Bachelor of Arts (3-Year) 93 credits

(courses may meet more than one program requirement)

King’s Common Curriculum

All students in the B.A. (3-year) program must complete the King's common curriculum. Please see King’s Common-Curriculum.

Concentration Requirements

Students in the B.A. (3-year) program must choose a first subject of concentration and may choose a second subject. First subjects are available in the following:

•​Biology

•​Business

•​Chemistry

•​English

•​History

•​Music

•​Philosophy

•​Psychology

•​Social Science Group

•​Sociology

•​Theology

No more than 6 credits of 200-level courses may be applied to meet concentration subject requirements except in music and the social science group concentration. Certain disciplines may have special cognate requirements which a student must meet for a first subject of concentration.

See Minor/Second Concentrations for second concentration requirements.

Specific B.A. (3-year) First Concentration Requirements

See statement about declaring concentrations under General Degree Program Regulations on Declaring a Concentration/Major.

Biology

•​24-42 credits including 210, 211, 397, 480

•​At least 3 credits of 320, 330

•​At least 3 credits of 340, 343

•​Cognate requirement: CHEM 200, 201

Notes:

1.​BIOL 204 and 290 meet the common curriculum requirement for the B.A. but will not meet concentration requirements in biology.

2.​Electives may be used to add biology concentration courses up to 42 credits or to make a second concentration.

3.​Students who wish to enter professional schools of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science can meet the requirements of these schools while earning the B.A. degree with a concentration in biology. In some cases a 4-year program will be advantageous. See Pre-Professional Programs.

4.​See Au Sable listing of off-campus biology courses at the Au Sable website www.ausable.org.

Business

•​36-42 credits including 200, 253, 320, 339, 355, 396, 420, 471, 496

•​At least 3 credits of 303, 367

•​Cognate requirement: ECON 203, 204

Chemistry

•​24-42 credits including 200, 201, 350, 351, 395, 494

•​Cognate requirement: 6 credits in MATH (not 281) and/or STAT

Notes:

1.​CHEM 290 meets the common curriculum requirement for the B.A. but will not meet concentration requirements in chemistry.

2.​Electives may be used to add chemistry concentration courses up to 42 credits or to make up a second concentration.

3.​Students who wish to enter professional schools of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science can meet the requirements of those schools while earning the B.A. degree with a concentration in chemistry. In some cases a 4-year program will be advantageous. See Pre-Professional Programs.

English

•​24-42 credits including 214, 215, 314

•​At least 3 credits of 311, 315

•​At least 3 credits of 320, 430

•​At least 3 credits of 356, 360

•​At least 6 credits of 358, 370, 371

Notes:

1.​Students are strongly encouraged to take ENGL 314 in the second year of study.

2.​Students in the three-year English program normally may include one ENGL 499 course in their program.

3.​Electives may be used to add English concentration courses up to 42 credits or to make up a second concentration.

History

•​24-42 credits including 204, 300, 495

•​At least 3 credits of 351, 352, 353, 380, 382

•​At least 3 credits of 360, 361

•​At least 3 credits of 324, 330, 332, 340, 359

•​At least 3 credits of 325, 373, 390, 391

•​Students must have a minimum of 3 credits at the 400-level

Recommended Courses in Other Disciplines

At least 3 credits each in sociology, political science and economics.

Notes:

1.​Electives may be used to add history concentration courses up to 42 credits or to make up a second concentration.

2.​Students also have the option of taking HIST 499 in consultation with a member of the History department.

Music

•​24-42 credits including 216, 217, 266, 267, 306, 495

•​4 semesters of applied music or 4 semesters of music ensemble

Notes:

1.​All incoming music students must write the online music theory assessment. Students who do not pass the online music theory assessment must register for MUSI200: Introduction to Music Theory, in the fall term.The assessment is available online at https://www.kingsu.ca/current-students/forms/music-competency-assessment

2.​Auditions (for first enrolment only) for individual instruction in all instruments are required. For audition dates and times, please visit https://www.kingsu.ca/admissions/next-steps/music-next-steps.

3.​MUSI 205, 235, 255 and 285 meet the common curriculum requirement for the B.A. but will not meet concentration requirements in music.

4.​A student wishing to receive the 2-year Diploma in Church Music together with the 3-year B.A. with a concentration in music must fulfill the requirements of the Diploma and complete at least 9 additional music credits beyond those of the degree requirements (102 credits).

5.​All full-time students enrolled in 200-level and 300-level credit courses in music (individual instruction) must enroll in King’s Cantorum, King’s Chamber Singers or Instrumental Ensemble as a corequisite (maximum 4 terms).

6.​Electives may be used to add music concentration courses up to a maximum of 42 credits in music or to make up a second concentration.

Streams

Music Education Stream (Intake suspended for 2025/26)

The King’s University Music Education stream prepares students to enter the B.Ed. after degree program with a solid grounding in musical skills, instrumental techniques, and pedagogy. Students planning to teach junior or senior high school music must take the 4 year BA degree with a major in music. This degree includes music history, theory, ensemble, and lessons on a primary instrument, as well as woodwind, brass, and percussion techniques, choral and instrumental conducting, and classroom methodologies. Students planning to teach elementary school music may take the 3 year BA program which focuses on the instruments and methodologies employed in the lower grades in addition to developing their own musicianship skills. Both programs provide foundations in music education philosophy, psychology, ethics, and advocacy. Both concentrations provide for the completion of a teachable minor.

A Music Education stream may start in the second or third year of study, after the student has taken MUSI216, 217, 264; MUSI 259 or 260; and 3 credits of music history at the 300-level. Recommended courses depend on whether students are planning to teach elementary or secondary music. Completing this stream requires 15 to 24 credits, so students must plan carefully to make these fit within their music electives.

Required Courses

•​All students: MUSI 330, 335

•​Elementary Education: MUSI 337, 348

•​Secondary Education: MUSI 331, 333, 338, 341, 342, 344, 346

Piano Pedagogy Stream

The King’s University Piano Pedagogy stream provides students with training and practical experience in the teaching of beginning and intermediate level piano students and the running of a thriving music studio. This innovative program offers pianists an opportunity to prepare for an active and rewarding career in the field of piano pedagogy as they learn to become effective teachers. The courses include practical teaching experience with mentoring, lesson observation and in-depth exploration of current materials, techniques and methods. In addition, music education, business and psychology courses complement the practical aspect of the stream.

The Piano Pedagogy stream may start in the second or third year with supporting academic courses and conclude in the fourth year with the Pedagogy and Practicum courses. Completing this stream requires 18 credits, so students must plan carefully to make these fit within their music electives.

Required Courses:

•​MUSI 335, 385, 485, 489, 589, BUSI 341, PSYC 351

Philosophy

•​24-42 credits including 230, 301, 495

•​At least 6 credits of historical courses (327, 332, 343, 345)

•​At least 6 credits of topical courses (321, 322, 334, 339, 391)

Notes:

1.​Students concentrating in philosophy are advised to 230 in their first year. Appropriate combinations of philosophy courses will be suggested for students choosing philosophy as a second subject of concentration, in order to complement their first subjects.

2.​Electives may be used to add philosophy concentration courses up to 42 credits or to make up a second concentration.

Psychology

•​27-42 credits including 250, 251, 301, 398

•​9 credits of 333, 320, 340, 351, 390, 395, 420

•​6 credits of 363, 375, 378, 465, 473, 477

Notes:

1.​PSYC 301 must normally be taken in the second year.

2.​A recommended senior philosophy course is PHIL 334.

3.​It is recommended that students take PSYC 302.

4.​Electives may be used to add psychology concentration courses up to 42 credits, or to make a second concentration.

5.​Students interested in advanced professional training or human services work after graduation are strongly encouraged to take PSYC 302 and relevant senior courses, for which PSYC 301/302 are a prerequisite.

Social Science Group

•​At least 30 credits in at least 3 of the following disciplines or designated course groups:

•​Disciplines: ECON, HIST, INDG, POLI, PSYC, SOCI, SSCI, Anthropology (by transfer credit)

•​Designated Course Groups: Educational Psychology (EDUC 363), Human Geography (GEOG 310, 321), Social Work (SOWK 200), Kinesiology (KINS 338, 348, 375, 395, 396)

•​At least 15 credits in 300- and 400-level courses from at least two of the above disciplines or designated course groups

•​SSCI 309, 495 (SSCI 309 must normally be taken in the second year of study).

Sport and Recreation Theme

•​All of BUSI 253, 348, 375, 395

•​6 credits of KINS 207, 250, 255

•​6 credits of KINS 300, 338, 385, 393, 396

•​6 credits of KINS 205, 210, 211, 216, 222, 223, 237, 305

•​Recommended: BUSI 341, GEOG 310, PSYC 351, 352

Continuity Requirement:

One of the following requirements must be met:

a. a student must be a declared social science student for at least three terms, or

b. a student must take at least 9 credits in 300- and 400-level courses designated as providing a social science emphasis (at present, all 300- and 400-level courses in psychology, educational psychology (363), human geography (310, 321), political science and sociology except PSYC 370.)

Program Limits:

There is no maximum number of courses in this group concentration.

Pre-Bachelor of Education students:

Please see Pre-Education Program for details regarding Pre-Bachelor of Education program planning.

Additional SSCI Notes:

1.​PHIL 334: Philosophy of the Sciences is desirable as well as courses in anthropology, which are not currently available at the University.

2.​King’s Common Curriculum history courses are also applied to the social science group concentration. Electives may be used to add social science concentration courses or to make up a non-social science second concentration.

3.​Students with a first concentration in the social science group may only have a second concentration in a non-social science discipline.

Sociology

•​27-42 credits including 200, 205, 309, 332, 495 (SOCI 309 must normally be taken in the 2nd year of study)

•​At least 6 credits of 301, 318, 360

Theology

•​24-42 credits including 250, 397, 495

•​At least 6 credits of biblical courses (310, 342, 351, 353)

•​At least 6 credits of theological courses (361, 364, 369, 370, 371, 373, 375, 380, 391)