Office of the Registrar and Student Awards

Admissions Chart 2 Classification of High School Courses Used for Admission

Grade 12 courses listed below are based on the Alberta Education curriculum and nomenclature. Prospective students from other provinces and territories should review the Grade 12 entry level equivalents on the Office of the Registrar website at www.registrar.ualberta.ca/admissions. English is an admission requirement for all Faculties, with the exception of Faculté Saint-Jean which requires French. The acceptable Alberta academic Grade 12 courses, other than English Language Arts 30-1, have been placed in three groups below. Faculties may accept other Grade 12 courses not contained in these three groups. Mathematics 30-2 will also be accepted as an admission requirement to some programs. Please see Faculty admission requirements (§15) for each program of study for further information.

Grade 12 Courses

Group A (Humanities/Social Sciences)

  1. Social Studies 30-1

  2. 30-level Language other than English

  3. Additional 30-level Language other than English

  4. Aboriginal Studies 30 (cannot be used for admission with Social Studies 30-1)

    5. (See Notes 1, 2, and 3)

Group B (Fine Arts)

  1. Applied Graphic Arts 35

  2. Art 30

  3. Art 31

  4. Communication Technology Advanced Level-Career and Technology Studies (CTS) (5 credits)

  5. Dance 35

  6. Drama 30

  7. Music 30 (Choral, Instrumental or General (5 credits)

  8. Music 35

  9. Musical Theatre 35

  10. Performing Arts 35 A, B, or C

    11. Additional 35-level Fine Arts courses may be considered.

    (See Note 4)

Group C (Maths/Sciences)

  1. Biology 30

  2. Chemistry 30

  3. Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 30-1

  4. Mathematics 31

  5. Physics 30

  6. Science 30

  7. Computing Science (CSE) Advanced Level-Career and Technology Studies (CTS) (5 credits)

Notes

(1)

Any one French 30, French 30 (3 year or 9 year), French 31A, 31B, 31C; French Language Arts 20, 30, 30-1, 30-2; Français 20, 30, 30-1, 30-2 will meet a 30-level Language other than English requirement for admission purposes. In the case of French Language Arts 30, 30-1, Français 30, 30-1, and French 31A, 31B, or 31C, advanced placement may be granted upon application. Applicants to Faculté Saint-Jean must present one of French 30, French 30 (9 year), French 31A, 31B, 31C; French Language Arts 30, 30-1, 30-2; Français 30, 30-1, 30-2, to meet the French requirement for admission purposes. French 30 (3 year) may be used for admission based on a successful French language placement test. Contact the Faculté Saint-Jean for more information.

(2)

Blackfoot Language and Culture 30, Cree Language and Culture 30, Chinese Language and Culture 30, German Language Arts 30, German 31, German Language and Culture 30, Italian Language and Culture 30, Japanese Language and Culture 30, Latin 30, Spanish Language and Culture 30, Ukrainian Language Arts 20, Ukrainian Language Arts 30, Ukrainian Language and Culture 30, meet the Language other than English requirement. There are other 35-level, locally developed languages which may also be used to meet the Language other than English requirement; however, applicants presenting one of these may be required to complete a proficiency test administered by the University before the course will be accepted for admission purposes.

(3)

Applicants wishing to present a language other than one of those presented at the Grade 12 level in Alberta should contact the Admissions Division, Office of the Registrar.

(4)

Equivalents of Music 30: Conservatory Canada, Grade 8 Practical and Grade IV Theory; Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, Grade 8 Practical, Grade II Theory, Mount Royal College, Grade 8 Practical and Grade II Theory. Documents must be presented to Alberta Education for evaluation.