Bachelor of Arts - Honours Arts and Business - English - Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communication

Honours Arts and Business is where the things students are passionate about intersect with business. Students can pick one of 29 majors — a subject they are curious about or something they have always loved — then layer on business classes that teach them the practical skills employers look for. 

Students who would like their degree to be even more customized, they can add on a second honours major or a minor. Students can choose the regular system of study and finish in four years, or add 20 months of serious work experience to their resumes through co-op. 

For students who love the written word: An English degree at the University of Waterloo gives students all kinds of opportunity to explore that passion, with more than 150 undergraduate courses available in both the regular and co-op streams. 

In this stream, students will take rhetoric courses and learn the art of persuasion. Students will focus on digital media, where they will 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 University of Waterloo, students learn from the best. The Department of English features internationally recognized scholars. In classes, student will develop all-important skills in communication, critical thinking, analysis, and persuasion. 

Students will gain a critical eye in how language is used to persuade and sell while developing skills that enable students to write and design for professional communication channels, web, and social media. Students will learn about writing, reporting, interviewing, blogging, and public speaking.