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

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 TBA 11:30-12:50 MR
ENSH 101 A07 Themes in Literature TBA 11:30-12:20 TWF
ENSH 101 A08 Themes in Literature TBA 1:00-2:20 MR
ENSH 101 A09 Themes in Literature TBA 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 TBA 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 1:00-2:20 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 MF
ENSH 307 Effective Communication in Health Professions TBA 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 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 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 Special Topics in a Genre, Movement, or Theme E. Miller 10:00-11:20 MR
ENSH 342 A02 Special Topics in a Genre, Movement, or Theme 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 395 Topics in Indigneous Literatures After 1900  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

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Fall 2025 Course Descriptions

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 Spring 2026 Course Descriptions

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 Graduate/Capstone Courses

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.

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