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The following information is part of Step 1: Program Requirements of the Course Registration Guide for first-year Faculty of Arts students. To view the remaining steps, consult the Course Registration Guide.
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In your first year as a Faculty of Arts student:
This temporary designation allows you to explore disciplines in the Faculty of Arts before declaring a major at the end of your first year:
We highly encourage Honours Arts students to prioritize Faculty of Arts courses from a major program over courses related to an option or minor – those courses cannot lead to a major.
One of the best ways to choose elective courses is to explore different themed topics that interest you.
Below we have listed several themes you may choose to explore, and the programs from which you should select elective courses to focus on these areas:
The 100-level courses for each program, both required and elective, are listed below. Some things to note:
Definitions
Archaeology (AR), History (HI).
Students may choose to take two first-year Anthropology courses, or a course outside of AN from the provided list.
If you have prior knowledge of Arabic language, you will need to use the Languages and Literatures Override Form to register.
AR101 is a pre-requisite for AR102 - so students cannot take AR101 and AR102 simultaneously in Winter 2023.
AR104 and AR105 may also be of interest to students in the Archaeology and Heritage Studies program, but are not required.
A minimum grade of 6.0 (C+) in CS100 and a minimum grade of 6.0 (C+) in CS101 are required for progression into Year 2.
Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary program requiring many non-Cultural Studies courses.
Review the academic calendar to appropriately select your first-year electives to meet prerequisites for those senior courses.
For assistance registering in your 200-level courses please contact sussex@wlu.ca .
Refer to the French Course Registration guide for appropriate courses based on your French background.
You must submit an override form to register.
If you have prior knowledge of German language, you will need to use the Languages and Literatures Override Form to register
Global Studies students in first year are encouraged to take a language other than English.
If you have prior knowledge of Italian language, you will need to use the Languages and Literatures Override Form to register.
Contact the Languages and Literatures department at langandlitadvising@wlu.ca before registering.
Mediterranean Studies (MI), French (FR), Spanish (SP).
You will be pre-registered in PP110 and PP111 (with tutorial T1) in fall term.
You may also take PP201 or PP204 in the fall but are encouraged to wait until winter to take further 200-level courses. For assistance registering in your 200-level courses please contact sussex@wlu.ca.
You will be pre-registered in PO263-B in fall term as well as PO102-A and PO210-B in winter term. If these courses are not in your schedule please email sussex@wlu.ca. Contact Dr. Loren King, Sussex program coordinator at lking@wlu.ca if you wish to discuss your elective course registration.
Please note: PO-Sussex students can register in PO101-A or PO101-B in the Fall 2023 semester. If you choose PO101-A, please enrol in either tutorial A11 or tutorial A12. If you choose PO101-B, please enrol in tutorial B8 or B9.
In winter term, PO-Sussex students must register in PO102A and select a Sussex tutorial from: A6,A7, A8 or A9, which you will be pre-registered for.
See the academic calendar for courses based on your Spanish background.
If you have prior knowledge of Spanish, you will need to use the Languages and Literatures Override Form to register.
Women and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program requiring many non-WS courses.
*If you are interested in any of the following programs, review their respective requirements as these programs are not housed within the Faculty of Arts:
Interdisciplinary (UU).
Encouraged to take max one BU/EC course per term.
Non-business students enrolled in this program must complete the required business courses and maintain a GPA of 6.00 in BU111 and BU127 and a minimum 5.00 GPA in one of EC120 or EC140 in order to progress in the Management Option. (Students not enrolled in the Management Option through admissions may apply for the Option in their second year).
To earn an Honours Degree, you will need to complete 20.0 credits:
If you are studying part-time, you can take up to 1.5 credits per term. Full-time status is given to students who take 2.0 or 2.5 credits per term.
If you select 2.5 credits in the fall term and 2.5 credits in the winter term, you can complete an Honours Degree in four years.
In order to progress in most honours Arts programs, you will require an overall grade point average GPA of 4.00+ (C-), with the following exceptions:
Now that you've determined your program requirements, it's time to move to Step 2: Choose Your Electives to plan and select your electives.