BA with Combined Honours

Students must meet the faculty requirements for combined honours degrees, which include at least 30 and no more than 48 credit hours in English above the 1000 level (at least 66 to a maximum of 84 credit hours in both subjects). Students must take at least 18 credit hours above the 2000 level in each subject. Among the English courses, students must take:

1. Complete one or more courses in each of at least four of the following areas, with two of the areas chosen from among areas 1-6;

   1)  Literary Theory and Criticism (recommended)     
   2)  Medieval                                                          
   3)  Renaissance/Early Modern                                 
   4)  Restoration and Eighteenth Century                 
   5)  Romantics                                                      
   6)  Victorian
   7)  Modern British
   8)  American
   9)  Canadian
   10) Postcolonial/World Literature
   11) Cultural Studies/Popular Culture
   12) Writing/Creative Writing/Language

   See English Area Groupings for details on which courses fall under each area.

2. ENGL 4900.03: Honours Capstone (for students weighting their programs towards English)

3. ENGL 4901.00: Honours Thesis in English (zero-credit-hour requirement for students whose primary subject is English)

4. nine credit hours at the 4000 level (ENGL 4900.03 must be counted in these nine credit hours for students weighting their programs towards English)

   To be considered for the Honours program, students must attain a 3.3 average GPA in upper-level English courses, and apply to the Undergraduate Coordinator in English.