Academic Regulations and Requirements for the
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Breadth Requirement for the B.A. Degree
Among the credits presented at graduation, students in both the B.A. General and the B.A. Honours degrees are required to include 3.0 breadth credits, including 1.0 credit from each of three of the four Breadth Areas identified below. Credits that fulfil requirements in the Major, Minor, Concentration or Specialization may be used to fulfil the Breadth Requirement.
Students admitted with a completed university degree are exempt from breadth requirements.
Students in the following interdisciplinary programs are exempt from the B.A. breadth requirement:
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Directed Interdisciplinary Studies
- Classics, Religion and Humanities
Breadth Area 1: Culture and Communication
Art History, Art and Culture, Comparative Literary Studies, English, Film Studies, French, Journalism, Mass Communication, Music, and Languages (Arabic, English as a Second Language, German, Greek, Indigenous Languages, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Mandarin, Russian, Sign Language, Spanish)
Subject codes: ACUL, ALSS, ARTH, CHIN, CLST, ENGL, ESLA, FILM, FINS, FREN, GERM, GREK, ITAL, JAPA, JOUR, LATN, MCOM, MUSI, RUSS, SPAN
Breadth Area 2: Humanities
Canadian Studies, Child Studies, Classics, Directed Interdisciplinary Studies, European and Russian Studies, History, Human Rights, Humanities, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, and Women's Studies.
Subject codes: CDNS, CHST, CLAS, CLCV, DIST, EURR, HIST, HUMS, LALS, PHIL, RELI, WOMN
Breadth Area 3: Science, Engineering, and Design
Architecture, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Industrial Design, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, and Technology, Society, Environment.
Subject codes: AERO, ARCC, ARCH, ARCN, ARCS, ARCU, BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, CIVE, CMPS, COMP, ECOR, ELEC, ENGM, ENSC, ENVE, ERTH, IDES, ISCI, ISCS, ISYS, MAAE, MATH, MECH, NSCI, PHYS, STAT, SYSC, TSES
Breadth Area 4: Social Sciences
Anthropology, Business, Cognitive Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Affairs and Policy Management, Social Work, Sociology/Anthropology, Sociology
Subject codes: ANTH, BUSI, CGSC, CRCJ, ECON, ENST, GEOG, LAWS, PADM, PAPM, PSCI, PSYC, SOAN, SOCI, SOWK
