Program Highlights
The Associate of Arts – English credential provides a comprehensive foundation of courses in the Arts and Sciences program with a literature specialization.
This credential requires 60 university credits with 18 first- and second-year English credits.
For your English credits, you'll get to choose from an impressive number of courses, with a few topics including English, Canadian and American literature, literary theory and criticism, studies in fiction, children's literature and creative writing.
You'll also add to your breadth of knowledge, with elective courses in the humanities, laboratory science and social science making up most of your associate degree.
To learn more about this exciting two-year program, scroll down or contact humanities@capilanou.ca.
- Demonstrate a breadth and depth of knowledge and skill appropriate to a student entering upper-division English courses.
- Approach research problems and literary analysis with creative and critical thinking.
- Analyse and synthesize course material to produce original work.
- Communicate ideas in oral and written formats.
- Work both independently and collaboratively.
- Use technology creatively and efficiently.
- Demonstrate quantitative and qualitative reasoning and research methods.
- Draw upon knowledge, judgment, and imagination in work and life.
Admission Requirements
English language requirements
English is the language of instruction at CapU. All applicants are required to demonstrate competence in the English language prior to admission.
If English is not your first language or you’ve received your education in a language other than English, you must meet our English Language Requirements.
Basic requirements
- High school graduation
- A minimum grade point average of 2.0 (60%) calculated on English Studies 12 or English 12 or English First Peoples 12 and two academic Grade 12 courses
Program Requirements
Total program credits: 60.00
Program Notes
Please see Classification of Subjects for Associate Degrees in the University Calendar for clarification of Arts, Humanities, Social Science and Science electives.