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.

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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 655	Viruses Among Us
BLG 699	Social Factors in Drug Development
BLG 850	What is Cancer?
BPM 530	The Music of East Asia
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 500	Drug Criminalization and Control
CRM 515	Gendering Justice
CRM 601	Violence in Society
CYC 500	Youth Living on the Edge
DST 500	A History of Madness
DST 508	Cripping the Arts in Canada
DST 510	Death and Everyday Life
DST 601	Mad Poetics
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
ELE 900	AI: A Socio-Technical Perspective
ENG 503	Science Fiction
ENG 505	Creative Writing
ENG 510	Gothic Horror
ENG 511	The Art of Writing Life
ENG 515	Madness in Fiction
ENG 522	Crime Fiction
ENG 527	Digital Media and Story
ENG 602	Women's Writing
ENG 610	The Language of Love, Sex and Gender
ENG 620	Literatures of the Caribbean
ENG 647	Afrofuturism: Black 2 the Future
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 555	Late Qing and Republican China, 1839-1949
HST 570	African American History
HST 580	Indigenous History: An Introduction
HST 584	Mediaeval Europe: 400-1400
HST 585	Southeast Asia: War and Peace since 1945
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 627	Transgender Histories
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	Treaties, Land and Indigenous Governance
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 777	Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE
HST 786	Science and Tech in Middle East History
HST 787	Astronomy vs Astrology
HST 788	Water Use in History
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 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	Early Modern Philosophy
PHL 709	Religion, Science and Philosophy
PHL 710	Philosophy and Film
PHL 923	Philosophy of Religion 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
RMG 510	I Shop Therefore I Am
SEM 102	Introduction to Visual Semiotics
SEM 301	Body, Mind, and Imagination
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, Islam and Modernity
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	Effective Writing
SPN 601	Advanced Spanish II
SPN 607	English-Spanish Translation II
SPN 610	Spanish Writing Composition
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

The restrictions lists that appear under the program/major are courses that cannot be used to fulfil Liberal Studies requirements.
Some subjects have a limitation (i.e. a maximum number that may be chosen).
Restrictions may change from year to year depending on curricular changes.

Programs in the Faculty of Arts

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

HST 788 is not available for credit to students who choose HST 788 from Core Elective Table II. Students may take only three Politics courses or Geography courses for credit. EUS courses are not available for credit.

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

Economics and Finance

Economics (ECN) 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 and 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.

The Creative School

Fashion

IRL 500 is not available for credit.

Image Arts

IRL 500, PSY 713 and PSY 813 are not available for credit.

Interior Design

IRL 500 is not available for credit. Students may take only two Psychology courses for credit.

New Media

IRL 500, PSY 713 and PSY 813 are not available for credit.

Performance Acting/Dance/Production

Students admitted Fall 2024 and before:
Performance Acting/Dance Majors: Students may not take FRE 703 and FRE 803 for credit.
Performance Production Majors: Students may take a maximum of two MUS courses for credit.

Students admitted Fall 2025 and after:
Performance Acting and Performance Dance Majors: Students may not take FRE 703 and FRE 803 for credit.
Performance Design and Production Majors: Students may take a maximum of two MUS courses for credit.

Professional Communication

CMN courses are not available for credit.

Professional Music

BPM, MUS and RTA courses are not available for credit.

Sports Media

POL 620 is not available for credit.

Programs in the Faculty of Community Services

Child and Youth Care

CYC 500 and Psychology courses are not available for credit.

Disability Studies

DST courses are not available for credit.

Early Childhood Studies

FNF 520, FRE 709 and CLD courses are not available for credit.

Nursing - Collaborative Program

GEO 716, and SOC 506 are not available for credit.

Nursing - Post-Diploma Degree Completion

Students may take only two Philosophy courses for credit.

GEO 716, PHL 509, PSY 606 and SOC 506 are not available for credit.

Nutrition and Food

GEO 509 and SOC 808 are not available for credit.

Occupational Health and Safety

GEO 716 is not available for credit.

Public Health

GEO 716 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

GEO 507, GEO 607 and GEO 793 are not available for credit.

Programs in the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

Architectural Science

CHY 583, CPS 650 and IRL 500 are not available for credit.

Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

BLG 599, BLG 699, BLG 850, CHY 583, CHY 599, CPS 650, ELE 900, MTH 511, MTH 599 and PCS 581 are not available for credit.

Industrial Engineering

BLG 599, BLG 699, BLG 850, CHY 583, CHY 599, CPS 650, ELE 900, MTH 511, MTH 599 and PCS 581 are not available for credit.

Students may take only one Psychology course for credit.

Programs in the Faculty of Science

Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Contemporary Science, Medical Physics

BLG 599, BLG 699, BLG 850, CHY 583, MTH 511, and MTH 599 are not available for credit.

Computer Science

CPS 650, ELE 900, GEO 609, MTH 511 and MTH 599 are not available for credit.

Financial Mathematics

MTH 511 and MTH 599 are not available for credit.

Mathematics And Its Applications

MTH 511 and MTH 599 are not available for credit.

Economics (ECN) courses are not available to Mathematics and Its Applications - Economics Option students.

Programs in the Ted Rogers School of Management

Accounting and Finance

ECN 505, ECN 607 and SOC 501 are not available for credit.

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 (ECN) courses 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

GEO 609 and SOC 880 are not available for credit.

Health Information Management

Students may take only two Economics (ECN) courses for credit.

Health Administration

Students may take only two Economics (ECN) courses for credit.

PHL 509 is not available for credit.

Retail Management

RMG 510 is not available for credit.

Students may take only two Geography courses for credit.