Truro Start - Bachelor of Arts
First Year Bachelor of Arts Truro Pathway
Truro Start creates a pathway for students to do their first year of a Bachalor of Arts degree on Truro campus.
First year BA students may take a maximum of 30 credit hours over the Fall and Winter - this is usually 5 courses each term. Students may register in fewer courses, depending on anticipated academic workload and other commitments (please check any scholarship or student loan conditions).
The table below outlines how students can fulfill their first year degree requirements (see here) while studying on Truro campus.
FASS requirement
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Courses to fulfill that requirement
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Intro to FASS
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AGRI 1200.03: Introductions to the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Writing coures: 6 credit hours required
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EGLA 1000.03: Composition
EGLA 1002.03: Nature in Literature
EGLA 1004.03: English Studies in Science and Technology
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Language Course requirement: 6 credit hours in a single language required
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SPNA 1000.03: Basic Spanish I
SPNA 1001.03: Basic Spanish II
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Subject groupings
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In cases where a subject is listed in more than one of the groupings, any credit taken in that subject may be used to satisfy only one of the grouping requirements. A second credit in the same subject cannot be used to satisfy another subject grouping requirement.
Subject grouping requirements should normally be fulfilled in the first 60 credit hours.
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Languages and Humanitie: 6 credit hours required
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The writing courses can also fulfill this requirement
ARTS 2000.03: Nature’s Image
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Social Sciences: 6 credit hours required
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ECOA 1000.03 Principles of Microeconomics
ECOA 1001.03: Principles of Macroeconomics
GEOA 1000.03: Introduction to Human Geography
PSYC 1000.03: Psychology I
PSYC 1001.03: Psychology II
SOCI 1000.03: Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 2000:03: Sociology of Food and Agriculture
POLS 2000.03: Global Politics of Agriculture and Conservation
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Life Sciences and Natural Sciences:
6 credit hours required
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AGRI 1000.03: Introduction to Agriculture
BIOA 1002.03: Biology I
BIOA 1003.03: Biology II
CHMA 1000.03: General Chemistry I
CHMA 1001.03: General Chemistry II
CSCA 1000.03: Computer Methods
ECOA 1000.03: Principles of Microeconomics
ECOA 1001.03: Principles of Macroeconomics
ENVA 2000.03: Environmental Studies I
ENVA 2001.03: Environmental Studies II
MTHA 1000.03: Introduction to Calculus I
MTHA 1001.03: Introduction to Calculus II
STAA 2000.03: Introduction to Statistics
PSYC 1000.03: Psychology I
PSYC 1001.03: Psychology II
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Other
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Students may choose up to 18 credit hours of electives from outside the Colleges of Arts & Science, Sustainability and Faculties of Computer Science, Agriculture.
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