Program
The Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science program is designed for students with interests in both the sciences and the arts. The program offers students the freedom and opportunity to blend creativity and analytical rigor, social expertise and empirical acumen, and discover new knowledge at the intersections. The Honours BAS also offers students an excellent opportunity to gain skills comprising research excellence in the sciences and arts, professional-level oral and written communication, creativity, and inventiveness. This skill set and broad knowledge-base is highly sought after by employers, graduate schools, and professional programs including medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, teaching, and law.
In first year Arts and Sciences (ASCI) courses, students formulate research questions, gather evidence, and cultivate insights from the various academic disciplines to support the interpretation of evidence.
In second year, students examine case studies in the arts and sciences from multiple perspectives and explore how societal and cultural forces shape inquiry and influence the reception of results.
By year three, students are poised to engage in student-driven research in the Arts and Science Colloquium, integrating methodologies and theoretical approaches acquired in the first and second year ASCI courses.
In the final year, students complete course work for their majors and/or minors and are free to pursue research projects or experiential learning opportunities in their major or minor areas of study.
Throughout the program students hone their skills in writing, speaking, and quantitative reasoning.
The BAS is a 20.0 credit Honours program, which must include:
The following 4 Arts and Science courses (2.0 credits):
- ASCI 1001H: Arts & Science I: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- ASCI 1002H: Arts & Science II: Case Studies
- ASCI 2001H: Case Studies in Arts and Science
- ASCI 3001H: Arts & Science Colloquium
In addition to the above 2.0 core credits, students complete at least 3.0 science credits and 3.0 non-science credits along with courses satisfying the requirements for one of the following:
a) single-major Honours program
b) single-major Honours program with a minor in another subject
c) joint-major Honours program in a humanities or social sciences subject and joint-major Honours program in a science subject
d) minor in a humanities or social sciences subject and a minor in a science subject
Science:
- Anthropology*
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computing Systems
- Computing Systems (Data Analytics)
- Economics*
- Environmental & Resource Science/Studies*
- Geography**
- Information Systems
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Psychology
Arts:
- Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
- Anthropology*
- Business Administration
- Canadian Studies
- Computer Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Economics*
- English Literature
- Environmental & Resource Science/Studies*
- French Studies
- Gender & Women's Studies
- Geography**
- Hispanic Studies
- History
- Indigenous Environmental Studies/Science
- Indigenous Studies
- International Development Studies
- Media Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Studies
- Sociology
Program Notes:
*Anthropology, Economics, or Environmental & Resource Science/Studies can meet either the Arts or Science requirement. If counted as an Arts discipline, one of these minors can contain a maximum of 1.0 science credit, and if counted as a Science discipline the minor must consist of at least 4.0 science credits.
**Geography can count as either the Arts or the Science requirement depending on whether the BA or BSc minor option is followed when planning courses.
Not every combination is possible or available at this time. Students will be contacted by the program coordinator to schedule an advising session in their first week at Trent.
Admission Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts & Science degree is a direct-entry program with a limited number of student places. Normally, students with an overall average lower than 75% will not be admitted to the program.
