Electives
Fall 2025
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General Electives
course code course name prerequisite(s) location term note(s) ENVS 1000U Environmental Science north campus 12-Week Fall INDG 1000U Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples downtown campus 12-Week Fall INDG 2500U Two Eyed Seeing in the Natural Sciences north campus 12-Week Fall crosslisted with SCIE 2500U (same course, cannot take both) INDG 4300U Special Topics: Residential School System year 2+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall LBAT 2000U Introduction to Liberal Studies year 2+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall LBAT 2414U Science Fiction and Society downtown campus 12-Week Fall POSC 2100U Global Politics POSC 1000U online 12-Week Fall POSC 2200U Fundamentals of Policy Theory POSC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Fall POSC 2300U Mobilizing for Change POSC 1000U or enrolment in Sustainability minor online 12-Week Fall POSC 3000U Policy, Democracy & Governance POSC 2000U & POSC 2200U downtown campus 12-Week Fall POSC 3305U Energy Policy: Canada in a Transitioning World year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall POSC 3750U American Politics & Political Culture year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall PSYC 1000U Introductory Psychology CRN 43546 online, CRN 40424 downtown campus 12-Week Fall SCIE 2500U Two Eyed Seeing in the Natural Sciences north campus 12-Week Fall crosslisted with INDG 2500U (same course, cannot take both) SOCI 1000U Introductory Sociology online 12-Week Fall SOCI 2700U Human Sexuality PSYC 1000U or SOCI 1000U online 12-Week Fall SSCI 1210U History of Science & Technology online 12-Week Fall SSCI 1470U Impact of Science & Technology on Society online 12-Week Fall SSCI 1700U Reading Our World online 12-Week Fall COMM 1100U Introduction to Communication Studies downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 1420U Living Digitally downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 2110U Communication Theory: Keyworks online 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 2270U Entertainment Goes Global must be Year 2+ standing online 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 2530U Advertising and Society must be Year 2+ standing online 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 2620U Professional Communication downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 3110U Communication Ethics downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 3710U Intercultural Communication year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 3740U Video Games, Media & Culture year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 COMM 3751U Media, War, and Conflict year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 CRMN 1000U Introduction to Criminal Justice downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 CRMN 2021U Families & the Justice System online 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 FPSY 3400U Investigative Psychology PSYC 1000U & year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 FPSY 3900U Special Topics: Expert Testimony PSYC 1000U & year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 LGLS 1000U Foundations of Legal Studies downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 PSYC 2010U Developmental Psychology PSYC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 PSYC 2030U Psychopathology PSYC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 PSYC 2060U Cognitive Psychology PSYC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 PSYC 3060U Personality Psychology PSYC 1000U & year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1 PSYC 3070U Stress and Coping PSYC 1000U & year 3+ standing online 12-Week Fall Available seats released on August 1
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Bachelor of Commerce & Information Technology
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
BUSI ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship north campus CRN 44219 is for non-FBIT students only BUSI 1916U Mathematical Analysis for Business BUSI 1915U north campus BUSI 1917U Mathematics of Dependent Relationships in Business minimum C grade in BUSI 1915U north campus BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership north campus BUSI 2330U Managing Team Dynamics year 2 standing north campus used to be BUSI 4330U Managing Team Dynamics (cannot take both courses) BUSI 2350U Developing Management Skills year 2 standing north campus used to be BUSI 3350U Developing Management Skills (cannot take both courses) BUSI 2402U Corporate Finance BUSI 2401U north campus This is only an elective for students outside of Accounting and Finance Fall 2022 or later start students. This is a core class for all Accounting majors and Finance majors and for all Fall 2021 or earlier start Commerce students BUSI 2550U Introduction to Project Management Year 2 standing CRN 43238 online, CRN 41942 north campus This is only an elective for students outside of Entrepreneurship and Tech Management major. This is a core class for all Entrepreneurship and Tech Management Students. (This is also a core class for all BIT Students)BUSI 2560U Buyer Beware: The Psychology of Buying & Selling north campus BUSI 2570U Cybercrime north campus BUSI 3330U The Management of Change Year 3 standing north campus BUSI 3430U Personal Finance Year 3+ standing north campus Credit restricted with BUSI 3470U Wealth Management Principles (cannot take both courses). Finance students cannot take BUSI 3430U.BUSI 3470U Wealth Management Principles BUSI 2401U and BUSI 2402U north campus Students cannot take this course if they have already taken BUSI 3430U Personal Finance. This couse is credit restricted with BUSI 3430U Personal Finance. This class is an elective recommended for Accounting and Finance students. BUSI 3670U Risk Management Framework Year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3710U Entrepreneurial Growth north campus used to be called BUSI 3710U Small Business Management (cannot take both courses)BUSI 3720U Family Business Prerequisite(s): BUSI 1700U and BUSI 1130U north campus MARKETING ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3200U Marketing Communications BUSI 2200U north campus BUSI 3230U Marketing Channels BUSI 2200U online BUSI 4290U Special Topics in Marketing: Luxury Brand Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus OBHR ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership north campus BUSI 2330U Managing Team Dynamics year 2+ standing north campus BUSI 2350U Developing Management Skills year 2+ standing north campus BUSI 3330U The Management of Change year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 4390U Special Topics: Accessible Workplace Assistance BUSI 2312U & (BUSI 3312U or BUSI 3305U or BUSI 3380U) and year 3+ standing north campus FINANCE ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3440U Financial Modeling BUSI 2402U & BUSI 1450U and year 3+ standing north campus Available seats released To Commerce students on August 1 BUSI 3470U Wealth Management Prinicples BUSI 2401U and BUSI 2402U north campus credit restricted with BUSI 3430U (cannot take both courses) BUSI 4450U Business Applications of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies BUSI 2401U and BUSI 2402U or BUSI 2410U north campus Available seats released To Commerce students on August 1 BUSI 4455U Student Investment Fund I BUSI 2401U with permission of Dr. Shen- contact chen.shen1@ontariotechu.ca for more info.TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3330U The Management of Change year 3+ standing north campus Available seats released To Commerce students on August 1 BUSI 4450U Bus. Appl. Of Blockchain BUSI 2402U or BUSI 2410 north campus ENTREPRENEURSHIP ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3330U The Management of Change year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3650U Innovation Management year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3720U Family Business BUSI 1700U & BUSI 1130U north campus BACHELOR OF I.T.
BUSI ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 1700U Introduction to Entrepreneurship north campus BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership north campus BUSI 2570U Cybercrime north campus TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3330U The Management of Change year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3503U Digital Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus BUSI 3650U Innovation Management year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3670U Risk Management Frameworks and Processes year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 4450U Business Application of Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies BUSI 2402U or BUSI 2410U north campus GAME ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) INFR 1300U Creative Writing Narrative north campus INFR 1350U Introduction to Computer Graphics INFR 1020U & INFR 1101U or INFR 1100U north campus INFR 2310U Animation & A.I. for Games INFR 1020U or INFR 1030U & INFR 1100U & INFR 1396U north campus INFR 2330U Intermediate Game Design INFR 1335U north campus INFR 2345U Modelling & Animation Systems I INFR 1315U or INFR 1320U north campus INFR 2370U Game Sound INFR 1030U & INFR 2410U or INFR 1110U north campus INFR 3110U Game Engine Design & Implementation year 3+ standing north campus INFR 3345U Modelling & Animation Systems II INFR 2340U or INFR 2345U north campus INFR 4120U Serious Gaming & Virtual Simulation INFR 1110U and INFR 2330U north campus INFR 4350U Human Computer Inter for Games INFR 3110U and INFR 3330U or INFR 3335U or INFR 3370U north campus INFR 4355U Empirical Evaluation of Interactive Systems INFR 3350U north campus TECHNICAL ELECTIVES program course code/name prerequisites location note(s) NETWORKING & I.T. SECURITY INFR 4621U Software-Defined Data Centres INFR 2421U & INFR 2670U north campus INFR 4641U Advanced Networking Security INFR 3610U north campus INFR 4710U Social, Information & Technology Networks INFR 1010U & INFR 1101U north campus INFR 4900U Blockchain INFR 2140U or 2141U and INFR 3600U north campus INFR 4599U Special Topics: Data Analytics year 3+ standing north campus INFR 4599U Special Topics: AI Programming online TECHNOLGY MANAGEMENT INFR 4710U Social, Information & Technology Networks INFR 1010U & INFR 1101U north campus INFR 4599U Special Topics: AI Programming online INFR 4599U Special Topics: Data Analytics year 3+ standing north campus *elective list subject to change*
Winter 2026
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General Electives
course code course name prerequisite(s) location term note(s) COMM 3610U Strategic Communications for Influence: Rhetoric, Persuasion & Propaganda downtown campus 12-Week Winter COMM 3720U Knowing Your Audience: Audience Studies year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter ENVS 1000U Environmental Science north campus 12-Week Winter INDG 1000U Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Colonial History and its Impacts on Indigenous Peoples online 12-Week Winter INFR 2200U Indigenous Digital and Visual Media downtown campus 12-Week Winter INDG 4300U A Critical Look at Reconciliation & Decolonization year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter POSC 1000U Intro to Political Science downtown campus 12-Week Winter POSC 2000U Canadian Politics POSC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Winter POSC 2502U Community Development & Social Change online 12-Week Winter POSC 2800U Intro to Business, Economy & Society online 12-Week Winter POSC 3203U Urban Development POSC 2000U or 2100U online 12-Week Winter POSC 3501U Politics & Poverty POSC 2000U & 2200U downtown campus 12-Week Winter POSC 3800U Business, Politics & the Macroeconomy one of: POSC 2000U or 2100U or 2200U downtown campus 12-Week Winter PSYC 1000U Introductory Psychology online 12-Week Winter must enroll in either CRN#70482 or CRN#71038 SOCI 2300U Social Problems downtown campus 12-Week Winter SSCI 1210U History of Science and Technology online 12-Week Winter SSCI 1700U Reading Our World online 12-Week Winter SSCI 2101U Making a Difference: An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship SOCI 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Winter SUST 1002U Sustainability Fundamentals II online 12-Week Winter COMM 1050U Technical Communications online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 1320U Public Speaking downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 2240U Television year 2+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 2311U The Creative Industries downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 2410U Social History of Communication and Media year 2+ standing online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 2411U Government Communication & Digital Creativity year 2+ standing online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 3250U Pop Culture year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 3350U Environmental Communication downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 3410U Digital Media Storytelling year 3+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 COMM 3510U Work in the Digital Age year 3+ standing online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 CRMN 2010U Criminal Law LGLS 1000U online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 FPSY 3210U Forensic Psychology PSYC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 FPSY 3310U Confessions & Interrogations PSYC 1000U & year 3+ standing online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 FSCI 1010U Introductory Forensic Science north campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 POSC 1200U Introduction to Democracy in Theory & Practice online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 PSYC 2010U Developmental Psychology PSYC 1000U & year 2+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 PSYC 2020U Social Psychology PSYC 1000U & year 2+ standing downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 PSYC 3045U Child Maltreatment PSYC 1000U & PSYC 2010U downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 PSYC 3065U Emotion PSYC 1000U & PSYC 2060U or 2020U) online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 PSYC 3150U Psychology of Aging PSYC 2010U online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 PSYC 3520U Intro to Cognitive Neuroscience PSYC 2050U downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 SOCI 1000U Introductory Sociology CRN 70484 online, CRN 70483 downtown 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 SOCI 2020U Issues in Diversity SOCI 1000U or PSYC 1000U downtown campus 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1 SSCI 1470U Impact of Science & Technology on Society online 12-Week Winter Available seats released August 1
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Bachelor of Commerce & Information Technology
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE
BUSI ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship north campus BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership north campus BUSI 2312U Intro to Human Resources Year 2 standing north campus This is only an elective for students outside of OBHR major and Fall 2022 or later starts. This is a core class for all OBHR students and for Fall 2021 or earlier Commerce starts. BUSI 2510U Communicating with Data north campus BUSI 2550U Introduction to Project Management Year 2 standing CRN 74902 online, CRN 72900 north campus This is only an elective for students outside of Entrepreneurship and Tech Management major. This is a core class for all Entrepreneurship and Tech Management Students. (This is a core class for all BIT Students)BUSI 2620U Business Ethics north campus BUSI 3590U Design Thinking online BUSI 3650U Innovation Management year 3 standing north campus BUSI 3705U Legal Environment of Business Year 3 standing north campus This is only an elective for students outside of Accounting and Fall 2022 or later start students. This is a core class for all Accounting students and for all Fall 2021 or earlier Commerce starts. BUSI 3800U International Business Year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3810U International Management year 3 standing north campus BUSI 4590U Special Topics: Supply Chain BUSI 2040U north campus FINANCE ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3150U Financial Statement Analysis BUSI 1130U and year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 3460U Fixed Income Straegies BUSI 2402U and BUSI 1450U north campus BUSI 3480U International Finance BUSI 2402U and ECON 2020U north campus BUSI 4405U Portfolio & Investment Strategies BUSI 3405U & BUSI 3420U north campus BUSI 4440U Financial Econometrics BUSI 1450U & ECON 2020U & (BUSI 3405U or 3410U or 3480U) north campus BUSI 4456U Student Investment Fund II BUSI 2401U and BUSI 4455U north campus with permission of Dr. Shen- contact chen.shen1@ontariotechu.ca for more info.MARKETING ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3250U Service Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus BUSI 4250U International Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus OBHR ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership north campus BUSI 3315U Negotiation Theory & Behaviour Year 2 standing north campus TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) INFR 4611U Trust Systems year 3+ standing BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U North campus ENTREPRENEURSHIP ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 3590U Design Thinking online BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus BACHELOR OF I.T.
BUSI ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) BUSI 1700U Intro to Entrepreneurship BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership This course is not an elective for NWITS students. It is a mandatory course for NWITSBUSI 2312U Intro to Human Resources Management Year 2 standing TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) INFR 4611U Trust Systems year 3+ standing north campus BUSI 4280U Social Media Marketing BUSI 2200U north campus GAME ELECTIVES course code course name prerequisite(s) location note(s) INFR 2100U Programming in C++ INFR 1110U north campus INFR 2350U Intermed. Computer Graphics INFR 1350U north campus INFR 2810U Computer Architecture INFR 1020U & INFR 1100U north campus INFR 2820U Algorithim. & Data Structures INFR 1010U or INFR1016U or INFR 1030U AND< INFR2140U or INFR2141U or INFR1110U north campus INFR 3250U User Experience Research INFR 3350U & Year 2+ standing north campus INFR 3322U Character Design INFR 3325 & INFR 3340U north campus INFR 3332U Advanced Narrative Design INFR 1300U north campus INFR 3350U Games User Research Year 3+ standing north campus INFR 3370U Designing Games for Social & Emotional Impact INFR 2330U north campus INFR 3375U Retro Game Dev Year 3+ standing north campus INFR 3390U Intermediate Rigging INFR 2345U north campus BUSI 4340U Business of Gaming north campus TECHNICAL ELECTIVES program course code/name prerequisite location note(s) NETWORKING & I.T. SECURITY INFR 3200U Intro to DevOps & Infrastructure Automation INFR 1421U & INFR 2140U or INFR 2141U & INFR 2670U north campus INFR 4599U Special Topics in I.T.: Internet of Things north campus INFR 4611U Trust Systems year 3+ standing north campus INFR 4662U Web Penetration Testing INFR 3120U & INFR 4661U north campus TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT INFR 4599U Special Topics: Internet of Things north campus *elective list subject to change*
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BUSI Elective
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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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