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Science and Society

Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements, all Foundations courses will count as 6 credits towards the major.

Course offerings may vary from year to year and students are advised to consult the supplemental calendar of the Divisions of Social Science, Humanities, or the program coordinator.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Program

The Science and Society program is an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. The program is jointly housed in the Divisions of Humanities and Social Science. Science and Society majors must comajor in another department/discipline in the Faculty of Arts, Environmental Studies, or with a major program in Physics and Astronomy or Earth and Atmospheric Science in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science. Students must take at least 36 credits in the Science and Society program and at least 36 credits in the comajor according to the requirements and regulations specified by each department/discipline for an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Courses taken to meet Science and Society requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the departmental/divisional major. Students in these Interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least 6 credits in Science and Society and 6 credits in the departmental/divisional major. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Students must take 36 credits in the Science and Society program, including:

• one of AS/HUMA 1910 9.0 or AS/HUMA 2915 9.0;
• AS/SOSC 2040 9.0;
• AS/HUMA 4225 6.0;
• and 18 additional credits from the list of program courses.

Note 1: Students interested in the Science and Society program are strongly encouraged to successfully complete AS/HUMA 1910 9.0 in their first year of study.

Note 2: Students may take courses through Atkinson and Glendon (subject to degree credit exclusion and in-Faculty regulations) by permission of the Science and Society program. Students interested in this program should arrange their program of study in consultation with the program coordinator.

Please refer to the current departmental/divisional supplemental calendar for updated program/major requirements.