BA Breadth Requirements

In your first year, we recommend using the B.A. Breadth Requirements outlined below as a guide for choosing your courses.

The purpose of the B.A. Breadth Requirements is to:

• create a strong foundation into university – with a variety of logical and analytical courses
• allow you to explore subjects from Arts, Science and Commerce
• help you develop important intellectual and academic skills that you will use throughout your program
• provide you with courses you can use if you decide to switch faculties

A) Three (3) credit hours in English at the 1000-level.

B) Six (6) credit hours from the following:

• Philosophy 1200 (Critical Thinking). This is a six (6) credit hour course and no other Philosophy course satisfies this requirement.
• A course in mathematical science (MATH 1190, MATH 1202, MGSC 1205, MGSC 1206 or CISY 1225)
• A language other than English
• A natural science (ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, ENVS, GEOL, PHYS; please note that PSYC courses do not fulfill this requirement)

C) Nine (9) credit hours from at least TWO of the following programs:

• Ancient Studies
• Asian Studies
• Atlantic Canada Studies
• English Language and Literature
• History
• Intercultural Studies
• Irish Studies (culture and literature courses only)
• Modern Languages courses that focus on literature and/or culture: French (FREN), German (GRMN), Irish Studies (IRST), Japanese (JPNS) or Spanish (SPAN)
• Philosophy (other than PHIL 1200)
• Religious Studies

D) Twelve (12) credit hours from at least THREE of the following programs:

• Anthropology
• Criminology
• Economics
• Environmental Studies
• Geography
• Health, Wellness and Sport in Society
• Global Development Studies
• Linguistics
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Social Justice & Community Studies
• Sociology
• Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies