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