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General Education at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV enhances undergraduate degrees by informing and complementing students’ programs of study, encouraging students to develop understandings and skills that equip them for life-long learning, and preparing them to appreciate, critique and contribute ideas and values of diverse, complex, and interdependent local and global communities in an ethical and comprehensive manner.
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Upper Division B courses for upper-level and transfer students
The following list of courses offered at the upper division are labelled Breadth-Humanities, Breadth-Social Science, or Breadth-Science. These courses should only have a maturing prerequisite (a set number of credit hours that must be completed prior to registering).
Please note: Course designations approved after September 2006 are noted in the lists below with italicized effective dates. Designations are NOT retroactive; they are effective as of the first offering after Senate approval.
Last updated 1 March 2022.
Courses are listed alphabetically. Please click on the course link for a current course description and prerequisite information. Check Course Schedules each term for offerings of the following courses:
Course Code | Course Title | Designation |
---|---|---|
ARCH 301 | Ancient Visual Art (3) | B-Hum |
BISC 371 | Special Topics in Biology for Non-majors (3) | B-Sci |
BISC 373 | Brewing Science (3) Note: no lab |
B-Sci |
BISC 374 | Brewing Science with Lab (3) | B-Sci - effective January 2018 |
CA 357W | Context of Theatre II (4) | B-Hum |
CHEM 399 | Special Topics in Chemistry and Society (3) | B-Sci |
CMPT 320 | Social Implications - Computerized Society (3) | B-Sci |
CRIM 315 | Restorative Justice (4) | B-Soc |
CRIM 355 | The Forensic Sciences (3) | B-Soc |
DIAL 390W | Semester: Dialogue (5) | W; B-Soc or B-Hum |
DIAL 391W | Semester: Seminar (5) | W; B-Soc or B-Hum |
DIAL 392W | Semester: Final Project (5) | W; B-Soc or B-Hum |
EDUC 311 | Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language and Culture (3) | B-Hum |
EDUC 341 | Literacy, Education and Culture (3) | B-Hum |
ENGL 383 | Studies in Popular Literature and Culture (3) | B-Hum |
ENGL 398 | Major Authors for Non-majors (3) | B-Hum |
ENV/ENSC 412 | Technologies, Cultures and a Sustainable World (3) | B-Soc or B-Sci |
FREN 330 | Francophone World (3) | B-Hum |
GERO 300 | Introduction to Gerontology (3) | B-Soc |
GSWS 316 | Disciplining Sex: Feminist Science Studies and Sociobiology (4) | B-Hum or B-Soc or B-Sci |
HIST 304 | Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire (4) | B-Hum |
HIST 349 | Rome After Rome: The Byzantine Middle Ages from the End of Antiquity to the Crusades (4) | B-Hum |
HIST 373 | Conquest in North America, 1500-1900 (4) | B-Hum |
HIST 460 | Themes in Byzantine History (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 302W | Athenian Democracy (4) | B-Hum; W |
HUM 303 | The Latin Humanist Tradition (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 309 | Literature and the Arts Across Cultures (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 311 | Italian Renaissance Humanism (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 312W | Renaissance Studies (4) | B-Hum; W |
HUM 320 | Cross-Cultural Philosophy in the Humanities (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 321W | The Humanities and Critical Thinking (4) | B-Hum; W |
HUM 325 | The Humanities and the Natural World (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 330 | Religion in Context (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 331 | Special Topics in Asian Religious Traditions (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 332 | Mythology in Context (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 340 | Great Cities in Their Time (4) | B-Hum |
Rome after Rome: The Byzantine Middle Ages from the end of Antiquity to the Crusades | B-Hum | |
HUM 350 | Special Topics: Great Figures in the Humanistic Tradition (4) | B-Hum |
HUM 360 | Special Topics: Great Themes in the Humanistic Tradition (4) | B-Hum |
Themes in Byzantine History (4) | B-Hum | |
IS 302 | Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction (4) | B-Hum; B-Soc |
LBST 310 | The Politics of Labour (3) | B-Soc |
MBB 301 | Bioscience of Science Fiction (3) | B-Sci or B-Hum |
MBB 302 | Energy: From Cells to Society (3) | B-Sci |
PHIL 300 | Introduction to Philosophy (3) | B-Hum |
PUB 448 | Publishing and Social Change: Tech, Texts, and Revolution (4) | B-Hum; B-Soc |
SA 302W | Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism (4) | B-Soc; W |
SA 418 | Global Health: Humanitarian Encounters (4) | B-Soc |
SCI 300 | Science and Its Impact on Society (3) | B-Sci |
SD 381 | Building Sustainable Communities (4) | B-Soc |
WL 303 | Global Culture and Its Discontents (4) | B-Hum |
WL 304 | Exile and Migration (4) | B-Hum |
WL 305W | Sages and Poets (4) | B-Hum; W |
WL 306 | Transnational Literary Rebellions (4) | B-Hum |
WL 307 | Creative Writing in World Literature (4) | B-Hum |
WL 308 | Travel and Trade (4) | B-Hum |
WL 309 | Empire and Resistance (4) | B-Hum |
WL 320 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to World Literature (4) | B-Hum |
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