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Course load guide
2019/20 course load requirements
Loans, grants, and interest-free status all require students to be enrolled in at least 60% of a full-time course load in each term (80% for Newfoundland loans).
If you have a documented permanent disability: you might be eligible to study at a reduced course load.
Certificate
Degree
Applied Science
Majors
- 1st Year Engineering Curriculum, B.A.Sc.
- Biomedical Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Chemical & Biological Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Civil Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Computer Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Electrical Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Engineering Common Curriculum, B.A.Sc.
- Engineering Physics, B.A.Sc.
- Environmental Design, B.End.
- Environmental Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Geological Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Integrated Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Manufacturing Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Materials Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Mechanical Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Mechanical Engineering (ALL except Mechatronics, Biomedical and Thermofluids), B.A.Sc.
- Mechanical Engineering Biomedical, B.A.Sc.
- Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics, B.A.Sc.
- Mechanical Engineering Thermofluid, B.A.Sc.
- Mining Engineering, B.A.Sc.
- Nursing, B.S.N.
Arts
Majors
- Acting, Film Production, Theatre, or Theatre and Design Production, B.F.A.
- All majors except Geography & Visual Arts, B.A.
- Composition, B.Mus.
- Creative Writing, B.F.A.
- Creative Writing Optional Residency, M.F.A. (DIST)
- General Studies, B.Mus.
- General Studies Elementary Education Stream, B.Mus.
- General Studies Secondary Education Stream, B.Mus.
- Geography (all except Environment and Sustainability), B.A.
- Geography (Environment and Sustainability), B.A.
- Guitar, B.Mus.
- Harpsichord, B.Mus.
- International Economics, B.I.E.
- Media Studies, B.M.S.
- Music Scholarship, B.Mus.
- Opera, B.Mus.
- Orchestral Instrument, B.Mus.
- Organ, B.Mus.
- Piano, B.Mus.
- Social Work, B.S.W.
- Visual Arts, B.F.A.
- Visual Arts, B.A.
- Voice, B.Mus.
Arts and Science
Creative and Critical Studies
Dentistry
Education
Majors
- Elementary 12 Months, B.Ed.
- Elementary and Middle Years (WKTEP), B.Ed. (WKTEP)
- Elementary and Middle Years 11 Months, B.Ed.
- Elementary and Middle Years Indigenous Teacher Education (NITE), B.Ed. (NITEP)
- Indigenous Teacher Education (Elementary), B.Ed. (NITEP)
- Indigenous Teacher Education (Secondary), B.Ed. (NITEP)
- Kinesiology, B.Kin.
- Secondary 11 Months, B.Ed.
- Secondary 12 Months, B.Ed.
- Teaching Adolescents, B.Ed.
- Teaching Children, B.Ed.
- West Kootenay Teacher Education program (Elementary), B.Ed. (Elementary)
- West Kootenay Teacher Education program (Secondary), B.Ed. (WKTEP)
Forestry
Majors
- Forest Operations, B.S.F.
- Forest Resource Management Community and Aboriginal Forestry, B.S.F.
- Forest Resource Management Integrated Resource Management, B.S.F.
- Forest Science, B.S.F.S.
- Forestry Science Honours, B.S.F.S.
- Natural Resource Conservation (Global Perspective), B.Sc. (NRC)
- Natural Resource Conservation (Science and Management Major), B.Sc. (NRC)
- Urban Forestry, B.U.F.
- Wood Products Processing, B.Sc. (WPP)
Health and Social Development
Land and Food Systems
Majors
- Applied Biology (except Food and Environment), B.Sc. (APBI)
- Applied Biology (Food and Environment), B.Sc. (APBI)
- FNH Dietetics, B.Sc. (FNH)
- FNH Food and Nutritional Sciences Double Major, B.Sc. (FNH)
- FNH Food Market Analysis, B.Sc. (FNH)
- FNH Food Science Major, B.Sc. (FNH)
- FNH Food, Nutrition and Health, B.Sc. (FNH)
- FNH Nutritional Sciences, B.Sc. (FNH)
- FRE Food and Resource Economics, B.Sc. (FRE)
- Global Resource Systems, B.Sc. (GRS)
- Honours Applied Biology (except Food and Environment), B.Sc. (APBI)
- Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, B.Sc. (SAGE)
- Sustainable Agriculture and Environment Honours, B.Sc. (SAGE)
Management
Majors
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Sauder School of Business
Science
Diploma
