Faculty of Arts

The Department of English Language and Literature offers a Three-Year General and a Four-Year General degree, an Honours English - Literature degree, an Honours English - Literature and Rhetoric degree, and an Honours English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing degree. Students interested in English will ordinarily be admitted at the beginning of Year Two. Admission will be based on academic performance in at least ten courses in Year One, including at least two 100-level English courses (See Note 1). Application for admission to English is usually made at the time of Class Enrolment for Year Two. Criteria for admission to Honours English - Literature, Honours English - Literature and Rhetoric and Honours English - Rhetoric and Professional Writing will normally include an overall Year One average of at least 70% and an English average of at least 75%; to Four-Year General English, an overall Year One average of at least 65% and an English average of at least 70%; to Three-Year General English, an overall Year One average of at least 65% and an English average of at least 65%. Because of limitations on resources, however, the student's fulfilment of minimum entrance requirements may not guarantee admission to English academic plans, and higher averages may be required.