Arts & Science Requirements

For additional information on all of the requirements for graduation see General Graduation Requirements in the MRU Calendar.To comply with the Arts and Science Requirements listed in the Applied Degree program details, at least one course must be chosen from each of four different areas. There are seven areas in total from which to choose. Please note the restrictions outlined in this section. 

The list of approved Arts and Science Requirement courses and the respective areas are as follows:

Area 1 ― Behavioural Sciences (Arts)

• All Anthropology courses
• All Psychology courses
• Social Work 1111
• All Sociology courses

Area 2 ― Communications (Arts)

• Applied Communications 2061
• All English courses except high school equivalents
• Note: English 2263 is not considered to be a senior-level Arts and Science course for graduation purposes. English 0212 cannot be used for graduation purposes for baccalaureate applied degree programs.
• Humanities 1103
• All Speech courses

Area 3 ― Fine Arts, Physical Education (Arts)

• All Art History courses
• Education 1209, 2307, and 4491
• Interior Design 3309
• All Music courses
• Physical Education 1003, 1215, 1225, 2001, 2255, 2257, 3001, and  4003
• Recreation Studies 1132
• All Theatre Arts courses except Theatre Arts 1105, 1205, 1206, and 1207

Area 4 ― Humanities (Arts)

• All Chinese courses
• Classics 1111
• All French courses
• All German courses
• All Humanities courses, except Humanities 1103 and 2297
• All Italian courses
• All Japanese courses
• All Languages courses
• All Linguistics courses
• All Philosophy courses
• All Religious Studies courses
• All Romance Studies courses
• All Spanish courses

Area 5 ― Mathematical Sciences (Science)

• All Astronomy courses
• Computer Science 1230, 1370, 2203, 2215, and 3309
• All Mathematics courses except high school equivalents
• All Physics courses except high school equivalents

Area 6 ― Natural Sciences (Science)

• Air Flight Training 1109
• Air Flight Training 2209
• All Biochemistry courses
• All Biology courses (plus Physical Education 1001) except high school equivalents
• All Chemistry courses except high school equivalents
• All Geography courses except Geography 2225, 2333, 2335 and 2337
• All Geology courses
• Humanities 2297
• All Microbiology courses
• All Natural Science courses
• Psychology 3375
• All Zoology courses

Area 7 ― Social Sciences (Arts)

• All Canadian Studies courses
• All Economics courses
• Geography 2225, 2333, 2335 and 2337
• All History courses
• All Political Science courses except Political Science 1185
• All Women's Studies courses
• Policy Studies 3303

Program pattern requirements All restrictions on program patterns noted under the specific pattern must be met. Approved options are courses related to the program chosen in consultation with and approved by the appropriate program advisor. Electives are courses that may be freely chosen by the student. Even though advisors may recommend certain electives, students are free to select their own electives, provided that they meet the entrance requirements for those courses.

Directed Readings Restriction No more than one course, not to exceed four (4) credits, of Directed Readings can be used for graduation purposes.

Courses that cannot be used for graduation Purposes:

• Courses numbered from 0000 to 0999. No course may be presented to fulfill more than one graduation requirement; for example, English 1112 may not be presented as an Area 2 Communications course if this course is also being used to satisfy the English requirement.
• No high school or matriculation equivalent course (level 30 or lower) may be used for graduation purposes (see list of high school/matriculation equivalent courses in the section entitled "High School Matriculation Equivalents").