Consult the timetable for updated course information, including times, cancellations, rooms, and locations. Courses may be subject to changes and/or cancellations.
Current Graduate English Courses Listed by Session
All times listed are Eastern time.
Course Enrolment Dates
Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 ACORN course enrolment for continuing and incoming students have been stepped as follows:
- Current and incoming PhD and PhD U students – June 7 (ACORN opens at 6:00am) to August 12
- Enrolment closed – from 3 pm on June 9 (to reset ACORN for MA enrolment the next morning)
- Incoming and Continuing MA students – June 10 (ACORN reopens 6:00am) to August 12
- Enrolment closed – August 13 to September 5
- Enrolment reopens – September 6 at 10:00 am
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2022 Fall (F) Term Sessional Dates
- Classes start – September 8
- Department fall waitlist will be dismantled on September 14
- Fall Reading Week (no classes) – November 7–11
- Classes end – December 7
2023 Winter (S) Term Sessional Dates
- Classes start – January 9
- Department winter waitlist will be dismantled on January 13
- Winter Reading Week (no classes) – February 20–24
- Classes end – April 6
Course Timetables
Courses by Subject Area
- 1000 Series Course Descriptions (Medieval Literature)
- 2000 Series Course Descriptions (Renaissance Literature)
- 3000 Series Course Descriptions (Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature)
- 4000 Series Course Descriptions (Victorian and Romantic Literature)
- 5000 Series Course Descriptions (Twentieth and Twenty-first Century British and Irish Literature; Canadian Literature; American Literature; World Literatures in English)
- 6000 Series Course Descriptions (Aspects of Theory)
- Credit/Non-Credit Course Descriptions (Required PhD Courses)
- Creative Writing Workshop Description (Creative Writing)
- Critical Topographies: Theory and Practice of Contemporary Literary Studies in English Course Description
- Cross-Listed Courses (TBA as available)
- Courses of Interest (TBA as available)