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Arts Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts

Co-op Requirements

In the co-operative system of study, the student in an Honours academic plan is enabled to integrate work with academics. For a detailed description, see Co-operative Education and Career Services. Beginning in the second year, the co-op student ordinarily alternates four-month terms on campus for academic studies with four months off campus for practical work experience in business, industry, or government.

Students in Bachelor of Arts (BA) co-op plans are required to complete a minimum of four work terms beyond the 2A level in order to be eligible to receive a co-op designation at the time of graduation.

Students in BA co-op plans must also complete a minimum of four online professional development (PD) courses. Such PD courses are intended to enhance the professional development of the student and assist in integrating the academic and the work term experience. With the exception of PD 1, students are expected to take the courses while on their co-op work terms. The required schedule for completing the PD courses is as follows:

  • PD 1 must be taken in the term prior to the first work term.
  • PD 2 must be taken during the first work term.
  • Two additional PD courses of the student's choice should be taken in the second and third work terms.

The following BA co-op plans are offered:

  • Arts and Business Co-op
    The Arts and Business co-operative system of study combines an Honours plan in any Honours discipline in Arts (except Geography and Environmental Management; Legal Studies/Sociology, Criminology Specialization; Sociology/Legal Studies, Criminology Specialization; and plans offered by the School of Accounting and Finance) with the Arts and Business group of courses. The Arts and Business courses are intended to provide the student with a basic and practical general education and with skills appropriate to a wide range of careers. See the Arts and Business Co-op and Regular section and the appropriate discipline section for details.
  • Departmental Co-op
    Co-op Honours Anthropology
    Co-op Honours Economics
    Co-op Honours English
    Co-op Honours Political Science
    Co-op Honours Psychology
    Co-op Honours Sociology

Note:

Co-operative plans are open only to full-time students.


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