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Science Academic Programs and Plans

General Science

General Science

Advisors: See Faculty of Science academic advisors.

Three-Year General Science is only available in the regular system of study.

This plan allows students to pursue a broad range of Science subjects or focus, to a limited extent, in a particular Science subject area. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Science, Three-Year General program degree. Minors can be attached to this degree where permitted.

Continuing in Three-Year General Science requires a minimum cumulative overall average of 55% and a minimum cumulative Science average of 55%.

Successful completion requires:

15.0 units distributed as follows:

  • 14.0 lecture units, which include:
    • 1.0 Mathematics unit chosen from: ACTSC, AMATH, CO, CS, MATH, PMATH, STAT
    • 6.5 Science units chosen from: BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MNS, PHYS, SCI, with the following conditions:
      • 1.0 unit must complete one Year One sequence
      • 1.0 unit must complete a different Year One sequence
      • 1.0 unit must be at the 300-level or higher, exclusive of SCI units
    • 0.5 ENGL unit: ENGL 193/SPCOM 193
    • 6.0 elective units chosen from any subject
  • 1.0 Science lecture or lab unit (Note: Lab units are normally associated with Year One sequences)

Additional conditions:

  1. 7.5 lecture units must be at the 200-level or higher.
  2. Year One Science sequences are chosen from:
  3. A maximum of 3.0 SCI course units count towards the Science units.
  4. SCBUS courses do not count towards Science units.
  5. MATH 103 and SCI 237 do not count towards this plan.
  6. CS 100 and COMM and MTHEL courses do not count towards the Mathematics unit.
  7. A maximum of 1.0 lab unit counts towards the total units. Extra labs will be included in the average.

Notes

  1. PHYS 121 can be substituted for PHYS 111.
  2. PHYS 122 can be substituted for PHYS 112.
  3. PHYS 121L can be substituted for PHYS 111L.
  4. PHYS 122L can be substituted for PHYS 112L.

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