Hi! I’m very confused about the difference between distribution requirements and breadth requirements! Please help :/
——————————————
hey there,
i’m really sorry this took so long, and thank you for the wait! this system is indeed confusing and i’m glad you asked.
unless you’re at UTM, you don’t need to worry about distribution requirements — at the other campuses, i believe they’re no longer active requirements. at UTM, i believe distribution requirements are still active and breadth requirements are not required. you’d basically need 1.0 FCE in each of the science, social science, and humanities categories to complete UTM’s distribution requirements.
at utsc, the breadth requirements mean that you need to take 0.5 FCE in each of the following categories, which i’ve copy/pasted below from this webpage.
- Arts, Literature, and Language
- Natural Sciences
- History, Philosophy, and Cultural Studies
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Social and Behavioural Sciences
meanwhile, at st. george, to complete breadth requirements you need either 1.0 FCE in four of the following categories, OR 1.0 FCE in three of the categories and 0.5 FCE in the two remaining categories.
1 Creative and Cultural Representations
2. Thought, Belief, and Behaviour
3. Society and Its Institutions
4. Living Things and Their Environment
5. The Physical and Mathematical Universes
however, in all cases, you don’t need to complete these requirements in your first year. it is sometimes smart to get them out of the way early so you don’t need to worry about them when you’re getting ready to graduate, but if you need more time you do have it!
i hope this cleared things up!
be Boundless,
aska