomenclature, acids and bases, gases, chemical equilibrium, thermochemistry and thermodynamics, redox reactions and electrochemistry.
    Three lectures, one tutorial, one lab (three hours every other week); first term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Automation Engineering Technology, or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1CP3 - C++ Programming

    3 unit(s)
    Programming concepts and introduction to C++ programming. C++ syntax, functions, decision-making, looping, operators, arrays and data structures.
    Two lectures, one lab (two hours); first term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Automation Engineering Technology, or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
    Antirequisite(s): COMPTECH 3PD3
  

  • ENGTECH 1EL3 - Electricity and Electronics I

    3 unit(s)
    Introduction to electronic circuits; DC and AC sources, resistors, inductors, and capacitors; phasors and impedance; transient and steady-state analysis; network analysis; energy and power.
    Four lectures, one lab (three hours); second term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Automation Engineering Technology, or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1ET0 - Introduction to the Technology Co-op Program

    0 unit(s)
    Orientation to Technology Co-op programs and the workplace; self-assessment and goal setting; application procedures and materials; occupational health and safety.
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in a Degree Completion Technology program
  

  • ENGTECH 1MC3 - Mathematics I

    3 unit(s)
    Pre-calculus concepts: algebra, trigonometry, complex numbers, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations, matrices, determinants and vectors. Limits, continuity, differential calculus, partial derivatives, applications, sequences and series.
    Four lectures; first term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Automation Engineering Technology, or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1ME3 - Statics and Mechanics of Materials

    3 unit(s)
    Statics and kinematics of particles and rigid bodies: force vectors; equilibrium; trusses, frames and machines; internal forces; centroids; friction; axial load, torsion, bending and shear; stress and strain. Newton’s Second Law; moments of inertia; plane motion.
    Four lectures; second term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 1MT3 - Mathematics II

    3 unit(s)
    Integral calculus involving all the techniques of integration, applications, improper integrals, multiple integrals and integral theorems, infinite sequences and series.
    Four lectures; second term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1MC3 and registration Automation Engineering Technology, or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1PH3 - Physics

    3 unit(s)
    Sound, light, kinematics, forces, work, energy, fluid and thermal physics.
    Four lectures, one lab (two hours every other week); first term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Automation Engineering Technology, or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 1PR3 - Object-Oriented Programming

    3 unit(s)
    Project-based course covering computer programming. Object-oriented, event-driven programs involving decisions, looping, arithmetic calculations, string handling and data file handling.
    Two lectures, one lab (two hours); second term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1CP3  and registration in Automation Engineering Technology or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 2EE0 - Four Month Co-op Experience I

    0 unit(s)
    Minimum of 15 weeks of full-time employment in a professional environment.
    Prerequisite(s): GENTECH 2PW3  and registration in a Four-Year Technology program and permission of the Engineering Co-op and Career Services Office
  

  • ENGTECH 2ES3 - Engineering Statistics

    3 unit(s)
    An introductory statistics course covering the following topics with engineering applications: organization and description of data, probability and distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing and bivariate data analysis using regression.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; first term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1MT3; and registration in Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENGTECH 3ES3, 3ST3
  

  • ENGTECH 2ET0 - Four Month Co-op Experience I

    0 unit(s)
    Minimum of 15 weeks of full-time employment in a professional environment.
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1ET0 , registration in a Degree Completion Technology Co-op program, and permission of the Engineering Co-op and Career Services Office
  

  • ENGTECH 2MA3 - Mathematics III

    3 unit(s)
    Techniques for solving first and second order ordinary differential equations with applications; initial value and boundary value problems, systems of differential equations, partial differential equations.
    Three lectures, one tutorial; first term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1MT3; and registration in Automation Engineering Technology, Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, or Biotechnology
  

  • ENGTECH 2MS3 - Modelling and Numerical Solutions

    3 unit(s)
    Number systems and errors; solutions to nonlinear equations; interpolation by polynomials; matrices and systems of linear equations; differentiation and integration; differential equations; applications to mechanical systems.
    Three lectures; second term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1CP3, ENGTECH 1MT3; and registration in Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): CIVTECH 3MN3, ENGTECH 3MN3
  

  • ENGTECH 2MT3 - Mathematics IV

    3 unit(s)
    Continuous time signals and systems; convolution; Laplace transform, Fourier series and transform; Discrete time signals and systems.
    Four lectures; second term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 2MA3; and registration in Automation Engineering Technology or Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 3CT3 - System Analysis and Controls

    3 unit(s)
    Mathematical foundation: differential equations, Laplace transforms, transform by partial fraction expansion; transfer functions; modelling of physical systems; stability, Routh criteria; time and frequency domain; Root-locus technique; design of control systems.
    Two lectures, one lab; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3 and registration in Manufacturing Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 3DM3 - Discrete Mathematics

    3 unit(s)
    Fundamental discrete mathematics concepts relevant to IT: sets, relations, functions, graphs, propositional logic. State machines. Input/output specifications. Invariants.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 3EE0 - Four Month Co-op Experience II

    0 unit(s)
    Minimum of 15 weeks of full-time employment in a professional environment.
    First term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 2EE0 ; registration in a Four-Year Technology program; and permission of the Engineering Co-op and Career Services Office
  

  • ENGTECH 3ES3 - Engineering Statistics

    3 unit(s)
    An introductory statistics course covering the following topics with engineering applications: organization and description of data, probability and distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing and bivariate data analysis using regression.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; first term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1MT3; and registration in Level III of Automation Engineering Technology or Biotechnology
    Antirequisite(s): ENGTECH 2ES3, 3ST3
  

  • ENGTECH 3ET0 - Four Month Co-op Experience II

    0 unit(s)
    Minimum of 15 weeks of full-time employment in a professional environment.
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 2ET0 , registration in a Degree Completion Technology Co-op program, and permission of the Engineering Co-op and Career Services Office
  

  • ENGTECH 3FE3 - Finite Element Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Matrix techniques; eigenvalue problems: equations of elasticity: plane stress, plane strain, 3D problems; variational methods; element types, element stiffness, mass matrices and load vector; assemblage of elements, boundary conditions.
    Two lectures; first term
    Prerequisite(s): AUTOTECH 2AC3, AUTOTECH 2TS3, and registration in Level III of Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENGTECH 4FA3
  

  • ENGTECH 3MA3 - Mathematics V

    3 unit(s)
    Ordinary and partial differential equations; Laplace transforms; Fourier series; vector calculus; integral theorems, with engineering applications.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology, or Software Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 3ML3 - Strength of Materials

    3 unit(s)
    Stresses under combined loads, generalized Hooke’s Law; two and three dimensional stresses, stress transformation, principal stresses, Mohr’s circle; deflections by integration; energy methods, Castagliano’s theorem; columns; yield criteria.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3, 3SD3, and registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology or Manufacturing Engineering Technology
  

  • ENGTECH 3MN3 - Modelling and Numerical Solutions

    3 unit(s)
    Number systems and errors; solutions to nonlinear equations; interpolation by polynomials; matrices and systems of linear equations; differentiation and integration; differential equations; applications to mechanical systems.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; first term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 1CP3 , ENGTECH 2MA3 ; and registration in Level IV or above of Automation Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): CIVTECH 3MN3, ENGTECH 2MS3 
  

  • ENGTECH 3SD3 - Statics and Dynamics

    3 unit(s)
    Two and three dimensional force vectors, equilibrium of a particle; moments and couples; equilibrium rigid bodies; centroids, second moment of area, moment of inertia; truss, and static analysis. Planar kinematics and planar kinetics of particles and rigid bones; work and energy, impulse, and momentum.
    Two lectures, one lab; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology Co-op (B.Tech.)  or Manufacturing Engineering Technology Co-op (B.Tech.) 
    Antirequisite(s): MANTECH 3MD3 
  

  • ENGTECH 3SP3 - Structure and Properties of Materials

    3 unit(s)
    Structure of crystalline solids; imperfections in solids; mechanical properties of metals, dislocations and strengthening mechanisms, failure, phase diagrams, phase transformation in metals, processing of metal alloys, composites, structures and properties of ceramics, processing of ceramics.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology or Manufacturing Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENG TECH 3MN3
  

  • ENGTECH 3ST3 - Probability and Statistics

    3 unit(s)
    Probability and statistics for engineering and technology. Descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous random variables and probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, correlation and regression.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3  and registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology Co-op (B.Tech.)  or Software Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENGTECH 3ES3 
  

  • ENGTECH 3TD3 - Thermodynamics

    3 unit(s)
    Introduction to thermodynamics, properties of pure substances, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, vapor power cycles, refrigeration cycles, and combined power cycles.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3 and registration in Manufacturing Engineering Technology or Power and Energy Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENRTECH 3TD3, MANTECH 3TF3
  

  • ENGTECH 4ED3 - Senior Engineering Design Project

    3 unit(s)
    A project involving design and synthesis that reinforces concepts gained from previous semesters. Such a project involves research, design, and assessment.
    Two lectures, one lab; one term
    Prerequisite(s): CIVTECH 4SD3 or 4RC3; and registration in Level IV of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology
    CIVTECH 4SD3 or 4RC3 may be taken concurrently with this course.
  

  • ENGTECH 4EE0 - Four Month Co-op Experience III

    0 unit(s)
    Minimum of 15 weeks of full-time employment in a professional environment.
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3EE0 ; registration in a Four-Year Technology program; and permission of the Engineering Co-op and Career Services Office
  

  • ENGTECH 4EP3 - Senior Engineering Project

    3 unit(s)
    A project that is based on the knowledge gained from previous semesters. Such a project involves research, design, development and implementation of a process.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENRTECH 4CT3, 4PD3, 4PM3; or one of ENRTECH 4RE3, 4RT3 and registration in Power and Energy Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENRTECH 4EP3
  

  • ENGTECH 4FA3 - Finite Element Analysis

    3 unit(s)
    Formerly ENGTECH 3FA3.
    Matrix techniques, eigenvalue problems, equation of elasticity, 3D problems, variational methods, element types, element stiffness, mass matrix and load vector, assemblage of elements, boundary conditions.
    Two lectures, one lab; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3ML3 and ENGTECH 4MA3 or CIVTECH 3MN3, and registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology or Manufacturing Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): ENGTECH 3FE3
  

  • ENGTECH 4FD3 - Senior Engineering Project

    3 unit(s)
    Project-based course using the agglomeration of previously acquired knowledge. Research, design, implement and document a software solution to a problem in a real-world application domain.
    Three lectures, one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV Software Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): SFWRTECH 4FD3
  
  

  • ENGTECH 4TF3 - Mechanics of Fluids

    3 unit(s)
    Fluid statics, flow in closed conduits, dimensional analysis and similarity, energy and Bernoulli’s equation, flow kinematics, hydraulic cross-sections, energy loss in piping system, fluid Machinery.
    Three lectures, one lab; one term
    Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3 and registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology or Power and Energy Engineering Technology
    Antirequisite(s): AUTOTECH 3TS3

English

Courses in English are administered by the Department of English and Cultural Studies.
Chester New Hall, Room 321, ext 24491
http://english.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

Department Notes

  1. All Level II and III ENGLISH courses are open as electives to students registered in Level II or above of any undergraduate program with the exception of the following:
  1. Courses restricted to students registered in programs in English may be available to qualified students in other programs if space permits. Students interested in such courses should request permission from the departmental counsellor.
  2. Level IV seminars are open only to Honours students registered in Level IV of an English program. Enrolment will be limited to 18 students per seminar when possible. A list of seminars to be offered will be available prior to registration and balloting for seminars for the next academic year will take place in March.

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.
  

  • ENGLISH 1CS3 - Studying Culture: A Critical Introduction

    3 unit(s)
    The course will introduce fundamental concepts and questions in the field of cultural studies, and will prepare students to use those tools in analyzing culture as a site of meaning, identities, power, and pleasure. The course aims to develop your ability to think critically about your own engagements with a broad range of manifestations of culture (e.g. popular culture, social institutions, everyday practices, digital culture, consumer culture). Considerable emphasis will be placed on the development of critical skills in reading and writing.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 1CS3
  

  • ENGLISH 1F03 - The Written World

    3 unit(s)
    What does the world look like when it takes a literary form? We will read and write about one or more literary genres or forms from various times and places, and reflect on the shape of literature, its place in the world, and the place of the world in it. The course functions as an introduction to the study of literature, equipping students with conceptual, analytical and writing tools that will help them become informed readers of the many modes and manners of imaginative expression. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the development of critical skills in reading and writing.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
  

  • ENGLISH 1G03 - Making and Unmaking Literary Traditions

    3 unit(s)
    This introductory course explores literatures written in English from the perspective of literary historical periods,
    genres, and critical approaches. We will trace how particular literary traditions emerge in relation to developments
    in the cultural narratives of, for example, gender and sexuality, selfhood, nation and empire, capitalism, and the
    environment. We will consider how a literary text is an expression of a particular cultural moment, with all its
    social and material preoccupations, and yet makes meaning through a complex dialogue with past traditions. The
    course functions as an introduction to the study of literature, equipping students with conceptual, analytical, and
    writing tools that will help them become an informed reader of the many modes and manners of imaginative
    expression. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the development of critical skills in reading and writing.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 1C06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 1H03 - Words in Place

    3 unit(s)
    Many public ceremonies in Canada now include acknowledgements of whose land we are meeting on. What does it mean to acknowledge the people and the place where we live and work? How do places come into focus when we write and speak about them? This introductory course examines oral narratives, art, poetry, film, documentary, fiction, and/or literary non-fiction that emphasize the dynamics of particular places in relation to Indigenous and colonial histories; diasporic histories of movement, displacement, emigration and immigration; natural, economic, and political geographies; as well as the particular languages – i.e. different Englishes, Indigenous languages – that places give rise to. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the development of critical skills in reading and writing.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; one term
  

  • ENGLISH 2AA3 - American Literature Before 1900

    3 unit(s)
    This course surveys American literary and cultural production up to 1900. Issues may include: settler and colonial culture, the foundations of African-American literature, Indigenous literatures, ante- and post-bellum literatures, dark romanticism, American Renaissance, spiritual narrative.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 2H06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 2BB3 - Topics in 20th and 21st-century American Literature and Culture

    3 unit(s)
    A specialized approach to studies in 20th and 21st-century American literary and cultural production, focussing on selected movements, issues, genres or traditions. Eg. Native American Renaissance, Asian-American literature and cinema, the Beat Generation, the Harlem Renaissance, American underground commix.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 2H06 A/B  
    First offered in 2019-2020
  

  • ENGLISH 2BL3 - Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century British Literature and Film

    3 unit(s)
    An introduction to the twentieth- and twenty-first-century literary texts and films from the British Isles, with attention to their historical, cultural, and socio-political contexts.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 2I06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 2C03 - Contemporary Canadian Fiction

    3 unit(s)
    A study of the themes and structure of the contemporary Canadian novel, usually with emphasis on the relationship between Canada’s cultural patterns and its literature.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Not open to students with credit or registration in ENGLISH 2G06 A/B .
  

  • ENGLISH 2CR3 - Shakespeare: Comedies, Problem Plays, and Romances

    3 unit(s)
    A close study of selected plays in these genres, together with relevant literary, cultural, theatrical, and historical contexts. May include plays by other dramatists.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 2L03, 3K06 A/B, THTRFLM 2CR3, 3KL6 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 2D03 - Creative Writing Inquiry

    3 unit(s)
    A creative writing seminar and workshop based on the Inquiry model of self-directed research and collaboration. Students will exercise their creative talents in a variety of genres and work independently and in groups to develop critical skills and problem solving techniques.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in a program in English and Cultural Studies
  

  • ENGLISH 2G06 A/B - Canadian Literature

    6 unit(s)
    Major aspects of the development of Canadian literature from the late 18th century to the mid-20th century. French-Canadian work in translation will be used for comparative purposes.
    Three hours; two terms
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 2HT3 - Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies

    3 unit(s)
    A close study of selected plays in these genres, together with relevant literary, cultural, theatrical, and historical contexts. May include plays by other dramatists.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 2L03, 3K06 A/B, THTRFLM 2HT3, 3KL6 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 2KA3 - Indigenous Futurisms and Wonderworks

    3 unit(s)
    Through a focus on Indigenous articulated realities and futures, this course refuses colonial narratives of the ‘disappearing Indian’ and insists upon Indigenous presence in past, present, and future as essential for envisioning a human future. Genres of study will include fiction, graphic novels, film, non-fiction, performance, and wonderworks.
    Prerequisite(s): INDIGST 1A03, 1AA3, RECONCIL 1A03, or 3 units of Level I English; or permission of the Instructor
    Cross-list: INDIGST 2K03
    This course is administered by the Indigenous Studies program.
  

  • ENGLISH 2KK3 - Studies in Women Writers

    3 unit(s)
    A closely focused course on women’s writing in English. The topic for the course varies, sometimes concentrating on specific issues, sometimes on an historical period or national literature. Relevant feminist theory will be a component of the course.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 2K06 A/B, CSCT 2KK3, ENGLISH 2K06 A/B, WOMENST 2K06 A/B, 2KK3
  

  • ENGLISH 2M06 A/B - Concepts of Culture

    6 unit(s)
    An analysis of the concept of culture from the Enlightenment to the present, with particular attention to the development of Cultural Studies as a discipline in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries.
    Two lectures, one tutorial; two terms
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ARTHIST 2M03, CMST 2M03, ENGLISH 2M03, CSCT 2M06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 2NH3 - Narratives of Health

    3 unit(s)
    This course inquires into representations of health with reference to a range of media. Critical frameworks may include critical disability studies, environmental humanities, feminist research, critical race studies, science and technology studies, narrative medicine, and Indigenous studies.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 2P03 - Modernity, Postmodernity, Visuality

    3 unit(s)
    This course will examine modernity and postmodernity through an exploration of a variety of theoretical discourses and representational practices, with specific reference to visual culture.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 2P03
  

  • ENGLISH 2PC3 - Popular Culture

    3 unit(s)
    This course examines the study of everyday culture, its underlying assumptions, its locations, and the capacity of audiences to engage actively and critically with it. Possible areas of study may include: advertising, fandom, film, TV, social media, youth culture, celebrity, memes, comics, online apps, popular music, video.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 2RW6 A/B - Reading and Writing Criticism

    6 unit(s)
    This course will offer a grounding in reading literary and cultural texts from a range of contemporary critical approaches. Special attention will be paid to writing skills and developing sustained analytical arguments about literature and culture.
    Three hours; two terms
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in a program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 2A03
  

  • ENGLISH 2S03 - Spectacular Bodies

    3 unit(s)
    This course examines the representations and constructions of the racialized, gendered, ethnic, or othered human body in and through contemporary cultural texts.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 2S03
  

  • ENGLISH 2Z03 - Nature, Literature, Culture: Introduction to the Environmental Humanities

    3 unit(s)
    A study of representations of nature in a variety of written and visual texts. Topics may include food, environmental crisis, development, humans and other animals.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 2Z03
  

  • ENGLISH 3A03 - Critical Race Studies

    3 unit(s)
    This course examines contemporary debates in critical race theory in an attempt to critically decode the operations of race in literary and cultural texts.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in a program in English and Cultural Studies, Justice, Political Philosophy and Law, or Peace Studies.
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3A03, PEACEST 3A03, WOMENST 3H03
  

  • ENGLISH 3AA3 - Theories of Gender and Sexuality

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores a range of theories of gender and sexuality by working through readings from the intersecting fields of feminist, queer and masculinity studies.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or above in a program in English and Cultural Studies, or Justice, Political Philosophy and Law.
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3AA3, WOMENST 3HH3
  

  • ENGLISH 3CC3 - Reading Film

    3 unit(s)
    A critical examination of selected films and film genres as cultural texts, using methods drawn from film theory and cultural studies.
    Three hours, plus one weekly film screening; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3CC3, CMST 3CC3, THTRFLM 3R03
  

  • ENGLISH 3CL3 - Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century British Literature and Cultural Studies

    3 unit(s)
    A foundational study of literary and cultural production from the UK, Scotland, and/or Ireland since 1900 through an important theme, cultural movement, era, or genre. Topics might include: migration, terrorism, postwar subcultures, the interwar period, the 1980s, dystopias, or espionage.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): English 2I06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3CW3 - Creating Writing in/for/with Communities

    3 unit(s)
    This creative writing inquiry class engages students in the staged development of a creative writing project in consultation with and on behalf of a community of their choice.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in a program in English and Cultural Studies
  

  • ENGLISH 3D03 - Science Fiction

    3 unit(s)
    An examination of a number of standard science fiction tropes such as time travel, lost worlds, utopia/dystopia, totalitarian societies, alien races and post holocaust societies.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3D03
    Not open to students with credit in English 3II3 TOPICS IN PROSE, if the topic was Science Fiction.
  

  • ENGLISH 3EC3 - Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture: Enlightenment and its Shadows

    3 unit(s)
    A study of British Literature and Culture of the long eighteenth-century (1660-1800), including plays, poetry, fiction, and essays. Themes include sexual politics, consumerism, globalization, the public sphere, and subjectivity.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3G06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3EE3 - African American Literature

    3 unit(s)
    A study of selected texts by African American writers published since 1900, considered in the context of African American history and literary tradition.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3EE3
  

  • ENGLISH 3F03 - The Fairy Tale

    3 unit(s)
    An examination of fairy tales from a variety of cultures and historical periods. Students will also explore theories of the folktale and their implications for our understanding of other literary genres.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 3GF3 - Studies in Popular Genres

    3 unit(s)
    This course will provide an in-depth exploration of the conventions and consumption of one or more popular genres, such as graphic narrative, science fiction, romance, horror, crime writing, fantasy, chicklit or memoir.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3GF3
    ENGLISH 3GF3 may be repeated, if on a different topic, to a total of six units.
  

  • ENGLISH 3GG3 - Theories of Decolonization and Resistance

    3 unit(s)
    A study of theoretical and cultural works that examine the effects of empire and chart projects for decolonization. Introduces debates in Indigenous and postcolonial studies, including as they engage with theories of racial capitalism, gender and sexuality, globalization, war, environmental change.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3R06 A/B, ENGLISH 3R06 A/B, PEACEST 3E06 A/B
    Cross-list(s): PEACEST 3GG3
  

  • ENGLISH 3H03 - Jane Austen

    3 unit(s)
    A critical evaluation of a selection of Jane Austen’s work with a focus on exploring late 18th- and early 19th-century British culture.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 3L03 - Old English Literature in Translation

    3 unit(s)
    Old English language and literature will be studied in the context of Anglo-Saxon culture.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3L06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3NN3 - Medieval Literature and Culture: An Overview

    3 unit(s)
    An introduction to the literature and culture of medieval England, with attention to their historical, cultural, and socio-political contexts.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3C06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3PT3 - Perspective and Time in Fiction

    3 unit(s)
    This course explores the art of perspective in fiction, and of how to use point of view to write fiction that is bold, challenging, and authentic.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 3Q03 - The History of Critical Theory

    3 unit(s)
    A survey of the main developments in critical theory from Plato to the end of the 19th century. Areas of investigation may include: art, aesthetics, civil society, representation, ethics and knowledge.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3Q03
  

  • ENGLISH 3QQ3 - Contemporary Critical Theory

    3 unit(s)
    This course examines selected issues in contemporary critical theory. Areas of investigation may include: representation, power/knowledge, discourse, subjectivity and the body.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3QQ3
  

  • ENGLISH 3RR3 - African Literature and Film

    3 unit(s)
    This course introduces students to a selection of literary texts and films from countries across the African continent.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3RR3
  

  • ENGLISH 3RW3 - Experiential Practicum: Reading and Writing in the Community

    3 unit(s)
    This course studies the theory and practice of community engagement in connection with literary and cultural studies. Students will integrate an experiential learning opportunity (normally requiring a four-hour a week volunteer placement with a departmental community partner) with academic research, discussion, and writing on relevant topics.
    Seminar (two hours), and placement hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level III or IV of a program in English and Cultural Studies
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 3SS3 - Topics in Medieval Literature and Culture

    3 unit(s)
    A foundational study of literary and cultural production in medieval England, through an important theme, cultural movement, era, or genre. Topics might include self and community, religion and race, the natural and supernatural, body and soul, honour and revenge, or dream poems and visionary texts.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3C06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3TT3 - The Age of Elizabeth I

    3 unit(s)
    Galvanized by religious revolution, unprecedented geographic exploration, rapid urbanization, and rule by a female monarch, English literature and culture during the reign of Elizabeth I proved astonishingly vibrant. Focusing on selected topics and texts from the Elizabethan period, this course will explore how poets, playwrights, and other writers from this age debated new ideas about the self, the sacred, and the nation, as well as the role of gender, race, and class in relation to individual and group identity.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3I06 A/B, ENGLISH 3RL6 A/B, ENGLISH 3V06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3UU3 - Renaissance and Revolution: Studies in 17th-Century Literature

    3 unit(s)
    British literature and culture in this period of “Renaissance” and “Revolution” offers a rich and varied record of human imagination when confronted with enormous change in social and economic structures, literacy, science, and religion, not to mention the cataclysmic civil wars of the mid-century. In this course we’ll study selected texts from the period to explore topics such as order and uncertainty; witchcraft, magic, and science; desire, devotion, and dissent; and the politics of race, gender, and early  colonialism.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3I06 A/B, ENGLISH 3RL6 A/B, ENGLISH 3V06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3V03 - Global Anglophone Literature and Film

    3 unit(s)
    A study of literature, film and other forms of popular culture by artists from South Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean, and their overseas diasporas. Introduces students to theories of race, gender, sexuality, indigeneity, citizenship, and the nation as these take up histories of colonialism, imperialism, and globalization.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3R06 A/B, ENGLISH 3R06 A/B, PEACEST 3E06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3VC3 - ‘We Other Victorians’: Victorian Literature and Culture and Its Afterlives

    3 unit(s)
    Drawing on a broad range of literary and cultural texts, this course explores the continuing legacy of Victorian Britain (1832-1901) in setting the agendas for Western modernity. Topics include the contested discourses on sexuality, poverty, evolution, technology, and imperialism.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3M06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3W03 - Contemporary Native Literature in Canada

    3 unit(s)
    A study of significant works by Native writers who give voice to their experience in Canada. Issues examined include appropriation of voice, native identity, women in indigenous societies and stereotyping.
    Three hours (lectures and seminars); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Six units of Level II Indigenous Studies or six units of Level II English and Cultural Studies or permission of the instructor
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3W03
    Cross-list(s): INDIGST 3D03 , PEACEST 3W03  
    This course is administered by Indigenous Studies.
  

  • ENGLISH 3WE3 - British Romantic Literature and Culture: Revolution, War, Empire

    3 unit(s)
    The course explores British Literature and culture between the advent of the French Revolution (1789) and the turbulent decade following the world-shaking violence of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815).
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): ENGLISH 3M06 A/B
  

  • ENGLISH 3WP3 - The Writer’s Process: Short Stories from Beginning to End

    3 unit(s)
    This class explores the elements of craft that shape a story, including character, story structure, and voice, and students will write pieces that will be workshopped in groups.
    Three hours; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
  

  • ENGLISH 3X03 - Contemporary Native Literature in the United States

    3 unit(s)
    A study of contemporary works by Native writers in the United States within the context of American society and Post-Modern and Post-Colonial Literary Theory.
    Three hours (lectures and seminars); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Six units of Level II Indigenous Studies or six units of Level II English and Cultural Studies or permission of the instructor
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3X03
    Cross-list(s): INDIGST 3E03 , PEACEST 3X03  
    This course is administered by Indigenous Studies.
  

  • ENGLISH 3Y03 - Children’s Literature

    3 unit(s)
    A critical evaluation of literary works from approximately 1700 to the present written primarily for children.
    Three lectures; one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level II or above of any program
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 3Y03
  

  • ENGLISH 4AN3 - Nineteenth-Century Adaptations

    3 unit(s)
    This course inquires into the ideological, political, and aesthetic motivations that inform recent adaptations in fiction and film of the British nineteenth century.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 4AN3
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4AR3 - Rhetoric, Culture, Catastrophe: AIDS and its Representations

    3 unit(s)
    An examination of selected novels, films, autobiographical writings and theoretical texts about AIDS, with an emphasis on the cultural discourses surrounding the AIDS crisis.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 4AR3
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4AW3 - Asian American Writing

    3 unit(s)
    A study of selected texts by Americans and/or Canadians of Asian origin with a focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, immigration, multiculturalism, transnationalism and diaspora.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 4AW3
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4CB3 - Reading the Bestseller: Contemporary British Fiction

    3 unit(s)
    An exploration of possible critical vocabularies for the analysis of recent British fiction in light of how bestseller lists, prizes, publicity and media adaptability now shape the writing, marketing and reading of fiction.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 4CB3
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4CF3 - Contemporary Fiction

    3 unit(s)
    A study of recent English and American fiction, with emphasis on metafiction as well as the relationship between contemporary literary theory and fiction.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 4CF3
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4CS3 - Canadian Short Stories

    3 unit(s)
    Canadian short stories from the early 20th century to the present, including French-Canadian (in translation) and aboriginal. Gender, race, class and power issues will be discussed.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4DD3 - Canadian Documentary

    3 unit(s)
    This course will examine a broad range of documentary texts - literary, cinematic, photographic, theatrical - to see how the documentary mode is variously performed in Canada.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Antirequisite(s): CSCT 4DD3
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4DL3 - Digital Lives

    3 unit(s)
    A critical investigation of the burgeoning domain of online life writing, concentrating on 2-4 selected “automedia” modes, such as digital photography, iphoneographies, public social media accounts, online diaries, vlogs, blogs, podcasts, multi-platform projects, and/or hashtag campaigns. A main concern will be the possibilities and the limitations of online life writing modalities for “self-authoring” and social justice activism.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Departmental permission required.
  

  • ENGLISH 4E03 - Literature, Culture and the Anthropocene

    3 unit(s)
    Drawing on environmental humanities, anti-colonial, feminist, and critical race theories, this seminar will consider the capacity of different creative genres (eg. fiction, poetry, film) to imagine forms of belonging in relation to the scales of place and space.
    Seminar (two hours); one term
    Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV of an Honours program in English and Cultural Studies
    Departmental permission required.
    First offered in 2019-2020.
 

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