Honours Arts prospective major chart

What's a "prospective major"?

Your first year is “general”. You should explore as many subjects of interest as you can.
Your prospective majors are the subject areas you are most interested in studying.
You should have at least two prospective majors.
You'll normally declare/choose your major at the end of first year.

Required courses

All Arts students take two Arts First courses in first-year:

ARTS 130 - Inquiry and Communication
ARTS 140 - Information and Analysis

Arts First courses help build foundational competencies in communication and analysis, with a focus on practice-based learning.

Class size is limited to 25 students and there are many course topics to choose from each term.

You will take one of ARTS 130 and ARTS 140 in each term of your first year - they can be taken in either order, but not simultaneously. You can only enroll in ARTS 130 and ARTS 140 during the course drop/add period (see the Important dates page for current drop/add dates).

Other resources

Anthropology (ANTH)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: ANTH 100 ANTH 106 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	ANTH 201 or 202 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

Classical Studies (CLAS)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: CLAS 100 CLAS 104 CLAS 105 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 or 2 electives	One of: CLAS 104 CLAS 123 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: The Classical Studies department offers two separate majors. The Honours Classics major requires both Latin and Greek. The Classical Studies (both Honours and General degrees) does not require Latin and Greek.

Fall Term Courses

Winter Term Courses

One of:
- CLAS 100
- CLAS 104
- CLAS 105
ARTS 130 or ARTS 140
Prospective major #2
1 or 2 electives

One of:
- CLAS 104
- CLAS 123
ARTS 140 or ARTS 130
Prospective major #2
2 electives

Note: The Classical Studies department offers two separate majors.

The Honours Classics major requires both Latin and Greek.
The Classical Studies (both Honours and General degrees) does not require Latin and Greek.

Classics (CLAS)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One or two of: CLAS 100 CLAS 104 CLAS 105 LAT 101 and/or GRK 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	One of: CLAS 104 CLAS 123 LAT 102 and/or GRK 102 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 1 elective
Note: The Classical Studies department offers two separate majors. The Honours Classics major requires both Latin and Greek The Classical Studies (both Honours and General degrees) does not require Latin and Greek

Fall Term Courses

Winter Term Courses

One or two of:
- CLAS 100
- CLAS 104
- CLAS 105
LAT 101 and/or GRK 101
ARTS 130 or ARTS 140
Prospective major #2
1 elective

One of:
- CLAS 104
- CLAS 123
LAT 102 and/or GRK 102
ARTS 140 or ARTS 130
Prospective major #2
1 elective

Note: The Classical Studies department offers two separate majors.

The Honours Classics major requires both Latin and Greek
The Classical Studies (both Honours and General degrees) does not require Latin and Greek

Communication Arts and Design Practice

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: SPCOM 101 SPCOM 149/THPERF 149 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One of: SPCOM 101 SPCOM 149/THPERF 149 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: Communication Arts and Design Practice includes courses in SPCOM (Speech Communication), THPERF (Theatre and Performance) and DAC (Digital Arts Communication). DAC courses are not taken by first year students.

Communication Studies

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: SPCOM 100 SPCOM 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One of: SPCOM 100 SPCOM 101 SPCOM 223 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: Communication Studies was formerly named Speech Communication. The major course code is still named SPCOM in Quest.

Economics (ECON)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
ECON 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives (see Note)	ECON 102 MATH 104 (see Note) ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 1 elective
Note: If you have not taken or struggled in 4U Advanced Functions and Introductory Calculus or 4U Calculus and Vectors you should take MATH 103 and MATH 104 in your first year. If you can only take one of the Math courses, take MATH 104 in the Fall term. MATH 103 and MATH 104 are offered in both the Fall and Winter terms.

Mathematical Economics

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
ECON 101 MATH 127 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	ECON 102 MATH 128 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 1 elective
Note: Mathematical Economics is only available as a major for students in Honours Arts. Students interested in Mathematical Economics must have completed 4U Advanced Functions and Introductory Calculus or 4U Calculus and Vectors. 4U Calculus is a pre-requisite for MATH 127. Consult the Mathematical Economics requirement list for further information.

English (ENGL)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: ENGL 101A or ENGL 101B (recommended) or One 100-level ENGL course ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One of: ENGL 101A or ENGL 101B (recommended) or One 100-level ENGL course ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: If you plan to major in English you may only count two 100-level courses toward your major requirements, including any ENGL transfer credits (e.g. ENGL 1XX). If you have ENGL transfer credit, please contact an English advisor for advice.

Fine Arts (FINE) Studio Practice

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
FINE 100 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	FINE 101/VCULT 101 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: FINE 150 does not count towards the Fine Arts Studio major or minor plans. Do not take it if you plan to major or minor in Fine Arts Studio Practice.

Fine Arts (FINE) Visual Culture (VCULT)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
VCULT 100/FINE 102 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	VCULT 101/FINE 101 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: If you plan to take studio courses as part of the Visual Culture plan, you should also take FINE 100 in your first year. Consult the Fine Arts advisor to discuss course planning.

French Studies or French Teaching (FR)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One or two of the following, depending on previous experience: FR 151 (completed Gr. 9 or 10 core French) FR 152 (completed Gr. 11 core French) FR 192A (completed Gr. 12 core French) FR 192B (completed Gr. 12 Immersion or extended French) FR 251 (graduated école française) and FR 296 or FR 297 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 or 2 electives (see Note)	One or two of the following, depending which course you took in Fall term: FR 152 (after FR 151) FR 192A (after FR 152) FR 192B (after FR 192A) and one of FR 250, FR 276, FR 296, or FR 297 FR 251 (after FR 192B) and one of FR 203, FR 250, FR 276, FR 296, or FR 297 FR 252 (after FR 251) and one of FR 203, FR 276, FR 296, or FR 297 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 1 or 2 electives (see Note)

Fall Term Courses

Winter Term Courses

One or two of the following, depending on previous experience:
- FR 151 (completed Gr. 9 or 10 core French)
- FR 152 (completed Gr. 11 core French)
- FR 192A (completed Gr. 12 core French)
- FR 192B (completed Gr. 12 Immersion or extended French)
- FR 251 (graduated école française) and FR 296 or FR 297
ARTS 130 or ARTS 140
Prospective major #2
1 or 2 electives (see Note)

One or two of the following, depending which course you took in Fall term:
- FR 152 (after FR 151)
- FR 192A (after FR 152)
- FR 192B (after FR 192A) and one of FR 250, FR 276, FR 296, or FR 297
- FR 251 (after FR 192B) and one of FR 203, FR 250, FR 276, FR 296, or FR 297
- FR 252 (after FR 251) and one of FR 203, FR 276, FR 296, or FR 297
ARTS 140 or ARTS 130
Prospective major #2
1 or 2 electives (see Note)

Notes:
Prospective majors are welcome to touch base with frenchundergrad@uwaterloo.ca if they have placement questions/concerns.

Students interested in the French Teaching Specialization are encouraged to take PSYCH 101 and/or SOC 101 in first year. These courses are pre-requisites for the education course requirements.

Gender and Social Justice (GSJ)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
GSJ 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	GSJ 102 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

German (GER)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: GER 101 (if no German language knowledge) GER 102 GER 201 and/or GER 250 or GER 350 (depending on German proficiency) One of: GER 100 CI 100 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	One of: GER 101 (if not taken in Fall) GER 102 GER 201 GER 202 and/or GER 211 (depending on level of Fall term course) One of: GER 120 GER 200/CI 200 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: GER 201 and GER 211 can be taken concurrently or sequentially.

History (HIST)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One 100-level History course ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One 100-level History Course ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: If you plan to major in History you may only count two 100-level courses toward your major requirements, including any HIST transfer credits (e.g. HIST 1XX). If you have HIST transfer credit(s), please contact the History advisor for advice.

Legal Studies (LS)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
LS 101 SOC 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	One 200-level LS course ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: You should also consider taking PSCI 100 and PSYCH 101. They are not Legal Studies major courses but are pre-requisites for some upper-level LS courses. These courses are not included in a student’s LS major average.

Liberal Studies

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 100 level course from Faculty of Arts/prospective minor Prospective major #2 2 electives	ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 100 level course from Faculty of Arts/prospective minor Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: All courses offered by the Faculty of Arts will be used in the calculation of Liberal Studies cumulative major average.

Medieval Studies (MEDVL)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
MEDVL 115 MEDVL 105 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 Language course (see Note) 2 electives
Note: You should consider taking an introductory language course in your first year from one of the following: French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, or Spanish.

Music (MUSIC)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
MUSIC 110 MUSIC 270 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective or MUSIC 226 and MUSIC 116 (see Note)	MUSIC 271 MUSIC 226 and MUSIC 116 or MUSIC 227 and MUSIC 117 (see Note) ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 1 elective
Note: Your music ensemble course is 0.25 units and can be taken as a sixth course. Music ensembles and studio courses (MUSIC 226) require an audition prior to the first day of classes.

Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: PACS 101 200-level PACS course ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives (see Note)	One 200-level PACS course ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives (see Note)
Note: You should also consider taking PSYCH 101, SOC 101, and/or PSCI 150 in first year. They are pre-requisites for many upper-year PACS Approved courses. These courses are not included in a student’s PACS major average.

Philosophy (PHIL)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: PHIL 101 PHIL 110A PHIL 121 PHIL 145 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One of: PHIL 101 PHIL 110B PHIL 121 PHIL 145 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

Political Science (PSCI)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Course
PSCI 100 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	PSCI 150 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

Psychology (PSYCH)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
PSYCH 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One of (see Note): PSYCH 207 PSYCH 211 PSYCH 238 PSYCH 253 PSYCH 257 PSYCH 261 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives
Note: The Psychology department recommends that students take a maximum of one PSYCH 200-level course in their 1B term.

Religious Studies (RS)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
RS 260 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One 100-level or 200-level RS course ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

Sexuality, Marriage and Family Studies (SMF)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
SMF 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives (see Note)	SMF 204 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives (see Note)
Note: Students are encouraged to take PSYCH 101 or SOC 101. These courses are pre-requisites for upper-year SMF Approved courses. These courses are not included in a student’s SMF major average.

Social Development Studies (SDS) - admitted to Honours SDS

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
PSYCH 101R SOC 101R SOCWK 120R ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 1 elective	SDS 131R SDS 150R PSYCH 253R ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 1 elective

Social Development Studies (SDS) - admitted to Honours Arts

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
PSYCH 101R/PSYCH 101 SOC 101R/SOC 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	SDS 131R or SDS 150R SOCWK 120R ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 1 elective

Sociology (SOC)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
SOC 101 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One SOC 200-level course ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

Spanish (SPAN)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
SPAN 150 One of: SPAN 101 (no Spanish language knowledge) SPAN 102 (completed Gr. 11 Spanish) SPAN 201A (completed Gr. 12 Spanish) ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 1 elective	One of: SPAN 102 SPAN 201B ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives

Theatre and Performance (THPERF)

Fall Term Courses	Winter Term Courses
One of: THPERF 102 THPERF 149 ARTS 130 or ARTS 140 Prospective major #2 2 electives	One of: THPERF 100 THPERF 102 THPERF 149 ARTS 140 or ARTS 130 Prospective major #2 2 electives