Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Academic Programs

By the Royal Charter granted to Queen’s College on 16 October 1841, it is “willed, ordained, and granted that the said College shall be deemed and taken to be a University, and that the students in the said College shall have the liberty and faculty of taking the degree of Bachelor, Master, and Doctor in the several Arts Faculties”. The degrees and certificates at present conferred through the Faculty of Arts and Science are outlined below.

Students admitted to the Faculty of Arts and Science in the Fall Term 2024 are governed by the academic regulations and program requirements, outlined below. Students must normally satisfy the Program and Plan requirements in effect at the time of Plan Selection or admission for Plans that are direct entry. Students must be enrolled in the Plan during that academic year to be eligible to follow the requirements of that edition of the Academic Calendar. 

1. Degree Programs in Arts and Science

To preserve sufficient alternatives for future study, students on a degree program are required to take, within the first 30.0 units in which they register, 18.0 units numbered 100 or above in three different subjects.

The following Programs will lead to a degree in the Faculty of Arts and Science:
Note: Not all plan types may be offered in all programs. Consult program regulations for individual program requirements.

a. Bachelor of Arts (Honours) [-BAH]

To consist of the following Plan types plus additional elective and/or other Plan units to total 120.0 units:

i. Major (Arts): Consists of a minimum of 48.0 core and option units: 6.0 units at the 100 level or above, 12.0 units at the 200 level or above, 12.0 units at the 300 level or above, and the remaining units at any level. Students completing a 48.0 unit Major must also complete a Minor plan in a second subject. Please refer to the Minor plan requirements for further details. Students completing a Major plan consisting of more than 48.0 core and option units are not required to complete a Minor plan in a second subject. 

ii. Double Major (Arts): Consists of two Major (Arts) Plans in in two different subjects. For Major (Arts) requirements, please refer to Major (Arts) requirements listed above (i). 

iii. Specialization (Arts): Consists of a minimum of 60.0 core and option units. The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree may be taken concurrently with the Bachelor of Education degree offered by the Faculty of Education. The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree plus 6.0 units in professional internship courses will result in a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree with Professional Internship.

iv. Minor (Arts): Consists of a minimum of 24.0 core and option units: 6.0 units at the 100 level or above, 12.0 units at the 200 level or above, and the remaining units at any level.  

b. Bachelor of Arts [-BA]

To consist of the following Plan type plus additional elective units to total 90.0 units:

i. General (Arts): Consists of 30.0 core and option units and up to 6.0 supporting units: 6.0 units at the 100 level or above, 12.0 units at the 200 level or above, and the remaining units at any level. These Plan requirements may alternatively be used towards the Minor (Arts) requirements of a Major-Minor Plan combination.

c. Bachelor of Computing (Honours) [-BCH]

To consist of the following Plan types plus additional electives and/or other Plan units to total 120.0 units:

i. Major (Computing): Consists of a minimum of 60.0 core and option units. Students completing a 60.0 unit Major must also complete a Minor plan in a second subject. Please refer to the Minor plan requirements for further details. Students completing a Major plan consisting of more than 60.0 core and option units are not required to complete a Minor plan in a second subject. 

ii. Double Major (Computing): Consists of the Major (Computing) and a second Major (Arts or Science) in a different subject. Please refer to Major plan requirements for further details.

iii. Specialization (Computing): Consists of a minimum of 72.0 units of core and option units. 

d. Bachelor of Computing [-BCP]

To consist of the following Plan type plus additional elective units to total 90.0 units. At least 48.0 units must be in the Sciences and/or Mathematics.

i. General (Computing): Consists of 48.0 core and option units and: 6.0 units at the 100 level, 12.0 units at the 200 level, and the remaining units at any level. 

e. Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) [-BFH]

Admission to this Program has been closed, effective September 2023. 

To consist of the following Plan types plus additional elective units to total 120.0 units:

i. Major (Fine Art): Consists of 48.0 core and option units and up to 12.0 supporting units. Students completing a Major plan consisting of more than 48.0 core and option units are not required to complete a Minor plan in a second subject. 

ii. Major (Fine Art) – Minor (Arts, Science or Computing): Consists of the Major (Fine Art) Plan requirements and the General (Arts, Science or Computing) Plan requirements in a second subject.

iii. Double Major (Fine Arts): Consists of the Major (Fine Arts) and a second Major (Arts or Science) in a different subject. Please refer to Major plan requirements for further details. iv. Specialization (Fine Arts): Consists of a minimum of 60 units of core and option units.

The Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) degree may be taken concurrently with the Bachelor of Education degree offered by the Faculty of Education.

f. Bachelor of Fine Art [-BFA]

Admission to this Program has been closed, effective September 2023. 

To consist of the following Plan type plus additional elective units to total 90.0 units:

i. General (Fine Art): Consists of 30.0 core and option units. These Plan requirements may not be used towards the Minor requirements of a Major-Minor Plan combination.

g. Bachelor of Music [-BMS]

To consist of the following Plan type plus additional electives and/or other Plan units to total 120.0 units:

i. Specialization (Music): Consists of a maximum of 90.0 core and option units.

The Bachelor of Music degree may be taken concurrently with the Bachelor of Education degree offered by the Faculty of Education.

h. Bachelor of Music Theatre [-BMT]

To consist of the following Plan type plus additional elective units to total 90.0 units:

i. General (Music Theatre): Consists of 69.0 core and option units. These Plan requirements may not be used towards the Minor requirements of a Major-Minor Plan combination.

i. Bachelor of Science (Honours) [-BSH]

To consist of the following Plan types plus additional electives and/or other Plan units to total 120.0 units:

i. Major (Science): Consists of a minimum of 48.0 core and option units, and up to 12.0 supporting units, as appropriate. Students completing a 60.0 unit Major must also complete a Minor plan in a second subject. Please refer to the Minor plan requirements for further details. Students completing a Major plan consisting of more than 60.0 core, option and supporting units are not required to complete a Minor plan in a second subject.

ii. Double Major (Science): Consists of the Major (Science) and a second Major (Arts or Science) in a different subject. Please refer to Major plan requirements for further details.

iii. Specialization (Science): Consists of a minimum of 72.0 units, of core and option units.

The Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree may be taken concurrently with the Bachelor of Education degree offered by the Faculty of Education.

The Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree plus 6.0 units in professional internship courses will result in a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree with Professional Internship

iv. Minor (Science): Consists of a minimum of 24.0 core and option units, and up to 6.0 supporting units, as appropriate: 6.0 units at the 100 level or above, 12.0 units at the 200 level or above, and the remaining units at any level.

j. Bachelor of Science [-BSC]

To consist of the following Plan type plus additional elective units to total 90.0 units. At least 48.0 units must be in the Sciences and/or Mathematics.

i. General (Science): Consists of 30.0 to 36.0 core and option units and up to 12.0 supporting units: 6.0 units at the 100 level, 12.0 units at the 200 level, and the remaining units at any level. These Plan requirements may alternatively be used towards the Minor (Science) requirements of a Major-Minor Plan combination.

2. Common Units in Degree Plans

a. Common Courses: Common Courses are defined as courses that are required in the Core and Options of the Specialization, Major, and/or Minor plans. Students may count a maximum of 12.0 eligible units between two Plans.

b. Supporting and Additional Required Courses: When Plans are combined the supporting courses and any additional required courses in one Plan may be counted towards any of the core, option, supporting or additional requirements of a second Plan. 

Courses will only count once for credit toward total program units required.

3. Plan Restrictions

Plans that have significant overlap with required courses in two Plans may not be combined. Please consult program plan regulations for disallowed plan combinations. 

4. Certificate Programs in Arts and Science

Programs that consist of between 12.0 and 18.0 core and option units will lead to a Certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Certificate Programs may be taken concurrently with any Queen’s Bachelor’s degree, or as stand-alone credentials. Students who are registered in a degree program as well as a certificate program(s) may count up to 50% of the units required for the certificate towards the requirements of both the certificate and the degree program. The remaining units must be completed in addition to those required for the degree program.

5. Overlap in Degree Plans and Certificates

When a student registers in one or more Plans and one or more certificate programs, the core, option and supporting courses used to fulfill the requirements of the Plan can also be counted towards the core and option requirements of the certificate(s), subject to the limitation in Regulation 4 above.

6. Electives

Electives are defined as those courses chosen by the student to fulfill all the remaining unit requirements of a Program, and which are not defined by the Plan(s) it contains.

a. Electives may be chosen freely from the ASC_Course_Catalogue list of subject codes, subject only to those qualifications noted in 6.B. below, and prerequisites:

b. The following qualifications apply to ASC_Course_Catalogue list:

i. No courses denoted as exclusions or equivalencies;

ii. Except for the Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) Programs, no more than 24.0 units in ARTF;

iii. Only in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Programs, Geography Plans, up to 6.0 units may be used from SURP 844; SURP 851; SURP 853; SURP 855; SURP 870; SURP 874;

iv. Up to 12.0 units from MUSC_Ensembles (MUSC 100; MUSC 112; MUSC 115; MUSC 169/1.50*; MUSC 200; MUSC 212; MUSC 215; MUSC 300; MUSC 312; MUSC 315; MUSC 400; MUSC 412; MUSC 415; but only if completed in 2013-14 or later. 

ASC_Course_Catalogue 

ANAT; ANIM; ANSH; ARAB; ARIN; ARTF; ARTH; ARTV; ASCX; ASTR;
BADR (formerly BISC); BCHM; BIOL; BLCK;
CANC; CHEM; CHIN; CISC; CLST; COCA; COGS; COMP; CRSS; CWRI;
DDHT; DEVS; DISC; DRAM;
ECON; EMPR; ENGL; ENIN; ENSC; EPID;
FILM; FREN; FRST;
GEOL; GNDS; GPHY; GREK; GRMN;
HEBR; HIST; HLTH;
IDIS; INDG; INTS; INUK; ITLN;
JAPN; JWST;
KINE; KNPE;
LANG; LATN; LIBS; LING; LISC; LLCU;
MAPP; MATH; MICR; MOHK; MUSC; MUTH;
NSCI;
PATH; PHAR; PHGY; PHIL; PHYS; POLS; PORT; PPEC; PSYC;
QGSP;
RELS; REPD;
SOCY; SPAN; STAM; STAT; SURP;
UNSP;
WELL;
WRIT:

7. Courses in Other Faculties and Schools

A maximum of 6.0 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the Program and/or Plan requirements of any degree or certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science, unless otherwise stated in the program plan requirements.

Students who transfer from another post-secondary institution may however count up to 24.0 units in COMM courses, plus any non-Arts and Science courses that are deemed to be transferrable to the Faculty of Arts and Science, toward the Program and Plan requirements, subject to the limitations in Academic Regulations 16.1.3 and 16.2.3. However, after their admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science, such students may not count any further courses offered by other Faculties and Schools at Queen’s toward the requirements of any degree or certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

For a full list of approved courses offered by other Faculties and Schools, please refer to the Courses of Instruction in Other Faculties and Schools section of the Academic Calendar. 

Please note the following Faculty specific information: 

a. Smith Engineering 

In addition to courses listed in the Courses of Instruction in Other Faculties and Schools section, other courses from Smith Engineering may be used towards both Program and Plan requirements in the Faculty of Arts and Science, subject to (in the case of Plans) departmental permission and (in the case of Program requirements) permission of the Associate Dean (Academic).Permission to enrol in any Smith Engineering course must be sought from both the Associate Deans (Academic) in Smith Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Science (Academic Regulation 3.6). Students who transfer from Smith Engineering may also use approved courses towards the Program and Plan requirements in Arts and Science (Admission Regulation 5.3). Those courses usable in the new degree Program and Plan, together with their Arts and Science equivalencies, shall be communicated to the student upon admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science. Note that the unit weighting system in Smith Engineering differs from that in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Therefore, upon acceptance of any course from Smith Engineering, the unit weighting towards Arts and Science degree requirements shall be at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Academic). Usually, a one-term course shall count as 3.0 units and a two-term course as 6.0 units. The Academic Advisement tool will be reprogrammed accordingly to reflect this change in weighting.

Students who transfer from Smith Engineering may count all courses taken that are deemed to be transferrable to the Faculty of Arts and Science, with no limitation, toward the Program and Plan requirements in Arts and Science (Admission Regulation 5.3). However, after their admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science, such students may not count any further courses offered by other Faculties and Schools at Queen’s toward the requirements of any degree or certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science. 

b. Faculty of Health Sciences 

Courses from the School of Nursing other than those listed in the Courses of Instruction in Other Faculties and Schools section may be counted toward the Program and Plan requirements in the Faculty of Arts and Science, subject to (in the case of Plan requirements) departmental permission and (in the case of Program requirements) permission of the Associate Dean (Academic). Students who transfer from the School of Nursing may also count approved courses toward the Program and Plan requirements in Arts and Science (Admission Regulation 5.3). However, after their admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science, such students may not count any further courses offered by other Faculties and Schools at Queen’s toward the requirements of any degree or certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Students who transfer from the Bachelor of Health Sciences program may count up to 12.0 units in BMED courses toward the Program and Plan requirements in Arts and Science, excluding Biochemistry and Life Sciences plans (Admission Regulation 5.3); However, after their admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science, such students may not count any further courses offered by other Faculties and Schools at Queen’s toward the requirements of any degree or certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

Students who transfer from the Bachelor of Health Sciences program into a program plan in Biochemistry and Life Science may include all approved BMED, GLPH and HSCI courses toward their Program and Plans.

c. Smith School of Business

Students who transfer from the Smith School of Business may count up to 24.0 units in COMM courses, plus any non-Arts and Science courses that are deemed to be transferrable to the Faculty of Arts and Science, toward the Program and Plan requirements in Arts and Science (Admission Regulation 5.3). Students in the Applied Economics Major may count up to the maximum number of COMM courses allowed as options in that Plan. However, after their admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science, such students may not count any further courses offered by other Faculties and Schools at Queen’s toward the requirements of any degree or certificate in the Faculty of Arts and Science.

8. Courses in the Sciences and Mathematics 

All B.Sc. and B.Cmp. General (Science or Computing) degrees require 48.0 units to be chosen from the Sciences and/or Mathematics. In addition, some Plans have similar requirements. Unless specifically defined in a particular Plan, courses in the Sciences and Mathematics shall be deemed as follows:

ASC_Science

ANAT
ARIN
ASTR
BCHM
BIOL
BMED 390; BMED 470; BMED 480
CANC
CHEE 209
CHEM
CISC
COGS
COMM 162
COMP
CRSS
DDHT
DISC
ECON 250
ENSC 201; ENSC 301; ENSC 307; ENSC 320; ENSC 407; ENSC 425; ENSC 480
EPID
GEOL
GLPH 472
GPHY_Physical Course List 1
GPHY_Tech/Methods Course List 1
HLTH 230; HLTH 331
HSCI 270; HSCI 383; HSCI 483
KNPE 125; KNPE 153; KNPE 225; KNPE 227; KNPE 251; KNPE 254; KNPE 255; KNPE 261; KNPE 327; KNPE 339; KNPE 354; KNPE 355; KNPE 356; KNPE 425; KNPE 429; KNPE 439; KNPE 447; KNPE 450; KNPE 453; KNPE 454; KNPE 455; KNPE 459; KNPE 493
LISC
MATH
MICR
NSCI
NURS 323; NURS 324
PATH
PHAR
PHGY
PHYS
POLS 285
PSYC 100; PSYC 101; PSYC 102; PSYC 103; PSYC 202; PSYC 203; PSYC 221; PSYC 271; PSYC 299; PSYC 301; PSYC 302; PSYC 325; PSYC 338; PSYC 450
PSYC_Cognitive_Neuroscience Course List 1
REPD
SOCY 210; SOCY 211
STAM
STAT
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The GPHY and PSYC Course Lists noted here may be found in the Departments/Schools and Degree Plans section of this Calendar.

9. Courses in the Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences

Some B.Cmp.(Honours) degrees require Complementary Courses to be chosen from the Humanities, Languages or Social Sciences. In addition, some other Plans have similar requirements. Unless specifically defined in a particular Plan, courses in the Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences shall be deemed as follows:

ASC_Humanities_Languages_Social_Sciences

ANIM
ANSH
ARAB
ARTF
ARTH
ARTV
BADR (formerly BISC)
BLCK
CHIN
CLST
COCA
CWRI
DEVS
ECON (except ECON 250)
EMPR
ENGL
ENIN
ENSC (except ENSC 201; ENSC 301; ENSC 307; ENSC 320; ENSC 407; ENSC 425; ENSC 480)
FILM
FREN
FRST
GLPH 271; GLPH 385; GLPH 471; GLPH 482; GLPH 488; GLPH 487; GLPH 493
GNDS
GPHY_Human Course List 1
GREK
GRMN
HEBR
HIST
HLTH (except HLTH 230; HLTH 331)
IDIS
INTS
INUK
ITLN
JAPN
JWST
KNPE 167; KNPE 237; KNPE 254; KNPE 265; KNPE 300; KNPE 303; KNPE 331; KNPE 335; KNPE 336; KNPE 337; KNPE 338; KNPE 345; KNPE 346; KNPE 363; KNPE 365; KNPE 367; KNPE 397; KNPE 400; KNPE 430; KNPE 433; KNPE 436; KNPE 446; KNPE 463; KNPE 465; KNPE 473
LANG
LATN
LIBS
LING
LLCU
MAPP
MOHK
MUSC
MUTH
PHIL
POLS (except POLS 285)
PORT
PPEC
PSYC 100; PSYC 101; PSYC 102; PSYC 236; PSYC 241; PSYC 251; PSYC 331
PSYC_Clinical Course List 1
PSYC_Developmental Course List 1
PSYC_Social Course List 1
QGSP
RELS
SOCY (except SOCY 210; SOCY 211)
SPAN
WELL
WRIT
 
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The GPHY and PSYC Course Lists noted here may be found in the Departments/Schools and Degree Plans section of this Calendar.