Still Undecided

If you are undecided and not sure what to take, one approach is to fulfil some of your General Degree Requirements for your degree* in your first year.

You could follow this formula:

Choose 2 or 3 courses that count towards your General Degree Requirements:

Academic Writing Requirement
Humanities Requirement, e.g. History or English courses
Science Requirement, e.g. Biology or Geography (physical) courses
Indigenous Course Requirement

See Degree and Major Requirements [PDF] in the Academic Calendar for more detailed information.

+ Add 1 or 2 courses of interest to round out your first year

maybe an introductory course in a possible major
or course(s) in the social sciences, like Anthropology, Psychology or Sociology

*Note: Each type of degree has a different set of general degree requirements. A Science degree is different than an Arts degree. Check out yours in the Academic Calendar - see the section on Degree and Major Requirements [PDF]. "Student Planning" also guides you in fulfilling your degree requirements.

Examples:

**Student #1 – Arts**
Fall	Winter	Degree Requirement
RHET-1105(3) Academic Writing: Multi-disc.		Academic Writing (3)
CLAS-1011(3) Ancient Greeks	CLAS-1012(3) Ancient Romans	Humanities (3) + (3)
PHYS-1701(6) Astronomy	Course continues	Science (6)
SOC-1101(6) Intro to Sociology	Course continues	possible future major or elective
CJ-1002(3) Intro to Criminal Justice		possible future major or elective
	UIC-1001(3) Intro to Urban and Inner-city Studies	possible future major or elective
	IS-1010(3) Indigenous Ways of Knowing	Indigenous (3)

Student #2 - Business

Fall	Winter	Degree Requirement
RHET-1110(6) Academic Writing: Extended (English as Additional Language)	Course continues	Academic Writing (6)
REL-1002(6) Exploring Religion: The World’s Religions	Course continues	Humanities (6)
ACS-1805(3) Intro to Programming	ACS-1809(3) Website Design and Development	Science (3) + (3)
BUS-1201(3) Intro to Business I	BUS-1202(3) Intro to Business II	Major requirement (3) + (3)
ECON-1102(3) Intro to Economics: Micro	ECON-1103(3) Intro to Economics: Macro	Major requirement (3) + (3)

Student #3 - Arts

Fall	Winter	Degree Requirement
RHET-1102(3) Academic Writing:Social Sciences		Academic Writing (3)
ENV-1600(3) Human-Environmental Interactions	GEOG-1202(3) Introduction to Earth Science	Science (3) + (3)
PHIL-1001(6) Intro to Philosophy	Course continues	Humanities (6)
GEOG-1102(3) Intro to Human Geography I – People, Culture and Environment	GEOG-1103(3) Intro to Human Geography II – Population, Place and Development	possible future major or elective
POL-1011(6) Intro to Political Science	Course continues	possible future major or elective
	IS-1016(3) Intro to Indigenous Studies: Art, Culture, History	Indigenous (3)

Student #4 - Science

Fall	Winter	Degree Requirement
RHET-1103(3) Academic Writing:Sciences		Academic Writing (3)
BIO-1115(3) Cells and Cellular Processes	BIO-1116(3) Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity	Science (3) + (3)
STAT-1301(3) Statistical Analysis I	STAT-1302(3) Statistical Analysis II	Science (6)
CHEM-1111(3) Intro to the Chemical Properties of Matter	CHEM-1112(3) Basic Principles of Chemical Reactivity	Science (3) + (3)
HIST-1006(3) Indigenous History to 1900	HIST-1014(3) Europe & Mediterranean World to 1700	Indigenous (3) Humanities (3) + (3)
	ANTH-1003(3) Intro Biological Anthro & Archaeology	possible future major or elective