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	Trent (Durham) Honours Arts OUAC ROY Remove	Nipissing Concurrent Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education Primary/Junior OUAC PE Remove	Laurier (Waterloo) Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) OUAC UZ Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%“70% minimum”	70%	73–77%“Mid-70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	Minimum 70% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60%	In addition to the requirements for the following majors, all applicants to Concurrent Education must have a minimum 70% in ENG4U/EAE4U and 60% in 3U, 3M or 4U math. Computer Science and Mathematics majors: ENG4U/EAE4U MCV4U One 4U Math +2 more on the program page	English at 60%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	200	—	—
What you study	Aboriginal Studies Agriculture Anthropology Business Studies	Aboriginal Studies Computer Science Education Studies English Studies	Anthropology Archaeology Classical Studies Comparative Literary Studies
What it is	An Honours Arts degree lets you study humanities and social sciences in depth, choosing from subjects like history, English, anthropology, environmental studies, and others. Unlike a general arts degree, an honours program requires more advanced courses in your chosen major and typically demands higher academic performance. This program suits students who want to explore ideas across cultures, societies, and texts, and who are willing to commit to deeper study in at least one subject area.	You study an arts subject like English, history, or mathematics alongside teacher training designed for elementary and early middle school classrooms. You complete both a bachelor's degree and teaching credentials in four years instead of five, combining academic courses with education theory and practice teaching. This suits students certain they want to teach their subject to younger students and want to finish their degree and teaching qualification together.	An Honours BA lets you specialize in one or more subjects from the humanities, sciences, and social sciences while building a broad education across different fields. You choose your major — such as English, Anthropology, Computer Science, or Creative Writing — and take courses in that area alongside electives that let you explore other disciplines. This program suits people who want depth in a subject they care about but also value exposure to different ways of thinking and fields of knowledge.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	education	communications english history languages philosophy political science sociology
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	None published by average	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	11 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Trent University — Durham GTA on OUInfo	Nipissing University on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo on OUInfo

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