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Fall 2021 and winter 2022 start program maps

What is a program map?

Program maps provide you with the required course names and course codes to ensure you are enrolled in the correct courses for your program.

If your program started in fall 2021, please see below for your program maps for fall 2021 and winter 2022 semesters.

If your program starts in winter 2022, please see our winter start program maps web page.

What is an elective?

Electives are courses you can choose. Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH) electives include any course offered by the FSSH.

General electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

Find your program

Communication and Digital Media Studies

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Communication and Digital Media Studies program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	COMM 1420U	Living Digitally
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	SOCI 1000U	Introduction Sociology

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	COMM 1320U	Public Speaking
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
Winter 2022	Elective	General elective

Upper-year students:

If you have been admitted to upper-year standing, please follow the program map for your program that is specified in the current undergraduate calendar. For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Communication and Digital Media Studies – Advanced Entry

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Communication and Digital Media Studies – Advanced Entry program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	COMM 2110U	Communication Theory: Keyworks
Fall 2021	COMM 1420U	Living Digitally
Fall 2021	COMM 3710U	Intercultural Communication
Fall 2021	COMM 2210U	Researching Communication and Digital Culture

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	COMM 3250U	Pop Culture
Winter 2022	COMM 3510U	Work in the Digital Age
Winter 2022	COMM 3610U	Persuasion
Winter 2022	COMM 2220U	The Media in Canada
Winter 2022	FSSH elective*

*FSSH electives are any courses offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (e.g. COMM, CRMN, LBAT, LGLS, POSC, SSCI prefixes and INDG 2000U*).

Students must meet the prerequisites and other restrictions for their courses, including FSSH electives.

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Communication and Digital Media Studies – General Arts and Science Transfer

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Communication and Digital Media Studies – General Arts and Science Transfer program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 2110U	Communication Theory: Keyworks
Fall 2021	COMM 2210U	Researching Communication and Digital Culture
Fall 2021	COMM 2530U	Advertising and Society
Fall 2021	COMM 2620U	Interpersonal Communication
Fall 2021	COMM 2270U	Entertainment Goes Global

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	COMM 2220U	The Media in Canada
Winter 2022	COMM 2311U	Writing and Publishing in the Digital Age
Winter 2022	COMM 2410U	History of Communication Technology
Winter 2022	COMM 2411U	Digital Media Policy
Winter 2022	Elective	General elective

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Criminology and Justice

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Criminology and Justice program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Fall 2021	SSCI 1910U or General elective*	Writing for the Social Sciences or General elective

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	POSC 1200U	Intro to Democracy in Theory & Practice
Winter 2022	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 1300U	Social Problems
Winter 2022	SSCI 1910U or General elective*	Writing for the Social Sciences or General elective

*Ensure that both SSCI 1910U and a general elective are taken during your first year of study to stay on track.

General electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

Upper-year students:

Criminology and Justice – Advanced Entry

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Criminology and Justice – Advanced Entry program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	CRMN 2850U	Classical Theories of Crime
Fall 2021	SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
Fall 2021	Two (2) of CRMN 3050U CRMN 3040U CRMN 3060U	Police and Society Restorative Justice Punishment and Society
Fall 2021	Elective	PSYC 2030U Abnormal Psychology is recommended

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	CRMN 3850U	Contempoary Theories of Crime
Winter 2022	SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
Winter 2022	SSCI 2920U	Qualitative Methods
Winter 2022	One (1) of CRMN 3010U CRMN 3056U	Social Justice and Conflict Race-ing Justice
Winter 2022	One (1) of CRMN 3020U CRMN 3024U CRMN 3026U CRMN 3045U	Corporate Crime Criminal Gangs Organized Crime Terrorism

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Criminology and Justice – General Arts and Science Transfer

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Criminology and Justice – General Arts and Science Transfer program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	CRMN 2850U	Classical Theories of Crime
Fall 2021	SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
Fall 2021	One (1) of CRMN 2050U CRMN 2830U	Rights and Wrongs in the Justice System Theories of Justice
Fall 2021	Two (2) Electives

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
Winter 2022	SSCI 2920U	Qualitative Research Methods
Winter 2022	One (1) of CRMN 2010U LGLS 2011U	Criminal Law Immigration & Refugee Law
Winter 2022	One (1) of SSCI 2020U SSCI 2021U	Issues in Diversity Issues in the Family
Winter 2022	Elective

Electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Forensic Psychology

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Forensic Psychology program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	BIOL 1841U	Essentials of Biology
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology

Winter 2022

Semester 2- 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	FSCI 1010U	Introduction to Forensic Science
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Winter 2022	SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
Winter 2022	Elective	General elective

Upper-year students:

Forensic Psychology – Advanced Entry

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Forensic Psychology - Advanced Entry program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	BIOL 1841U	Essentials of Biology (or two college biology courses)
Fall 2021	PSYC 2030U	Abnormal Psychology
Fall 2021	SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
Fall 2021	PSYC 2010U	Developmental Psychology
Fall 2021	PSYC 2060U	Cognitive Psychology

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	PSYC 2020U	Social Psychology
Winter 2022	PSYC 2050U	Brain and Behaviour
Winter 2022	PSYC 3210U	Forensic Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
Winter 2022	FSSH elective (3000 level or higher)*

*FSSH electives are any courses offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (e.g. COMM, CRMN, LBAT, LGLS, POSC and SSCI).

Students must meet the prerequisites and other restrictions for their courses, including FSSH electives.

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Forensic Psychology – General Arts and Science Transfer

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Forensic Psychology - General Arts and Science Transfer program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	PSYC 2010U	Developmental Psychology
Fall 2021	PSYC 2030U	Abnormal Psychology
Fall 2021	PSYC 2060U	Cognitive Psychology
Fall 2021	SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
Fall 2021	BIOL 1841U	Essentials of Biology

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	PSYC 2020U	Social Psychology
Winter 2022	PSYC 2050U	Brain and Behavior
Winter 2022	PSYC 3210U	Forensic Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
Winter 2022	Elective	General elective

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Legal Studies

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Legal Studies program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Fall 2021	SSCI 1910U or General elective*	Writing for the Social Sciences or General elective

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	POSC 1200U	Intro to Democracy in Theory & Practice
Winter 2022	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 1300U	Social Problems
Winter 2022	SSCI 1910U or General elective*	Writing for the Social Sciences or General elective

*Ensure that both SSCI 1910U and a General elective are taken during your first year of study to stay on track.

General electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

Upper-year students:

Legal Studies – Advanced Entry

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Legal Studies – Advanced Entry Program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	LGLS 2100U	Public Law
Fall 2021	LGLS 2110U	Private Law
Fall 2021	LGLS 2200U	Legal Theory
Fall 2021	LGLS 2940U	Legal Research Methods
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	Two (2) of LGLS 2120U LGLS 2420U LGLS 2500U	International Law Canadian Humans Rights Information and Privacy Law
Winter 2022	LGLS 3310U	Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada
Winter 2022	One (1) of LGLS 3520U LGLS 3700U	Law and Technology Law and Power
Winter 2022	LGLS elective	LGLS electives are CRMN 2010U, CRMN 4032U, LGLS 2011U or LGLS 3620U*

*Requires LGLS 2420U as a co-requisite

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Legal Studies – General Arts and Science Transfer

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Legal Studies – General Arts and Science Transfer Program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	LGLS 2100U	Public Law
Fall 2021	LGLS 2110U	Private Law
Fall 2021	LGLS 2200U	Legal Theory
Fall 2021	LGLS 2940U	Legal Research Methods
Fall 2021	Elective

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	Two (2) of LGLS 2120U LGLS 2420U LGLS 2500U**	International Law Canadian Human Rights Law Information and Privacy Law
Winter 2022	CRMN 3040U	Restorative Justice
Winter 2022	Two (2) Electives

** If considering a specialization, we recommend choosing all three options, as they are required for future specializations. If taking all three, one will count as an elective if you remain in the comprehensive program.

Electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Liberal Studies

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Liberal Studies program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Fall 2021	General elective

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
Winter 2022	Two (2) electives	General elective

General electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

Upper-year students:

Political Science

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Political Science program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Fall 2021	General Elective

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	POSC 1200U	Introduction to Democracy in Theory & Practice
Winter 2022	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
Winter 2022	SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
Winter 2022	Elective	General elective

General electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

Upper-year students:

Political Science – Advanced Entry

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Political Science – Advanced Entry program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	POSC 2100U	Global Politics
Fall 2021	POSC 2200U	Fundamentals of Policy Theory
Fall 2021	POSC 3000U	Policy, Democracy and Governance
Fall 2021	POSC 3750U	American Politics and Political Culture
Fall 2021	SSCI 2900U	Research Methods

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 3800U	Principles of Economics and Political Economy
Winter 2022	POSC 3303U	Policies of Sustainability
Winter 2022	Two (2) of POSC 3203U POSC 3602U POSC 3602U	Urban Development Labour in the Global Economy Housing Policy
Winter 2022	FSSH elective*

*FSSH electives are any courses offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (e.g. COMM, CRMN, LBAT, LGLS, POSC, SSCI prefixes and INDG 2000U*).

Students must meet the prerequisites and other restrictions for their courses, including FSSH electives.

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Political Science – General Arts and Science Transfer

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Political Science – General Arts and Science Transfer program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	POSC 2100U	Global Politics
Fall 2021	POSC 2200U	Fundamentals of Policy Theory
Fall 2021	POSC 2300U	Mobilizing for Change
Fall 2021	SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
Fall 2021	General Elective

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 2000U	Canadian Politics
Winter 2022	POSC 2502U	Community Development Policy
Winter 2022	One (1) of SSCI 2910U SSCI 2920U	Data Analysis Qualitative Methods
Winter 2022	Two (2) of General electives (must be 2000 level or higher)

General electives include any course:

Where you have the required prerequisites.
Where you are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
That fits your schedule.

For further clarification, please email your academic advisor.

Psychology – Bachelor of Arts

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Psychology – Bachelor of Arts program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	BIOL 1841U	Essentials of Biology
Fall 2021	COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
Fall 2021	CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
Fall 2021	LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
Fall 2021	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
Winter 2022	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Winter 2022	SSSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
Winter 2022	Two (2) electives	General electives

Upper-year students:

Psychology – Bachelor of Science

The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Psychology – Bachelor of Science program:

Fall 2021

Semester 1 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Fall 2021	BIOL 1010U	Biology I
Fall 2021	CHEM 1010U	Chemistry I
Fall 2021	MATH 1015U	Mathematics for Bioscience
Fall 2021	PHY 1030U	Introductory Physics
Fall 2021	PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology

Winter 2022

Semester 2 - 15 credit hours	Course	Course Title
Winter 2022	BIOL 1020U	Biology II
Winter 2022	CHEM 1020U	Chemistry II
Winter 2022	PHY 1040U	Physics for Biosciences
Winter 2022	SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
Winter 2022	Elective	General elective

Upper-year students:

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