Students completing a second Faculty of Arts & Science
degree: please see “Second Degree Requirements” below.
In the requirements below
the word “course” means one full course equivalent—a “full course” or two
“half-courses”; in the Programs and Courses section, “full
courses” are listed as Y1 courses, and “half-courses” are listed as H1 courses.
Honours
Bachelor of Arts/Honours Bachelor of Science
General Degree Requirements
Please note: in the requirements below the word “course” means one full-course
equivalent.
To qualify for an Honours Bachelor of Arts (Hon.B.A.) or Honours Bachelor
of Science (Hon. B.Sc.), you must:
(a) Obtain standing (i.e., receive 50% or more) in at least 20 courses
that meet the following criteria:
1. No more than six courses may
be 100-series.
2. At least six courses must be 300+series courses (no more
than one 300+series transfer credit may be counted towards these six).
3.
No more than fifteen courses may have the same three-letter designator (“AST”,
“ENG”, etc.).
(b) Complete one of the following program requirements
One specialist program
(which includes at least one course at the 400-level)
or
Two major programs, which must include at least 12 different
courses
or
One major and two minor programs, which must include at
least 12 different courses
or
Students registered in the Faculty before the 2000-2001
session may also complete three minor programs, which
must include
12 different courses;
this option
is discontinued for students registering for the
first time in 2000-2001
and thereafter.
Note: whether you receive an Hon. B.A. or an Hon. B.Sc.
depends on the program(s) you complete; see Program
Requirements, below.
(c) Complete the Distribution Requirement.
(d) Obtain a Cumulative GPA of 1.85 or more by the time
of graduation. Students who meet all the requirements
for the
Hon.B.A./Hon.B.Sc.
except for the GPA
requirement may elect to graduate with a B.A./B.Sc.
degree provided they are In Good Standing (i.e., CGPA is
1.50 or more).
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Effective for all students registered for the first
time in a degree program in the Faculty of
Arts & Science
for the summer 2001 session and thereafter,
the St. George Campus of the Faculty has discontinued
the
15 course
(three-year) B.A. and B.Sc. degrees. Students
registered in a degree program in the Faculty
before Summer 2001 may still choose a 15-course
(three-year)
degree; these students should consult their
college registrar’s office.
Students with a B.A. or B.Sc. who return to
upgrade that degree to an Hon. B.A. or Hon.
B.Sc. must
exchange the
B.A. or B.Sc.
for an
Honours degree.
A B.A. leads only to an Hon. B.A.; a B.A. CANNOT
be upgraded to an Hon.
B.Sc., and a B.Sc. CANNOT be upgraded to an
Hon. B.A. Students who upgrade to an
Honours
degree are not eligible to attend the convocation
ceremony for the upgrade.
Different degree regulations
apply to students who first registered in the Faculty before
Winter Session
1992; these
students should
consult their College
Registrar.
Graduation
Students who expect to graduate at the end
of a given session must use the Student
Web Service
or notify
their College
Registrars in writing to make
their degree requests by the dates specified
in
the Calendar. Prospective
graduands
should receive the following documents
from the University:
1. a Program of Study Assessment form (late
April/early October) from the program
sponsor;
2. a letter from the Office of Convocation
providing details of the convocation
ceremony (late March/mid-October);
3. a Statement of Results (or letter for
non-registered students) from the
Office of the Faculty Registrar
confirming degree
eligibility (early
June/late
October).
“Second Degree” Requirements
Students must petition through their college
by June 30 to begin a second degree.
Before applying, students
are urged
to determine
whether
a second
degree is
actually required for their purposes;
for example, a “make-up” year as a non-degree
student may satisfy
admission requirements
for graduate
school. Students are
governed by the rules of the Faculty
in place at the
time they commence their
second degree. Students who already hold
a degree from the Faculty of
Arts & Science,
the University of Toronto Scarborough or the
University of Toronto Mississauga may complete
a second degree
only of an alternate type (i.e. if a student
has a B.A. degree then he/she may not complete
a second
B.A. degree). The Faculty normally exempts
students from the
first year of the degree requirements (five
(5.0) credits: four 100-level and one 200-level),
regardless of the number of previous degrees
held. Second degree
candidates may not repeat courses taken
in a previous degree; they may however, count
such courses towards satisfying pre-requisite
and program
requirements,
on approval of the department/programs
office concerned. A new Grade Point average
will commence with the second degree courses.
Program Requirements
Completion of a program of study (also
known as a subject POSt) is only
one part of the
general degree
requirements.
Variations
made
in program
details
for individual students do not in
any way affect degree requirements.
Meaning of “Program”
Programs are groupings of courses
in one or more disciplines; these
groupings
are
listed
with
each college or department
entry in the
“Programs and
Courses” section of this Calendar.
Types
of programs are:
- Specialist Program: a sequence
of between 9 and 17.5
courses* in one
or more
disciplines. Specialist
programs
must include
at least
four
300+series courses,
one of which must be
a 400-series course.
- Major Program: a sequence
of between 6 and
8 courses* in
one or more
disciplines. Major
programs
must
include at
least two
300+series
courses.
- Minor Program: a sequence
of 4 courses* in
one or more disciplines.
Minor
programs must
include
at
least one 300+series
course.
PLEASE NOTE
Courses may have prerequisites not listed in the program but which must be
taken. Programs which list optional courses do not necessarily list prerequisites.
Students are responsible for fulfilling prerequisites; students enroled in
courses for which they do not have the published prerequisites may have their
registration in those courses cancelled at any time without warning. Program
Requirements
1. You must enrol in at least one and no more than three
subject POSts (of
which only two can be majors or specialists), in the session in which you
pass your fourth course (see the Registration Handbook and Timetable for
details). Students admitted with transfer credit for four courses or more
must do this immediately upon admission.)
2. You must meet any enrolment requirements for a program
as stated in the Calendar. If you do not meet these requirements, you
may be removed
from the
subject POSts.
3. The subject POSts(s) you complete determine whether you
receive a science or an arts degree upon graduation. In the “Programs
and Courses” section,
each program indicates the type of degree to which it leads. For
example, in the
English section, the English Specialist listing is followed by “Arts
program”; the Geology Major is followed by “Science program”, etc.
To
receive an Hon. B.Sc., for example:
O
ne Specialist in a science area
leads to an Hon. B.Sc.;
One Major in a science area plus one Major
in an arts. area leads to either an Hon. B.Sc. or an Hon.B.A. - your
choice (two Majors
must
include at
least 12 different courses);
In combinations of one Major and two
Minors, at least one Major, or both the Minors, must be in the Science
area for an Honours
Bachelor of Science
(combinations
must include at least 12 different courses).
Note:
In biological and science programs there may be occasions
when scientific observations are made by students on themselves
or on fellow students.
These include common
diagnostic or immunization procedures. Unless a valid reason
exists, students are expected to participate in such exercises.
If any
investigative work
involving student participation does not form part of the
program, participation is voluntary.
Self-Designed Programs
Students may design their own Programs, which must be substantially
different from any Program in this Calendar. Such a Program,
if formally adopted
by the student’s College on the basis of its academic
rigour and coherence, and if
approved by the Committee on Academic Standards, will
be accepted as fulfilling the degree requirement for certification
in a
Program (transcripts
indicate
only “Completed Self-designed Programs approved by ’X’
College”). Since the
approval process is necessarily a long one, students
following this alternative must discuss this process with their College
Registrar immediately after
completion of the fourth course in the Faculty. Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Degree Requirements
For the complete Commerce
degree, program and course listing, see page 26.
Bachelor of Commerce
(B.Com.) Degree Requirements
This is a four-year Honours
program.
To qualify for a Bachelor
of Commerce degree, a student must:
(a) Complete twenty
full-course equivalents, including no more than six
100-series courses;
(b) Complete one of the
Specialist programs - Management, Finance and Economics,
or Accounting;
(c) Complete the Faculty
Distribution Requirement for B.Com. students (see below);
(d) Complete ten
full course equivalents from Management (RSM/MGT/COM)
and
ten full course equivalents from
disciplines outside of RSM/MGT/COM which include
Economics (ECO) and other Arts & Science
courses.
(e) Obtain standing (i.e.,
complete with a grade of 50% or more) in at least six
300- or 400-series courses, including at least one
400-series course. No
more than one 300+series transfer credit may be counted towards these six.
(Students participating in an approved exchange program may count all 300+
transfer credits from the exchange towards the required six.)
(f) Achieve
a cumulative GPA of 1.85 or more by the time of graduation.
Graduation
Students who expect to
graduate at the end of a given session must use the
Student Web Service or notify
their College Registrars in writing to make
their degree requests by the dates specified in the Calendar. Prospective
graduands
should receive the following documents from the University:
1. a Program of Study
Assessment form (late April/late August) from the program
sponsor;
2. a letter from the
Office of Convocation providing details of the convocation
ceremony (late March/mid-October);
3. a Statement of Results
(or letter for non-registered students) from the Office
of the Faculty Registrar confirming degree eligibility
(early
June/early
September).
Faculty Distribution
Requirement for B.Com. Students
As part of the degree
requirements for the B.Com., STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE
ONE FULL COURSE EQUIVALENT IN
EACH OF THE HUMANITIES, THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
AND THE
SCIENCES AREAS as defined below:
1. ONE full course
equivalent must be from the Humanities.
2. ONE full
course equivalent must be from the Social Sciences (MGT/RSM courses may
be used to meet this requirement with the exception
of
MGT120H1/MGT201H1, COM110H1, and RSM100Y which have NO Distribution
Requirement status).
3. ONE full course equivalent
must be from the Sciences, with the following
exceptions: all 100-series courses in CSC,
MAT,
STA; STA250H1,
STA255H1, STA257H1, STA352Y1.
4. NOTE: transfer students
from University of Toronto Mississauga or Scarborough
must meet the
St. George B.Com.Distribution Requirement.
The Distribution Requirement
On the St. George Campus
Arts & Science
courses fall into three areas:
- Humanities
- Social Science
- Sciences
To qualify for any degree
you must complete at least one full course equivalent
in each of these three areas,
for a total of 3.0 full
course equivalents.
Courses that you take
as part of your Specialist, Major or Minor programs
may also be used to count towards the Distribution
Requirement.
To help you understand
the Distribution Requirement, there is a sample student
course enrolment on next page.
The courses in these
three areas are as follows: Humanities
Courses with the three-letter
designators below are Humanities courses. (In addition,
other designators
have courses in more than
one area;
these designators
are listed below.)
- Architecture (ARC
course designators)
- Art History (FAH course designators)
- Classics (CLA course designators)
- Drama (DRM course designators)
- East Asian Studies (EAS course designators)
- English (ENG course designators)
- Estonian (EST course designators)
- Finnish (FIN course designators)
- French (FCS, FRE, FSL course designators)
- German (GER course designators)
- Greek (GRK course designators)
- History (HIS course designators); except HIS 103Y1
- Humanities First-Year Seminars (HUM199 course
designators)
- Hungarian (HUN course designators)
- Italian (ITA course designators)
- Latin (LAT course designators)
- Music (MUS, HMU, TMU course designators)
- Near & Middle
Eastern Civilizations (NMC and NML course
designators)
- Philosophy (PHL course designators), except PHL245H1,
which has NO Distribution Requirement status)
- Portuguese
(PRT course designators)
- St. Michael’s College Courses (SMC course designators)
- Slavic Languages & Literatures
(SLA course designators)
- Spanish (SPA course designators)
- Visual Studies (VIS course designators; listed
with
Art)
Social
Science
Courses with the three-letter designators
below are Social Science courses.
(In addition, other designators have courses in more than one area; these
designators are listed below.)
- Archaeology (ARH course designators)
- Economics (ECO course designators)
- Mathematics: MAT 123H, 124H and 133Y
are Social Science courses; ALL other MAT are Science
courses
- Management (MGT/RSM course designators),
except
COM110H1, MGT120H1, MGT201H1, and RSM100Y1,
which have NO Distribution Requirement status)
- Political Science (POL course designators)
- Sociology (SOC course designators)
- Social Science First Year Seminars
(SSC 199 course
designators)
- Woodsworth College (WDW course designators)
Science
Courses with the three-letter designators
below are SCIENCE courses. (In addition, other designators have
courses in more than one
area; these designators
are
listed on the next page.) Some restrictions in the applicability of 100-series
Science courses apply to B.Com. students; see the Commerce Programs listing starting on page 40 of this Calendar for more information.
- Actuarial Science (ACT course designators)
- Anatomy (ANA course designators)
- Applied Mathematics (APM course designators; listed with
Mathematics)
- Astronomy (AST course designators)
- Biochemistry (BCB, BCH course designators)
- Biology (BIO course designators); except JBS 229H1
- Cell & Systems Biology (CSB course
designators)
- Chemistry (CHM course designators)
- Computer Science (CSC course designators)
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
(EEB course designators)
- Geology (GLG course designators)
- Human Biology (HMB course designators); all HMB courses
except HMB303H1, HAJ453H1, and HMB498Y1, which
are both Science and Social Science courses
- Immunology (IMM course designators)
- Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
(LMP course
designators)
- Mathematics (MAT course designators); all Mathematics
courses except 123H, 124H, 133Y1, which are Social
Science courses)
- Materials Science (MSE course designators)
- Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
(MGY course
designators)
- Nutritional Sciences (NFS course designators)
- Pharmacology (PCL course designators)
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry (PHC course designators)
- Physical Education & Health
(PHE course designators)
- Physics (PHY course designators)
- Planetary Science (PLN course designators)
- Physiology (PSL course designators)
- Psychology (PSY course designators)
- Science First-Year Seminars (SCI199 course designators)
- Statistics (STA course designators); all STA courses except
220H, 221H,250H, 255H, 257H, JBS 229H which have
NO Distribution Requirement status)
Courses Which Can Fall in
More than One of the Three Areas
To find which area each course is in, check
the individual course descriptions:
- Aboriginal Studies (ABS course designators)
- Anthropology (ANT course designators)
- Asia-Pacific Studies (ASI course designators)
- Diaspora & Transnational
Studies (DTS course designators)
- Environment (ENV course designators)
- European Studies (EUR course designators)
- Geography (GGR course designators)
- History & Philosophy of
Science and Technology (HPS course designators)
- Innis College (INI course designators)
- Interdisciplinary First Year Seminars) (INX199H1/Y1 course
designators)
- Joint courses (JXX course designators)
- Latin American Studies (LAS course designators)
- Linguistics (LIN course designators)
- National University of Singapore (NUS course designators;
see entries for Chemistry and Life Science: Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology for details)
- New College (NEW course designators)
- Religion (RLG course designators)
- Trinity College (TRN course designators)
- University College (UNI course designators)
- Victoria College (VIC course designators)
- Women and Gender Studies (WGS course designators)
Sample Student
Course Enrolment Allowing for Distribution Requirements
Sokit wants to do a major in political science
and a major in anthropology. She needs ANT 100Y1 for the first
year of
an anthropology
major and POL 103Y1
or 105Y1 or 108Y1 for the first year of the political science major. She is
also interested in sociology, so chooses SOC 101Y1.
The ANT, POL, and SOC courses are in Social
Sciences, so they fulfill that part of the Distribution Requirement.
She needs the following to fulfill the
rest of her Distribution Requirement:
- One course from Humanities
- One course from Sciences
Sokit thinks that a History course would
be a useful complement to her Political Science interest; at
the same time it will fulfill
the Humanities Distribution
Requirement, so she enrols in HIS 104Y1: Ten Days that Shook the World.
To
fulfill the Science Distribution Requirement she chooses ENV
200Y1: Science and the Environment.
Sokit’s first year courses (and their respective
Distribution Requirement areas) are thus as follows:
ANT 100Y1
Introduction to Anthropology (Social Science)
ENV 200Y1 Assessing Global Change (Sciences)
HIS 104Y1 Ten Days that Shook the World (Humanities)
POL 105Y1 Ethics & the
Public Sphere (Social Science)
SOC 101Y1 Introduction to Sociology (Social Science)
Sokit’s course choices fulfill the first
year course requirements for the programs she wants to pursue;
they also fulfill all three
Distribution Requirements,
giving her lots of flexibility in future years.
Humanities Courses for Science and Social
Science Students
These courses are especially designed for
science and social science students to fulfill the Humanities
Distribution Requirement;
none of them has Grade
12 prerequisites.
Science Courses for Humanities & Social
Science Students These courses are especially designed for
humanities and social science students to fulfill the Science
Distribution Requirement; none of them
has OAC/Grade
12 prerequisites.
- AST101H1 The Sun and Its Neighbours
[26L]
- AST201H1 Stars and Galaxies
[26L]
- AST210H1 Great Moments in Astronomy
[26L]
- CSB200Y1 Current Topics in Molecular
Biology [52L, 26P]
- CSC104H1 The Why and How of Computing
[26L, 13T]
- EEB202H1 Plants and Society (formerly
BOT202Y1) [26L]
- EEB214H1 Evolution and Adaptation
(formerly ZOO214Y1) [26L, 12T]
- EEB215H1 Conservation Biology (formerly
ZOO215H1) [39L]
- EEB216H1 Marine Mammal Biology and
Conservation (formerly ZOO216H1) [26L, 12T]
- ENV200Y1 Assessing Global Change:
Science and the Environment [52L, 12T]
- GLG103HI Geology in Public Issues
[26L]
- GLG105HI Evolution of the Earth: Controversy over the
Last 2300 Years [26L]
- GLG110HI Introductory Geology [26L]
- GLG205HI Confronting Global Change [26L, 8T]
- HPS100H1 Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science
[26L, 13T]
- HPS210H1 Scientific Revolutions I (formerly HPS200Y1)
[26L, 13T]
- HPS211H1 Scientific Revolutions II (formerly HPS200Y1)
[26L, 13T]
- JUM202H1 Mathematics as an Interdisciplinary
Pursuit (formerly JUM102H1) [26L, 13T]
- JUM203H1 Mathematics as a Recreation (formerly
JUM103H1) [26L, 13T]
- JUM205H1 Mathematical Personalities (formerly
JUM105H1) [26L, 13T]
- PHY100H1 The Magic of Physics [26L, 13T]
- PHY101H1 Emergence in Nature [26L, 13T]
- PHY201H1 Concepts of Physics [26L, 13T]
- PHY205H1 The Physics of Everyday Life
[26L, 13T]
- SCI199H1 First Year Seminar Courses
- SCI199Y1 First Year Seminar Courses
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