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Note: University regulations apply to all students at Laurier. If there is any discrepancy between the program or progression requirements outlined on this page and those in the university's academic calendars, the academic calendars are the official sources of information. The information below is from the latest calendar, and you may be following progression requirements from an earlier calendar. Students are responsible for checking the appropriate calendar. Contact your program coordinator should you notice any discrepancies.
Laurier's Department of English and Film Studies offers many different degrees, options and minors to suit student needs.
Effective Sept. 1, 2023, the structures for the Honours English degree and Combined Honours English degree will change. Honours English Majors will still need to complete 10.0 credits of English and Combined Honours English Majors will need to complete 7.0 credits of English, but we are replacing the old Category requirements (i.e., minimum 1.0 credit in Categories 1-4), in favour of something more streamlined.
Students already in the program have a choice: you may either follow the new, simplified requirements, or you may use the Calendar requirements for the year in which you entered the program (i.e., the requirements as listed on the old worksheets). We hope you will find that the new program structure is straightforward and easy to follow. The new worksheets are posted below so that you can map out your program ccording to the new requirements should you choose to do so.
A minimum of 10.0 and a maximum of 14.0 EN credits:
Notes: Students are encouraged to take EN245: Brit. Lit. Tradition I and EN246: Brit. Lit. Tradition II as part of their program.
Students may choose a maximum of 1.0 credit from senior Film Studies and/or not-designated writing courses (EN206, EN304) toward the 10.0 required EN credits.
Note that these requirements are in effect as of Sept. 1, 2023. Students who have started the program earlier than this date may either use these new (and simpler) requirements, or use the requirements listed in the Academic Calendar for the year they started the program.
Note that these requirements are in effect as of Sept. 1, 2023. Students who have started the program earlier than this date may either use these new (and simpler) requirements, or use the requirements listed in the Academic Calendar for the year they started the program.
To do a Minor in English, you need 3.0 credits:
The English program offers non-English Majors the opportunity to work towards a Minor in Creative Writing. The Minor pursues two main goals: 1) to provide opportunities to think and practice beyond the usual forms of academic writing; and 2) to offer students real-world experience in using their creative, analytical, and editorial skills to develop writing for professional publication.
The requirements for the Minor consist of the following:
Please note that not all of these courses are offered every year.
The English program offers English Majors the opportunity to work towards a Concentration in Creative Writing. The concentration pursues two main goals: 1) to provide opportunities to think and practice beyond the usual forms of academic writing; and 2) to offer students real-world experience in using their creative, analytical, and editorial skills to develop writing for professional publication.
The requirements for the Concentration consist of the following:
Please note that not all of these courses are offered every year.
To do the Writing for Career and Community (WCC) minor, you need to take 3.0 credits in courses designated on the WCC list. Begin with our required EN190: Introduction to Academic Writing course. This will introduce you to the basics of effective writing across different genres, and also places emphasis on practical experience gained through in-class exercises and writing assignments.
After taking this required course, you can choose 2.5 credits from a suite of courses offered across disciplines in the Faculty of Arts, in English as well as in Communication Studies, Political Science, and History. These courses include:
For a Minor in Youth and Children: Texts and Contexts (YCTC), you need to take 3.0 credits from these designated YCCT courses offered across disciplines in the Faculty of Arts, in English as well as in Archaeology, Film Studies, Sociology, Youth and Children, and Women’s Studies:
Laurier students applying to the Vancouver Film School (VFS) must be registered at Laurier in the English program and have completed a minimum of 2.5 credits in English. Laurier students may start the VFS program after completing 10.0 overall credits at Laurier (normally Year 3) and then return to Laurier to complete Year 4 and their remaining degree requirements.
Students in this pathway must complete at least 10.0 credits of English courses, fulfilling specific requirements in consultation with the English Advisor. Students must use this worksheet in tandem with the English Honours worksheet to determine which courses fit each Category requirement.
Laurier students applying to the Vancouver Film School (VFS) must be registered at Laurier in the English and Film Studies programs and have completed a minimum of 2.0 credits in English. Laurier students may start the VFS programs after completing 10.0 overall credits at Laurier (normally Year 3) and then return to Laurier to complete Year 4 and their remaining degree requirements.
Students in this pathway must complete at least 7.0 credits in English and 7.0 credits in Film Studies, fulfilling specific requirements in consultation with their English and Film Advisors. The following requirements are for the English portion of the Combined Honours Degree. Students must use this worksheet in tandem with the Combined Honours English worksheet to determine which courses fit each Category requirement.
The Honours BA in Film Studies consists of 10.0+ credits (of 20.0 credits) as follows:
Note: Single-term courses are worth .5 credits each, so two courses = 1.0 credit.
An additional 10.0 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits (of which no more than 5.0 credits can be at the 100 level).
Students in the Honours BA in Film Studies can graduate with a Specialization in Film Theory or Film Production as part of the degree.
The combined Honours BA in Film Studies consists of 7.0+ credits (of 20.0 total credits, of which 14.0 credits must be at the senior level) as follows:
Note: Single-term courses are worth .5 credits each, so two courses = 1.0 credit.
An additional 13.0 credits toward the degree total of 20.0 credits, which includes the second BA major.
The Film Studies minor consists of 3.0 credits, 2.5 of which must be at the senior level.
The Film Production Option is designed for all non-Film Studies honours students who seek to combine a foundational knowledge of Film Studies with a practical understanding of the techniques of video and film production, from script to screen.
The Film Production Option consists of 4.0 credits (of 20.0 credits) as follows:
Laurier students applying to the Vancouver Film School (VFS) must be registered as a student at Laurier in the Film Studies program and have completed a minimum of 2.5 credits in Film Studies. Laurier students may start the VFS programs after completing 10.0 credits at Laurier (normally Year 3) and then return to Laurier to complete Year 4.
VFS’s Film Production program counts as 5.0 credits toward the Laurier Honours BA in Film Studies (10.0 credits) as follows:
VFS’s Writing for Film, Television and Games program counts as 5.0 credits toward the Laurier Honours BA in Film Studies (10.0 credits) as follows:
VFS’s Acting for Film and TV program counts as 5.0 credits toward the Laurier Honours BA in Film Studies (10.0 credits) as follows:
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