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Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science - Science stream

Sample enrolment

Sample pathway

General plan for a Science major, with one liberal studies unit per semester.

Note that other arrangements are also possible.
Requirements for science stream:

144 cp total (maximum 84 cp of 1000-level units)
minimum 36 cp of units listed in the Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science Units table (including ATHK1001, WRIT1001 and 6 credit points from the Ethics area)
one Science major from Table A
minimum 36 cp Arts Table A units (including at least 12 credit points 2000 or 3000-level units)
maximum 12 cp from the Table S elective list
NB: i) Units chosen to satisfy the liberal studies requirement cannot count towards the Science or Arts requirements
ii) If you major in Science you must complete 36cps in Arts and if you major in Arts you must complete 36cps in Science

General pathway

	Semester	Unit of study 1 & credit points	Unit of study 2 & credit points	Unit of study 3 & credit points	Unit of study 4 & credit points	Total
Year 1	1	Science Table A Major 1XXX	Science or Arts Elective XXXX	Arts Unit 1XXX	Liberal Arts and Science Unit ATHK1001 Analytical Thinking
	1	6	6	6	6	24
	2	Science Table A Major 1XXX	Science or Arts Elective XXXX	Arts Unit 1XXX	Liberal Arts and Science Unit WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays
	2	6	6	6	6	24
Year 2	1	Science Table A Major 2XXX	Table S Elective XXXX	Arts Unit 1XXX/2XX	Liberal Arts and Science Ethics HPSC/PHILXXXX
	1	6	6	6	6	24
	2	Science Table A Major 2XXX	Table S Elective XXXX	Arts Unit 1XXX/2XXX	Liberal Arts and Science Elective XXXX
	2	6	6	6	6	24
Year 3	1	Science Table A Major 3XXX	Science Table A Major 3XXX	Arts Unit 2XXX/3XXX	Liberal Arts and Science Elective XXXX
	1	6	6	6	6	24
	2	Science Table A Major 3XXX	Science Table A Major 3XXX	Arts Unit 2XXX/3XXX	Liberal Arts and Science Elective XXXX
	2	6	6	6	6	24
Total credit points:						144

Example pathway: Psychology Program (with embedded Psychological Science major)

	Semester	Unit of study 1 & credit points	Unit of study 2 & credit points	Unit of study 3 & credit points	Unit of study 4 & credit points	Total
Year 1	1	Psychological Science Major PSYC1001 Psychology 1001	Science or Arts Elective BIOL1006 Life and Evolution	Arts Unit SCLG1001 Sociology 1	Liberal Arts and Science Unit ATHK1001 Analytical Thinking
	1	6	6	6	6	24
	2	Psychological Science Major PSYC1002 Psychology 1002	Science or Arts Elective BIOL1007 From Molecules to Ecosystems	Arts Unit SCLG1002 Sociology 2	Liberal Arts and Science Unit WRIT1001 Writing and Rhetoric: Academic Essays
	2	6	6	6	6	24
Year 2	1	Psychological Science Major PSYC2012 Statistics and Research Methods for Psych	Psychology Program PSYC2015 Brain and Behavioural Psychology	Arts Unit SCLG2604 Comparative Social Policy	Liberal Arts and Science Ethics HPSC1000 Bioethics
	1	6	6	6	6	24
	2	Psychological Science Major PSYC2016 Perception, Cognition and Intelligence	Psychological Science Major PSYC2017 Personality and Social Psychology	Arts Unit SCLG2613 Sociology of Childhood and Youth	Liberal Arts and Science Elective INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous cultures
	2	6	6	6	6	24
Year 3	1	Psychological Science Major PSYC3018 Abnormal Psychology	Psychological Science Major PSYC3011 Learning and Behaviour	Arts Unit SCLG2638 Sociology of the Other	Liberal Arts and Science Elective GEOS1002 Introductory Geography
	1	6	6	6	6	24
	2	Psychological Science Major PSYC3014 Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience	Psychology Program PSYC3010 Advanced Statistics for Psychology	Arts Unit SCLG2637 Society and Identity	Liberal Arts and Science Elective WRIT2002 Arguments that Change the World
	2	6	6	6	6	24
Total credit points:						144