This course is designed to teach students the fundamental academic skills of researching; reading; and writing in the social sciences. Students are taught how to search for; comprehend and synthesize academic sources in the context of social science research. Throughout this process; they will recognize the various disciplinary perspectives that compose the social sciences and their respective perspectives on a diversity of topics. As they progress through the course; students will gain skills related to searching academic databases; critical evaluation of information; teamwork; academic writing; and oral communication.

Advanced Global Economics is a required enrichment level course for students of the Global Studies Profile (no math option) and an optional enrichment course for other students. Students will build on the skills and techniques learned in Introduction to Economics. Students will analyze the history of international trade and the evolution of the main ideas of trade theory. Students will learn how to explain the principle of comparative advantage and apply it to cases of voluntary exchange. Students will apply supply and demand diagrams and the concepts of producers' surplus and consumers' surplus to the analysis of the gains and losses from trade; as well as the gains and losses associated with different barriers to trade.

Archives on Trial is a required enrichment level course for students of the Criminology Profile and an optional enrichment course for other students. It examines legal culture; both formal and informal; through historical archives. It will examine the historical context of criminological issues through the lens of primary source material; with a particular emphasis on case studies.

Cognitive Psychology is an optional enrichment course in the Social Science Program. In this course; students will be introduced to cognitive processes; such as attention; memory; language; decision-making; and thinking. Students will gain insight into the fundamental role of cognition in the human realities studied.

Comparative Politics is a required option for students of the Global Studies Profile and is an optional enrichment-level course for other students. In this course; students will analyze the fundamental concepts of state; government; regime; society; and the economy as well as the ideals of freedom and equality. These concepts will be examined with some historical background and explored with a comparative approach spanning over several countries. The analysis of contemporary issues like democratization; wealth inequality; religious fundamentalism; political culture; and political violence will be necessary to the understanding and critical assessment of these fundamental concepts.

Criminal Justice is a required enrichment level course in the Criminology Profile and an optional enrichment level course for other students. This course will focus on the Canadian criminal justice system and its key components: the police; court; and correction institutions. In doing so; students will study the foundations of criminal law and of the Canadian constitution; the effects of the federal distribution of power on the system; and the importance of courts in a democratic regime. Comparison with elements of other countries' criminal justice systems will be drawn out to assist students in their studies. The course will also explore contemporary issues and analyze classic court cases that form the backbone of the Canadian criminal justice system.

Critical Study of Media and Public Opinion is an optional enrichment level in the Social Science Program. This course explores the role of mass media; social media; and the culture industry in communicating ideological messages and symbols to the population while fulfilling the functions of entertainment and information. By the end of this course; students should be able to think critically about how the inequalities of wealth and power that surround cultural production shape public opinion and legitimize values; beliefs; and codes of behavior.

Cultural Landscapes of Sports and Leisure is a required enrichment level course in the Sports and Leisure Profile and is an optional enrichment level course for other students. This course will be dedicated to the observation of human phenomena through the lens of geography-specific to the theme of sports and leisure. Given the nature of the competency (0PRA) students will learn to examine and analyze cultural landscapes in an applied context.

This course is an introduction to calculus. It is designed to enable students to understand the idea of limit and derivative of basic functions and to learn the principal concepts and methods of differential calculus. Students will also learn how to (1) formulate a functional model of certain business; economic; and other current human realities using the appropriate terminology and definitions; (2) solve problems based on functional models using differential calculus with rigorous mathematical reasoning; and (3) explain and interpret the results using appropriate language. Applications include problems involving rates of change; optimization; and demographics.

Economic Issues is an enrichment course in the Social Science Program. In this course; students will learn how to apply economic theories to analyse issues related to the market; globalization; national debt; the environment; and business.

Environmental Politics is an optional enrichment-level course in the Social Science Program. In this course; students will examine the actors and dynamics associated with environmentalism understood as a broad political ideology and social movement with a variety of perspectives about the causes of environmental problems and the best way to deal with these problems. Through the study of the numerous environmental problems the world faces; students will further their understanding of humanity's complicated relationship with nature; the limits of economic growth; and the roles that political actors can play in protecting the natural environment and ensuring that it can sustain all forms of life.

Film as History is a second-level non-compulsory course in the Social Science Program. The course provides cinematic portrayals of history and examines them as historical arguments; given that visual literacy skills have become as essential as traditional literacy skills in understanding historical knowledge and perspectives. The course would examine a central theme (e.g.; empire; gender; social classes; Cold War cinema; historical mythologies) with attention to films as an influence on historical perspectives and as cultural artifacts.