Do you need SES4U for university in Ontario?
SES4U is Earth and Space Science, a Grade 12 science course.
86 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Earth and Space Science — 5%. The other 1,492 do not.
Require it
86
Share of programs
5%
Campuses
10
What you can still apply to without it
1,492 programs do not ask for SES4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 193 Business Studies99% of that subject
- 164 Interdisciplinary Studies88% of that subject
- 131 Computer Science98% of that subject
- 104 General or Integrated Engineering100% of that subject
- 103 Psychology98% of that subject
- 102 Education Studies96% of that subject
- 97 Law & Criminology100% of that subject
- 95 Media and Communication Studies99% of that subject
- 94 Environmental Studies82% of that subject
- 92 Economics98% of that subject
- 90 Politics100% of that subject
- 87 Mathematics96% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for SES4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 24Biological Sciences27%
- 23Chemistry27%
- 22Interdisciplinary Studies12%
- 21Environmental Studies18%
- 20Geology53%
- 17Physical Geography26%
- 16Physics29%
- 15Molecular Biology, Biochemistry32%
- 15Others in Physical Sciences33%
- 10Others in Subjects Related to Medicine11%
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.
- Lakehead16 of 4337%
- Waterloo12 of 4726%
- Brock14 of 8616%
- Ottawa34 of 24814%
- Western2 of 1811%
- Carleton4 of 459%
- Nipissing1 of 333%
- Laurentian1 of 642%
- TMU1 of 642%
- Trent1 of 1591%
Lowest ranges that require SES4U
If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.
- 70%LakeheadAnthropology (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70–75%LakeheadApplied Life Sciences (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Community Planning
- 70%LakeheadBiology (includes Environmental Science, Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences, and Biodiversity and Conservation) (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadConcurrent Education (Intermediate/Senior – Teach Grades 7 to 12) (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadConcurrent Education (Primary/Junior) (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70–75%TMUEarly Childhood Studies
- 70%LakeheadEarth Science (includes Environmental Science) (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadEconomics (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadEnvironmental Management (co-op available) (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadGeneral (Arts or Science) (Thunder Bay, Orillia & Online)
- 70%LakeheadGeoarchaeology (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadGeography and the Environment (includes Environmental Science and Studies) (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70%LakeheadNatural Science (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadOutdoor Recreation, Parks & Tourism (Thunder Bay)
Other science courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need SES4U, 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.