Electives
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General Electives
General Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) COMM 1100U Intro to Communication Studies Downtown CRMN 2050U Rights & Wrongs in Justice Systems SOCI 1000U or CRMN 1000U or LGLS 1000U Online CRMN 2831U Critical Race Theory SOCI 1000U and SSCI 1000U or LGLS 1000U Online CRMN 2850U Classical Theories of Crime SSCI 1000U or CRMN 1000U Online ENVS 1000U Environmental Science North ENVS 3110U Econ & Politics of the Environment ENVS 1000U or ENVS 2010U North INDG 1000U Intro to Indigenous Studies Downtown INDG 2010U Indian Residential Schools Downtown INDG 2500U Two-Eyed Seeing Natural Science North LGLS 1000U Intro to Legal Studies Downtown POSC 2000U Intro to Canadian Politics POSC 1000U & year 2+ standing Online POSC 2100U Intro to Global Politics POSC 1000U Online POSC 2200U Intro Participating & Representation POSC 1000U Downtown POSC 2300U Mobilizing for Change POSC 1000U Online PSYC 1000U Intro Psychology Online CRN 42378 online for all undergrad SCIE 2500U Two-Eyed Seeing North SOCI 1000U Intro Sociology Downtown or online SOCI 1470U Impact of Science & Technology Online Asynchronous. Used to be SSCI 1470U. Cannot take again if already taken. SOCI 2030U Technology & Society Downtown SOCI 2700U Human Sexuality PSYC 1000U or SOCI 1000U Online SSCI 1210U History of Science & Technology Online Asynchronous SSCI 1700U Reading Our World Online Asynchronous SSCI 2000U Intro to Social Science Year 2+ standing Downtown SSCI 2414U Science Fiction & Society Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 1420U Living Digitally Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 2110U Communication & Digital Media Theory: Keyworks Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 2210U Researching Communication & Digital Culture Year 2+ standing Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 2270U Entertainment Goes Global: from Hollywood to the World Year 2+ standing Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 2530U Advertising as Social Communication Year 2+ standing Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 2620U Professional Communication & A.I. Year 2+ standing Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 3110U Communication Ethics: Making Media for the Social Good Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 3710U Media, Identity & Intercultural Communication Year 3+ standing Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 4120U A.I., Ethics & Communication Year 4+ standing Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 4261U Online Creator Entrepreneurs: YouTubers, Influencers & Streamers Year 2+ standing Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 4510U Public Relations: Social Power, Social Media Platforms & Social Responsibility Year 2+ standing Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 4530U Media Activism & Protest Culture Year 4+ standing Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 4710U Global Media, the Internet & International Relations Year 4+ standing Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th CRMN 1000U Intro to Criminology & Justice Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th CRMN 2021U Families & the Justice System Online Available seats will open on August 4th PSYC 2010U Developmental Psychology PSYC 1000U Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th PSYC 2030U Psychopathology Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th PSYC 2060U Cognitive Psychology Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th PSYC 3060U Personality Psychology Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th PSYC 3550U Psychology of Gender Downtown Available seats will open on August 4th
Bachelor of Commerce
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Business
BUSI Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship North CRN 42828 only BUSI 2560U The Psychology of Buying & Selling Year 2+ standing North BUSI 2560U Business Ethics Year 2+ standing North BUSI 3430U Personal Finance North Finance and Accounting students cannot take this course BUSI 2800U Fundamentals of AI for Business Year 2+ standing North BUSI 3999U Environmental Economics ECON 2010U North BUSI 3670U Risk Management Frameworks Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3710U Entrepreneurial Growth Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3720U Family Business BUSI 1700U and BUSI 1130U North BUSI 3730U Creative Problem Solving, Entrepreneurship BUSI 1700U or BUSI 1600U North BUSI 3750U Lean Start-Up BUSI 1700U and year 3+ standing North -
Finance
Finance Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3150U Financial Statement Analysis BUSI 3470U Wealth Management Principles BUSI 2401U & BUSI 2402U North BUSI 4450U Business Applications of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (BUSI 2401U & BUSI 2402U) or BUSI 2410U North BUSI 4455U Student Managed Investment Fund BUSI 2401U & BUSI 3405U North -
Marketing
Marketing Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3200U Marketing Communications BUSI 2200U North BUSI 3230U Marketing Channels BUSI 2200U Online BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 4290U Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Brand Marketing BUSI 2200U & year 3+ standing North CRN 44581 -
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
OBHR Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership North BUSI 2330U Managing Team Dynamics North BUSI 3330U Management of Change Year 3+ standing North BUSI 4390U Special Topics in OBHR: Topic TBA Year 3+ standing North -
Technology Management
Technology Management Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 2570U Cybercrime Year 2+ standing North BUSI 3330U Management of Change Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3670U Risk Management Frameworks & Process North BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 4450U Business Applications of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (BUSI 2401U & BUSI 2402U) or BUSI 2410U North -
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3330U Management of Change Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3720U Family Business Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3730U Creative Problem Solving BUSI 1700U or BUSI 1600U North BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U North
Bachelor of Information Technology
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Business
BUSI Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship Online CRN 44219 only BUSI 2570U Cybercrime Year 2+ standing North BUSI 2800U Fundamentals of AI for Business Year 2+ standing North -
Technology Management
Technology Management Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3330U Management of Change Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3503U Digital Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 3670U Risk Management Frameworks & Process North BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 4450U Business Applications of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies (BUSI 2401U & BUSI 2402U) or BUSI 2410U North BUSI 4590U Special Topics in I.T.: Service Robots Year 3+ standing North BUSI 4590U Special Topics in TM: Data Analytics Year 3+ standing North INFR 4611U Trust Systems Year 3+ standing North -
Game Development
Game Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) INFR 1300U Intro to Narrative Design North INFR 1350U Intro to Computer Graphics INFR 1020U & INFR 1101U North INFR 2330U Intermediate Game Design INFR 1335U North INFR 2345U Modelling & Animation Systems I INFR 1315U North INFR 2370U Game Sound North INFR 3110U Game Engine Design & Implementation INFR 1030U & INFR 1110U North INFR 3250U UXR INFR 3350U North INFR 3325U Digital Paint & Composition INFR 1315U North INFR 3345U Modelling & Animation Systems I INFR 2345U North INFR 4120U Serious Gaming & Virtual Simulations INFR 1110U & INFR 2330U North INFR 4350U Human-Computer Interaction for Games Year 3+ standing North -
Technical Electives
Technical Electives Program Course code/name Prerequisite Location Note(s) Networking & I.T. Security INFR 4611U Trust Systems Year 3+ standing North INFR 4621U Software Defined Data Centres North INFR 4641U Advanced Network Security INFR 3610U North INFR 4900U Blockchain INFR 2141U & INFR 3600U North Technology Management INFR 4599U Special Topics in TM: Data Analytics Year 3+ standing North INFR 4599U Special Topics in I.T.: Service Robots Year 3+ standing North
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General Electives
General Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) COMM 1050U Technical Communications Online COMM 2220U Media, Creativity & Culture in Canada Year 2+ standing Downtown COMM 2240U Television Year 2+ standing Downtown COMM 2311U The Creative Industries Downtown COMM 2411U Gov Comm & Digital Creativity Year 2+ standing Online COMM 3250U Pop Culture Year 3+ standing Online COMM 3350U Environmental Communication Downtown COMM 3410U Designing Hits: Storytelling Year 3+ standing Downtown CRMN 2010U Criminal Law SOCI 1010U & LGLS 1000U Online ENVS 1000U Environmental Science North INDG 1000U Intro to Indigenous Studies Online INDG 4000U Reconciliation & Decolonization Year 3+ standing Downtown INDG 4300U Special Topics: Treaties Year 2+ standing Downtown POSC 1000U Intro to Political Science Downtown POSC 1200U Intro to Democracy in Theory Online POSC 2800U Intro to Business, Economy & Society Online PSYC 1000U Intro Psychology Online or downtown Asynchronous PSYC 2010U Developmental Psychology PSYC 1000U Online or downtown PSYC 2020U Social Psychology PSYC 1000U Downtown SSCI 1210U History of Science & Technology Online Asynchronous SSCI 1700U Reading Our World Online SOCI 1000U Intro Sociology Online or downtown Asynchronous SOCI 1470U Impact of Science & Technology on Society Online Asynchronous. Used to be SSCI 1470U. Cannot take twice. SOCI 2010U Deviance & Social Control Downtown SOCI 2020U Issues in Diversity Downtown SSCI 3999U Special Topics: Long Term Care Crisis Online SSCI 3999U Special Topics: Surveillance & Society Online SUST 1002U Fundamentals of Sustainability II: HSS Online Available seats will open on August 4th COMM 1320U Public Speaking Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 2220U The Media, Creativity & Culture in Canada Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 2240U Television Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 2311U The Creative Industries: Ideas, Art, Tech, Money, Power Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 2410U Social History of Comm & Media Tech Online Available seats open on August 4th COMM 2411U Gov Comm & Digital Creativity: Policy for an Era of Digital Disruption Online Available seats open on August 4th COMM 3250U Pop Culture Online Available seats open on August 4th COMM 3350U Environmental Communication Year 3+ standing Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 3410U Designing Hits: Storytelling in the Digital Age Year 3+ standing Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 3510U Work in the Creative & Tech Industries Year 3+ standing Online Available seats open on August 4th COMM 3610U Strategic Comm for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion & Propaganda Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 3720U Knowing Your Audience Year 2+ standing Downtown Available seats open on August 4th COMM 4610U The Struggle is Real: Transformation for Comm, Conflict & Peace Year 4+ standing Downtown Available seats open on August 4th
Bachelor of Commerce
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Business
BUSI Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship North CRN 70313 BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership North BUSI 2510U Communicating with Data Year 2+ standing North BUSI 4590U Special Topics: Supply Chain Year 3+ standing North BUSI 2900U Cybersecurity for Business Year 2+ standing North BUSI 2700U Entrepreneurial Finance (BUSI 1700U or BUSI 1600U) and BUSI 1130U North BUSI 3590U Design Thinking Online BUSI 3650U Innovation Management Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3810U International Management Year 3+ standing North -
Finance
Finance Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3440U Financial Modeling BUSI 1450U & BUSI 2402U North BUSI 3460U Fixed Income Strategies BUSI 1450U & BUSI 2402U North BUSI 3480U International Finance BUSI 2402U & ECON 2020U North BUSI 4405U Portfolio & Investment Strategies BUSI 3405U & BUSI 3420U BUSI 4440U Financial Econometrics BUSI 1450U & ECON 2010U & (BUSI 3405U or BUSI 3410U or BUSI 3480U) -
Marketing
Marketing Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3250U Service Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 4210U High-Tech Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 4230U Marketing Analytics BUSI 2200U & BUSI 1450U North BUSI 4250U International Marketing BUSI 2200U North -
Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources
OBHR Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 2350U Developing Management Skills North BUSI 3315U Negotiation Theory & Behaviour North -
Technology Management
Technology Management Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3590U Design Thinking North BUSI 4590U Special Topics: IoT (Internet of Things) Year 3+ standing BUSI 4710U Information Privacy Law & New Technologies Year 4+ standing -
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 2350U Developing Management Skills North BUSI 3590U Design Thinking North BUSI 3650U Innovation Management Year 3+ standing North BUSI 3810U International Management
Bachelor of Information Technology
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Business
BUSI Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship North CRN 76302 only BUSI 2510U Communicating with Data Year 2+ standing North BUSI 2900U Cybersecurity for Business Year 2+ standing North -
Technology Management
Technology Management Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 3503U Digital Marketing BUSI 2200U North BUSI 4290U Special Topics in Marketing: Topic TBA BUSI 2200U & year 3+ standing North BUSI 4710U Information Privacy Law & New Technologies Year 4+ standing -
Game Development
Game Electives Course code Course name Prerequisite(s) Location Note(s) BUSI 4340U Business of Gaming Year 3+ standing North INFR 2100U Programming in C/C++ INFR 1110U North INFR 2350U Intermediate Computer Graphics INFR 1350U North INFR 3322U Character Design INFR 3325U North INFR 3332U Advanced Narrative Design INFR 1300U North INFR 3350U Games User Research Year 3+ standing North INFR 3370U Social & Emotional Game Design INFR 2330U North INFR 3375U Retro Game Dev. Year 3+ standing INFR 4320U Artificial Intelligence for Gaming North INFR 4370U Advanced Game Sound INFR 2370U North INFR 4391U Special Topics in GDIM: Immersive Tech INFR 2810U Computer Architecture INFR 1100U & INFR 1020U North INFR 2820U Algorithms & Data Structures INFR 1010U or INFR 1016U North -
Technical Electives
Technical Electives Program Course code/name Prerequisite Location Note(s) Networking & I.T. Security INFR 3200U DevOps & Automation INFR 1421U & INFR 2141U & INFR 2670U North INFR 4599U Special Topics in I.T.: IoT Year 3+ standing North INFR 4662U Web Penetration Testing INFR 3120U & INFR 4661U North INFR 4710U Social, Info & Tech Networks INFR 1010U & INFR 1101U North Technology Management INFR 4599U Special Topics in I.T.: IoT Year 3+ standing North INFR 4710U Social, Info & Tech Networks INFR 1010U & INFR 1101U North
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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. Not sure what a course will be about? Read all course descriptions at: http://calendar.ontariotechu.ca/ under “course descriptions”
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