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Full	Guelph Bachelor of Arts (BA) Honours (co-op option) OUAC GK ☆ Add to planRemove	Algoma English (BA 4 year) OUAC JBB ☆ Add to planRemove	BU Brock English Language and Literature OUAC BEN ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurier (Waterloo) Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) OUAC UZ ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	75–80%“75 - 80% for all majors”	65%“65%+”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	73–77%“Mid-70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4UMHF4U	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U 5 additional U/M courses Prerequisites for Economics and Mathematical Economics include: ENG4U MHF4U +1 more on the program page	ENG4U 5 other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses	ENG4U Alternative Offers You will receive an offer of admission to only 1 program. Your highest listed choice is considered first when you indicate more than 1 Brock program on your application. If you are not eligible for your first choice, your subsequent choices will be considered in your indicated order of preference. In most cases: If you apply to only 1 Brock program but do not qualify, you will be considered for an alternative or related program. If you apply but are not admitted to a co-op program, you will automatically be considered for the regular, non-co-op program.	English at 60%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—	—
What you study	AnthropologyCinematics & PhotographyClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies	Comparative Literary StudiesEnglish Studies	Ancient Middle Eastern LanguagesComparative Literary StudiesEnglish Studies	AnthropologyArchaeologyClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies
What it is	A BA Honours at Guelph lets you specialize in one of nine humanities and social science subjects — from English to Economics to Fine Art — while completing a standard four-year degree. The co-op option integrates paid work terms into your studies, letting you gain professional experience in your field alongside classroom learning. This suits students who want depth in a particular subject and prefer learning through both study and real-world application.	A four-year Bachelor of Arts in English is a program where you study literature, writing, and language through close reading of texts from different periods, cultures, and genres. You'll analyze how stories, poems, and essays work and what they mean, rather than learning creative writing as your main focus. This suits people who enjoy thinking critically about books and ideas, and who want depth in a humanities subject.	You study English literature and language alongside comparative texts from other cultures and ancient languages. Unlike a straight English program, this one builds in cross-cultural perspectives, so you're reading works in translation and examining how stories and ideas travel across languages and time periods. It suits people who like close reading, cultural depth, and aren't intimidated by unfamiliar texts.	An Honours BA lets you specialize in one or more subjects from the humanities, sciences, and social sciences while building a broad education across different fields. You choose your major — such as English, Anthropology, Computer Science, or Creative Writing — and take courses in that area alongside electives that let you explore other disciplines. This program suits people who want depth in a subject they care about but also value exposure to different ways of thinking and fields of knowledge.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communicationseconomicsenglishgeographyhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical science	english	english	communicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical sciencesociology
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	11 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Guelph on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo on OUInfo

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