Degree requirements

For the bachelor of arts degree, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours made up of the following components:

• core program requirements
• an approved concentration of courses known as a major
• an approved concentration of courses known as a minor
  (A minor is not required for interdisciplinary programs. However, students in these programs may choose to complete a minor.)
• electives

Core program requirements

• literacy requirement (30 credit hours) - must be completed on campus or approved by committee
• quantitative reasoning and analysis (QRA) requirement (six credit hours)
  First semester courses that qualify as QRA include: all chemistry courses (excluding Chemistry 1900), all mathematics and physics courses and Economics 2010.
• breadth of knowledge requirement (18 credit hours chosen from three groups)

Majors

• English (honours option available)
• historical studies
• humanities
• psychology (honours option available)
• social/cultural studies

Minors

• business
• Canadian studies
• classics
• English
• folklore
• French
• historical studies
• humanities
• philosophy
• psychology
• religious studies (program under review)
• social/cultural studies
• sociology
• tourism studies