Limited Enrolment — Students enrolling in the Specialist Program at the end of first year (4.0 credits) must obtain a CGPA of at least 2.0 and a mark of at least 70% in 1.0 ENG credit. Students applying to enrol after second year (8.0 credits), must obtain a CGPA of at least 2.30 and a mark of at least 70% in each of 2.0 ENG credits.
At least 10.0 ENG credits, including at least 3.0 credits at the 300 level and 1.0 credit at the 400 level. Only 1.0 credit at the 100 level may be counted towards program requirements, and no more than 1.0 credit may be counted towards program requirements from the following courses: ENG217H5, ENG218H5, ENG234H5, ENG235H5, ENG236H5, ENG237H5, ENG238H5, ENG239H5, ENG261H5, ENG263H5, ENG276H5, ENG277H5, ENG279H5, ENG289H5, ENG291H5, ENG319H5, ENG328H5, ENG373H5, ENG374H5, ENG376H5, ENG377H5, ENG378H5, ENG381H5, ENG410. ENG100H5 may not be counted towards program requirements. No course may be counted towards the program requirements of more than one of the 6 areas below. The specialist also requires the following courses:
- ENG280H5 Critical Approaches to Literature
- ENG202H5 and ENG203H5, British Literature survey parts I and II
- 6.0 credits distributed among the following groups, as follows:
- At least 1.0 credit in Group 1; Literary Theory/Methods: ENG101H5, ENG201Y5, ENG204H5, ENG205H5, ENG206H5, ENG259H5, ENG269H5, ENG275H5, ENG372H5, ENG380H5, ENG375, ENG382Y5, ENG384H5, ENG396H5, ENG400H5, ENG414H5, ENG415H5, ENG416H5.
- At least 1.0 credit in Group 2; Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora, Indigeneity: ENG271H5, ENG272H5, ENG273H5, ENG274H5, ENG309H5, ENG310H5, ENG317H5, ENG326H5, ENG334H5, ENG343H5, ENG346H5, ENG348H5, ENG351H5, ENG355H5, ENG356H5, ENG359H5, ENG367H5, ENG368H5, ENG369H5, ENG370H5, ENG371H5, ENG379H5, ENG426H5, ENG434H5.
- At least 1.5 credits in Group 3; Literature pre-1700: ENG220Y5, ENG223H5, ENG300Y5, ENG301H5, ENG303H5, ENG304H5, ENG307H5, ENG311H5, ENG312H5, ENG313H5, ENG320H5, ENG321H5, ENG326H5, ENG327H5, ENG330H5, ENG331H5, ENG335H5, ENG336H5, ENG339H5, ENG460H5, ENG461H5, ENG462H5.
- At least 1.5 credits in Group 4; Literature 1700-1900: ENG305H5, ENG306Y5, ENG308Y5, ENG314H5, ENG315H5, ENG318H5, ENG322Y5, ENG323H5, ENG324Y5, ENG325H5, ENG332H5, ENG337H5, ENG338H5, ENG345H5, ENG383H5, ENG385H5, ENG386H5, ENG387H5, ENG463H5, ENG470H5, ENG471H5.
- At least 0.5 credits in Group 5; Canadian Literature: ENG215H5, ENG252Y5, ENG255H5, ENG271H5, ENG346H5, ENG352H5, ENG353Y5, ENG354Y5, ENG357H5, ENG358H5, ENG361H5, ENG362H5, ENG392H5, ENG393H5, ENG424H5, ENG425H5.
- At least 0.5 credits in Group 6; American Literature: ENG250Y5, ENG251H5, ENG347H5, ENG351H5, ENG360H5, ENG363Y5, ENG364Y5, ENG365H5, ENG366H5, ENG367H5, ENG379H5, ENG394H5, ENG395H5, ENG435H5, ENG436H5.