Spring 2008 Undergraduate Calendar

INTER-FACULTY PROGRAMS

Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science (BAS)

The Bachelor of Arts and Science program provides substantial education in the disciplines of both arts and sciences, and it puts an emphasis on critical thinking and argument. Throughout, students will take course designed to foster the skills of inquiry and, in the third and fourth years, they will take courses in the methods of inquiry and applied inquiry. In addition to developing students’ research skills and involving them with topics of public concern, these courses develop their abilities and confidence as writers and speakers.

Total courses: forty.

Major Core requirements: A set of core courses that straddle the Arts and Sciences; a Major Concentration of 12 courses from a discipline in the Faculties of Arts/Social Sciences or Science, as determined by each Department; a Minor concentration of 6 courses from a discipline in the other Faculty.

Other requirements:
(a) At least 15 courses from each of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science.
(b) Specific course requirements as specified in the Program Sequencing, below.
(c) To continue in the program, and to receive the Honours BAS degree, students must maintain an Honours (B-) average in all courses and in their Major concentration.
(d) It is intended that students obtain all required courses within any four-year sequence.

Major concentration requirements will have the following structure:

Twelve (12) courses as follows:
(a) no more than two (2) 100-level courses in the Major subject;
(b) at least four (4) 300-level or 400-level courses in the Major subject.

Minor concentration requirements will have the following structure:

Six (6) courses as follows:
(a) no more than two (2) 100-level courses in the Minor subject;
(b) at least one (1) 300-level or 400-level course in the Minor subject.

When a requirement in the Major or Minor Concentration is taken as part of the core BAS program course requirements, another course must be selected from within the area of concentration and substituted with the approval of the Coordinator of Inter-Faculty programs. Similarly, when a a requirement in the Major Concentration is taken as part of the course requirements in the Minor Concentration, another course must be selected from within the area of Major Concentration and substituted with the approval of the Coordinator of Inter-Faculty programs.

Required courses for Major and Minor concentrations are listed in the relevant program section of the calendar.

PROGRAM SEQUENCING

Students must select a Major and a Minor Concentration at the time of registration. Consultation is available from the Director of the program. The selection of electives in Years 2, 3 and 4 must satisfy the requirements for the Major and the Minor concentrations, and the general program requirement that students must complete at least 15 courses in each of the two Faculties.

Year 1: 11-161, 34-162, 43-102, 62-130 (or 62-140 and 62-141 if requirement for major or minor concentration), two courses selected as needed to satisfy major or minor requirements in Arts and Social Science, four courses consisting of any two of the following pairs: 55-140 and 55-141, 62-140 and 62-141, 59-140 and 59-141, 60-140 and 60-141, 61-140 and 61-141, 64-140 and 64-141, 41-110 and 41-111.

Year 2: one of 26-120, 26-260, 26-270, 29-141, or 07-234; one of 24-111, 24-130, 24-230, 24-330, 24-335, 26-105, 28-214, 32-106, 32-107; one of 53-220, 64-203, 61-213, 61-214, 66-201, 59-201; 65-205 or 55-208; plus any six additional courses, at least 2 from each of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science, and consistent with satisfying the requirements for the Major and the Minor concentrations.

Year 3: 34-221, 56-310, 56-301; Plus any seven additional courses, at least 2 from each of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science, and consistent with satisfying the requirements for the Major and the Minor concentrations.

Year 4: **56-401, 56-421, 56-410, 56-420 (or other departmental requirement for the student's Major concentration); plus any six additional courses as needed to satisfying the remaining requirements for the Major concentration, the Minor concentration and/or the Program.

**to be introduced.

Major and Minor Concentrations

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Anthropology Classical Studies Modern Languages, Literatures and Civilizations Communication Studies Criminology Dramatic Art English, Language, Literature and Creative Writing French Studies History Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology Visual Arts Women's Studies

Faculty of Science Biochemistry Biological Sciences Chemistry Computer Science Earth and Environmental Sciences Economics Mathematics and Statistics Physics

ARTS AND SCIENCE: COURSES

INTER-FACULTY PROGRAMS: PROGRAMS