Step 4 - Choose your communication course
Communication skills are essential to academic, professional, and personal success and the Faculty of Mathematics places a particular emphasis on their development. All students in the Faculty of Mathematics are required to complete two communication courses to be able to graduate with a BMath or BCS degree.
All students take a communications course in their first term of study (except for double degree and Math/CPA students who will take it in their second term of study and CFM students who take it in a later year).
List 1: First Course
The first course must be chosen from one of the following:
- EMLS 101R Oral Communications for Academic Purposes
- EMLS 102R Clear Communication in English Writing
- EMLS 129R/ENGL 129R Written Academic English
- ENGL 109 Introduction to Academic Writing
- COMMST 100 Interpersonal Communication
- COMMST 223 Public Speaking
The first communication course should be taken on campus and must be completed with a grade of at least 60% prior to enrolling in a 2A term.
Plan Specific Communication Requirements
- Students in Computing and Financial Management (CFM) must take two of: ENGL 109, ENGL 119, EMLS/ENGL 129R, or SPCOM 223 with a grade of at least 65 before enrolling in 4A.
- Students in Math/Chartered Professional Accountancy (CPA) must take SPCOM 111 and AFM 212.
- Students in the BBA/BCS double degree plan or the BBA/BMath double degree plan must take one course chosen from List 1 (below), and BUS 362W. BUS 362W is expected to be completed before enrolling in term 4A. Students must complete a course from List 1 with a grade of at least 60% prior to enrolling in term 2A.
- Students in all other plans must take one course chosen from List 1, and a second course chosen from List 1 or List 2. Students must enrol in one of the courses in List 1 in their first term of study in the Faculty of Mathematics, and must complete a course from List 1 with a grade of at least 60% prior to enrolling in term 2A.