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Arts Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Global Business and Digital Arts

Co-op Regulations and Requirements

General Regulations

  1. Successful completion of three work terms is required.
  2. Students are required to follow the prescribed study/work-term sequence through to graduation unless given special permission to do otherwise by the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business and Co-operative and Experiential Education. Students may not end their sequence with a work term.
  3. Students who meet all the academic requirements for this plan, but who do not meet the minimum requirements for a co-op degree may, in exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business and the Faculty of Arts Examinations and Standings (E&S) Committee, be awarded a regular Bachelor of Global Business and Digital Arts degree.

Professional Development (PD) Courses

Students must complete four Professional Development (PD) courses. PD 1 must be completed in the term prior to the first work term and PD 12 must be completed during the first work term. The third and fourth PD elective course must be completed during the second, third, or fourth work term.

Legend for Study/Work Sequence Information Chart

Key Description
F,W,S Terms: F=September-December; W=January-April; S=May-August
1,2,3,4 plus A or B Denotes academic year and term.
WT Work term.
off Neither an academic term nor a work term.

Study/Work Sequence Information Chart

F W S F W S F W S F W S F
1A 1B off 2A 2B 3A WT 3B WT 4A WT WT 4B

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