Breadth and depth requirements 2015-2016

Many of the checklists have a non-math Breadth and Depth requirement that includes Humanities (Hum), Social Sciences (SS), Pure Sciences (PS), and Applied Sciences (AS). The following chart indicates which category each subject area is classified under for students using a 2015/2016 calendar.

Some depth examples are at the bottom of this page.

For the breadth and depth requirements for previous years, see Major plan requirement checklists.

Subject Description Hum SS PS AS
ACTSC Actuarial Science        
AFM Accounting and Financial Management   √    
AHS Applied Health Sciences        
AMATH Applied Mathematics        
ANTH Anthropology   √    
APPLS Applied Language Studies   √    
ARBUS Arts and Business        
ARCH Architecture        
ARTS Arts √      
AVIA Aviation        
BIOL Biology     √ √
BUS Business (WLU)   √    
BET Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology        
BASE Bridge to Academic Success in English        
CHEM Chemistry     √ √
CHINA Chinese √      
CLAS Classical Studies √      
CM Computational Mathematics        
CMW Church Music and Worship √      
CO Combinatorics and Optimization        
COMM Commerce        
CROAT Croatian √      
CS Computer Science        
DAC Digital Arts Communication √      
DRAMA Drama √      
DUTCH Dutch √      
EARTH Earth Sciences     √ √
EASIA East Asian Studies √      
ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering        
ECON Economics   √    
ENBUS Environment and Business        
ENGL English √      
ENVS Environmental Studies       √
ERS Environment and Resource Studies       √
ESL English as a Second Language        
EFAS English for Academic Success        
FINE Fine Arts √      
FR French Studies √      
GENE General Engineering        
GEOG Geography and Environmental Management   √    
GER German √      
GERON Gerontology       √
GRK Greek √      
GBDA Global Business and Digital Arts        
HIST History √      
HLTH Health       √
HRM Human Resources Management   √    
HUMSC Human Sciences √      
INDEV International Development        
INTEG Knowledge Integration        
INTST International Studies   √    
INTTS International Trade   √    
IS Independent Studies        
ISS Interdisciplinary Social Science   √    
ITAL Italian  √      
ITALST Italian Studies √      
JAPAN Japanese √      
JS Jewish Studies √      
KIN Kinesiology       √
KOREA Korean √      
LAT Latin √      
LS Legal Studies   √    
MATBUS Mathematical Business        
MATH Mathematics        
MEDVL Medieval Studies        
MSCI Management Sciences   √    
MNS Materials and Nano-Sciences        
MTHEL Mathematics Electives        
MUSIC Music √      
NATST Native Studies   √    
OPTOM Optometry        
PACS Peace and Conflict Studies   √    
PHARM Pharmacy        
PHIL Philosophy √      
PHYS Physics     √ √
PLAN Planning        
PMATH Pure Mathematics        
POLSH Polish √      
PORT Portuguese √      
PSCI Political Science   √    
PSYCH Psychology   √    
REC Recreation and Leisure Studies   √    
REES Russian and East European Studies √      
RS Religious Studies √      
RUSS Russian √      
SCBUS Science and Business        
SCI Science     √ √
SE Software Engineering        
SI Studies in Islam √      
SMF Sexuality, Marriage, and Family   √    
SOC Sociology   √    
SOCWK Social Work   √    
SDS Social Development Studies        
SPAN Spanish √      
SPCOM Speech Communication √      
SPD Spirituality and Personal Development   √    
STAT Statistics        
STV Society, Technology and Values   √    
SWREN Social Work    √    
UNIV University        
VCULT Visual Culture        
WS Women's Studies   √    

The "Depth" requirement can be met in two ways:

  • 3 courses (1.5 units) that have the same subject with at least one of them (0.5 units) at the third-year level or higher, or
  • 3 courses (1.5 units) with the same subject forming a prerequisite chain of length three

Here are some examples of prerequisite chains of length three. In each case, course Z has course Y as a prerequisite and course Y has course X as a prerequisite.

  • BU 121, followed by BU 352, followed by BU 362
  • ECON 101, followed by 201, followed by one of 301, 332, 341, 342, 355, 357, 361, etc.
  • ECON 101 and 102, followed by 202, followed by 302 (note that 2 courses are required before taking 202 but they do not form a chain)
  • JAPAN 101R followed by 102R, followed by 201R
  • PHYS 121, followed by 122, followed by one of 226, 234, 242, 256, 263, 358, 375, 380, 383
  • PSYCH 101 followed by 207, followed by one of 306, 307, 308, 320

Many subject areas do not have prerequisite chains. Students interested in these areas should use the first option for satisfying the requirement.