Arts Academic Plans

Students enrolled in any degree program may pursue a minor designation in English.

The English Minor requires successful completion of a minimum of four academic course units (eight courses) in English with a minimum cumulative minor average of 65%, including:

• no more than two ENGL courses at the 100-level (see Note 4)
• ENGL 200A, ENGL 200B, ENGL 251
• three additional ENGL courses, one of which must be at the 300-level or above 

Notes

1. Courses transferred from other institutions without a specific course designation (e.g., ENGL 1XX) 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 251 are strongly recommended for second year.
4. A maximum of two of the following courses may be used to fulfil English Minor requirements: ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 210G, ENGL 210H, ENGL 210I/LS 291, ENGL 309E/SPCOM 323. The following English courses do not fulfil English course requirements for any English plan, including the Minor: ENGL 119, ENGL 129R/EMLS 129R, ENGL 191/SPCOM 191, ENGL 192/SPCOM 192, ENGL 193/SPCOM 193. 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 Language and Literature provides advisors to help students choose their academic plans, arrange their courses, and conform with the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Arts, 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.