2017-2018 Undergraduate Calendar

The BA (Honours) in Child Health is designed for students wishing to pursue careers concerned with the health of children as an educator or as a health professional following post graduate study. The program provides students with a biological, psychological and sociological overview of the major determinants of health from birth though adolescence.

Program Notes

To proceed to year 2, students must achieve a minimum 65 percent major average and minimum 60 percent non-major average, with a minimum grade of 60 percent in HLSC 1F90 and either MATH 1F92 or 1P98, and have successfully completed BIOL 1P91 and 1P92. To continue in the program after second year, students must achieve and maintain a minimum 70 percent major average and a minimum 60 percent non-major average or program removal may occur.

At least one credit each year must be taken outside the Department of Health Sciences. Students interested in Rehabilitation Sciences (i.e. Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology/Audiology, Occupational Therapy) may want to consider taking discipline-relevant courses such as Anatomy, English, Linguistics, Psychology and/or Sociology as electives.

In 20 credit degree programs a maximum of eight credits may be numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99; at least three credits must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above; at least three credits must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above; and the remaining credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above.

In some circumstances, in order to meet university degree and program requirements, more than 20 credits may be taken.

Honours Program (only)

Year 1

	HLSC 1F90
	BIOL 1P91 and 1P92
	CHYS 1F90
	MATH 1F92 or MATH 1P98 and one-half elective credit
	one Humanities context credit (see program notes 1 and 2)

Year 2

	HLSC 2P07, 2P21, 2P27 and 2P91
	CHYS 2P10, 2P35 and 2P38
	one and one-half elective credits (see program notes 1 and 2)

Year 3

	HLSC 2P50, 3P21, 3P50 and 3P80
	one of HLSC 2P02, 2P09, 2P60, 2P90, 2P98, 3P02, 3P07, 3P92, 4P03
	one credit from CHYS 3P20, 3P26, 3P35, 3P38, 3P43, 3P47, 3P60, PSYC 3P23
	one and one-half elective credits (see program notes 1 and 2)

Year 4

	One of HLSC 3P09, 3P19, 3P25, 3P34, 3P68
	HLSC 4P69 or 4P80
	one HLSC credit numbered 3(alpha)90 or above
	one and one-half CHYS credits numbered 3(alpha)90 to 3(alpha)99
	one and one-half elective credits (see program notes 2 and 3)

Description of Courses

See relevant calendar entry for course descriptions.

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