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Need Help Choosing Electives?
In your first term, we suggest combining the required courses for your intended major with one or more elective courses. Where possible, choosing electives which also fulfill WQB (Writing, Quantitative and Breadth) requirements is a good idea.
To get you started, we've put together a list of several first and second year Arts and Social Sciences courses to be offered this Spring. Most of these courses have no pre-requisites and are open to students in any program/Faculty. Many also carry a breadth designation (keep in mind that breadth courses must be taken in a subject area outside of your intended major).
FASS SUMMER 2025 Recommended Lower Division Electives
Note - the courses below are just a few of the many available to you at 大象传媒. You are welcome to select courses outside of this list or from Faculties other than Arts and Social Sciences. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to an advisor for assistance.
- CHIN 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Mandarin Chinese I
- CRIM 104-3 (B-Soc) Sociological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior
- CRIM 135-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective
- ECON 103-4 (B-Soc) Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 105-4 (B-Soc) Principles of Macroeconomics
- ENGL 112W (B-Hum) Literature Now
- ENGL 114W (B-Hum) Language and Purpose
- FASS 222-1 Special topics in Arts and Social Sciences: Academic Communication (Critical Research Skills)
- FASS 223-1 Special topics in Arts and Social Sciences: Working With Others (Creating Effective Teams)
- FASS 224-1 Special topics in Arts and Social Sciences: Understanding Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Meditation in Multicultural Contexts)
- FASS 225-1 Special topics in Arts and Social Sciences: Basic Data Analysis (Personal Finance for Students)
- GERM 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to German
- GSWS 101-3 (B-Soc) Gender Talk
- HIST 135-3 (B-Hum/Soc) Capitalism and the Making of the Modern World
- HIST 224-3 (B-Hum) Europe from the French Revolution to WWI (Intersession)
- HIST 252-3 (B-Hum) Islamic India
- HUM 101W-3 (W/B-Hum) Introduction to Global Humanities
- HUM 102W-3 (W/B-Hum) Classical Mythology
- HUM 130-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Religious Studies
- INDG 101-3 (B-Hum/Soc) Introduction to Indigenous Studies
- INDG 201W-3 (Writing) Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives on History
- IS 105-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) Around the World Through Film
- ITAL 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Italian
- JAPN 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Japanese I
- LBST 101-3 (B-Soc) Work and Worker's Rights: Introducing Labour Studies
- LING 100-3 (B-Soc) Communication and Language
- LING 160-3 (B-Soc) Language, Culture, & Society (Summer Session)
- LING 190-3 (B-Soc/Sci) The Science of Speech (Intersession)
- PHIL 100W-3 (B-Hum) Knowledge and Reality
- PHIL 105-3 (Q, B-Sci, B-Soc) Critical Thinking
- PHIL 120W-3 (B-Hum) Moral and Legal Problems
- POL 100-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Politics and Government
- PSYC 100-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Psychology I
- PSYC 102-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Psychology II
- SA 101-4 (B-Soc) Introduction to Anthropology
- SA 150-4 (B-Soc) Introduction to Sociology
- SA 275-4 China in Transition
- SPAN 100-3 (B-Hum) Introductory Spanish I
- WL 103W -3 Early World Literature