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Full	Lakehead Sociology (Thunder Bay) OUAC AAP ☆ Add to planRemove	Algoma Sociology (BA 4 year) OUAC JBH ☆ Add to planRemove	Guelph-Humber Honours Bachelor of Applied Science in Psychology and Diploma in General Arts & Science OUAC GMA ☆ Add to planRemove	Trent (Durham) Child & Youth Studies & Sociology OUAC ROK ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%	65%“65%+”	70–75%“Estimated cut-off admission range is 70–75%.”	70%“70% minimum”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements for your program of choice but do meet Lakehead University's general admission requirements, you will automatically be considered for an alternate program.	ENG4U 5 other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses	Ontario applicants 6 4U/M courses: ENG4U (EAE4U is a recognized equivalent) 5 additional 4U/M courses Out of province applicants +5 more on the program page	Minimum 70% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—	200
What you study	Complementary Medicines and TherapiesHeritage StudiesSocial PolicySociology	Sociology	Complementary Medicines and TherapiesHuman Resource ManagementOthers in Subjects Related to MedicinePolitics	PsychologySocial PolicySocial WorkSociology
What it is	You study how society works: how people interact, form groups, and create institutions like families, workplaces, and governments. At Lakehead, you can focus on specific areas like social policy, heritage studies, or complementary medicines alongside core sociology. This suits people curious about why societies function the way they do and interested in understanding social problems and change.	A sociology degree means studying how people form groups, institutions, and societies — why they act the way they do together, what shapes their beliefs and behaviours, and how power and inequality work in the real world. This four-year program includes a co-op work term, giving you paid experience in a workplace related to social research, policy, or community work. It suits people curious about how society works who want both classroom theory and hands-on practice in fields like research, social services, or communications.	You study psychology alongside practical training in areas like human resources, complementary health therapies, and social work. This program pairs an honours bachelor's degree with a diploma credential, giving you both academic psychology knowledge and applied skills in helping professions. It suits people interested in understanding human behaviour who want hands-on experience in workplace, health, or community settings before or alongside their degree.	This program combines the study of how young people develop and behave with the study of how society works and institutions function. You'll examine topics like family dynamics, education systems, social inequality, and policy that affects children and youth, drawing on psychology and social work perspectives. It suits students who want to understand people and social structures in depth before moving into careers like social work, education, counselling, or community development.
The door tomajors you reach through it	sociology	sociology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	7 published, 6 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	Lakehead University on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	University of Guelph-Humber on OUInfo	Trent University — Durham GTA on OUInfo

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