Program Requirements
English Lower Division Requirements
Students complete any two 100-division English courses. Such courses may include:
ENGL 111W - Literary Classics in English (3)
ENGL 112W - Literature Now (3)
ENGL 113W - Literature and Performance (3)
ENGL 114W - Language and Purpose (3)
ENGL 115W - Literature and Culture (3)
ENGL 199W - Writing to Persuade (3)
Students also complete any four 200-division English courses. Such courses may include:
ENGL 202 - The Environmental Imagination (3)
ENGL 204 - Reading Sexuality and Gender (3)
ENGL 209 - Race, Borders, Empire (3)
ENGL 210 - Reading and Writing Identities (3)
ENGL 211 - The Place of the Past (3)
ENGL 213 - Reading Across Media (3)
ENGL 214 - History and Principles of Rhetoric (3)
ENGL 216 - History and Principles of Literary Criticism (3)
ENGL 234 - Metrics and Prosody (3)
ENGL 272 - Creative Reading (3)
Students wishing to major in English are strongly advised to submit a formal declaration to this effect to the undergraduate advisor upon completing all lower division requirements.
any one, but not more than one, of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified transfer units in English or in ENGL-Writing
no more than one of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified 200 division transfer units in English
recommended and any one, but not more than one, of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified 200 division transfer units in English
History Lower Division Requirements
Students complete 18 units of 100 and 200 division history courses.
Students must complete at least six lower division history units before enrolling in 300 division work and nine lower division history units before enrolling in 400 division work.
English Upper Division Requirements
Students complete 20 units of upper division English courses. A minimum of four of these units must be at the 400-level, excluding directed studies courses (ENGL 490, 491); a minimum of four units must be from the following group of courses, focused on Canadian and/or Indigenous Literatures:
ENGL 355 - Canadian Literatures (4)
ENGL 360 - Popular Writing by Indigenous Authors (4)
ENGL 431W - Seminar in Indigenous Literatures (4)
ENGL 432W - Seminar in Canadian Literature (4)
With permission of the department, other English courses of equivalent content may be substituted for those required in this group.
History Upper Division Requirements
Students complete 24 units of 300 and 400 level history courses, of which 12 must be in 400 level. Students must complete at least one course from each group shown below. Global/Comparative courses that are also included in another group may only be counted towards fulfilling the upper division course requirements for one group.
Group 1 - Africa, Asia, Middle East
Group 2 - The Americas
Group 3 - Europe
Group 4 - Global/Comparative
Students in history joint major programs have the option of taking concentrations to enhance their programs.
Concentration in British History and Irish History
Concentration in Early Modern World History
Concentration in Middle Eastern and Islamic History
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January 2025
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby Campus,
8888 University Drive West,
BURNABY,
British Columbia (BC),
V5A 1S6, Canada
If you've completed, or are about to complete, your grade 12 or senior year in a Canadian, American, or international high school.
English Language minimum requirement:
International English Language Testing System (IELTS - Academic): Overall 6.5 with no part less than 6.0
Cambridge English Qualifications: Overall score 176 with no part less than 169
B2 First
C1 Advanced
C2 Proficiency
Test of English as a Foreign Language internet based test (TOEFL iBT): Overall score 88 with no part less than 20
Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL): Overall score of 70, with no part less than 60
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 65, and a minimum score of 60 in the Communicative Skills, including: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing
Duolingo English Test (DET): Overall score of 125
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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