BA/BS in English is a bachelor's degree in Literature programme offered by Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,500 per year (CAD 6,750 per year for local students).
English at Memorial University is a four-year Bachelor of Arts program, with an honours option, delivered on the St. John's campus through the Department of English and Communication and Media Studies. The program centres on close reading and effective writing across traditional and experimental texts, with sample course offerings in film studies, Newfoundland regional literature, and the study of comics. Students can declare English as their major at application or later in their degree, and first-year study includes critical reading and writing courses, language study, quantitative reasoning, minor-program courses, and electives. The program is presented as preparation for careers in print and digital journalism, media and publishing, editing and proofreading, advertising, marketing and public relations, and teaching, with some paths requiring further graduate study. It suits students who want to build strong analytical and writing skills through literary and textual study, with fall, winter, and spring application deadlines available.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: This page defers entirely to Memorial's general admission requirements for direct entry into the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences as a Bachelor of Arts, without restating them here: per Memorial's own general admission page, that means a Canadian high-school average of at least 70% across the required senior-level (Grade 12) subjects, with separate curriculum- and country-specific tables covering international qualifications. Applicants choose Bachelor of Arts as their programme and may declare English as a major at application or later. The page states no separate English-language-test score; Memorial's university-wide requirement applies to applicants whose first language is not English: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0 in Reading/Writing) or TOEFL iBT 83 overall with at least 20 in Reading and Writing. Deadlines are March 1 (Fall/September), October 1 (Winter/January) and February 1 (Spring/May).
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Memorial University's undergraduate application system opens one year ahead of each semester for the 2027 cycle: for Fall 2027 entry the portal opens 10 September 2026, the priority deadline (also the early-entrance-scholarship deadline) is 1 March 2027, the document deadline is 20 August 2027, and applications finally close 9 September 2027; Winter 2027 entry has a priority deadline of 1 October 2026 and closes 6 January 2027; Spring 2027 entry closes 11 May 2027 with a priority date of 1 February 2027. International applicants use the same direct application to Memorial and are only advised to apply at least 12 weeks before their intended semester starts; no fixed international closing date is published. Late domestic applications are still considered as time, resources and space permit, so admission is effectively rolling past the priority date up to the final close. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
