We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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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.

Fall 2023
Winter 2024

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	NOTES
COMM 1420U	Living Digitally: Social Media, Culture & Society	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2110U	Communication and Digital Media Theory: Keyworks	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2210U	Researching Communication and Digital Culture	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2270U	Entertainment Goes Global: from Hollywood to the World	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2530U	Advertising as Social Communication	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2620U	Professional Communication	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3110U	Communication Ethics: Making Media for the Social Good	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3710U	Media, Identity and Intercultural Communication	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3740U	Digital Games Studies: From Pong to Pokémon GO	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 4140U	Ways of Seeing: Visual Communication Arts and New Media	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 4261U	Online Creator-Entrepreneurs: YouTubers, Influencers, and Streamers	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 4420U	Political Communication, Digital Media and Democracy	Available seats open Aug 1
CRMN 2040U	Decolonizing Criminology
CRMN 2050U	Rights and Freedoms in the Justice System
CRMN 2830U	Theories of Justice
CRMN 2850U	Classical Theories of Crime
CRMN 3025U	Victimology
CRMN 3028U	Women in the Criminal Justice System
CRMN 3035U	Crime and Media
CRMN 3040U	Restorative Justice
CRMN 3050U	Police and Society
CRMN 3060U	Punishment and Society
CRMN 4085U	Emerging Patters of Policing
FPSY 3039U	Children, Psychology & the Law	Available seats open Aug 1
FPSY 3310U	Confessions and Interrogations	Available seats open Aug 1
FPSY 3900U	STFP I: Criminal Behaviour	Available seats open Aug 1
INDG 1000U	Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples
LBAT 2000U	Introduction to Liberal Studies
LBAT 3999U	Special Topics: The COVID Crisis
LGLS 2100U	Public Law	Available seats open Aug 1
LGLS 2110U	Private Law	Available seats open Aug 1
LGLS 2200U	Legal Theory	Available seats open Aug 1
LGLS 2940U	Legal Research Methods	Available seats open Aug 1
LGLS 3053U	Prosecution and Sentencing
POSC 2100U	Global Politics	Available seats open Aug 1
POSC 2200U	Fundamentals of Policy Theory
POSC 2300U	Mobilizing for Change	Available seats open Aug 1
POSC 3000U	Policy, Democracy & Governance
POSC 3501U	Politics and Poverty
POSC 3750U	American Politics and Political Culture
PSYC 2010U	Developmental Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 2030U	Abnormal Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 2060U	Cognitive Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3060U	Personality Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3075U	Biopsychology of Sex	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3330U	Developmental Psychopathology	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3500U	Stereotypes and Prejudice	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3900U	Special Topics: Stess and Coping	Available seats open Aug 1
SSCI 1210U	History of Science and Technology
SSCI 1470U	Impact of Science and Technology on Society
SSCI 1700U	Reading our World
SSCI 2700U	Human Sexuality
SSCI 4010U	Policy Development
SSCI 4020U	Leadership and Administration
SUST 1001U	Sustainability Fundamentals I: Science and Technology
SUST 1002U	Sustainability Fundamentals II: Health & Social Sciences

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME	NOTES
ALSU 1101U	Foundations for Academic Learning & Success
COMM 1320U	Public Speaking and Multimedia Presentation for Web 3.0	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2220U	The Media & Commun. In Canada	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2240U	Television	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2311U	The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2410U	Social History of Communication and Media Technologies	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 2411U	Governing Communication and Digital Creativity: Policy for an era of Digital Disruption	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3250U	Pop Culture and Entertainment	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3350U	Environmental Communication: Media and Tech for Sustainability	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3410U	Designing Hits: Storytelling in the Digital Age	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3510U	Work in the Creative and Tech Industries	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 3610U	Strategic Communications for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion and Propaganda	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 4510U	Public Relations: Social Power, Social Media Platforms, and Social Responsibility	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 4610U	The Struggle is Real: Transformation for Communication, Conflict and Peace	Available seats open Aug 1
COMM 4710U	Global Media, the Internet and International Relations	Available seats open Aug 1
CRMN 2010U	Criminal Law
CRMN 2021U	Families and Criminal Justice System
CRMN 2030U	Social Control
CRMN 2831U	Critical Race Theory
CRMN 2840U	Gender, Sex and (In) Justice
CRMN 3010U	Social Justice/Criminal Justice
CRMN 3023U	Domestic Violence
CRMN 3024U	Criminal Gangs
CRMN 3026U	Organized Crime
CRMN 3027U	Delinquency, Deviance, and Youth Crime
CRMN 3040U	Restorative Justice
CRMN 3045U	Terrorism
CRMN 3056U	Race-ing Justice
CRMN 3301U	Green Criminology & Eco-Justice
CRMN 3401U	Indigenous Peoples and Justice
CRMN 3850U	Contemporary Theories of Crime
CRMN 4020U	Corporate Crime
CRMN 4032U	Mediation and Conflict Resolution	Available seats open Aug 1
CRMN 4037U	Youth Justice Policy	Available seats open Aug 1
CRMN 4062U	The Prison Experience	Available seats open Aug 1
CRMN 4065U	Criminal Justice Ethics and Misconduct	Available seats open Aug 1
CRMN 4075U	International Perspectives on Criminal Justice	Available seats open Aug 1
FPSY 3210U	Forensic Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
FPSY 3320U	Eyewitness Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
FPSY 3400U	Investigative Psychology	Available seats open Aug 1
FPSY 3900U	Special Topics in Forensic Psyc (TOPIC TBD)	Available seats open Aug 1
INDG 1000U	Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples
INDG 2200U	Indigenous Digital and Visual Media
INDG 3310U	Indigenous Peoples, Sustainability & Development: A Global Perspective
LBAT 3999U	Special Topics in Liberal Studies: Industrialization and the Environment
LGLS 2011U	Immigration and Refugee Law
POSC 1000U	Intro. to Political Science
POSC 1200U	Introduction to Democracy Theory and Practice
POSC 2000U	Canadian Politics	Available seats open Aug 1
POSC 2502U	Community Development & Social Change
POSC 3203U	Urban Development
POSC 3300U	Building Sustainable Commun.	Available seats open Aug 1
POSC 3303U	Policies for Sustainability
POSC 3602U	Labour in the Global Economy
POSC 3800U	Capitalism and Socialism (formerly Principles of Economics and Political Economy)	Available seats open Aug 1
POSC 4000U	International Politics and Policy	Available seats open Aug 1
POSC 4300U	Special Topics: Gender and Politics	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 2010U	Developmental Psychology
PSYC 2020U	Social Psychology
PSYC 2050U	Brain and Behaviour
PSYC 3035U	Adolescence	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3065U	Emotion	Available seats open Aug 1
PSYC 3610U	Thinking and Decision Making	Available seats open Aug 1
SSCI 1210U	History of Science & Technology
SSCI 1300U	Social Problems
SSCI 1470U	Impact of Science & Technology on Society
SSCI 1700U	Reading Our World
SSCI 2020U	Issues in Diversity
SSCI 2101U	Making a Difference: An introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
SSCI 2920U	Qualitative Research Methods
SSCI 3000U	Disability Rehabilitation and Society
SSCI 4010U	Policy Development