Number and Title of Course: English 215, Popular Fiction

 

Length of Course:  One semester (Fourteen weeks)

 

Classroom Hours Per Week:  Four classroom hours per week (a mixture of lecture and seminar)

 

Number of Credit Units:  Three credits

 

Prerequisite: Six first year English credits with at least one of 108, 110, 121 or 131 with a grade of C or better

 

Description of Course:  English 215 is a study of popular prose fiction from the 19^th and 20^th centuries with a focus in any given semester on a specific genre to be determined by the instructor.  Possible genres for consideration are gothic, historical, speculative, science fiction and other popular forms of fiction.

 

Written Assignments: Students will complete two short in-class essays (of about 600 words) and one longer take-home essay (of about 1500 words)

 

 

Textbooks:  To be determined by instructor

 

Transferability:  UBC English 227, SFU English 105, UVic English 201

 

Steve Barnes , B.Sc. (Alberta), M.A. (British Columbia)
Zeferino Cabrita, B.A., B.F.A., M.A. (British Columbia)
Dilek Cansin, B.A. (Macalester College), M.A. (British Columbia)
Debra Clarke, B.Sc., M.A., TESL Cert (British Columbia)
Leah Kaser, B.A. (British Columbia), M.Ed. (Lesley College)
Angela Lavery, B.A., B.Ed., (Toronto), M.A. (British Columbia)
Nicola Maher, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Sussex)
Leslie Mercer, B.A.(British Columbia), M.A. (University College Dublin)
Denis Roberts, B.A., P.D.P., M.A. (Simon Fraser)
Jim Smith, B.Ed., M.Ed. (British Columbia), M.A.(Simon Fraser)
Gary Swanson, B.A. (Simon Fraser), M.A. (British Columbia)