Academic Calendar 2005
(Old Programs)

The BA Family Studies is an interdisciplinary program which includes specific courses in Family Studies and approved courses from other disciplines. Students complete required core courses and choose from a list of approved options offered by various departments and programs.

In the first-year core course, Family Studies 020, students encounter the great variability that exists in family structures and roles through time and space and the many different perspectives from which families are analyzed. Students are challenged to examine their own definitions of "family" and their own experiences in a wider context. A second core course, Family Studies 200, focuses on Canadian family issues and includes a section on research methodology. In addition to the fourth year core courses, students choose, in consultation with an academic counselor, from a list of approved options offered by various departments and programs to develop a degree program that will meet their academic and future professional goals.

9 courses:

2.0 to 3.0 courses from: Family Studies 200, 225, 310a/b, 401a/b
0.5 course: Psychology 240a/b
1.0 course: Sociology 235
1.0 course: Family Studies 220a/b, 230a/b
1.0 course from: Psychology 285a/b, Sociology 231
2.5 to 3.5 courses (depending on the selection of the above courses) from: English 133E, 269F/G, Family Studies 200, 225, 310a/b, 401a/b, 402a/b, 240a/b-242a/b, 350a/b-352a/b, 450a/b-452a/b, History 182a/b, 255E, Human Ecology 033a/b, 122a/b, 330a/b, 338a/b, 343a/b, Political Science 220F/G, 286F/G, Psychology 141, 153, Religious Studies 150E, 216F/G, 217F/G, 222F/G, Social Work 284, Sociology 267a/b, 341F/G.

Students must meet the general regulations pertaining to course selection, progression and graduation for 3 or 4 year BA programs.

Family Studies 020

Four full-course equivalents from 001-099 including at least one course from two of the faculties of Arts, Science and Social Science. Sociology 020 or 021E or Psychology 020 are stongly recommended.

Family Studies 200

Four senior full-course equivalents selected from approved list of Family Studies courses

Five full-course equivalent electives.

Note: Students must complete 1.0 science course if they intend to graduate with a three year degree.

Two and one-half senior full-course equivalents selected from approved list of Family Studies courses

Two and one-half full-course equivalent electives