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4.10. Bachelor of Science (Post Diploma)

Requirements Policies
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Requirements

Enrolment requirements

Students must have successfully completed an approved science-related technician or technology diploma from a college or institution of technology. The BSc (Post Diploma) is designed to allow students to continue studies towards a science degree from either the technician or technologist level.

General degree requirements at the technician level

Total credits in the program 120
  • College diploma at the technician level receives
 30
Minimum credits required beyond the college diploma (90 credits)
  • Science courses (*9 of these are described below)
  • Options (in any discipline)
  • Senior (300 or 400) level courses
    In senior (300 or 400) level science courses
  • 400 level science courses
  • Through Athabasca University
 69
12
66
51
12
30
Maximum credits allowed
  • In any one science discipline
  • In any junior (200) level courses
    Maximum of 3 at the preparatory (100) level


30
24
General degree requirements at the technologist level

Total credits in the program 120
  • College diploma at the technologist level receives
 60
Minimum credits required beyond the college diploma (60 credits)
  • Science courses (*9 of these are described below)
  • Options (in any discipline)
  • Senior (300 or 400) level
    In senior (300 or 400) level science courses
  • 400 level Science courses
  • Through Athabasca University
45
6
48
39
12
30
Maximum credits allowed
  • In any one science discipline
  • In any junior (200) level courses

30
12
Core course requirements

  1. *MATH credits, selected from the following courses:
    MATH 215 Introduction to Statistics   (3)
    MATH 265 Introduction to Calculus I   (3)
    MATH 270 Linear Algebra I   (3)

  2. *COMP 200 Introduction to Computing and Information Systems   (3)

  3. †ENGL 255 Introductory Composition   (3)

  4. HIST 404 Historical Foundations of Modern Science   (3)

  5. PHIL 333 Professional Ethics or
         PHIL 371 Ethics, Science, Technology, and the Environment   (3)

  6. *SCIE 326 Scientific Reasoning   (3)

†Students will be exempted from the ENGL 255 requirement if they pass the Alberta Universities Writing Competence Test, or have a grade of 70% or better in an Athabasca University English course, or receive transfer credit for an English course in which a grade of "B" or better was achieved.

Policies specific to the program

  1. To continue as a student in good standing within the Bachelor of Science program, the student is required to maintain a 60% average in courses offered by the Centre for Science. The 60% average will be monitored when the student has completed 15, 45, and 75 science credits.

  2. Athabasca University will not grant credit for science courses that were completed more than 10 years ago (including computer science courses).

  3. Students holding an approved college or technical institute science-oriented diploma that is more than five years old, but who can supply evidence of employment indicating they are current in their discipline area, will gain admission to this degree program.

  4. Students holding an approved college or technical institute science-oriented diploma that is less than five years old will gain admission to this degree program.

  5. Applications to enter the BSc (PD) should include official transcripts from the institute granting the science-related technician or technology diploma, and where applicable, a copy of a current membership and certification from a recognized technical society under Canadian Certified Technicians and Technologists (CCTT), for example, ASET, OACETT, or ASTTBC.

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