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