Arts Academic Plans

A Joint Honours academic plan with English - Literature 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 academic plan includes successful fulfillment of the requirements listed below.

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, ENGL 200B (see Note 3)
     • Criticism: ENGL 251A, ENGL 251B (see Note 3)
     • History and Theory of Language; History and Theory of Rhetoric: one of ENGL 305A, ENGL 306A, ENGL 306B, ENGL 306C, ENGL 306D, ENGL 306F, ENGL 306G, ENGL 309A, ENGL 309B, ENGL 309C, ENGL 376R, ENGL 377R
     • Literatures Medieval to Romantic: two of ENGL 305B, ENGL 310A, ENGL 310B, ENGL 310C, ENGL 330A, ENGL 330B, ENGL 350A, ENGL 350B, ENGL 361, ENGL 362, ENGL 363, ENGL 364, ENGL 410A, ENGL 410B, ENGL 410C, ENGL 410D, ENGL 410E, ENGL 410F
     • Literatures Romantic to Modern: two of ENGL 313, ENGL 325, ENGL 342, ENGL 343, ENGL 345, ENGL 348, ENGL 430A, ENGL 430B, ENGL 451A, ENGL 451B
     • Literatures Modern to Contemporary: two of ENGL 315, ENGL 316, ENGL 318, ENGL 322, ENGL 344, ENGL 346, ENGL 347, ENGL 460A, ENGL 460B, ENGL 460C, ENGL 460D, ENGL 463
     • Special Topics: one of ENGL 481, ENGL 484, ENGL 485, ENGL 486, ENGL 492, ENGL 493, ENGL 494
     • two additional ENGL courses, one of which must be at the 300-level or 400-level (see Note 1)
3. Plan-level requirements for the second major

Notes

1. Students may use only two English courses at the 100-level to fulfill 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, ENGL 200B, ENGL 251A, ENGL 251B are strongly recommended for second year.
4. A maximum of two of the following courses may be used to fulfill English plan requirements: ENGL 210E-ENGL 210I, ENGL 309E, ENGL 376R, ENGL 377R. The following English courses do not fulfill English course requirements for any English plan, including the minor: ENGL 119, ENGL 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.