Explore the history of the English Department by clicking the following links.
Highlights:
1962 - First graduating class in English.
1967 - Canadian poet Earle Birney is the Writer in Residence (1967-1968). Click here to read his poem "1984 Minus 17 & Counting at U of Waterloo Ontario."
1968 - First offering of the English MPHIL and the English MA programs.
1960
- Dr. Keith Thomas becomes the first Chairman of the English Department and Acting Dean of Arts
- Number of faculty: 3
- Number of lecturers: 2
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 25
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1961
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1962
- First graduating class in English
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 2
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1963
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 2
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1964
- Chairman of the Department: W.K. Thomas
- Number of faculty: 8
- Number of lecturers: 5
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 2
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's College: 2
- Number of lecturers at Renison College: 1
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 30
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1965
- Dr. Warren Ober becomes Chairman of the Department
- Number of faculty: 10
- Number of faculty on main campus: 8
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 2
- Number of lecturers: 10
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 4
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's College: 5
- Number of lecturers at Renison College: 1
- Number of courses available: 32
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded:
18
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1966
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded:
28
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1967
- Canadian poet Earle Birney is the Writer in Residence (1967-1968). Click here to read his poem "1984 Minus 17 & Counting at U of Waterloo Ontario."
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 36
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1968
- First offering of the English MPHIL program
- First offering of the English MA program
- Number of graduates: 57
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 52
- Number of Master of Philosophy degrees awarded: 1
- Number of Master of Arts degrees awarded: 4
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1969
- Chairman of the Department: W.U. Ober
- Number of faculty: 22
- Number of faculty on main campus: 17
- Number of faculty at St. Jerome's College: 4
- Number of faculty at Renison College: 1
- Number of lecturers: 9
- Number of lecturers at main campus: 6
- Number of lecturers at St. Jerome's College: 3
- Number of undergraduate courses available: 52
- Number of graduate courses available: 43
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