Liberal Arts and Professional Studies – Information Technology (BA)

School of Information Technology

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

Students prior to entering ITEC are required to have completed one 4U mathematics course or the equivalent with in the last five years.

General prerequisites for all 3000 level or above courses: students must have successfully completed all 1000 and 2000 level required courses in information technology and mathematics required for their program option before taking courses in information technology at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Students must obtain a minimum grade of C in either AP/ITEC 2610 3.00 or AP/ITEC 3010 3.00 in order to graduate.

Program note: students combining a Honours ITEC major with a second major or minor are not required to complete a stream.

Specialized 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: 66 credits including:

(i) 63 credits consisting of the following:

(ii) 3 credits from other ITEC courses.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be completed at the 4000 level.

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: 18 credits including SC/MATH 1190 3.00; SC/MATH 2565 3.00; AP/WRIT 3988 3.00 or AP/WRIT 3989 3.00.

Honours BA: 120 Credits

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: 60 credits including:

(i) 42 credits consisting of the following:

(ii) 18 credits from other ITEC courses.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be completed at the 4000 level.

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: 18 credits including SC/MATH 1190 3.00; SC/MATH 2565 3.00; AP/WRIT 3988 3.00 or AP/WRIT 3989 3.00. (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, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering, except for computer science. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties. Students wishing to combine a major in ITEC with a major in another discipline or field of study must follow the requirements below.

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

Major information technology: 45 credits including:

(i) 39 credits consisting of the following:

(ii) 6 credits from other ITEC courses.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be completed at the 4000 level.

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

Required non-ITEC credits: SC/MATH 1190 3.00; SC/MATH 2565 3.00; AP/WRIT 3988 3.00 or AP/WRIT 3989 3.00.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours program BA 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, Science the Lassonde School of Engineering, except computer science. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties. Students wishing to combine a major in ITEC with a minor in another discipline or field of study must follow the requirements below.

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

Major information technology: 45 credits including:

(i) 30 credits consisting of the following:

(ii) 15 credits chosen from other ITEC courses.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be completed at the 4000 level.

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

Required non-ITEC credits: SC/MATH 1190 3.00; SC/MATH 2565 3.00; AP/WRIT 3988 3.00 or AP/WRIT 3989 3.00.

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, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties. Refer to Programs of Study.

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

Minor credits: 33 credits including:

(i) 21 credits consisting of:

(ii) 12 credits chosen from other ITEC courses.

Or any course from any of the existing BA ITEC streams.

Credits outside the minor: SC/MATH 2565 3.00 or equivalent.

BA: 90 Credits

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 information technology: 45 credits including:

(i) 30 credits consisting of:

(ii) 15 credits chosen from other ITEC courses.

Note: at least 12 credits in the major must be completed at the 3000 level or above.

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

Required credits outside the major: 18 credits including SC/MATH 1190 3.00; SC/MATH 2565 3.00; AP/WRIT 3988 3.00 or AP/WRIT 3989 3.00.

Course Substitutes

Program notes for BA ITEC courses: the following chart refers only to courses completed prior to entry to the BA ITEC program.

BA ITEC Program Course	BA ITEC program course substitutes if completed prior to entering the program
AP/ITEC 1620 3.00	LE/EECS 1020 3.00
AP/ITEC 2620 3.00	LE/EECS 1030 3.00
AP/ITEC 3220 3.00	LE/EECS 3421 3.00
AP/ITEC 3230 3.00	LE/EECS 3461 3.00
AP/ITEC 1000 3.00	Students who have successfully completed EECS courses prior to entering the program may replace ITEC 1000 3.00 with any EECS course that has not already been used towards the fulfillment of another requirement. Should no such course be available, students may replace ITEC 1000 3.00 with any ITEC course not specifically required for completion of the degree requirements.
SC/MATH 1190 3.00 and SC/MATH 2565 3.00	SC/MATH 1550 6.00 completed prior to entering the program.
SC/MATH 2565 3.00	SC/MATH 2560 3.00, SC/MATH 2570 3.00, SC/MATH 1131 3.00 completed prior to entering the program.

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