McMaster University
Course
Equivalencies
ANTHROPOLOGY
*Introduction to
Anthropology
ART HISTORY Introduction
Course
ANTHROP
1AA3
ANTRHOP
1AB3
Introduction to Anthropology: Sex, Food &
Death
Introduction to Anthropology: Identity, Race
& Power
Course
Weight
0.50
0.50
Course
Weight
Course
Course Title
ANTHROP
1025F/G
ANTHROP
1026F/G
ANTHROP
1027F/G
ANTHROP
1020E
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
0.5
Introduction to Biological Anthropology and
Archaeology
Introduction to Linguistics
0.5
Many ways of Being Human
1.0
VAHISTRY
1040
A History of Art and Visual Culture
1.0
0.5
Introduction to the Study of Art and Visual
Culture
Introduction to the History of Art
0.50
BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY
*Introduction to 1M03
Biology: Organisms
Biodiversity, Evolution and Humanity
0.50
BIOLOGY
1001A/B
Biology 1 for Science
0.5
BIOLOGY
*Introduction to
Biology: CELLS
BIOLOGY
1A03
Cell and Molecular Biology
0.50
BIOLOGY
1002A/B
Biology 2 for Science
0.5
CHEMISTRY
*Introduction to
Chemistry
CHEM 1A03 Introduction to Chemistry 1
0.50
CHEMISTRY
1100A/B
Discovering Chemistry 1
0.5
CHEM 1AA3 Introduction to Chemistry 2
0.50
CHEMISTRY
1200A/B
Discovering Chemistry 2
0.5
CLASSICS
1B03
CLASSICS
1M03
Ancient Myth & Literature
0.50
CLASSICS
1000
Classical Civilization
1.0
History of Greece & Rome
0.50
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
*Introduction to
Programming
COMPSCI
1MD3
Introduction to Programming
0.50
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
1026A/B
Computer Science Fundamentals
0.5
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
*Introduction to
Computing (no
programming)
COMPSCI
1TA3
Elementary Computing and Computer Use
0.50
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
1032A/B
Information Systems and Design
0.5
CLASSICS
ART HIST
1A03
ART HIST
1AA3
Course Title
Western University
0.50
ECONOMICS
* ECON1B03 Introductory Microeconomics
Introduction to
Microeconomics
0.50
ECONOMICS
1021A/B
Principles of Microeconomics
0.5
and *Introduction ECON1BB3 Introductory Macroeconomics
to
Macroeconomics
0.50
ECONOMICS
1022A/B
Introductory Macroeconomics
0.5
ENGLISH CMST 2F03 Professional Writing
Academic Writing
0.50
ENGLISH Introduction
(generic credit)
ENGLISH - Firstyear courses
that may be
counted towards
first-year program
Generic credit will be provided when a
thematic match does not exist for one of the
first-year English courses listed below but
the course may be counted towards firstyear program requirements.
ENGLISH
1A03
ENGLISH
1AA3
ENGLISH
1C06
Generic credit will be provided when a
thematic match does not exist for one of the
first-year English courses listed below but the
course may be counted towards first-year
program requirements.
Literature in English: Shorter Genres
0.50
Literature in English: Longer Genres
0.50
History of English Literature
1.00
requirements
FRENCH - Intro
*Placement test
may be required.
Course does not
normally lead
towards program
requirements for
French.
Writing courses at Western do not count
towards program requirements for English.
FRENCH
1Z06
Beginner's Intensive French I
1.00
ENGLISH
1020E
ENGLISH
1022E
ENGLISH
1024E
ENGLISH
1027F/G
ENGLISH
1028F/G
ENGLISH
1035E
ENGLISH
1036E
Understanding Literature Today
1.0
Enriched Introduction to English Literature
1.0
Forms of Fiction: Introduction to Narrative
1.0
The Storyteller's Art I: Introduction to
Narrative
The Storyteller's Art II: Introduction to
Narrative
Introduction to Literature: Reading,
Interpretation, Argument
Forms of Narrative: From Epic to Film
0.5
0.5
1.0
1.0
FRENCH 1002 Intensive French
1.0
FRENCH 1010 Intermediate French
1.0
FRENCH - First
FRENCH
Year *Course for 1A06
students with
equivalent Grade
12 high school
French; normally
required for entry
to second-year
courses in the
program.
Introduction to French Studies: Advanced
Level
GEOGRAPHY
GEOG1HA3 Human Geography: Society and Culture
*Introduction to
Human Geography EARTH SCI Earth and the Environment
1G03
* Introduction to
Physical
Geography
HISTORY
*Introduction (nonspecific credit)
HISTORY
First-year courses
that may be
counted towards
first-year
program
requirements
1.00
FRENCH 1910 University French
1.0
0.50
GEOGRAPHY
1100
GEOGRAPHY
1300A/B
GEOGRAPHY
1400F/G
GEOGRAPHY
1500F/G
Fundamentals of Geography
1.0
Physical Geography
0.5
People, Places and Landscapes
0.5
Society and Nature
0.5
0.50
Generic credit to be provided when a
thematic match does not exist for one of the
first-year History courses listed below but
the course may be counted towards firstyear program requirements.
HISTORY
1EE3
HISTORY
1CC3
Generic credit to be provided when a thematic
match does not exist for one of the first-year
History courses listed below but the course
may be counted towards first-year program
requirements.
Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues
0.50
Empires Networks, and Peoples 1200-1800
0.50
HISTORY
1201E
HISTORY
1401E
Canada: A Survey
1.0
Modern Europe, 1715 to the Present: Conflict
and Transformation
1.0
HISTORY
1403E
HISTORY
1601E
HISTORY
1701E
HISTORY
1801E
HISTORY
1803E
HISTORY
1805E
Totalitarianism
1.0
Survey of East Asian History
1.0
Comparative History, the United States and
Mexico
Major Issues in World History
1.0
Introduction to the History of Business and
Commerce
Science, Technology and Global History
1.0
1.0
1.0
LINGUISTICS
*Introduction
LINGUIST
1AA3
LINGUIST
1A03
Introduction to Linguistics 1
0.50
Introduction to Linguistics 2
0.50
MATHEMATICS
*Introduction
to Calculus 1
MATH 1A03 Calculus for Science 1
0.50
MATH 1AA3 Calculus for Science 2
0.50
*Introduction to
Calculus 2
MATH 1LS3 Calculus for Life Sciences 1
0.50
MATH 1LT3 Calculus for Life Sciences 2
0.50
MATHEMATICS
*Linear Algebra
MATHEMATICS
*Mathematics
for Business/
Humanities/
Social Sciences
MATH 1B03 Linear Algebra 1
0.50
MATH
1M03
0.50
MUSIC
*Introduction to
Music
MUSIC
1A03
Introduction to the History of Music I
0.50
(normally for non- MUSIC
music majors
1AA3
Introduction to the History of Music II
0.50
MUSIC
*Sight
singing,
dictation and/or
harmony
(normally for
majors)
Harmony
0.50
Aural skills
0.50
MUSIC
1CC3
MUSIC
1D03
Calculus for Business, Humanities and the
Social Sciences
HISTORY
1810E
Wars that Changed the World
1.0
ANTHROP
1027A/B
LINGUISTICS
1028A/B
Introduction to Linguistics
0.5
Linguistics: Applications and Extensions
0.5
CALCULUS
1000A/B
CALCULUS
1301A/B
CALCULUS
1500A/B
MATH
1501A/B
MATH
1600A/B
MATH
1225A/B
MATH
1229A/B
MATH
1228A/B
Calculus 1
0.5
Calculus 2
0.5
Calculus 1 for Mathematical Sciences
0.5
Calculus 2 for Mathematical and Physical
Sciences
Linear Algebra 1
0.5
Methods of Calculus
0.5
Methods of Matrix Algebra
0.5
Methods of Finite Math
0.5
MUSIC
1102A/B
Listening to Music
0.5
MUSIC
1635A/B
MUSIC
1636A/B
MUSIC
1649A/B
MUSIC
1650A/B
General Integrated Musicianship I
0.5
General Integrated Musicianship II
0.5
Studies in Theory I
0.5
Studies in Theory II
0.5
0.5
PHILOSOPHY
*Introduction
(generic specific
credit)
Generic specific credit to be provided when
a thematic match does not exist for one of
the first-year Philosophy courses listed
below but the course may be counted
towards first-year program requirements.
PHILOSOPHY *First- PHILOS
year
1A03
courses that may PHILOS
be
1B03
counted towards PHILOS
first1C03
year program
PHILOS
requirements
1D03
PHILOS
1E03
HUMAN
2C03
Philosophical Texts
0.50
Philosophy, Law and Society
0.50
Philosophy in Literature
0.50
Philosophy and the Sciences
0.50
Problems of Philosophy
0.50
Critical Thinking
0.50
PHYSICS
PHYSICS
1L03
PHYSICS
1BB3
Physics of the Living Systems
0.50
Modern Physics for Life Sciences (requires
PHYSICS 1B03)
0.50
PHYSICS
1B03
PHYSICS
1BA3
Mechanics and Waves
0.50
Introduction to Modern Physics
0.50
Politics and Government
1.00
POLISCI 1020E Introduction to Political Science
1.0
PSYCH 1X03 Introduction to Psychology, Neuroscience
and Behaviour
PSYCH 1XX3 Foundations of Psychology, Neuroscience
and Behaviour
0.50
PSYCH 1000 Introduction to Psychology
1.0
SOCIOL
1A06
1.00
SOCIOL
1020
1.0
*Introduction to
Physics
(Life Sciences)
PHYSICS
*Introduction to
Physics
(Physical Sciences)
POLITICAL SCIENCE POLSCI
1G06
*Introduction to
Political Science
PSYCHOLOGY
*Introduction to
Psychology
SOCIOLOGY
Introduction to Sociology
Generic specific credit to be provided when a
thematic match does not exist for one of the
first-year Philosophy courses listed below but
the course may be counted towards first-year
program requirements.
PHILOSOP
1020
PHILOSOP
1022E
PHILOSOP
1100E
PHILOSOP
1200
Introduction to Philosophy
1.0
Advanced Introduction to Philosophy
1.0
Philosophy from Antiquity to the 20th Century
1.0
Reasoning and Critical Thinking
1.0
PHYSICS
1028A/B
PHYSICS
1029A/B
Physics for the Biological Sciences 1
0.5
Physics for the Biological Sciences 2
0.5
PHYSICS
1301A/B
PHYSICS
1302A/B
Introductory Physics 1
0.5
Introductory Physics 2
0.5
0.50
Introduction to Sociology
*Introduction to
Sociology
WOMEN &
GENDER
STUDIES
*Introduction
WOMENST Women, Culture, Power
1A03
WOMENST Women Transforming the World
1AA3
0.50
0.50
SOCIOL
1020E
Introduction to Sociology
1.0
WOMEN
STUDIES
1020E
Introduction to Women's Studies
1.0