Prospective Majors Chart - for students admitted to Fall 2012
Most students plan to choose a major at the end of their first year. This chart will help you select your first-year courses.
Your first year is meant to be exploratory and you’re expected to choose a variety of courses. Students usually take 5 courses a term in first year.
Arts and Business students must take ARBUS 101; ECON 101; a language course; ARBUS 100 (non-credit seminar) in Fall; and ARBUS 102 in Winter in addition to the prospective major courses listed below.
Consult the BA Breadth requirements page before selecting courses for Fall 2012.
NOTE: If you have been given any transfer credits please contact your academic advisor to discuss appropriate course selections.
Prospective Major |
Fall Term Courses |
Winter Term Courses |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology |
ANTH 101 or 102 4 electives |
ANTH 101 or 102 4 electives |
|
Classical Studies |
One or two of CLAS 100,104, 105 |
CLAS 103 and/or CLAS 104 |
|
Drama
|
DRAMA 101A DRAMA 102 (Fall or Winter) 3 or 4 electives |
DRAMA 101B DRAMA 102 (if not taken in Fall) 3 electives or 4 electives |
|
Economics (Note 5) |
ECON 101 4 electives |
ECON 102 and possibly 211 3 or 4 electives |
|
Mathematical Economics |
ECON 101 |
ECON 102 |
|
English (Note 8) |
Recommend ENGL 101A or ENGL 101B; or one 100-level ENGL course, except ENGL 119 or 129R 4 electives |
Recommend ENGL 101A or ENGL 101B; or one 100-level ENGL course, except ENGL 119 or 129R 129R 4 electives |
| Fine Arts – Studio |
FINE 100 and VCULT101 3 electives |
FINE 112 and a choice of 1 or more studio courses at the 200-level 2 or 3 electives |
| Fine Arts – Art History & Visual Culture |
VCULT 101; FINE 100 (recommended) 3 or 4 electives |
FINE 112; one studio course at the 200-level (recommended) 3 or 4 electives |
| Fine Arts – Film Studies & Visual Culture |
FINE 250, VCULT 100 3 electives |
FINE 251 4 electives |
|
French Studies / French Teaching |
FR 151 (completed Gr. 9 or 10 Core French); 3 or 4 electives |
FR 152 (after FR 151); FR 192A (after FR 152); FR 192B (after FR 192A) and one of FR 197, 203, 297 FR 251 (after FR 192B) and one of FR 197, 203, 297 FR 252 (after FR 251) and one of FR 197, 203, 297 3 or 4 electives |
|
Geography and Environmental Management (Note 3) |
GEOG 100 and 165 One of: GEOG 101 or 102 2 electives |
GEOG 101 or 102 ENVS 178 3 electives |
|
German (Note 6) |
GER 100 2 to 4 electives |
GER 180 2 to 4 electives |
|
History (Note 8) |
One of first-year (100 level) History Course 4 electives |
One of first-year (100 level) History Course 4 electives |
|
Legal Studies (Note 2) |
LS 101, SOC 101, and PSCI 101 2 electives |
One or two of: LS 102; PACS 202; PHIL 215, SOC 223 3 or 4 electives |
| Medieval Studies |
MEDVL 105 and 115 One or two of: FR 151, 152, 192A, 192B,197; GER 101, 102, ITAL 101; LAT 101; RUSS 101; SPAN 101, 102; RS 110, 133 1 or 2 electives |
One or two of: FR 152, 192A, 192B, 197; GER 101, 102; ITAL 102; MUSIC 100; LAT 102; RUSS 102; SPAN 101, 102; RS 134 3 or 4 electives |
|
Music (Note 4) |
MUSIC116 2 or 3 electives |
MUSIC117 2 or 3 electives |
|
Peace and Conflict Studies (Note 9) |
One of: PACS 201, 202, 203 PSCI 101 (or 110 in Winter) 3 electives |
One of: PACS 201, 202 3 or 4 electives |
| Philosophy |
One of: PHIL 110A, 110B, 145 4 electives |
One of: PHIL 110A, 110B, 145 4 electives |
| Political Science |
PSCI 101 4 electives |
PSCI 110 4 electives |
| Psychology |
PSYCH 101 4 electives |
One of: PSYCH 207, 211, 253, 257 or 261 4 electives |
| Religious Studies |
Recommend RS 100 or 110; or one of RS 121, 125, 130, 152 4 electives |
Recommend RS 100 or 110; or one of RS 121, 151, 170 4 electives |
| Russian and Eastern European Studies |
RUSS 101 or 201 3 electives |
RUSS 102 or 202 3 electives |
|
Sexuality, Marriage, & Family Studies
|
One of: ENGL 108E; RS 150; WS 101 One of PSYCH 101; SOC 101; SOCWK 120R 3 electives |
SMF 204 3 or 4 electives |
|
Social Development Studies (Note7) |
PSYCH 121R |
SDS 131R |
| Sociology |
SOC 101 4 electives |
One 200-level course in Sociology 4 electives |
| Spanish |
One of: SPAN 101, 102, or 201A, 201B or 210 4 electives |
One of: SPAN 102, 201A, or 201B 4 electives |
| Speech Communication |
SPCOM 100 4 electives |
SPCOM 223 4 electives |
|
Women's Studies
|
WS 101 4 electives |
Two of: WS 102, 201, 207 |
NOTES:
- If you are in Honours Arts and Business regular or co-op, you must select the Honours Classical Studies major.
- PSCI 101 and SOC 101 are not Legal Studies major courses but are pre-requisites that must be completed in order to enrol in upper year courses that do count toward the major.
- If you are in Honours Arts and Business co-op, you cannot select this major.
- MUSIC 116 and 117 are worth 0.25 unit credit and can be take as the 6th course in each term. MUSIC 116, 117, and 226 require an audition. Contact the Music department prior to the first day of class.
- If you have not taken 4U Advanced Functions and Introductory Calculus or 4U Calculus and Vectors you should take MATH 104 in your first year. This may mean that you will have to take ECON 211 in your second year. Arts and Business students interested in Economics should take ECON 211 in second year. Mathematical Economics does not require ECON 211, but 4U Calculus is a pre-requisite for MATH 127. Consult the Mathematical Economics requirement list for further information.
- GER 201 and 203 are designed to be taken concurrently, as are GER 202 and 204. See course description notes for details.
- This major is also a first year entry program. Contact mjcrusoe [at] uwaterloo [dot] ca (Renison Registrar) for more information. Arts and Business students should take: SOC 120R and PSYCH 121R in Fall; SOCWK 120R, SDS 131R and SDS 150R in Winter (in addition to required Arts and Business courses)
- If you plan to major in English or History you may only count two 100-level courses toward your major requirements.
- If you plan to major in Peace and Conflict Studies, you should also consider taking either PSYCH 101 or SOC 101 in first year. They are pre-requisite for all upper year PSYCH or SOC courses. PSCI 110 is an approved PACS course that counts toward the major.
