4 programs, side by side
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 | 77–80%“High 70s” | 75% | 80–83%“Anticipated admission average of low-80s” | 77–87%“High 70s to mid-80s” |
| Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below | ENG4U | ENG4U | ENG4U | No course codes parsed — see prerequisites |
| Choose one ofany of these satisfies it | — | — | — | — |
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| More than marks?supplementary application | Marks only | Marks only | Marks only | Yes
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| Co-op | Available | Available | No | No |
| Degree | — | — | — | — |
| First-year intakewhere published | 402 | — | 480 | — |
| What you study | AnthropologyArchaeologyClassical Greek StudiesClassical Studies | African StudiesAnthropologyComparative Literary StudiesEconomics | African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesClassical StudiesComparative Literary Studies | African StudiesAncient Middle Eastern LanguagesAnthropologyAsian 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. | This program lets you study how societies, economies, and cultures interact across borders, drawing from fields like history, anthropology, economics, and international development. You'll examine global issues through multiple lenses rather than specializing in one discipline. It suits students curious about world affairs and international problems who want flexibility to explore different approaches before deciding on a deeper focus. | 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 study a subject like economics, anthropology, or Chinese alongside teacher training, so you earn both a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor's degree in your chosen field. Unlike a regular education degree, this concurrent program embeds your subject expertise from day one rather than adding it separately. It suits people who know they want to teach and have a clear subject they're passionate about. |
| The door tomajors you reach through it | communicationscriminologyeconomicsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical science | Applied to directly | communicationsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophy | education |
| Entrance awardsat this campus, by average | 4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them | 16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 5 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 75%See them | 29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them |
| Source | University of Waterloo on OUInfo | Carleton University on OUInfo | McMaster University on OUInfo | York University on OUInfo |
Also compare with
Same subject area and a similar published range, at a campus you have not got in the table yet.
- Honours Arts and Business (Regular/Co-op)77–80%+
- Arts Degree (BA) + Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Co-op80–83%+
- Arts, Honours (BA): St. Jerome's University80–83%+
- Honours Arts and Business (Regular/Co-op)80–83%+
- Social Sciences & Humanities (regular and co-op)73–80%+
- Arts and Humanities80–83%+
Ranges are what each university publishes, not guaranteed cutoffs, and limited-enrolment programs often admit above them. Confirm anything you are about to act on with the university; each column links to its source.