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Ontario High School Curriculum
Laurier’s language of instruction is English. If your first language is not English, you must provide evidence of your English proficiency to our Recruitment and Admissions office.
You can:
Submit a minimum score on an accepted test of English proficiency (listed below); or
Complete the Laurier English and Academic Foundation (LEAF) program.
If you have studied in an English-language school system on a full-time basis for a minimum of three years, you may request an exemption.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Internet-based testing (TOEFL iBT): an overall score of 83 or higher with a minimum score of 20 in each component.
Paper-based testing: 560 overall.
International English Language Testing System (IELTS), An academic score of 6.5 or higher with a minimum of 6.0 in each band.
Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL), 70 overall; 60 in each band.
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE), 59 overall or higher.
Cambridge Assessment English (CAE), Overall score of 176.
Duolingo English Test, Minimum score of 115.
Explore the written word as medium for creativity, persuasion, and engagement with life’s most persistent questions in the Laurier Waterloo English program.
Through innovative teaching, diverse courses and a strong emphasis on reading and writing skills, our English program helps you work at the cutting edges of literary studies and creative writing.
We offer you a chance to explore language and narrative in print and electronic media. Our vibrant program allows you to develop your critical reading, analytical and writing skills in preparation for working in a globally connected world.
You'll learn the practice of effective communication and other keys to professional success in careers as diverse as education, law, politics, and public relations.
Our innovative classrooms emphasize active learning in small group settings where you'll study literary and film texts drawn from the breadth of English-speaking cultures.
Taught by scholars who are internationally recognized researchers, teachers and award-winning writers, our courses include British, Canadian, American, Indigenous and World literatures that participate in conversations that have endured over thousands of years, and which continue to fascinate our contemporary world via the screen and page.
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Sample First-Year Courses
Literature and Love
Literature and Crime
Reading Fiction
Sample First-Year Elective
Human Rights and Human Diversity
History Detectives
Indigenous Peoples and Media
Studying Youth and Children: An Introduction
Sample Upper-Year Courses
Introduction to Creative Writing
Young Adult Literature
Gaming and Narrative Theory
OSHC: 1000.00 ($) CAD
