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Full	Waterloo Honours Arts (Regular/Co-op) OUAC WA Remove	Brock Economics OUAC BEC Remove	Carleton Economics OUAC CBE Remove	St. Jerome's Arts, Honours (BA): St. Jerome's University OUAC WJA Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	77–80%“High 70s”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	75%	80–83%“Low 80s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6	ENG4U MDM4U	ENG4U MCV4U MHF4U	ENG4U MCV4U MHF4U	ENG4U MCV4U MDM4U
Prerequisitesas published	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)	ENG4U MHF4U (min. 65%) or MCV4U (min. 65%) Alternative Offers You will receive an offer of admission to only 1 program. Your highest listed choice is considered first when you indicate more than 1 Brock program on your application. If you are not eligible for your first choice, your subsequent choices will be considered in your indicated order of preference. In most cases: If you apply to only 1 Brock program but do not qualify, you will be considered for an alternative or related program. If you apply but are not admitted to a co-op program, you will automatically be considered for the regular, non-co-op program.	English (ENG4U) Advanced Functions (MHF4U)* 4 best 4U/M courses Calculus (MCV4U) recommended. *Students without Advanced Functions (MHF4U) may be admitted conditionally and must complete ECON 0005 in the first term of study. +3 more on the program page	Any 4U English (a final grade of at least 70% is required) 5 additional 4U/M courses For Anthropology; Economics; Political Science; Psychology; Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies; Social Development Studies; or Sociology: Data Management or any 4U, Mathematics is recommended but not required. For Economics: Calculus and Vectors is strongly recommended. IB and AP Requirements IB Admission Information +7 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	Available	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	402	—	150	—
What you study	Anthropology Archaeology Classical Greek Studies Classical Studies	—	Environmental Studies Finance International Development Mathematics	Anthropology Business Studies Classical Studies Comparative Literary Studies
What it is	An Honours Arts degree lets you study humanities and social sciences — literature, history, languages, creative writing, drama, economics, or anthropology — with flexibility to combine subjects. The co-op option alternates your studies with paid work terms in related fields, giving you real workplace experience alongside your degree. This suits people who want a liberal arts education but also want to test out careers and build a professional network while studying.	Economics is the study of how people, businesses, and governments make choices about money, resources, and trade. This program includes a co-op component, meaning you alternate between classroom terms and paid work terms at organizations, giving you real workplace experience alongside your degree. It suits students who want to understand how economies work and prefer learning through a mix of theory and hands-on practice.	Economics is the study of how people and societies make choices about money, resources, and trade. At Carleton, you can focus your learning on areas like environmental issues, global development, finance, or politics alongside core economic theory and mathematics. The program includes a co-op option, letting you work in relevant jobs between study terms to build practical experience.	An Honours BA in Arts lets you study humanities and social sciences subjects like English, anthropology, economics, drama, and creative writing over four years. You choose your own combination of courses rather than following a single fixed major, giving you flexibility to explore multiple disciplines. This program suits students curious about human culture, expression, and society who want broad knowledge across several fields before deciding on a specialization.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communications criminology economics english history languages philosophy political science	economics	economics	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	2 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	St. Jerome's University on OUInfo

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