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Economics concerns the wealth of
nations. Economics is the study of how a society organizes its
productive resources, including human resources, in attempting
to reach the various goals of its members. The subject may be
divided into study of the use of resources at any one time, the
balancing of current and future goals, and the distribution of
income among persons. Economics seeks to discern both the
common features and the differences in the institutions by
which societies throughout the world, today and in the past,
have organized economic life. The approach is both descriptive
and analytical; many issues of national and international
policy are considered.
The mission of the Economics
department is to acquaint students with the economic aspects of
modern society, to familiarize students with techniques for the
analysis of contemporary economic problems, and to develop in
students an ability to exercise judgement in evaluating public
policy.
Undergraduate economics is a liberal
arts subject and provides good preparation for careers in law,
education, business, and government.
Faculty
Dale Box, BSc (UBC), BBA, MA (SFU)
Brian H. Coulter, BA (Hons), MA
(Calgary)
Vladimir Dvoracek, BA (Waterloo), MA
(Queen’s), PhD (SFU)
Ian McAskill, BA, MRM (SFU)
Sean Parkinson, BA, MA (Western)
“I don’t see how the study of
language and literature can be separated from the question of
free speech...you’re not free to move unless you’ve
learned to walk, and not free to play the piano unless you
practise. Nobody is capable of free speech unless he knows how
to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to be
learned and worked at.”
— Northrop Frye, The Educated
Imagination
English courses at UCFV are designed
to give you a great deal of practice in writing, reading, and
speaking the language. Writing courses aim to improve your
clarity of thought and expression, and to increase the speed
and accuracy with which you write and understand prose.
Other English courses present
imaginative literature (poetry, fiction, drama) with a
threefold objective: learning to read literature with an eye
sensitive to underlying themes and structures, learning to
analyze literature in genuinely constructive and critical ways,
and learning to write about literature with clarity and
insight.
As part of our mission to offer a
degree that is responsive to our students’ needs, we in
the English department allow students to choose an English
major from one of three options: the more traditional English
major, an English major with a North American concentration,
English major drama concentration, or an English major with a
writing and rhetoric concentration. For those students who
prefer a greater challenge, we also offer an Honours program.
We also offer a minor, an extended minor, and an extended
studies in Arts certificate. Any one of these options may
prepare you for graduate school or a career in teaching.
English at UCFV is also excellent preparation for careers in
journalism, law, publishing and editing, and information
management. Concentrations allow you to work both in English
and other related disciplines.
This section specifies the major,
extended minor, and minor discipline requirements only.
Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins
in this
section.
English major, extended minor, and
minor students, or students planning to enter a teacher
education program, may choose to complete the UCFV Teaching
English as a Second Language (TESL) certificate program
simultaneously with, or upon completion of, their major or
minor. See the
TESL section for additional information on this option.
Major, English Literature
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• Six credits from English 105;
120, 130, 150, 170
• 12 credits from ENGL 201-280
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
• Eight credits from English 301,
304-318
• Eight credits from English
323-361
• 16 credits from English
301-490
* A senior Literature in
Translation course may be substituted for one course in this
series.
Students completing the upper-level
credits in this program will have both depth and breadth in
their study of English literature. For students considering
graduate work in English, we recommend at least one senior
course from as many of the following categories as possible:
Chaucer or Medieval Studies; Tudor Poetry and Prose,
Shakespeare, or Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Seventeenth or
Eighteenth Century; Romantics, Victorian Novel, or Victorian
Poetry; Modern British Literature or Modernism; Canadian
Literature; American Literature; Literary Theory, History of
Criticism, or Advanced Composition.
Major, North American
concentration
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• Six credits from ENGL 105,
120, 130, 150, 170
• 12 credits from second-year
English courses:
• English 240
• Nine credits from ENGL
201-280
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
• Eight credits from English
301, 304–318
• Eight credits from English
354, 356, 358, 360, 361, 362, 372
• Eight credits from English
344, 348, 349, 350, 352
• Eight credits from English
301-490
Note: FREN 360 (French
Canadian/Quebecois Literature in Translation) may be
substituted for one of the courses in the 301-490 series.
Students should consult the English Department Student Handbook
for a list of recommended courses in other Arts disciplines to
augment the breadth of the North American Literature
Concentration.
Major, Drama concentration
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• Six credits from ENGL 105,
120, 130, 150, 170, THEA 101
• Nine credits from ENGL
201-280
• Three credits, ENGL 230,
THEA 201, THEA 202
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
• Eight credits from ENGL
301, 304-318
• 12 credits from ENGL 310,
312, 361, 368, THEA 352, 359, 370, 453
• 12 credits from ENGL
301-490
Major, Writing and Rhetoric
Concentration
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• Six credits from ENGL 105,
120, 130, 150, 170
• Six credits from ENGL
201-280
• Six credits from ENGL 209,
210, 214
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
• Eight credits from ENGL
301, 304-318
• 16 credits from ENGL 370,
371, 372, 374, 375,376, 379
• Eight credits from ENGL
301-490
Note: Entry is restricted to students
with a GPA of 3.5 or better, calculated on a minimum of 60
credits. The program is recommended for students who intend to
pursue studies at the MA or PhD level. Consult the English
department student handbook for additional information and
advice regarding postgraduate studies in English.
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• Six credits from ENGL 105,
120, 130, 150, 170
• 12 credits from ENGL
201-280
Upper-level requirements: 44 credits
• Eight credits from ENGL
301, 304-318
• Eight credits from ENGL
323-361
• 12 credits from ENGL
301-362
• Four credits from ENGL 364,
366
• Four credits from ENGL 370,
374, 375, 376, 379
• Four credits, ENGL 491
• Four credits, ENGL 492
Note: Honours English requires 132
credits, a minimum of 62 of which must be in the English
program.
Other requirements:
GPA requirements
A GPA of 3.5 or higher must be
maintained until completion of the program.
Course requirements
In addition to the requirements for
the English major, candidates must complete an additional 12
credits. Of the upper-division credits (44 total) the courses
must include:
1. English
364 [4 credits] (History and Principles of Literary Criticism)
or English 366
[4 credits] (Studies in Critical Approaches to Literature)
2. English
370 [4 credits] (The History of the English Language) or
English 375 [4
credits] (Rhetoric: Composition Theory) or English 376 [4 credits] (Rhetoric: An Historical Survey)
3.
English 491[4 credits] (Honours Directed Reading) and English
492 [4 credits]
(Honours Essay)
Language requirement
Students must demonstrate proficiency
in another language. This may be demonstrated by completing 6
credits of work with a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the department
of modern languages (MOLA) at UCFV or by submitting evidence of
comparable achievement at a recognized post-secondary
institution. The English Honours Committee may, in some cases,
determine proficiency by administering a language proficiency
assessment with the assistance of a qualified specialist in the
language the candidate chooses for evaluation.
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• six credits from ENGL 105,
120, 130, 150, 170
• 12 credits from ENGL
201-280
Upper-level requirements: 16 credits
• four credits from ENGL 301,
304-318
• 12 credits from ENGL
301-379
English minor requirements
Lower-level requirements: 12 credits
• Six credits from ENGL 105,
120, 130, 150, 170
• Six credits from ENGL
201-280
Upper-level requirements: 16 credits
• four credits from ENGL 301,
304-318
• 12 credits from ENGL
301-379
Certificate in Extended Studies
in Arts
The extended studies certificate is
designed for students who have baccalaureate degrees, who wish
to complete the equivalent of a minor, extended minor, major,
or honours in English. For details about entrance requirements and program requirements, please contact the department.
For further information
Email: english@ufv.ca
Faculty
Jim Andersen, BA (UBC), MA (Waterloo),
Department Head
David Allen, BA (Hons), MA (SFU), PhD
(Queen’s), Professional Teaching
certificate (SFU)
Tim Callin, BA, MA (UVic), PhD
(Canterbury)
John Carroll, BA (Hons) Wesleyan U,
College of Letters, MFA (UBC), MA (WWU)
Jocelyn Coates, BA (Hons), MA (Alta),
PhD (Illinois)
Virginia Cooke, BA (Hons) (Oregon), MA
(SFU), PhD (Queen’s)
Susan Fisher, BA, MA, PhD (UBC)
Andrew Gutteridge, BA, MA (SFU)
Tim Haner, BA (SFU), BA (UCFV), MA
(Toronto)
Tim Herron, BA (Western Ontario), MA,
PhD (Queen’s)
Suzanne Klerks, BA (McGill), MA
(Carleton)
Allan McNeill, BA, MA, Prof. Teaching
Cert. (SFU)
John Moffatt, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD
(Queen’s)
Miriam Nichols, BA (Hons), MA (SFU),
PhD (York)
Rhonda Schuller, BS, MA (Iowa State),
MA (USC)
Lisa Storozynsky, BA, MA (Calgary),
PhD (Birmingham)
Hilary Turner, BA (McMaster), MA
(Queen’s), PhD (McMaster)
Staff
Lesley Poh, Departmental Assistant
Note: See the Visual Arts section.
“The cinema is capable of
stirring the spectator as perhaps no other art. But as no other
art, it is also capable of stupefying him.”
— Luis Bunuel
Anything will stupefy you if you
submit to it passively. The academic study of cinema is based
on the idea that if you are going to be stirred you need to
make an active response, and that responding to movies, like
all creative activities, improves with practice.
FILM 110, 120, and FILM 310 are
courses in film studies, not film production. The object is to
discover not how to make movies but how to experience them as
richly as possible by studying theme, technique, theory,
tradition and so on.
Some classroom time will be spent
viewing a selection of short and feature-length films, and some
will be devoted to lectures on and discussions of the films and
supporting textbooks. There will be an opportunity to see each
film twice.
Faculty
Lorette Clement-Smith, BA, MA, PTC
(SFU)
Grace Tsurumaru, Diploma (Emily Carr),
MFA (Concordia)
Website:
www.ufv.ca/mola
French is spoken in 25 countries
around the world by almost 200 million people, and is one of
the official languages of our country. Traditionally, it has
been the language of diplomacy. Because one-third of our
citizens are Francophones, studying French can provide a better
awareness of who we are as a nation. It is also valuable within
the context of the federal government’s language
policies, especially for those who want careers in the public
service, and is a useful tool for travel and enrichment. In
commerce, too, more English Canadians who know French will be
required in the future. We believe that learning French is a
rewarding experience; it is the key to understanding
French-speaking people and their fascinating culture.
Because of varying achievement levels,
students may be requested to take a placement test to indicate
the French course in which they have the best chance of
success.
The Modern Languages department offers
a minor in French. Students who complete a minor in French will
have advanced proficiency in both oral and written French.
At the lower level, considerable
emphasis is placed on teaching students to speak French
correctly, while introducing students to basic second-language
writing skills as well as the wealth of cultures within the
Francophone world. At the upper level, the ability to think
critically and write correctly and convincingly is emphasized,
whilst oral competency is developed further.
Students completing a minor in French
in addition to a major in another program may be eligible for
entrance into teacher training programs such as PDP at SFU or
the Bachelor of Education degree at UBC. They may be eligible
for jobs in the federal civil service in positions requiring
knowledge of both official languages, and in numerous other
fields, including the tourism and hospitality industries.
This section specifies the minor
discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor
of Arts requirements begins in
this section.
Note: A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.33
is required in all courses applicable to the minor for
graduation with a minor in French.
French minor requirements
For students entering UCFV with no
previous knowledge of French:
• FREN 100
For those with up to French 11:
• FREN 101
• FREN 102
For those with French 12 or UCFV's FREN
102:
In addition to the general
requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, students declaring a
minor in French will be required to complete the following:
Lower-level requirements: (12 credits)
• FREN 215 or FREN 230
• FREN 216
• FREN 219
• FREN 225
Upper-level requirements: (20 credits)
• FREN 315
• FREN 319
• FREN 325
• FREN 330
• FREN 345
Certificate in Extended Studies in Arts
The extended studies certificate is
designed for students who have baccalaureate degrees, who wish
to complete the equivalent of a minor in French. For details
about entrance requirements and program requirements, please
contact the department.
Faculty
Nola Accili, BA, MA (SFU)
Alan Cameron, BA (Hons) (Calgary), MA,
PhD (UBC)
Betty-Joan Traverse, BA (UBC),
Licence-ès-Lettres (Paris), MA (Montréal)
Staff
Manuel Figueroa, Educational
Technologist
Hakima Lamari, Lab Assistant
Julie Laursen, BA (UCFV), Department
Assistant
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