Guaranteed Admission Pathway

As an Open Learning program student interested in pursuing the pathway to a University of Guelph Bachelor of Arts program, you are required to complete four courses (2.0 credits) with a 70% minimum cumulative average. The credits from the four courses you complete in this pathway will transfer to your undergraduate studies and count towards your degree. Please note that applicants are not eligible for direct entry to CJPP or co-op programs. For applicants interested in the BA, Economics or Mathematical Economics majors, you must have Advanced Functions (MHF4U), MATH*1030, or equivalent.

Within the BA pathway, it is recommended you take two courses (1.00 credits) from the arts/humanities and two courses (1.00 credits) from the social sciences.

• Examples of arts/humanities courses: ARAB, ARTH, BLCK, CHIN, CRWR, CLAS, CTS, ENGL, EURO, FREN, GERM, GREK, HIST, HUMN, INDG, ITAL, LAT, LING, MUSC, PHIL, PORT, SART, SPAN, SXGN, THST, WMST.
• Examples of social science courses: ANTH, ECON, FARE, GEOG, IDEV, INDG, ISS, JLS, POLS, PSYC, SOAN, SOC, SXGN. Please note that FRHD has also been known to count as a social science course.

While you are in the pathway, the Open Learning program Counsellor will send you an application to undergraduate studies where you can note which major you want to take. There will be a $50 transfer fee. Once the fee has been paid and the application completed, it will be forwarded to the undergraduate office. Upon completion of the four courses with a 70% average, the undergraduate office will reach out to you directly with next steps on how to transfer into full time studies.

As an Open Learning program student interested in pursuing the pathway to a University of Guelph Bachelor of Commerce program, you will be offered guaranteed admission under the following conditions:

1. Successful completion of four degree-level courses (2.00 credits) with a cumulative average of 70% or above in, at most, six course (3.00 credit) attempts. The four courses (2.00 credits) used in the calculation of the cumulative average will include any degree-level courses used to meet the English and mathematics requirements and must satisfy the following criteria:

• At least 1.00 credits must be from the arts and social sciences
• A maximum of 1.00 credits from mathematics and statistics combined

The credits from the four courses you complete in this pathway will transfer to your undergraduate studies and count towards your degree.

2. Applicants must satisfy the following English and mathematics requirements:

English Requirement

A grade of 75% or higher in English 12U is required, or the successful completion of one course (0.50 credits) from:

• ENGL*1030, ENGL*1200, GEOG*1220, SOC*1100, WMST*1000

Mathematics Requirement

A grade of 75% or higher in the 12U mathematics course(s) is required for your intended major, or the successful completion of MATH*1030. If you are interested in the HTM or GEM major and have not completed a 4U math course in high school, you will need to complete MATH*1030 to meet the math requirement. If you are, however, interested in any of the other commerce majors, and you haven’t completed any 4U math courses, then you will need to complete MATH*1030 and another math or statistics course (e.g., STAT*2040) to meet the math admission requirement to these majors.

While you are in the pathway, the Open Learning program Counsellor will send you an application to undergraduate studies where you can note which major you want to take. There will be a $50 transfer fee. Once the fee has been paid and the application completed, it will be forwarded to the undergraduate office. Upon completion of the four courses with a 70% average, the undergraduate office will reach out to you directly with next steps on how to transfer into full time studies.