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	York English (BA - Co-op available) OUAC YUA Remove	Windsor English OUAC NAW Remove	Trent (Durham) English Literature and Business OUAC RX Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid-70s”	70%“70% minimum average”	70%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—
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	70% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum grade of 70%	Minimum 70% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	200	—	200
What you study	English Studies	Comparative Literary Studies Creative Writing English Studies	Business Studies Comparative Literary Studies English 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.	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.	You study both English literature and business together, learning to analyze texts and ideas while also building skills in management, accounting, and organizational thinking. Unlike a straight English or Business degree, this combined program lets you apply critical reading and writing to real business problems and understand how language shapes commerce and culture. It suits students who want to keep options open across both humanities and commerce, or who see writing and communication as central to business work.
The door tomajors you reach through it	english	english	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average	None published by average
Source	York University on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo	Trent University — Durham GTA on OUInfo

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