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Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording80%80–87%Low to mid 80s83–87%Mid-80s78–83%78 to 83%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row belowMCV4UMHF4UENG4UENG4UENG4UMHF4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it
  • one of ENG4U, FRA4U
  • two of SBI4U, SCH4U, SPH4U
Prerequisitesas published
  • ENG4U or FRA4U
  • MHF4U
  • MCV4U
  • A combined minimum average of 70% is required for all prerequisite courses in mathematics.
  • If you are missing MCV4U, you may take the equivalent course at the university the summer before or during your first semester.
  • +2 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
  • ENG4U
  • 5 additional 4U/M courses
  • 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
More than marks?supplementary applicationMarks onlyMarks onlyMarks onlyMarks only
Co-opAvailableAvailableAvailableNo
DegreeBachelor of Science, BSc, Bachelor of Science (Co-op), BSc (Co-op)Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Science, BSc
First-year intakewhere published850974
What you studyEconomicsFinanceInterdisciplinary StudiesMathematicsAboriginal StudiesAccountingAnimal ScienceAnthropologyAboriginal StudiesClassical Greek StudiesClassical StudiesComparative Literary StudiesAnimal ScienceAnthropologyBiological SciencesChemistry
What it isFinancial Mathematics and Economics is a mathematics-based degree that combines the study of economic systems and financial markets with advanced math and statistics. Unlike a pure economics or pure mathematics program, it trains you to use mathematical models and analysis to solve real-world problems in finance and economics. It suits students who want rigorous quantitative training and are interested in how money, markets, and economies actually work.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.Queen's Arts offers a broad, self-directed undergraduate degree spanning humanities, social sciences, and languages. You choose your own combination of subjects — from English and economics to classical studies and environmental issues — rather than following a set curriculum. The co-op option lets you alternate study terms with paid work placements in your field of interest, which suits students who want real-world experience alongside their degree and flexibility in how they structure their time.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.
The door tomajors you reach through itApplied to directlycriminologyeconomicsgeographyhistorypolitical sciencepsychologysociologycommunicationscriminologyenglishgeographyhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical scienceApplied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 85%See themNone published by average12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
SourceUniversity of Ottawa on OUInfoWestern University on OUInfoQueen's University on OUInfoUniversity of Guelph on OUInfo

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