4 programs, side by side

Full	Waterloo Honours Arts (Regular/Co-op) OUAC WA ☆ Add to planRemove	Algoma Law and Justice (BA 4 year) OUAC JBE ☆ Add to planRemove	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Guelph Bachelor of Arts (BA) General (Area of Concentration) OUAC GKG ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	77–80%“High 70s”	65%“65%+”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	75–80%“75 to 80%”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4UMHF4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)	ENG4U 5 other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses	ENG4U 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.	ENG4U 5 additional 4U/M courses Prerequisites for Economics and Mathematical Economics include: ENG4U MHF4U +1 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	402	—	—	—
What you study	AnthropologyArchaeologyClassical Greek StudiesClassical Studies	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	AnthropologyCinematics & PhotographyClassical StudiesCreative Writing
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 four-year degree teaches you law and criminology through a liberal arts lens rather than training you to become a lawyer. You study legal systems, criminal justice, court processes, and social issues connected to crime and punishment, but you do not complete the professional courses required for law school or law practice. It suits people interested in how laws work and why crime happens, who want a broad university education rather than a narrow pathway to a specific legal profession.	Critical Criminology examines why crimes happen and how criminal justice systems work, focusing on how power, inequality, and social structures shape both crime and punishment. Unlike traditional criminology, which mainly studies criminal behaviour itself, this program questions whether laws and enforcement are fair and who benefits from the current system. It suits students interested in understanding crime as a social problem rather than just studying offenders.	A BA General with an Area of Concentration lets you study one subject in depth — say English Studies or Economics — while taking electives across other humanities and social sciences. Unlike a specialized honours program, this approach gives you flexibility to explore multiple fields without committing fully to a single discipline. It suits students who have a clear interest in one area but want room to discover related subjects and keep career options open.
The door tomajors you reach through it	communicationscriminologyeconomicsenglishhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical science	criminology	criminology	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	University of Guelph on OUInfo

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