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Full	Nipissing Bachelor of Arts OUAC PA ☆ Add to planRemove	Algoma English (BA 4 year) OUAC JBB ☆ Add to planRemove	Carleton Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Non-Honours (3 years) OUAC CA ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurier (Brantford) Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) OUAC UQ ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%“Min. 70%”	65%“65%+”	75%	73–77%“Mid 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U	ENG4USBI4USCH4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Computer Science or Mathematics majors: ENG4U/EAE4U MCV4U One 4U Math All other majors: +5 more on the program page	ENG4U 5 other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses	Programs: African Studies, Anthropology, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Art History, Biology ,* Childhood and Youth Studies, English, Environmental and Climate Change Studies, European and Russian Studies, Film Studies, French, Geography, Geomatics, Greek and Roman Studies, History, History and Theory of Architecture, Human Rights and Social Justice, Indigenous Studies, Law, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. You can also apply to the BA Undeclared for first year, or our new 15-credit online program in General Studies. +4 more on the program page	English at 60%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—	—
What you study	Aboriginal StudiesComputer ScienceEnglish StudiesEnvironmental Studies	Comparative Literary StudiesEnglish Studies	Aboriginal StudiesAfrican StudiesAnthropologyClassical Studies	AnthropologyArchaeologyClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies
What it is	A Bachelor of Arts is a three-year undergraduate degree where you study humanities and social sciences rather than sciences or professional fields. You choose a major from subjects like English, history, philosophy, or geography, and take electives across the range offered. It suits students who want broad knowledge in how people, societies, and ideas work, without committing to a specific career path at the start.	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.	A three-year Bachelor of Arts lets you choose from humanities and social science subjects like history, English, anthropology, geography, and environmental studies. Unlike an honours degree, you complete fewer credits overall and have more flexibility to explore different fields or combine subjects without specializing deeply in one. This suits students who want a broad liberal arts education or who are still deciding what to focus on.	A Bachelor of Arts is a three- or four-year undergraduate degree where you study subjects in the humanities, social sciences, or sciences — at Laurier Brantford, that means choices like English, anthropology, computer science, creative writing, or environmental studies. You can focus on one major or combine two. This program suits students who want broad knowledge across disciplines and enjoy writing, analysis, and critical thinking rather than hands-on lab or professional training.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communicationseconomicsenglishgeographyhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical science	english	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	5 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Nipissing University on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Brantford on OUInfo

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