Electives
Choosing a general elective can be tricky! The good news is there is generally no wrong answer. Our recommendation is to consider the following:
- Your interests. Choose a subject area you enjoy or are interested in learning more about.
- Your strengths. Choose an elective that will build on your strengths or increase a skill set.
- Your goals. Choose an elective that will compliment your major or goals.
There are different types of electives so make sure you understand what type of elective you need, and consult with your academic advisor for help.
A general elective is any course that is not mandatory for your program to which you have the prerequisites and meet any restrictions on that course –courses from inside or outside our Faculty can satisfy this requirement.
An FSSH Elective is a course offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, that is not mandatory for your program, and includes the following subject codes: ALSU, COMM, CRMN, FPSY, INDG, LBAT, LGLS, POSC, PSYC, SSCI, and SUST.
Repeat course policy. All instances of a Course will appear on the Academic Transcript. Only the grade achieved on the most recent attempt will be included in the calculation of the student's Grade Point Average. Please review your transcript through your MyOntarioTech account to verify if you have already completed a course, or received a transfer credit for it.
Prerequisite and year level restrictions may apply. Please view the course descriptions in the Academic Calendar to help you select your courses and to view prerequisites.
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE NAME |
NOTES |
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COMM 1420U |
Living Digitally: Social Media, Culture & Society |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2110U |
Communication and Digital Media Theory: Keyworks |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2210U |
Researching Communication and Digital Culture |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2270U |
Entertainment Goes Global: from Hollywood to the World |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2530U |
Advertising as Social Communication |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2620U |
Professional Communication |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3110U |
Communication Ethics: Making Media for the Social Good |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3310U |
Communication for Social Change, Community and Development |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3710U |
Media, Identity and Intercultural Communication |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3740U |
Video Games, Media and Culture |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 4120U |
AI, Ethics and Communication |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
| COMM 4210U | Spcial Topics in Communication and Digital Media Studies |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 4261U |
Online Creator-Entrepreneurs: YouTubers, Influencers, and Streamers |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
| COMM 4510U | Public Relations: Social Power, Social Media Platforms, and Social Responsibility |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 2040U |
Decolonizing Criminology |
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CRMN 2050U |
Rights and Freedoms in the Justice System |
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CRMN 2830U |
Theories of Justice |
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CRMN 2831U |
Critical Race Theory |
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CRMN 2850U |
Classical Theories of Crime |
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CRMN 3025U |
Victimology |
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CRMN 3028U |
Women in the Criminal Justice System |
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CRMN 3035U |
Crime and Media |
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CRMN 3040U |
Restorative Justice |
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CRMN 3050U |
Police and Society |
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CRMN 3060U |
Punishment and Society |
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CRMN 4085U |
Emerging Patters of Policing |
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FPSY 3039U |
Children, Psychology & the Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3310U |
Confessions and Interrogations |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3320U |
Eyewitness Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
| INDG 1000U | Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples | |
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INDG 2500U |
Two-Eyed Seeing in the Natural Sciences |
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LBAT 2000U |
Introduction to Liberal Studies |
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LBAT 2414U |
Science Fiction and Society |
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LGLS 2100U |
Public Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 2110U |
Private Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 2200U |
Legal Theory |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 2940U |
Legal Research Methods |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 3053U |
Prosecution and Sentencing |
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POSC 2100U |
Global Politics |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 2200U |
Fundamentals of Policy Theory |
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POSC 2300U |
Mobilizing for Change |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 3000U |
Policy, Democracy & Governance |
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| POSC 3101U | Inequality, Environment and Development |
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| POSC 3500U | Equity Policy |
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| POSC 4310U | The Politics of Indigenous Rights |
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PSYC 2010U |
Developmental Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 2030U |
Psychopathology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 2060U |
Cognitive Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3060U |
Personality Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3070U |
Stress and Coping |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 35010U |
Research Methods in Neuroscience |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3550U |
Psychology of Gender |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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SSCI 1210U |
History of Science and Technology |
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SSCI 1470U |
Impact of Science and Technology on Society |
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SSCI 1700U |
Reading our World |
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SSCI 2700U |
Human Sexuality |
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SSCI 4010U |
Policy Development |
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SSCI 4020U |
Leadership and Administration |
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SUST 1002U |
Sustainability Fundamentals II: Health & Social Sciences |
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE NAME |
NOTES |
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ALSU 1101U |
Foundations for Academic Learning & Success |
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COMM 1320U |
Public Speaking and Multimedia Presentation for Web 3.0 |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2220U |
The Media & Commun. In Canada |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2240U |
Television |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2311U |
The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2410U |
Social History of Communication and Media Technologies |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 2411U |
Governing Communication and Digital Creativity: Policy for an era of Digital Disruption |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3250U |
Pop Culture and Entertainment |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3350U |
Environmental Communication: |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3410U |
Designing Hits: Storytelling in the Digital Age |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3510U |
Work in the Creative and Tech Industries |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3610U |
Strategic Communications for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion and Propaganda |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 3720U |
Knowing your Audience: Audience Studies for Media Professionals and Creators |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 4420U |
Political Communication, Digital Media and Democracy |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 4610U |
The Struggle is Real: Transformation for Communication, Conflict and Peace |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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COMM 4710U |
Global Media, the Internet and International Relations |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 2010U |
Criminal Law |
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CRMN 2021U |
Families and Criminal Justice System |
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CRMN 2030U |
Social Control |
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CRMN 2840U |
Gender, Sex and (In) Justice |
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CRMN 3010U |
Social Justice/Criminal Justice |
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CRMN 3023U |
Domestic Violence |
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CRMN 3024U |
Criminal Gangs |
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CRMN 3026U |
Organized Crime |
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CRMN 3027U |
Delinquency, Deviance, and Youth Crime |
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CRMN 3040U |
Restorative Justice |
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CRMN 3045U |
Terrorism |
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CRMN 3056U |
Race-ing Justice |
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CRMN 3301U |
Green Criminology & Eco-Justice |
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CRMN 3401U |
Indigenous Peoples and Justice |
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CRMN 3850U |
Contemporary Theories of Crime |
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CRMN 4032U |
Mediation and Conflict Resolution |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 4062U |
The Prison Experience |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 4065U |
Criminal Justice Ethics and Misconduct |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 4075U |
International Perspectives on Criminal Justice |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3210U |
Forensic Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3900U |
Special Topics in Forensic Psyc (TOPIC TBD) |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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INDG 1000U |
Introduction to Indigenous Studies: |
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INDG 2200U |
Indigenous Digital and Visual Media |
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INDG 3310U |
Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability & Development: A Global Perspective |
Cross listed with POSC 3310U |
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INDG 4300U |
Special Topics in Indigenous Studies |
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LBAT 3999U |
Special Topics in Liberal Studies: Long term care COVID crisis |
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LBAT 3999U |
Special Topics in Liberal Studies: TOPIC TBD |
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LGLS 2011U |
Immigration and Refugee Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 2120U |
International Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
| LGLS 2420U | Canadian Human Rights Law | Available seats open Aug 1 |
| LGLS 2500U | Information and Privacy Law | Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 1000U |
Intro. to Political Science |
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POSC 1200U |
Introduction to Democracy Theory and Practice |
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POSC 2000U |
Canadian Politics |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 2502U |
Community Development & Social Change |
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POSC 3310U |
Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability and Development: A Global Perspective |
Cross listed INDG 3310U |
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POSC 3603U |
The Politics of Housing |
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POSC 3800U |
Business, Politics and the Macroeconomy (formerly Principles of Economics and Political Economy) |
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POSC 4000U |
International Politics and Policy |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 2010U |
Developmental Psychology |
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PSYC 2020U |
Social Psychology |
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PSYC 2050U |
Brain and Behaviour |
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PSYC 3330U |
Developmental Psychopathology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3530 |
Developmental Neuroscience |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3610U |
Thinking and Decision Making |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3620U |
Motivation and Emotion |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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SSCI 1210U |
History of Science & Technology |
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SSCI 1300U |
Social Problems |
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SSCI 1470U |
Impact of Science & Technology on Society |
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SSCI 1700U |
Reading Our World |
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SSCI 2020U |
Issues in Diversity |
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SSCI 2101U |
Making a Difference: An introduction to Social Entrepreneurship |
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SSCI 2910U |
Data Analysis |
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SSCI 2920U |
Qualitative Research Methods |
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SSCI 4010U |
Policy Development |
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