6.1.6 Electives
In accordance with Regulations outlined under Core Requirements, The Major Program, and The Minor Program, a student must complete a minimum of 78 credit hours (of the 120 credit hours for the degree) in Humanities and Social Sciences courses offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. With some limitations, courses offered by the Faculty of Science in Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, and Psychology may be applied to this requirement. Electives comprise the remaining 42 credit hours of the total 120 credit hours for the degree.
Electives provide students with the opportunity to choose university-level courses from a variety of eligible disciplines. Subject areas that are eligible as electives towards the remaining 42 credit hours for the degree include:
Humanities and/or Social Sciences. This includes additional courses in the Major and/or Minor that are over and above the normal requirements for that program of study,
Science,
Business, and/or,
Music (Musicologies and Music Theory and Composition only).
Of the 42 credit hours in electives, a student may choose to include up to 15 credit hours in electives in any other subject area, including but not limited to Education, Engineering, Human Kinetics and Recreation, Maritime Studies, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, with the exception of courses that are clearly practical or professional.
Courses with academic demands that are clearly practical or professional, and are not consistent with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Description, are not eligible for use in any manner towards the Bachelor of Arts. Ineligible courses include but are not limited to:
Internships, Student Teaching or Practicum courses (Education),
Outdoor Pursuits or Expeditions courses (Environmental Studies),
Activities and Coaching courses (Human Kinetics and Recreation),
Master Classes (Fine Arts, Theatre),
Studio courses (Fine Arts, Visual and Theatre),
Applied Music or Ensemble Techniques courses (Music),
Nursing Practice or Clinical Practicum courses (Nursing),
Structured Practice Experiences (SPE) or Pharmacy Practice Experiences in Pharmacy (Pharmacy), and/or
Field Practicum (Social Work).

6.1.7 Limit on Certain Credit Hours
Eligible credit hours may be used to jointly fulfill the requirements of the Major or Minor and any of the Bachelor of Arts Core Requirements, the iBA additional requirements, a diploma and/or certificate program, subject to certain limitations, including:
Credit hours cannot be used to jointly fulfill the requirements of more than one Honours or Major program.
Credit hours cannot be used to jointly fulfill the requirements of both a Major and a Minor program.
Credit hours cannot be used to jointly fulfill the requirements of all three of a Major or Minor, a diploma and a certificate program. In the event that a course is required in all three programs, and no alternate course option exists, a student shall be guided by Waiver of Regulations for Undergraduate Students, Other Regulations.
Additional credit may not be obtained for successfully completing two versions of a crosslisted course (i.e., the same course delivered by two or more academic units).
Credit hours awarded for field placement courses in certain Diploma programs are not eligible towards a Bachelor of Arts. This includes English 5000, the former Philosophy 5000, and the former Police Studies 5000.
International Bachelor of Arts (iBA) Degree Regulations
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