4 programs, side by side

Full	York English (BA - Co-op available) OUAC YUA ☆ Add to planRemove	Algoma English (BA 4 year) OUAC JBB ☆ Add to planRemove	BU Brock English Language and Literature OUAC BEN ☆ Add to planRemove	Windsor English OUAC NAW ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid-70s”	65%“65%+”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70%“70% minimum average”
Required coursesforced into your top 6	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Prerequisitesas published	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U 5 additional 4U/M courses Alternative Offers If you are inadmissible to the original degree program you have applied to, you may be +3 more on the program page	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.	70% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	200	—	—	—
What you study	English Studies	Comparative Literary StudiesEnglish Studies	Ancient Middle Eastern LanguagesComparative Literary StudiesEnglish Studies	Comparative Literary StudiesCreative WritingEnglish Studies
What it is	You study English literature, writing, critical analysis, and language in depth, reading texts from different periods and cultures while developing your own writing and analytical skills. The co-op option lets you complete paid work terms with employers during your degree, giving you real workplace experience alongside your studies. This program suits people who want to deepen their engagement with literature and writing while keeping career options open through work-integrated learning.	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.	You study English literature and language alongside comparative texts from other cultures and ancient languages. Unlike a straight English program, this one builds in cross-cultural perspectives, so you're reading works in translation and examining how stories and ideas travel across languages and time periods. It suits people who like close reading, cultural depth, and aren't intimidated by unfamiliar texts.	English at Windsor combines the study of literature, creative writing, and comparative texts across cultures and time periods. You'll analyze existing works and develop your own writing skills rather than focusing purely on how language works. The co-op option lets you intern at publishing houses, media companies, or writing organizations while you study, which suits students who want real workplace experience alongside their degree.
The door tomajors you reach through it	english	english	english	english
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	None published by average
Source	York University on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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