Approved First Year Non-Technical Elective Courses 2011-2012

The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) requires that engineering programs include a course requirement that teaches the central issues, methodologies and thought processes of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Please note that language courses DO NOT meet this requirement.

American Studies

1020: An Introduction to American Studies

Anthropology

1025F/G: Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
1026F/G: Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
1027A/B: Introduction to Linguistics

Classical Studies

1000: Classical Civilization

Comparative Literature and Culture

1020: From Homer to Picasso: Western Culture Across the Ages
1023: Sex and Culture

Economics

1021A/B: Principles of Microeconomics
1022A/B: Principles of Macroeconomics

English

1020E: Introduction to English Literatures and Cultures
1022E: Advanced Introduction to English Literatures and Cultures
1024E: Forms of Fiction: Introduction to Narrative
1027F/G: The Storyteller’s Art I: Introduction to Narrative
1028F/G: The Storyteller’s Art II: Topics in Narrative

Film Studies

1020E: An Introduction to Film

First Nations Studies

1020E: Introduction to First Nations Studies

Geography

1100: Fundamentals of Geography
1400F/G: People, Places and Landscapes
1500F/G: Society and Nature

Health Sciences

1001A/B: Personal Determinants of Health
1002A/B: Social Determinants of Health

History

1401E: Modern Europe, 1715 to the Present
1403E: Totalitarianism
1601E: Survey of East Asian History
1701E: Comparative History of Canada, the United States and Mexico
1803E: Introduction to the History of Business and Commerce
1805E: Science, Technology, and Global History

Linguistics
Linguistics 1028A/B: Linguistics: Applications and Extensions

Media, Information and Technoculture

1200F/G: Media in Society
1700F/G: FYI: Information and Its Contexts

Music

1102A/B: Listening to Music
1170A/B: Music in Global Contexts I
#1701A/B: Selected Composer Study
#1710F/G: Music History: Introduction
#1711F/G: Music History: c.900 to c.1600 (prerequisite is Music 1710F/G)

Philosophy

1020: Introduction to Philosophy
1022E: Advanced Introduction to Philosophy
1100E: Philosophy from Antiquity to the 20th Century
1130F/G: Big Ideas
1200: Reasoning and Critical Thinking
1305F/G: Questions of the Day

Political Science

1020E: Introduction to Political Science

Psychology

1000: Introduction to Psychology

Sociology

1020: Introduction to Sociology
1021E: Introduction to Sociology

Visual Arts History

1040: A History of Art and Visual Culture
1050F/G: Collecting Art and Culture
1051F/G: Revivals in Art and Culture
1052F/G: Art and Popular Culture
1054F/G: Introduction to Visual Culture
1020: Foundations of Visual Arts

Women's Studies

1020E: Introduction to Women's Studies

# Permission from the Faculty of Music is required to enroll in these courses.

The following courses are available at the Affiliated Colleges. Western students may register for these courses during course selection provided they are not restricted to the Affiliated College students.

Brescia

Family Studies 1020
Foods and Nutrition 1021
History 1201E
Philosophy 1230A/B
Philosophy 1300E
Religious Studies 1025E
Religious Studies 1026F/G
Religious Studies 1028F/G
Religious Studies 1031E
Religious Studies 1032A/B

Huron

English 1035E, English 1036E
Centre for Global Studies 1000E
Centre for Global Studies 1021F/G
Centre for Global Studies 1022F/G
Centre for Global Studies 1023F/G
History 1201E, History 1203E
History 1601E, History 1801E
Philosophy 1230A/B, Philosophy 1250F/G
Philosophy 1300E, Philosophy 1350F/G
Philosophy 1370A/B
Theological Studies 1020E

King's

Childhood and Social Institutions 1020
History 1201E, History 1801E
Philosophy 1150E, Philosophy 1300E,
Philosophy 1360E, Philosophy 1361E
Religious Studies 1022A/B
Religious Studies 1023E
Religious Studies 1027E
Religious Studies 1033A/B
Social Justice and Peace Studies 1020E
Social Work 1020

NOTE:
If you think you might be interested in pursuing the WE Go Global Certificate or the Technological Entrepreneurship Certificate, you are encouraged to take the following courses to count as your first year 1.0 credits of non-technical elective.

WE Go Global (first year):

0.5 course from:
    CGS 1021F/G: Introduction to Problems in Knowing the World
    CGS 1022F/G: Introduction to Globalization
    CGS 1023F/G: Introduction to Global Development
    GEOG 1300A/B: Physical Geography
    GEOG 1400F/G: People, Places and Landscapes
    GEOG 1500F/G: Society and Nature

and 0.5 course from:
    CGS 2002F/G: Problems in Global Development
    CGS 2003F/G: Discourses of Global Studies
    CGS 2004F/G: Critique of Capitalism
    GEOG 2060A/B: World Cities
    GEOG 2143A/B: Foundations of the Geography of World Business
    GEOG 2155F/G: Development and Change in Human Landscapes
    SOCI 2107A/B: Population and Environment: Theory, Practice and Debate

See CGS course descriptions, prerequisites, credits: Academic Calendar 2011
For all other 2011 course descriptions: here

Technological Entrepreneurship Certificate (first year):

Economics 1021a/b - Principals of Microeconomics
Economics 1022 a/b - Principals of Macroeconomics

* If you are interested in taking a non-technical elective course that is not on the approved list for engineering students, please email your request and the Western course code to Karen Murray.