Do you need PSE4U for university in Ontario?

PSE4U is Exercise Science, a Grade 12 health and phys ed course.

13 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Exercise Science — 1%. The other 1,565 do not.

What you can still apply to without it

1,565 programs do not ask for PSE4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:

• 195 Business Studies100% of that subject
• 186 Interdisciplinary Studies100% of that subject
• 133 Computer Science100% of that subject
• 115 Environmental Studies100% of that subject
• 104 Psychology99% of that subject
• 104 General or Integrated Engineering100% of that subject
• 103 Education Studies97% of that subject
• 97 Law & Criminology100% of that subject
• 96 Media and Communication Studies100% of that subject
• 94 Economics100% of that subject
• 91 Mathematics100% of that subject
• 90 Politics100% of that subject

Where it is required

The subjects that ask for PSE4U most often, and how much of each one does.

• 8Sport & Exercise Science14%
• 8Others in Subjects Related to Medicine9%
• 5Biological Sciences6%
• 5Human Biology6%
• 3Education Studies3%
• 2Social Policy3%
• 1Psychology1%

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.

• BUBrock11 of 8613%
• U of T (St. George)1 of 264%
• TMU1 of 642%

Lowest ranges that require PSE4U

If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.

• 70–75%TMUEarly Childhood Studies
• 73–77%BUBrockCommunity Health
• 73–77%BUBrockMedical Sciences
• 73–77%BUBrockPhysical Education
• 73–77%BUBrockPublic Health
• 77–80%BUBrockKinesiology (BKin)
• 77–80%BUBrockKinesiology (BScKin)
• 80–83%BUBrockPublic Health and Master of Public Health
• 83–90%U of T (St. George)Kinesiology and Physical Education
• 87–90%BUBrockConcurrent BPhEd (Honours)/BEd - Junior/Intermediate
• 87–90%BUBrockConcurrent BPhEd (Honours)/BEd – Intermediate/Senior
• 87–90%BUBrockKinesiology (BKin) and Master of Professional Kinesiology
• 87–90%BUBrockKinesiology International Double Degree

Other health and phys ed courses

• PSK4U Introductory Kinesiology

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.