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Mount Royal University

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4 years
Duration (years)
4 years
Mount Royal current Bachelor of Arts ; English (BA): published programme duration
65% minimum
Academic minimum
The university publishes a 65% academic minimum, not an entering-average range.
Mount Royal University program admission requirements

Deadlines

February 2027

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Next deadlineMonday, February 1, 2027

Early admission application
2027/2028 · All Fall 2027 applicants; programme-specific earlier dates still apply
Official deadline

Other deadline details

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Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites

English Language Arts 30-160% min.
Math 30-1 or 30-2 or 30-level second language or language and culture course50% min.

Application steps

Step 1Check the admission requirements
- Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
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Step 2Apply through ApplyAlberta
- Create your application and select this program.
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Step 3$100 application fee
- The online undergraduate application requires a non-refundable $100 fee.
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Step 4Official academic transcripts
- Applicants list every high school and postsecondary institution attended. Applications are reviewed after all required transcripts are received.
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Applicant pathways

Exact programme academic admission requirements

English BA; Alberta Grade 12 subjects or published equivalents

English Language Arts 30-1: 60%; Math 30-1 or 30-2 or 30-level second language or language and culture course: 50%
Minimum final average for high-school/mature applicants: 65%.
Minimum final GPA for post-secondary applicants: 2.0.
Competitive ranges are previous-year guidelines, assessed separately from minimum final eligibility.

General Admission Requirements

General Admission Requirements; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

All students must meet the general admission requirements for Mount Royal University programs, as indicated in the Admission section of this calendar.

Additional Admission Requirements

Additional Admission Requirements; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

In addition to meeting the general admission requirements indicated in the Admission section of this calendar, applicants must also satisfy the following criteria for each Major.

Academic Course Requirements

Academic Course Requirements; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

The following specific courses (or their equivalencies) with the specified minimum grades are required for admission into the Bachelor of Arts program:

Majors: Anthropology, English, History and Sociology

Majors: Anthropology, English, History and Sociology; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

English Language Arts 30-1 - 60%
Mathematics 30-1 or 30-2 or a 30-level language

Major: Psychology

Major: Psychology; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

English Language Arts 30-1 - 60%
Mathematics 30-1 or 30-2 - 60%

Major: Policy Studies

Major: Policy Studies; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

English Language Arts 30-1 - 60%
Mathematics 30-1 or 30-2 - 60%
Although conditional admission may be granted in advance of receipt of final/official transcripts, confirmation of the achievement of specified minimum grades will take place after all final/official transcripts have been received by the University. Applicants who do not meet these minimum grade requirements will be denied admission.

Indigenous Student Admission

Indigenous Student Admission; applicants in this explicitly named programme, major or alternate category only; Alberta courses or their equivalents

Each year, 7% of the seats in the Bachelor of Arts program will be reserved for Indigenous applicants through an Indigenous admission target. To be considered for admission under the Indigenous admission target, the applicant must:
self-identify as an Indigenous applicant on the Application for Admission;
meet the definition of an Indigenous Applicant; and
meet the minimum admission requirements as indicated in the general admission requirements for Mount Royal University as well as any program-level admission requirements.
Designated seats for this special consideration target will be filled by Indigenous applicants on a competitive basis. Applicants are encouraged to apply during the early admission period. Any unfilled designated seats will be released on June 15 to students applying under the general admission requirements.
See general admission requirements in the Admission section of this calendar for further information.

High school applicant

High school applicant; programme-specific criteria also apply

You will be considered a high school applicant if you meet the following criteria: you are in your final year of high school, or you have left or completed high school, and you have completed fewer than eight post-secondary courses

Post-secondary applicant

Post-secondary applicant; programme-specific criteria also apply

You will be considered a post-secondary applicant if you meet the following criteria: Fall Semester: if you have completed four or more transferable post-secondary courses (minimum 12 credit hours) by Dec. 31 and will have completed eight or more (minimum 24 credit hours) by June 30 . Winter Semester: if you have completed eight or more transferable post-secondary courses (minimum 24 credit hours) by Aug. 31.

Mature applicant

Mature applicant; programme-specific criteria also apply

You will be considered a mature applicant if you meet the following criteria: you do not meet the high school applicant requirements, you have not completed sufficient courses to be considered as a post-secondary applicant, and you are 21 as of Sept. 1 for the Fall Semester or Jan. 1 for the Winter Semester

General admission qualification

High-school, mature or post-secondary applicants as explicitly named

Your general admission requirements are determined based on your applicant category:
High school : High School applicants must present five Grade 12 level courses for admission. Included in these five courses, applicants must present the required subjects for their intended program of choice. The specific courses required for your program count towards your Group A courses. The additional subject(s) which may be presented for admission include the following courses from Group A, B, or C.
Post-secondary: To be eligible for admission, you must present a minimum GPA. Unless a specific (higher) GPA has been indicated for your program of choice, post-secondary applicants are normally required to have a minimum 2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA). Some programs require a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Mature: Mature applicants must present at least two Grade 12 level courses for admission. More than two may be required depending on the specific high school courses required for your program choice. The specific courses required for your program count towards your Group A courses.
For high school course work to be used for admission purposes, courses must be completed by June 30 for the Fall Semester . When completing your application, report all 5-credit Group A and B courses (or equivalents) that will be completed by June 30.

Degree requirements

Grades and academic standing

Curriculum: Program Structure - English Total number of three-credit courses (or equivalent) 40 courses minimum Required courses in English 18 courses Elective courses 12 courses General Education Courses 10 courses First-year course limit (1000 level) 16 courses maximum Maximum number of courses outside of the Faculty of Arts, and/or the Faculty of Science and Technology, and/or designated as General Education courses 8 courses Course limit in a single discipline 24 courses maximum Grade Point Average (GPA) to graduate 2.00 minimum

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Required courses and electives

Required Courses: All students must meet the general graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, in addition to the graduation requirements for the English Major. Students must complete 18 core courses, 10 General Education courses, and 12 elective courses. As part of the 18 core courses, students must complete a minimum of 14 ENGL-prefixed courses.
Electives: 12 Elective Courses Students are eligible to choose any 3-credit university-level course to complete an elective requirement, including Bachelor of Arts - English courses that are not already fulfilling a major requirement. Students should be aware that no more than 24 courses within one discipline will be counted towards their degree (e.g., no more than 24 courses with the course prefix ENGL).

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Credits and degree requirements

Introductory Literature: One course in:
Intermediate Writing: One course in:
Indigenous Arts and Cultures: Any INST or one course in:
North American Literature: Two courses in:
Global / Transnational Literature: One course in:
Pre-1900 Literature: Two courses in:
Theory/Writing: One course in:
Additional Courses: One Language/Linguistic course* One ENGL course at the 3000 level or higher** Two ENGL courses at the 4000 level or higher Two additional ENGL courses at any level***
Notes: Note: English majors and honours students will receive credit for only ONE of or . *Any Language/Linguistic course includes all courses with the prefixes CHIN, FREN, GERM, ITAL, JPNS, SPAN, LING, and , with the exception of , , , , and . ** can also be used to complete this requirement, as well as any course at the 3000-level or higher with the prefix CRWT and ENGL. *** , , or any course with the prefix CRWT and ENGL can also be used to complete this requirement, with the exception of / and .

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Foundation requirements

General Education Requirements: Ten courses must be completed to meet the General Education requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts - English. Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters. Three courses will be taken at the second tier: no more than one from each of the thematic clusters. One of these courses must be from the Numeracy and Scientific Literacy Cluster Three courses must be taken at the third tier, selected from at least two of the thematic clusters.

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Program facts

Academic minimum

Courses

Named courses in the 2026/27 degree and major requirements, including option banks and alternatives. This is a course menu, not a timetable or a list every student takes.

Curriculum / Required Courses / Introductory Literature3 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. One course in:

ENGL 1151The Art of Story: An Introduction to Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course introduces the principles and practices of literary analysis by examining the narrative features of selected works of prose, poetry, or drama.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 1152Identity and Invention: An Introduction to Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course introduces the principles and practices of literary analysis by examining features of self-invention and first-person identity in selected works of prose, poetry…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2141Literature for Young Children3 credits
Published excerpt: This course offers a critical study of literature for young children (ages two-eight).
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / Literary Foundations3 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. All of:

ENGL 2202Theory in English Studies3 credits
Published excerpt: Why do English students study concepts like "representation," "the subject," and "the other," all of which originate in European philosophy?
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2210English Literature to the Restoration3 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys English literature from its earliest beginnings to the Restoration (1660), with an emphasis on major authors.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2211English Literature from the Restoration to the Present3 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys English literature from the Restoration (1660) to the present.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / Intermediate Writing8 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. One course in:

CRWT 2264Poetry Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: This course blends creative writing with writerly readings and analysis of published poetry.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 2265Intermediate Poetry Writing 2: Precedents3 credits
Published excerpt: This course blends creative writing with writerly readings and analysis of a selection of poetic precedents chosen for their historical or literary value.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 2266Fiction Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: This course blends creative writing with writerly readings and analysis of prose fiction.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 2267Intermediate Fiction Writing 2: Precedents3 credits
Published excerpt: This course blends creative writing with writerly readings and analysis of a selection of precedents in fiction chosen for their historical or literary value.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 2268Creative Nonfiction and Travel Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: This course offers an introduction to creative nonfiction and travel writing.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2205Writing about Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course focuses on the techniques of written discussion and argument valued in literary studies.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2207Intermediate Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: A course in which students study rhetorical theory and apply it to the examination of their own writing and that of selected texts.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2263Technical Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: This course focuses on the principles and techniques of technical writing.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / Indigenous Arts and Cultures14 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. Any INST or one course in:

ANTH 2213Indigenous People and the State in the Canadian Context3 credits
Published excerpt: This course considers the history of state relations with Indigenous people in Canada, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ANTH 2214Anthropological Encounters on the Northwest Coast3 credits
Published excerpt: This course is a selective survey of the ethnographic representations of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast that have shaped anthropological knowledge, theory…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ANTH 2255An Ethnographic Survey of Native North America3 credits
Published excerpt: This course provides an overview of native cultures of North America, examining relationships among subsistence and settlement patterns, material culture, social and political organization…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ANTH 3319Ethnography of the Great Plains3 credits
Published excerpt: This course is a comparative study of peoples of the Great Plains past and present.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2253Indigenous Literatures in Canada3 credits
Published excerpt: This course involves a historical survey of Indigenous literature and orature in Canada, representing a diversity of cultures.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3353North American Indigenous Literatures3 credits
Published excerpt: This course will critically engage the literary works of Indigenous peoples through various genres and will be framed by social, cultural, historical, and political…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
FILM 2231Indigenous Film3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines the dynamic changes of images of American Indians, Aboriginals, and other Indigenous Peoples from the silent era to contemporary Indigenous-auteured productions.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
HIST 2215History of the People of the Plains: Treaty 7 Field Course3 credits
Published excerpt: 3 week field school This course examines the history of the Native peoples in what is now southern Alberta.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
HIST 2221Indigenous Settler Relations: 1497-18773 credits
Published excerpt: This course introduces students to key issues and events in the history of post-contact Northern North America.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
HIST 2234The Canadian State and Indigenous Peoples from Treaty 7 to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission3 credits
Published excerpt: These course surveys aspects of the relationships between the Canadian state and Indigenous Peoples between the signing of the numbered Treaties in the 1870s…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
HIST 3343Resistance and Resilience: Indigenous Peoples and Colonialism in Context3 credits
Published excerpt: This course will examine historical interactions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in one or more colonial contexts.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
HIST 3345Indigenous Histories of Canada: Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Nationhood in Northern North America3 credits
Published excerpt: This course engages Indigenous interpretations of Canadian History and perspectives on Indigenous-settler relations.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
HIST 3346Indigenous People in Latin America3 credits
Published excerpt: This course is an introduction to the history of Latin American indigenous societies.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
PSYC 3380Indigenous Psychology3 credits
Published excerpt: This course explores the psychological outcomes of the colonization experiences of Indigenous peoples including residential schools, systemic and societal discrimination.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / North American Literature11 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. Two courses in:

ENGL 2248American Literature from 1865 to 19453 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys American literary developments of the later nineteenth and early twentieth century, including the Harlem Renaissance and the rise of modernism.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2249American Literature from 1945 to the Present3 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys American literature from World War II to the present, with emphasis on the prose and poetry of a culturally diverse array…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2253Indigenous Literatures in Canada3 credits
Published excerpt: This course involves a historical survey of Indigenous literature and orature in Canada, representing a diversity of cultures.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2270Literatures in Canada to 19143 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys literatures in Canada from their beginnings to the early twentieth century.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2271Literatures in Canada from 19143 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys responses to the idea of Canada from Indigenous, settler-colonial, and multicultural perspectives from 1914 to the present.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3246Pre-American Literary Environments3 credits
Published excerpt: Using letters, accounts, speeches, journal entries, poems, and other narratives, the course surveys early American literature from 1492 to 1776, focusing on such themes…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3256Canadian Drama3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines Canadian drama from Confederation to the present, focusing on theatrical innovation, language and style.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3350The American Renaissance3 credits
Published excerpt: This course introduces students to some of the representative texts, contexts, and critical debates in American literature from about 1820 to 1865, a period…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3353North American Indigenous Literatures3 credits
Published excerpt: This course will critically engage the literary works of Indigenous peoples through various genres and will be framed by social, cultural, historical, and political…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3372Western Canadian Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: Through representative texts, students will examine how writers' conceptions of the West alter over time, what constitutes a definition of "West," and how Indigenous…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 4702Topics in North American Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This advanced seminar examines how Canadian and/or American literature is constitutive of North American identities and experiences.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / Global / Transnational Literature8 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. One course in:

ENGL 2216Women's Writing: Voices and Visionaries3 credits
Published excerpt: This course will approach women's writing from a variety of theoretical perspectives and across genres from different times, places, and spaces.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2253Indigenous Literatures in Canada3 credits
Published excerpt: This course involves a historical survey of Indigenous literature and orature in Canada, representing a diversity of cultures.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2291Postcolonial Literature I3 credits
Published excerpt: This course aims to introduce students to postcolonial issues through a variety of literary, filmic and theoretical texts from a variety of regions.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 2292Postcolonial Literature II3 credits
Published excerpt: This course furthers the exploration of postcolonial issues through a variety of literary, filmic and theoretical texts from a variety of regions.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3327Studies in Women's Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: Varying in topic from semester to semester, this course examines the ways in which women authors transform their experiences of the world into…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3353North American Indigenous Literatures3 credits
Published excerpt: This course will critically engage the literary works of Indigenous peoples through various genres and will be framed by social, cultural, historical, and political…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3390African Writing in English3 credits
Published excerpt: This course will consist of a carefully nuanced, historically and culturally specific study of the theories and literatures emerging from one of the regions…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 4701Topics in Global Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This advanced seminar exposes students to creative and critical writing in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, South America or New Zealand/Aotearoa.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / Pre-1900 Literature15 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. Two courses in:

ENGL 3246Pre-American Literary Environments3 credits
Published excerpt: Using letters, accounts, speeches, journal entries, poems, and other narratives, the course surveys early American literature from 1492 to 1776, focusing on such themes…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3306History of the English Language3 credits
Published excerpt: This course covers the development of English from Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) to Early Modern English in the seventeenth century.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3312Shakespeare: The Earlier Plays3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines selected plays written by Shakespeare during the first half of his career (ca 1590-1599), with a focus on both language…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3313Shakespeare: The Later Plays3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines selected plays written by Shakespeare during the second half of his career (ca 1600-1613), with a focus on his evolution…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3323Early Medieval Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course is a study of representative texts from the early medieval literary age, offering a range of popular genres from the Old…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3324Literature in the Age of Chaucer3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines a selection of representative texts produced during the Age of Chaucer (mid-fourteenth century to c 1500), offering a variety of literary…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3330Enlightenment Literature: Knowledge and Society3 credits
Published excerpt: Examining the first half of the Eighteenth Century, this course will consider the contexts of the lively literature of the Enlightenment, particularly literary production…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3331Late Eighteenth-Century Literary Topographies3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines the literature from around 1750 to the end of the Eighteenth Century, paying particular attention to travel literature, the contexts…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3340Romanticism and Revolution3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines British literature in the context of the various political and socio-economic changes from 1760 and will familiarize students with key aspects…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3341Later Romantic Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines British Romantic writers from 1815 to mid-century.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3342Early Seventeenth-Century Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course studies literature in the historical and social contexts of the late Elizabethan and early Stuart periods.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3343Later Seventeenth-Century Literature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course studies literature in the historical and social contexts of the Stuart period until the Restoration.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3344Nineteenth-Century Realism and Reform3 credits
Published excerpt: This course treats nineteenth-century realism as a mode of environmental and social criticism.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3345Nineteenth-Century Art and Nature3 credits
Published excerpt: This course addresses the nineteenth-century fascination with aesthetics by surveying how various literary movements approach the idea of "truth to nature." Tracing an arc…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3350The American Renaissance3 credits
Published excerpt: This course introduces students to some of the representative texts, contexts, and critical debates in American literature from about 1820 to 1865, a period…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Curriculum / Required Courses / Theory/Writing10 listed

Published requirement group, not an academic term or a claim that every alternative is required. One course in:

CRWT 3362Advanced Poetry Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: Designed to establish a sustained approach to creative writing, this advanced course will allow students both to workshop their original poems and to analyze…
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 3368Advanced Fiction Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: This advanced course blends creative writing with writerly readings and analysis of fiction chosen for literary, theoretical and historical value.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 3304Advanced Creative Nonfiction: Writing Place3 credits
Published excerpt: This writing course addresses the role and representation of place in creative nonfiction.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 3305Advanced Script Writing3 credits
Published excerpt: This course explores the theory and practice of writing for stage, screen, and live performance.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
CRWT 4802Applied Creative Writing - Work-Integrated Learning3 credits
Published excerpt: This course offers students the opportunity to build and apply their creative writing skills in diverse work environments beyond the university.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3266Editing: Theory and Practice3 credits
Published excerpt: Building on previous literature and writing courses, this course introduces students to the multifaceted, ethical work of the professional editor.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3304Advanced Writing: Theory, Pedagogy, Practice3 credits
Published excerpt: This course surveys theoretical models of composition and composition instruction.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3310Critical Theory and Cultural Studies3 credits
Published excerpt: How did English Studies fracture during the "theory wars"?
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
ENGL 3382Textualities/Sexualities3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines both the body of the text and the text of the body.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt
FILM 3345Film Reviewing, Criticism and Theory3 credits
Published excerpt: This course examines writing about film in the context of various intellectual and social frameworks.
MRU 2026–2027 · official individual course description excerpt

Elective choices

Curriculum: Program Structure - English Total number of three-credit courses (or equivalent) 40 courses minimum Required courses in English 18 courses Elective courses 12 courses General Education Courses 10 courses First-year course limit (1000 level) 16 courses maximum Maximum number of courses outside of the Faculty of Arts, and/or the Faculty of Science and Technology, and/or designated as General Education courses 8 courses Course limit in a single discipline 24 courses maximum Grade Point Average (GPA) to graduate 2.00 minimum
Required Courses: All students must meet the general graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, in addition to the graduation requirements for the English Major. Students must complete 18 core courses, 10 General Education courses, and 12 elective courses. As part of the 18 core courses, students must complete a minimum of 14 ENGL-prefixed courses.
Electives: 12 Elective Courses Students are eligible to choose any 3-credit university-level course to complete an elective requirement, including Bachelor of Arts - English courses that are not already fulfilling a major requirement. Students should be aware that no more than 24 courses within one discipline will be counted towards their degree (e.g., no more than 24 courses with the course prefix ENGL).
General Education Requirements: Ten courses must be completed to meet the General Education requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts - English. Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters. Three courses will be taken at the second tier: no more than one from each of the thematic clusters. One of these courses must be from the Numeracy and Scientific Literacy Cluster Three courses must be taken at the third tier, selected from at least two of the thematic clusters.

Study locations

Published academic-unit location: The Faculty of Arts is housed in the East Arts building. The university describes classrooms, student gathering areas and the Moot Court there. This locates the faculty building; the programme’s individual course rooms are separate.Mount Royal: arts named academic-unit location

References

Careers

Career examples

Professional communicator or researcher
Literary author
TV, film or video game scriptwriter
Professional editor
Publishing/literary agent
Non-profit PR and communications professional
Lawyer*
Teacher*

Scope and qualifications

University-published career examples for English, including its published routes; some require further training or registration. These are examples, not ranked graduate outcomes.