Upper-Division B-Designated Courses of Interest to Upper-Level and Transfer Students

The following list of courses offered at the upper division are labelled Breadth-Humanities, Breadth-Social Science, or Breadth-Science. These courses should only have a maturing prerequisite (a set number of credit hours that must be completed prior to registering).

**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:

ARCH 301 - Ancient Visual Art (3) - B-Hum

BISC 371 - Special Topics in Biology for Non-majors (3) - B-Sci

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

CA 357W - Context of Theatre II (4) - B-Hum

CHEM 399 - Special Topics in Chemistry and Society (3) - B-Sci

CMPT 320 - Social Implications - Computerized Society (3) - B-Sci

CRIM 315 - Restorative Justice (4) - B-Soc

CRIM 355 - The Forensic Sciences (3) - B-Soc

DIAL 390W - Semester: Dialogue (5) - W and B-Soc or B-Hum

DIAL 391W - Semester: Seminar (5) - W and B-Soc or B-Hum

DIAL 392W - Semester: Final Project (5) - W and B-Soc or B-Hum

EDUC 311 - Foundations in Aboriginal Education, Language, and Culture (3) - B-Hum

EDUC 341 - Literacy, Education and Culture (3) - B-Hum

ENGL 383 - Studies in Popular Literature and Culture (3) - B-Hum

ENGL 398 - Major Authors for Non-majors (3) - B-Hum

ENV/ENSC 412 - Technologies, Cultures and a Sustainable World (3) - B-Soc or B-Sci

FREN 330 - Francophone World (3) - B-Hum

GERO 300 - Introduction to Gerontology (3) - B-Soc

GSWS 316 - Disciplining Sex: Feminist Science Studies and Sociobiology (4) - B-Hum or B-Soc or B-Sci

HIST 304 - Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire (4) - B-Hum

HIST 349 - Rome After Rome: The Byzantine Middle Ages from the End of Antiquity to the Crusades (4) - B-Hum

HIST 373 - Conquest in North America, 1500-1900 (4) - B-Hum

HIST 460 - Themes in Byzantine History (4) - B-Hum

HUM 302W - Athenian Democracy (4) - B-Hum and W

HUM 303 - The Latin Humanist Tradition (4) - B-Hum

HUM 305 - Medieval Studies (4) - B-Hum

HUM 309 - Literature and the Arts Across Cultures (4) - B-Hum

HUM 311 - Italian Renaissance Humanism (4) - B-Hum

HUM 312W - Renaissance Studies (4) - B-Hum and W

HUM 320 - Cross-Cultural Philosophy in the Humanities (4) - B-Hum

HUM 321W - The Humanities and Critical Thinking (4) - B-Hum and W

HUM 325 - The Humanities and the Natural World (4) - B-Hum

HUM 330 - Religion in Context (4) - B-Hum

HUM 331 - Special Topics in Asian Religious Traditions (4) - B-Hum

HUM 332 - Mythology in Context (4) - B-Hum

HUM 340 - Great Cities in Their Time (4) - B-Hum

HUM 349 – Rome after Rome: The Byzantine Middle Ages from the end of Antiquity to the Crusades (4) - B-Hum

HUM 350 - Special Topics: Great Figures in the Humanistic Tradition (4) - B-Hum

HUM 360 - Special Topics: Great Themes in the Humanistic Tradition (4) - B-Hum

HUM 460 – Themes in Byzantine History (4) – B-Hum

IS 302 - Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction (4) - B-Hum/Soc

LBST 310 - The Politics of Labour (3) - B-Soc

MBB 301 - Bioscience of Science Fiction (3) - B-Sci or B-Hum

MBB 302 - Energy: From Cells to Society (3) - B-Sci

PHIL 300 - Introduction to Philosophy (3) - B-Hum

PUB 448 - Publishing and Social Change: Tech, Texts, and Revolution (4) - B-Hum/Soc

SA 302W - Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism (4) - B-Soc and W

SA 418 - Global Health: Humanitarian Encounters (4) - B-Soc

SCI 300 - Science and Its Impact on Society (3) - B-Sci

SD 381 - Building Sustainable Communities (4) - B-Soc

WL 303 - Global Culture and Its Discontents (4) - B-Hum

WL 304 - Exile and Migration (4) - B-Hum

WL 305W - Sages and Poets (4) - B-Hum and W

WL 306 - Transnational Literary Rebellions (4) - B-Hum

WL 307 - Creative Writing in World Literature (4) - B-Hum

WL 308 - Travel and Trade (4) - B-Hum

WL 309 - Empire and Resistance (4) - B-Hum

WL 320 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to World Literature (4) - B-Hum