Building your B.A.

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Learn more about our undergraduate programs

Saint Paul University offers programs in 6 disciplines:

  • Conflict Studies
  • Human Relations
  • Ethics and Contemporary Social Issues
  • Social Communication
  • Social Innovation
  • Theology

Building your degree

Here are some key terms to consider when planning your studies.

Bachelor’s Degree

A Bachelor’s Degree comprises 120 units or 40 courses and provides in-depth education in one or more disciplines, depending on the type of Bachelor’s you select.

Honours Bachelor of Arts with Major

This degree is conferred upon completion of 120 unit in a program of studies that includes 42 units in a particular discipline. The student must also add a major or minor to this Bachelor’s degree.

Honours Bachelor of Arts

This degree is conferred upon completion of 120 units in a program of studies that includes 60 units in a particular discipline.

Which Bachelor’s Degree is right for you?

Did you know…

40 minors are available at uOttawa?

You may now choose from more than 40 minors offered at the University of Ottawa and combine them with the program of your choice here at Saint Paul University. See the mix and match available in the table above.

Foundational Courses are included in all Bachelor’s degrees?

These courses are interdisciplinary, allowing you to understand today’s key issues.

Foundational Courses offered at SPU:

  • Approaches in the Humanities: Interpreting the Human Experience
  • People, Social Justice and Ecology
  • Critical Analysis, Reading and Writing Academic Works
  • The First Peoples of Canada