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The following courses satisfy the Ontario course requirements. If you have taken a course not listed below that you believe satisfies as an equivalent course, email chooselaurier@wlu.ca. If you're applying from British Columbia, you should also review our list of accepted courses, which reflect recent changes made to the British Columbia high school curriculum.

Course Equivalents by Province
Province	Admissions Requirements	English	Biology	Chemistry	Physics	Advanced Functions	Calculus	Data Management¹	Grade 11 Math²
Alberta, Nunavut and Northwest Territories³	Five courses at level 30-1 or 31	English Language Arts 30-1	Biology 30	Chemistry 30	Physics 30	Math 30-1	Math 31	N/A	Math 20-1
British Columbia and Yukon⁴	Five academic courses at the Grade 12 level. See the accepted courses list.	English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12	Anatomy and Physiology 12	Chemistry 12	Physics 12	Pre-Calculus 12	Calculus 12	Foundations of Math 12	Pre-Calculus 11 or Foundations of Math 11
Quebec CEGEP⁵	One year (12 academic semester courses) in a pre-university program	Two 603 or 604 series English courses	Two Biology courses coded 101	Two Chemistry courses coded 202	Two Physics courses coded 203	Calculus I	Calculus II or Linear Algebra	Statistics	N/A
Manitoba	Five academic courses at the Grade 12 level	English 40S	Biology 40S	Chemistry 40S	Physics 40S	Pre-Calculus 40S	Calculus 45S	Applied Math 40S	Applied Math 30S or Pre-Calculus 30S
New Brunswick	Six courses at the Grade 12 level	English 120, 121 or 122	Biology 121 or 122	Chemistry 121 or 122	Physics 121 or 122	Pre-Calculus A120 and B120	Calculus 120	Foundations of Math 120	Math 110 or Pre-Calculus 110
Newfoundland and Labrador⁶	Six two-credit courses at the 3000 level	English Language Arts 3201	Biology 3201	Chemistry 3202	Physics 3204	Math 3200	Math 3208	Math 3201	Math 2200 or 2201
Nova Scotia	Five courses at the 12 or Advanced 12 level	English 12	Biology 12	Chemistry 12	Physics 12	Pre-Calculus 12	Calculus 12	Math 12	Math 11 or Pre-Calculus 11
Prince Edward Island	Five courses at the 611 or 621 level	English 621A	Biology 621A	Chemistry 621A	Physics 621A	Math 621B	Math 611B	N/A	Math 521A or Math 521B
Saskatchewan	Six courses at the 30 level	English A30 and B30	Biology 30	Chemistry 30	Physics 30	Pre-Calculus 30	Calculus 30	Foundations of Math 30	Pre-Calculus 20 or Foundations of Math 20

^1. Qualifies as a 4U Mathematics.

^2.For Kinesiology and BA in Psychology programs only.

^3. You may receive a conditional offer based on your in-class marks. To maintain your offer of admission, your final average includes your diploma results, which must meet the minimum admission requirements.

^4. Provincially mandated literacy and numeracy exams are not considered for admission. Review the list of accepted courses below, which reflect recent changes made to the British Columbia high school curriculum.

^5. Candidates completing one year of CEGEP are considered for admission into first year; candidates completing two years of CEGEP are considered for transfer credit up to 10 courses.

^6. If you study in the French Language curriculum, you may present the equivalent 3000-level required courses.

British Columbia Curriculum

English Studies 12 or English First Peoples 12 is required for all programs. Admission averages are calculated using five courses from the accepted courses list, including required courses for your program (where applicable).

Laurier also accepts AP and IB courses, any language 12 course, as well as French Immersion versions of courses on the accepted course list.

List of Accepted Courses

Courses not found on the accepted courses list may be considered on a case-by-case basis. This list may be updated on an ongoing basis.

20th Century World History 12
American Sign Language (ASL) 12
Anatomy and Physiology 12
Asian Studies 12
B.C. First Peoples 12
Calculus 12
Chemistry 12
Communication Orale 12
Comparative Cultures 12
Comparative World Religions 12
Composition 12
Computer Programming 12
Computer Science 12
Contemporary Indigenous Studies 12
Contemporary Music 12
Core French 12
Creative Writing 12
Drama: Film & Television 12
Economic Theory 12
Economics 12
English First Peoples 12
English Studies 12
Entrepreneurship 12: Leadership (not the same as Entrepreneurship 12)
Environmental Science 12
Études du Cinéma et de la Littérature Francophones 12
Food Studies 12
Foundations of Mathematics 12
Français Langue et Culture 12
Français Langue Seconde - Immersion 12
Genocide Studies 12
Geology 12
Geometry 12
German 12
Human Geography 12
Italian 12
Japanese 12
Korean 12
Langue et Culture de la Francophonie 12
Law Studies 12
Literary Studies 12
Mandarin 12
Médias et Communication Numérique 12
New Media 12
Philosophy 12
Physical Geography 12
Physics 12
Political Studies 12
Pre-calculus 12
Punjabi 12
Religious Studies 12
Social Justice 12
Spanish 12
Specialized Science 12
Spoken Language 12
3D Studio Arts 12
Statistics 12
Theatre Production 12
Urban Studies 12

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