Courses
Fall 2025
100 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 101 A01 | Themes in Literature | S. Henry |
8:30-9:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A02 | Themes in Literature | S. Henry |
9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A03 | Themes in Literature | E. Miller |
10:00-11:20 MR |
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ENSH 101 A04 |
Themes in Literature | M. Kay | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 101 A05 | Themes in Literature | A. Murray | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A06 | Themes in Literature | M. Grayer | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 101 A07 | Themes in Literature | B. Ashrafkhani Limoudehi | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A08 | Themes in Literature | S. Pakdel | 1:00-2:20 MR (Online) |
| ENSH 101 A09 | Themes in Literature | J. Nash | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A01 | Literature in Action | J. Hawkes | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A02 | Literature in Action | S. Wong | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A03 | Literature in Action | J. Dopp | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A04 | Literature in Action | R. Pickard | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 103 A01 | Writing, Culture, Power | K. McLean-Fiander | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
200 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Times |
| ENSH 200 A01 | Foundations of Writing Literary Criticism | TBA | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 200 A02 | Foundations of Writing Literary Criticism | S. Wong | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 200 A03 | Foundations of Writing Literary Criticism | S. Wong | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 202 A01 | Technical Communications: Written and Verbal | J. Hawkes | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 202 A02 | Technical Communications: Written and Verbal | J. Hawkes | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 211 | How Fiction Works | M. Dean | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 233 | The Bible as Literature | C. Douglas | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 240 | Introduction to a Major Author: Taylor Swift | S. Ross | 4:00-5:20 MR |
| ENSH 254 | American Literature | TBA | 2:30-3:50 MR |
300 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 301 | Practical Criticism (Honours seminar) | M.E. Leighton | 12:30-3:20 T |
| ENSH 302 A01/A02 | Copy Editing | K. McLean-Fiander | Online, asynchronous |
| ENSH 304 A01/A02 | Writing for the Government and Private Sector | R. Pickard | Online, asynchronous |
| ENSH 305 | Visual Rhetoric for Professional Writers | S. Last | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 307 | Effective Communication in Health Professions | E. Yazganoglu | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 316 | Creative Non-Fiction | M. Dean | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 320 | Special Topics in Narrative and Film | L. Shlensky | 4:00-5:20 MR |
| ENSH 324 | Comics and Graphic Novels | S. Rabillard | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 326 | American Film Narrative | L. Shlensky | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 340D | Existence and Anxiety in Dostoevsky | M. Swift | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 342F | Faust from Marlowe to the Present | E. Pnevmonidou | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 344A | Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales | A. Mitchell | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 346 | Old English Language and Literature | J. Grossi | 11:30-1:00 MR |
| ENSH 348 | Themes in Medieval Literature | A. Mitchell | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 353 | Shakespeare's Histories and Tragedies | E. Kelly | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 354 | Shakespeare's Comedies and Romances | R. van Oort | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 355 | Milton | G. Kuchar | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 366 | Victorian Period Poetry | A. Chapman | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 377 | 20th-Century Literature in Canada | J. Dopp | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 395 | Indigenous Literatures | S. Ross & Richard Van Camp | 4:00-5:50 W |
400 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 400 | Technical Communication | M. Smith | 4:00-5:20 MR |
| ENSH 481 A01 | Advanced Special Topics: Magic, Mind and Meaning in the Renaissance and its Afterlife | G. Kuchar | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 481 A02 | Advanced Special Topics: Love and Selfhood | M. Kay | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 481 A03 | Advanced Special Topics: Cloisters and Crises | J. Grossi | 2:30-3:50 MR |
Spring 2026
100 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 101 A01 | Themes in Literature | S. Henry | 8:30-9:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A02 | Themes in Literature | L. Chalykoff | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 101 A03 | Themes in Literature | S. Henry | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A04 | Themes in Literature | K. Blank | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 101 A05 | Themes in Literature | A. Murray | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A06 | Themes in Literature | J. Dopp | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A07 | Themes in Literature | L. Shlensky | 1:00-2:20 MF |
| ENSH 101 A08 | Themes in Literature | R. van Oort | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A09 | Themes in Literature | G. Kuchar | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A10 | Themes in Literature | L. Chalykoff | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 102 A01 | Literature in Action | T. Personn | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A02 | Literature in Action | TBA | 8:30-9:50 MR |
| ENSH 102 A03 | Literature in Action | TBA | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A04 | Literature in Action | C. Douglas | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A05 | Literature in Action | A. Mitchell | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 103 | Writing, Culture, Power | K. McLean-Fiander | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 105 | Literature of Mental Health | R. Gagan | 2:30-3:50 MR |
200 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 200 A01 | Introduction to Writing Literary Criticism | R. Gagan | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 200 A02 | Introduction to Writing Literary Criticism | K. McLean-Fiander | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 200 A03 | Introduction to Writing Literary Criticism | J. Jenstad | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 202 A01 | Technical Communications, Written and Verbal | J. Hawkes | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 202 A02 | Technical Communications, Written and Verbal | J. Hawkes | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 210 | How Poetry Works | N. Bradley | 8:30-9:50 MR |
| ENSH 221 | Women's Writing | A. Chapman | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 222 | Erotic Literature | TBA | 4:00-5:20 MR |
| ENSH 224 | Literary Modernism | M. Kay | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 231 | Literature and Psychology | R. Gagan | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 232 | Literature and Myth | E. Miller | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 253 | Canadian Literature | J. Dopp | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
300 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 301 | Practical Criticism (Honours Seminar) | M.E. Leighton | 12:30-3:20 T |
| ENSH 302 A01 | Copy Editing | R. Halliday | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 302 A02/A03 | Copy Editing | K. McLean-Fiander | ONL, ASYNCH |
| ENSH 303 A01/A02 | Writing for Business and the Private Sector | R. Pickard | ONL, ASYNCH |
| ENSH 306 | Communicating for the Environment | R. Pickard | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 309 | Fashion Communication | R. Halliday | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 311 | Crime and Detective Fiction | S. Rabillard | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 312 | Horror | S. Wong | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 313 | Children's Literature | L. Surridge | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 314 | Young Adult Fiction | E. Kelly | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 322 | Shakespeare on Screen | E. Ellerbeck | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 323 | Special Topics in Media and Popular Culture | L. Shlensky | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 340 | Special Topics in a Major Author: Toni Morrison | TBA | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 340T | Tolstoy and the Age of Anna Karenina | O. Pressitch | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 342 A01 | Movements in History and Literature: The French Revolution | E. Miller | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 342 A02 | Special Topics: Digital Approaches to Early Modern Women's Writing | M. Grayer | 2:30-3:20 TWF |
| ENSH 342V | A Culural History of Vampire in Literature and Film | M. Pollard | 4:30-7:20 M |
| ENSH 344B | Chaucer's Dream Visions and Other Works | A. Mitchell | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 347D | Dante's Divine Comedy | J. Grossi | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 365 | Romantic Period Poetry | K. Blank | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 369 | 20th-Century Poetry in Britain and Ireland | M. Kay | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 386 | Fiction in the United States 1970-Present | C. Douglas | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 396 | Special Topics in Indigenous Storytelling | Richard Van Camp & S. Ross | 4:00-5:50 W |
400 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 403 | Digital Communication and Social Media | R. Halliday | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 480 | Special Topics in Advanced Theories and Methods | R. van Oort | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 481 | Advanced Special Topics Seminar | L. Carson | 11:30-12:50 MR |
Summer 2025 Course Descriptions
Spring 2026 Course Descriptions
English Major and Honours students have priority in capstone course registration.
A note to 4th year students:
Fourth-year undergrads with a minimum 6.0 gpa may request permission from the grad advisor (englgradad@uvic.ca) to register in graduate seminars.
