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 1100U |
Introduction to Communication Studies |
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COMM 1420U |
Living Digitally: Social Media, Culture & Society |
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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 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 3751U |
Media, War and Culture |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 1000U |
Introduction to Criminal Justice |
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CRMN 2021U |
Families and the Justice System |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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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 3320U |
Eyewitness Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3400U |
Investigative Psychology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3900U |
Special Topics: Expert Testimony |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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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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INDG 4300U |
Special Topics: Indian Residential School System |
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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 1000U |
Foundations of Legal Studies |
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LGLS 2100U |
Public Law |
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LGLS 2110U |
Private Law |
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LGLS 2200U |
Legal Theory |
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LGLS 2940U |
Legal Research Methods |
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LGLS 3200U |
Sociology of Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 3220U |
Philosophy of Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 3510U |
Censorship and Freedom of Expression |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 2100U |
Global Politics |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 2200U |
Fundamentals of Policy Theory |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 2300U |
Mobilizing for Change |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 3000U |
Policy, Democracy & Governance |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 3305U |
Energy Policy: Canada in a Transitioning World |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 3750U |
American Politics and Political Culture |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 1000U |
Introduction to Psychology |
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PSYC 2010U |
Developmental Psychology |
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PSYC 2030U |
Psychopathology |
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PSYC 2060U |
Cognitive Psychology |
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PSYC 3500U |
Stereotypes and Prejudice |
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 3090U |
Social Affective Neuroscience |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3900U |
Special Topics: (TOPIC TBD) |
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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SOCI 1000U |
Introductory Sociology |
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SOCI 2010U |
Deviance and Social Control |
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SOCI 2700U |
Human Sexuality |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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CRMN 2010U |
Criminal Law |
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CRMN 2030U |
Social Control |
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CRMN 2040U |
Decolonizing Criminology |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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CRMN 2840U |
Gender, Sex and (In) Justice |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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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 |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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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 3310U |
Confessions and Interrogations |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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FPSY 3900U |
Special Topics in Forensic Psychology (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 4300U |
Special Topics in Indigenous Studies (TOPC TBD) |
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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 |
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LGLS 2420U |
Canadian Human Rights Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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LGLS 2500U |
Information and Privacy Law |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 1000U |
Introduction to Political Science |
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POSC 1200U |
Introduction to Democracy Theory and Practice |
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POSC 2000U |
Canadian Politics |
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POSC 2502U |
Community Development & Social Change |
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POSC 2800U |
Introduction to Business, Economy and Society |
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POSC 3203U |
Urban Development |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 3501U |
Politics and Poverty |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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POSC 3800U |
Business, Politics and the Macroeconomy (formerly Principles of Economics and Political Economy) |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 1000U |
Introductory Psychology |
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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 3045U |
Child Maltreatment |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3065U |
Emotion |
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 3150U |
Psychology of Aging |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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PSYC 3520U |
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience |
Available seats open Aug 1 |
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SOCI 1000U |
Introductory Sociology |
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SOCI 2020U |
Issues in Diversity (formerly SSCI 2020U) |
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SOCI 2300U |
Social Problems (formerly SSCI 1300U) |
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SSCI 1210U |
History of Science & Technology |
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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 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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SUST 1002U |
Fundamentals of Sustainability II: Health & Social Sciences |
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COURSE CODE |
COURSE NAME |
LOCATION |
TERM |
PREREQ |
RESTRICTIONS |
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COMM 3250U |
Pop Culture and Entertainment |
online |
6-week spring |
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must be year 2 or higher |
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CRMN 3038U |
Serial and Mass Homicide |
online |
6-week summer |
(SSCI 2900U or SSCI 2910U or SSCI 2920U or LGLS 2940U or PSYC 2900U or PSYC 2910U) and (CRMN 2830U or CRMN 2850U or LGLS 2200U or PSYC 2030U or POSC 2200U) |
must be year 2 or higher |
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CRMN 4000U |
Advanced Justice Studies: Murder in North America |
online |
6-week summer |
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Criminology and Justice major and must be year 4 or higher |
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CRMN 4022U |
Hate Crime |
online |
Spring Specialized offering - 4-week compressed curriculum |
CRMN 2850U |
Must be year 4 and must have completed one 3000 level CRMN course |
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FPSY 3210U |
Forensic Psychology |
in-person |
6-week spring |
PSYC 1000U |
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FSCI 3050U |
Assassinations, International Crimes & Disasters |
online |
6- week Summer |
FSCI 1010U |
must be year 3 or higher |
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INDG 1000U |
Introduction to Indigenous Studies |
online |
12-week spring & summer |
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LBAT 3999U |
Special Topics: Modern Espionage |
online |
6-week spring |
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must be year 2 or higher |
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LBAT 3999U |
Special Topics: Cyber Warfare |
online |
6-week summer |
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must be year 2 or higher |
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PSYC 1000U |
Introduction to Psychology |
hybrid |
6-week spring |
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PSYC 2010U |
Developmental Psychology |
hybrid |
6-week spring |
PSYC 1000U |
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PSYC 3900U |
Special Topics
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in-person |
6-week summer |
PSYC 1000U |
This course is open to all students with the exception of Forensic Psychology students, who should register for the cross listed FPSY 3900U section of this course. |
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SCIE 2010U |
The Science of Pop Culture |
in-person (north campus) |
6-week spring |
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SOCI 1000U |
Introduction to Sociology |
online |
6-week summer |
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SSCI 1470U |
Impact of Science & Technology on Society |
online |
6-week summer |
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SSCI 2900U |
Research Methods |
online |
6-week spring |
SOCI 1000U Or PSYC 1000U |
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SSCI 2910U |
Data Analysis |
in-person |
6-week summer |
SSCI 2900U |
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