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�Ӱ�ԭ��’s English department offers students a diverse and vibrant array of courses, opportunities for community engagement and experiential learning, a lively community of peers, and program elements designed to help students discern how best to deploy their English degrees in their search for employment or in further studies.

Our program is distinctive because of the following components:

• the combination of a broad variety of courses and faculty-research areas with small class sizes that promote individual professor-student interaction and the development of closely knit communities (our required courses usually have 40-60 students, while our first- and fourth-year seminars run with 15-25 students)
• well-paid co-op placements that make the most of Ottawa’s diverse employment sectors (government, not-for-profit, technology, corporate) and help English majors identify multiple areas of employment in which their degree skills are valued and sought after
• our “Degree to Career” course provides students with clarity about potential career paths and equips them to leverage their English degrees in a wide range of rewarding and fulfilling professions
• the ability to pursue interests in Creative Writing within the larger English degree
• a learning environment that prioritizes engagement with the transnational, multilingual, and historical traditions of literary production in English as part of the development of skills in critical analysis and written-and-oral communication skills

On the strength of their degrees and the mentorship they have received in our department, our graduates have pursued successful careers as teachers, have continued their studies at prestigious institutions and distinguished professional schools (frequently on scholarships), or launched meaningful and well-paid careers as professional writers, consultants, artists, civil servants, or entrepreneurs. Prospective students interested in our program can see the profiles of these alumni on our Student Testimonials���貹����.

The English Department is particularly proud of its intense commitments to communities inside the department and beyond it. Not only have students themselves formed extracurricular writing circles and book clubs, but our professors, too, serve as members on the board of the , provide teach-ins on matters such as anti-racist pedagogy, and liaise with  professionals from Ottawa’s vibrant creative-writing communities who often visit classrooms as guest lecturers or teach experiential-learning workshops in Creative Writing. The department also offers a course dedicated to helping students transition from degree to career and has developed new course offerings in popular genres such as graphic novels and weird fiction. The department has also been actively involved in the design of courses and class modules that make use of the experiential-learning opportunities afforded by .

Learn more about our Graduate Programs and our Undergraduate Programs!