Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (AP) – Interdisciplinary Social Science

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.

All approved general education courses may count for general education credits; some may count for major credits; none may count as both.

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: 48 credits including:

AP/SOSC 1000 9.00 (note: only 6 credits count toward the major);
AP/SOSC 2000 6.00;
24 credits chosen from the CORE list where at least 12 of the 24 are at the 3000 level or above and where at least 6 of the 24 must be selected from an approved list of Theory courses;
AP/SOSC 4000 6.00 or AP/SOSC 4511 6.00;
6 additional credits in the major 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: 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, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, 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.

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

Major credits: 42 credits including:

AP/SOSC 1000 9.00 (note: only 6 credits count toward the major);
AP/SOSC 2000 6.00;
18 credits chosen from the CORE list where at least 12 of the 18 are the 3000-level or above; and where at least 6 of the 18 must be selected from an approved list of Theory courses;
AP/SOSC 4000 6.00 or AP/SOSC 4511 6.00;
Six additional credits in the major at the 4000-level.

Honours Major/Minor BA (where the Major is Interdisciplinary Social Science)

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, 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.

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

Major credits: 42 credits including:

AP/SOSC 1000 9.00 (note: only 6 credits count toward the major);
AP/SOSC 2000 6.00;
18 credits chosen from the CORE list where at least 12 of the 18 are at the 3000-level or above and where at least 6 of the 18 must be selected from an approved list of Theory courses;
AP/SOSC 4000 6.00 or AP/SOSC 4511 6.00;
Six additional credits in the major at the 4000-level.

BA: 90 Credits

Note: the 90 credit BA program does not include a Theory or 4000-level Capstone requirement.

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: 36 credits including:

AP/SOSC 1000 9.00 ( note: only 6 credits count toward the major);
AP/SOSC 2000 6.00;
24 credits chosen from the CORE list; where at least 12 of the 24 are at the 3000-level or above.

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

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

Core List:

AP/SOSC 2005 3.00
AP/SOSC 2005 6.00
AP/SOSC 2101 3.00
AP/SOSC 2102 3.00
AP/SOSC 2150 9.00
AP/SOSC 2210 9.00
AP/SOSC 2330 9.00
AP/SOSC 2340 9.00
AP/SOSC 2435 6.00
AP/SOSC 2460 9.00
AP/SOSC 2480 9.00
AP/SOSC 2560 6.00
AP/SOSC 2570 9.00
AP/SOSC 2571 9.00
AP/SOSC 2652 6.00
AP/SOSC 2730 6.00
AP/SOSC 2800 6.00
AP/SOSC 3005 3.00
AP/SOSC 3005 6.00
AP/SOSC 3041 6.00
AP/SOSC 3046 6.00
AP/SOSC 3240 3.00
AP/SOSC 3241 3.00
AP/SOSC 3360 6.00
AP/SOSC 3410 6.00
AP/SOSC 3481 6.00
AP/SOSC 3511 6.00
AP/SOSC 3512 6.00
AP/SOSC 3514 6.00
AP/SOSC 3515 6.00
AP/SOSC 3543 6.00
AP/SOSC 3652 3.00
AP/SOSC 3745 3.00
AP/SOSC 3746 3.00
AP/SOSC 3760 3.00
AP/SOSC 3770 3.00
AP/SOSC 3815 3.00
AP/SOSC 3920 6.00
AP/SOSC 3970 6.00
AP/SOSC 3980 3.00
AP/SOSC 3981 3.00

Theory List (Hon. BA only):

AP/SOSC 2560 6.00
AP/SOSC 2570 9.00
AP/SOSC 2571 9.00
AP/SOSC 3511 6.00
AP/SOSC 3512 6.00
AP/SOSC 3514 6.00
AP/SOSC 3515 6.00

Honours Capstone Courses:

AP/SOSC 4002 6.00
AP/SOSC 4511 6.00 / AP/SPTH 4511 6.00

Additional 4000-level Courses:

AP/SOSC 4043 6.00
AP/SOSC 4044 6.00
AP/SOSC 4045 6.00
AP/SOSC 4141 6.00
AP/SOSC 4113 3.00
AP/SSOC 4250 6.00
AP/SOSC 4357 6.00
AP/SOSC 4370 6.00
AP/SOSC 4435 6.00
AP/SOSC 4436 6.00
AP/SOSC 4450 3.00
AP/SOSC 4452 3.00
AP/SOSC 4510 6.00
AP/SOSC 4735 6.00

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