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+ Add a program	Carleton Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Non-Honours (3 years) OUAC CA ☆ Add to planRemove	Guelph Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BAS) OUAC GAS ☆ Add to planRemove	Western Social Science OUAC EO ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	75%	78–83%“78 to 83%”	80–87%“Low to mid 80s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4USBI4USCH4U	ENG4UMHF4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	two of SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	Programs: African Studies, Anthropology, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Art History, Biology ,* Childhood and Youth Studies, English, Environmental and Climate Change Studies, European and Russian Studies, Film Studies, French, Geography, Geomatics, Greek and Roman Studies, History, History and Theory of Architecture, Human Rights and Social Justice, Indigenous Studies, Law, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. You can also apply to the BA Undeclared for first year, or our new 15-credit online program in General Studies. +4 more on the program page	ENG4U MHF4U One 4U/M Arts or Social Sciences Two from SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U One additional 4U/M course +3 more on the program page	English, ENG4U Notes: All Honours Specializations and Majors in Psychology require a first-year university Math course; therefore any Grade 12 U-level Math is highly recommended for this program. Math is helpful in preparation for Sociology and Geography programs. MFH4U and MCV4U are required for all Economics modules. +1 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	Available
Degree	—	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Science, BSc
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	850
What you study	Aboriginal StudiesAfrican StudiesAnthropologyClassical Studies	Animal ScienceAnthropologyBiological SciencesChemistry	Aboriginal StudiesAccountingAnimal ScienceAnthropology
What it is	A three-year Bachelor of Arts lets you choose from humanities and social science subjects like history, English, anthropology, geography, and environmental studies. Unlike an honours degree, you complete fewer credits overall and have more flexibility to explore different fields or combine subjects without specializing deeply in one. This suits students who want a broad liberal arts education or who are still deciding what to focus on.	A Bachelor of Arts and Sciences lets you combine study in both humanities and natural sciences within one degree. Unlike most programs that require you to choose either arts or sciences, this one lets you take courses across both — for instance, pairing creative writing with chemistry, or anthropology with animal science. It suits people who are curious across multiple disciplines and want flexibility rather than specializing narrowly from the start.	Social Science is a broad study of how people, societies, and economies work. You choose a focus like economics, anthropology, history, or business studies, then take courses across that field. Western offers this as either a BA or BSc depending on your focus, and you can do it with co-op, meaning you alternate between school terms and paid work placements in your field.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	criminologyeconomicsgeographyhistorypolitical sciencepsychologysociology
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 85%See them
Source	Carleton University on OUInfo	University of Guelph on OUInfo	Western University on OUInfo

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