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• Communication and Digital Media Studies

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
  COMM 1420U	Living Digitally
  LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
  SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
  CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  POSC 1000U	Introduction to Political Science
  COMM 1320U	Public Speaking
  PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
  SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
  General elective*	Recommended elective: ALSU 1101U Foundations for Academic Learning and Success

  Electives include any Ontario Tech University course:

  • For which a student has the required prerequisites.
  • That students are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
  • That fits the student’s schedule.

  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 or for further clarification, please consult your academic advisor via email.

• Communication and Digital Media Studies - Advanced Entry

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
  COMM 2110U	Communication Theory: Keyworks
  COMM 1420U	Living Digitally
  COMM 3710U	Intercultural Communication
  COMM 2210U	Researching Communication and Digital Culture
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  COMM 3250U	Pop Culture
  COMM 3510U	Work in the Digital Age
  COMM 3610U	Persuasion
  COMM 2220U	The Media and Communication in Canada
  FSSH elective*	Any year level

  *FSSH electives include any course offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (i.e. CRMN, LGLS, POSC, PSYC, and SSCI) as well as COMM 2240U and COMM 3720U for the winter 2019 semester. 

• Criminology and Justice

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
  CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
  LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
  SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
  COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  POSC 1000U	Political Science
  PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
  POSC 1200U	Introduction to Social Policy
  SSCI 1300U	Social Problems
  Elective	ALSU 1101U Foundations for Academic Learning and Success is recommended

  Electives include any Ontario Tech University course:

  • For which a student has the required prerequisites.
  • That students are not precluded from taking by program restriction.
  • That fits the student’s schedule.

  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 or for further clarification, please consult your academic advisor via email.

• Criminology and Justice - Advanced Entry

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  CRMN 2850U	Classical Theories of Crime
  SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
  Two of CRMN 3050U LGLS 3053U CRMN 3060U	Police and Society Prosecution and Sentencing Punishment and Society
  Elective	PSYC 2030U Abnormal Psychology is recommended
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  CRMN 3850U	Contemporary Theories of Crime
  SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
  SSCI 2920U	Qualitative Methods
  One of CRMN 3010U CRMN 3028U CRMN 3052U CRMN 3056U	Social Justice and Conflict Women in the Criminal Justice System Policing Diverse Communities Race-ing Justice
  One of CRMN 3022U CRMN 3025U CRMN 3027U	Hate Crime Victimology Delinquency, Deviance &Youth Crime

• Forensic Psychology

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  BIOL 1841U	Essentials of Biology
  COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
  SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
  CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
  LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  FSCI 1010U	Introductory Forensic Science
  POSC 1000U	Political Science
  PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
  SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
  Elective	ALSU 1101U Foundations for Academic Learning and Success is recommended.

  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 or for further clarification, please consult your academic advising team via email.

• Forensic Psychology - Advanced Entry

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  BIOL 1841U	Essentials of Biology (OR two college biology courses)
  PSYC 2030U	Abnormal Psychology
  SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
  PSYC 2010U	Developmental Psychology
  PSYC 2060U	Cognitive Psychology
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  PSYC 3210U	Forensic Psychology
  SSCI 2910U	Data Analysis
  PSYC 2020U	Social Psychology
  PSYC 2050U	Brain and Behaviour
  FSSH elective*	Must be a 3000U-level course

  *FSSH electives include any course offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (i.e. COMM, CRMN, LGLS, POSC, PSYC, SSCI)

• Legal Studies

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication
  LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
  SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
  CRMN1000U	Intro to Criminal Justice
  PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  POSC 1000U	Political Science
  POSC 1200U	Introduction to Social Policy
  SSCI 1300U	Social Problems
  SSCI 1910U	Writing for Social Sciences
  Elective	Recommended ALSU 1101U Foundations for Academic Learning and Success should be taken as an 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 or for further clarification, please consult your academic advising team via email.

• Legal Studies - Advanced Entry

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  LGLS 2100U	Public Law
  LGLS 2110U	Private Law
  LGLS 2200U	Legal Theory
  LGLS 2940U	Legal Research Methods
  LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  Two of LGLS 2120U LGLS 2420U LGLS 2500U	International Law Canadian Human Rights Law Information and Privacy Law
  One of LGLS 3310U LGLS 3300U	Indigenous Peoples, Law and the State in Canada Disability and the Law
  LGLS 3200U	Sociology of Law
  LGLS elective	This includes courses with the LGLS prefix, plus CRMN 2010U Criminal Law, and LGLS 2011U Immigration and Refugee Law.

  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 or for further clarification, please consult your academic advising team via email.

• Political Science

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

  Semester 1	15 credit hours
  COMM 1100U	Introduction to Communication Studies
  SOCI 1000U	Introductory Sociology
  CRMN 1000U	Introduction to Criminal Justice
  LGLS 1000U	Foundations of Legal Studies
  General elective	ALSU 1101U – Foundations for Academic Learning and Success is a recommended elective
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  SSCI 1910U	Writing for the Social Sciences
  POSC 1000U	Political Science
  PSYC 1000U	Introductory Psychology
  POSC 1200U	Introduction to Social Policy
  General elective

• Political Science - Advanced Entry

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

  Semester I	15 credit hours
  POSC 2200U	Fundamentals of Policy Analysis
  POSC  3000U	Policy, Democracy and Governance
  SSCI 2900U	Research Methods
  POSC 3101	Inequality and Development
  One of POSC 3601U POSC 3602U	The Politics of Health or Labour in the Global Economy
  Semester 2	15 credit hours
  POSC 2000U	Canadian Politics
  POSC 3800U	Principles of Economics and Political Economy
  POSC 3600U	Politics of Education in Canada
  FSSH elective*	Any year level
  FSSH elective*	Any year level

  *FSSH electives include any course offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (i.e. COMM, CRMN, LGLS, POSC, PSYC, SSCI)