ELECTIVE COURSES

All students are required to do elective credits — courses that are not a part of your program of study. What those are, and from where they come, will depend on such things as your degree, program or faculty.

Below, students can find a list of courses that are open to all students (no prerequisites — unless stated — and no restrictions).

Students may also choose to organize their elective credits based on a thematic selective group of courses (there may be prerequisites and restrictions).

The Faculty of Arts and Science’s Elective Groups, are open to all students.

Faculty of Arts and Science’s Elective Groups

Arts and Science courses by department

Other faculties

Elective Courses

Arts & Science

Biology

BIOL 200 A (Winter) – Students registered in a Biology or Biochemistry program may not take this course for credit
BIOL 202 01 (Fall) – Science, and students in Minor in Biology, cannot take this course for credit
BIOL 202 EC (Winter) – Students registered in a Biology or Biochemistry program may not take this course for credit
BIOL 203 EC (Summer) – Students registered in a Biology or Biochemistry program may not take this course for credit
BIOL 203 EC (Fall) – Students registered in a Biology or Biochemistry program may not take this course for credit
BIOL 203 EC (Winter) – Students registered in a Biology or Biochemistry program may not take this course for credit
BIOL 205 01 (Fall)
BIOL 206 A (winter) – Students who have received credit for BIOL 261 may not take this course for credit

BIOL descriptions

Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEM 205 01 (Fall)
CHEM 205 03 (Fall)
CHEM 205 51 (Fall)
CHEM 205 52 (Fall)
CHEM 205 04 (Winter)
CHEM 205 05 (Winter)
CHEM 205 53 (Winter)

CHEM descriptions

Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics

CLAS 343 AA History of the Roman Empire (Summer)
GERM 200 AA Introductory German Intensive (Summer)
GERM 201 CA Introductory German I (Summer)
ITAL 200 AA Introductory Italian Intensive (Summer)
ITAL 200 AA Cultural Views of Italy (Summer)
MARA 200 AA Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic (Summer)
MCHI 200 AA Introduction to Modern Chinese I (Summer)
SPAN 200 AA Introductory Spanish Intensive (Summer)
CLAS 220 A Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome (Fall)
CLAS 265 A Mythologies of the Ancient Mediterranean (Fall)
CLAS 353 A Representations of Women in Ancient Greece and Rome (Fall)
CLAS 398 AA Techne: Crafts, Industry and Technology in the Anc. Medi. World (Fall)
GERM 200 Introductory German Intensive (all Fall sections)
GERM 201 Introductory German I (all Fall sections)
GERM 398 A Propaganda and Art in German Films and Nazi Germany (Fall)
HEBR 210 AA Introductory Course in Hebrew (Fall)
ITAL 200 Introductory Italian Intensive (all Fall sections)
ITAL 200 Introductory Italian I (all Fall sections)
LING 330 BL Sanskrit (Fall)
MARA 200 A Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic I (Fall)
MARA 203 A Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Speakers I (Fall)
MARA 310 A Introduction to the Literature of the Arab World (Fall)
MCHI 200 Introduction to Modern Chinese I (all Fall sections)
MCHI 310 A Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature (Fall)
MCHI 365 A Introduction to Chinese Cultural Traditions (Fall)
SPAN 200 Introductory Spanish Intensive (all Fall sections)
CLAS 210 A Classical Civilization (Winter)
CLAS 210 A Classical Civilization (Winter)
CLAS 264 A Egyptian Archaeology (Winter)
CLAS 267 AA The Archaeology of the Greek Bronze Age (Winter)
CLAS 398 BB Mythology and Art in the Greek World (Winter)
GERM 200 C Introductory German Intensive (Winter)
GERM 201 Introductory German I (all Winter sections)
ITAL 200 Introductory Italian Intensive (all Winter sections)
ITAL 201 Introductory Italian Intensive (all Winter sections)
LING 300 B Sociolinguistics (Winter)
LING 300 B Sanskrit (Winter)
LINE 361 A Hittite (Winter)
MARA 200 B Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic I (Winter)
MARA 203 B Modern Standard Arabic for Heritage Speakers I (Winter)
MARA 365 EC Culture and Civilization of the Arab World: The Golden Age (Winter)
MCHI 200 Introduction to Modern Chinese I (all Winter sections)
MCHI 311 A Classical Chinese Literature (Winter)
MCHI 366 A Chinese Visual Culture (Winter)
SPAN 200 Introductory Spanish Intensive (all Winter sections)
SPAN 201 Introductory Spanish I (all Winter sections)
SPAN 398 AA Contemporary Hispanic History and Culture Through Film (Winter)

Communication Studies

COMS 360 (Fall, Winter – 2nd year standing)
COMS 361 EC (Fall, Winter – 2nd year standing)

COMS descriptions

Economics

ECON 201 (all terms)
ECON 203 (all terms)

ECON descriptions

Education

EDUC 210 EC (Fall/Winter)
EDUC 230 EC (Fall/Winter)
EDUC 240 EC (Summer, Fall, Winter)
EDUC 270 EC (Summer, Winter)
EDUC 307 EC (Fall, Winter)
EDUC 321 A (Winter)
EDUC 405 A (Winter) - 30 credits required
EDUC 426 AA (Fall) - requires six EDUC credits
TESL 201 A (Winter)

EDUC descriptions

English

ENGL 374 AA (Winter)
ENGL 376 A (Winter)
ENGL 378 A (Fall)
ENGL 332 A (Fall)
ENGL 335 A (Fall/Winter)
ENGL 318 B (Winter)
ENGL 240 A (Fall)
ENGL 386 B (Winter)
ENGL 237 A (Fall)
ENGL 320 A (Fall/Winter)

ENGL descriptions

Études françaises

No courses

FRAA descriptions

Geography, Planning and Environment

GEOG 203 (Fall)
GEOG 220 A (Fall)
GEOG 272 A (Fall)
GEOG 298 A (Fall)
GEOG 310 A (Fall) – this requires GEOG 220 OR 30 credits completed in a social science program OR permission of the department
URBS 230 A (Fall)
GEOG 204 A (Winter)
GEOG 210 A (Winter)
GEOG 220 A (Winter)
GEOG 272 A (Winter)
GEOG 274 A (Winter)
GEOG 298 A (Winter)
GEOL 208 AA (Winter
URBS 230 A (Winter)

GEOG descriptions

URBS descriptions

Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology

EXCI 202 EC (Fall)
EXCI 202 EC (Winter)
EXCI 204 A (Fall)
EXCI 233 A (Fall)
EXCI 233 B (Winter)
EXCI 251 EC (Summer)
EXCI 251 01 (Fall)
EXCI 251 EC (Winter)

EXCI descriptions

History

Note: all restrictions will be removed by August 15th/November 15th if there are seats still available)

HIST 202 – Modern Europe (Fall/Winter)
HIST 203 – History of Canada, Pre-Confederation (Fall)
HIST 207 – Early Modern Europe (Winter)
HIST 208 – Introduction to the History of the Balkans (Fall)
HIST 251 – History of the US to the Civil War Era (Fall)
HIST 262 – History of China (Fall)
HIST 263 – History of Japan (Winter)
HIST 205 – History of Canada, Post-Confederation (Winter)
HIST 206 – Medieval Europe (Fall)
HIST 242 – History of the Middle East (Winter)
HIST 253 – History of the US since the Civil War Era (Winter)
HIST 264 – History of Africa (Fall)
HIST 281 – Film in History (Fall)

HIST descriptions

Irish Studies

IRST 203 AA – Introduction to Irish Studies (Fall)IRST 203 AA – Introduction to Irish Studies (Fall)
IRST 209 A – Highlights of Irish Literature (Fall)
IRST 230 A – Irish Mythology and Folklore (Fall)
IRST 344 A – Classics of Irish Theatre (Fall)
IRST 398 A – The Making of the Irish Landscape (Fall)
IRST 398 B – 20th Century Ireland in Europe and the World (Fall)
IRST 398 C – Irish Film Studies (Fall)
IRST 233 A – Irish Language and its Culture I (Fall/Winter)
IRST 205 A – The Irish in Montreal (Winter)
IRST 298 A – Irish Traditional Music Appreciation (Winter)
IRST 303 AA – The Global Irish (Winter)
IRST 347 A – Contemporary Irish Theatre (Winter)
IRST 373 A – Irish Traditional Music in Canada: A Cultural History (Winter)
IRST 398 E – The Gaelic Literature of Ireland (Winter)
IRST 398 F – Contemporary Irish Literature (Winter)
IRST 398 G – Irish Horror (Winter)