Course Selection for First Year Students

If there are only one or two courses listed in the chart, that means you have some choice in the other science courses you take as part of your core. It is important to think about prerequisites for upper level courses when deciding which science foundation courses you will take. If you have any questions about this, talk to your program counsellor.

The following course codes can count towards your science core requirements: BIOC*2580, BIOL*1070, BIOL*1080, BIOL*1090, CHEM*1040, CHEM*1050, CIS*1300, CIS*2500, GEOG*1300, GEOG*2460, IPS*1500, IPS*1510, MATH*1080, MATH*1090, MATH*1200, MATH*1210, PHYS*1070, PHYS*1080, PHYS*1300, STAT*2040, STAT*2050.

If you are unsure what science minor you are interested in pursuing, it's recommended you review the pathways above, and consider which courses truly interest you. Taking courses of interest most often leads students to their preferred areas of study. 

BAS students are restricted from taking BIOM*2000, BOT*1200, MBG*1000 and BIOL*1500 because they are science courses intended for arts/social science students with little or no background in the sciences.

To view the requirements for each science specialization, you can find a complete listing of all available science programs in the Bachelor of Science Degree Program section of the Current Course Calendar under section X (10), Degree Programs.

4. Select two (2) arts or social science courses (preferably one Arts and one Social Science per semester):

If there are only one or two courses listed in the chart, that means you have some choice in the other arts courses you take as part of your first year core. You arts core consists of 2.0 credits - 1.0 from College of Arts and 1.0 from the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. If you don't have room to complete this in first year on top of your minor requirements - no worries. You can finish it in second year!

Remember that you want 1.0 credits from College of Arts from two distinct subject areas (ie. English and History, not two English), and 1.0 from two distinct areas from College of Social and Applied Human Sciences credits as well. The following course codes can count towards your arts core requirements:

IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS: ARAB - ARABIC; ARTH - ART HISTORY; BLCK – BLACK CANADIAN STUDIES, CHIN - MANDARIN; CLAS - CLASSICAL STUDIES; CTS – CULTURAL AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES; ENGL - ENGLISH; EURO - EUROPEAN STUDIES; FREN - FRENCH STUDIES; GERM - GERMAN STUDIES; GREK - GREEK; HIST - HISTORY; HUMN - HUMANITIES; INDG – INDIGENOUS STUDIES; ITAL - ITALIAN STUDIES; LAT - LATIN STUDIES; LING - LINGUISTICS; MUSC - MUSIC; PHIL - PHILOSOPHY; PORT - PORTUGUESE; SART –STUDIO ART; SPAH- SPANISH & HISPANIC STUDIES; SXGN – SEXUALITIES, GENDERS AND SOCIAL CHANGE, THST - THEATRE STUDIES

COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES: ANTH - ANTHROPOLOGY; ECON - ECONOMICS; FRHD – FAMILY RELATIONS & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; GEOG - GEOGRAPHY; IDS – INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ISS - INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL SCIENCE; POLS - POLITICAL SCIENCE; PSYC - PSYCHOLOGY; SOAN - SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY; SOC - SOCIOLOGY; WMST – WOMEN’S STUDIES; UNIV – INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSITY

Course Selection Beyond First Year

As you plan your degree and the courses you are going to take in a semester, it will be important that you check your academic calendar to make sure that you're on the right track with your requisite courses. If you aren't sure, you can always check our page on general course selection, or get in touch with your Program Counsellor.