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	Windsor Political Science (with Co-op) OUAC NAB Remove	Carleton Global and International Studies OUAC CGI Remove	McMaster Humanities I OUAC MH Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	80%“80% minimum average”	75%	80–83%“Anticipated admission average of low-80s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Political Science with Co-op 80% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum average of 70% Alternative Offers To give students options, we often provide Alternate Offers of Admission when students don't yet qualify for their preferred program choices. Rest assured that we will continue to assess all applications to all program choices as we receive new information (i.e., mid-term grades from 2nd semester, night school and virtual course grades) and as space permits.	English (ENG4U) 5 best 4U/M courses Alternative Offers Find more information about alternative offers .	English 4U *Completion of Biology 4U is recommended for students who are interested in pursuing the Cognitive Science of Language program in Level II.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	480
What you study	Politics Social Policy	African Studies Anthropology Comparative Literary Studies Economics	African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical Studies Comparative Literary Studies
What it is	You study how governments work, political systems, and social policies that affect people's lives. The co-op requirement means you'll spend alternating school and work terms at organizations involved in politics, policy, or public affairs, giving you real-world experience alongside your coursework. This suits people who want to understand politics deeply and test whether a career in government, advocacy, or policy work fits them.	This program lets you study how societies, economies, and cultures interact across borders, drawing from fields like history, anthropology, economics, and international development. You'll examine global issues through multiple lenses rather than specializing in one discipline. It suits students curious about world affairs and international problems who want flexibility to explore different approaches before deciding on a deeper focus.	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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communications english history languages philosophy
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	None published by average	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Windsor on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	McMaster University on OUInfo

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