Do you need ICS4U for university in Ontario?
ICS4U is Computer Science, a Grade 12 computer studies course.
50 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Computer Science — 3%. The other 1,528 do not.
Require it
50
Share of programs
3%
Campuses
13
What you can still apply to without it
1,528 programs do not ask for ICS4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 188 Business Studies96% of that subject
- 185 Interdisciplinary Studies99% of that subject
- 101 Computer Science76% of that subject
- 101 General or Integrated Engineering97% of that subject
- 99 Education Studies93% of that subject
- 99 Environmental Studies86% of that subject
- 98 Psychology93% of that subject
- 96 Law & Criminology99% of that subject
- 94 Media and Communication Studies98% of that subject
- 92 Economics98% of that subject
- 90 Others in Subjects Related to Medicine100% of that subject
- 89 Politics99% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for ICS4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 32Computer Science24%
- 16Mathematics18%
- 16Environmental Studies14%
- 13Physical Geography20%
- 7Business Studies4%
- 7Psychology7%
- 7Chemistry8%
- 7Education Studies7%
- 6Software Engineering14%
- 6Computer Games29%
By university
How much of each campus’s catalogue asks for it. Sorted by share, not raw count — a small campus where most programs need it matters more than a large one where few do.
- Nipissing10 of 3330%
- Lakehead6 of 4314%
- Western2 of 1811%
- Laurier (Waterloo)3 of 329%
- Ontario Tech12 of 1538%
- Brock6 of 867%
- Windsor3 of 665%
- U of T (St. George)1 of 264%
- Algoma2 of 663%
- Laurentian1 of 642%
- Waterloo1 of 472%
- Ottawa2 of 2481%
- Trent1 of 1591%
Lowest ranges that require ICS4U
If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BSc 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BSc 4 year)
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Arts
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce
- 70%LaurentianComputer Science
- 70–75%WindsorComputer Science
- 70%LakeheadComputer Science (co-op available) (Thunder Bay and Barrie)
- 70%NipissingConcurrent Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education Intermediate/Senior
- 70%NipissingConcurrent Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education Junior/Intermediate
- 70%NipissingConcurrent Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education Primary/Junior
- 70%NipissingConcurrent Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education Intermediate/Senior
- 70%NipissingConcurrent Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education Junior/Intermediate
- 70%NipissingConcurrent Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education Primary/Junior
The calculator knows which of your six targets need ICS4U, and builds your average the way universities do — required courses first, whether or not they are your best marks.
Counted across the 1,578 programs whose published prerequisite text names at least one Grade 12 course. 40 listings describe their requirements in prose we do not parse into codes and are left out of every number on this page rather than assumed either way. Always confirm a prerequisite with the university before you drop a course.