The Faculty of Arts and Science comprises the Departments of
Biology, Chemistry, Classics, English, French, Geography,
History, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literatures,
Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics and Computing, Political
Science, Psychology, Religion and Culture, and Sociology and
Anthropology, as well as the Co-ordinating Committees in
Archaeology, Canadian Studies, Communication Studies, Development
and International Studies, Fine Arts, Theatre, Urban Studies, and
Women's Studies. The Faculty is responsible for undergraduate
education in all of these and related areas.

    The Faculty of Arts and Science offers a wide
variety of programs, leading to the Bachelor of Arts (BA) or the
Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, at the General or Honours
level. In addition to their basic programs, students may choose
to complete, as secondary programs, one or more of a large number
of available majors, minors, and options. Successful completion
of a secondary program will be recognized on the student's
transcript at graduation.

    General programs emphasize a balance between an
in-depth understanding of the student's chosen major subject and
a knowledge and appreciation of the wide range of human endeavour
in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. General
programs are normally three-year programs including a minimum of
15 full-credit courses.

    Honours programs emphasize the gradual acquisition
of a broad and deep knowledge of the student's chosen Honours
subject, including both skill at applying the subject and
appreciation of its relation to general knowledge and society.
Honours programs require a minimum of 20  full-credit courses and
are normally completed over a four-year period.

 Exchange Programs
See page 4 for information regarding the Student Exchange Program
with Philipps University (Germany), as well as the Third Year
Abroad Program allowing French Language students an opportunity
to study at the University of Nice (France).

 Faculty Regulations
The following regulations apply throughout the Faculty of Arts
and Science:
 1.
       Proficiency Requirement in English
       Students in the Faculty of Arts and Science who have
      demonstrated deficiency in English writing skills may be required
      to receive non-credit instruction in basic writing skills from
      the University Writing Centre. Students who do not meet these
      requirements will be prohibited from further registration in the
      Faculty except by permission of the Dean.
 2.
       Prohibition from Registration
       (a) A student deemed, by the Department offering a
      particular course, to have the knowledge or skills taught in that
      course may be declared ineligible to register for credit in that
      course.
       (b) A student who has failed the equivalent of two
      junior credits in a subject, whether the failure occurred in the
      same course(s) or different courses, will be barred from
      registering for credit in further junior courses in that subject,
      except by permission of the Department offering the subject and
      the Dean.
 3.
       Honours and General Courses
       Several departments in the Faculty of Arts and Science
      offer a limited number of courses which are specifically intended
      for, and restricted to, Honours students in the discipline. For
      these courses, all other students require special permission from
      the department concerned to register in the Honours level
      courses, but may take General level equivalents where such exist.
 4.
       Double Counting
       A course counted toward a program, Honours, major, minor
      or option may not also be counted toward any other program except
      when a program description explicitly permits it. When the same
      course is required in more than one program another course must
      be substituted for it as follows: a course required in both a
      minor and a major, or option, must be substituted in the minor. A
      course required in both a major, or option, and an Honours
      program must be substituted in the major or option. Likewise a
      course required in both a minor and an Honours program must be
      substituted in the minor. A junior course may not be substituted
      for a senior course. Substitute courses will be counted as part
      of the program in which they were substituted. It is necessary to
      obtain the approval for the substitution from the Department or
      Co-ordinating Committee responsible for the program in which the
      course is substituted.
 5.
       Faculty Regulation
       Departments may, with the approval of the Dean,
      recognize a specific course as the equivalent of a required
      course when a student has obtained satisfactory credit for the
      course at this or another institution.