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Faculty of Mathematics

BCS and BMath Academic Plan Combinations, Convocation Programs, Diplomas, and Transcripts
BCS and BMath Academic Plan Combinations, Convocation Programs, Diplomas, and Transcripts
Students pursuing a BCS or BMath degree may enrol in as many as three academic plans, subject to the limitations specified below. Students must enrol in at least one such plan. Multiple-plan combinations sometimes require more than 40 courses (20.0 units) and/or more than the customary eight study terms to satisfy all of the various plan requirements.  

Enrolment is restricted to at most three potential academic plans. These plans must appear in a predetermined order as prescribed below, and they are denoted as plan 10, plan 20, and plan 30 respectively.

All of the requirements of this section also apply to the set of plans that appear on a student’s diploma, convocation program, and transcript. If a graduating student has met all the requirements for more than three plans, then for each plan after the third one, text will be added to the student’s transcript to reflect the additional plans.

Eligible Plan Categories (in plan-sequencing priority order – top highest, bottom lowest)
  1. “Stand-Alone” Math Faculty Honours plans (e.g., Pure Mathematics; Mathematical Financial Analysis and Risk Management/Chartered Financial Analyst Specialization; Applied Mathematics/Economics Option)
  2. Math Faculty Joint Honours plans (BCS or BMath) for Math Faculty students (e.g., Joint Actuarial Science; Joint Combinatorics and Optimization)
  3. External Joint Honours plans that academic units in other faculties have chosen to make available to Math Faculty students (e.g., Joint Psychology)
  4. Math Faculty minors or options for Math Faculty students (e.g., Statistics Minor; Health Informatics Option)
  5. External minors or options that academic units in other faculties have chosen to make available to Math Faculty students (e.g., French Minor; Management Studies Option)
Plan 10 is required and must be chosen from category 1 or category 2 plans above. If plan 10 is a category 1 plan, additional plans are optional. However, if plan 10 is a category 2 plan, it must be accompanied by a plan 20.

If plan 10 is a category 2 BCS plan, then plan 20 must be a category 2 or category 3 plan. If plan 10 is a category 2 BMath plan, then plan 20 must be a category 2 plan (see Joint Honours Academic Plans – BMath below). 

A graduating student will receive a BMath degree if plan 10 is a BMath plan, and will receive a BCS degree if plan 10 is a BCS plan.

Restrictions on Plan Sequencing Order for Multiple-Plan Combinations

The BBA/BMath Double Degree plan, any Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy plan, or any BCS plan may only appear as plan 10, overriding any other ordering criteria for plan sequencing outlined below.  

Subject to the overriding stipulation above:
  1. If a student’s plans belong in different plan categories, then the plan sequencing priority order above determines which plan comes earlier in the plan sequence.  [e.g., plan 10 = Actuarial Science (category 1), plan 20 = Statistics Minor (category 4), plan 30 = Cognitive Science Option (category 5)].
  2. If two or three of a student’s plans belong in the same category above, then alphabetical ordering of the plan names determines which plan comes earlier in the plan sequence.  [e.g., plan 10 = Actuarial Science/Finance Option, plan 20 = Mathematical Finance, both of which are category 1 plans].
Restrictions on Multiple-Plan Combinations
  1. A category 1 BMath plan may not be combined with any BCS plan.
  2. With the exception of Mathematical Finance which can be combined with another Actuarial Science plan and/or another Pure Mathematics plan, each Math Faculty plan in the combination must be chosen from a different group of plans on the following list:
    All plans offered by Actuarial Science
    All plans offered by Applied Mathematics
    All plans offered by Combinatorics and Optimization (including Operations Research)
    All plans offered by Computational Mathematics
    All plans offered by Computer Science
    All plans offered by Pure Mathematics
    All plans offered by Statistics
    All Math/Business plans (refer to “Academic/Plans" for complete list)
    Mathematics/Teaching Option
    Mathematical Studies
    Specific Invalid Multiple-Plan Combinations
    1. BBA/BCS or BBA/BMath with any plan similar to one appearing on the student's WLU academic record transcript.
    2. BCS/Business Option or BMath (Computer Science)/Business Option with a minor or option in Economics, Human Resources Management, or Management Studies.
    3. Any Bioinformatics plan with any other plan offered by the Biology Department.
    4. Applied Mathematics/Biology Option with any plan offered by the Biology Department.
    5. Applied Mathematics/Earth Sciences Option with any plan offered by the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department.
    6. Applied Mathematics/Economics Option with any plan offered by the Economics Department.
    7. Applied Mathematics/Physics Option with any plan offered by the Physics Department.
    8. Computational Mathematics/Bio-Medical Option with any plan offered by the Biology Department.
    9. Computational Mathematics/Earth and Space Option with any plan offered by the Earth and Environmental Sciences or Physics Departments.
    10. Computational Mathematics/Economics Option with an Economics Minor any plan offered by the Economics Department.
    11. Information Technology Management with a Computer Science Minor.
    12. Mathematical Economics with any other plan offered by the Economics Department.
    13. Mathematical Physics with any other plan offered by the Physics Department.
    14. Mathematical Studies (with or without a Business Specialization) with any other category 1 or category 2 plan.
    15. Mathematical Studies/Business Specialization with a Management Studies Option or Minor.
    16. Mathematics/Business Administration - Economics Option with any plan offered by the Economics Department.
    17. Mathematics/Business Administration - Human Resources Management Option with any Human Resources Management plan.
    18. Mathematics/Business Administration - Information Systems Management Option with a Computer Science Minor.
    19. Scientific Computation/Applied Mathematics with any plan offered by Computer Science or by Computational Mathematics.
    Joint Honours Academic Plans  - BMath only

    Joint honours academic plans both offered by the Math Faculty, in conjunction with the common degree requirements in Table I, require a total of 40 courses (20 units): the ten mathematics courses in the Faculty core (outlined in Table II) plus the joint requirements of the two departments for a minimum of 26 mathematics courses, and at least ten non-math courses (five units). Joint requirements for each department can be found in the corresponding department description.

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