In partial fulfillment of the B.Sc. Global Designation, students may complete a minimum of 6 credits from 成人大片 courses with a substantial global component. Such courses must be at the 200-level or above, and may not be a "General Interest" type of course. Courses from both within Science and in other faculties may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Pre-approved courses
B.Sc. students may fulfil the 6 credit requirement with the following courses:
AGEC 442. Economics of International Agricultural Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Agricultural Economics (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
The course deals with economic aspects of international development with emphasis on the role of food, agriculture and the resource sector in the economy of developing countries. Topics will include world food analysis, development project analysis and policies for sustainable development. Development case studies will be used.- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: AGEC 200 or AGEC 201 or equivalent
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AGRI 411. Global Issues on Development, Food and Agriculture.
Credits: 3Offered by: Animal Science (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
International development and world food security and challenges in developing countries. Soil and water management, climate change, demographic issues, plant and animal resources conservation, bio-products and biofuels, economic and environmental issues specially in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Globalization, sustainable development, technology transfer and human resources needs for rural development.- Winter
- Two 2-hour conferences
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ANTH 227. Medical Anthropology.
Credits: 3Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Beliefs and practices concerning sickness and healing are examined in a variety of Western and non-Western settings. Special attention is given to cultural constructions of the body and to theories of disease causation and healing efficacy. Topics include international health, medical pluralism, transcultural psychiatry, and demography.- Fall
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ANTH 318. Globalization and Religion.
Credits: 3Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The interactions between religion and the economic, social and cultural transformations of globalization: relations between globalization and contemporary religious practice, meaning, and influence at personal and collective levels.- Winter
- Prerequisites: U2 standing or above and ANTH 209, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 355 or ANTH 352 or RELG 207
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BUSA 356. Management in Global Context.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Contemporary issues in international management illustrating unique challenges faced in IB, including legal and political foundations of international management, cross-cultural awareness, global mindset, global leadership, building effective international workforce and operations.- This optional course is part of the Brazil Study Abroad Program which has a fee of $3,134.32 which includes a 12 day trip to Brazil for company visits and classes. The fee includes accommodation in Brazil, breakfasts, local course related transportation, as well as instructor costs.
- Corequisite: MGCR 382
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- Course information not available.
- Course information not available.
CEFN 106. Fundamentals of French Grammar and Writing.
Credits: 3Offered by: Global & Strategic Comm. (School of Continuing Studies)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
For students at an Elementary level wishing to acquire competency in reading and writing at this level. Vocabulary and grammar through written/oral exercises and communicative activities are aimed at helping students develop the linguistic skills required to operate in various simple social and cultural contexts.- Prerequisite(s): CEFN 104 or CEFN 107 or Entrance Placement Test or Permission of the Director.
- **Although this course follows a Tuesday class schedule, there will be a make up class on Friday, June 27th and Friday, July 4th due to statutory holidays on both Tuesday, June 24th and Tuesday, July 1st.
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ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
Credits: 3Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Prerequisite: ECON 208 and either ECON 209 or one development course.
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ECON 314. Economic Development 2.
Credits: 3Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
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ECON 347. Economics of Climate Change.
Credits: 3Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.- Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 or those listed under Prerequisites above
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ENVR 200. The Global Environment.
Credits: 3Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
A systems approach to study the different components of the environment involved in global climate change: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. The interactions among these components. Their role in global climate change. The human dimension to global change.- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
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ENVR 201. Society, Environment and Sustainability.
Credits: 3Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.- Fall
- Section 001: Downtown Campus
- Section 051: Macdonald Campus
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ENVR 519. Global Environmental Politics.
Credits: 3Offered by: Bieler School of Environment (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
How the problem of environmental degradation is dealt with at the international level. The scope and nature of global environmental protection issues that cross boundaries, both physical and conceptual. Actors, structures and processes of international society. Consideration of global commons and transnational resources and of environmental externalities.- Prerequisite: ENVR 201 or ENVR 203 or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Open to students in the Environment Graduate Option (available to other students with permission of instructor). (Not open to students who have taken ENVR 580 -- section 001 -- in Winter 2002, Fall 2003, or Fall 2004
- Note: This course has been offered three times as a Topics in Environment Course
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- Course information not available.
FINE 482. International Finance 1.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The international financial environment as it affects the multinational manager. Balance of payments concepts, adjustment process of the external imbalances and the international monetary system. In depth study of the institutional and theoretical aspects of foreign exchange markets; international capital markets, including Eurobonds and eurocredit markets.- Formerly MGMT 482
- Formerly MGMT 482
- Prerequisite: MGCR 341
- Prerequisite: MGCR 341
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GEOG 200. Geographical Perspectives: World Environmental Problems.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Introduction to geography as the study of nature and human beings in a spatial context. An integrated approach to environmental systems and the human organization of them from the viewpoint of spatial relationships and processes. Special attention to environmental problems as a constraint upon Third World development.- 3 hours
- Fall
- 3 hours
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GEOG 205. Global Change: Past, Present and Future.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
An examination of global change, from the Quaternary Period to the present day involving changes in the physical geography of specific areas. Issues such as climatic change and land degradation will be discussed, with speculations on future environments.- Winter
- 3 hours
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GEOG 210. Global Places and Peoples.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Introduction to key themes in human geography. Maps and the making, interpretation and contestation of landscapes, 'place', and territory. Investigation of globalization and the spatial organization of human geo-politics, and urban and rural environments.- Winter
- 3 hours
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GEOG 216. Geography of the World Economy.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.- Fall
- 3 hours
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GEOG 217. Cities in the Modern World.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
An introduction to urban geography. Uses a spatial/geographic perspective to understand cities and their social and cultural processes. Addresses two major areas. The development and social dynamics in North American and European cities. The urban transformations in Asian, African, and Latin American societies that were recently predominantly rural and agrarian.- Note: Winter
- Note: 3 hours
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GEOG 303. Health Geography.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Discussion of the research questions and methods of health geography. Particular emphasis on health inequalities at multiple geographic scales and the theoretical links between characteristics of places and the health of people.- Winter
- Prerequisite: One of the following: ENVR 201; GEOG 201, GEOG 203, GEOG 210, GEOG 216, GEOG 217; or permission of the instructor.
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GEOG 310. Development and Livelihoods.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Geographical dimensions of rural/urban livelihoods in the face of socioeconomic and environmental change in developing regions. Emphasis on household natural resource use, survival strategies and vulnerability, decision-making, formal and informal institutions, migration, and development experience in contrasting global environments.- Winter
- Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or ENVR 201 or INTD 200
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GEOG 311. Economic Geography.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Different theories and approaches to understanding the spatial organization of economic activities. Regional case studies drawn from North America, Europe and Asia used to reinforce concepts. Emphasis also on city-regions and their interaction with the global economy.- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 316. Political Geography.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The study of the spatial dimensions of political activities and developments at the regional, national and global levels in historical and contemporary perspective. Presentation of case studies relating to the theoretical framework of political geography.- Fall
- 3 hours
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GEOG 360. Analyzing Sustainability.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Examines challenges to sustainability through a series of case studies to illustrate the analytical approaches used to understand the linkages between scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional, ethical, and human behavioural aspect of systems. Includes cases that are thematic and place-based, national and international, spanning from the local to global scales.- Winter
- Prerequisites: ENVR 201 or equivalent; and GEOG 203 or ENVR 200 or ESYS 200 or equivalent; or permission of instructor
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GEOG 403. Global Health and Environmental Change.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
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GEOG 470. Wetlands.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
An examination of the structure, function and utility of wetlands. Topics include the fluxes of energy and water, wetland biogeochemistry, plant ecology in freshwater and coastal wetlands and wetlands use, conservation and restoration. Field trip(s) are envisaged to illustrate issues covered in class.- Fall
- 3 hours
- Restriction: Permission of instructor.
- Note: A fee of $169.95 is charged to all students registered in GEOG 470. The fee will be used to support the cost of transportation (van rental, parking, and gas) additional cost for accommodations and food will be the students responsibility. The trip is required and will give students an opportunity to conduct field study in at least 3 different types of wetlands.
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GEOG 530. Global Land and Water Resources.
Credits: 3Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Linkage of physical processes (hydrology and ecosystems) with issues of societal and socio-economic relevance (land, food, and water use appropriation for human well-being). Application of a holistic perspective on land, food and water issues in an international setting, highlighting linkages, feedbacks and trade-offs in an Earth system context.- Prerequisite(s): GEOG 203 or ESYS 200 or ENVR 200 or equivalent; GEOG 322 or BREE 217 or equivalent; or permission of instructor.
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HIST 240. Modern History of Islamic Movements.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Islamic revival in the Middle East which led to the rise of different versions of Islamic traditions and beliefs. Emphasis on the nature and character of leading nationalist and Islamic movements and their ideologues since the late 19th century.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
HIST 262. Mediterranean and European Interconnections.
Credits: 3Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Introduction to the cultural practices and political experiences that have shaped the Eastern Mediterranean and South-Eastern Europe examined diachronically. Topics adressed include empires and nations, religion, politics of memory and space, archeology and historical legacies, migrations.- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken HIST 462.
- The course is composed of two to four interrelated seminars and includes field excursions. One section of 30 students maximum will be offered.
- There is a fee of $3,300 (in 2018) for the 成人大片 Summer Studies in Greece activity associated with registration in course HIST 262. The fee includes accommodation based on double room occupancy, meals, onsite visits, course packs and travel within Greece when associated with onsite visits. Students are responsible for their own travel arrangements and travel insurance costs.
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INDR 492. Globalization and Labour Policy.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Exploration of contemporary labour policies around the world in the context of globalization. Topics include labour market functioning, international trade, technological change, flexibility, employment standards, protective legislation, employment practices.- Prerequisite: INDR 294
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INTD 200. Introduction to International Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Inst for the St of Development (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of International Development Studies focusing on the theory and practice of development. It examines various approaches to international development, including past and present relationships between developed and underdeveloped societies, and pays particular attention to power and resource distribution globally and within nations.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
INTD 397. Topics in International Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Inst for the St of Development (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Examines topics in specific problem areas in International Development Studies. Content varies every term.- Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course related to International Development, or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only.
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- Course information not available.
MGCR 382. International Business.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.- Formerly MGMT 382
- Summer - Section 061 (03-May-2005/21-Jun-2005)
- Restriction: Not open to U0 students.
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MGPO 469. Managing Globalization.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This course explores economic and social consequences of globalization, focusing on the most pertinent issues at the time. Topics include the existing global imbalances; the opportunities and risks presented by large cross border capital flows; and the role of institutions, and organizational and policy responses in crisis hit countries.- Recommended: MGCR 423
- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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MGPO 475. Strategies for Developing Countries.
Credits: 3Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Strategic management challenges in developing and emerging economies. Focus on strategies that foster both firm competitiveness and economic development, including: technological capabilities, new forms of organization, small and large firms, global production, social impact, global standards and governance.- Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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MIMM 390. SEA-PHAGES: Phage Discovery.
Credits: 3Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Microbiology and molecular biology content about bacteriophages, followed by hands-on experience through isolation and characterization of novel bacteriophages from soil samples using various microbiology and virology techniques.- Corequisites: MIMM 323, MIMM 324, MIMM 384
- Prerequisites: MIMM 211, MIMM 212, BIOL 200
- Restrictions: Open to Microbiology and Immunology U2 and U3 students.
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MIMM 391. SEA-PHAGES: Genome Annotation.
Credits: 3Offered by: Microbiology & Immunology (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Introduction to bioinformatics as a tool to further bacteriophage research by using computer programs and software to annotate genomes of bacteriophages.- Corequisites: MIMM 323, MIMM 324, MIMM 384
- Prerequisites: MIMM 211, MIMM 212, BIOL 200
- Restrictions: Open to Microbiology and Immunology U2 and U3 students.
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- Course information not available.
NUTR 341. Global Food Security.
Credits: 3Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026View offerings for or in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Food insecurity is one of the most critical issues humanity has faced in history. The magnitude of this phenomenon, reflected in its worldwide presence and in the number of individuals affected, makes it an imperative component of all nations' and of all internaltional agencies' agendas. Its complexity of determinants and its numerous consequences require the involvement of multipe disciplines and sectors. 成人大片 undergraduate students as future professionals tackling global issues require an integrated and multidisciplinary training on food security.- Corequisite(s): NUTR 207 or permission of Instructor
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NUTR 501. Nutrition in the Majority World.
Credits: 3Offered by: Human Nutrition (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)Terms offered: Fall 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Current nutrition-related issues in the Majority World, emphasizing young children and other vulnerable groups. The integration of a life science and social science perspective. The multiple causes, consequences, policies, and interventions related to current nutrition.- Fall
- One 3-hr lecture
- Prerequisite: A course in nutrition across the lifespan at the intermediate undergraduate level such as NUTR 337, or permission of the instructor.
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PHIL 237. Contemporary Moral Issues.
Credits: 3Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
An introductory discussion of central ethical questions (the value of persons, or the relationship of rights and utilities, for example) through the investigation of currently disputed social and political issues. Specific issues to be discussed may include pornography and censorship, affirmative action, civil disobedience, punishment, abortion, and euthanasia.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
PPHS 501. Population Health and Epidemiology.
Credits: 3Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This course presents concepts and methods of epidemiology at the introductory level. The use of epidemiologic methods for population and public health research and practice will be illustrated. A review of selected population health questions such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the cardiovascular disease epidemic, cigarette smoking, or screening for disease will be presented.- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 501.
- Course not open to students enrolled in Epidemiology or Public Health programs.
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PPHS 511. Fundamentals of Global Health.
Credits: 3Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This exciting and interactive course aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their understanding and knowledge of global health issues, including global burden of diseases, determinants of health, transition in health and drivers of such transition, challenges in healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings, and the variety of agencies and actors engaged in addressing global health challenges. The course consists of lectures, case studies, debates, discussions and small group work.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
PPHS 529. Global Environmental Health and Burden of Disease.
Credits: 3Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
This course presents the grand challenges in global health from environmental and occupational risks along with the multi-disciplinary methods used to identify, control, and prevent them. It will introduce students to knowledge and skills in core disciplines of environmental health and approaches to environmental risk recognition, control and prevention in a global context.- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken EPIB 529.
- 1. Permission of instructor required for undergraduate students.
- 2.This course is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from all departments.
- 3. Previous coursework in statistics and environmental science is useful, though not required.
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POLI 342. Canadian Foreign Policy.
Credits: 3Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The development and articulation of Canadian foreign policy. Theoretical approaches. The environmental setting. Historical perspectives. Trans-Atlantic linkages. The American connection. The Common Market. The United Nations. Military security. Developing relations with Asia, Africa, Latin America. Canada in global society.- Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics or International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The fields are International Politics and Canadian Politics.
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POLI 345. International Organizations.
Credits: 3Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.- Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
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POLI 362. Political Theory and International Relations.
Credits: 3Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Key contributions of political theory to the study and practice of international relations. Three prevailing theoretical traditions will be examined: realism, 'international society', and cosmopolitanism. Key practical issues to be explored from these perspectives include war, humanitarian intervention, economic globalization, environment, and gender.- Prerequisites: A 200 or 300-level course in political theory, and POLI 243 or POLI 244
- Note: The fields are International Politics and Political Theory.
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PSYC 352. Research Methods and Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology.
Credits: 3Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Introduction to research methods and experimental techniques in cognitive psychology for exploring topics such as attention, memory, categorization, reasoning, and language processing.- Students will be admitted on the basis of a written application on forms available from the Department (Room N7/9). Applications must be submitted by first day of class
- Restriction: Requires departmental approval.
- Winter
- 1 hour lecture, weekly lab
- Prerequisite: PSYC 213 and PYSC 305.
- Restriction: Open to U2 students or above
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PSYC 353. Research Methods and Laboratory in Human Perception.
Credits: 3Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Introduction to standard psychophysical procedures and data analysis techniques. Modelling behavioural data using various psychophysical methods.- Students will be admitted on the basis of a written application on forms available from the Department (Room N7/9). Applications must be submitted by August 15
- Prerequisite(s): PSYC 212 and PSYC 305
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 students and above.
- 1. Winter
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PSYC 415. Electroencephalography (EEG) Laboratory in Psychology.
Credits: 3Offered by: Psychology (Faculty of Science)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Introduction to the use of electroencephalography (EEG) for measuring brain function in behavioural neuroscience experiments. Recording and analyzing EEG data, as well asin designing experiments and interpreting findings using this method. Topics include the neural basis of EEG, recording principles and techniques, EEG data analysis (frequency bands, averaging, sources of noise, filtering, signal to noise), event-related potential analysis (ERP), spectral analysis and time-frequency analysis, data visualization, topographical maps.- Prerequisites: PSYC 211 (or NCSI 201), PSYC 212, and PSYC 213
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RELG 203. Bible and Western Culture.
Credits: 3Offered by: Religious Studies (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
To provide students of the humanities with knowledge of the Bible as a tool for interpreting religious references in Western literature, art and music. Biblical stories (e.g. Creation, Exodus), key figures (e.g. David, Job, Mary), and common motifs (e.g. Holy City, Pilgrimage, Bride) are explored, then illustrated by later cultural forms.- Fall and Winter
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SOCI 307. Globalization.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility.- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
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SOCI 309. Health and Illness.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
SOCI 365. Health and Development.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
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SOCI 519. Gender and Globalization.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms.- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
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SOCI 560. Labour and Globalization.
Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The relationship between labour and globalization, focusing on globalization of production, working conditions, national labour responses, and the emergence of transnational campaigns for labour rights and new forms of private regulation.- Prerequisite: SOCI 307 or Permission of Instructor
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URBP 201. Planning the 21st Century City.
Credits: 3Offered by: Urban Planning (Faculty of Engineering)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
The study of how urban planners respond to the challenges posed by contemporary cities world-wide. Urban problems related to the environment, shelter, transport, human health, livelihoods and governance are addressed; innovative plans to improve cities and city life are analyzed.- (3-1-5)
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Other courses
To apply for a course not currently found on this pre-approved list to be added to the list, please send a detailed course outline/syllabus to the B.Sc. Global Designation Coordinator before the deadlines indicated. Please allow at least two weeks to process your request.