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Cultural Studies Option

NB:ÌýStudents in an English program who wish to take an introductory Shakespeare course ³¾³Ü²õ³ÙÌý³Ù²¹°ì±ð ENGL 315 and not ENGL 215.Ìý If you took ENGL 215 prior to declaring your English program on Minerva, however, that course may count retroactively towards your program requirements in one of:Ìý Major Figure; Cultural Studies with an Historical Dimension.


Theory and Criticism

  • ENGL 317 Theory of English Studies 1Ìý (Winter)
  • ENGL 319ÌýÌýTheory of English Studies 3 Ìý(Fall)
  • ENGL 346ÌýÌýMateriality and Sociology of the TextÌýÌý(Fall)

Major Figure in Cultural Studies

  • *ENGL 315 Shakespeare (Fall) – may be counted toward CS students' major figure requirement. NB: May notÌýbe counted as a "Cultural Studies complementary course" forÌýHonoursÌýLiterature or Drama and Theatre Students.
  • *ENGL 345 Literature and Society: How Shakespeare Created Modern Society (Fall)Ìý– may be counted toward CS students' major figure requirement.ÌýNB:ÌýMayÌýnotÌýbe counted as a "Cultural Studies complementary course" forÌýHonoursÌýLiterature or Drama and Theatre Students.Ìý
  • ENGL 381 ÌýA Film-Maker 1:French Feminist Filmmakers: Varda, Denis, BreillatÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 481 ÌýA Film-Maker 2: HitchcockÌý (Winter)

Cultural Studies with a Canadian Component

  • ENGL 378 Media and Culture:ÌýCultural Recovery in Canadian Literature and Media (Winter)
  • ENGL 388 ÌýStudies in Popular CultureÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 413 ÌýSpecial Topics in Canadian Drama and TheatreÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 440 ÌýFirst Nations and Inuit Literature and Media Ìý(Winter)
  • CANS 501 ÌýInterdisciplinary & Canadian Studies Ìý(Fall)

Cultural Studies with an Historical DimensionÌý

  • ENGL 351 ÌýStudies in the History of Film 2: US War Film Ìý(Winter)
  • ENGL 363 ÌýStudies in the History of Film 3: The 1980s Ìý(Winter)
  • ENGL 371Ìý Theatre History: 19th to 21st Century: Staging the Other in 19th-Century US Popular Performance Ìý(Winter)
  • ENGL 381 ÌýÌýA Film-Maker 1: French Feminist Filmmakers: Varda, Denis, Breillat Ìý(Fall)
  • ENGL 385 ÌýTopics in Literature and Film: Science Fiction Ìý(Winter)
  • ENGL 419 ÌýÌýStudies in 20th Century Literature: African Diasporic Literature and Cold War CultureÌýÌý(Winter)
  • ENGL 529 ÌýTopics in American Studies: Hollywood’s Great Depression Ìý(Fall)

Cultural Studies 400-level with Theoretical Component

  • ENGL 421Ìý African Literature:ÌýThe African City in Literature, Music, and Film (Fall)
  • ENGL 458 ÌýTheories of Text & Performance 1: Movement TheoryÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 460ÌýÌýStudies in Literary Theory: Theorizing the Comic (Fall)
  • ENGL 472ÌýÌýSpecial Topics in Cultural Studies: Race and American Film l Ìý(Fall)
  • ENGL 479 ÌýPhilosophy of FilmÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 481 ÌýA Film-Maker 2: HitchcockÌý (Winter)

Additional Courses from the Cultural Studies Option’s Offerings

This category includes all the courses listed above except required courses, as well as the courses listed below.
Note that any English course not on this list—such as unlisted courses in Literature—may not count towards your Cultural Studies program.

  • ENGL 366ÌýÌýFilm Genre: HorrorÌýÌý(Winter)
  • ENGL 378ÌýÌýMedia and Culture Ìý(Winter)
  • ENGL 391ÌýÌýSpecial Topics: Cultural Studies 1: AdaptationÌýÌý(Winter)
  • ENGL 395 ÌýCulture and Theatre Studies: Performance StudiesÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 492 ÌýImage and TextÌý (Fall)
  • ENGL 587/PLAI500 Movement Practice: Thought and Technique in Motion to CS (Fall)

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