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4.17. Bachelor of Science (Post Diploma)

Requirements Policies
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Introduction

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

Students are strongly encouraged to register in ENGL 255 early in their program. However, the Alberta Universities Writing Competence Test may be used to indicate competence in English writing skills.

Requirements

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 (12 credits at 400 level)
  • Through Athabasca University
  • Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credits
69
12
66
51
30
15
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 (12 credits at 400 level)
  • Through Athabasca University
45
6
48
39
30
Maximum Credits Allowed
  • In any one science discipline
  • In any junior (200) level courses

30
12
Course Notes

The following courses can satisfy either the Social Science area of study or the Science area of study requirements, but not both. Students who want to use these courses to satisfy the Science area of study requirements must call Admissions and Evaluations Services and request the change.

ENVS 253 Global Environmental Change: The Scientific and Social Issues   (3)
PSYC 289 Psychology as a Natural Science   (3)
PSYC 355 Cognitive Psychology   (3)
PSYC 387 Learning   (3)
PSYC 402 Biological Psychology   (3)
PSYC 404 Experimental Psychology   (3)

Core Course Requirements

  1. *MATH credits, selected from ONE of the following courses:
    MATH 215 Introduction to Statistics   (3) or
    MATH 216 Computer-Oriented Approach to Statistics   (3) or
    MATH 265 Introduction to Calculus I   (3) or
    MATH 270 Linear Algebra I   (3)
  2. *Any university-level computing (COMP) science course   (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)

† ENGL 255 Introductory Composition will be waived (but students must replace these three credits to satisfy the credit requirement) if students have:

-passed the Alberta Universities Writing Competence Test or
- have a grade of B- (70 percent) or better in an Athabasca University English course above the preparatory (100) level, or
- received transfer credit for an English course in which a grade of "B" or better was achieved.

Specific Regulations

Some of the general policies governing academic studies at Athabasca University are superseded by the following:
  1. To continue as a student in good standing within the Bachelor of Science program, students are required to maintain a 60 percent average in courses offered by the Centre for Science. The 60 percent average will be monitored when students have 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 who hold 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 who hold 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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