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Honours BA English (Sussex) LLB Stream


Requirements for students enrolled at the Faculty of Arts (Waterloo campus) and administered by the English and Film Studies Department

Laurier students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts at the Waterloo campus can complete, in 20.0 credits, the Honours BA in English at Laurier and Sussex’s LLB program over a 6-year period. Laurier students will attend Year 1 and Year 2 at Laurier, Years 3-5 at Sussex, and Year 6 at Laurier. 15.0 of the required Honours BA credits will be completed at Laurier, and 5.0 credits will be completed as Sussex. No more than 6.0 overall credits may be at the 100-level. A minimum of 10.0 credits of English are required for the English major, with coverage across specific categories (see below), and with no more than 1.0 credits at the 100-level. Prior to departing for studies at the University of Sussex, students must have completed the 10.0 credits that are listed under Year 1 and Year 2 below.

Due to the compacted nature of the Sussex Stream, students enrolled in the Honours English program in the Faculty of Arts are required to pursue their degree in the following manner:


Year 1 (5.0 credits)

1.0 credits of 100-level EN (taken in Fall term)

1.0 credits of 200-or 300-level EN (ideally taken in Winter term). 

3.0 elective credits

Year 2 (5.0 credits)

3.5 credits of EN. (*Minimum of 2.5 credits of 300-level EN required for the degree)
1.5 elective credits

Years 3-5 (at Sussex) (5.0 Laurier credits)

Sussex years = 1.5 EN credits at 200-level; 1.0 EN credits at 300-level

Sussex years also = 2.5 elective credits

Year 6 (5.0 credits)

1.0 credits 400-level EN seminars

1.0 credits 200- or 300-level EN (*Minimum of 2.5 credits of 300-level EN required for the degree)

2.5 additional credits incl. courses to prep students for national accreditation exams

0.5 credit electives
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= 10.0 EN credits

= 20.0 Overall WLU credits


Required EN Courses to be taken at WLU:


1.0 credit from 100-level EN courses

Minimum 0.5 credit Theory courses: EN240, EN301

Minimum 2.5 credits 300-level EN courses

1.0 credit from 400-level courses (no more than 0.5 credit of which may be EN489)

4.5 additional credits from EN courses at the 200- or 300-level (includes the 1.5 200-level EN credits and 1.0 300-level EN credits earned at Sussex)

1.0 credit from 400-level courses (no more than 0.5 credit of which may be EN489). Note that some 400-level courses also satisfy specific category requirements for Categories 1 through 4.


Degree Program Electives: An additional 10.0 credits including non- major electives (includes 2.5 non-major elective credits and 2.5 EN elective credits earned at Sussex, and 5.0 elective credits at WLU) toward the degree total of 20.0 credits (of which no more than 6.0 credits can be at the 100 level).


Note: Students are encouraged to take EN245: British Literary Tradition I and EN246: British Literary Tradition II as part of their program, and must complete a min. of 1.5 credits of Category 1 and Category 2 EN courses in Years 1 and 2. Students may also count up to 1.0 credit from senior FS courses (excluding FS275, FS370, FS371) and non-designated writing courses (EN206, EN304) toward the 10.0 required for the Honours English degree. Students in the Sussex LLB Stream are not eligible to do the English program’s Concentration in Creative Writing,Vancouver Film School Diploma Program, Minor in Writing for Career and Community, or Minor in Youth and Children: Texts and Contexts.

Additional Information
 
Progression Requirements

1. Progression to Year 2 requires completion of 5.0 credits during Year 1 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 7.00 in all English courses and a minimum cumulative GPA of 8.00 in all 5.0 credits. All credits taken during Year 1 will be included in the GPA requirements for progression into Year 2. These course and GPA requirements must be achieved by August 31.

2. To be recommended for application to the Sussex LLB program in year three, students must have maintained a minimum overall GPA of 8.00 (B) over all credits completed over their first three full terms (i.e., minimum 7.5 credits). These course and GPA requirements must be achieved by December 31 of the students' second year.

3. Refer to the UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS chapter for progression and course regulations and the earlier section regarding Regulations for All Honours Programs.

 
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Application to Sussex

1. Students will apply to Sussex via the standard Sussex application procedures. Students will apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for entry. Students will provide Sussex full application documents, including high school and university transcripts, references (Laurier students will submit references on a standardized reference form), and a personal statement, in line with normal admissions procedures. Sussex will consider applications according to its normal procedures. Students will be guaranteed an offer of a place if they meet the progression requirements described above and where students have achieved Sussex's standard English language entrance requirements, where appropriate.

2. NOTE: The University of Sussex reserves the right not to provide a guaranteed offer after consideration of any relevant unspent criminal convictions a student may have. Sussex recommends that if students have a conviction, Laurier contact the Admissions Office to discuss this before proceeding further.

3. Transfer Students into Year 2 (WLU only): In exceptional cases, first-year students outside of the Sussex BA/LLB Program may apply to transfer into the Program. Admission into the Program is at the sole discretion of the Sussex Admissions Committee. Normally, a student's application will not be accepted unless the following non-exhaustive conditions are met:

  • As of May 1 of the applicant's first year, the student has completed 5.0 credits, and;
  • The student's overall GPA is at least 8.00, and at least 7.00 for all courses within the student's major, and;
  • The program at WLU or at Sussex has space for more students, and;
  • The committee believes that the student will succeed in the program, according to any evidence it deems relevant.

Inquiries about a transfer into the Honours BA/LLB program should be made through the Sussex Co-ordinator. Application for transfer into Year 2 of the Honours BA/LLB program should be made by May 1 by submitting a Program Transfer Request Form.

 
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