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Electives

Spring/Summer 2026

  • General Electives

    course code course name prerequisite(s) location term note(s)
    COMM 1050U Technical Communications online 6-week Spring
    COMM 1420U
    Living Digitally: Social Media, Culture & Society
    online 6-week Spring asynchronous
    COMM 3250U Pop Culture year 2+ standing online 6-week Spring asynchronous
    ENVS 1000U Environmental Science north campus 6-week Summer
    INDG 1000U
    Intro to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History & its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples
    online 12-week Spring/Summer
    LBAT 3400U Modern Espionage online 6-week Spring asynchronous, year 3+ standing
    LBAT 3999U Special Topics: AI & Society year 2+ standing online 6-week Spring
    LBAT 3999U Special Topics: Cyber Warfare year 2+ standing online 6-week Summer asynchronous
    LEAP 1001U
    Learner Engagement for Academic Purposes
    north campus 12-week Spring/Summer
    POSC 3304U Planetary Health & Justice online
    2-week course May 25-June 5
    PSYC 1000U Intro Psychology hybrid 6-week Spring
    PSYC 2010U Developmental Psychology PSYC 1000U downtown campus 6-week Spring
    SCIE 1920U Intro to Astronomy north campus 6-week Spring
    SOCI 1000U Intro Sociology online 6-week Summer
    SSCI 1470U Impact of Science & Technology on Society online 6-week Summer asynchronous


     *elective list subject to change*

     

  • Bachelor of Commerce & Information Technology

    BUSINESS electives

    course code course name prerequisite(s) location term note(s)
    BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreunship online 6-week Spring
    BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership north campus 6-week Summer not an elective for Networking & IT Security students (core)
    BUSI 2350U Developing Management Skills year 2 standing north campus 3-weeks June 29-July 17
    BUSI 2402U Corporate Finance BUSI 2401U north campus 6-week Summer not an elective for Finance or Accounting students, or any BCom student that started in 2021 or earlier
    BUSI 2550U Intro to Project Management year 2+ standing online 6-week Spring not an elective for Technology Management students or Networking & I.T. Security students (core)
    BUSI 2570U Cybercrime online 6-week Summer
    BUSI 3504U Databases, Data Warehouses & Business Intelligence BUSI 1520U & 2040U north campus 12-week Spring/Summer not an elective for Technology Management or Accounting students (core)
    BUSI 3705U Legal Environment of Business year 3+ standing north campus 6-week Spring not an elective for Technology Management or Accounting students (core)
    BUSI 4390U Special Topics in OBHR: awaiting topic details year 3+ standing north campus 6-week Summer

    GAME electives

    course code course name prerequisite(s) location term note(s)
    INFR 2810U Computer Architechture INFR 1101 & INFR 1010 online 6-week Summer
    INFR 2820U Algorithms & Data Structures INFR 1010 or INFR 1016 online 6-week Summer

    TECHNICAL electives

    course code course name prerequisite(s) location term note(s)
    INFR 4599U Special Topics in I.T.: Cybersecurity north campus 1-week course June 8-12
     

     

    *elective list subject to change*

  • Important Information
    Program
    General Elective
    Open Elective
    BUSI Elective
    Technical Elective
    Game Elective
    Technology Management Elective
    Bachelor of Commerce
    A course not related to or required for your program. May not start with "BUSI" Use the general elective list to choose. Either a general elective or a business elective. A business (BUSI) course not required for your major. Use the BUSI elective list to choose. N/A N/A An approved upper-year specialized course only for students in the Technology Management major. Use the technology management elective list to choose.
    Bachelor of I.T.
    A course not related to or required for your program. May not start with "INFR" Use the general elective list to choose. GDIM: Either a general elective, or a game elective, or a business elective. GDE: Either a general elective, or a technical elective, or a business elective.. NWIT: Either a general elective, or a technical elective, or a business elective.. TCMT: Either a general elective, or a technical elective or a technology management elective, or a business elective.. A business-related course that you get to choose. Use the BUSI elective list to choose. An approved upper-year technical course. Use the technical elective list to choose. An approved game development-related course. Use the game elective list to choose. An approved upper-year course only for students in the Technology Management major. Use the technology management elective list to choose.

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    Please note: courses that have reached capacity will have no additional capacity added, please have alternative courses in mind as backup.

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