University of Waterloo

Course Details

Bachelor of Arts in English

Course Description

Reading and writing are as natural to you as breathing. While most of your friends are watching Romeo and Juliet online to cram for the exam, you're reading the play for the tenth time. Your poetry could give T.S Eliot a run for his money. English, reading, writing, and analysis are your passions, and you want somewhere that will inspire you to improve on these skills. You can choose from 151 English courses - 24 in first year alone! Take rhetoric courses and learn how advertising copy sells ideas. Take digital media studies classes and merge high tech with communication. Or focus on British, Canadian, and American literature. Choose Literature or one of 2 English programs developed at Waterloo: Rhetoric, Media and Professional Writing, or Literature and Rhetoric.

Course Duration

NumberDuration
5year

Career outcomes

Recent graduates : Manager, External Relations, Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation Business Analyst, Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd. Primary Teacher, Timeplan Education Group Professor, Conestoga College Writer, Paton Publishing Teacher, Limestone District School Board Technical Writer/Editor, Multi-Health Systems Inc.




Bachelor of Arts in English University of Waterloo