Bachelor of Arts
High School Applicants from Canada
High School Applicants from Ontario and Quebec
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Applicants
English Language Proficiency
Admission Requirements for Canadian High School Applicants
Canadian high school applicants must meet the
following minimum requirements:
- high school graduation
- minimum average of 70% on five successfully completed Grade 12 academic courses including Grade 12 academic English (or French for applicants from Francophone schools)
- four remaining Grade 12 academic electives from the list below
Applicants with admission averages between 60 and 69% are considered for admission as First-Year Studies students. These students follow the curriculum
prescribed for all first-year students. If they
achieve an average of “C” or higher on their first-year
programme, they are eligible to enroll in the Bachelor
of Arts programme at the end of the first year with all
successfully completed credits transferred to their
Arts programme.
Required Course
English or French (from Francophone high school applicants; Francophone applicants may offer English as an elective)
Four Electives from These Courses
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Comparative Religion
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Environmental Studies or Environmental Science
- French (including Immersion courses)
- Geography
- Geology
- German
- History
- Latin
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- Law or Business Organization and Management or Introduction to Accounting or World Issues
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Media Studies or Communications or Journalism
- Native Studies
- Oceanography
- Physics
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Theatre Arts or Art or Music
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In addition to the above elective courses, applicants may offer the following New Brunswick courses as electives: History 112: Modern History; Geography 110: Physical Geography; Mathematics 112: Functions and Relations. Comparable courses from other provinces or countries may also be acceptable.
Please note that fulfilling these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.
High School Applicants from Ontario and Quebec
Ontario applicants must have a minimum average of
70% on five courses (4U or acceptable 4M courses)
with subject distribution as for other Canadian applicants including the compulsory English 4U credit.
Quebec applicants must have completed a Grade 12
programme or received a high-school-leaving certificate
(Grade 11) and successfully completed one year
of CEGEP. Subject distribution and other minimum
requirements are as for other Canadian applicants.
Applicants who have completed an appropriate two
year CEGEP programme may be considered for
advanced standing to a maximum of 30 credit hours.
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Applicants
Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and
GCE Advanced Level applicants presenting official
documentation of grades of 4 or 5 on Advanced
Placement (AP) tests, grades of 5, 6 or 7 on individual
higher-level International Baccalaureate (IB) subjects,
or final grades of “C” or higher on GCE Advanced-Level courses are eligible for transfer credit. AP students
are eligible for a maximum of 18 credit hours in
transfer credit while IB diploma and GCE Advanced-
Level students are eligible for a maximum of 30 credit
hours on a 120 credit-hour degree programme.
Students granted transfer credit for AP, IB, and GCE
Advanced-Level courses are advised to consult
graduate and professional schools to determine the
impact that this non-university credit award will have
on their future academic plans.
English Language Proficiency
Applicants whose primary language is not English must submit evidence of proficiency in English by writing one of the following tests:
Official test scores must be submitted directly to the Admissions Office by the testing centre. St. Thomas University's ETS number is 0803.
Students who meet the following minimum English Language Proficiency scores and the St. Thomas academic admission requirements are eligible for the ESL programme:
- TOEFL 61 (Internet-based)
- TOEFL 173 (Computer-based)
- TOEFL 500 (Paper-based)
- MELAB 69
- IELTS 5.0
Students with TOEFL scores of:
- TOEFL 88-89 (Internet-based)
- TOEFL 230 (Computer-based)
- TOEFL 570 (Paper-based)
- MELAB 80
- IELTS 6.5
are eligible to take five regular academic courses but may take integrated and assisted courses if they wish.