Orchid Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 hi all, just a question about this U of T admission requirement: Prerequisites All applicants will be required to have completed at least two full-course equivalents in Life Sciences and at least one full-course equivalent in Humanities, Social Sciences or Languages. It is strongly recommended that the prerequisite courses be completed prior to application. Examples Life Sciences: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Botany, Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics & Molecular Biology, Nutritional Sciences, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physiology, Zoology Social Sciences: Economics, Political Science, Sociology Languages: Courses in a language other than the applicant’s native language Humanities: Classics, English, History So I'm wondering, for one full-course equivalent... does it half to be a full-year of the same subject, i.e. full year sociology, or can it be a mix of two? i.e. half-year sociology, half-year english? I'm just a bit worried because I only really have a 'full-year' consistent in MUSIC (2 semesters). Then I half like half-years of english, psychology, philosophy... (1 semester each). So I'm not sure if music even counts, but if not, if mix-and-match is allowed hopefully half-year each of Psych + Philosoph would count. Anyone have any ideas / input on this before I contact the admissions office? Thanks everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 It doesn't have to be a full year course. You can take two different half courses in say English and Philosophy, or History and Economics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochi1543 Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 It doesn't have to be a full year course. You can take two different half courses in say English and Philosophy, or History and Economics. Economics is actually almost always Social Science, not Humanities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 I know...but the requirements says "and at least one full-course equivalent in Humanities, Social Sciences or Languages." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 hmm thanks. I would also suspect 2 diff courses to make the year would be good... but now I hope they aren't too picky and need it to be in the same category, i.e. both in humanities, or both in social sciences... hopefully 1 of each should work! but it's really vague in the admissions description... wish it was more explicit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jixe Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 1 of each will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsupdoc Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Just be careful with psychology. U of T used to count it as science so it doesn't count as a social science requirement...might be different now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayne67 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 UofT's psychology courses are offered by the Life Sciences Department. So, they count that as Life Sciences. But the psychology courses offered by other schools tend to be offered by other departments - so they would count those as social sciences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfette Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Yeah, at UBC, psychology courses can either be science or arts credits. You have to be really careful. I think many-a-student might not have graduated because they thought psyc would give them their arts credits but it didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic_Kitten85 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 As for music...be careful. I took music and religion for my 1 yr of humanities and had to take an extra course just because uoft didnt like the music course i took. From what I understood it cannot be a theory course, but i guess a course in music history would qualify. Anyway, you'll be fine since you took philosophy and English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orchid Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Thanks guys.... everyone is always so helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katerade Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 i took one semester of music and one semester of english and no other arts classes ever, and got an interview. so i think they are pretty lenient on that requirement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic_Kitten85 Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 I spoke about this with Leslie Taylor on the phone and got an impression that they look at whether you have fulfilled the 1 yr humanities requirement AFTER the interview. I also got the interview and will only fulfill the requirement after this semester... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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