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Department of French, Department of English | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Simon Fraser University Calendar | Fall 2024

English and French Literatures Joint Major

Bachelor of Arts

The joint major is an interdepartmental program, usually within a BA, to explore the many close relationships between English and French literatures.

Admission Requirements

Before being formally admitted to the program, students must complete the lower division requirements with a GPA of 2.0 or better in each of the specified courses (or equivalents).

For information about initial FREN course selection, the French language placement test, and FREN course disciplines, visit https://www.sfu.ca/french/undergraduate.html.

Grade Requirement

Students must maintain at least a 2.00 grade point average in both ENGL and FREN courses.

Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

French

Students must complete

FREN 245 - Introduction to French and Francophone Studies (3)

An introduction to French literary studies with selected works in poetry and prose, including theatre. Attention will be given to methods of analysis. The course will be conducted in French. Prerequisite: Grade 12 French Immersion or FREN 202 with a minimum grade of C+ or permission of the Department of French. Students with credit for FREN 240 or 230 cannot take FREN 245 for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Guillaume Girard
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
F100 Jorge Calderon
Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

English

Students complete any two 100-division English courses. Such courses may include:

ENGL 111W - Literary Classics in English (3) *

Examines literary “classics”, variously defined, apprehending them both on their own terms and within larger critical conversations. May incorporate the comparative study of work in related artistic fields and engage relevant media trends. Includes attention to writing skills. Students with credit for ENGL 101W may not take this course for further credit. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Leith Davis
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D102 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D104 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D105 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D106 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D108 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D109 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D110 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D111 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D112 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D113 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ENGL 112W - Literature Now (3) *

Introduces students to contemporary works of literature in English and/or contemporary approaches to interpreting literature. May focus on one or multiple genres. Includes attention to writing skills. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

ENGL 113W - Literature and Performance (3) *

Introduces students to plays and performance works created and adapted for the stage, and/or the performative dimensions of other literary forms. May be organized historically, generically or thematically. The course may also explore the links between literary and performance theory. Includes attention to writing skills. Students with credit for ENGL 103W may not take this course for further credit. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Paul Budra
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D101 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D102 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D103 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D104 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D105 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D106 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D107 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D109 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D110 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D111 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D112 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D113 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ENGL 114W - Language and Purpose (3) *

Introduces students to the relationships between writing and purpose, between the features of texts and their meaning and effects. May focus on one or more literary or non-literary genres, including (but not limited to) essays, oratory, autobiography, poetry, and journalism. Includes attention to writing skills. Students with credit for ENGL 104W may not take this course for further credit. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Sean Zwagerman
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D101 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D102 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D103 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D104 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D105 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D106 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
D109 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D110 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D111 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D112 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D113 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D900 Alys Avalos Rivera
Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
Surrey
D902 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
Surrey
D903 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
Surrey
D904 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
Surrey
Surrey
D907 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Surrey
Surrey
D910 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 8:30–9:20 a.m.
Surrey
D911 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Surrey
ENGL 115W - Literature and Culture (3) *

An Introduction to the study of literature within the wider cultural field, with a focus on contemporary issues across genres and media. Students with credit for ENGL 105W may not take this course for further credit. Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

ENGL 199W - Writing to Persuade (3) *

An introduction to reading and writing from a rhetorical perspective. The course treats reading and writing as activities that take place in particular circumstances and situations, in contrast to the traditional emphasis on decontextualized, formal features of texts. It prepares students for reading and writing challenges they are likely to encounter within and beyond the classroom. Prerequisite: 12 units. Students with credit for ENGL 199 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Alys Avalos Rivera
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
OL01 Alys Avalos Rivera
Online

Students also complete any four 200-division English courses. Such courses may include:

ENGL 202 - The Environmental Imagination (3) **

Explores how literature and language imagine the natural world and engage with environmental and ecological crisis. Topics may include ecocriticism: eco-poetics; approaches to the natural world; local, imperial, and Indigenous ecologies. May be further organized by historical period or genre. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
B100 Michelle Levy
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
B102 Michelle Levy
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
B103 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
B104 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Oct 15, 2024: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
B106 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D102 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Mon, 9:30–10:20 a.m.

ENGL 204 - Reading Sexuality and Gender (3) **

Considers how sexuality and gender are articulated, understood, explored, and negotiated through literature and language. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Breadth-Humanities.

ENGL 209 - Race, Borders, Empire (3) **

Examines how literature and language work to reflect, perform, complicate, and critique constructions of race, ethnicity, and national and diasporic identities and spaces. May draw from post-colonial approaches, critical race theory, and Indigenous and decolonizing methodologies. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Breadth-Humanities.

ENGL 210 - Reading and Writing Identities (3) **

Considers how identity - construed psychologically, culturally, or socially - is performed and interrogated through literature and language. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Jon Smith
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D102 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D103 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
D106 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D107 Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ENGL 211 - The Place of the Past (3) **

Examines literature and language within specific social, cultural, geographical, and textual environments to explore the mutually informing relationship between history and text. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Breadth-Humanities.

ENGL 213 - Reading Across Media (3) **

Explores texts in relation to their different material forms, including oral, manuscript, print, film, and digital media. May be further organized by methodology (e.g. book history, textual scholarship, media studies, adaptation studies, digital humanities), historical period, or genre. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Breadth-Humanities.

ENGL 214 - History and Principles of Rhetoric (3) **

Introduction to the history and principles of rhetoric, and their application to the creation and analysis of written, visual, and other forms of persuasion. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Peter Cramer
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
ENGL 216 - History and Principles of Literary Criticism (3) +

The study of selected works in the history of literary criticism, up to and including modern and contemporary movements in criticism. Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 JD Fleming
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Thu, 9:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
D101 Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
ENGL 234 - Metrics and Prosody (3) **

A study of different historical methods of measuring poetry in English, with practice in scanning and analyzing poems using different methods of quantitative analysis (e.g. Syllabic, rhythmic, alliterative). Prerequisite: 12 units or one 100-division English course. Students with credit for ENGL 212 may not take this course for further credit. Quantitative.

ENGL 272 - Creative Reading (3)

An introduction to the art of reading for creative writers, focusing on the linguistic, literary, and conceptual tools writers use to manipulate language to create different experiences for those encountering it, and exposing new writers to innovative literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 111W, 112W, 113W, 114W, or 115W; or WL 105W; or PUB 101. Breadth-Humanities.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Cornel Bogle
Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby

Students wishing to major in English are strongly advised to submit a formal declaration to this effect to the undergraduate advisor upon completing all lower division requirements.

* any one, but not more than one, of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified transfer units in English or in ENGL-Writing

** any one, but not more than one, of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified 200 division transfer units in English

+ recommended and any one, but not more than one, of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified 200 division transfer units in English

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete 21 upper division French and 20 upper division English units for a literary studies specialization and complementary courses as follows.

French

Students complete a total of 21 units, including

FREN 301W - Writing Your Way Toward French Proficiency (3)

A writing course to improve precision, organization and style when writing academically or creatively in French. Prerequisite: Grade 12 French Immersion or FREN 202 with a minimum grade of C+ or permission of the Department of French. Students with credit for FREN 301 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Paola De Rycke
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2024: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby

and 18 units of FREN courses, six of which must be from 400 division FREN courses, and the remaining 12 FREN units can be from either 300 division or 400 division or a combination. (See FREN courses for details about the FREN courses that the department offers.)

NOTE: SFU students accepted in the accelerated master’s within the Department of French may apply a maximum of 10 graduate course units, taken while completing the bachelor’s degree, towards the upper division electives of the bachelor’s program and the requirements of the master’s degree. For more information go to: https://www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/apply/programs/accelerated-masters.html and https://www.sfu.ca/students/calendar/programs/french/master-of-arts.html.

English

Students complete 20 units of upper division English courses. A minimum of four of these units must be at the 400-level, excluding directed studies courses (ENGL 490, 491); a minimum of four units must be from the following group of courses, focused on Canadian and/or Indigenous Literatures:

ENGL 355 - Canadian Literatures (4)

Study of selected works of Canadian literature, including Indigenous, diasporic, and settler texts. May draw from a variety of methods, critical debates, regions, and historical periods. This course may be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 30 units or two 200-division English courses.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
E100 Alexa Manuel
Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
ENGL 360 - Popular Writing by Indigenous Authors (4)

Examines works of popular fiction by Indigenous authors, and their use of specific genres (e.g. the mystery novel, vampire thriller, sci fi, comic book). This course may be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 30 units or two 200-division English courses. Students who have taken FNST 322 under this topic, or FNST 360 may not take this course for further credit.

Section Instructor Day/Time Location
D100 Deanna Reder
Sep 4 – Oct 11, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Oct 16 – Dec 3, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
Burnaby
ENGL 431W - Seminar in Indigenous Literatures (4)

Advanced seminar on selected works by Indigenous writers. May be organized by author, genre, or critical approach. This course may be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units or two 300-division English courses. Strongly recommended: At least one Indigenous studies course. Writing.

ENGL 432W - Seminar in Canadian Literature (4)

Advanced seminar in Canadian literature. May be organized by author, genre, or critical approach. This course may be repeated for credit if a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units or two 300-division English courses. Writing.

With permission of the department, other English courses of equivalent content may be substituted for those required in this group.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Degree Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs, students complete 120 units, which includes

  • at least 60 units that must be completed at Simon Fraser University
  • at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at Simon Fraser University
  • at least 60 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
  • satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
  • an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division overall CGPA of at least 2.0, and program CGPA and upper division program CGPA of at least 2.0 on the course work used to satisfy the minimum program requirements. FASS departments may define additional GPA requirements for their respective programs.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to Simon Fraser University beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit

Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at Simon Fraser University within the student's major subject; two courses (minimum three units each)

Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division; two courses (total six units or more)
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth

Must be outside the student's major subject, and may be lower or upper division:

Two courses (total six units or more) Social Sciences: B-Soc
Two courses (total six units or more) Humanities: B-Hum
Two courses (total six units or more) Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

Two courses (total six units or more) outside the student's major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements).

Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

  • At least half of the program's total units must be earned through Simon Fraser University study.
  • At least two thirds of the program's total upper division units must be earned through Simon Fraser University study.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.