{"id":5868,"date":"2019-10-04T14:46:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/?page_id=5868"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:25:23","slug":"first-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bgins\/first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year of BGInS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n First Year of BGInS\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Your First year of BGInS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the first year of the BGInS degree, students will normally take 5.0 credits of courses, including 1.5 credits GINS core courses, the 0.0 credit IER preparation course, up to 2.0 credits Specialization courses, up to 1.0 credit language courses, and the remainder elective courses.  It is strongly encouraged that BGInS students include a First Year Seminar (FYSM) among their elective choices.  Details are below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Core Courses<\/strong>: All BGInS students must take the three 0.5 credit first year core courses.  Consult the Core Courses<\/a> page for a listing of all BGInS core courses across the four years of the program, including course descriptions.  The three first year courses are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n