Courses
Summer 2026
Summer Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Details |
| ENSH 101 | Themes in Literature | S. Henry | Online, 10:00-12:20 M/W |
| ENSH 102 | Literature in Action | J. Hawkes | Online, asynchronous |
| ENSH 255 | Indigenous Literatures | P.K. Paul | Face-to-face, 9:00-11:50 M |
| ENSH 315 | Coming of Age Novels | A. Murray | Online, 10:00-12:20 T/Th |
| ENSH 353 | Shakespeare's Histories and Tragedies | K. McLean-Fiander | Online, 10:00-12:20 T/Th |
| ENSH 371 | 20th-Century Fiction in Britain and Ireland | J. Hawkes | Online, asychronous |
| ENSH 484 | Field School: In Pursuit of the Whale | N. Bradley | Bamfield Marine Science Centre, June 8th-26th. Apply through BMSC here. |
Summer 2026 Course Descriptions
Fall 2026
Subject to revisions
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 | C. Spada |
8:30-10:00 MR (ONL) |
|
ENSH 101 A04 |
Themes in Literature | T. Hole | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 101 A05 | Themes in Literature | B. Ashrafkhani Limoudehi | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A06 | Themes in Literature | J. Dopp | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A07 | Themes in Literature | E. Miller | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 101 A09 | Themes in Literature | A. Murray | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A10 | Themes in Literature | TBD | 2:30-3:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A01 | Literature in Action | J. Hawkes | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A02 | Literature in Action | S. Wong | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 102 A03 | Literature in Action | R. Pickard | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A04 | Literature in Action | S. Boyarin | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A05 | Literature in Action | A. Mitchell | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 103 A01 | Writing, Culture, Power | G. Quigley | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 103 A02 | Writing, Culture, Power | E. Gerlach | 1:00-2:20 MR (ONL) |
200 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Times |
| ENSH 200 A01 | Foundations of Writing Literary Criticism | S. Wong | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 200 A02 | Foundations of Writing Literary Criticism | M.E. Leighton | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 200 A03 | Foundations of Writing Literary Criticism | M.E. Leighton | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| 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 210 | How Poetry Works | N. Bradley | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 211 | How Fiction Works | L. Chalykoff | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 230 | Banned Books | M. Nowlin | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 240 | Introduction to a Major Author: Taylor Swift | S. Ross | 2:30-3:20 TWF |
| ENSH 253 | Canadian Literature | J. Dopp | 1:30-3:20 TWF |
| ENSH 254 | American Literature | T. Personn | 2:30-3:50 MR |
300 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 301 | Practical Criticism (Honours seminar) | N. Bradley | 12:30-3:20 T |
| ENSH 302 A01 | Copy Editing | R. Halliday | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 302 A02/A03 | Copy Editing | R. Halliday | Online, asynchronous |
| ENSH 304 A01/A02 | Writing for the Government and Private Sector | R. Pickard | Online, asynchronous |
| ENSH 307 | Effective Communication in Health Professions | E. Yazganoglu | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 308 | Speech Communication for Public and Private Sectors | R. Halliday | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 314 | Young Adult Literature | E. Kelly | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 321 | Special Topics in Authors on Screen: Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry | TBD | 4:00-5:20 MR |
| ENSH 323A | Heavy Metal and Religion | S. Boyarin | 2:30-4:20 T, 2:30-3:20 F |
| ENSH 324 | Comics and Graphic Novels | S. Rabillard | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 326 | American Film Narrative | L. Shlensky | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 328 | Global Film Movements | L. Shlensky | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 341 | Jokes, Metaphor, Narrative | R. van Oort | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 342 | Love and Nature, Nature and Love | E. Miller | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 342N | Nietzsche in Fiction | M. Pollard | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 347P | Petrarch's Poetry | J. Grossi | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 348 | Medieval Children's Literature | A. Mitchell | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 355 | Milton | G. Kuchar | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 369 | 20th-Century Poetry in Britain and Ireland | M. Kay | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 380 | Margaret Atwood | M. Dean | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 386 | Fiction in the U.S. | C. Douglas | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 396 | Indigenous Storytelling | R. Van Camp & S. Ross | 4:00-5:50 W (Online) |
400 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 481 A01 | Serpents of Division in Medieval Literature | J. Grossi | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 481 A02 | Marriage and the Family in Renaissance Literature | E. Ellerbeck | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 486 | The Holocaust in Literature | C. Schallie | 2:30-5:20 W |
Spring 2027
Subject to revisions
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 | T. Hole | 9:30-10:50 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A03 | Themes in Literature | E. Miller | 10:00-11:30 MR |
| ENSH 101 A04 | Themes in Literature | R. van Oort | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A05 | Themes in Literature | B. Ashrafkhani Limoudehi | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A06 | Themes in Literature | K. Blank | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 101 A07 | Themes in Literature | TBD | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 101 A08 | Themes in Literature | C. Spada | 2:30-3:20 TWF (ONL) |
| ENSH 101 A09 | Themes in Literature | C. Spada | 3:30-4:20 TWF (ONL) |
| ENSH 101 A10 | Themes in Literature | A. Chau | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 102 A01 | Literature in Action | S. Henry | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 102 A02 | Literature in Action | TBD | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 102 A03 | Literature in Action | C. Spada | 10:30-11:20 TWF (ONL) |
| ENSH 102 A04 | Literature in Action | C. Spada | 11:30-12:20 TWF (ONL) |
| ENSH 102 A05 | Literature in Action | R. Pickard | 12:30-12:50 TWF |
| ENSH 103 | Writing, Culture, Power | G. Quigley | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 105 | Literature of Mental Health | R. Gagan | 8:30-9:50 MR |
200 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 200 A01 | Introduction to Writing Literary Criticism | TBD | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 200 A02 | Introduction to Writing Literary Criticism | R. Gagan | 11:30-1:00 MR |
| ENSH 200 A03 | Introduction to Writing Literary Criticism | M. Leighton | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 202 A01 | Technical Communications, Written and Verbal | J. Hawkes | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 202 A02 | Technical Communications, Written and Verbal | J. Hawkes | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 222 | Erotic Literature | S. Ross | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 224 | Literary Modernism | M. Kay | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 230 | Special Topics | R. van Oort | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 231 | Literature and Psychology | R. Gagan | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 233 | The Bible as Literature | C. Douglas | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 255 | Indigenous Literatures | TBD | 4:00-7:00 T |
300 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 301 | Practical Criticism (Honours Seminar) | N. Bradley | 12:30-3:20 T |
| ENSH 302 A01/A02 | Copy Editing | R. Halliday | ONL, ASYNCH |
| ENSH 303 A01 | Writing for Business and the Private Sector | J. Hawkes | ONL, ASYNCH |
| ENSH 303 A02 | Writing for Business and the Private Sector | R. Pickard | ONL, ASYNCH |
| ENSH 305 | Visual Rhetoric for Professional Writers | S. Last | 4:00-5:20 MR |
| ENSH 309 | Fashion Communication | R. Halliday | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
| ENSH 310 | Speculative Fiction | S. Boyarin | 2:30-3:20 TWF |
| ENSH 311 | Crime and Detective Fiction | S. Rabillard | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 312 | Horror | S. Wong | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 313 | Children's Literature | L. Surridge | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 322 | Shakespeare on Screen | E. Ellerbeck | 11:30-12:50 MR |
| ENSH 327 | Cinema and Narrative Worlds | L. Shlensky | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 330 | Literature and the Bible | C. Douglas | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 334A | Adultery in the Novel | M. Nowlin | 12:30-1:20 TWF |
| ENSH 335 | Literature and Human Rights | G. Quigley | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 340K | Franz Kafka | M. Pollard | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 342 A01 | Special Topics in a Genre, Movement or Theme | A. Mitchell | 10:00-11:20 MR |
| ENSH 342 A02 | Special Topics: Scottish Lit & Environmental Imagination | B. Ashrafkhani Limoudehi | 2:30-3:20 TWF |
| ENSH 342V | A Cultural History of Vampire in Literature and Film | A. Murray | 4:30-7:20 M |
| ENSH 354 | Shakespeare's Comedies and Romances | G. Kuchar | 11:30-12:20 TWF |
| ENSH 365 | Romantic Period Poetry | K. Blank | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 383 | Poetry in the United States | L. Carson | 10:30-11:20 TWF |
400 Level Courses
| Course | Title | Instructor | Time |
| ENSH 403 | Digital Communication and Social Media | R. Halliday | 1:30-2:20 TWF |
| ENSH 406 | Strategic Communication in Arts, Culture and Tourism Sectors | R. Pickard | 9:30-10:20 TWF |
| ENSH 480 | Special Topics in Advanced Theories and Methods | J. Jenstad | 2:30-3:50 MR |
| ENSH 481 | Advanced Special Topics Seminar | S. Wong | 1:00-2:20 MR |
| ENSH 482 |
Community-Engaged Learning and Public Humanities
|
M. Leighton | 11:30-12:50 MR |
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. See the 2026/27 grad courses here.