ROP Course Prerequisites

Research Opportunity Program

Department

Courses Offered

Prerequisites Required

Exclusions

Credit Allowed in a Major or Specialist Program

Anthropology

ANT299Y

Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y and 399Y courses will count as a credit for both the Major and Specialist programs

ANT399Y

Permission of Instructor

N/A

Biology

BIO299Y

Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

BIO299Y – credit allowed for Specialist ONLY

BIO399Y

Min of 9.5 credits and no more than 14 credits

N/A

BIO399Y – credit allowed for Major and Specialists

Chemical & Physical Sciences

AST299Y
CHM299Y

ERS299Y

PHY299Y

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

CHM299Y & PHY299Y – credit NOT allowed for either Major or Specialist programs

CHM399Y

PHY399Y

All 399Y’s – Min 8-10 credits required + Permission of Instructor

N/A

CHM399Y – credit NOT allowed for either Major or Specialist programs

PHY399Y – credit NOT allowed for Specialist programs

Economics

ECO399Y

Min 10 credits

N/A

Will count as a credit for both the Major and Specialist programs

English & Drama

DRE299Y

ENG299Y

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y and 399Y courses will count as a credit for both the Major and Specialist programs

DRE399Y

ENG399Y

ENG399Y – Min of 4 credits, at least 2.0 of which MUST be ENG courses.

DRE399Y – Permission of Instructor

N/A

Geography

GGR399Y

1.0 credit from GGR276H5, 277H5, 278H5 and a Min of 8 credits.

N/A

Will count as a credit toward the GGR program requirement.

ENV299Y

Min 4 credits

N/A

ENV399Y

Min 8 credits

N/A

Historical Studies

CLA299Y

HIS299Y

RLG299Y

WGS299Y

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y, 399Y and 499Y courses will count as a credit for both the Major and Specialist Programs

CLA399Y

HIS399Y

RLG399Y

All 399Y’s – Min of 8-10 credits.

N/A

CLA499Y

HIS499Y

RLG499Y

All 499Y’s – Min of 8-10 credits.

N/A

Institute of Communication, Culture and Information Technology (ICCIT)

CCT299Y
 

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y, 399Y & 499Y courses could potentially be counted as program requirement; however, approval is required from the Director of the program

CCT399Y
 

CCT399Y – Min 10 credits

CCT399Y - CCT299Y, VCC399Y
 

CCT499Y

Minimum of 13 credits

Language Studies

FRE299Y

ITA299Y

LIN299Y

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y and 399Y courses can be used as a credit for both the Major and Specialist programs; subject to Departmental approval

FRE399Y

ITA3**Y
(as ITA399Y is taken)

LIN399Y

FRE399Y - FRE240Y/FRE272Y and completion of 8 credits.

ITA3**Y – ITA200Y, ITA231H, ITA232H and completion of 8 credits.

LIN399Y – LIN100Y, LIN200H and a 200-level LIN course (except LIN200H5) and completion of 8 credits

N/A

Management

MGT299Y

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

MGT299Y or 399Y can count as a program requirement for Commerce students (B.Com.).

NOTE: Excludes Accounting Specialist students

MGT399Y

All 399Y’s – Min 10 credits

MGT399Y – MGT299Y

Mathematical & Computational Sciences

MAT299Y

Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

Will count as credit toward Major or Specialist program, will require permission of the Department’s Associate Chair

CSC299Y

Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits + Permission of Instructor

N/A

CSC399Y

Min 8 credits to include CSC207H5 and CSC236H5 + Permission of Instructor

N/A

STA299Y

Philosophy

PHL299Y

Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

Will count as a credit for both the Major and Specialist programs

Political Science

POL399Y

Permission of Instructor

N/A

Will count as a credit toward the Major or Specialist program

Psychology

PSY299Y

Completion of 4 FCEs (full course equivalents) including PSY100Y5, Max 9 credits

N/A

0.5 FCE of PSY299Y can be used toward a Major program

Sociology

SOC299Y

Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y and 399Y courses will count as a credit for both the Major and Specialist programs

SOC399Y

Min 10 credits

N/A

SOC499Y

SOC100H5/101Y5, 200Y5(221H5, 222H5), completion of at least 15.0 credits

N/A

Visual Studies

FAH299Y
VCC299Y

All 299Y’s – Min 4 credits, Max 9 credits

N/A

All 299Y and 399Y courses could potentially be counted as program requirement; however, approval is required from the Director of the program

FAH399Y

VCC339Y

VCC399Y – VCC201H5, Min 10 credits

FAH399Y – Third year student or higher and permission of Instructor

FAH399Y – FAH299Y
VCC399Y – CCT299Y, CCT399Y