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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.

Students may apply to enter the interdisciplinary BA Family Studies program at the beginning of first year.

Admission requirements include Grade 12 U English or equivalent. Students are encouraged to combine this program with a program in a related discipline.

Students are advised to note prerequisite requirements for courses in the approved list below. Students interested in pursuing Social Work and/or Education should consult with an academic counsellor to ensure the proper courses are selected for further study in these areas.

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