Arts Academic Plans

A Joint Honours academic plan with English - Literature and Rhetoric may be taken in combination with most Arts disciplines in which an Honours academic plan is offered or with many Honours majors in other Faculties. See the department for the most recent list of approved combinations.

Continuation in this academic plan requires a cumulative overall average of 60% and cumulative English average of 75%.

Eligibility for graduation in the Joint Honours English – Literature and Rhetoric academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements for the Home Faculty, including at least 20 academic course units. If the Home Faculty is Arts, see Bachelor of Arts.
2. English Plan-level requirements:
   • at least eight academic course units (16 courses) in English, with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
     • two of ENGL 101A, 101B, 102A, 102B, 103A, 103B, 104, 105A, 105B, 107, 108E, 108F, 108H, 108M, 109, 140R, 141R, 190 (see Note 1)
     • ENGL 200A, 200B (Survey of British Literature – see Notes 2 and 3)
     • ENGL 251A, 251B (Criticism 1 and Criticism 2 – see Note 3)
     • ENGL 292, 301H
     • one of ENGL 305A, 305B, 310A, 310B, 325, 330A, 330B, 350A, 350B, 361, 362, 363, 410A, 410B, 410C, 410D, 484 (British and Commonwealth Literature before 1800)
     • one of ENGL 430A, 430B, 451A, 451B, 460A, 460B, 460C, 463, 487 (British and Commonwealth Literature since 1800)
     • one of ENGL 313, 315, 316, 318, 322, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 490 (North American Literature)
     • two of ENGL 309A, 309B, 309C (students who take 309A, 309B, and 309C may count one toward their Rhetoric and Theory electives)
     • one of ENGL 306A, 306B, 306C, 306D, 306E, 306F, 306G (students who take more than one of the 306 courses may count these towards their Rhetoric and Theory electives)
     • two ENGL courses from among other 306 courses, 309 courses, 319, 320, 365, 366, 371, 376R, 377R, 392A, 392B, 406, 407, 408A, 408B, 408C, 409A, 470A, 470B, 470C, 471, 481, 495 A/B (Rhetoric and Theory electives)
3. Plan-level requirements for the second Major

Notes:

1. Students may use only two English courses at the 100-level to fulfill the minimum English requirements. Some English courses do not fulfill the English Major requirements for a degree in English (see English Undergraduate Course Descriptions). Courses transferred from other institutions without a specific course designation (e.g., ENGL 2XX) may only be counted towards the English electives.
2. Students who have taken ENGL 101 in 1980/81 or earlier will not be required to take ENGL 200A/B. If taken, it will not count as an English Major credit.
3. ENGL 200A, 200B, 251A, 251B are strongly recommended for second year. If all four courses are not completed by the end of Year Two, they must be included in Year Three selection of courses, or the Department may refuse to grant approval of that selection of courses.
4. Results from all English courses taken at UW are used to calculate the cumulative English average.