Applies to students in the following bilingual degree programs:
- Bilingual BA
- Bilingual Honours BA
- Bilingual BSc
- Bilingual Honours BSc
Requirement:
Complete 6 credits in French from the following options:
- French second language courses (GL/FSL) at the 2000-level. Only open to students whose dominant language is not French.
And/or - Discipline courses (i.e., non language courses) that are taught in French.
Note: A Bilingual Requirement Form must be submitted for discipline courses taken in a student’s non dominant language. See below for details. - Excludes:
- FSL courses at the 1000-level
- FRAN courses at 1000-level
- SP courses
- Courses taught in two languages
Complete 6 credits in English from the following options:
- English second language courses (GL/ENSL) at the 2000-level or higher. Only open to students whose dominant language is not English.
And/or - Discipline courses (i.e., non language courses) that are taught in English. A Bilingual Requirement Form must be submitted for discipline courses taken in a student’s non dominant language. See below for details.
- Excludes:
- ENSL courses at 1000-level
- SP courses
- Courses taught in two languages
Any non-language course taken in you non-dominant language can be used to count towards the Bilingual Requirement credits and/or Certificate of Bilingualism credits in your degree program. To do so, the course director must sign this form at the end of the course, attesting that all of the course work was completed in your second language.
Once signed, the form should be submitted to Academic Services, York Hall C102, or scanned and emailed to acadservices@glendon.yorku.ca.
Ex: Your dominant language is French, and you take a Sociology course taught in English. If you completed all of the work in English, and the course director signs the form, you are eligible.
Requirements:
- The discipline course must be taught in the student’s second language.
- The course can be taught at any level.
- All of the required work completed in the courses, including exams, tests, essays, etc, must be completed in the language of instruction of the course.
The following courses do NOT qualify:
- All FRAN 1000-level courses
- All FSL 1000-level courses
- All ENSL 1000-level courses
- All SP courses
- All courses taught in two languages or in any language other than English and French
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Applies to students pursuing the Glendon BA with flexible language option.
Requirement: Complete 6 credits in your second official language (French or English) at the level of placement at Glendon.
Eligible programs with English as the dominant language:
Business Economics, Economics, English, Ethics and Political Philosophy, Gender & Women’s Studies, Global History and Justice, International Studies, Political Science, Psychology (BA), Sexuality Studies, Sociology, Spanish and Latin American Culture and Societies
Eligible programs with French as the dominant language:
Political Science
Self-identified First Nations, Metis and Inuit students have the option to complete six credits in an Indigenous language in place of the French/English as a second language requirement described above.
- Eligible courses offered at York University are as follows:
- GL/LIN/CDNS/HUMA/SOSC 2636 3.00 Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture
- GL/LIN/CDNS/HUMA/SOSC 2638 3.00 Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) Language and Culture II
- GL/SOCI/HUMA/SOSC 3637 3.00 Anishinaabe Technologies of Orality Through Aatisookaanan (Traditional Stories)
- AP/INDG 2070 6.00 Introduction to Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) Language and Culture
- AP/INDG 2080 6.00 Introduction to Kanien’keha (Mohawk) Language and Culture