Quantitative and Breadth Science Courses for Non-Science Students
Feeling anxious about taking Quantitative and Breadth-Science courses? Looking for course options beyond "traditional" math and science to fulfill your Q and B-Sci requirements?
SFU offers many courses with Q and B-Sci designations that have either been designed with students in non-quantitative disciplines in mind or make a point of looking at quantitative reasoning and science in creative ways.
Students are also encouraged to look through the complete lists of Q (http://www.sfu.ca/ugcr/for_faculty/certified_wqb_courses/certified_quantitative_courses.html) and B-Sci courses (http://www.sfu.ca/ugcr/for_faculty/certified_wqb_courses/certified_designated_breadth_courses.html) for other creative Q or B-Sci courses.
**Please note: Course designations approved after September 2006 are noted in the lists below with italicized effective dates. Designations are NOT retroactive; they are effective as of the first offering after Senate approval.**
Last updated 1 March 2022.
Courses are listed alphabetically. Please click on the course link for a current course description and prerequisite information. Check Course Schedules each term for offerings of the following courses:
ACMA 101 - Introduction to Insurance (3) - Q and B-Sci - effective September 2017
ARCH 131 - Human Origins (3) - B-Sci (or B-Soc)
ARCH 285 - Archaeological Science (4) - Q and B-Sci - effective January 2015
BISC 100 - Introduction to Biology (4) - B-Sci
BISC 111/112 - Special Topics: Current Topics in Biology I/II (3) - B-Sci - Topics will vary depending on instructor. Check Course Catalogue for topic offered.
BISC 113 - Biology in Everyday Life (3) - B-Sci - online delivery through CODE only; effective September 2014
BISC 371 - Special Topics in Biology for Non-Majors (3) - B-Sci - effective May 2017
BISC 373 - Brewing Science (3) - B-Sci - effective January 2018; note: no lab
BISC 374 - Brewing Science with Lab (3) - B-Sci - effective January 2018
BPK 110 - Human Nutrition: Current Issues (3) - B-Sci - effective September 2009
BPK 140 - Contemporary Health Issues (3) - B-Sci
BPK 141 - Theory of Exercise Program Design (3) - B-Sci - online delivery through CODE only; effective September 2017
BPK 142 - Introduction to Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology (3) - B-Sci
BPK 143 - Exercise: Health and Performance (3) - B-Sci
BUS 221 - Personal Finance (3) - Q - effective September 2017
CA 149 - Sound (3) - Q - effective May 2013
CA 247 - Fixed Media Lab (3) - Q
CA 271 - Production Ensemble II (6) - Q
CA 347 - Live Electronics Lab (3) - Q
CHEM 110 - Introductory Chemistry (3) - Q and B-Sci
CHEM 111 - Introductory Chemistry and Laboratory (4) - Q and B-Sci
CHEM 191 - Living in a Materials World: From the Stone Age to Nanoscience (3) - Q and B-Sci
CHEM 192 - Chemistry in Your Home, Work, and Environment (3) - Q and B-Sci
CMPT 120 - Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I (3) - Q and B-Sci
CMPT 130 - Introduction to Computer Programming I (3) Q and B-Sci - effective Spring 2013
CMPT 166 - An Animated Introduction to Programming (3) - Q and B-Sci - effective September 2012
CMPT 320 - Social Implications - Computerized Society (3) - B-Sci
COGS 100 - Exploring the Mind (3) - B-Sci (or B-Hum or B-Soc)
COGS 110 - Learning in Everyday Life: The Art and Science of Hacking your Brain (3) - B-Sci (or B-Hum or B-Soc) - effective January 2016
EASC 103 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (3) - B-Sci
EASC 104 - Geohazards - Earth in Turmoil (3) - B-Sci
EASC 106 - Earth Through Time (3) - B-Sci
EASC 107 - Economic Geological Resources (3) - B-Sci
EASC 108 - Exploring the Solar System (3) - B-Sci - effective September 2009
EASC 210 – Evolving Earth (3)- B-Sci
ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics (4) – Q
ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4) – Q
EDUC 211 - Mathematical Experience I: Numbers and Beyond (3) - Q and B-Sci
EDUC 212 - Mathematical Experience II: Shape and Space (3) - Q and B-Sci
EDUC 452 - Environmental Education (8) - Q and B-Sci - effective May 2015
ENSC 100W - Engineering, Science and Society (3) - W and B-Sci (or B-Hum) - B-Hum effective September 2010
ENSC 412 - Technologies, Cultures and a Sustainable World (3) - B-Sci - effective May 2013
EVSC 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science (3) - B-Sci
GEOG 104 - Climate Change, Water, and Society (3) - B-Sci - effective January 2017
GEOG 111 - Earth Systems (3) - B-Sci
GEOG 213 - Introduction to Geomorphology (3) - Q and B-Sci - effective September 2015
GEOG 214 - Weather and Climate (3) - Q
GEOG 253 - Introduction to Remote Sensing (3) - Q and B-Sci - B effective September 2015
GSWS 316 - Disciplining Sex: Feminist Science Studies and Sociobiology (4) - B-Sci (or B-Hum or B-Soc)
GSWS 399 - Gender, Sex and Numbers (4) - Q
HIST 132 - Global Environmental History (3) - B-Sci (or B-Hum or B-Soc) - effective January 2017
HSCI 100 - Human Biology (3) - B-Sci - effective September 2012
HSCI 130 - Foundations of Health Science (4) - B-Sci (or B-Soc) - effective May 2013
INDG 332 - Indigenous Ethnobotany (3) - B-Sci - effective May 2012
LING 290 - The Science of Speech (3) - B-Sci (or B-Soc) - effective January 2010
MATH 113 - Euclidean Geometry (3) - Q
MATH 197 - Hitchhiker's Guide to Everyday Math (3) - Q
MBB 301 - Bioscience of Science Fiction (3) - B-Sci (or B-Hum) - effective January 2017
MBB 302 - Energy: From Cells to Society (3) - B-Sci - effective May 2018
PHIL 105 - Critical Thinking (3) - Q and B-Sci (or B-Soc) - revision of PHIL XX1; changes as of May 2016
PHIL 110 - Introduction to Logic and Reasoning (3) - Q
PHIL 144 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (3) - B-Sci (or B-Hum)
PHYS 190 - Introduction to Astronomy (3) - Q and B-Sci
PHYS 192 - Logarithm and Blues (3) - B-Sci
POL 150 - Science, Policy, and Innovation (3) - B-Sci (or B-Hum or B-Soc) - effective September 2016
PSYC 109W - Brain, Mind and Society (3) - B-Sci and W
PUB 450 - The Business of Book Publishing (4) - Q - effective May 2014
REM 200 - Introduction to Resource and Environmental Management in Canada (3) - B-Sci (or B-Soc) - effective May 2014
SA 255 - Introduction to Social Research (4) - Q
SCI 300 - Science and its Impact on Society (3) - B-Sci
STAT 100 - Chance and Data Analysis (3) - Q and B-Sci
STAT 201 - Statistics for the Life Sciences (3) - Q
STAT 203 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences (3)- Q
STAT 205 - Introduction to Statistics (3) - Q
TEKX 101 - Introduction to 3D Printing and Laser Scanning Technologies (3) –Q and B-Sci