Undergraduate Admission

Admission to a degree program in the Faculty of Arts and Science from an Ontario Secondary School is based on the completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) including:

six 4U and 4M courses, including a minimum of three 4U courses and three additional 4U or 4M courses, one of which must be ENG4U (or EAE4U, EAL4U, EAC4U, FRA4U or FLO4U);
a Personal Statement of Experience (PSE).

To be considered, students must offer a minimum overall average of 75 per cent on six 4U and 4M courses, including ENG4U (or equivalent) and no more than three 4M courses and the appropriate prerequisite courses. In 2010, the minimum average for acceptance into Computing programs was 80%.

The following table sets out the required and recommended 4U courses for admission to our programs:

Concentration	4U Prerequisites	Recommended	OUAC Code
Biomedical Computing	MHF4U, MCV4U*, Chemistry	Biology, Computer Science	QD
Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Software Design, Computing	MHF4U, MCV4U*	Computer Science	QD
Computing and the Creative Arts		One 4U mathematics, Computer Science	QA

* MHF4U = Advanced Functions.

** MCV4U = Calculus and Vectors.

For other jurisdictions and programs, see www.queensu.ca/admission.