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Categories of Courses

This page is used to show what subjects fall under which category, this is useful for finding courses to fulfill your elective requirements.

Arts/Humanities Courses​

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All Language courses can count for credit as Arts/Humanities courses

  • Anthrozoology (ANZO)
  • Art History (MACS)
  • Greek and Roman Studies (GRST, GRHS, GREK)
  • Dramatic Art (DRAM)
  • English and Creative Writing (ENGL)
  • Film Studies (FILM)
  • General Courses, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - (GART)
  • Intercultural Studies (INCS)
  • Music-Academic Studies (MUSC)
  • Music-Performance Studies (MUSP)
  • Philosophy (PHIL)
  • Visual Arts (VSAR, CNMA)
  • Women's and Gender Studies* (WGST)
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The following Women's and Gender Studies courses may be taken for Arts credit: WGST-1200, WGST-1300, WGST-2190, WGST-2360, WGST-2700, WGST-3590, and WGST-3850.

Languages (Humanities)​

  • Arabic (ARAB)
  • French (FREN)
  • German (GRMN)
  • Ancient Greek (GREK)
  • Italian (ITLN)
  • Latin (LATN)
  • Spanish (SPAN)
  • Hebrew (JWST)
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Courses in all languages listed above that may be used to satisfy language requirements include: XXXX-1000, XXXX-1010, XXXX-1020, XXXX-2000, XXXX-2010, XXXX-2020, XXXX-3000, XXXX-3010.

All French Studies courses count as language requirements.

ARAB-1100 and ARAB-1110 also count as language requirements.

All other courses in any language listed above count only as Arts courses.

Social Sciences/Humanities​

  • Anthropology (SACR)
  • Anthrozoology (ANZO)
  • Communication, Media and Film (CMAF, CNMA)
  • Diaspora Studies (DIAS)
  • Disability Studies (DISB)
  • Economics (ECON)*
  • General Courses, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - (SOSC)**
  • Human Geography (HUGR)
  • History (HIST)
  • Interdisciplinary Arts and Science courses (ARSC)
  • Labour Studies (WORK)
  • Political Science (POLS)
  • Psychology (PSYC)
  • Social Justice (SJST)
  • Social Work (SWRK)
  • Sociology (SACR)
  • Women's and Gender Studies (WGST)***
  • Work and Employment Issues (WORK)
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All Economics courses will be permitted to satisfy either Science or Social Science requirements.

The following courses may be taken for Social Science credit: ESTU-1000, and ESTU-2100.

WGST-1200, WGST-1300, WGST-2190, WGST-2360, WGST-2700, WGST-3590, and WGST-3850 can satisfy either a Social Science or an Arts requirement.

Science​

  • Biology (BIOL)
  • Biochemistry (BIOC)
  • Chemistry (CHEM)
  • Computer Science (COMP)
  • Economics (ECON)*
  • School of the Environment (ESCI, ESTU)
  • Forensic Sciences (FRSC)
  • General Courses, Faculty of Science (SCIE)
  • Mathematics (MATH)
  • Physics (PHYS)
  • Statistics (STAT)
  • Women's and Gender Studies (WGST)**
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All Economics courses will be permitted to satisfy either Science or Social Science requirements.

Women's and Gender Studies WGST-2500 will satisfy either a Social Science or a Science requirement.

For students in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences the following Nursing courses will satisfy a Science requirement: NURS-4951NURS-4951, and NURS-3910.

Professional​

  • Business Administration (BUSR, ACCT, MGMT, FINA, MSCI, MKTG, STEN)
  • Education (EDUC)
  • Engineering (GENG, MECH, INDE, MATL, CIVL, ENVE, ELEC)
  • Kinesiology (KINE)
  • Law (LAWG, LAWS, LAWD)
  • Nursing (NURS)