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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.

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: a minimum of 21 General Education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
  • A 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • A 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 60 credits, as follows:

Note: with permission of the program coordinator, students can replace AP/SOSC 4040 6.00 with AP/SOSC 4042 6.00, AP/SOSC 4043 6.00, AP/SOSC 4044 6.00, AP/SOSC 4045 6.00 or AP/SOSC 4047 6.00.

Note: ESL students may replace AP/SOSC 1340 9.00 with AP/SOSC 1349 9.00, and AP/SOSC 2340 6.00 with AP/SOSC 2349 6.00.

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.

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: a minimum of 21 General Education credits as follows:

  • 6.00 credits in Natural Science (NATS)
  • A 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
  • A 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 42 credits, as follows:

Note: ESL students may replace AP/SOSC 1340 9.00 with AP/SOSC 1349 9.00, and AP/SOSC 2340 6.00 with AP/SOSC 2349 6.00.

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

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Statistics Requirement

All business and society majors must complete three credits in an approved statistics course.

Approved courses: SC/MATH 1532 3.00 is the recommended statistics course for BUSO majors.

Other approved statistics courses are:

Business and Society Streams

Students must choose two of the following streams.

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

For the Honours program: AP/SOSC 4044 6.00.

The Environment

For the Honours program: six credits chosen from:

The Firm and Organization

For the Honours program:

The Global Economy

For the Honours program:

Law and Governance

For the Honours program:

The Social Economy

For the Honours program

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