First Year Students
If you are a student with no prior post-secondary school experience that is just beginning your post-secondary studies at Nipissing University in Fall 2023, we have provided some course recommendations for your first Fall and Winter semesters. Please note, if you have been admitted on a reduced course load, we recommend you prioritize your program requirements over the electives when selecting your courses. Please select the program that you are enrolled in below.
If you have received transfer credits, please select the "New Students with Transfer Credit" option on the left.
If you are unsure of where you should begin or need additional assistance with your course selections, please do not hesitate to Connect with an Advisor.
First Year Course Recommendations
Ancient Studies
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- CLAS 1006
- CLAS 1007
- ACAD 1601
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- **Electives (9 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
**Students planning for the Honours Specialization should also include CLAS 1106 and CLAS 1107 or CLAS 1206 and CLAS 1207.
Anthropology
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- ANTH 1006
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (15 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070. Concurrent education is only available to anthropology students pursuing an honours double major so students will need to include courses from their second major in their course registration as well.
Biology
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- BIOL 1006 & BIOL 1007
- CHEM 1006 & CHEM 1007
- *3 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1257
- ACAD 1601
- *Electives (12 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070. Please note, MATH 1257 is not part of this list. Students can still select MATH 1257, however this would mean a total of 9 credits of MATH would be required to satisfy both the requirements for Concurrent Education and Biology.
Students are required to complete an additional 6 credits of Science within their degree, as well as 3 credits of Humanities and 6 credits of Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies.
Business Administration
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- ADMN 1206
- ADMN 1306
- ACCT 1106 & ACCT 1107
- ADMN 1607
- ECON 1006 & ECON 1007
- MKTG 1126
- ORGS 1136
- Electives* or Concentration Requirements** (3 credits)
Students require 6 credits of Arts & Science (non-business) within their degree.
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete ACAD 1601 (3 credits) and 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070. This will satisfy the Arts & Science requirement. Concurrent Education students who plan to take MATH 1070 should take it in their first year and wait to take ACAD 1601 and either ADMN 1206, ADMN 1306, ECON 1006 or ECON 1007 in second year.
**Some concentrations require additional first-year courses. Please review your concentration requirements in the Academic Calendar.
Child and Family Studies
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- CHFS 1006
- PSYC 1106
- PSYC 1107
- SOCI 1016
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (6 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Computer Science (Bachelor of Arts)
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- COSC 1557
- COSC 1567
- COSC 1757
- MATH 1036
- MATH 1037
- MATH 1046
- MATH 1056
- ACAD 1601
- *Electives (6 credits)
*Students are required to complete 3 credits of Humanities, as well as 6 credits of Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies within their degree.
Please note, students in Concurrent Education will satisfy their Mathematics requirement with the courses listed above.
Computer Science (Bachelor of Science)
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- COSC 1557
- COSC 1567
- COSC 1757
- MATH 1036
- MATH 1037
- MATH 1046
- MATH 1056
- *6 credits of: BIOL 1006, BIOL 1007, CHEM 1006, CHEM 1007, PHYS 1006, PHYS 1007
- ACAD 1601
*Students will be required to complete an additional 6 credits from this group of courses within their degree.
Students are required to complete 3 credits of Humanities, as well as 6 credits of Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies within their degree.
Please note, students in Concurrent Education will satisfy their Mathematics requirement with the courses listed above.
Criminal Justice
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- CRJS 1087
- CRJS 1206
- SOCI 1016
- PSYC 1106 & PSYC 1107
- *Humanities (6 credits)
- **Science (6 Credits)
- Electives (3 Credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete ACAD 1601 (3 credits). ACAD 1601 will count towards three credits of the Humanities requirement.
**Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Data Science
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- COSC 1557
- COSC 1567
- DATA 1006
- MATH 1036
- MATH 1037
- MATH 1046
- MATH 1056
- 6 credits of: BIOL 1006, BIOL 1007, CHEM 1006, CHEM 1007, PHYS 1006 or PHYS 1007
- ACAD 1601
Students will also be required to complete 3 credits of Humanities, 6 credits of Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies, and 6 additional credits from Biology, Chemistry, Physical/Technique Geography, Geology, and/or Physics within their degree.
Economics
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- ECON 1006
- ECON 1007
- ECON 1127
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (9 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
English Studies
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- *3 credits of 1000 level ENGL
- ACAD 1601
- **Science (6 credits)
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- ***Electives (12 credits)
*Excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552
**Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
***Students may apply up to 6 credits of 1000 level ENGL towards their program requirements.
Environmental Biology and Technology
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- BIOL 1006 & BIOL 1007
- CHEM 1006 & CHEM 1007
- *ENSC 1006
- GEOG 1017
- **3 credits of: MATH 1036, 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056, MATH 1257
- ACAD 1601
- **Electives (6 credits)
*Students will need to take ENSC 1007 in their second year of study.
**Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070. Please note, MATH 1257 is not part of this list. Students can still select MATH 1257, however this would mean a total of 9 credits of MATH would be required to satisfy both the requirements for Concurrent Education and Environmental Biology and Technology.
**Students are required to complete 6 credits of Humanities, Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies within their degree.
Fine Arts
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- FAVA 1026
- FAVA 1206
- FAVA 1207
- ACAD 1601
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (6 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Gender Equality and Social Justice
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- 3 credits of 1000 level GEND
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- **Electives (15 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
**Students may apply up to 6 credits of 1000 level GEND towards their program requirements.
Geography
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- GEOG 1016
- GEOG 1017
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Electives (18 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Geography, Environment and Physical
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- GEOG 1016
- GEOG 1017
- GEOL 1006 or GEOL 1007
- ACAD 1601
- *3 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1046, or MATH 1056
- *12 credits of: BIOL 1007, CHEM 1006, CHEM 1007, COSC 1557, COSC 1567, COSC 1666, COSC 1757, GEOL 1006, GEOL 1007, MATH 1036, MATH 1046, MATH 1056, PHYS 1006 or PHYS 1007
- **Electives (3 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
**Students are required to complete 3 additional credits of Humanities within their degree.
Geography, Environmental
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- *ENSC 1006
- GEOG 1016
- GEOG 1017
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- **Electives (15 credits)
*Students will need to take ENSC 1007 in their second year of study.
**Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Students are strongly recommended to include BIOL 1007 in their course selection as students require 6 credits of: BIOL 1007, BIOL 2337, BIOL 2446, BIOL 2837, ENSC 2006, or ENSC 2007.
History
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- 6 credits of 1000 level HIST
- ACAD 1601
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (9 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Indigenous Studies
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- INDG 1006
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- **Electives (15 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070. Concurrent education is only available to anthropology students pursuing an honours double major so students will need to include courses from their second major in their course registration as well.
**Students may apply up to 6 credits of 1000 level INDG towards their program requirements. Students are strongly encouraged to complete a language course, INDG 1306.
Liberal Arts
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- *Minor 1 (6 credits)
- Minor 2 (6 credits)
- ACAD 1601
- Science (6 credits)
- **Electives (9 credits)
*One discipline for the minors must be in the Humanities or Social Sciences.
**These electives must be in the Humanities or Social Sciences if not taken above.
Liberal Science
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- Science Minor 1 (6 credits)
- Science Minor 2 (6 credits)
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities, Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- *Electives (9 credits)
*Students must complete six credits in each of the two of the following disciplines: Chemistry, Mathematics and/or Physics.
Students will require a total of 9 credits of Humanities, Social Science and/or Professional Studies.
Mathematics (Bachelor of Arts)
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- MATH 1036
- MATH 1037
- MATH 1046
- MATH 1056
- COSC 1557
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- Electives (3 credits)
Please note, students in Concurrent Education will satisfy their Mathematics requirement with the courses listed above.
Mathematics (Bachelor of Science)
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- MATH 1036
- MATH 1037
- MATH 1046
- MATH 1056
- COSC 1557
- 6 credits of: BIOL 1006, BIOL 1007, CHEM 1006, CHEM 1007, PHYS 1006 or PHYS 1007
- ACAD 1601
- *Electives (6 credits)
*Students interested in the Applied Mathematics Steam or the General Stream will be required to complete COSC 1567. Students completing the Pure Mathematics Stream will not.
Students will also be required to complete 3 credits of Humanities, 6 credits of Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies, and 6 additional credits from: Biology, Chemistry, Physical/Technique Geography, Geology, and/or Physics within their degree.
Please note, students in Concurrent Education will satisfy their Mathematics requirement with the courses listed above.
Nursing
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- NURS 1006
- NURS 1016
- NURS 1037
- NURS 1516
- NURS 1526
- NURS 1707
- BIOL 1011
- BIOL 1022
- SOCI 1016
- ACAD 1601
Philosophy
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- PHIL 1116 or PHIL 1117
- ACAD 1601
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (12 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Physical and Health Education
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- PHED 1007
- PHED 1016
- PHED 1017
- PHED 1037
- PHED 1206
- PHED 1207
- PHED 1100 Fall practicals
- PHED 1200 Winter practicals
- ACAD 1601
- *Electives (3 credits)
* Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070. Concurrent Education students who plan to take MATH 1070 should take it in their first year in place of ACAD 1601 and the 3 credits of electives.
Political Science
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- POLI 1006
- POLI 1007
- ACAD 1601
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (15 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Psychology (Bachelor of Arts)
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- PSYC 1106
- PSYC 1107
- ACAD 1601
- *Science (6 credits)
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Electives (12 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Psychology (Bachelor of Science)
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- PSYC 1106
- PSYC 1107
- *12 credits of: BIOL 1006, BIOL 1007, CHEM 1006, CHEM 1007, MATH 1036, MATH 1037, PHYS 1006 or PHYS 1007
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- **Electives (6 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
**Students are required to complete an additional 6 credits of Science within their degree.
Religions and Cultures
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- 3 credits of 1000 level RLCT
- ACAD 1601
- Social Sciences and/or Professional Studies (6 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (12 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Social Welfare and Social Development
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- SWLF 1006
- SOCI 1016
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (12 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Students who have been admitted to Social Welfare and Social Development with a Social Service Worker Diploma will take the same first year courses as those admitted to Social Welfare and Social Development.
Social Work
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- SWLF 1006
- SWRK 1007
- *Humanities (6 credits)
- Electives (18 credits)
*It is recommended that students include ACAD 1601 in their first 30 Nipissing credits. ACAD 1601 will count towards three credits of the Humanities requirement.
Sociology
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- SOCI 1016
- ACAD 1601
- Humanities (3 credits)
- *Science (6 credits)
- Electives (15 credits)
*Students in Concurrent Education will be required to complete 6 credits of: MATH 1036, MATH 1037, MATH 1046, MATH 1056 or MATH 1070.
Undeclared
Start by reviewing your program options in the Academic Calendar. It is a good idea to review course descriptions and make a list of your areas of interest and the courses you might like to take in your first year. Next, sign up for a walk in appointment with an academic advisor to discuss your course selections. An Academic Advisor is knowledgeable about Nipissing’s undergraduate programs and will be able to suggest a number of academic programs based on your interests, assist you with exploring options for combining your interests, and will help you with keeping your options open to ensure the classes you pick as an undeclared student will have a place in the degree program you select later on.