Arts Academic Plans

Honours English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing may be taken in either the co-op or regular mode.

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

Eligibility for graduation in the Honours English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing (RPW) academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements. See Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
   [Note: in the Languages and Cultures area of the Bachelor of Arts Breadth Requirements, RPW students must take two language courses (i.e., culture courses taught in English will not fulfill the requirement for these students).]
2. English Plan-level requirements:
   • at least ten academic course units (20 courses) in English with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
     • two ENGL courses at the 100-level, excluding ENGL 119 and 129R (see Notes 1 and 4)
     • Survey of British Literature: ENGL 200A, 200B (see Note 3)
     • Criticism: ENGL 251A, 251B (see Note 3)
     • Literature: two of ENGL 305B, 310, 313, 315, 316, 318, 322, 325, 330, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 350, 361, 362, 363, 410, 430, 451, 460, 463, 484, 487, 490 sequences 
     • Writing: one of ENGL 210E, 210F, 210H, 210I 
     • six Discipline Core courses:
       • ENGL 292, 306A
       • two of ENGL 309A, 309B, 309C
       • two of ENGL 371, 392A, 392B, 406, 408A, 408B, 408C, 409A
     • three RPW elective courses chosen from the balance of the Discipline Core courses above and the following courses: 305A, other 306 courses, other 309 courses, 203, 204, 293, 303, 319, 320, 335, 336, 376R, 377R, 403, 407, 470A, 470B, 470C, 481, 495A/B when devoted to projects in linguistics, rhetoric, professional writing, or communication
     • two ENGL courses at the 200-level or above
   • one course in computer science at the university-level from any faculty.

Notes:

1. Students may use only two English courses at the 100-level to fulfil English plan requirements; additional 100-level English courses may count as degree electives.Courses transferred from other institutions without a specific course designation (e.g., ENGL 2XX) may only be counted towards the English electives.
2. Results from all English courses taken at the University of Waterloo are used to calculate the cumulative English average.
3. ENGL 200A, 200B, 251A, 251B, 292, and one of 210E-I are strongly recommended for second year. First-year students are strongly advised not to enrol in English courses at the 300- or 400-level.
4. The following English courses do not fulfill English course requirements for any English plan, including the minor: ENGL 119, 129R. These courses are designed primarily to make students aware of the different functions of language in various contexts and to assist them in improving their writing.  
5. The 20 required courses are usually divided 2-6-6-6 among the four years.
6. Students preparing themselves for teaching careers or graduate studies in English may wish to include further courses in literature as part of their electives.
7. Although the Department of English provides advisors to help students choose their academic plans, arrange their courses and conform with the University, Faculty, and Department regulations, students are urged to study the Undergraduate Calendar very carefully because they are themselves responsible for failure to abide by these regulations.