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
     • Literatures Medieval to Romantic: two of ENGL 305B, 310A, 310B, 310C, 325, 330A, 330B, 350A, 350B, 361, 362, 363, 364, 410A, 410B, 410C, 410D
     • Literatures Romantic to Modern: one of ENGL 313, 342, 343, 348, 430A, 430B, 451A, 451B
     • Literatures Modern to Contemporary: one of ENGL 315, 316, 318, 322, 344, 345, 346, 347, 460A, 460B, 460C, 460D, 463
     • History and Theory of Rhetoric: two of ENGL 309A, 309B, 309C (See Note 5)
     • History and Theory of Language: one of ENGL 305A, 306A, 306B, 306C, 306D, 306F, 306G, 376R, 377R (see Note 5) 
     • Professional Writing and Communication Design; Forms of Media and Critical Analysis: three from the other 309 courses, 293, 319, 320, 335, 336, 365, 366, 371, 392A, 392B, 403, 406, 407, 408A, 408B, 408C, 409A, 470A, 470B , 470C, 471, 495A/B (see Note 5)
     • Special Topics: one of ENGL 481, 484, 485, 486, 492, 493, 494
     • two additional ENGL courses (see Note 1)

Notes:

1. Students may use only two English courses at the 100-level to fulfill 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. 
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. Students who take more than the required History and Theory of Rhetoric and/or History and Theory of Language courses may count the additional courses towards their Professional Writing and Communication Design; Forms of Media and Critical Analysis requirements.

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.