BA/BS in English is a bachelor's degree in English Language Studies programme offered by University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition is CAD 729 per credit for local students.
The Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Alberta explores literature and language across areas including Renaissance, Victorian, Canadian, and Indigenous literature, as well as creative writing, film studies, and new media. Students draw on several hundred courses offered across the Faculty of Arts, and an Honors version of the BA is also available. The program page describes an Arts Work Experience opportunity offering hands-on, career-building partnerships with employers that students in the Faculty of Arts can pursue. It suits students interested in close reading, writing, and critical analysis who want either a broad literary and language education or a path toward a particular area such as creative writing or media. Career paths named on the program page include communications, copywriter, editor, journalist, librarian, publishing, and writer. The program is delivered in English on the university's Edmonton campus.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry from Alberta high school. Required: English Language Arts 30-1, plus one course from Fine Arts, Humanities, Languages other than English, or Math/Sciences, plus three further courses from Humanities, Languages other than English, or Math/Sciences. There is no fixed minimum average; admission to the Faculty of Arts is competitive and the Faculty's three-year admission-average trend is low-to-mid 70s, but meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. The major can be completed as a regular BA or as a BA Honors degree, which has its own separate admission criteria. English language proficiency is required of all applicants regardless of citizenship.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to the University of Alberta, not through a provincial service: for Fall 2027 entry the application window opens 1 October 2026 and the deadline for most programmes is 1 March 2027, though several limited-enrolment programmes close earlier (Juris Doctor, 1 December 2026; Dental Hygiene, 1 November 2026) or later (Bachelor of Design and BFA programmes, 1 May 2027); Spring and Summer 2027 admission also opens 1 October 2026, while Winter intake is limited to a few programmes. International applicants use the identical published dates and online application; the university states no separate international closing date. The 1 March deadline is firm and late applications are not accepted, but admission decisions are then issued on a rolling basis, and offers made before 1 April must be accepted by 1 May 2027. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
