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AP/ECON 1000 3.00
Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduces the principles and methods of economics with emphasis on microeconomic theory. Topics include general and basic concepts of demand and supply, utility analysis and demand, production and costs, pricing in competitive and monopolistic markets, ...
AP/ECON 1010 3.00
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Introduces the principles and methods of economics with emphasis on macroeconomic theory. Topics include basic models of national income and employment determination, fiscal policy, banking and monetary policy, the theory of international trade and finance, ...
SC/MATH 1131 3.00
Introduction to Statistics I
Displaying and describing distributions; relations in categorical data; Simpson's paradox and the need for design; experimental design and sampling design; randomization; probability laws and models; central limit theorem; statistical inference including confidence intervals and tests ...
AP/SOSC 1340 6.00
Introduction to Business & Society
This course introduces major themes in the field of business and society, including various theoretical approaches and concepts. Particular attention is paid to specific historical developments in the rise of the capitalist economy, and the ...
AP/SOSC 1340 9.00
Introduction to Business & Society
This course introduces major themes in the field of business and society, including various theoretical approaches and concepts. Particular attention is paid to specific historical developments in the rise of the capitalist economy, and the ...
AP/SOSC 1341 9.00
Introduction to the Social Economy
This course introduces students to the social economy (including co-operatives, credit unions, worker-owned firms, non-profit social service organizations, etc.). It investigates the history of the social economy and its potential contributions to local, regional and ...
SC/MATH 1532 3.00
Statistics for Business and Society
An introduction to statistics with an emphasis on concepts and applications relevant in the Business and Society program. Students learn basic and practical statistical techniques to explore and analyze data. Emphasis is placed on statistical ...
EU/ENVS 2000 6.00
Environmental Politics, Justice and Arts
How do we change the world? How do we construct a just society in creative ways? This Area focuses on facing todays environmental challenges through politics, art, philosophy, education and media. You will examine the ...
HH/PSYC 2020 6.00
Statistical Methods I and II
An introduction to the analysis of data from psychological studies. Fundamental concepts and techniques of both descriptive and inferential statistics and their application to psychological research. Prerequisite or corequisite: HH/PSYC 1010 6.00.
HH/PSYC 2021 3.00
Statistical Methods I
The fundamental concepts and application of descriptive statistics. An introduction to probability and inferential statistics, including hypothesis testing with the normal- and t-distributions. Prerequisite or corequisite: HH/PSYC 1010 6.00, GL/PSYC 2510 6.00.
HH/KINE 2050
Analysis of Data in Kinesiology I
An introduction to scientific method and the statistical analysis of experimental data. The conduct of simple experiments, techniques of naturalistic observation and the analysis of resulting data using fundamental concepts of descriptive and inferential statistics. ...
SC/BIOL 2060 3.00
Statistics for Biologists
Statistical problem solving for biologists. Basic theory for the analysis of parametric and non-parametric data. A project period is devoted to discussion and solving of statistical problems. One project period.
AP/ADMS 2310 3.00
Business Statistics Through Applications
This course enables and empowers students to understand and draw conclusions from statistics without unnecessary anxiety. As a first applied statistics course for students, the course immerses students in developing their analytical competency by learning ...
AP/SOSC 2330 6.00
The Political Economy of Law, Policy and Organization
This course considers economics as a form of moral argument. This course considers how economists evaluate existing government policies in a broad variety of areas, including housing policies and rent control, environmental protection and gender ...
AP/SOSC 2340 6.00
Intermediate Business & Society
An introduction to business and society studies, emphasizing the interaction of economic and social development globally and in the Canadian context, and introducing the perspectives of economics, mathematics and statistics, political science, psychology, labour studies ...
AP/SOSC 2342 6.00
The Firm, Organization and Management
This course is for students taking the Firm and Organization stream in Business and Society. It introduces students to different disciplinary perspectives on organizations, the firm, management and the role of business schools in Anglo-American ...
AP/SOSC 2345 6.00
Corporations that Changed the World: Business and the Global Economy
This course examines the role played by selected corporations in generating major economic, political and cultural changes in the global economy. Whether as agents of ‘creative destruction’, colonialism, or globalization, corporations are critically examined for ...
AP/SOSC 2346 6.00
Ethics and Capitalism
The course identifies the characteristics of capitalism and enquires into the ethics of capitalism with the use of key ethical concepts, such as: freedom; exploitation; justice; welfare; virtue; equality; coercion; and human rights. If capitalism ...
EU/ENVS 2400 6.00
Foundations of Environmental Management
Drawing on the natural and social sciences, this course examines the role of policy and management strategies in addressing environmental, nature resource and conservation challenges, in ways supportive of sustainable development. It provides an overview ...
AP/POLS 2400 3.00
Introduction to Comparative Politics
An introduction to the comparative study of political systems, institutions, and processes. The second half of the course will examine in detail the government and politics of specific countries and regions.
AP/GEOG 2420 3.00
Introductory Statistical Analysis in Geography
This introductory course aims to provide a working knowledge of several statistical techniques which are widely used in many branches of geography. Some attention is also given to broader questions concerning the nature of the ...
AP/ECON 2500 3.00
Introductory Statistics for Economists I
An introduction to statistical techniques. Topics covered include descriptive statistics and frequency distributions, measures of location and dispersion, random variables, sampling distributions, probability theory and mathematical expectations, the normal distribution, correlation, and the design and ...
SC/MATH 2560 3.00
Elementary Statistics I
Displaying and describing distributions, normal distribution. Relationships between variables, regression and correlation. The need for design, experimental design and sampling design. Sampling distributions, bias, variability. Probability models, random variables, probability laws.
AP/SOSC 3040 6.00
Corporate Social Responsibility
Investigates the theory and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility programs, including the normative and social science analysis of particular issues and practices, as well as their role in regulation and legitimation in larger political economy ...
AP/SOSC 3041 6.00
The Social Economy and Alt. Development
The course examines alternative business and economic structures to those of the private corporation in the contemporary world. Particular attention is paid to cooperatives and worker-owned firms and their impact not just on those who ...
AP/SOSC 3042 3.00
Business & Social Exclusion in the Global South
This course is for students in the Business and Society program. It investigates the intersection of business practices and systemic bias against marginalized groups - in particular visible minorities and women in the global economy.
AP/SOSC 3043 3.00
Comparative Perspectives on Social Exclusion & Business
This course is for students in the Business and Society program. It investigates the intersection of business practices and systemic bias against marginalized groups - in particular visible minorities and women in Canada and the ...
AP/SOSC 3044 3.00
Green Business
This course focuses on the business and management implications of environmental change in both the Global South and Global North. Concepts and tools covered in the course identify and measure impacts of production and other ...
AP/SOSC 3045 3.00
Finance and Society
This course takes an interdisciplinary social scientific approach to the study of finance in contemporary society. It explores the process of financialization from the late 1970s until present, along with the social impact of this ...
AP/SOSC 3046 6.00
Responsibility, Power and Justice: Corporate Power and Inequality
This course examines the notion of responsibility in the context of complex constellations of global injustice for which attributions of individual responsibility/blame are contested. Term one equips students with theoretical approaches from philosophical, literary and ...
EU/ENVS 3130 3.00
Energy and the Environment in Canada
The course focuses on relationships between socio-economic development, energy use, and the environment in Canada. Energy sources, energy end use, energy technology, and energy institutions as well as the social and ecological impacts of energy ...
AP/GEOG 3130 3.00
The Global Economy
This course examines the evolution of the world economy as well as the major institutions that have supported it, and interprets the new geography of investment, production and consumption that accompanies it.
AP/ECON 3150 3.00
International Trade
Studies the microeconomic aspects of international trade, tracing its historical development from the theory of comparative costs to the theory of customs unions and tariffs. Topics include trade patterns, trade barriers and free trade versus ...
AP/ECON 3199 3.00
Approaches to Global Economics (Writing)
Explores approaches to the global economy, emphasizing structural and policy-related aspects.
AP/POLS 3200 3.00
Global Conflict and Security I
This course acquaints students with issues surrounding conflict and security in global politics as it has evolved over the past three centuries. It examines the history and development of war from the medieval period to ...
AP/POLS 3210 3.00
Global Conflict and Security II
This course explores the issues surrounding different dimensions of conflict and security in the contemporary period. In its broadest sense, security can be understood not only in military, but also in political, economic, cultural and ...
AP/ANTH 3220 6.00
Greed, Globalization & The Gift: The Culture of Capitalism
This course examines capitalist enterprise historically and ethnographically. It focuses upon forms of corporate capitalism; the historic spread of capitalism and the world system; globalization; and the failure of neo-liberal development to deliver economic prosperity.
AP/POLS 3240 3.00
Multilateralism I: The Un, Regional Organizations and International Law
Multilateralism concerns the management of conflict and the building of cooperation among the variety of political entities and agents that enter the field of world politics and governance. This course provides students with a better ...
AP/SOSC 3240 3.00
Labour and Globalization I: North American Perspectives
This course looks at the post-war assumptions governing the limits and possibilities of trade union action in mature welfare states. It moves to looking at labour in English Canada and Quebec, the US and Mexico, ...
AP/SOSC 3241 3.00
Labour and Globalization II: Comparative Perspectives
This course focuses on the changed environment for labour action and the search for new sources of trade union authority and power in the European Community, Russia, Australasia, Latin America and Africa.
AP/POLS 3250 3.00
Multilateralism II: The Political Econ. of Int’L. Organizations
Multilateralism concerns the management of conflict and the building of cooperation among the variety of political entities and agents that enter the field of world politics and governance. The course builds upon the introduction provided ...
AP/POLS 3255 6.00
Human Rights and Global Economy
Explores challenges to the fulfillment of internationally recognized human rights posed by globalization, emphasizing socio-economic rights like food security, water and livelihood rights. Examines the role of states, international institutions, corporations and civil society in ...
AP/POLS 3300 6.00
Statistics for Social Sciences
Provides a basic understanding of the statistical reasoning and fundamental statistical techniques frequently used to analyze social data. It introduces students to the uses of computers and statistics in the social sciences. It helps develop ...
EU/ENVS 3340 3.00
Global Environmental Politics
Examines the interrelationship between globalization and environment. It analyzes the historical development of the global environmental system and theoretical approaches to understanding the global environment. It considers the main actors, institutions and legal instruments related ...
EU/ENVS 3410 3.00
Environmental Policy I
The formulation of environmental policy is the focus its underlying scope, concepts, legal bases, ethodologies. The formulation of environmental policy is the focus its underlying scope, concepts, legal bases, ethodologies. Case studies illustrate the interaction ...
EU/ENVS 3430 3.00
Environmental Assessment
Provides a critical overview of the theory and practice of environmental assessment (EA). Course objectives include gaining familiarity with the fundamentals of EA; exploring substantive and process-oriented issues through case studies; and practicing methods and ...
EU/ENVS 3440 3.00
Resource Management
Current theories of resource management, methods, information and decision-making are reviewed critically. Ethical, cultural, social and economic perspectives on resource management are explored through case studies.
/ENVS 3505 3.00
Business and Sustainability: Issues and Strategies
An introduction to key dimensions of business and sustainability including: what is sustainability?: "values-driven" business models and practices; eco-production in key economic sectors (food, manufacturing, energy, building); financing sustainability; indicators of sustainability; green regulation; and ...
EU/ENVS 3510 3.00
Environmental Economics
The application of economic principles to environmental issues is introduced and critically reviewed. Linkages between economic factors, social processes and natural environments are explored. The use of economic principles in deriving solutions to issues of ...
AP/ECON 3550 3.00
Economic Growth and Development
Studies the economic problems of poor countries and poor communities. Explores the meaning of development by considering the characteristics of economic underdevelopment, poverty, income and wealth distribution, rural versus urban development, population growth, and unemployment ...
AP/ECON 3560 3.00
Economic Policy in Developing Countries
Examines policy issues arising from development planning. Topics include agriculture versus industry, international trade, monetary and fiscal policies, foreign investment, foreign aid and self-reliance, and global issues.
AP/ECON 3569 3.00
Economic Policy in Developing Countries
Examines policy issues arising from development planning. Topics include agriculture versus industry, international trade, monetary and fiscal policies, foreign investment, foreign aid and self-reliance, and global issues.
EU/ENVS 4011 3.00
Food, Land and Culture
Examines food, land, and culture from a critical interdisciplinary environmental perspective. Students have the opportunity to pursue their own interests related to food politics, planning, sustainable and alternative agriculture, human-animal relationships and ethics, from a ...
AP/SOSC 4040 6.00
Issues in Business and Society
An in-depth examination of issues involved in the relationship between business and society in Canada and in the global economy, including the impact of managerial and technological innovation, investment and marketing decisions and government policy.
AP/SOSC 4043 6.00
Corporate Governance & Business Law in Comparative Context
Examines intersections between business and the law. Particular attention is paid to the nature of the firm and corporate governance, governance structures in a comparative context, and recent and controversial issues regarding the relationship between ...
AP/SOSC 4044 6.00
Ethics and Economics
This course looks at the relationship between ethics and economics both in the historical\development of the "political economy" and in modern "economics". Both symbioses and tensions between economics and ethics will be explored.
AP/SOSC 4045 6.00
Business, Communications and Society
This course is a critical analysis of the relationships among business, information and communications technologies, and communications media. Particular attention is paid to the importance of communications issues to the study of business and society, ...
AP/SOSC 4046 6.00
Social Economy Practicum
This course is designed primarily for students in the Social Economy stream of the Business & Society program. It involves students being assigned to an unpaid work placement for a social economy organization in the ...
AP/SOSC 4047 6.00
The Business of Neoliberal Globalization
This course is designed for students taking the Global Economy stream in Business & Society. It introduces students to different theories of globalization and specifically to those theories based on free market ideology, politics and ...
AP/SOSC 4048 3.00
The Business of Fair Trade
The seminar course is an optional course in the Environment stream of the Business & Society program. It focuses on various aspects of the practice of fair trade - as a form of regulation, as ...
AP/SOSC 4049 3.00
The Business of Food & Farming
The seminar course focuses on Food and Farming, including the analysis of different types of agricultural production and their ability to provide the basis for sustainable food systems.
EU/ENVS 4140 3.00
Environmental Thought
An introduction to diverse ways of seeing and understanding nature. An historical perspective on the development of environmental thought leads to an exploration of various perspectives and critiques of the standard scientific and technological approaches ...
EU/ENVS 4161 3.00
Social Movements, Activism and Social Change
This course examines new social movements that have arisen in response to the crisis of industrial culture, economic restructuring, shifting political formations, and ecological disasters. The course focuses on current theories of social movements, contested ...
EU/ENVS 4210 3.00
Global Populations: Critical Environmental Perspectives
Examines the trends, causes and consequences in population growth and movements across the globe. It studies the environmental impacts of rises in population, global refugee and immigration patterns and their socio-environmental consequences, and the influence ...
EU/ENVS 4421 3.00
Environmental Law & Justics: Stories and Struggles
This course examines and evaluates how contemporary advocates employ law to protect the environment, secure equal access to environmental health, and contribute to social justice. This course builds on ES/ENVS 3420 3.0, which is recommended.
EU/ENVS 4510 3.00
Ecological Economics
Provides an introduction to the emerging field of ecological economics. Areas of focus include the appropriate scale of the economy in relation to the environment, the role of discount rates in mediating intergenerational and interspecies ...