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Important Information

Joint Honours Arts Major and Science (BA)
In order to get this degree, a student must complete all of the requirements for an Honours BA plus the following requirements for the Faculty of Science with a minimum average of 60% in the required Science and Mathematics courses.
  1. 1.0 unit from the Faculty of Mathematics. The following cannot be counted as credits towards a joint Science degree: MATH 103, or any MTHEL or COMM courses.
  2. Two of the following Year One sequences*:
    a) Two 100- or 200-level BIOL courses plus the associated labs;
    b) CHEM 120/123 plus the associated labs;
    c) EARTH 121/122 plus the associated labs;
    d) One of PHYS 111, 121, 115 and One of PHYS 112, 122, 125 plus the associated labs.
  3. 4.0 lecture units (8 additional half unit courses) plus associated labs from Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics, or Science (except SCI 237 and 250) at the 200-, 300-, or 400-level.
  4. No more than 1.0 SCI unit may be used towards the joint degree.

*Note:
Any 100-level Biology courses not required to meet the First-Year Science requirement will be counted as 200-level Biology courses, except BIOL 112.

This will require a total of 7.0 lecture units (14 courses) plus any associated lab units.

A student enrolled in a Joint Honours Arts Major and Science (BA) plan can earn a minor in any of the science subjects. Thus, a student could get a "BA, Honours X and Science" or "BA, Honours X and Science (Biology Minor)", for example.


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