Complementary
Complementary courses are part of the General Education component in most programs (with the exception of Arts and Sciences and Liberal Arts) and are intended to complement the Specific Education component of the program. Students must take two courses from five areas or domains:
- Art and Aesthetics
- Mathematics Literacy and Computer Science
- Modern Languages
- Science and Technology
- Social Science
Courses must be chosen from those domains not associated with the Specific Education component of a student's program. For example, a Social Science student may choose Complementary courses from all domains except for Social Science. If a student chooses two courses in the same domain, these must be from different sets or levels, indicated by the middle letters A and B.
Students are assigned the two terms in which they must take their complementary courses through their registration profiles. Approximately 750 places in courses are allocated each term for the General Education – Complementary component. As a result, the choice is limited.
In the course offering for each term, courses are designated as having a number of student places reserved for complementary purposes or as being complementary only. In the first category, a student is entitled to fulfill only the requirements of the General Education – Complementary component.
