Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (AP) – English and Professional Writing

Writing Department

Students may complete a maximum of six credits from the 2300-series of AP/EN courses (the Popular Genres series) for major credit in English and professional writing.

Specialized Honours BA: 120 Credits

The Specialized Honours Degree in English and Professional Writing (ENPR) requires 78 credits in the major. The specialized nature of this program lies in the blending of English and Professional Writing into a single degree program that highlights and enhances the relationship between the two fields of study. Such a degree option will provide students with a course of study that is more coherent and viable than an English and Professional Writing double major or major/minor, degrees in which the two fields are treated as separate rather than complementary areas of study.

1000-level (15 credits)

AP/WRIT 1003 6.00 Professional Writing: An Introduction
AP/WRIT 1004 3.00 Research for Professional Writers
AP/EN 1001 3.00 (F) Introduction to Literary Study
AP/EN 1002 3.00 (W) Intertextualities

2000-level (21 credits)

AP/PRWR 2006 3.00 Fundamentals of Editing
AP/PRWR 2007 3.00 Rhetoric
AP/WRIT 2003 6.00 (Y) Genre for Professional Writers
AP/WRIT 2004 3.00 Writing in Digital Culture
six credits from 2000-level AP/EN courses, not in Professional Writing

Note: students may complete a maximum of six (6) credits from the 2200 series of AP/EN courses for major credit in English and Professional Writing.

3000- and 4000-level (18-24 credits)

PRWR stream required courses (15 credits)
six (6) credits in 3000-level AP/EN courses, not in Professional Writing
twelve (12) credits in 4000-level AP/EN courses, not in Professional Writing

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 78 credits in English and professional writing, including:

Program Core Courses

AP/EN 1001 3.00
AP/EN 1002 3.00
AP/WRIT 1003 6.00
AP/WRIT 1004 3.00
AP/WRIT 2003 6.00
AP/WRIT 2004 3.00
AP/PRWR 2006 3.00
AP/PRWR 2007 3.00
six additional credits in 2000-level English courses;
six credits in 3000-level English courses;
12 credits in 4000-level English courses.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Note: students may complete a maximum of six (6) credits from AP/EN 3170-3179 courses for major credit in English and Professional Writing

English Course Requirements

Students must conform to the English Department guidelines for choosing courses at each year level. Please refer to the English Department guidelines for this information.

Please also note that that students must achieve a mark of 60 per cent (C) or better in AP/EN 1002 3.00 to continue in the program. This is a programmatic requirement for all English degrees.

Stream Requirements

Students must choose one of the following professional writing streams in their second year of study.

Book Stream

AP/WRIT 3720 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 3720 6.00);
AP/WRIT 3730 3.00;
AP/WRIT 4720 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 4720 6.00) or AP/EN 4722 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/WRIT 4722 6.00);
AP/WRIT 4721 6.00;
AP/PRWR 3720 3.00;
AP/PRWR 3910 3.00.

Institutional Communications Stream

Periodical Stream

AP/WRIT 3700 6.00 or AP/EN 3180 6.00 (cross-listed to AP/WRIT 3180 6.00);
AP/WRIT 3730 3.00;
AP/WRIT 4700 6.00;
AP/WRIT 4701 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 4701 3.00) and AP/EN 4750 3.00 or AP/WRIT 4752 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/EN 4752 3.00);
AP/PRWR 3710 3.00;
AP/PRWR 3720 3.00.

Out-of-Faculty Courses

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, out-of-Faculty courses may normally count for program credit toward a Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies degree.

The following out-of-Faculty courses will not count for program credit toward a Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies degree in English and professional writing:

GL/EN 2585 3.00;
GL/EN 2605 6.00;
GL/EN 3240 6.00;
GL/EN 3606 3.00 (cross-listed to: GL/LIN 3606 3.00);
GL/EN 3608 6.00 (cross-listed to: GL/LIN 3608 3.00);
GL/EN 3609 3.00 (cross-listed to: GL/LIN 3609 3.00).

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting English and Professional Writing program requirements:

Program Course	Course Substitutes
AP/WRIT 3700 6.00	AP/EN 3180 6.00 (cross-listed to AP/WRIT 3180 6.00)
AP/WRIT 1004 3.00	AP/WRIT 3988 3.00

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