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The Royal Military College of Canada, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, offers eight undergraduate degree programmes and a Minor in Military Arts in both English and French. The subjects in the curriculum are selected for their value to future officers in the Canadian Armed Forces.
The eight undergraduate arts programmes listed below have a high proportion of time devoted to mathematics and science. Students pursuing an Bachelor of Arts not only gain knowledge relevant to their field of specialization while eight exercising their communication and and critical thinking skills, but they also examine situations from a military perspective and become aware of contemporary and global issues. A key component of the programme is using examples based on real-life experiences of young officers on operational deployment.
A minor, not linked to any individual programme, is also available through the Faculty of Science; the Minor in Military Arts is an interdisciplinary minor, awarded to students enrolled in four-pillar Science and Engineering degrees recognizing the unique value of the Royal Military College of Canada core curriculum. These are the requirements for the minor in military arts.
Two courses, not linked to any individual programme, are also available through the Faculty of Science; these credit(s) may be applied to approved international exchanges, internships with professionally relevant organizations, and approved experiential learning opportunities These are the details of SSE401 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning I and SSE402 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning II
Undergraduate Arts Programmes
Important Notice:
New enrollments into the following programmes, for September 2025, have been paused, noting that current students in these programmes will continue, as will the remainder of the undergraduate arts programmes. Determination on the future status of these paused programmes for Academic Year 2026-2027 is ongoing.
- Business Economics
- Economics (Honours)
- Economics
- English, Culture, and Communications
- French, Literature, and Culture
The links below will connect you to web pages containing the requirements and the course descriptions for the undergraduate programmes leading to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Bachelor of Arts.
Additional Undergraduate Arts Programmes
The links below will connect you to the requirements for the undergraduate arts programmes leading to a Bachelor of Arts (General), Bachelor of Military Arts and Science (B.M.A.Sc) or Bachelor of Military Arts and Science (Honours) (B.M.A.Sc (Hons)).
Minor in Military Arts
The Minor in Military Arts will include eight (8) credits of which two must be senior level (300/400). It will be structured as follows:
Mandatory courses (3 credits)
Optional courses (5 credits)
Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning Courses
SSE401 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning I
This course provides a framework to continue studies and professional development in an internship, partner institution, or through experiential learning. Each opportunity must be approved for credit before beginning the work by a sponsoring academic department, which will provide a supervising faculty member, approved course outline and evaluation scheme.
- Note(s):
- These are elective credits usually offered to students working away from the campus and are like directed study for specific circumstances.
- Prerequisite(s):
- Students must normally have completed at least twenty credits in their programme to be eligible and must have a member of programme faculty supervising and evaluating completed work.
- Co-requisite(s):
- Satisfactory performance in other aspects of the RMC programme.
- Exclusion(s):
- Students cannot be awarded this credit for work identified with another named RMC course credit.
- Students must normally have completed at least twenty credits in their programme to be eligible and must have a member of program faculty supervising and evaluating completed work.
- Contact Hours(s):
- 0 - 0 - 9
- Credit(s):
- 1
SSE402 Internship, Exchange, Experiential Learning II
This course provides a framework to continue studies and professional development in an internship, partner institution, or through experiential learning. Each opportunity must be approved for credit before beginning the work by a sponsoring academic department, which will provide a supervising faculty member, approved course outline and evaluation scheme.
- Note(s):
- These are elective credits usually offered to students working away from the campus and are like directed study for specific circumstances.
- Prerequisite(s):
- Students must normally have completed at least twenty credits in their programme to be eligible and must have a member of programme faculty supervising and evaluating completed work.
- Co-requisite(s):
- Satisfactory performance in other aspects of the RMC programme.
- Exclusion(s):
- Students cannot be awarded this credit for work identified with another named RMC course credit.
- Contact Hours(s):
- 0 - 0 - 18
- Credit(s):
- 2
Peer Tutoring Courses
WCE201 Peer Tutoring Theory and Practice I
Students will be introduced to the principles of peer tutoring and collaborative learning necessary to successfully work as peer tutors in a university setting. Building on the foundation of theory, the course guides students through observations and then practice tutorials. This course will prepare 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year students to offer tutoring support to their peers in the discipline of their choice (e.g., mathematics, psychology, writing).
- Note(s):
- This course is only offered through the RMC Writing Centre. Students will meet for 2 hours every Monday evening and have approximately 3 hours of homework (readings, reflections, etc.) and 2 hours of observations (first half of the semester) or tutoring practice (second half of the semester) per week. No final exam.
- Prerequisite(s):
- 1st Year completed, good grades overall, excelled in the course(s) they want to apply for tutoring, and have at least one letter of recommendation from professor(s) who taught them.
- Exclusion(s):
- WCE202
- Contact Hours(s):
- 2 - 2 - 3
- Credit(s):
- 1
WCE202 Peer Tutoring Theory and Practice II
Students will be introduced to the principles of peer tutoring and collaborative learning necessary to successfully work as peer tutors in a university setting. Building on the foundation of theory, the course guides students through observations and then practice tutorials. This course will prepare 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year students to offer tutoring support to their peers in the discipline of their choice (e.g., mathematics, psychology, writing).
- Note(s):
- This course is only offered through the RMC Writing Centre. Students will meet for 2 hours every Monday evening and have approximately 2 hours of homework (readings, reflections, etc.) and 1 hour of observations (first half of the semester) or tutoring practice (second half of the semester) per week. No final exam.
- Prerequisite(s):
- 1st Year completed, good grades overall, excelled in the course(s) they want to apply for tutoring, and have at least one letter of recommendation from professor(s) who taught them.
- Exclusion(s):
- WCE201
- Contact Hours(s):
- 2 - 2 - 1
- Credit(s):
- 0.5