English Courses at UBC
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ENGL329
46/100 difficulty
Most challenging
ENGL339
Trauma and Memory: Literature, Performance and Theory · 81/100 difficulty
All English Courses (293)
ENG112
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 412 ratings
ENGL112
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 403 ratings
ENG110
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 364 ratings
ENGL110Approaches to Literature and Culture
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 331 ratings
WRDS150B
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 325 ratings
ENGL222Literature in Canada
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 98 ratings
ASTU1001st Year CAP Seminar
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 97 ratings
ENGL100Reading and Writing about Language and Literatures
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 97 ratings
ENGL220Literature in English to the 18th Century
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 93 ratings
ASTU150
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 85 ratings
ENG220
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 83 ratings
ENGL348Shakespeare
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 77 ratings
ENG222
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 76 ratings
ENGL227Prose Fiction
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 68 ratings
ENGL111Approaches to Language and Communication
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 64 ratings
ENGL221Literature in Britain: the 18th Century to the Present
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 64 ratings
ENGL470
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 59 ratings
ENGL362Victorian Period Literature
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 56 ratings
ENG100
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 54 ratings
ENGL490Literature Majors Seminar
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 48 ratings
ENG221
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 43 ratings
ENGL223Literature in the United States
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 39 ratings
ENGL200Principles of Literary Studies
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 35 ratings
ASTU100A
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 34 ratings
ENG348
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 31 ratings
ENGL321English Grammar and Usage
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 31 ratings
ENGL364Nineteenth-Century Literature
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 31 ratings
ENG362
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 30 ratings
ENGL462
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 30 ratings
WMST224
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 29 ratings
ENG227
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 27 ratings
ENGL339Trauma and Memory: Literature, Performance and Theory
1.4 out of 5 stars1.4· 25 ratings
WMST300
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 25 ratings
ENG223
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 24 ratings
ENGL468
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 24 ratings
ENGL229Topics in the Study of Language and/or Rhetoric
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 23 ratings
ENG111
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 22 ratings
ENGL392Children's Literature
2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 22 ratings
FDNS102
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 22 ratings
ENG364
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 21 ratings
ENGL472
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 21 ratings
ENGL226Drama
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 20 ratings
CSIS300Critical Engagements in Sexuality Studies
4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 19 ratings
ENGL224World Literature in English
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 19 ratings
ENGL466
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 19 ratings
ENG120
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 18 ratings
ENG304
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 18 ratings
ENGL320
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 18 ratings
ENGL329
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 18 ratings
ENGL120Literature and Criticism
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 17 ratings
ENGLISH112
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 17 ratings
ENG226
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 16 ratings
ENGL358
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 16 ratings
ENGL242Introduction to Children's and Young Adult Literature
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 15 ratings
ENGL301Technical Writing
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 15 ratings
ENG470
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 14 ratings
ENGL225Poetry
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 14 ratings
ENGL344Middle English Literature
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 14 ratings
ENGL366Twentieth-Century Literature
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 14 ratings
ENGL464
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 14 ratings
ENGL474
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 14 ratings
ENG359
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 13 ratings
ENGL304Advanced Composition
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 13 ratings
ENGL347Renaissance Literature
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 13 ratings
ENGL348A
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 13 ratings
GRSJ224C
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 13 ratings
ENGL210An Introduction to English Honours
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 12 ratings
ENGL246Literature and Film
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 12 ratings
ENGL349Seventeenth-Century Literature
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 12 ratings
ENGL409
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 12 ratings
ENG232
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 11 ratings
ENG321
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 11 ratings
ENG472
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 11 ratings
ENGL322Stylistics
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 11 ratings
ENGL346Chaucer
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 11 ratings
ENGL355Romantic Period Literature
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 11 ratings
ENGL359
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 11 ratings
ENG320
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 10 ratings
ENG329
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 10 ratings
ENG462
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 10 ratings
ENG468
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 10 ratings
ENGL121Introduction to Literary Theory
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 10 ratings
ENGL351Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 10 ratings
WRDS350Knowledge-Making in the Disciplines
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 10 ratings
CHBE201Integrated Technical Communication
1.0 out of 5 stars1.0· 9 ratings
ENG101
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 9 ratings
ENG121
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 9 ratings
ENG225
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 9 ratings
ENG301
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 9 ratings
ENG474
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 9 ratings
ENGL310History and Theory of Rhetoric: Classical Rhetoric
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 9 ratings
ENGL323Varieties of English
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 9 ratings
ENGL323A
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 9 ratings
ENGL357
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 9 ratings
ENGL468A
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 9 ratings
ENGL476
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 9 ratings
ENG408
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 8 ratings
ENG478
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 8 ratings
ENGL412
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 8 ratings
ENGL489Language Majors Seminar
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 8 ratings
ENGLISH110
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 8 ratings
CSIS300A
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 7 ratings
ENG310
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 7 ratings
ENG323
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 7 ratings
ENG347
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 7 ratings
ENG412
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 7 ratings
ENG490
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 7 ratings
ENG491
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 7 ratings
ENGL211
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 7 ratings
ENGL232Approaches to Media Studies
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 7 ratings
ENGL243Speculative Fiction
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 7 ratings
ENGL354
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 7 ratings
ENGL407
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 7 ratings
ENGL408
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 7 ratings
ENGL491Senior Honours Seminar
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 7 ratings
ASTU101Introduction to Writing and Research in the Social Sciences and the Humanities
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
CPEN281Technical Communication
1.1 out of 5 stars1.1· 6 ratings
ENG207
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings
ENG245
1.9 out of 5 stars1.9· 6 ratings
ENG368
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 6 ratings
ENG409
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 6 ratings
ENGL207
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
ENGL228Topics in Literary and/or Cultural Studies
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 6 ratings
ENGL231Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 6 ratings
ENGL364A
2.1 out of 5 stars2.1· 6 ratings
ENGL492
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 6 ratings
WMST224C
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
ASTU204Topics in Interdisciplinary Arts Studies
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 5 ratings
ASTU204A
1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 5 ratings
CAP100Introduction to Writing and Research in the Social Sciences and the Humanities
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 5 ratings
DRAMA226
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 5 ratings
ENG211
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 5 ratings
ENG228
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 5 ratings
ENG343
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings
ENG346
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 5 ratings
ENG358
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 5 ratings
ENG392
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings
ENGL245Comics and Graphic Media
1.8 out of 5 stars1.8· 5 ratings
ENGL318History of the English Language: Early History
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 5 ratings
ENGL326Studies in the English Language
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
ENGL332Approaches to Media History
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 5 ratings
ENGL340
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 5 ratings
ENGL348C
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 5 ratings
ENGL353Eighteenth-Century Literature
4.6 out of 5 stars4.6· 5 ratings
ENGL368U.S. Literature from 1890
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 5 ratings
ENGL397Studies in Prose Fiction
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 5 ratings
ENGL464B
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings
ENGL478
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings
ENGLISH222
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 5 ratings
ENG153
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ENG200
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 4 ratings
ENG206
2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 4 ratings
ENG224
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings
ENG229
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ENG309
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 4 ratings
ENG328
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings
ENG349
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ENG466
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 4 ratings
ENG476
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 4 ratings
ENGL309Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ENGL331The Structure of Modern English: Sentences and Their Uses
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
ENGL346B
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ENGL350Milton
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 4 ratings
ENGL359A
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 4 ratings
ENGL365Modernist Literature
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ENGL393Ecocriticism
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ENGL395Studies in Poetry
2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 4 ratings
ENGL406
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 4 ratings
ENGL464A
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
ENGL474A
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ENGL476K
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 4 ratings
ENGL553Studies in Literary Theory
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 4 ratings
ENGLISH221
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 4 ratings
ENGLISH348
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 4 ratings
EN221
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ENG246
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENG3
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ENG331
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ENG337
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
ENG339
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ENG344
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ENG350
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ENG357
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ENG363
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENG464
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGL101
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGL104
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
ENGL206
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ENGL229A
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGL229D
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
ENGL240
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 3 ratings
ENGL244Environment and Literature
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ENGL248Mystery and Detective Fiction
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ENGL300Introduction to Critical Theory
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
ENGL306
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ENGL307A
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 3 ratings
ENGL307B
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ENGL311History and Theory of Rhetoric: The Later Theory
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
ENGL312Discourse and Society
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGL328Metaphor, Language and Thought
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
ENGL330The Structure of Modern English: Sounds and Words
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
ENGL330A
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGL361U.S. Literature to 1890
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGL364L
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
ENGL377World Literature and Social Movements
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 3 ratings
ENGL396Studies in Drama
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
ENGL470A
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGLISH220
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ENGLISH227
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
GRSJ307Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Popular Culture
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 3 ratings
ASTU10A
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ASTU160International Perspectives on Writing in the Social Sciences and Humanities
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ASTU200Special Topics: Place and Power
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ASTU201Canada, Japan and the Pacific: Cultural Studies
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ASTU202Canada, Japan and the Pacific: Political, Economic and Geographical Perspectives
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ASTU210Global Citizenship, Part 1: Introduction
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ASTU211Global Citizenship, Part 2: Community Service Learning and Capstone Conference
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ASTU260Knowledge Dissemination: Communicating Research to Public Audiences
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ASTU310Co-operative Work Placement I
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ASTU311Co-operative Work Placement II
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ASTU360Community-Based Research and Knowledge Creation
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ASTU399Special Topics: Place and Power
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ASTU400Interdisciplinary Studies in Arts
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ASTU401Special Topics in Arts Studies
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ASTU402Living Language: Science and Society
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ASTU410Co-operative Work Placement III
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ASTU411Co-operative Work Placement IV
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ASTU412Co-operative Work Placement V
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ASTU460No Knowledge is Neutral
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CDST350Canadian Studies
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CSIS200Introduction to Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality
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CSIS301Critical Engagements in Trans Studies
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CSIS450Topics in Critical Studies in Sexuality
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CSIS490Directed Topics
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EN227
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ENG05B
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ENG347B
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ENG405A
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ENG406K
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ENGL140Challenging Language Myths
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ENGL208
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ENGL230Introduction to Reading Place and Power in Vancouver and BC
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ENGL241Shakespeare Now
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ENGL247Television Studies
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ENGL249Literary Nonfiction
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ENGL307Studies in Rhetoric
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ENGL308Rhetorical Criticism
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ENGL319History of the English Language: Later History
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ENGL324English Corpus Linguistics
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ENGL327Cognitive Approaches to the Study of Meaning
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ENGL333History of the Book
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ENGL334Literature and the Archive
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ENGL335Digital Humanities
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ENGL336Print Culture and Media Studies
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ENGL337Text and Image
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ENGL338Literature and Science
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ENGL342Introduction to Old English
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ENGL343Anglo-Saxon and Early Medieval Literature
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ENGL349A
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ENGL360Early Canadian Writing
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ENGL369Global Black Literatures
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ENGL370Literatures and Cultures of Africa and/or the Middle East
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ENGL371Asian Canadian and/or Asian Transnational Studies
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ENGL372Canadian Literature
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ENGL373Indigenous Literature
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ENGL374Post-colonial Literature
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ENGL375Global South Connections
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ENGL376Topics in Place, Power, Poetics, and Narrative
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ENGL378Contemporary Literature
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ENGL379Migrations, Movements, and Transnational Networks in Literary and Cultural Production
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ENGL380Theory: Meaning and Interpretation
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ENGL381Theory: Signs, Codes, and Representation
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ENGL382Theory: Anti-/De-/Post-Colonization
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ENGL384Theory: Space and Displacement
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ENGL386Theory: Critique, Intervention and Dissent
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ENGL387Theory: Bodies
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ENGL388Theory: Feminisms
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ENGL390Life Narratives
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ENGL394Canadian Environmental Writing
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ENGL398Community-Facing Applications of Language and Literary Studies
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ENGL405
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ENGL426
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ENGL454
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ENGL462A
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ENGL499Honours Essay
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ENGL514Early Modern Literatures
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WRDS101
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