do higher ed schols in the UK have "English" Departments?

[Sparky812]

@Hypnagogic_Jerk

Well, I’ve checked the University of Ottawa’s – Canada’s main bilingual university – website, and they have both a Department of English and a Department of French. The Department of English offers courses on Canadian literature, with focus on Canadian literature in English but also studying some French-language works in English translation. (Scroll for example to page 5 of the list of courses (warning: PDF), to ENG 2400: Introduction to Canadian Literature. The Department of French also offers courses on Canadian literature, and it appears to focus on Canadian literature in French (see for example FRA 3784: La Littérature canadienne des origines à 1895).

The University of Ottawa, being bilingual, may not be all that representative of Canadian universities. However, the University of Montreal, a French-language university, appears to have a Department of English Studies offering some courses on English Canadian literature, taught in English. The University of Toronto, an English-language university, has a Department of French Studies, and they appear to teach courses on French Canadian literature; it’s not obvious if these courses are in French or English but given that the French as a second language courses are given as prerequisites, it’s probable that they are taught in French.

The University of Montreal and University of Toronto are among Canada’s largest and most respected universities. Maybe it wouldn’t be the same with smaller universities, or universities in Western Canada (which are farther from Quebec).

You seem to have wasted alot of time and effort to come up with this info so I will entertain you. I did attend 2 of the aforementioned universities albeit some time ago and have studied French literature both in French and in English translation while attending a degree program at the Faculty of English.
However, it you read my post, I only suggested that obstensibly these circumstances may arise.
Furthermore, if you attended a post secondary institution you would know that there is a significant amount of overlap or preclusion between faculties.
ie. One course would have English course code and a French course code depending on which faculty you are in but it is the same class.
…I won’t even confuse you with elective courses.

[Hypnagogic_Jerk]

@Sparky812

You seem to have wasted alot of time and effort to come up with this info so I will entertain you.

:dubious: Maybe 20-30 minutes or so. I was curious as well.

I did attend 2 of the aforementioned universities albeit some time ago and have studied French literature both in French and in English translation while attending a degree program at the Faculty of English.

I don’t dispute this. When you studied French literature in French, was it in a course given by the Faculty of English?

Furthermore, if you attended a post secondary institution you would know that there is a significant amount of overlap or preclusion between faculties.
ie. One course would have English course code and a French course code depending on which faculty you are in but it is the same class.

At my alma mater, the University of Ottawa, most academic units give courses in English and in French. They are the same and their course code differs by one digit. But this isn’t the case with the departments of English literature and French literature, whose course offerings are independent of each other.

I’ve also seen courses with two codes from two different departments, psychology and sociology for example. What this means is that it’s really a single class, taught by a single teacher, but with two names. And yes, there are sometimes separate courses teaching similar material (for example, the symbolic logic courses in the Department of mathematics and Department of philosophy).

I’m not sure what it is that you’re describing, though.

…I won’t even confuse you with elective courses.

What do you mean?