Students in Bachelor of Science honours plans can have a significant concentration of coursework (approximately two times the amount required for a minor) in another subject/discipline recognized on their degree via a joint honours plan. A joint honours plan must cross a faculty line (e.g., Honours Science, Joint Honours Economics). Students must meet all the requirements for their Science major and the joint honours requirements, and depending on the combination, this could require additional terms of study given the rule on double counting of courses.
Approvals need to be sought, first from the academic advisor in the student’s primary major, and second from the advisor for the joint honours plan. The senior academic advisor in the Science Undergraduate Office serves as a resource for questions on process and approvals. Some coursework in the joint subject/discipline is needed to establish necessary average(s) and the basis for review. This means that normally, the earliest a joint honours request can be reviewed is in Year Two. At the end of studies, students receive one degree, a BSc, with an example of the degree name being 'Honours Science, Joint Honours Economics'.