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General Education Requirements

General education courses are required within all BSc and BSc Honours degree programs. These nonscience courses provide a broad perspective on current scholarship and the diversity of human experience. The courses are also expected to enhance students' critical skills in reading, writing and thinking, and contribute to their preparation for post-university life.

All BSc and BSc Honours candidates must complete a minimum of 12 credits from two different areas of study, including at least three credits from each area, subject to the restrictions noted below. For the purposes of this regulation "different area" means offered by different academic units such as divisions, departments or Faculties and excluding courses offered by similar departments in different Faculties (such as English in the Faculty of Arts and the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies). Subject to the restrictions listed below, courses in the following areas may be taken in the Faculty of Arts, the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies or Glendon College.

Anthropology

Classical Studies *

Economics

English

French Studies *

Geography **

History

Humanities

Languages, Literature and Linguistics *

Philosophy

Political Science

Social Science

Sociology

Women's Studies ***

The following course offered by the Faculty of Environmental Studies may be taken to satisfy Faculty of Pure and Applied Science general education requirements: ES/ENVS 1000 6.0.

The following courses offered by the Faculty of Fine Arts may be taken to satisfy Faculty of Pure and Applied Science general education requirements: FA/DANC 1340 3.0, FA/DANC 2340 3.0, FA/FACS 1900 6.0, FA/FACS 1940 6.0, FA/FACS 2900 6.0, FA/FILM 1400 6.0, FA/FILM 2401 6.0, FA/MUSI 1511 3.0, FA/MUSI 1512 3.0, FA/MUSI 1520 6.0, FA/MUSI 1530 6.0, FA/THEA 1500 6.0, FA/THEA 2210 3.0, FA/VISA 1110 6.0, FA/VISA 1340 6.0, FA/VISA 2110 6.0, FA/VISA 2540 6.0, FA/VISA 2550 6.0, FA/VISA 2560 6.0, FA/VISA 2620 6.0, FA/VISA 2680 3.0.

The following Fine Arts courses offered by the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies may be taken to satisfy Faculty of Pure and Applied Science general education requirements: AK/FA 2100 6.0, AK/MUSI 2210 6.0, AK/VISA 2410 6.0, AK/VISA 3400 6.0, AK/VISA 3420 6.0, AK/VISA 3430 6.0.

General education courses are normally taken at the 1000 or 2000 level, but higherlevel courses are acceptable, subject only to prerequisites and course access specifications for enrolment.

Permission may be granted by the Office of Science Academic Services, on an individual basis, for a student to take a course outside the areas and Faculties listed above for general education credit, subject to the course fulfilling the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science breadth and critical skills requirements for general education courses, the student having the appropriate prerequisites and the course access specifications permitting enrolment. A student who is in doubt regarding whether or not any specific course will fulfill the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science general education requirements should consult the Office of Science Academic Services.