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	McMaster Humanities I OUAC MH Remove	Brock Modern Languages: French Studies; Hispanic & Latin American Studies; Italian Studies OUAC BLA Remove	York (Glendon) Professional Translation (BA, iBA) OUAC YGL Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	80–83%“Anticipated admission average of low-80s”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	73–80%“Mid to high 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U FRA4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of EAE4U, FEF4U, FIF4U, FSF4U
Prerequisitesas published	English 4U *Completion of Biology 4U is recommended for students who are interested in pursuing the Cognitive Science of Language program in Level II.	ENG4U Students applying to Modern Languages (BLA) will choose to pursue a degree in: French Studies (BA) Hispanic & Latin American Studies (BA) Italian Studies (BA) +2 more on the program page	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U (FRA4U for Francophone applicants) FIF4U or FEF4U or FSF4U (EAE4U for Francophone applicants) 4 additional +7 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA
First-year intakewhere published	480	—	—
What you study	African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical Studies Comparative Literary Studies	French StudiesItalian StudiesLatin Studies	Business Studies Cinematics & Photography Comparative Literary Studies Computer Games
What it is	Humanities I is your first year of study in the liberal arts, where you explore human culture, language, history, and society through subjects like English, history, drama, and linguistics. You take a range of courses across these fields to discover what interests you before specializing in a particular discipline in later years. This suits students who are curious about how people think, communicate, and organize themselves, but aren't yet certain which humanities subject to focus on.	You study one modern language in depth — French, Spanish and Latin American culture, or Italian — alongside English literature and related humanities. Each stream lets you focus on the language itself, its literature, and the history and culture of regions where it's spoken. This suits you if you want genuine fluency in a second language combined with understanding of its cultural context, rather than a broad survey of multiple languages.	Professional Translation is a program where you study how to translate texts, documents, and media between English and French at an advanced level. Unlike a general language degree, it focuses specifically on translation skills and techniques across different fields like business, law, media, and literature. It suits people who are fluent in both English and French and want to turn that skill into a career.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communications english history languages philosophy	languages	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	13 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	McMaster University on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	York University — Glendon on OUInfo

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