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.

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 (40 courses). If the Home Faculty is Arts, see Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements.
2. English Plan-level requirements:
   • at least eight academic course units (16 courses) in English with a minimum cumulative average of 75%, including:
     • two ENGL courses at the 100-level, excluding ENGL 119 and ENGL 129R (see Notes 1 and 4)
     • Survey of British Literature: ENGL 200A, 200B (see Notes 3)
     • Criticism: ENGL 251A, 251B (see Note 3)
     • ENGL 292, 301H
     • British and Commonwealth Literature before 1800: one 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: two 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
3. Plan-level requirements for the second major

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. 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.