8.3 Components

1. A student must follow the regulations for the certificate program as set forth in the appropriate section of the Calendar.

2. A certificate program in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences consists of between 18 and 21 credit hours in courses as specified by the program. This normally includes a selection of core courses that has been deemed fundamental to the program and a requirement for courses from a minimum of two disciplines. The majority of credit hours in a Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences certificate must be comprised of courses listed in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Course Descriptions.

3. Courses offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences satisfying another University program may also be used to satisfy the requirements of a Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences certificate program, subject to both programs’ regulations.

4. A student may apply to the Faculty's Undergraduate Waivers and Appeals Committee to have a maximum of 3 credit hours from an Honours essay course applied to a certificate program. It must be clearly demonstrated that the entirety of the Honours essay course content is relevant to the program. This may not be used to substitute credit hours in an anchor or core course.