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Rows marked with a dot are where these differ. Everything is each university’s own published wording; the “your average” row is yours, calculated the way each program does it.
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| Published rangetheir exact wording | 73–80%“Mid to high 70s” | 65%“65%+” | 80–83%“Anticipated admission average of low-80s” | 70–75%“70-75%” |
| Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below | ENG4U | ENG4U | ENG4U | ENG4U |
| Choose one ofany of these satisfies it | — | — | — | — |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only |
| Co-op | No | No | No | No |
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| First-year intakewhere published | 150 | — | 480 | 70 |
| What you study | Classical StudiesDramaEnglish StudiesFrench Studies | Comparative Literary StudiesEnglish Studies | African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies | English StudiesHistoryHuman GeographyInterdisciplinary Studies |
| What it is | A Humanities program lets you study how humans create meaning through language, culture, history, and ideas. You choose from subjects like English, history, philosophy, drama, and various languages, building a degree around your interests rather than following a single prescribed path. It suits people who want to understand how societies work and express themselves clearly, without committing to a single specialized field from day one. | 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. | 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. | You enter this program without committing to a specific major, taking first-year courses across subjects like English, history, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. This gives you time to explore different areas of arts study before declaring a focus at the end of year one, rather than applying directly to a named program. It suits students who are interested in humanities and social sciences but unsure which direction fits them best. |
| The door tomajors you reach through it | educationenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophy | english | communicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophy | Applied to directly |
| Entrance awardsat this campus, by average | 4 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 90%See them | 7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them | 5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them |
| Source | University of Toronto — Mississauga on OUInfo | Algoma University on OUInfo | McMaster University on OUInfo | Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo |
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