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SchoolUniversity of Waterloo
LocationWaterloo, ON, Canada
School TypeUniversity
School SizeFull-time Undergraduate: 34,550
Full-time Graduate: 4,783
DegreeBachelor
Honours
Co-op
Length4 Year(s)
Entry Grade (%)*80% to 83%
Prerequisites
  •  Grade12 English 
Prerequisites Notes
  • A minimum final grade of 70% is required in the prerequisite Grade 12 English course.
  • Ontario students need six Grade 12 U and/or M courses.
Cost
National: $8,000
International: $43,000
Scholarships29 scholarship(s)
DescriptionLove the written word? An English degree at Waterloo gives you all kinds of opportunity to explore that passion, with more than 150 undergraduate courses available in both the regular and co-op streams. Take rhetoric courses and learn the art of persuasion. Focus on digital media, where you'll merge the latest technology with enduring principles of effective communication. Or explore the pleasures and insights of English literature, from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf.

At the end of first year, choose 1) Literature; 2) Literature and Rhetoric; or 3) Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communication as your major. You can also complete an English Language and Literature as an online degree.
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