Associate of Arts Degree Checklist
1st Year English (Min. of 6 Credits)
ENGL 100, 101, 103, 111, 121
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1st Year Social Science (Min. of 6 Credits)
ANTH, CRIM, ECON, GEOG 100, LING, POLI, PSYC, SOCI
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1st Year Humanities (Min. of 6 Credits)
ARTH, CHIN, CMNS, FILM, FREN, HIST, JAPA, PHIL, SPAN
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1st Year Arts Elective (Min. of 6 Credits)
May include any course from Creative Writing, English, Humanities or Social Science
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1st Year Math/Science (Min. of 9 Credits)
1 Lab Science (Min. of 3 Credits) BIOL 101, 102, 104, CHEM 100, 101, 102, GEOG 101, 102, PHYS 101, 102
Course Title Grades Credits Points Requirement
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2 Science Courses (Min. of 6 Credits) BIOL, CHEM, CSCI, GEOG, HSCI, MATH, PHYS, STAT, MACM
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2nd Year Arts Courses (Min. of 18 Credits)
ANTH, ARTH, ASIA, CMNS, ECON, ENGL, GEOG, HIST, PHIL, PSYC, SOCI
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General Electives (Min. of 9 Credits)
Any course that has transferability to one of the 4 BC research university. (SFU, UNBC, UVIC, UBC)
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GPA Must Be Greater Than Or Equal To 2.0 (Min. of 60 Credits)

GPA Table
Grade Points
A+ 4.33
A 4
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2
C- 1.67
P 1
Transfer 0
  1. Complete minimum of 60 credits of first year and second year courses that transfer to one of the British Columbian Research Universities (SFU, UBC, UNBC, or UVIC). These must include a minimum of 18 credits in Arts at a second-year level taken in two or more subject areas.
  2. Achieve an avergage grade of "C" or 2.0 PGPA.
  3. Check course transferability using the BC Transfer Guide at: www.bctransferguide.ca (Research University).
  4. Students may only receive credit for one of the following: ENGL 100 or ENGL 101.
  5. ENGL 100 is not a pre-requisite to 200 level English courses
  6. Students may only received credits for one of the following: MATH 100 or MATH 120 (May 2021 to present).
  7. All first-year courses will count only as first-year credits (September 2023 to present).
  8. EDUC 101 and INST 200 can only be used as general electives (May 2021 to present).
  9. CRWR 101 may only be used to satify first-year Arts electives (May 2021 to present).
  10. The last three courses must be taken at Coquitlam College.
  11. Responsiblity for final course selection and registration lies with the student.

Note:

  1. Transferability of courses is determined by the receiving institution.
  2. Students interested in the Post Gradtion Woek Permit (PGWP) must be full-time students throughout their Degree.
  3. Each course can only be counted once towards the completion of program.
  4. Students may apply to transfer a maximum of 10 university courses (30 credits). Transfer credits will appear on the Coquitlam College transcript but are not used in the calculate for grade point average.

Definitions:

1st Year Courses: Any course that transfers as assigned or unassigned credit to at least one Research University.
2nd Year Courses: Any course that transfers as assigned or unassigned credit at the 200-level or higher to as least one Research University.
Arts Courses: Any course in a subject area for which there is a Baccalaureate of Arts degree at: SFU, UBC, UNBC, or UVIC (Except Business, Computer Science, Math or traditional Sciences).
Elective Courses: Any course that has transferability to one of the four BC Research Universities (SFU, UNBC, UVIC, UBC).