皇后大学

The English curriculum is structured to ensure that in each year of your program you will be in one class small enough to let you feel comfortable making your voice heard and where you won’t get lost in the crowd. Our first-year lecture is supported with tutorials to help ease the transition from high school to university level writing and analysis; our second-year seminars allow you to study in-depth a single major work or cluster of related works. Our Creative Writing Program, led by nationally recognized writer/mentors Carolyn Smart and Armand Ruffo, offers workshops and collaborative response to your own work to help you hone your craft. This intensive classroom experience is enhanced by our Writer-in-Residence program which allows all creative writers, not just those in creative writing courses, to consult with a professional writer who offers advice and mentorship to our students.

Major in English

A major is an intensive course of study in one discipline, with approximately half of your courses within the discipline with room for an optional minor in any other Arts and Science discipline.

Medial in English

A dual course of study in English and any other Arts discipline.

Minor in English

A minor is a less intensive course of study in the discipline that must be combined with a major in another discipline.

Job and Career Opportunities

The study of English will help you come to a deeper understanding of your culture and how it shapes the way you think. It will enrich your life by acquainting you with great novels, poems, plays, and essays, and prepare you for the working world by developing your analytical and communication skills. The Department of English at Queen’s offers a wide historical coverage of literary trends and traditions beginning with Old English and extending to contemporary literature. We offer a range of courses in British, Canadian, American, and Postcolonial writing (including works from the Caribbean, Africa, India, and Australia). Special interest courses, such as those in Women’s Writing, Children’s Literature, Fantasy, and the Bible and Literature, cut across national and historical divisions. Other courses, like "Math and Poetry" and "Literary Modernism," invite thinking about the relationship between literature and other arts and disciplines. All students majoring in English are advised to take a core course in Literary Criticism and Theory that encourages reflection on the principles guiding literary analysis and on the contribution that trained literary critics can make to society.

Where could English students go after graduation?

• Advertising
• Archives
• Broadcasting - radio and T.V.
• Business writing
• Communications
• Consulting
• Consumer services