Table B - Upper Level Liberal Studies
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Certain courses cannot be taken for liberal studies credit in some programs. Please see Table B - Upper Level Restrictions for more information. The Table B-Upper Level Restrictions list that appears under your program/major are courses that cannot be used to fulfill Liberal Studies requirements.
Not all courses will be offered every semester. Also, courses may be cancelled due to low enrolment. Consult the liberal studies Course Offerings webpage (opens in new window) for the most up-to-date course offering information.
All liberal studies courses are identified as lower-level (LL) or upper-level (UL) in the course description.
Course | Title |
ANT 306 | Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology |
ARB 300 | Principles in Arabic Writing |
ARB 301 | Intermediate Arabic I |
ARB 401 | Intermediate Arabic II |
ARB 501 | Advanced Arabic I |
ARB 601 | Advanced Arabic II |
ASL 301 | Intermediate American Sign Language I |
ASL 401 | Intermediate American Sign Language II |
ASL 501 | Advanced American Sign Language I |
ASL 601 | Advanced American Sign Language II |
BLG 599 | Biology Facts in Pop Media Sci-Fiction |
BLG 699 | Social Factors in Drug Development |
BLG 850 | What is Cancer? |
CHN 301 | Intermediate Chinese I |
CHN 401 | Intermediate Chinese II |
CHN 501 | Advanced Chinese I |
CHN 601 | Advanced Chinese II |
CHN 612 | Contemporary Chinese Language and Culture |
CHS 503 | Chinese Literary Traditions |
CHS 504 | Chinese Cultural Traditions |
CHY 583 | Alternative Energies |
CHY 599 | The Business of Chemistry and Biology |
CLD 500 | A Caring World for Children |
CMN 601 | Visual Communication: A Critical Approach |
CPS 650 | Computational Thinking in Our World |
CRB 500 | Families in the Caribbean |
CRB 501 | Racism and Caribbean Peoples in Canada |
CRB 502 | Cultural Traditions in the Caribbean |
CRM 515 | Gendering Justice |
CRM 601 | Violence in Society |
DST 500 | A History of Madness |
DST 508 | Cripping the Arts in Canada |
DST 605 | Sexuality, Desire and Disability |
ECN 503 | Economic Development |
ECN 505 | Economic Issues in Labour Markets |
ECN 507 | Ethics and Justice in Economics |
ECN 509 | Economic issues in Money and Banking |
ECN 511 | Economy and Environment |
ECN 512 | The Economics of Sex |
ECN 603 | Economic Issues in Globalization |
ECN 607 | Issues in the International Economy |
ECN 722 | Economic Issues in Professional Sports |
ECN 802 | The Economies of East Asia |
ENG 503 | Science Fiction |
ENG 505 | Creative Writing |
ENG 510 | Gothic Horror |
ENG 511 | The Art of Writing Life |
ENG 602 | Women's Writing |
ENG 610 | The Language of Love, Sex and Gender |
ENG 620 | Literatures of the Caribbean |
FNF 520 | Contemporary Family Relations |
FRE 301 | Intermediate French I |
FRE 401 | Intermediate French II |
FRE 501 | Speaking and Writing French I |
FRE 503 | Middle Ages to Classicism |
FRE 505 | French Language and Culture |
FRE 507 | English-French Translation I |
FRE 508 | Intro to 20th C French Literature I |
FRE 509 | Franco-Canadian Literature I |
FRE 510 | Effective Writing |
FRE 516 | Politics and Play in French Poetry |
FRE 601 | Speaking and Writing French II |
FRE 603 | Enlightenment to La Belle Époque |
FRE 605 | Francophone Language and Culture |
FRE 607 | English-French Translation II |
FRE 608 | Intro to 20th C French Literature II |
FRE 609 | Franco-Canadian Literature II |
FRE 610 | Cultural Context of Writing |
FRE 701 | French for Today |
FRE 703 | French Theatre: Classicism to Romanticism |
FRE 704 | Intro to Franco-Canadian Culture I |
FRE 706 | The Life and Times of the French Language |
FRE 707 | Introduction to French-English Translation |
FRE 709 | Children's Literature in French |
FRE 801 | French and New Media |
FRE 803 | French Theatre: 20th C and Contemporary |
FRE 804 | Intro to Franco-Canadian Culture II |
FRE 901 | Francophone Women Writers |
FRE 902 | Gender and Decadence 1850-1920 |
FRE 903 | The Francophone Short Story |
FRS 501 | Women and the Arts in 19th Century France |
FRS 502 | Feminism and French Literature |
FRS 602 | French Caribbean Literature and Culture |
FRS 606 | Franco Lit. Middle East, N. Africa |
GEO 505 | Regional Analysis of Canada |
GEO 507 | Explorations of the Urban Environment |
GEO 509 | Food, Place and Identity |
GEO 520 | Global Political Geography |
GEO 522 | Geography of the Middle East |
GEO 605 | The Geography of the Canadian North |
GEO 607 | Cities and the Canadian Economic Landscape |
GEO 609 | cyberspace@geography.ca |
GEO 620 | Political Geog of Nations and Localities |
GEO 702 | Technology and the Contemporary Environment |
GEO 716 | Geographies of Health |
GEO 720 | The Inner Landscape of Culture |
GEO 793 | The Geography of Toronto |
GEO 802 | The Geography of Recreation and Leisure |
GEO 811 | Global Environmental Issues |
GEO 820 | The Outer Landscape of Culture |
HAU 400 | Haudenosaunee Leaders and Writers |
HST 501 | The American Civil War |
HST 503 | Crime and Punishment in Modern Canada |
HST 504 | War to War: World Conflict 1900-45 |
HST 506 | The Ancient Egyptian World |
HST 510 | The United States after 1945 |
HST 511 | Quebec in Canada: A History |
HST 522 | The Middle East: 1908 to the Present |
HST 523 | Colonial South Asia, 1757-1947 |
HST 526 | Women and Gender in U.S. History |
HST 527 | Toronto: Wilderness to Metropolis |
HST 532 | Elizabethan England |
HST 533 | Africa Before 1850 |
HST 540 | Espionage: A Modern History |
HST 541 | Unknown Canada: Rebels, Rioters, Strikers |
HST 551 | Problems in 20th-Century Western Europe |
HST 555 | Late Qing and Republican China, 1839-1949 |
HST 570 | African American History |
HST 580 | Indigenous North America to 1763 |
HST 584 | Mediaeval Europe: 400-1400 |
HST 585 | Southeast Asia: War and Peace since 1945 |
HST 587 | Britain, 1688-1815 |
HST 602 | Propaganda! |
HST 603 | The Third Reich |
HST 604 | The Uneasy Peace: The Cold War, 1945-90 |
HST 610 | The Rise of the American Empire |
HST 632 | England in the 17th Century |
HST 633 | Modern Africa |
HST 641 | Wine, Women, Warriors, Saviours, Sinners |
HST 651 | Problems in 20th-Century Eastern Europe |
HST 655 | People's Republic of China, 1949-Present |
HST 657 | Culture/Politics of Difference in the U.S. |
HST 658 | Sex in the City |
HST 680 | Indigenous North America from 1763 |
HST 701 | Scientific Technology and Modern Society |
HST 702 | The First World War |
HST 711 | Canada and the United States |
HST 712 | The American City |
HST 731 | Renaissance and Reform: Europe 1350-1650 |
HST 777 | Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE |
HST 786 | Science and Technology in Islamic History |
HST 787 | Astronomy vs Astrology |
HST 788 | Flowing through Time: A History of Water |
HST 789 | British Society since 1939 |
HST 802 | The Second World War |
HST 807 | The Canadian Revolution: Canada 1968-2000 |
HST 811 | The Holocaust |
INT 555 | Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies |
IRL 500 | Modern and Contemporary Art, Design |
MTH 511 | Limitations of Measurement |
MTH 599 | Foundations of Mathematical Thought |
MUS 501 | Music of World Cultures |
MUS 503 | Social Issues in Popular Music |
MUS 505 | The History of Pop Music |
MUS 507 | Architecture of Music II |
MUS 520 | Women in Popular Music |
PCS 581 | Advanced Topics in Astronomy |
PHL 500 | Philosophy of the Natural Environment |
PHL 501 | Oppression and the Critique of Power |
PHL 503 | Ancient and Modern Ethics |
PHL 504 | Philosophy of Art |
PHL 505 | Hegel and Marx |
PHL 509 | Bioethics |
PHL 520 | Social and Political Philosophy |
PHL 521 | Personal Identity East and West |
PHL 522 | Philosophy and Death |
PHL 544 | Feminist Philosophy |
PHL 550 | Knowledge, Truth and Belief |
PHL 551 | Metaphysics |
PHL 552 | Philosophy of Natural Science |
PHL 561 | Philosophy of Social Science |
PHL 597 | Introduction to Formal Logic |
PHL 603 | Fundamentals of Ethics |
PHL 605 | Existentialism |
PHL 606 | Philosophy of Love and Sex |
PHL 611 | Philosophy of Mind |
PHL 612 | Philosophy of Law |
PHL 614 | Philosophy of Human Rights |
PHL 622 | Classical Arabic Philosophy |
PHL 639 | Medieval Philosophy |
PHL 648 | Philosophy and Literature |
PHL 661 | Marx, Nietzsche and Freud |
PHL 708 | Introduction to Modern Philosophy |
PHL 709 | Religion, Science and Philosophy |
PHL 710 | Philosophy and Film |
PHL 808 | Language and Philosophy |
PHL 922 | Religious Belief, Diversity, and Truth |
PHL 923 | Philosophy of Religion II |
PHL 924 | Critical Thinking II |
POL 501 | Women, Power and Politics |
POL 507 | Power, Change and Technology |
POL 510 | The Politics of Sexual Diversity |
POL 511 | Well-being and Opportunity in Canada |
POL 540 | Issues in Third World Politics |
POL 588 | Neoliberalism and its Alternatives |
POL 601 | Social Movements and Politics |
POL 607 | Politics of Technology and Globalization |
POL 609 | Global Justice |
POL 613 | International Law for Human Protection |
POL 620 | Sports and Politics |
POL 688 | Colonialism and Imperialism |
POL 720 | Canada in the Continent |
PSY 504 | Social Psychology |
PSY 505 | Personality Theory |
PSY 604 | Issues in Psychology |
PSY 606 | Abnormal Psychology |
PSY 607 | Drugs and Human Behaviour |
PSY 614 | Psychology of Sport |
PSY 615 | The Psychology of Belief and Skepticism |
PSY 620 | Psychology of Immigration |
PSY 621 | Psychology of Human Sexuality |
PSY 706 | Positive Psychology |
PSY 707 | Models of Stress and Adaptation |
PSY 713 | Psychology of Perception |
PSY 807 | Psychology of Prejudice |
PSY 813 | Psychology of Art and Creativity |
RTA 530 | Chinese Music |
SEM 102 | Introduction to Visual Semiotics |
SEM 301 | Cognitive Semiotics |
SOC 501 | Making a Living: Sociology of Work |
SOC 503 | Sociology of Education |
SOC 505 | Sociology of Sport |
SOC 506 | Health and Society |
SOC 507 | Race and Ethnicity in Canadian Society |
SOC 601 | Control and Resistance at Work |
SOC 603 | Sociology of Gender |
SOC 633 | Sex, Gender Identities and Sexualities |
SOC 701 | Social Change: Canadian Perspectives |
SOC 702 | Anatomy of Human Conflict |
SOC 703 | Women, Power and the Global South |
SOC 704 | Aging, Culture and Society |
SOC 705 | Law, Justice, and Abolition |
SOC 707 | Religion, Meaning and Power |
SOC 800 | Theories of Society |
SOC 801 | Global Power Relations |
SOC 802 | Issues in War and Peace |
SOC 808 | Sociology of Food and Eating |
SOC 880 | Information Technology and Society |
SOC 885 | Women and Islam |
SOC 902 | Hollywood and Society |
SPN 301 | Intermediate Spanish I |
SPN 401 | Intermediate Spanish II |
SPN 501 | Advanced Spanish I |
SPN 503 | Gender and Religion in Early Modern Spain |
SPN 507 | English-Spanish Translation I |
SPN 510 | Spanish for Native Speakers |
SPN 601 | Advanced Spanish II |
SPN 607 | English-Spanish Translation II |
SPN 610 | Spanish Composition for Native Speakers |
SPN 704 | Latin American Culture I |
SPN 705 | The Boom in Latin American Literature |
SPN 707 | Spanish-English Translation |
SPN 708 | Contemporary Spanish Fiction |
SPN 710 | History of the Spanish Language |
SPN 803 | Latin American Short Story |
SPN 804 | Latin American Culture II |
SPN 810 | Cultural Context of Writing |
SPS 502 | Spanish Caribbean Literature and Culture |
SPS 503 | Sex in the Early Modern City |
SSH 505 | Making the Future |
SWP 505 | Critical Eq. and Movements of Resistance |
Table B - Upper Level Restrictions
Arts and Contemporary Studies
Anthropology Studies Option: History and Anthropology courses are not available for credit.
English Option: English courses are not available for credit.
French Option: French courses are not available for credit.
History Option: History courses are not available for credit.
Philosophy Option: Philosophy courses are not available for credit.
Criminology
Criminology courses are not available for credit.
Criminology and History Double Major
Criminology and History courses are not available for credit
Criminology and Politics and Governance Double Major
Criminology and Politics courses are not available for credit
Criminology and Sociology Double Major
Criminology and Sociology courses, and FNF 520 are not available for credit
English
English courses are not available for credit.
English and History Double Major
English and History courses are not available for credit.
English and Philosophy Double Major
English and Philosophy courses are not available for credit.
Environment and Urban Sustainability
Geographic Analysis
Geography courses are not available for credit.
History
History courses are not available for credit.
History and Philosophy Double Major
History and Philosophy courses are not available for credit.
History and Politics and Governance Double Major
History and Politics courses are not available for credit
History and Sociology Double Major
History and Sociology courses, FNF 520 are not available for credit
International Economics and Finance
Economics courses are not available for credit.
Language and Intercultural Relations
CMN 601 is not available for credit.
Students in the French Stream: French courses (FRE, FRS) are not available for credit.
Students in the Spanish Stream: Spanish courses (SPN, SPS) are not available for credit.
Philosophy
Philosophy courses are not available for credit.
Politics and Governance
Politics courses are not available for credit.
Politics and Governance and Sociology Double Major
Politics and Sociology courses, FNF 520 are not available for credit.
Psychology
Psychology courses are not available for credit.
Public Administration and Governance
Politics courses are not available for credit.
Sociology
FNF 520 and Sociology courses are not available for credit.
Fashion
For students admitted Fall 2019 and prior:
IRL 500 is not available for credit. Students may take only two Sociology courses for credit.
For students admitted Fall 2020 and after:
IRL 500 is not available for credit.
Image Arts
Interior Design
IRL 500 is not available for credit. Students may take only two Psychology courses for credit.
Media Production
Formerly 'Radio and Television'.
Fall 2013 and prior admits: English courses are not available for credit.
New Media
Performance Acting/Dance/Production
Professional Communication
CMN courses are not available for credit.
Professional Music
MUS and RTA courses are not available for credit.
Sports Media
POL 620 is not available for credit.
Child and Youth Care
Psychology courses are not available for credit.
Disability Studies
DST courses are not available for credit.
Early Childhood Studies
Nursing - Collaborative Program
Nursing - Post-Diploma Degree Completion
Nutrition and Food
Occupational and Public Health
GEO 716 is are not available for credit (for all Occupational and Public Health programs and plans).
Occupational Health and Safety Option (for students admitted Fall 2018 and prior): GEO 702 is not available for credit. Students may take only two Politics courses for credit.
Public Health and Safety Option (for students admitted Fall 2018 and prior): GEO 702 is not available for credit.
Social Work
Social Work courses are not available for credit.
POL 511 is not available for credit.
Urban and Regional Planning
Architectural Science
Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Contemporary Science, Medical Physics
Computer Science
Financial Mathematics
Mathematics And Its Applications
Accounting and Finance
Business Management
ECN 505, ECN 607 and SOC 501 are not available for credit.
Students in the Economics and Management Science Major may not take Economics for credit.
Law and Business Majors: PHL 612 is not available for credit to students who choose PHL 612 from Required Group 1. POL 613 is not available for credit.
Business Technology Management
Health Information Management
Students may take only two Economics courses for credit.
Health Services Management
Students may take only two Economics courses for credit.
Retail Management
Students may take only two Geography courses for credit