Students interested in entering an Honours program should consult advisors in the department concerned before registering for their second year. Of the 120 credit units required for the B.A. Honours degree, at least 66 credit units must be at the senior level. Application for admission to Honours is not considered until successful completion of at least 60 credit units with at least 70% in the subject of Honours. For further details, please see the Academic Information and Policies section.
No more than 6 credit units from one subject may be used in Requirements B1 to B4.
B1 Basic Social Science Requirement (12 credit units)
Choose 6 credit units from the following:
- ANTH 111.3
- ARCH 112.3
- ARCH 116.3
- ECON 111.3
- ECON 114.3
- GEOG 130.3
- GEOG 150.3
- HLST 110.3
- INDG 107.3
- IS 110.3
- LING 111.3
- LING 112.3
- POLS 111.3
- POLS 112.3
- PSY 120.3
- PSY 121.3
- SOC 111.3
- SOC 112.3
- WGST 112.3
- Any senior-level social science course provided that not more than 6 credit units in one subject are used for the Social Science Requirement.
- Statistics courses in social sciences are not accepted for credit toward the Social Science Requirement (e.g. ECON 204.6, PSY 233.3, PSY 234.3, SOC 225.3 and SOC 325.3).
- Certain WGST courses may be considered a Humanities and/or Social Science. Refer to the course descriptions.
B2 Humanities Requirement (6 credit units)
Choose 6 credit units from the following:
- ARBC 114.3
- ARBC 117.3
- CHIN 114.3
- CHIN 117.3
- CLAS 110.3
- CLAS 111.3
- CMRS 110.3
- CMRS 111.3
- CREE 101.6
- CREE 110.3
- ENG 110.6
- ENG 111.3
- ENG 112.3
- ENG 113.3
- ENG 114.3
- ENG 120.3
- ESL 115.3
- ESL 116.3
- FREN 103.3
- FREN 106.3
- FREN 122.3
- FREN 125.3
- FREN 218.3
- GERM 114.3
- GERM 117.3
- GRK 112.3
- GRK 113.3
- HEB 114.3
- HEB 117.3
- HIST 115.3
- HIST 125.3
- HIST 135.3
- HIST 145.3
- HIST 155.3
- HIST 165.3
- HIST 175.3
- HNDI 114.3
- HNDI 117.3
- JPNS 114.3
- JPNS 117.3
- LATN 112.3
- LATN 113.3
- LING 110.3
- LIT 110.3
- LIT 111.3
- MUS 111.3
- PHIL 110.6
- PHIL 115.3
- PHIL 120.3
- PHIL 133.3
- PHIL 140.3
- RLST 111.3
- RLST 112.3
- RLST 113.3
- RUSS 114.3
- RUSS 117.3
- SNSK 114.3
- SNSK 117.3
- SPAN 114.3
- SPAN 117.3
- UKR 114.3
- UKR 117.3
- WGST 112.3
- Any senior-level humanities course provided that the prerequisite is met and not more than 6 credit units in one subject are used for the Humanities or Languages Requirements.
- Certain WGST courses may be considered a Humanities and/or Social Science. Refer to the course descriptions.
- CLAS 103.3, CLAS 104.3, CLAS 105.3, and CLAS 203.3 may not be used to fulfill the Humanities requirement.
B3 Science Requirement (6 credit units)
Choose 3 credit units from the following:
Math 110.3 is recommended.
Choose 3 credit units from the following:
B4 Language Requirement (6 credit units)
Choose 6 credit units from the following:
- ARBC 114.3
- ARBC 117.3
- CHIN 114.3
- CHIN 117.3
- CREE 101.6
- CREE 110.3
- ENG 110.6
- ENG 111.3
- ENG 112.3
- ENG 113.3
- ENG 114.3
- ENG 120.3
- ESL 115.3
- ESL 116.3
- FREN 103.3
- FREN 106.3
- FREN 122.3
- FREN 125.3
- FREN 218.3
- GERM 114.3
- GERM 117.3
- GRK 112.3
- GRK 113.3
- HEB 114.3
- HEB 117.3
- HNDI 114.3
- HNDI 117.3
- JPNS 114.3
- JPNS 117.3
- LATN 112.3
- LATN 113.3
- LIT 100.6
- RUSS 114.3
- RUSS 117.3
- SNSK 114.3
- SNSK 117.3
- SPAN 114.3
- SPAN 117.3
- UKR 114.3
- UKR 117.3
- Any senior-level language course provided that the prerequisite is met and not more than 6 credit units in one subject are used for the Humanities or Languages Requirement.
B5 General Requirement (6 credit units)
Choose 6 credit units from the areas of Humanities, Science and/or Fine Arts.
B6 Major Requirement (minimum 54 credit units)
- COMM 201.3
- COMM 203.3*
- COMM 210.3
- ECON 211.3 or ECON 273.3
- ECON 214.3 or ECON 274.3
- ECON 304.3
- STAT 245.3
*Students who have declared Business Economics as their major may use MATH 104 (instead of MATH 110 or MATH 125) as a prerequisite for COMM 203. Students are responsible for approaching the Department of Economics for necessary prerequisite overrides.
Choose 6 credit units from the following:
- COMM 105.3
- COMM 204.3
- COMM 211.3
- COMM 304.3
- COMM 345.3
- COMM 381.3
Senior Economic Electives
Choose 12 credit units with a minimum of 6 credit units at the 300- or 400-level.
Choose 6 credit units at the 400-levelEconomic and/or Commerce Electives
- 9 additional credit units of Economics and/or Commerce Electives at the 200-level or higher
B7 Electives Requirement (maximum 30 credit units)
- Arts and Science courses, or those from other Colleges that have been approved for Arts and Science credit, to complete the requirements for 120 credit unit Four-year program. Of the 120 credit units required at least 66 must be at the 200-level or higher and no more than 60 in one subject.
If you require further assistance, please contact the Arts & Science Undergraduate Student Office.
