This list of FASS courses with available spaces and no (or low) prerequisites will help you complete your summer course schedule. Many of these count toward your undergraduate breadth requirement.

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August 01, 2019
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This list of FASS courses with available spaces and no (or low) prerequisites will help you complete your Fall 2019 course schedule. Many of these count toward your undergraduate breadth requirement. See all course outlines.

Note: We try to keep this list updated but registration is ongoing and some courses may fill. If a class is full, you may be able to ask to be put on the waitlist, as other students will be dropping classes in the first weeks of the term.

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Burnaby campus

Course Course  Name WQB Section Instructor
ARAB 100-3 Introduction to Arabic I   D100 Rastin Mehri
CHIN 101-3 Mandarin Chinese II   D100 Jeremy Turner
CHIN 101-3 Mandarin Chinese II   D200 Mark Blair
ECON 103-4 Principles of Microeconomics Q/B-Soc D100 Douglas Allen
ECON 104-3 Economics and Government B-Soc D100 Vasyl Golovetskyy
ECON 105-4 Principles of Macroeconomics Q/B-Soc D100 Eliav Danziger
ENGL 113W-3 Literature and Performance W/B-Hum D100 Peter Dickinson
ENGL 114W-3 Language and Purpose W/B-Hum D100 Nadine Flagel
ENGL 115W-3 Literature and Culture W/B-Hum D100 Kandice Sharren
FASS 101: All FASSFirst courses are specially designed to help new students make a successful transition to university and connect closely with their professors and peers during their first term.
FASS 101W-3 FASSFirst: Reading 'Riting Rising Up:
Weaving our Narratives on Rights, Justice and Reconciliation
W/B-H/Soc D001 Brenda Morrison
FASS 101W-3 FASSFirst: Food U. W/B-H/Soc D004 Sarah Walshaw
FASS 101W-3 FASSFirst: Disney Adaptations and Cultural Ideology W/B-H/Soc D005 Nicole Didicher
FNST 110W-4 International Indigenous Lifewriting W/B-Hum D100 Faculty
FNST 111-3 Introduction to Participatory Indigenous Research Methods   D100 Natahnee Winder
FREN 121-3 Introductory French I   D200 P. De Rycke
FREN 122-3 Introductory French II   D100 Cecile Ollivier-Budisa
FREN 122-3 Introductory French II   E100 Cecile Ollivier-Budisa
GERM 102-3 Introductory German I Rtaer   D100 Claudia Hein
GERM 102-3 Introductory German I   D200 Claudia Hein
GERM 103-3 Introductory German II   D100 Claudia Hein
GSWS 100-3 Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies B-Hum D100 Helen Leung
GSWS 101-3 Gender Talk B-Soc D100 Lara Campbell
GSWS 322-4 Feminist Approaches to Research   D100 Alice Nye
GSWS 333-4 Ruth Wynn Woodward Advanced Seminar   D100  
GSWS 341-4 History of Women in Europe: Ideas and Debates From the Renaissance to the Present   D100 Evdoxios Doxiadis
HIST 101-3 Canada to Confederation B-Hum D100 Mary-Ellen Kelm
HIST 135-3 Capitalism & The Making of the Modern World   D100 Aaron Windel, Emily O'Brien, Jennifer Spear, Mark Leier
HIST 146-3 Africa after the TransAtlantic Slave Trade B-Hum D100 Sarah Walshaw
HIST 151-3 The Modern Middle East B-Hum D100 Paul Sedra
HIST 237-3 History of Scotland, 1707-Present   D100 Katie McCullough
HIST 254-3 China to 1800 B-Hum D100 Weiting Guo
HIST 285-3 Studies in History: East Asian Civilization B-Hum D100 Weiting Guo
HS 275-4 From Alexander to the Caesars: the Hellenic and Roman Worlds to the End of Antiquity B-Hum D100 Dimitrios Krallis
HS 276-3 Social, Economic and Political History of the Mediterranean B-Hum D100 Evdoxios Doxiadis
HS 312-4 Greek Art and Archaeology   D100 Sabrina Higgins
HS 318-4 Heroines in Greece and Beyond: Political Representations of Women in Film and Literature   D100 Dionysia Eirini Kotsovili
HS 460-4 Themes in Byzantine History B-Hum D100 Dimitrios Krallis
HUM 219-3 The Early Middle Ages B-Hum D100 Paul Dutton
HUM 219-3 The Early Middle Ages B-Hum D101 Paul Dutton
HUM 240-3 Studies in Modern Culture B-Hum D100 Dionysia Eirini Kotsovili
HUM 381-4 Selected Topics in the Humanities I   D100 David Mirhady
IS 101-3 Global Challenges of the 21st Century: An Introduction to International Studies B-Hum/Soc D100 Brenda Lyshaug
IS 105-3 Around the World through Film B-Hum/Soc D100 Amynmohamed Sajoo
IS 230-3 Beyond the Nation-State: Identity and Belonging in a Globalized World B-Hum/Soc D100 Elizabeth Cooper
IS 313W-4 Nationalism, Democracy and Development in Modern India W D100 Loganathan Masilamani
ITAL 100-3 Introductory Italian I   D200 Chohre Rassekh
ITAL 100-3 Introductory Italian I   D300 Chohre Rassekh
ITAL 101-3 Introductory Italian II   D100 Sessional
ITAL 391-3 The Medicean Circle   D100 Vlad Vintila
LBST 101-3 Introducing Labour Studies B-Soc D100 John Harter
LBST 202-3 Labour Research for Social Change: Methods and Approaches Q D100 Serdar Kaya
LBST 301W-3 Labour Movements: Issues, Images and Popular Culture W D100 John Harter
LBST 311-3 Labour and the Environment   D100 John Walker
LBST 330-3 Labour & Gender   D100 Norma Morgan
LBST 330-3 Craft—Material Work in a Digital Age   D200 Benjamin Anderson
LING 100-3 Communication and Language B-Soc D100 Iouri Pankrats
LING 111-3 Introduction to English Vocabulary Analysis B-Soc D100 Iouri Pankrats
LING 160-3 Language, Culture and Society B-Soc D100 Suzanne Hilgendorf
LING 200-3 Introduction to English Sentence Analysis   D100 Kyeongmin Kim
LING 220-3 Introduction to Linguistics B-Soc D100 Heather Bliss
PHIL 100W-3 Knowledge and Reality W/B-Hum D100 Faculty
PHIL 144-3 Introduction to Philosophy of Science B-Hum/Sci D100 Holly Andersen
POL 100-3 Introduction to Politics and Government B-Soc D100 Sanjay Jeram
POL 141-3 War, International Cooperation and Development B-Soc D100 Tyler Chamberlain
POL 151-3 Justice and Law B-Soc D100 Clare McGovern
POL 200W-4 Investigating Politics: Research Design and Qualitative Methods W D100 Sanjay Jeram
POL 200W-4 Investigating Politics: Research Design and Qualitative Methods W D101  
POL 200W-4 Investigating Politics: Research Design and Qualitative Methods W D102  
POL 200W-4 Investigating Politics: Research Design and Qualitative Methods W D103  
POL 200W-4 Investigating Politics: Research Design and Qualitative Methods W D104  
POL 210-3 Introduction to Political Philosophy B-Hum/Soc D100 Michael Laurence
POL 221-3 Introduction to Canadian Government   D100 Tyler Chamberlain
POL 253-3 Introduction to Public Policy B-Soc D100 Cara Camcastle
POL 310-4 Identity Politics   D100 Michael Laurence
POL 330-4 Protecting Human Rights: Courts, Constitutions and Legislatures   D100 Clare McGovern
POL 332-4 Separatist Movements: Conflict and Accommodation   D100 Clare McGovern
POL 344-4 International Law   D100 TBD
POL 348-4 Theories of War, Peace and Conflict Resolution   D100 Kanya Adam
SA 322-4 Religion and Society (SA)   D100 Sonja Luehrmann
SA 325-4 Political Sociology   D100 Gary Teeple
SA 345-4 Race, Immigration and the Canadian State   D100 Wendy Chan
SA 359-4 Culture, Mental Health & Therapeutic Governance   D100 Jie Yang
SA 362-4 Society and the Changing Global Division of Labour   D100 Yildiz Atasoy
SA 365-4 Selected Regional Areas   D100 Sessional
SA 366-4 Feminist Politics   D100 Maureen Kihika
SA 366-4 Food Politics Globalization   D200 Gerardo Otero
SA 366-4 Spaces of Memory   D300 Lindsey Freeman
SPAN 103-3 Introductory Spanish II   D100 Maria Mayo-Harp
WL 200-3 How to Do Things with World Literature   D100 Melek Ortabasi
WL 201-3 East/West Encounters B-Hum D100 Faculty
WL 330-3 Special Topic in World Literature   D100  

Surrey campus

Course  Course Name WQB Section Instructor
CRIM 131-3 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System - A Total System Approach B-Soc D900 Sessional
CRIM 131-3 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System - A Total System Approach B-Soc J100 Sessional
FREN 120-3 French for Beginners   D500 Linda Bruneau-Jolly
FREN 120-3 French for Beginners   D600 Linda Bruneau-Jolly
GSWS 306-4 Gender, Sexuality and Autobiographical Media   D100 Michelle Walks
GSWS 330-4 Masculinities   D900 Jennifer Marchbank
HIST 130-3 Introduction to Global History B-Hum D900 Faculty
HUM 321W-4 The Humanities and Critical Thinking W/B-Hum J100 Alessandra Capperdoni
ITAL 100-3 Introductory Italian I   D400 Sessional
LING 160-3 Language, Culture and Society B-Soc D900 TBD
POL 132-3 From Dictatorship to Democracy: Political Regimes in the 21st Century B-Hum/Soc D900 Stewart Prest
PSYC 106-3 Psychological Issues in Contemporary Society B-Soc D900 Ralph Mistlberger
SA 150-4 Introduction to Sociology B-Soc D900 Maureen Kihika
SA 319-4 Transnational Aging (A)   J100 Michelle Walks

Vancouver campus

Course Course Name WQB Section Instructor
FREN 120-3 French for Beginners   E100 Cecile Ollivier-Budisa, Linda Bruneau-Jolly
GERO 101-3 Aging and Society B-Soc D100 Sharon Koehn
HUM 309-4 Literatures and the Arts Across Cultures B-Hum D100 Alessandra Capperdoni
HUM 360-4 Special Topics: Great Themes in the Humanistic Tradition B-Hum J100 Jason Brown
HUM 375-4 The Woodsworth Seminar   D100 Stephen Collis
IS 221-3 Workers in the Global Economy: Globalization, Labour and Uneven Development B-Soc D100 TBD
IS 315-4 Introduction to Middle East Politics   D100 Amynmohamed Sajoo
IS 322-4 Central Asia: Democracy, Development and Conflicts   D800 Nicole Jackson
IS 329-4 Gender and Development   J100 Geetanjali Gill
IS 329-4 Social and Political Change in Latin America
  D100 Gerardo Otero
JAPN 101-3 Introduction to Japanese II   D100 Naoko Takei
LBST 201-3 Workers in the Global Economy: Globalization, Labour and Uneven Development B-Soc D100 TBD
LBST 312-3 Global Labour Migration   D100 Xinying Hu
LING 100-3 Communication and Language B-Soc D200 Trude Heift
POL 132-3 From Dictatorship to Democracy: Political Regimes in the 21st Century B-Hum/Soc J100 David Matijasevich
POL 222-3 Introduction to Canadian Politics   J100 Cara Camcastle
POL 232-3 US Politics B-Soc D100 Stewart Prest
POL 342-4 Developing Countries in Global Politics   J100 Denis Dogah
POL 348-4 Theories of War, Peace and Conflict Resolution   J100 Defne Ezgi
POL 350-4 Public Policy for Women   D100 Sirje Weldon
SA 315-4 New Information Technology and Society   J100 Deborah Dergousoff
SA 332-4 The Anthropology of Childhood   D100 Sessional
SA 353-4 Sociology of Sport   D100 Ann Travers
SA 363-4 Process of Development and Underdevelopment   J100 Maureen Kihika
SA 371-4 The Environment and Society   J100 Ataman Avdan
WL 309-4 Empire and Resistance B-Hum J100  

Distance education

New this Fall: C900 is the designation for online courses that are interactive and instructor-led. You'll interact with the course instructor and still have the convenience of working on the course when it suits you.

Course Course Name WQB Section Instructor
CRIM 103-3 Psychological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior B-Soc C100 Jennifer Wong
CRIM 104-3 Sociological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior B-Soc C100 Sessional
CRIM 131-3 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System - A Total System Approach *NEW* B-Soc C900 Sheryl Fabian
CRIM 135-3 Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective B-Soc C100 Neil Boyd
FREN 120-3 French for Beginners   C100 Cecile Ollivier-Budisa, Linda Bruneau-Jolly
GSWS 102-3 Feminist Action B-Hum C100 TBD
GSWS 312-4 Immigrants, Women and Transnational Immigration   C100  
HS 201-3 Rome: From Republic to Empire   C100 Dimitrios Krallis
HUM 102W-3 Classical Mythology W/B-Hum C100 David Mirhady
HUM 102W-3 Classical Mythology W/B-Hum C200 David Mirhady
HUM 130-3 Introduction to Religious Studies *NEW* B-Hum C900 Sessional
LBST 101-3 Introducing Labour Studies B-Soc C100 Kathryne Gravestock
PSYC 280-3 Introduction to Biological Psychology B-Sci C100 Neil Watson
SA 150-4 Introduction to Sociology *NEW* B-Soc C900 Suzanna Crage
SA 250-4 Introduction to Sociological Theory   C100 Ann Travers
SA 316-4 Tourism and Social Policy   C100 Sylvia Parusel
WL 104W-3 Modern World Literatures W/B-Hum C100