Science (General)

CURRICULUM

The Associate of Science Degree requires the successful completion of a minimum of 60 credits that have assigned or unassigned credit at Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria, or the University of Northern British Columbia.

Within the minimum 60 credits, students must complete:

1. 6 credits of MATH which shall include at least one course (3 credits) in Calculus;
2. a minimum of 36 credits of science, which shall include at least:
   1. 3 credits in a laboratory science;
   2. a minimum of 18 credits in science at the second-year level taken in two or more subject areas;
3. 6 credits of first-year ENGL;
4. 6 credits of first or second year arts other than ENGL (excluding MATH and laboratory-based science courses);
5. a minimum of 6 credits of first or second year arts, science or other university-transfer courses. (Students may include university-transfer credit from career program and KINS and RECR course offerings); and
6. a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

No course may be used to meet more than one of the specific requirements.

In addition to the regular Associate of Science Degree (Science - General), Langara College offers Associate of Science Degrees in the following concentrations:

• Bioinformatics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Environmental Studies
• Food and Nutrition
• Health Sciences
• Mathematics
• Physics

ASSOCIATE DEGREE DEFINITIONS

First-year and Second-year Courses

• A first-year course is defined as a course which has assigned or unassigned transfer credit at the 100-level at UBC, SFU, UVic or UNBC.
• A second-year course is defined as a course which has assigned or unassigned transfer credit at the 200 level or higher at UBC, SFU, UVic or UNBC.
• An arts course is defined to be any first or second-year course in a subject area for which there is a Bachelor of Arts degree at UBC, SFU, UVic or UNBC.
• A science course is defined to be any first or second-year course in a subject area for which there is a Bachelor of Science degree or a Bachelor of Applied Science degree at UBC, SFU, UVic or UNBC. A laboratory science is one in which a substantial component of student instruction involves the study of natural phenomena.