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Ontario High-School Requirements

Minimum admission requirements for Ontario high-school students

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and six 4U or 4M courses, including ENG4U, and all program-specific prerequisites. Francophone applicants may present FRA4U, FEF4U or FIF4U.

Program-specific requirements

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Actuarial Science
  • BA: MHF4U. MCV4U recommended.
Applied Mathematics
  • BA: MHF4U. MCV4U recommended
  • BSc: MHF4U.  SBI4U or SCH4U or SPH4U. MCV4U recommended.
Biochemistry
  • BSc: SBI4U, SCH4U, MHF4U and MCV4U. SPH4U recommended.
Biology
  • BSc, iBSc: SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U. SPH4U recommended.
Biomedical Science
  • BSc: SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U. SPH4U recommended.
Biophysics
  • BSc: SBI4U, SPH4U, MHF4U and MCV4U. SCH4U recommended.
Biotechnology
  • BSc: SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U. SPH4U recommended.
Chemistry
  • BSc: SCH4U,  MHF4U and one additional 4U or M science course. SPH4U and MCV4U recommended.
Computational Mathematics
  • BSc: MHF4U, SBI4U or SCH4U or SPH4U. MCV4U recommended.
Environmental Biology
  • BSc: SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U. SPH4U recommended.
Environmental Science
  • BSc: Life Sciences: SBI4U, SCH4U and MHF4U. SPH4U recommended
  • BSc: Physical Sciences: SCH4U, SPH4U, MHF4U and MCV4U.
Geography
  • BSc: SCH4U or SPH4U and one 4U Math. MHF4U recommended.
Mathematics
  • BA: MHF4U. MCV4U recommended.
  • BSc: MHF4U,  SBI4U or SCH4U or SPH4U. MCV4U recommended.
Mathematical Biology
  • BSc: MHF4U, MCV4U, SBI4U and SCH4U. SPH4U   recommended.
Mathematics for Education
  • BA: MHF4U. MCV4U recommended.
  • BSc: MHF4U, SBI4U or SCH4U or SPH4U. MCV4U recommended.
Physics & Astronomy
  • BSc: MHF4U, MCV4U, SPH4U. SCH4U recommended.
Undecided Major
  • BSc: MHF4U and SBI4U or SCH4U or SPH4U

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