TO:STUDENTS APPLYING FOR THIRD-YEAR HONOURS

1.Please complete the enclosed application and return it to the Honours Desk at the Department of English, #3971873 East Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1.

2.The English Honours Program accepts applications for second year (210 and 211) and for third year. All applicants should submit the following: an application form; a writing sample from a literature course; a letter of recommendation, a short letter explaining their choice of this Program and their expectations from it, and a transcript.

Students not currently registered at UBC must apply for admission to the University. Applicants registering at UBC for the first time should also provide a transcript of their university or college work to date.

The Honours Committee will allocate spaces to new applicants in early May. We have room for some latecomers but recommend that applications be received in the English Department no later than April 30.

3.In early June, the Honours Committee sends a letter to all students informing them of the results of their application. Successful applicants should then make an appointment with an Honours advisor (see below) to plan their courses for the upcoming year.

4.If you have any particular queries concerning the Honours Program, please contact:

Dr. Elizabeth Hodgson, Honours Chair BuTo 505

Dr. Marlene Briggs BuTo418 822-4088

Dr. Ian Hll BuTo524 822-4091

Dr. Nicholas Hudson BuTo 618

Dr. Judith Paltin BuTo623

Dr. Michael Zeitlin BuTo507 822-4018

Donna Shanley, Program Assistant BuTo397

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

AIMS OF THE HONOURS PROGRAMME

To provide an earlier and more concentrated attention to the study of English literature than is usual in the Majors programme for students who show both a special interest in and aptitude for this study, and to create a community of such students.

To provide more opportunities for independent study, for tutorial teaching, and for seminar work for such students.

To ensure that such students make a preliminary study of the writers who have decisively influenced the tradition of English literature, and that the students begin to have some coherent view of the tradition.

To develop more intensively the student's skill in reading, writing, and criticism. To offer some preparation, by way of an elementary introduction to scholarly procedures, for advanced work in literary study.

To ensure that all Honours students have made some systematic study of the English language.

PREREQUISITES: An overall high second-class standing in the 2nd year and a first or a high second class standing in English.

For further information, see the English Courses Offered webpage located at the UBC Department of English website: or speak to the Chair, Dr. Elizabeth Hodgson, or any member of the Honours Committee.

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THIRD YEAR IN ENGLISH HONOURS

Name of Student

Student Number

Address

E-mail address:______

Telephone

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Application
Letter of Intent
Writing Sample
Letter of Recommendation
Transcript
Accepted
Rejected

Comments:

RECOMMENDATION FORM FOR SECOND AND THIRD YEAR IN HONOURS

NAME OF STUDENT

(Please feel free to address these issues in a letter of reference rather than on this form.)

1.ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE AND POTENTIAL:

(It will help the committee if you would consider the student's performance in detail, also noting such items as range of reading, and direction of interests.)

(a) General literary and critical ability:

(b) Ability to express ideas in writing:

(c) Ability to communicate ideas in discussion:

2.OTHER STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:

(Please consider personal qualities, motivation, and aptitude for a programme of this kind; an honest assessment of the candidate's limitations will be helpful in this context.)

Date:

Instructor's Signature

[17 July 2017]