Nipissing University, situated in North Bay, Ontario, is a primarily undergraduate institution known for its small class sizes, personalized education, and close-knit community. The university offers a diverse range of programs in fields such as arts, sciences, education, business, and social work. Nipissing University focuses on providing a supportive and interactive learning environment, encouraging student engagement, critical thinking, and research. With a strong emphasis on student success and holistic development, Nipissing University prepares graduates for meaningful careers and lifelong learning.

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The primary way human beings communicate is through storytelling. Almost every interaction we have involves exchanging and analyzing stories, ideas, impressions and emotions. Given this fact of human culture, we see English Studies as teaching essential skills for life beyond the university. In English, we challenge simplistic or superficial modes of thought—or non-thought—by finding out how texts of all sorts work. We learn from the past by reading classic works of literature, such as novels, plays and poetry. We also engage with contemporary culture by considering the texts that shape our current lives, such as movies, television, web-culture, graphic novels, theatre, and other media forms. With analytical reading, research and writing practice, we equip the citizens of the future with the skills of discernment, focus, resilience and adaptability that they will need to build their own careers and communities. Delivered with an emphasis on dialogue, our courses reflect faculty research interests and the shape of our discipline by being a mix of tradition and innovation. In first year, you can choose from among a number of topics courses. In upper years, you may take courses in British literary history, such as Shakespeare or Victorian literature, as well as choosing from a broader range of subjects such as children’s literature, Canadian and American literature, the graphic novel, postcolonial and indigenous literatures, Harry Potter, fan vids or disaster films.​​​​​ Show less

Students will need to achieve a minimum 70% average in the 60 credits presented for the Honours Specialization in English Studies.

Students must complete the required three credits of introductory English Studies with a minimum grade of 60%.

Students must complete 120 credits including 60 credits in the Honours Specialization as follows:
ENGL 1000 level 3 cr.
ENGL Literary History I 9 cr.
ENGL Literary History II 9 cr.
ENGL 33 cr.
ENGL Honours Seminars 6 cr.
Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601 3 cr.
Social Science and/or Professional Studies 6 cr.
Science 6 cr.
Electives 45 cr.
Note:

Students are limited to a maximum of 6 credits of English Studies Topics courses at the 1000 level.

An average of at least 70% in the subject is required for enrolment in 4000 level courses.

A maximum of 30 credits at the 2000 level may be applied to the Honours Specialization.

A maximum of 6 credits of 1 credit ENGL courses may count towards the Honours Specialization.

A maximum of 6 credits of cross-listed courses may count toward an English Studies Honours Specialization.

Honours Seminars cannot be counted towards the Literary History requirements.

Group Requirements:

Literary History I
ENGL 2006 British Literature Before 1800
ENGL 2256 Early Canadian Literature
ENGL 2266 Adventurers, Outlaws, or Pioneers of the Frontier: Early American Literature
ENGL 2446 Children's Literature Before 1914
ENGL 2536 Shakespeare Before 1600
ENGL 2537 Shakespeare After 1600
ENGL 2717 Here Be Dragons? Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature in Translation
ENGL 3096 Bawdy Politics: Writing the Restoration
ENGL 3097 Vice and Folly: The Age of Satire, 1660-1730
ENGL 3196 Dangerous Liaisons: The 18th Century Novel
ENGL 3246 Desire and Identity in Early Modern Literature
ENGL 3247 Transgressing Boundaries in Early Modern Literature
Literary History II
ENGL 2007 British Literature After 1800
ENGL 2056 North American Drama
ENGL 2257 Contemporary Canadian Literature
ENGL 2267 “Make It New”: Contemporary American Literature
ENGL 2447 Children's Literature After 1914
ENGL 2816 Illness, Death, and Dying on Stage
ENGL 3146 Topics in Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 3176 Falling Apart: British Literature 1900-1950
ENGL 3177 Contemporary British Literature, 1950 and Beyond
ENGL 3276 Indigenous Literatures of North America
ENGL 3346 The Romantics
ENGL 3347 The Victorians

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

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