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Department of Social Science

For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students will take at least 42 credits in health and society including the following:

  • AP/SOSC 2110 6.00;
  • AP/SOSC 2150 9.00;
  • AP/SOSC 3993 3.00;
  • 15 additional credits at the 3000 level chosen from the list of health and society courses, including at least six credits from the Department of Social Science;
  • AP/SOSC 4140 6.00;
  • six additional social science credits at the 4000 level chosen from the list of health and society courses.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

The Honours BA program described above may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Students must take at least 42 credits in health and society and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet health and society requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits in health and society and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Minor credits: the Honours Minor in health and society comprises at least 30 credits including the following:

  • AP/SOSC 2110 6.00;
  • AP/SOSC 2150 9.00;
  • AP/SOSC 3993 3.00;
  • nine additional credits at the 3000 level chosen from the health and society list of program courses, including at least six credits from the Department of Social Science;
  • six social science credits at the 4000 level chosen from the list of health and society courses.

Note: at least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

BA: 90 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 90 credits that meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 4.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students will take at least 30 credits in health and society including the following:

Upper-level credits: at least 18 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residency requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting health and society program requirements:

Program Course Course Substitutes
AP/SOSC 4140 6.00 AP/SOSC 4141 6.00

Health and Society Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and residency requirements, students may complete other courses for program credit in health and society.

AP/ANTH 3050 3.00
AP/ANTH 3080 6.00
AP/ANTH 3190 3.00
AP/ANTH 3190 6.00
AP/ANTH 3200 3.00
AP/ANTH 3280 6.00
AP/ANTH 3330 6.00
AP/ANTH 4330 6.00
AP/HUMA 3320 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/REI 3320 6.00)
AP/HREQ 3830 6.00
AP/HREQ 3850 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/SOCI 3850 6.00)
AP/HREQ 4240 6.00
AP/POLS 3170 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HREQ 3761 3.00, AP/PPAS 3761 3.00)
AP/POLS 3300 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/PPAS 3300 6.00, AP/SOCI 3030 6.00)
AP/POLS 4161 3.00
AP/POLS 4162 3.00
AP/SOCI 3550 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HREQ 3550 3.00)
AP/SOCI 3820 6.00
AP/SOCI 3850 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HREQ 3850 6.00)
AP/SOCI 3950 3.00
AP/SOCI 4072 3.00
AP/SOCI 4300 3.00
AP/SOSC 1801 6.00
AP/SOSC 1801 9.00
AP/SOSC 2101 3.00
AP/SOSC 2102 3.00
AP/SOSC 3090 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HIST 3880 6.00)
AP/SOSC 3101 3.00
AP/SOSC 3103 3.00
AP/SOSC 3113 6.00
AP/SOSC 3116 6.00
AP/SOSC 3117 3.00
AP/SOSC 3118 3.00
AP/SOSC 3168 3.00
AP/SOSC 3169 3.00
AP/SOSC 3361 6.00
AP/SOSC 3362 6.00
AP/SOSC 3920 6.00
AP/SOSC 3921 6.00
AP/SOSC 4113 3.00
AP/SOSC 4141 6.00
AP/SOSC 4142 3.00
AP/SOSC 4143 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 4143 6.00)
AP/SOSC 4144 6.00
AP/SOSC 4150 3.00
AP/SOSC 4150 6.00
AP/SOSC 4710 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3511 3.00 (cross-listed to: GL/SOSC 3625 3.00)
AP/GL/WMST 3548 3.00
AP/GL/WMST 3554 3.00
HH/HLST 3010 3.00
HH/HLST 3015 3.00
HH/HLST 3230 3.00
HH/HLST 3400 3.00
HH/HLST 3510 3.00
HH/HLST 4130 3.00
HH/HLST 4140 3.00
HH/PSYC 3170 3.00
HH/PSYC 3490 3.00
HH/PSYC 3560 3.00
SC/STS 3750 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HUMA 3750 6.00)
SC/STS 3780 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/SOSC 3780 6.00)


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