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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.

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

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)

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)

Economics

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

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)

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)

Études françaises

No courses

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)

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)​

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)

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)

Journalism

  • JOUR 205 - 01      (Fall) 
  • JOUR 205 - 02      (Winter) 
  • JOUR 215 - 01      (Fall)
  • JOUR 215 - 52      (Winter) 
  • JOUR 298 - 01      Fake News and Disinformation  (Fall) 
  • JOUR 298 - 01      The Art of Interviewing (Winter) 
  • JOUR 298 - 02      News and Artificial Intelligence   (Winter)
  • JOUR 340 - 01      (Winter)

 

Liberal Arts College

  • LBCL 291 A, B, C      (Fall/Winter)
  • LBCL 292 A, B, C      (Fall/Winter)
  • LBCL 295 A, B          (Fall/Winter)
  • LBCL 390 A               (Fall)
  • LBCL 394 A               (Fall)
  • LBCL 392 B              (Winter)
  • LBCL 395 B              (Winter)

Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability

No courses.

Mathematics and Statistics

  • MAST 397       B (Fall)

Philosophy

  • PHIL 201 A        (Fall)
  • PHIL 201 B       (Winter)
  • PHIL 210 EC    (Summer, Fall, or Winter)
  • PHIL 214 A       (Fall)
  • PHIL 214 B      (Winter)
  • PHIL 220 A      (Winter)
  • PHIL 235 EC   (Fall or Winter)
  • PHIL 241 A      (Fall)
  • PHIL 266 EC   (Fall or Winter)
  • PHIL 280 A      (Winter)
  • PHIL 281 A     (Fall)
  • PHIL 298 A     (Fall)
  • PHIL 387 A     (Winter)

Note: Seat restrictions for all other 200- and 300-level courses will be removed in mid-August for fall and in mid-November for winter.

Physics

  • PHYS 200 EC     (Summer)
  • PHYS 273 EC     (Winter)
  • PHYS 284 EC1   (Fall)

Political Science

  • POLI 209 EC      (Winter)

Psychology

  • PSYC 233 40      (Summer)
  • PSYC 240 60      (Summer)
  • PSYC 242 40      (Summer)
  • PSYC 255 EC     (Summer)
  • PSYC 241 01      (Fall)
  • PSYC 255 EC     (Fall)
  • PSYC 200 02      (Fall/Winter)
  • PSYC 235 AA      (Winter)

Religions and Cultures

All RELI 200-level courses and  the following courses below:

RELI 300 AA        Cults and Religious Controversy in North America (Fall) 

RELI 301 A          The Hebrew Bible (Fall)

RELI 312 A         Justice and Social Conflict in a Globalized World (Fall) 

RELI 316 A         Classical Islam (Fall) 

RELI 346 A        Gandhi, Colonialism, and Beyond (Fall)

RELI 347 A        Religion and the Arts  in South and Southeast Asia (Fall)

RELI 361 AA      Religions of Japan (Fall) 

RELI 364 A        Mahayana Buddhism (Fall) 

RELI 366 A        Religion and Music (Fall)

RELI 372 A        Religion and the Body (Fall)

RELI 398 A        Queer Spiritualities (Fall) 

RELI 398 AA     Religion and Nationalism in the Caucasus (Fall) 

 

RELI 310 A       Self and Other (Winter) 

RELI 319 A       Modern Islam (Winter) 

RELI 324 A       On the Margins of Christianity  (Winter)

RELI 325 A       Leaders, Rebels, and Saints  (Winter) 

RELI 331 A       Literature and the Holocaust (Winter) 

RELI 344 A       Hindu Myth and Narrative (Winter) 

RELI 350 AA    Theravada Buddhism (Winter) 

RELI 355 AA    Religion and Violence (Winter) 

RELI 380 A      Religion and Sexuality (Winter) 

RELI 381 A      Women and Religion: Judaism (Winter) 

RELI 383 AA    Women and Religion: Islam (Winter) 

RELI 386 A      Witchcraft, Magic and Religion (Winter) 

RELI 387 A      Goddesses and Religious Images of Women (Winter) 

RELI 394 AA    History of Satan (Winter) 

RELI 398 C     Women and Religion: Hinduism and Buddhism (Winter) 

RELI 398 DD   Religion and Popular Culture (Winter) 

RELI 398 E      The Silk Road (Winter) 

Sociology and Anthropology

 

No courses.

Theology

  • THEO 201 AA                                (Summer, Fall)
  • THEO 202 EC                               (Fall, Winter)
  • THEO 353 EC                               (Summer)
  • THEO 228/IRST 228 EC               (Summer)
  • THEO 203 A                                  (Fall, Winter)
  • THEO 204 EC                               (Fall)
  • THEO 205 AA                               (Fall, Winter)
  • THEO 206 EC                              (Winter)
  • THEO 212 AA                               (Winter)
  • THEO 236 A                                 (Winter)
  • THEO 238 A                                 (Fall)
  • THEO 242 A                                 (Fall)
  • THEO 243 A                                 (Fall)
  • THEO 295 A                                 (Winter)
  • THEO 298 A                                 (Winter)
  • THEO 302 AA                              (Winter)
  • THEO 304 A                                (Fall)
  • THEO 317 AA                              (Fall)
  • THEO 320 A                                (Fall)
  • THEO 331 A                                (Fall)
  • THEO 402 AA                             (Fall)
  • THEO 311 A                               (Winter)
  • THEO 322 AA                            (Winter)
  • THEO 333 A                              (Winter)
  • THEO 393 A                              (Winter)

Interdisciplinary courses

INTE 298 AA                                        (Winter)

Fine Arts

  • ARTE 398 (Fall, Winter)
  • ACTT 201/202/298 Cross-listed (Summer, Fall, Winter) 
  • FFAR 254 (Fall)
  • FFAR 259 (Winter)
  • FFAR 298 All Sections (Fall, Winter) 
  • FFAR 291 EC (Winter)
  • FFAR 292 (Fall)
  • FAFS 398 (Summer)
  • DANC 350 *some seats available to non FoFA students (Fall) 
  • FMST 200 AA (Fall/Winter) 
  • MPER 233 51 (Fall/Winter) 
  • FASS 293 A (Winter) 
  • FASS 298 (Fall, Winter)
  • FASS 393 (Fall)

John Molson School of Business

  • ACCO 220* (winter)
  • ACCO 230* (fall & winter)
  • BTM 200 (summer, fall & winter)
  • FINA 200 (summer, fall & winter)
  • FINA 230* (summer, fall & winter)
  • MANA 201* (summer, fall & winter)
  • MANA 202* (fall & winter)
  • MANA 298* (fall & winter)
  • MARK 201* (summer, fall & winter)

*JMSB Students may not take these courses for credit

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