Canadian high school applicants (outside Quebec and Ontario)
Admission review process - McGill calculation of the "Top 5"
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School located IN Canada
Admission is based on McGill’s calculation of your ‘Top 5’ academic Grade 12 courses, including the prerequisites for the program to which you applied.
- For programs where science and/or math are prerequisites, these must normally have been completed within the last five years.
- If you are applying on the basis of a Grade 12 diploma issued by the Nunavut Department of Education, the language course, Inuktitut, and the social science course, Aulajaaqtut, are regarded as academic courses and may be included in the top-five course average.
- Grade 12 English or French will be included in the ‘Top 5’ calculation, depending on the language of instruction at your school.
- You must have obtained, prior to the start of classes, a high school diploma that gives you access to university education in your home province or territory.
If you are completing the IB Diploma or individual IB Diploma Courses, you will normally be considered for admission based on your ‘Top 5’ average and you will be required to self-report marks in percentage format. You may subsequently be granted advanced standing credits based on your final IB results.
If you are completing College Board Advanced Placement (AP) examinations you may be awarded advanced standing credits based on final results.
School located OUTSIDE Canada
Prerequisites and previous grade ranges (2021 – 2023)
As a guideline, we have listed the range of the lowest grades admitted over the last THREE years. These values are given as a reference and do not represent the grades required for future admission.
Grades that are equal to or better than those listed below do not guarantee admission.
Admission to McGill is subject to availability of space. As such, minimum grades may fluctuate in any given year.
Agricultural and Environmental Science
These programs are offered on the Macdonald campus.
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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All B.Sc.(Ag.Env.Sc.) programs |
80% - 81% | 80% - 81% | ||
Bioresource Engineering (B.Eng.(Bioresource)) |
80% - 81% | 80% - 81% | ||
Food Science (B.Sc.(F.Sc.)) |
80% - 81% | 80% - 81% | ||
Concurrent B.Sc. (B.Sc.(F.Sc.)/B.Sc.(Nutr.Sc.)) |
80% | 80% |
Architecture
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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94% - 97.2% | 88% - 92% |
Arts
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
ENGLISH OR FRENCH COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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90% - 92.5% | 87% |
Bachelor of Arts and Science (B.A. & Sc.)
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
ENGLISH OR FRENCH COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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91.5% - 93.8% | 90% | 87% |
Education
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Programs | TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
ENGLISH OR FRENCH COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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Kindergarten/Elementary Education |
80% - 82% | 80% | ||||
Physical Education |
80% - 82% | 80% | ||||
Secondary Education |
80% - 82% | 80% | ||||
TESL |
80% - 82% | 80% | ||||
B.A. (Education) Global Contexts |
80% - 82% | 80% |
Engineering
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Minimum grade ranges over the last three years | ||||||
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Programs | TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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Bioengineering |
97% - 98% | 91% - 93% | ||||
Chemical Engineering |
93.5% - 96.5% | 90% - 95% | ||||
Civil Engineering |
92.5% - 94.5% | 90% | ||||
Computer Engineering |
96.5% - 97% | 90% - 95% | ||||
Electrical Engineering |
97% - 98% | 90% - 95% | ||||
Materials Engineering |
87% - 90.5% | 87% - 89% | ||||
Mechanical Engineering |
96% - 98% | 92% | ||||
Mining Engineering |
87% - 90% | 87% - 90% | ||||
Software Engineering |
97% - 98.3% | 92% |
Human Nutrition
This program is offered on the Macdonald campus.
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Program | TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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Nutrition |
80% - 83% | 80% |
Kinesiology
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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87% - 88.5% | 85% - 87% |
Management
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH COURSE 3-year minimum grade range |
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95.5% - 96.2% | 90% | 87% |
Music
For information on admission requirements, see the Schulich School of Music website.
Nursing
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TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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80% | 80% |
Religious Studies
Bachelor of Theology (B.Th) |
For information on admission requirements and applying, see Theology. |
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
See: Arts |
Science
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Programs | TOP 5 3-year minimum grade range |
MATH & SCIENCE COURSES 3-year minimum grade range |
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Biological, Biomedical and Life Sciences Group |
95.5% - 96.5% | 90% | ||||
Bio-Physical-Computational Sciences Group |
97.4% - 98% | 90% - 92% | ||||
Physical, Earth, Math and Computer Sciences Group |
93.5% - 95% | 90% |
What is considered an “academic" course?
Academic (considered for inclusion in the Top 5 average)
- All Advanced Placement (AP) courses
- All International Baccalaureate (IB) courses
- Most first language English and French courses
- All foreign language courses
- Most mathematics courses
- Most locally developed social science/social studies courses
Note: Only one Fine Arts course can be included in the Top 5 average, excluding AP and IB courses. Fine Arts courses include: Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts.
Non-academic (excluded from the Top 5 average)
- All English as a Second Language (ESL) courses
- Most technical, professional, and applied courses
- All career courses
- All physical education and health courses
- All work experience and co-op courses
Specific courses used by McGill in the calculation of the Top 5 average:
Alberta
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: IB Physics 30 and Physics 30), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
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Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Art 30
Art 31
Choral Music 30
Drama 30
General Music 30
Instrumental Music 30
Creative Writing and Publishing 35
English Language Arts 30‐1 ♦
English Literature 35
Literature and Composition 35
Français 30-1 ♦
French 30
French 30-3Y
French 30-9Y
French 31A
French 31B
French Language Arts 30-1
French Language Arts 30‐2
Chinese Language Arts 30
Chinese Language and Culture 30 (3Y, 6Y, 9Y)
German Language and Culture 30 (3Y, 6Y, 9Y)
German Language Arts 30
Japanese Language and Culture 30 (3Y, 6Y, 9Y)
Spanish Language and Culture 30 (3Y, 6Y, 9Y)
Spanish Language Arts 30
Mathematics 30‐1 *
Mathematics 30‐2
Mathematics 31 *
Biologie 30 °
Biology 30 °
Chemistry 30 °
Chimie 30 °
Computer Science 30
Physics 30 °
Physique 30 °
Science 30
Aboriginal Studies 30
Anthropology 30
Applied Sociology 30
Cultural and Physical Anthropology 30
Études Sociales 30‐1
Experimental Psychology 30
International Politics 30
Legal Studies 30
Macroeconomics 30
Microeconomics 30
Philosophies of Man 30
Philosophy 30
Political Science 30
Religious Studies 35
Social Studies 30‐1
Social Studies 30‐2
Western World History 30
World Geography 30
World Religions 30
British Columbia and Yukon
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (1B) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: IB Chemistry 12 and Chemistry 12), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
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Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school) . |
Art Studio 12
Choral Music 12
Composition & Production 12
Contemporary Music 12
Dance Choreography 12
Dance Company 12
Dance Conditioning 12
Dance Foundations 12
Dance Technique and Performance 12
Directing and Script Development 12
Drama 12
Film & Television 12
Graphic Arts 12
Instrumental Music 12
Media Arts 12
Musical Theatre 12
Photography 12
Studio Arts 2-D 12
Studio Arts 3-D 12
Theatre Company 12
Theatre Production 12
Visual Arts 12
Composition 12
Creative Writing 12
English 12 ♦
English First Peoples 12 ♦
English Studies 12 ♦
Literary Studies 12
New Media 12
Mini English 12 ♦
Spoken Language 12
Communication orale 12
Core French 12
Études du cinéma et de la littérature francophones 12
Français langue 12
Français langue et culture 12 ♦
Français langue premiere 12 ♦
Français langue seconde - immersion 12
French 12
French Immersion 12
French Literature 12
Langue et culture de la francophonie 12
Medias et communication numérique 12
Mini French 12
American Sign Language (ASL) 12
German 12
Hebrew 12
Italian 12
Japanese 12
Korean 12
Latin 12
Mandarin 12
Punjabi 12
Russian 12
Spanish 12
Apprenticeship Mathematics 12
Calculus 12 *
Computer Science 12
Foundations of Mathematics 12
Mini Math 12 *
Pre-Calculus 12 *
Statistics 12
Anatomy and Physiology 12 °
Biology 12 °
Chemistry 12 °
Environmental Science 12
Geology 12
Physics 12 °
Specialized Science 12
20th Century World History 12
Accounting 12
Asian Studies 12
B.C. First Peoples 12
Business Computer Applications 12
Comparative Cultures 12
Comparative World Religions 12
Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12
E-Commerce 12
Economics 12
Economic Theory 12
Entrepreneurship 12
Financial Accounting 12
Genocide Studies 12
Histoire du monde au XXE siècle 12
Human Geography 12
Jewish History 12
Jewish Philosophy 12
Law Studies 12
Macroeconomics 12
Microeconomics 12
Mini Social Studies 12
Philosophy 12
Physical Geography 12
Political Studies 12
Psychology 12
Social Justice 12
Tourism 12
Urban Studies 12
World Religions 12
Manitoba
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: IB Physics 30 and Physics 30), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
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Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Visual Arts 40S
Dance 40S
Drama 40S
Music 40S
ELA: Comprehensive Focus 40S ♦
ELA: Literary Focus 40S ♦
ELA: Transactional Focus 40S ♦
ELA: Language & Literary Forms 40S
ELA: Language & Transactional Forms 40S
Français arts langagiers - immersion 40S
Français: communication médiatique 40S
Français langue première 40S ♦
Français: littératures francophones 40S
French 40S
Arabic 40S
Chinese (Mandarin) 40S
Cree 40S
Filipino 40S
German 40S
Hebrew 40S
Italian 40S
Japanese 40S
Latin 40S
Ojibwe 40S
Polish 40S
Portuguese 40S
Punjabi 40S
Spanish 40S
Ukrainian 40S
Advanced Mathematics 45S
Advanced Mathematics 40S *
Applied Mathematics 40S
Essential Mathematics 40S
Essential mathematics 45S
Introduction to Calculus 45S
Mathématiques pré-calcul 40S *
Mathématiques appliqués 40S
Pre-Calculus Mathematics 40S *
Biologie 40S °
Biology 40S °
Business Management 40S
Chemistry 40S °
Chimie 40S °
Computer Science 40S
Economic Principles 40S
Interdisciplinary Science 40S
Physics 40S °
Physique 40S °
Accounting Systems 40S
Canadian Law 40S
Cinema as a Witness to Modern History 40S
Global Issues: Citizenship & Sustainability 40S
History: Western Civilization 40S
Human Geography 40S
Psychology 40S
World Geography 40S
World of Religions 40S
New Brunswick
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified above (example: IB Chemistry 121 and Chemistry 121), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
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Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Dramatic Arts 120
Music 120
Visual Arts 120
Anglais 12
Anglais 22411
Canadian Literature 120
English Language Arts 121 ♦
English Language Arts 122 ♦
FI Language Arts 120
Français 10411 ♦
Français 10412 ♦
Français langue première 10421 ♦
Espagnol 23411
Espagnol 23421
Mandarin 120
Spanish 120
Calculus 120 *
Foundations of Mathematics 120
Mathématiques 30411C *
Mathématiques 30421C *
Pre‐Calculus 120 A*
Pre‐Calculus 120 B *
Advanced Environmental Science 120
Biologie 53411/53412 °
Biologie 53421 °
Biology 121 °
Chemistry 121 °
Chemistry 122 °
Chimie 52411 °
Computer Science 120
Intro to Environmental Science 120
Physics 121 °
Physics 122 °
Physique 51411 °
Physique 51421 °
Sciences de l’environnement 54411
Droit 45411
Economics 120
Indigenous Studies 120
Introduction to Accounting 120
Law 120
Political Science 120
Psychology 120
Sociology 120
Statistiques 31411
World Issues 120
Newfoundland and Labrador
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (1B) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: 1B Chemistry 121 and Chemistry 121), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
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Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Applied Music 3206
Art and Design 3200
Theatre Arts 3220
Visual Art 3202
English 3201 ♦
English 3202 ♦
Novel Cinema 3221
World Literature 3207
Accelerated French 3203
Français 3202
French 3200
French 3201
Russian 3220
Mathematics 3200 *
Mathematics 3202
Mathematics 3201
Mathematics 3208 *
Mathématiques 3230
Mathématiques 3231
Mathématiques 3232
Biologie 3231 °
Biology 3201 °
Chemistry 3202 °
Chimie 3232 °
Earth Systems 3209
Environmental Science 3205
Physics 3204 °
Science 3200
Enseignement religieux 3131
Enseignement religieux 3136
Histoire Mondiale 3231
Social Studies 3201
Social Studies 3202
Sciences humaines 3231
Sciences humaines 3232
World Geography 3200
World Geography 3202
World History 3201
World Religions 3101
World Religions 3106
Northwest Territories
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (1B) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: 1B Chemistry 121 and Chemistry 121), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
♦ |
Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Art 30
Art 31
Choral Music 30
Drama 30
General Music 30
Instrumental Music 30
English Language Arts 30-1 ♦
English Language Arts 30-2 ♦
Français langue première 30-1 ♦
Français langue première 30-2 ♦
French 30-3Y
French Language Arts 30-1
French Language Arts 30-2
Applied Mathematics 30
Mathematics 30-1*
Mathematics 30-2
Mathematics 31 *
Mathématiques 30-1 *
Mathématiques 30-2
Mathématiques 31 *
Biologie 30 °
Biology 30 °
Chemistry 30 °
Chimie 30 °
Experiential Science 30
Physics 30 °
Physiques 30 °
Études Sociales 30-1
Études Sociales 30-2
Social Studies 30-1
Social Studies 30-2
Northern Studies 30
Nova Scotia
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: IB Chemistry (HL or SL) 12 and Chemistry 12), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
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Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
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Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Advanced Visual Arts 12
Advanced Music 12
Arts Entrepreneurship 12
Drama 12
Music 12
Visual Arts 12
Advanced English 12 ♦
Canadian Literature 12
English 12 ♦
English 12: African Heritage ♦
Core French 12
Expérience culturelle 12
Français 12 ♦
Français arts langagiers immersion 12
Français avancé 12 ♦
Français intégré 12
French Immersion 12
Gàidhlig /Gaelic 12
German 12
Spanish 12
Calculus 12 *
Calcul 12 *
Mathematics 12
Mathématiques 12
Précalcul 12 *
Pre‐Calculus 12 *
Advanced Biology 12 °
Advanced Chemistry 12 °
Advanced Physics 12 °
Biologie 12 °
Biologie avancée 12 °
Biology 12 °
Chemistry 12 °
Chimie 12 °
Chimie avancée 12 °
Geology 12
Physics 12 °
Physique 12 °
Physique avancée 12 °
Accounting 12
Business Management 12
Economics 12
Entrepreneurship 12
Geography 12
Geomatics 12
Global Geography 12
Global History 12
Global Politics 12
Law 12
Political Science 12
Sociology 12
Tourism 12
Nunavut
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (1B) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: 1B Chemistry 121 and Chemistry 121), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
° |
Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
♦ |
Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Art 30
Art 31
Choral Music 30
Drama 30
General Music 30
Instrumental Music 30
English 30.1 ♦
English 30.2 ♦
Français 30 ♦
Français 30‐2 ♦
French 30
French Language Arts 30
French Language Arts 30‐2
Inuktitut Studies 35
Mathematics 31 *
Mathematics 30-1*
Mathematics 30-2
Biology 30 °
Chemistry 30 °
Experiential Science 30
Physics 30 °
Science 30
Social Studies 30
Social Studies 33
Sustainable Tourism 12
Prince Edward Island
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (1B) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: 1B Chemistry 121 and Chemistry 121), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
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Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
° |
Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
♦ |
Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Dramatic Arts 621A
Dramatic Arts 801A
Music 621A
Music 621B
Music 801A
Visual Arts 621A
Visual Arts 601A
English 621A ♦
Français 62l F
French 621A
French Immersion 621F
Math 611B *
Math 621A
Math 621B *
Agriscience 621A
Animal Science 621A
Biology 621A °
Chemistry 621A °
Computer Studies 621A
Environmental Science 621A
Human Biology 801A
Oceanography 621A
Physics 621A °
Accounting 801A
Accounting Principles 621A
Advanced Political Science 621A
Canadian History 621A
Economics 621A
Economics/L'économie 621F
Exploring Civilizations/Civilisations comparées 621F
Global Issues 621A
Global Issues/Les enjeux mondiaux 621F
Introductory Economics 621A
The Individual in Society/L'individu en société 621F
Saskatchewan
- All Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (1B) courses are considered academic courses.
- When an IB/AP course name matches a prerequisite course identified below (example: 1B Chemistry 121 and Chemistry 121), that IB/AP will also be accepted as a prerequisite.
* |
Courses that fulfill math requirements (when math is a prerequisite) |
° |
Courses that fulfill science requirements (when biology, chemistry and/or physics are prerequisites) |
♦ |
Courses that fulfill language requirements (when either English or French is a prerequisite, based on language of high school). |
Art Dramatique 30
Arts Education 30
Dance 30
Drama 30
Music 30
Studio Art 30
Visual Art 30
English Language Arts A 30 ♦
English Language Arts B 30 ♦
Core French 30
Français fransaskois 30A ♦
Français fransaskois 30B ♦
Français Immersion 30
German 30
Japanese 30
Mandarin 30
Spanish 30
Calculus 30 *
Foundations of Mathematics 30
Pre-Calculus 30 *
Biologie 30
Biology 30 °
Chimie 30
Chemistry 30 °
Computer Science 30
Earth Science 30
Physics 30 °
Physique 30
Accounting 30
Christian Ethics 30
Droit 30
Economics 30
Entrepreneurship 30
Geography 30
History 30: Canadian Studies
Law 30
Native Studies 30: Canadian Studies
Psychology 30
Sciences sociales 30
Social Studies 30: Canadian Studies
Note: This list is not comprehensive as it does not include most locally developed courses. Where applicable, “Challenge” exams for academic and foreign language courses are recognized and can be included in the Top 5 average.