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3 programs, side by side

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Queen's

Arts

OUAC QA

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McMaster

Humanities I

OUAC MH

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Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording83–87%Mid-80s73–77%Mid 70s80–83%Anticipated admission average of low-80s
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row belowENG4UENG4UENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it
Prerequisitesas published
  • ENG4U
  • 5 additional 4U/M courses
  • 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
  • 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 applicationMarks onlyMarks onlyMarks only
Co-opAvailableNoNo
Degree
First-year intakewhere published974480
What you studyAboriginal StudiesClassical Greek StudiesClassical StudiesComparative Literary StudiesFrench StudiesItalian StudiesLatin StudiesAfrican StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies
What it isQueen's Arts offers a broad, self-directed undergraduate degree spanning humanities, social sciences, and languages. You choose your own combination of subjects — from English and economics to classical studies and environmental issues — rather than following a set curriculum. The co-op option lets you alternate study terms with paid work placements in your field of interest, which suits students who want real-world experience alongside their degree and flexibility in how they structure their time.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.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 itcommunicationscriminologyenglishgeographyhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical sciencelanguagescommunicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophy
Entrance awardsat this campus, by averageNone published by average4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
SourceQueen's University on OUInfoBrock University on OUInfoMcMaster University on OUInfo

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