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For new students as of Fall 2025: you must complete at least one Faculty of Arts program听- as part of your Multi-Track, Honours or Joint-Honours requirements - to graduate with a B.A. degree.听听

What is the Foundation Program U0?

The U0 year is the first component of your B.A. degree, designed to provide a broad foundation for your further studies in the Faculty of Arts.
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Program Requirements

The U0 year is usually comprised of 24 - 30 credits,
Includes of 18 credits (usually 6 courses) of core requirements.

Who needs to complete U0?

If you are entering the B.A. directly from high school with no Advanced Standing credits; or
You are entering with 0-23 credits of Advanced Standing or Transfer Credits from previous studies

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Course options

You will choose one of the following options:

General Option

You will choose courses from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Languages, and/or Math and Sciences.
Foundation Year Program Pilot (FYPP)

Limited enrolment for the 2024/25 academic year. A slightly more structured pathway to the General option.

View slides from the Aug 20th FYPP Orientation:
FYPP Orientation 2024
En Fran莽ais

You will choose from a variety of courses conducted in French.

Comparing the General Option to FYPP

听	听	General Option (Categories: Humanities;听Languages;听Social Sciences;听Mathematics & Science)	FYPP
18cr core:	6cr:	Free choice of courses from Category 1 (eg. Humanities)	Student must enroll in AFYR 101 + AFYR 102
	6cr:	Free choice听of courses from Category 2听(eg. Social Sciences)	Student must enroll in WCOM 150 + one of the designated Foundation Year Seminars
	6cr:	Free choice of courses from Category 3听(eg. Languages)	Free choice of courses from any category from the approved list of courses

Navigating your U0 year

Advancing Standing Exemption

As of Fall 2025, the maximum permissible total aggregate number of pre-admission advanced standing credits to be accorded to a non-CEGEP and non-University Transfer student 鈥� at the time of admission or interfaculty transfer to an Arts degree - is limited to 30cr, and in adherence to the Faculty of Arts Online Education policy. Note that credits earned via intermediary study abroad organizations or companies will not be approved for advanced standing nor for transfer credit.
If you have received听Advanced Standing鈥攕uch as APs, IBs, ALs, or university transfer credits鈥攜ou may be exempt from part or all of the B.A. Foundation Program requirements听(except for the Foundation Year Program Pilot, see below).
Courses taken to fulfill the core requirements in either option must be passed with a grade of 鈥淐鈥� or better.
Courses must not be taken under the听Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grade mode.
You are eligible to register in听First-Year Seminars, which are small-enrolment classes offered by several departments exclusively for Freshman/Foundation Year students.

Course selection

Your courses must be chosen from those offered by the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Science.
- U0 students are not permitted to take courses offered by other faculties.
- Courses listed under another Faculty鈥檚 offerings are considered to be a Faculty of Arts courses if they are listed in the Faculty of Arts section of the听eCalendar.
Aside from the 18 credits of core requirements, the remainder of your 24 to 30 credits in your first year at 91社区 (ie. U0 year) must be chosen from the听Approved Foundation Course List.
Your courses should generally be at the introductory level (ie.听course numbers listed at the 100 or 200-level).

Further Program Requirements

A course taken in U0 - and/or being used towards your 18 credits of core requirements - can also count towards future program requirements (if applicable).
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Advancing to U1

If you have earned 24 or more credits - including advanced standing credits at the time of admission - after successful completion of your first term (Fall):

You are eligible to advance to U1听and to select your programs of study.听For new students as of Fall 2025:听you must complete at least one听Faculty of Arts program听- as part of your听Multi-Track, Honours or Joint-Honours听requirements - to graduate with a B.A. degree.听听
Ensure that all of your final grades for your first term at 91社区 are showing on your record.
Submit a "" form听to change your year (from U0) to U1 as of the Winter term.
- You may still request this change even if your 18 credit core requirements are not yet fully met.
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Foundation program courses incomplete warning

It's placed on the records of all newly admitted students entering the Bachelor of Arts degree with less than 24 credits:
It's featured at the top of your student record.
It indicates that Foundation Program courses are in progress.
This is actually a warning, not a hold, and will not block you from course registration.
It does not prevent you from advancing to U1 if you have reached 24 or more credits.
It does not prevent you from declaring your programs of study if you have advanced to U1.

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Structure of Foundation program

Option 1 - General Option

18 credits of core requirements:
- 6 credits in three of the following four categories:
  - Social Sciences
  - Humanities
  - Languages
  - Mathematics & Science
A maximum of 18 credits may be chosen from any one category (eg. Social Sciences) but no more than 12 credits may be taken in one department (eg. History).
- Courses must be selected from the Approved Foundation Program Course List.
- Some courses may be offered under two different categories. The selected course may be used to fulfill requirements in the category needed.

African Studies (AFRI 200 only)
Anthropology
Canadian Studies (CANS 200 only)
Economics
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
Geography
History
Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID)
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
Linguistics
Political Science
Psychology
Quebec Studies (QCST 200 only)
Sociology

II. Humanities

African Studies
Art History & Communications Studies
Canadian Studies
Catholic Studies
Classics
Communication Studies
East Asian Studies
English (and English as a Second Language)
Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
History
Indigenous Studies
Islamic Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Music
Philosophy
Quebec Studies
Religious Studies
Russian & Slavic Studies

LITERATURE AND CIVILIZATION courses ONLY from the following departments and programs:

Classics
East Asian Studies
German Studies
Hispanic Studies
Islamic Studies
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies
Russian Studies

III. Languages

Acquire or improve your language skills. Literature and civilization courses offered by these departments count as Humanities, not as Language courses. A placement test and/or approval from the appropriate department may be required.

Classics (Latin, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek)
East Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
English as a Second Language
French Language & Literature
French as a Second Language
German Studies
Hispanic Studies (Portuguese, Spanish)
Islamic Studies (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu)
Italian Studies
Jewish Studies (Hebrew, Yiddish)
Religious Studies (New Testament Greek, Sanskrit)
Russian & Slavic Studies
(Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Armenian, Czech)

IV. Mathematics and Science

Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Geography
Math & Statistics
Philosophy (PHIL 210 only)
Physics
Psychology (selected courses only)
Psychiatry

Option 1a - Foundation Year Program Pilot (FYPP)

The newly designed Foundation Year Program Pilot (FYPP) 鈥� offered to a limited number of newly-admitted U0 students (ie. admitted from High School) as of Fall 2024 - provides a modified structure to the usual U0 pathways (eg. General Option, or En Fran莽ais), but the content is of鈥痚qual weight,鈥痗hallenge, and鈥痗omplexity.听

FYPP maintains a level of flexibility similar to the General Option.

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18 credits of core requirements:
- 12 credits of Required courses (these fulfill the General Option requirements for Humanities & Social Science credits):听
  - Complexity Courses 鈥� 6 credits听
  - Writing Seminar 鈥� 3 credits听
  - Foundation Year Seminar 鈥� 3 credits听
- 6 credits of Complementary courses:听
  - Selected from the鈥�Approved Foundation Program Course List, chosen from any of four categories.
The remaining credits for the student's first year are categorized as Electives.听

Option 2 - En Fran莽ais

18 credits of core requirement of courses conducted in French.
- Credits may be comprised entirely:
  - Of language courses; or
  - Of substantive content courses conducted in French; or
  - A听combination of the two.
- You may be required to take a proficiency test.
Depending on your level of proficiency:
- Permitted to enroll in a maximum of 12 credits of intensive French language courses.
  - An intensive language course is a 6 credit term course.
- If you are at the introductory level, you must take at least 6 credits in French in your Freshman/Foundation听year, but you may be permitted to complete the remaining core requirement credits in year U1.

French Language and Literature

FREN 199

FREN 201 Le fran莽ais litt茅raire (FLS) 3 Credits

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FREN 203 Analyse de textes (FLS) 3 Credits

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Winter
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FREN 231 Linguistique fran莽aise 3 Credits

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Winter
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FREN 239 Stylistique compar茅e 3 Credits

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FREN 245 Grammaire normative 3 Credits

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French as a Second Language

FRSL 101 Beginners French 1 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French-speaking environment. Short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice. Offered by: French Language Centre Prerequisite: Placement test Language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor if available. Placement test. No knowledge of French. Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FRSL 101D1/D2, FRSL 103, FRSL 104, or FRSL 105. Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Christine Petcoff, Marion Vergues, Laura Bourrel, Viviane Kwan-Lock, Zeina Maatouk, Anne Lechowicz	FRSL 105 Intensive Beginners French 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: A comprehensive introduction to basic vocabulary, grammatical structures and speech patterns of written and oral French for students in any degree program having no previous knowledge of French. Learning to communicate at a functional level in a French social milieu, short essays, cultural readings, mandatory lab practice and conversation class. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 6 hours, plus language laboratory and oral practice with a French monitor Prerequisite: Placement test Restriction: Not open to students who have taken FRSL 201 or FRSL 205 or FRSL 101 or FRSL 102. Terms Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Instructors Marie-Claude Labbe, Marion Vergues, Laura Bourrel Zeina Maatouk, Laura Bourrel	FRSL 206 Elementary French 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: This one-term course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 hours, plus language laboratory Prerequisites: FRSL 101 and FRSL102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test. Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent or FRSL 207. Only with special permission of the department. Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Alida Souc茅	FRSL 207 Elementary French 01 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: This two-term course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French. Offered by: French Language Centre Language laboratory Prerequisite(s): FRSL 101 and FRSL 102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test required. Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent Terms This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year Instructors There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year	FRSL 208 Intensive Elementary French 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: This one-term intensive course uses a task-based approach to provide students with authentic materials related to Canadian culture and prepares them for real life communication. Therefore, class time will be mostly dedicated to the completion of communicative tasks which often rely on the use of technology (mobile apps, blogs and other online tools). This course tackles different topics that students can relate to in their personal, social and academic life, and provides a review and further training in elementary language structures to develop their communication skills and digital literacy in French. Offered by: French Language Centre 6 hours, plus language laboratory Prerequisites: FRSL 101 and FRSL 102, or FRSL 103, or FRSL 104, or FRSL 105, or Placement test. Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Grade 12 or 13 French in Canada, or equivalent or FRSL 207 Terms Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Instructors Jean-Francois Groulx, Dolly Abi Mansour Maria Popica Zbarcea, Dolly Abi Mansour
FRSL 211 Oral and Written French 1 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Language lab attendance required. Grammar review, comprehension, vocabulary development, selected readings and group discussions. Offered by: French Language Centre Language laboratory Prerequisite(s): FRSL 207D1 and 207D2, or 208, or Placement test Restriction: Not open to students from Qu茅bec Terms This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year Instructors There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year	FRSL 212 Oral & Written French 1 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 211. Only with special permission of the Department. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 hours, plus language laboratory Prerequisite: Placement test Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Samantha C Damay	FRSL 215 Oral&Writ French 1-Intensive 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Language lab attendance required. Grammar review, comprehension, vocabulary development, selected readings and group discussions. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 6 hours, plus language laboratory Prerequisite(s): FRSL 207D1 and 207D2, or 208, or Placement test Restriction: Not open to students from Qu茅bec Terms Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Instructors Narimane Wanis Laura Bourrel, Narimane Wanis	FRSL 216 Course not available	FRSL 302 Listening Comp & Oral Exp 1 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Focus on oral discrimination, global comprehension and corrective phonetics. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 hours, plus language laboratory Prerequisite: Placement test. For students who have reached a good standard in grammar and written French but who have difficulty in understanding spoken French and therefore cannot communicate effectively Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Laura Bourrel
FRSL 303 Listening Comp & Oral Exp 2 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Emphasis will be on the development of oral communication skills, laboratory exercises, vocabulary building, discussions. Offered by: French Language Centre Winter 3 hours, plus language laboratory Prerequisite(s): FRSL 302, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required. Terms Winter 2025 Instructors Laura Bourrel	FRSL 321D1 Oral and Written French 2 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Oral work involving discussion and expos茅s, cultural and literary readings, grammar review. Methodological component integrated in classwork and developed in frequent workshop sessions. Offered by: French Language Centre 3 hours Prerequisite(s): FRSL 211D1 and 211D2, or 215 or 302 or 303, or Placement test required. Students must register for both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2. No credit will be given for this course unless both FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 together are equivalent to FRSL 321 Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Marie-Josee Fortin, Julie C S茅nat	FRSL 322 Oral & Written French 2 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Equivalent to the first half of FRSL 321. Only with special permission of the Department. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 hours Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Julie C S茅nat	FRSL 325 Oral&Writ French 2-Intensive 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: The program of FRSL 321 will be covered in one semester. Offered by: French Language Centre Winter 6 hours Prerequisites: FRSL 211D1 and 211D2, or 215 or 302 or 303, or Placement test required Terms Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Instructors Natallia Liakina Jean-Francois Groulx, Natallia Liakina, Anne Lechowicz	FRSL 326
FRSL 332 Intermediate French:Grammar 01 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Grammar review, using both a theoretical and a practical approach. Reading materials, in addition to their cultural interest, are selected to illustrate grammatical usage, provide models of writing techniques and aid in vocabulary development. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 hours Prerequisite: Placement test. For those who have attained relative fluency but lack accuracy in speaking and writing Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Dolly Abi Mansour	FRSL 333 Intermediate French:Grammar 02 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Second part of FRSL 332. Offered by: French Language Centre Winter 3 hours Prerequisite(s): FRSL 332, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required. Terms Winter 2025 Instructors Narimane Wanis	FRSL 407 Compr茅hension et exp orales 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Identification des niveaux de langue et prononciation du fran莽ais familier; am茅lioration de la compr茅hension auditive par l'茅coute d'une vari茅t茅 de documents audio-visuels du Qu茅bec et d'ailleurs. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 heures par semaine Pr茅alable : test de classement. S'adresse aux 茅tudiants qui ont d茅j脿 une bonne ma卯trise du fran莽ais 茅crit. Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Marie-Philip Mathieu, Natallia Liakina	FRSL 408 Fran莽ais oral: Textes et Exp 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Suite du cours FRSL 407. Cours de perfectionnement de l'expression orale et 茅crite: am茅lioration de la production orale (intonation, d茅bit, spontan茅it茅); enrichissement du vocabulaire idiomatique reli茅脿 des fonctions socio-culturelles de la langue par le biais de techniques orales (jeux de r么les, discussions, simulations) et d'un journal. Offered by: French Language Centre 3 heures par semaine Prequisite(s): FRSL 407, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test Terms Winter 2025 Instructors Dolly Abi Mansour	FRSL 431 Fran莽ais fonctionnel avanc茅 6 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Destin茅 aux 茅tudiants de niveau avanc茅 qui veulent approfondir leurs connaissances lexicales, syntaxiques et culturelles afin de pouvoir exprimer avec clart茅 leurs opinions sur une vari茅t茅 de sujets. Par l'茅tude de journaux, revues et textes litt茅raires, les 茅tudiants se familiariseront avec la r茅alit茅 qu茅b茅coise contemporaine. Offered by: French Language Centre Prerequisite(s) : FRSL 321D1 and FRSL 321D2 or FRSL 325 or FRSL 332 or FRSL 333 or FRSL 407 or FRSL 408 Les 茅tudiants qui ont suivi le cours FRSL 400, FRSL 402 ou FRSL 432 ne seront pas admis. Terms Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Instructors 脡lisabeth Veilleux 脡lisabeth Veilleux
FRSL 432 Fran莽ais fonctionnel 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Premi猫re moiti茅 du programme du cours FRSL 431. Seulement avec la permission sp茅ciale du d茅partement. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 heures par semaine Pr茅alable : test de classement. Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Samantha C Damay	FRSL 445 Fran莽ais fonctionnel, 茅crit 1 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Destin茅 aux 茅tudiants dont le fran莽ais oral est d'un niveau fonctionnel, mais dont le fran莽ais 茅crit est nettement inf茅rieur. Travaux 茅crits hebdomadaires, analyse de textes divers, exercices et tests en classe. But: corriger l'orthographe, la grammaire et les anglicismes, enrichir le vocabulaire, am茅liorer l'expression 茅crite. Offered by: French Language Centre Fall 3 heures par semaine Pr茅alable : test de classement. Terms Fall 2024 Instructors Narimane Wanis	FRSL 446 Fran莽ais fonctionnel, 茅crit 2 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: R茅dactions de types vari茅s. But: am茅liorer le style, d茅velopper les comp茅tences telles que l'organisation et la pr茅sentation d'arguments ou l'identification des registres de langue. Offered by: French Language Centre Winter 3 heures par semaine Prerequisite(s): FRSL 445, or instructor's recommendation, or Placement test required Pr茅pare aux cours du D茅partement de langue et litt茅rature fran莽aises. M锚me format que le cours FRSL 445, 脿 un niveau plus avanc茅 Terms Winter 2025 Instructors Guillaume Gachet, Marion Vergues	FRSL 449 Le fran莽ais des m茅dias 3 Credits Offered in the: Fall Winter Summer French as a Second Language: Cours de perfectionnement mettant l'accent sur l'enrichissement de la langue 脿 l'oral comme 脿 l'茅crit. Analyse d'茅missions de t茅l茅vision ou de radio et lecture d'articles de journaux ou de revues. Activit茅s vari茅es portant sur des sujets d'actualit茅 (reportages, d茅bats, etc.) qui refl猫tent la soci茅t茅 et la culture du Qu茅bec d'aujourd'hui. Offered by: French Language Centre 3 heures par semaine Pr茅alable : test de classement. Terms Fall 2024 Winter 2025 Instructors 脡lisabeth Veilleux 脡lisabeth Veilleux	听

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Foundation U0

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What is the Foundation Program U0?

Program Requirements

Who needs to complete U0?

Course options

Comparing the General Option to FYPP

Navigating your U0 year

Advancing Standing Exemption

Advancing to U1

Foundation program courses incomplete warning

Structure of Foundation program

Option 1 - General Option

II. Humanities

III. Languages

IV. Mathematics and Science

Option 1a - Foundation Year Program Pilot (FYPP)

Structure:听

Option 2 - En Fran莽ais

French Language and Literature

French as a Second Language

Department and University Information

Arts OASIS

91社区

Main navigation

Foundation U0

91社区

What is the Foundation Program U0?

Program Requirements

Who needs to complete U0?

Course options

Comparing the General Option to FYPP

Navigating your U0 year

Advancing Standing Exemption

Advancing to U1

Foundation program courses incomplete warning

Structure of Foundation program

Option 1 - General Option

I. Social Sciences

II. Humanities

III. Languages

IV. Mathematics and Science

Option 1a - Foundation Year Program Pilot (FYPP)

Structure:听

Option 2 - En Fran莽ais

French Language and Literature

French as a Second Language

Department and University Information

Arts OASIS