BA Breadth Requirements

In your first year, we recommend using the BA Breadth Requirements outlined below as a guide for choosing your courses.

The purpose of the BA Breadth Requirements is to:

Help you build a strong academic foundation during your first year of university with a
variety of courses
Allow you to explore subjects within the Faculty of Arts, Science, and Commerce
Help you develop important intellectual and academic skills that you will use throughout your program
Provide you with courses you can use if you decide to switch faculties

Category A

Development of literacy and cultural understanding

Three credit hours in English at the 1000-level

Category B

Development of logical reasoning and analytical skill

Six credit hours from the following:

Philosophy 1200 (Critical Thinking). This is a six (6) credit hour course and no other Philosophy course satisfies this requirement.

A course in mathematical science (MATH 1190, MATH 1202, MGSC 1205, MGSC 1206 or CISY 1225)

A natural science (ASTR, BIOL, CHEM, ENVS, GEOL, PHYS; please note that PSYC courses do not fulfill this requirement)

Category C

Interpretation of human imagination and experience

Nine credit hours from at least two of the following programs:

Ancient Studies
Asian Studies
Atlantic Canada Studies
English Language and Literature
History
Intercultural Studies
Irish Studies (culture and literature courses only)
Modern Languages courses that focus on literature and/or culture: French (FREN), German (GRMN), Irish Studies (IRST), Japanese (JPNS) or Spanish (SPAN)
Public Humanities and Heritage
Philosophy (other than PHIL 1200)
Religious Studies