- HBA · 4 years
- Work experience details
- ~High 80s to low 90s


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Duration (years)
4 years for Honours
Queen’s Faculty of Arts and Science · Honours graduation requirementsWork experience
Eligible Honours students can choose a paid four-month summer internship or the paid 12–16-month QUIP. The long internship can start after second or third year.
Queen’s Faculty of Arts and Science short and long internshipsEntering average
Published approximate guidance: Mid-80s. Historical guidance checked November 2026. Prior September minimum for consideration for the Arts (QA) entry route.
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2027 entry
School deadline, not a student task. Universities receive these grades by November 26. Verbatim: "Deadline for the OUAC to receive all midterm or final grades available for 4U/M courses from Ontario high schools. Schools may report in-progress grades for full-year courses as soon as they are available." Universities receive these by the target date of November 26, 2026. This is a deadline on the high school, not on the student, but it governs which grades a university sees in the first round.
Verbatim: "There is no specific Undergraduate application deadline if you are a Group B applicant. Deadlines vary at each university and sometimes depend on the program. Visit the university websites or contact the universities directly for their deadlines. If you are interested in a program but the deadline has passed, you may contact the university's admission office for help. Be aware of university-specific deadlines for submitting transcripts and portfolios, if required, and for arranging interviews and auditions. You must ensure the OUAC has enough time to process your choices before the universities' program deadlines." OUAC defines Group B as anyone who does not meet the Group A criteria, e.g. not currently taking an Ontario high school course, a Canadian outside Ontario, an international applicant, a postsecondary transfer student, or a mature applicant.
Entry terms · Fall / Winter
September 2027 first-year Arts (QA) and Economics (QAE). Queen’s advertised a separate January 2027 Arts intake.
Queen’s published January 2027 degree intakesOntario high-school applicants entering Arts (QA) in 2027/28. Applies only to the named entry route; later major declaration is separate.
Ontario high-school applicants entering Arts (QA) in 2027/28. Applies only to the named entry route; later major declaration is separate.
Ontario high-school applicants entering Arts (QA) in 2027/28. Applies only to the named entry route; later major declaration is separate.
Ontario high-school applicants entering Arts (QA) in 2027/28. Applies only to the named entry route; later major declaration is separate.
Applicants whose parents/guardians have not attained postsecondary education and who are registered with an affiliated community partner
Indigenous applicants to a first-year, full-time, first-entry undergraduate degree
Applicants academically competitive for a Queen’s undergraduate degree who do not meet the English-proficiency admission standard
Prior September minimum for consideration for the Arts (QA) entry route.
Queen’s undergraduate admission: competitive averagesCo-op or internship option available. Published Arts entry group; individual major admission and placement rules apply. The listing does not guarantee a position or establish paid status, term length or individual eligibility.
University-supplied OUInfo programme experiential-learning listingEligible Honours students can choose a paid four-month summer internship or the paid 12–16-month QUIP. The long internship can start after second or third year.
Queen’s Faculty of Arts and Science short and long internshipsQA is general Arts. QAE is the separate Economics choice on OUAC. Queen’s lists Economics and Applied Economics through Arts plan selection.
BAH
Start with economics and statistics for the Applied Economics major.
Separate study choices within this entry program. Each course block belongs to its named choice; it is not required of every student in the degree. The named BA Honours plans give examples of first-year choices and have their own gateways.
The current modular Political Studies Major component. The 48-unit major is not the full BA Honours degree. The Political Studies Major component is 48 units.
Explore core political-science concepts and their relationship with politics.
Examine enduring political debates; themes vary each year.
Interpret political thinkers and critically assess competing political concepts.
Study political thinkers and traditions from the late eighteenth to mid-twentieth century.
Social-science philosophy and contemporary approaches to political research.
Quantitative political research and causal and descriptive inference using Stata.
Statistics option; POLS 285 or an approved STAT option.
Published specialization core. See the calendar for seminar and thesis options.
Both courses are gateways for the listed Sociology plans.
DEVS 101 is the gateway. The department recommends DEVS 102 as preparation for later courses.
Political Studies
Required foundations in the Major plan; current department entries list Fall 2026 and Winter 2027.
Explore core political-science concepts and their relationship with politics.
Examine enduring political debates; themes vary each year.
POLS 250, 350 and 284 are core courses. Choose 3 units from POLS 285 or approved STAT options.
Interpret political thinkers and critically assess competing political concepts.
Study political thinkers and traditions from the late eighteenth to mid-twentieth century.
Social-science philosophy and contemporary approaches to political research.
Quantitative political research and causal and descriptive inference using Stata.
Statistics option; POLS 285 or an approved STAT option.
History
The faculty recommends two 3.0-unit gateway courses. Course offerings vary by year.
Economics
Take ECON 110 or both ECON 111 and ECON 112.
Examine household and firm decisions, market prices and government policy.
Queen’s Economics · ECON 111Study national income, prices, interest rates and monetary and fiscal policy.
Queen’s Economics · ECON 112Calculus is recommended in first year and required for the Economics specialization. The specialization and Applied Economics both include STAT 161.
Use differentiation and integration in economics and social science applications.
Queen’s · first-year Arts and Science registration guideStudy functions of several variables, gradients and constrained optimization.
Queen’s · first-year Arts and Science registration guideApply inference, computation and introductory machine learning to real datasets.
Queen’s · Statistics course descriptionsQA is general Arts. QAE is the separate Economics choice on OUAC. Queen’s lists Economics and Applied Economics through Arts plan selection.
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Official program page
Arts and Science (excluding Computing) · 30 units
2026–27 · Fall + winter · Published load · CAD
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Tuition only · Ancillary fees, levy and UHIP extra
Housing and meals are outside this estimate.
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