Hi I'm new to all this stuff. I was reading about majors and minors in the undergraduate calendar and I have a few questions.

1. Can I have a major in something like biochem or something science and then have a minor in French because they're in different faculties. For example if some minor requires 18 units and I only have 15 units what happens then?

2. What is a unit? Some programs say you need 9 units of something and 6 units of something else, etc.

Originally Posted by Imperious

Hi I'm new to all this stuff. I was reading about majors and minors in the undergraduate calendar and I have a few questions.

1. Can I have a major in something like biochem or something science and then have a minor in French because they're in different faculties. For example if some minor requires 18 units and I only have 15 units what happens then?

2. What is a unit? Some programs say you need 9 units of something and 6 units of something else, etc.

Yes, you can major in biochem and minor in French. If the minor requires 18 units and you only have 15, you don't get the minor.

A unit is a way of measuring the number of courses, like credits. Typically, one-term courses are worth 3 units and a full-year course is 6 units. There are exceptions to this but it's not that hard to figure out. The last number in the course code denotes the number of units - for example, math 1A03 is 3 units (except for 12-unit courses where it would be the last two numbers, for example, 4G12). A full courseload for most students is 30 units per year.

Yea you can. You just gota complete all the courses and when you graduate declare your minor. the last number in the course shows the weighting so just add up all the numbers and you have enough. minor typically needs 18