BAS.ASCI - Arts & Science - BAS Honours
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The Honours Bachelor of Arts & Science program is designed for students with interests in both the sciences and the arts. The program offers students the freedom and opportunity to blend creativity and analytical rigor, social expertise, and empirical acumen, and discover new knowledge at the intersections. The Honours BAS also offers students an excellent opportunity to gain skills comprising research excellence in the sciences and arts, professional-level oral and written communication, creativity, and inventiveness. This skill set and broad knowledge base is highly sought after by employers, graduate schools, and professional programs including medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, teaching, and law.
In first-year Arts & Science (ASCI) courses, students formulate research questions, gather evidence, and cultivate insights from the various academic disciplines to support the interpretation of evidence as well as an appreciation for diverse knowledges and research methods. In second year, students examine case studies in the arts and sciences from multiple perspectives and explore how societal and cultural forces shape inquiry and influence the reception of results. By year three, students are poised to engage in student-driven research in the Arts and Science Colloquium, integrating methodologies and theoretical approaches acquired in the first- and second-year ASCI courses. In the final year, students complete coursework for their majors and/or minors and are free to pursue research projects or experiential learning opportunities in their major or minor areas of study, and/or through Honours Thesis or Reading Course options in the BAS program. Throughout the program students hone their skills in communication, critical thinking, qualitative analysis, and quantitative reasoning while enjoying the benefits of a small cohort led by passionate and engaged faculty.
INFORMATION & ADDITIONAL NOTES
Students are strongly encouraged to include a mix of humanities and social sciences credits in the 3.0 non-science credit requirement. Credits satisfying the breadth requirement may simultaneously count toward majors, minors, specializations, and options.
Students should ensure that they have satisfied the University degree requirement for at least 7.0 credits at the 3000 level or beyond.
Science credits include any courses designated as SCIE in individual course descriptions in the Academic Calendar.