Science and Society
Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements,
all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major
or minor.
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 co-major 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 co-major 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 six credits in Science and Society and six 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, AS/HUMA 2915 9.0,
or AS/SOSC 2040 9.0;
- 24 additional credits chosen from the list
of program courses;
- AS/HUMA 4225 6.0.
Note: If one of AS/HUMA 1910 9.0 or AS/HUMA
2915 9.0 has been successfully completed, then a least six credits
chosen from the list of program courses must be in the social science
area. If AS/SOSC 2040 9.0 has been successfully completed, then
a least six credits chosen from the list of program courses (in
addition to AS/HUMA 4225 6.0) must be in the humanities area.
Honours Minor BA Program
The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly
with an Honours BA program in the Faculty of Arts. Courses taken
to meet science and society requirements cannot also be used to
meet the requirements of the major program.
The Honours Minor in science and society comprises
at least 30 credits including the following:
- one of AS/HUMA 1910 9.0, AS/HUMA 2915 9.0,
or AS/SOSC 2040 9.0;
- 18 additional credits chosen from the list
of program courses;
- AS/HUMA 4225 6.0.
Note: If one of AS/HUMA 1910 9.0 or AS/HUMA
2915 9.0 has been successfully completed, then a least six credits
chosen from the list of program courses must be in the social science
area. If AS/SOSC 2040 9.0 has been successfully completed, then
a least six credits chosen from the list of program courses (in
addition to AS/HUMA 4225 6.0) must be in the humanities area.
Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that,
in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take
a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at
least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours major or Specialized
Honours major.
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