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McMaster

Humanities I

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Published rangetheir exact wording80–83%Anticipated admission average of low-80s80–82%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row belowENG4UENG4U
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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.
  • English (ENG4U)
  • 5 best 4U/M courses
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More than marks?supplementary applicationMarks onlyMarks only
Co-opNoNo
Degree
First-year intakewhere published48020
What you studyAfrican StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical Greek StudiesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies
What it isHumanities 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 journalism alongside humanities subjects like history, philosophy, classical studies, and literature. This combines newsroom skills and reporting practice with deep reading and critical thinking across human culture and ideas, rather than journalism alone. It suits people who want to write and investigate for publication but also care about understanding context, meaning, and the bigger picture behind the stories.
The door tomajors you reach through itcommunicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophyApplied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
SourceMcMaster University on OUInfoCarleton University on OUInfo

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