First Year Course Requirements by Major/Program:
Course availability for Summer start undergraduate students varies by major.
If you need help with course selection or registration, please visit our Academic Advising website .
Majors
(available on the Durham Campus)
Anthropology
Arts Honours (Undeclared)
Business Administration
Child & Youth Studies
Communications
Computer Science
Computing and Information Systems (available as a joint major or a 3-year degree)
Criminology
English Literature
Gender and Social Justice
Information Systems (joint major only)
Journalism & Creative Writing (joint degree with Durham College)
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Media Studies
Philosophy
Policing & Community Well-being
Psychology
Science Honours (Undeclared)
Social Work
Sociology
Teacher Education Stream
Swansea Dual Law Degree
Post-Graduate Certificates - all certificate programs at Durham
Anthropology
- Required: ANTH 1001H
- For those interested in a science degree (BSc), consider taking your required MATH credit. The department recommends MATH 1051H and MATH 1052H which are both available at the Durham Campus.
- For the BSc degree, ANTH 1030H required. For BA degree, consider taking ANTH 1030H.
- Please note that 2030H, 2040H, 2121H, 2122H, 2123H are open to first year students.
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Arts Honours (Undeclared)
- Arts Honours are not themselves majors. If you receive notice that you are in Arts Honours either you have entered ‘undeclared’ or you have accepted an alternate offer to the direct entry program to which you applied. This is not a ‘problem’!
- Since these are not majors there are no ‘required’ courses. Please review the required courses for majors available (see below). Now is the time to ‘explore’ courses!
Business Administration
- Required: ADMN 1000H, ADMN 1221H, ECON 1010H, ECON 1020H, and ECON 1250H.
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Child & Youth Studies
- Required: CHYS 1000H, CHYS 1001H, CHYS 1002H, SOCI 1001H, PSYC 1020H or 1030H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Communications *exclusive to TrentU Durham GTA (available as an general or honours major)
- Required: COMM 1000H, COMM 1001H, WRIT 1001H
- Recommended for all Communications majors: ADMN 1000H
- Recommended for students taking a single-major in Communications: CUST-MDST 1535H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Computer Science
- Required: COIS 1010H, 1020H, MATH 1350H, 1550H, 1005H or 1110H
- Consider taking COIS 1620H and COIS 2750H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Computing Systems (3 year)
- Required: COIS 1010H, 1020H, 1620H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Criminology
- Required: CRIM 1615H, FRSC 1100H, INDG 1001H, SOCI 1001H, 1002H, WRIT 1001H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
English Literature
- Required: 1 credit (2 half-credit courses) in ENGL at the 1000 level
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Gender and Social Justice
- Required: GESO 1001H, GESO 1002H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Information Systems (joint major only)
- Required: COIS 1010H, 1020H, 1620H
- Consider taking COIS 2750H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
- For those interested in a science degree (BSc), consider taking your required MATH credit.
Journalism & Creative Writing (joint degree with Durham College)
- *Direct entry program only. Please connect with an Academic Advisor.
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Required: LSCM 1001H, ADMN 1221H, COIS 1010H, 1620H, ECON 1010H, ECON 1020H, and ECON 1250H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Media Studies
- Required: MDST 1010H, MDST 1535H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits but you may want to consider taking a 2nd year course from the ‘Media Studies Course List’ found on page 316 of the Academic Calendar (www.trentu.ca/calendar).
Philosophy
- Recommended that you take 1 credit (2 half-credit courses) in PHIL at the 1000 level for the 3-year degree
- PHIL 1000H, 1100H, and 1200H are strongly recommended for all students in Philosophy
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Policing & Community Well-being
- Required: PLCW 1001H, PLCW 1002H, INDG 1001H, FRSC 1100H, SOCI 1001H, SOCI 1002H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Psychology
- Required: PSYC 1020H and PSYC 1030H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
- Please note:
- For those interested in a single major PSYC science degree (B.Sc.), required courses in second year (PSYC 2018H and PSYC 2019H) meet the requirement for a MATH credit;
- For those considering a joint major PSYC science degree (B.Sc.) 1.0 MATH credit will be required, consider taking it in your first year (MATH 1001H, 1080H, and 2080Y, do not satisfy the Mathematics requirement for a Bachelor of Science degree).
Science Honours (Undeclared)
- Science Honours are not themselves majors. If you receive notice that you are in Science Honours either you have entered ‘undeclared’ or you have accepted an alternate offer to the direct entry program to which you applied. This is not a ‘problem’!
- Since these are not majors there are no required courses. Please review the required courses for majors available (see below). Now is the time to ‘explore’ courses!
- Science options at Durham Campus: Psychology, Anthropology, Computer Science
Social Work
- Required: SWRK 1000H and SWRK 1001H and 3.0 credits in Psychology and/or Humanities and/or Social Sciences at the 1000 level. Essentially this means no ‘science’ credits (e.g. BIOL).
- Your last remaining credit is flexible and consists of an elective credit. Refer to www.trentu.ca/socialwork for further details on the program.
- Note: We suggest that you also take the required courses for other majors should you choose to prepare for an alternate major
Sociology
- Required: SOCI 1001H and 1002H
- The rest of your course selection is flexible and consists of elective credits. Consider taking the required introductory courses in a few programs that you find interesting to open multiple pathways for the future.
Teacher Education Stream
- Education is not a major. If you have not already chosen a major, you will still need to choose one—review list of majors below. However, the following 2 courses are required in first year:
- EDUC 1010H and EDUC 1020H
- For information on teaching divisions (teachable subjects) click here: B.Ed. Admissions - School of Education - Trent University
Swansea Dual Law Degree
- Please connect with an academic advisor about your course selection.
- The following majors are available on the Durham campus: Business Administration, Communications, English, Gender & Social Justice, Media Studies, History, Philosophy and Sociology. Please visit www.trentu.ca/law for program details.
- Please review the ‘special programs and opportunities’ section of the academic calendar for details on first year course selection for your intended major.
Post-Graduate Certificate - all certificate programs at Durham
MORE POSSIBILITIES
- If you are intending to do a ‘joint-major’ or ‘minor’ follow guide below for 1st year courses in each major or minor you intend to pursue.
- Options available on Durham Campus: Legal Studies, Communications, Marketing (consult ‘Options’ section of Academic Calendar)
- Specializations available on Durham Campus: Psychological Development, Psychological Health and Well Being, (PSYC), Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, HR, Info Systems & E-commerce, Marketing and Consumer Culture (BBA), Business Communication, Media Relations (COMM), Socio-Legal Studies, Social Justice & Equity Studies (SOCI)