Arts Academic Plans

Honours English – Literature and Rhetoric 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 – Literature and Rhetoric academic plan includes successful fulfilment of the following requirements:

1. Appropriate Program-level requirements. See Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
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)
     • ENGL 292, 301H
     • British and Commonwealth Literature before 1800: two of ENGL 305A, 305B, 310A, 310B, 325, 330A, 330B, 350A, 350B, 361, 362, 363, 410A, 410B, 410C, 410D, 484
     • British and Commonwealth Literature since 1800: one of ENGL 430A, 430B, 451A, 451B, 460A, 460B, 460C, 463, 487
     • North American Literature: one of ENGL 313, 315, 316, 318, 322, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 490
     • two of ENGL 309A, 309B, 309C (Students who take all three may count one toward their Rhetoric and Theory electives.)
     • one of ENGL 306A, 306B, 306C, 306D, 306F, 306G
     • Rhetoric and Theory electives: three ENGL courses from among other 306 courses, 309 courses, 293, 319, 320, 365, 366, 371, 376R, 377R, 392A, 392B, 406, 407, 408A, 408B, 408C, 409A, 470A, 470B , 470C, 471, 481, 495A/B
     • two additional ENGL courses (see Note 1)

Notes:

1. Students may use only two English courses at the 100-level to fulfil English plan requirements; additional 100-level ENGL 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, and 292 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. 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.