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McMaster

Humanities I

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Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording70%80–83%Anticipated admission average of low-80s75%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row belowNo course codes parsed — see prerequisitesENG4UENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it
  • one of ENG4U, FRA4U
Prerequisitesas published
  • ENG4U or FRA4U
  • English 4U
  • *Completion of Biology 4U is recommended for students who are interested in pursuing the Cognitive Science of Language program in Level II.
  • 1 grade 12 English U/M course (ENG 4U)
  • 5 other grade 12 U/M courses
  • A minimum overall average of 75% in the 6 best grade 12 U/M courses
  • Alternative Offers
  • BA Interdisciplinary Studies
More than marks?supplementary applicationMarks onlyMarks onlyMarks only
Co-opNoNoNo
Degree
First-year intakewhere published480
What you studyInterdisciplinary StudiesPhilosophyPoliticsAfrican StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary StudiesAboriginal StudiesEconomicsEducation StudiesEnglish Studies
What it isYou study how people and societies should organize themselves, and what makes choices right or wrong. Ethics and political philosophy blend thinking about moral principles with questions about power, justice, law, and governance. This program suits students who want to understand the foundations of politics and ethics through careful argument and debate rather than through policy work or management training.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.This program trains you to teach junior and intermediate students (roughly grades 4 to 10) by combining a university degree in arts subjects with teacher education coursework. You study one or two arts subjects like English, history, or psychology while also taking education courses that teach you how to plan lessons, manage a classroom, and assess student learning. It suits people who want to teach a specific subject and earn a teaching credential in four years rather than doing a separate degree first.
The door tomajors you reach through itApplied to directlycommunicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophyeducation
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
SourceUniversity of Ottawa on OUInfoMcMaster University on OUInfoLaurentian University on OUInfo

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