Ontario Secondary School Applicants
Decisions on admission to Year 1 will
normally be based on completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
and a minimum of six 4U and/or 4M courses .
Laurier will use the top six grades from these courses when calculating the
admission average, unless otherwise noted. An overall average of 70% from these
six courses is the minimum requirement for admissions consideration. However, a higher average will be required for admission to individual
programs in which the demand for places by qualified applicants exceeds the
supply of places available in those programs.
All programs require a minimum final overall average of 70.0% unless otherwise stated (as some may require higher final averages). This is outlined on the applicants' official Offer of Admission.
NOTE: A 4U English at a minimum of 60% is required for all programs at Laurier unless otherwise specified. Applicants must also meet program-specific requirements; all required courses, listed below, must be at a minimum of 60% unless otherwise specified.
- The length of time taken by an applicant to complete the OSSD will not of itself be a determining factor in the admission decision.
- Grade IX Practical combined with grade III Harmony, RCM, or the equivalent, will be accepted as 4M music credit for admission. Submit appropriate documentation to your high school for official conversion.
- Wilfrid Laurier University adheres to the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and Training.
- It is expected that secondary schools will report students' standing to the university through the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC) in terms of percentage marks for admission and scholarship selection purposes.
- A student who receives an offer of admission based on grade 11, early or mid-term grades, and whose final grades have already been submitted, must still meet final conditions, as stated on their Offer of Admission. The University reserves the right to withdraw its Offer of Admission if these requirements are not completely satisfied. We are continuously sending out offers of admission from the time applications open on the OUAC in October, until late May. Offers are sent out on a rolling basis, based on different academic criteria.
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Programs Available at Laurier's
Brantford Campus |
Grade 12 Course Requirements |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in: Community Health,
Criminology, English, Health Administration, History, Human Rights and Human
Diversity, Humanities with Leadership Foundations, Indigenous Studies*, Law
& Society, Policing*, Youth & Children's Studies
*Programs must be combined with another honours
program. |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60% and an
incoming admission average of low 70s |
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Honours Bachelor of Business Technology
Management (BBTM)
Automatically eligible to participate in co-op. |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70%; MHF4U
or MCV4U at 70% and an incoming admission average of mid 80s |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Digital Media and
Journalism |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 75% and an
incoming admission average of low 70s - |
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Honours Bachelor of Fine and Applied Arts (BFAA)
Game Design and Development |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70% and an
incoming admission average of mid 70s |
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Law (LLB) Degree (University of Sussex, UK) and
Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree (Laurier)
Criminology, Human Rights and Human Diversity,
Law and Society, or Humanities with Leadership Foundations |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70% and an
incoming admission average of low 80s |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Policing and Psychology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; One
of MCR3U, MCF3M, or a 4U Math at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
70s English calculated in admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Psychology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; One
of MCR3U, MCF3M, or a 4U Math at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
70s English calculated in admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts and Science (BASc) Community
Health |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%,
MHF4U, SBI4U, SCH4U each at 60% and an incoming admission average of low 70s - Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, or EWC4U at 60% and an
incoming admission average of low 80s |
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Honours Bachelor of Design (BDes) User Experience
Design |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70% and an incoming admission average of low 70s |
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Programs Available at Laurier's
Waterloo Campus |
Grade 12 Course Requirements |
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Programs combined with the Management Option: Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA); Honours Bachelor
of Science (BSc); Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics; Honours
Bachelor of Music (BMus) |
Must meet the admission requirements of the Honours
program and have an incoming average of low-mid 80s |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in: Anthropology*, Ancient
Studies, Archaeology & Heritage Studies, Communication Studies, Cultural
Studies*, English, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, French, Geography,
Global Studies, History, Languages, Medieval and Medievalism Studies*, North
American Studies*, Philosophy, Policing*, Political Science, Religion and
Culture, Sociology, Spanish, and Women and Gender Studies*. |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U or EWC4U or EAE4U at 60% and
in incoming admission average of low 70s |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) + Master (MA or
MAP): English, History, or Political Science |
ENG4U at 75% and an incoming admission average of
high 80s |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Water Science
and Environmental Health |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 70%; SBI4U at 70%; SCH4U at 70% and an incoming admission average of mid
70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Biochemistry/Biotechnology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; SCH4U at 70%; SBI4U at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the admission
average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Biology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; SBI4U
at 70% and an incoming admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biology;
or |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, MHF4U
at 60%; SBI4U at 70%; SCH4U at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
70s Biology and Mathematics also requires MCV4U at
60% Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70%, MHF4U
at 70%; one of MCV4U or MDM4U at 60% and an incoming admission average of low
90s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Business Administration
(BBA), with Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science Automatically eligible to participate in co-op |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70%; MHF4U
at 75%; MCV4U at 75% and an incoming admission average of low 90s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admissions average |
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Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
(Laurier); and Honours Computer Science (BCS) (University of Waterloo) joint
program Co-op required, automatic entry |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 80%; MHF4U
and MCV4U each at 90% and an incoming admission average of mid 90s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admissions average Must meet admission requirements for both Laurier
and University of Waterloo. |
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Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
and Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Financial Mathematics Automatically eligible to participate in co-op |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70%, MHF4U
at 80%; MCV4U at 80% and an incoming admission average of low 90s Prerequisite courses calculated in admission
average |
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Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
(Laurier) and Honours Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) (University of
Waterloo) joint program. Co-op required, automatic entry. |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 80%, MHF4U
and MCV4U each at 85% and an incoming admission average of low 90s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admissions average Must meet admission criteria for both Laurier and
University of Waterloo |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Chemistry |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; SCH4U at 70% and an incoming admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Chemistry and
Mathematics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
and MCV4U at 60%; SCH4U at 70% and an incoming admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Chemistry and
Physics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
and MCV4U at 75%; SCH4U at 75% and an incoming admission average of mid 80s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Christian Studies
and Global Citizenship |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60% and an
incoming admission average of low 70s |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Computer Science Must be combined with another Arts program |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60% and an incoming admission average of high 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer
Science |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, MHF4U
at 60%; One of MCV4U, SCH4U or SPH4U at 60% and an incoming admission average
of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer
Science and Physics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; Two of MCV4U, SCH4U, SPH4U or SBI4U at 60% and an incoming admission
average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer
Science and Psychology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; One of MCV4U, SCH4U, SPH4U or SBI4U at 60% and an incoming admission
average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Data Science |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U, EAE4U at 70%; MHF4U
and MCV4U at 70% Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics; |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70%, MHF4U
at 70%, one of MCV4U or MDM4U at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
80s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Environmental
Science |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; SBI4U at 70%; SCH4U at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Financial
Mathematics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, MHF4U
and MCV4U each at 75% and an incoming admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Financial
Mathematics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, MHF4U
and MCV4U each at 75%, one of SBI4U, SCH4U or SPH4U at 60% and an incoming
admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Geography;
Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Geography and Geomatics; Honours Bachelor
of Science (BSc) Geography with Environmental Science option |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; two of SBI4U, SCH4U and SPH4U each at 60% and an incoming admission
average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Health Sciences |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%,
MHF4U, SBI4U and SCH4U each at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid
80s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Honours
Science |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U, or EAE4U at 60% MHF4U at 60%
Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of (BKin) Kinesiology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, SBI4U
at 70%; one of MCR3U or MCF3M or any 4U math at 60% and an incoming admission
average of mid 80s Biology and English are calculated in admission
average |
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Law (LLB) Degree (University of Sussex, UK) and
Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree (Laurier)
Philosophy or Political Science |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 70% and an
incoming admission average of mid 80s |
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Law (LLB) Degree (University of Sussex, UK) and
Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree (Laurier)
Honour Science |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U, or EAE4U at 70% MHF4U at 60%
Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Mathematics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
and MCV4U each at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Mathematics; |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, MHF4U
and MCV4U each at 60%; one of SBI4U, SCH4U or SPH4U at 60% and an incoming
admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Music (BMus); Honours
Bachelor of Music (BMus) Community Music |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%;
successful audition; theory and ear training test; interview and reference
letter and an incoming admission average of 75% Applicants may submit an optional portfolio of
original compositions/recordings |
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Honours Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT) |
Must be registered in Laurier's Bachelor of Music
program; high standing in Laurier music and psychology courses; evidence of
strong interpersonal skills; interview with music therapy coordinators;
audition may be requested
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Physics |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; MHF4U
at 60%; Two of MCV4U, SCH4U or SPH4U, each at 60% and an incoming admission
average of high 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Policing and
Psychology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; One
of MCF3M, MCR3U, or a 4U Math at 60% and an incoming admission average of low
70s English calculated in admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Psychology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%; One
of MCF3M or MCR3U or any 4U math at 60% and an incoming admission average of
mid 70s English calculated in admission average |
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Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) Psychology |
One of ENG4U, ETS4U, EWC4U or EAE4U at 60%, MHF4U
at 60%, SBI4U at 60% and an incoming admission average of mid 70s Prerequisite courses will be included in the
admission average |
