IMPORTANT NOTE: Certain courses cannot be taken for Liberal Studies credit in some programs. Students are responsible for ensuring they do not enrol in a restricted course.

Please see Table A - Lower Level Restrictions for more information. 

Not all courses will be offered every semester. Also, courses may be cancelled due to low enrolment. Consult the Liberal Studies Course Offerings webpage for the most up-to-date course offering information. 

All Liberal Studies courses are identified as lower-level (LL) or upper-level (UL) in the course description.

ARB, CHN, FRE, and SPN courses normally require a placement assessment.

Contact the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures for details about the process or visit the department's website at http://www.ryerson.ca/llc.

Upper Level Liberal Studies ARB, CHN, FRE and SPN courses can be directed, instead, to fulfill Lower Level Liberal Studies Requirements.

There are three Lower Level Liberal Studies courses designed for students whose first language is not English:

These courses require a placement test, which can be found at http://www.ryerson.ca/french/englishtest.html or by permission from Marju Toomsalu, EAL Programs Director (mtoomsal@ryerson.ca; ext. 4196). 

LNG 111, LNG 112 and LNG 113 are available to students who have been assessed as likely to benefit from intensive language and writing courses. Students for whom English is a second language and who are enrolled in programs that accept ESL courses for credit may take all three ESL courses, LNG 111, 112, and 113. However, a maximum of two credits only may be used towards their degree requirements.

There is one Lower Level Liberal Studies course designed for undergraduate students wishing to improve their writing skills: LNG 121, Language and Society. No Placement test is required for this course.