Complementary Courses for English Majors (2026-2027)

Cultural Studies

This list comprises 2026-27 courses in the Department of English that will be accepted for credit towards your Cultural Studies program.

This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2026-27. These courses in a different year may not necessarily count towards your Cultural Studies program; please check the list for the year in which you took the course.

Courses are listed below by the program requirements they fulfill.

Other ENGL courses than those listed here may sometimes fulfill the program requirements given below. If you note a course not listed that seems to fulfill a given requirement, please see an advisor.

Theory, Criticism and Methods

ENGL 317: Literary and Cultural Theory (Fall)
ENGL 318: Literary and Cultural Methods: Socio-Historical Approaches (Winter)
ENGL 319: Literary and Cultural Criticism: Black Feminist Theory (Fall)
ENGL 346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Winter)
ENGL 360: Literary Criticism: Theory (Winter)
ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)
ENGL 458: Documentary Forms in Film and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)
ENGL 479: Philosophy of Film: Philosophy of Documentary Cinema (Winter)
ENGL 489: Culture and Critical Theory 1: Screening Immaterial Labor (Winter)

Major Figure

ENGL 315: Shakespeare (Winter)
ENGL 316: Milton (Fall)
ENGL 347: Great Writings of Europe 1: Virgil and Ovid (Winter)
ENGL 357: Chaucer (Fall)
ENGL 374: Film Movement or Period: Hitchcock (Winter)
ENGL 409: Studies in a Canadian Author: Don McKay and Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
ENGL 418: A Major Modernist Author: Elizabeth Bowen (Winter)
ENGL 481: A Filmmaker 1: Todd Haynes (Winter)

Canadian Component

ENGL 229: Canadian Literature 2 (Fall)
ENGL 313: Canadian Drama and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 333: Development of Canadian Poetry 2 (Fall)
ENGL 409: Studies in a Canadian Author: Don McKay and Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
ENGL 411: Studies in Canadian Fiction: The Modern Canadian Short Story (Winter)
ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)

Historical Dimension

ENGL 204: Literature and the Bible (Winter)
ENGL 226: American Literature 2: African American Literature and the Century of the Color Line (Fall)
ENGL 301: Earlier 18th Century Novel (Fall)
ENGL 308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (Winter)
ENGL 330: English Novel, 19th Century 2: Opening Gambits and End Moves (Winter)
ENGL 331: Literature Romantic Period 1: Love and Global Romanticism (Fall)
ENGL 347: Great Writings of Europe I: Virgil and Ovid (Winter)
ENGL 363: Studies in the History of Film 3: American Film of the 1960s (Fall)
ENGL 422: Short Fiction Forms and the Long Nineteenth Century (Winter)
ENGL 423: Studies in 19th Century Literature: British Literature of the Victorian Fin de Siècle (Fall)
ENGL 454: Topics in Cultural Studies and Gender: History in the First Person (Winter)
ENGL 456: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Late-Medieval English Literature (Fall)
ENGL 461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)

400-level Theoretical Component

ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)
ENGL 458: Documentary Forms in Film and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)
ENGL 479: Philosophy of Film: Philosophy of Documentary Cinema (Winter)
ENGL 489: Culture and Critical Theory 1: Screening Immaterial Labor (Winter)

Additional Courses

As of Fall 2025, Majors in all streams (options) may take any ENGL offering for the Additional Courses category.

Drama and Theatre

This list comprises 2026-27 courses in the Department of English that will be accepted for credit towards your Drama & Theatre program.

This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2026-27. These courses in a different year may not necessarily count towards your Drama & Theatre program; please check the list for the year in which you took the course.

Courses are listed below by the program requirements they fulfill.

Other ENGL courses than those listed here may sometimes fulfill the program requirements given below. If you note a course not listed that seems to fulfill a given requirement, please see an advisor.

Theory, Criticism and Methods

ENGL 317: Literary and Cultural Theory (Fall)
ENGL 318: Literary and Cultural Methods: Socio-Historical Approaches (Winter)
ENGL 319: Literary and Cultural Criticism: Black Feminist Theory (Fall)
ENGL 346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Winter)
ENGL 360: Literary Criticism: Theory (Winter)
ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)
ENGL 458: Documentary Forms in Film and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)
ENGL 479: Philosophy of Film: Philosophy of Documentary Cinema (Winter)
ENGL 489: Culture and Critical Theory 1: Screening Immaterial Labor (Winter)

Practice-Based and Performance-Oriented Courses

ENGL 269: Introduction to Performance (Winter)
ENGL 365: Costuming for the Theatre 1: Costume Design (Fall)
ENGL 368: Stage Scenery and Lighting 1 (Fall)
ENGL 376: Live Game Design (Winter)
ENGL 377: Costuming for the Theatre 2 (Winter)
ENGL 396: Theatre Practicum 1 (Fall)

Courses in Theatre History

ENGL 314: 20th Century Drama (Winter)
ENGL 370: Theatre History: The Long Eighteenth Century (Winter)
ENGL 458: Documentary Forms in Theatre and Film (Fall)

Courses in Drama and Theatre Before 1900

ENGL 308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (Winter)

Canadian Component

ENGL 229: Canadian Literature 2 (Fall)
ENGL 313: Canadian Drama and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 333: Development of Canadian Poetry 2 (Fall)
ENGL 409: Studies in a Canadian Author: Don McKay and Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
ENGL 411: Studies in Canadian Fiction: The Modern Canadian Short Story (Winter)
ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)

Shakespeare

ENGL 315: Shakespeare (Winter)

Literature

This list comprises 2026-27 courses in the Department of English that will be accepted for credit towards your Literature program.

This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2026-27. These courses in a different year may not necessarily count towards your Literature program; please check the list for the year in which you took the course.

Courses are listed below by the program requirements they fulfill.

Other ENGL courses than those listed here may sometimes fulfill the program requirements given below. If you note a course not listed that seems to fulfill a given requirement, please see an advisor.

Theory, Criticism and Methods

ENGL 317: Literary and Cultural Theory (Fall)
ENGL 318: Literary and Cultural Methods: Socio-Historical Approaches (Winter)
ENGL 319: Literary and Cultural Criticism: Black Feminist Theory (Fall)
ENGL 346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Winter)
ENGL 360: Literary Criticism: Theory (Winter)
ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)
ENGL 458: Documentary Forms in Film and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)
ENGL 479: Philosophy of Film: Philosophy of Documentary Cinema (Winter)
ENGL 489: Culture and Critical Theory 1: Screening Immaterial Labor (Winter)

Major Author

ENGL 315: Shakespeare (Winter)
ENGL 316: Milton (Fall)
ENGL 347: Great Writings of Europe 1: Virgil and Ovid (Winter)
ENGL 357: Chaucer (Fall)
ENGL 409: Studies in a Canadian Author: Don McKay and Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
ENGL 418: A Major Modernist Author: Elizabeth Bowen (Winter)

Canadian Component

ENGL 229: Canadian Literature 2 (Fall)
ENGL 313: Canadian Drama and Theatre (Fall)
ENGL 333: Development of Canadian Poetry 2 (Fall)
ENGL 409: Studies in a Canadian Author: Don McKay and Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
ENGL 411: Studies in Canadian Fiction: The Modern Canadian Short Story (Winter)
ENGL 441: Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies: Feminist Media in Montreal (Fall)

Backgrounds of English Literature, Old English, Medieval, Renaissance

ENGL 204: English Literature and the Bible (Winter)
ENGL 308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (Winter)
ENGL 305: Shakespeare (Winter)
ENGL 347: Great Writings of Europe: Virgil and Ovid (Winter)
ENGL 348: Great Writings of Europe 2: Arthurian Origins (Fall)
ENGL 356: Middle English: The Poems of the Pearl-Manuscript: Authority, Rupture, Healing, Form” (Fall)
ENGL 357: Chaucer: Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde (Fall)
ENGL 456: Middle English. / MDST 400. Interdisciplinary Seminar in Medieval Studies.:
Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Late-Medieval English Literature (Fall)
ENGL 500: Middle English (Winter)
ENGL 501: 16th Century: The Poetry of Edmund Spenser (Winter)

Restoration, 18th Century, Romantic, Victorian, 19th-Century American

ENGL 301: Earlier 18th Century Novel (Fall)
ENGL 316: Milton (Fall)
ENGL 330: English Novel: 19th Century 2 (Winter)
ENGL 331: Literature Romantic Period 1: Love and Global Romanticism (Fall)
ENGL 422: Studies in 19th Century American Literature: Short Fiction Forms and the Long Nineteenth Century (Winter)
ENGL 423: Studes in 19th Century Literature: British Literature of the Victorian Fin de Siècle (Fall)
ENGL 533: Literary Movements: Romanticism and the Poetic Encounter (Winter)

Early 20th Century, Modernist, Postmodern, Contemporary

ENGL 226: American Literature 2: African American Literature and the Century of the Color Line (Fall)
ENGL 229: Canadian Literature 2 (Fall)
ENGL 331: Development of Canadian Poetry 2 (Fall)
ENGL 394: Popular Literary Forms: Spy Fiction (Fall)
ENGL 409: Studies in a Canadian Author: Don McKay and Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
ENGL 411: Studies in Canadian Fiction: The Modern Canadian Short Story (Winter)
ENGL 418: A Major Modernist Writer: Elizabeth Bowen (Winter)
ENGL 505: 20th Century: Seduction and Narrative (Fall)

Courses in Other Departments

The appearance of a course on these lists does not guarantee that the department running this course and/or the instructor will grant permission to a student from English to take this course; please always inquire about the availability of taking these courses.

There might be other courses in the Faculty of Arts for which you could receive English program credit. If you feel you have identified such a course that is not on this list, you must show your advisor the course syllabus in advance and, if he/she/they agree(s), get the advisor’s initialled approval of the course on your program Audit Sheet.

Finally, recall that majors are allowed to claim only two courses from outside the department to their English degree; if you wish to claim a third non-department course, you must receive advance approval from your advisor. (Minors may claim only one course from outside the department.)

Note: this inexhaustive list may not cover all courses that would fit well with our curriculum. Please inquire with an advisor if your course is not on this list.

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) may have prerequisites and/or restrictions. Language-of-instruction notes are included when the information is available.

Cultural Studies

Major Figure Requirement

• ITAL 355: Dante and the Middle Ages (Winter)
• RUSS 330: Chekov without Borders (Winter)
• RUSS 357: Leo Tolstoy (Fall)

Canadian Component

• ANTH 338: Indigenous Studies of Anthropology* (Fall)
• ARTH 302: Aspects of Canadian Art (Fall)
• CANS 200: Understanding Canada. Course page (Fall)
• CANS 300: Topics in Canadian Studies 1* (Fall)
• CANS 301: Topics in Canadian Studies 2* (Fall)
• CANS 401: Canadian Studies Seminar 1. Course page (Fall)
• CANS 413: Canada and Quebec Seminar. Course page (Winter)
• CANS 415: Black Canada. Course page (Fall)
• FREN 252: Littérature québécoise (taught in French). Course page (Winter)
• GSFS 301: Sex and Gender in Canada* (Fall)
• GSFS 307: Indigenous Feminisms*. Course page (Winter)
• INDG 200: Introduction to Indigenous Studies (Fall)
• INDG 302: Introduction to Kanien’ké:ha 1 (Fall)
• INDG 303: Introduction to Kanien’ké:ha 2 (Fall)
• QCST 200: Introduction to the Study of Quebec. Course page (Fall)
• QCST 300: Quebec Culture and Society. Course page (Fall)
• QCST 440: Contemporary Issues in Quebec. Course page (Winter)

Historical Dimension

• ARTH 204: Introduction to Medieval Art and Architecture. Course page (Winter)
• ARTH 205: Introduction to Modern Art (Fall)
• CLAS 203: Greek Mythology (Winter)
• EAST 410: Martial Tradition in Chinese Literature and Culture (Fall)
• FREN 485: Littérature française contemporaine (taught in French) (Winter)
• HISP 439: Latin American Literature (Winter)
• ITAL 307: Topics in Italian Culture* (Winter)
• JWST 205: Introduction to Jewish Literature (Fall)
• MUHL 211: The Art of Listening (Winter)
• MUHL 376: Music and Colonialism in Global History* (Winter)
• RELG 207: Introduction to the Study of Religions (Winter)

400-Level Theory Requirement

• ANTH 352: History of Anthropological Theory* (Fall)
• COMS 425: Urban Culture and Everyday Life (Fall)
• COMS 491: Special Topics in Communication Studies* (Fall)
• COMS 492: Power, Difference, and Justice* (Winter)
• FREN 461: Enjeux littéraires et culturels 1 (taught in French) (Fall)
• GSFS 401: Special Topics 1* (Winter)
• GSFS 406: Trans*Feminisms* (Winter)
• GSFS 407: Sexuality and Gender: New Directions* (Fall)
• PHIL 427: Topics in Critical Philosophy of Race* (Winter)

Other Courses

• ANTH 202 (Fall); 207 (Fall); 209 (Winter); 304* (Fall); 343* (Winter); 355* (Winter); 370 (Fall), 385* (Fall); 407* (Winter)
• ARTH 323 (Fall)
• COMS 230 (Fall); 330* (Winter); 340* (Winter); 350* (Winter); 360 (Fall); 361* (Fall)
• EAST 350* (Winter); 375* (Winter); 477* (Winter); 478* (Fall)
• FREN 310* (Winter)
• GERM 362 (Fall), 372 (Winter), 379 (Fall), 385 (Fall), 388 (Winter)
• GSFS 200 (Winter); 250 (Fall); 303* (Fall), 306* (Winter); 307* (Winter)
• HISP 320 (Fall)
• ISLA 388* (Fall)
• ITAL 295* (taught in Italian) (Winter); 307* (Winter); 374 (Fall); 477 (Winter)
• JWST 309 (Fall); 367 (taught in Hebrew) (Fall); 370* (taught in Hebrew)
• LLCU 230; (Winter)
• MUHL 286* (Fall); 376* (Winter)
• PHIL 202 (Fall); 221 (Fall); 242 (Fall); 327 (Fall); 334* (Winter); 336 (Fall); 349 (Fall); 375* (Fall); 427* (Winter)
• RELG 309* (Winter); 331 (Fall); 451* (Fall)
• RUSS 223 (Fall); 224 (Winter); 385* (Fall)

Note: courses marked with * may have prerequisites and/or restrictions.

Drama & Theatre

Canadian Component

• ANTH 338: Indigenous Studies of Anthropology* (Fall)
• ARTH 302: Aspects of Canadian Art (Fall)
• CANS 200: Understanding Canada. Course page (Fall)
• CANS 300: Topics in Canadian Studies 1* (Fall)
• CANS 301: Topics in Canadian Studies 2* (Fall)
• CANS 401: Canadian Studies Seminar 1: Quebec Theatre. Course page (Fall)
• CANS 413: Canada and Quebec Seminar. Course page (Winter)
• CANS 415: Black Canada. Course page (Fall)
• FREN 252: Littérature québécoise (taught in French). Course page (Winter)
• GSFS 301: Sex & Gender in Canada* (Fall)
• GSFS 307: Indigenous Feminisms*. Course page (Winter)
• INDG 200 (Fall); 302 (Fall); 303 (Fall)
• QCST 200: Introduction to the Study of Quebec. Course page (Fall)
• QCST 300: Quebec Culture and Society. Course page (Fall)
• QCST 440: Contemporary Issues in Quebec. Course page (Winter)

Other Courses (topic- and practice-relevant)

• ARTH 204 (Winter)
• CANS 401: Canadian Studies Seminar 1: Quebec Theatre (Fall)
• CLAS 203 (Winter)
• EAST 303: Current Topics in Chinese Studies 1: Chinese Drama, 13th–20th Centuries (Fall)
• GSFS 200 (Winter); 250 (Fall); 303* (Fall); 306* (Winter); 307* (Winter)
• LLCU 230 (Winter)
• MUHL 286*; (Fall); 376* (Winter)
• PHIL 202 (Fall); 221 (Fall); 242 (Fall); 327 (Fall); 334* (Winter); 336 (Fall); 349 (Fall); 375* (Fall); 427* (Winter)
• RELG 451* (Fall)
• RUSS 330: Chekhov Without Borders (Winter)
• RUSS 385: Staging Russianness: From Pushkin to Chekhov* (Fall)

Literature

Canadian Component

• ANTH 338: Indigenous Studies of Anthropology* (Fall)
• ARTH 302: Aspects of Canadian Art (Fall)
• CANS 200: Understanding Canada. Course page (Fall)
• CANS 300* (Fall); CANS 301* (Fall); CANS 401 (Fall); CANS 413* (Winter); CANS 415 (Fall)
• FREN 252: Littérature québécoise (taught in French). Course page (Winter)
• GSFS 301: Sex & Gender in Canada* (Fall)
• GSFS 307: Indigenous Feminisms*. Course page (Winter)
• INDG 200 (Fall); 302 (Fall); 303 (Fall)
• QCST 200 (Fall); QCST 300 (Fall); QCST 440 (Winter)

Other Courses

• ANTH 209 (Winter)
• ARTH 204 (Winter)
• EAST 350* (Winter); EAST 410 (Fall)
• FREN 222 (taught in French) (Fall); 240 (taught in French); 250 (taught in French) (Fall); 251 (taught in French) (Fall); 252 (taught in French). FREN 252 course page
• FREN 340* (taught in French) (Winter); 453 (taught in French) (Fall); (Fall); 485 (taught in French) (Winter)
• GERM 259 (Fall); 260; (Winter); 388 (Winter)
• GSFS 200 (Winter); 250 (Fall); 306* (Winter); 307* (Winter)
• HISP 328 (Fall); 332 (Winter); 439 (Winter)
• ISLA 388* (Fall)
• ITAL 355 (Winter); 383 (Fall); 477 (Winter)
• JWST 205 (Fall); 206 (Fall); 261 (Fall); 262 (Winter); 330 (Winter); 350 (Winter); 381 (Winter)
• LLCU 230 (Winter)
• PHIL 327 (Fall); 336 (Fall); 436 (Winter)
• RELG 203 (Fall); 302 (Fall); 303 (Winter); 309 (Winter) 338 (Winter); 370 (Fall); 451* (Fall)
• RUSS 223 (Fall); 224 (Winter); 385* (Fall)

Note: courses marked with * may have prerequisites and/or restrictions.