Course restrictions - undergraduate exchange students

• AFM (Accounting and Financial Management) - all
• ARBUS (Arts and Business)
  • This program is not open to exchange students. However, exchange students interested in Arts & Business courses may ask to take any of the following: PHIL 215 (=ARBUS 202), MGMT 244 (=ARBUS 302). Note: please be aware that space availability in these courses is limited.
• ARTS 130, 140, 190
• ASL (American Sign Language) courses - all 
• CFM (Computing and Financial Management) courses - all
• COMMST (Communication Studies) 111, 149, 193, 204
• DAC (Digital Arts Communication) - all (including any DAC cross-listed courses).
• ECON (Economics) 290, 391, 392, 306, 393, 406, 407, 408, 409 and 472
• ENGL (English) 191, 192, 193, 203, 204, 303, 304, 365, 366, 378, 403, 495A, 495B
• FINE (Fine Arts) 
  • Except: FINE 100, 102, 130, and 150
  • Except: Advanced 200+ level studio courses upon department consent (portfolio submission may be required. Note: space is very limited in studio classes)
• GBDA (Global Business and Digital Arts) - GBDA courses are not open to exchange students.
• HRM (Human Resources Management) courses - all
• LS (Legal Studies) 300, 372 and all 400-level 
• MGMT (Management) 345
• MUSIC: 140 and 246
• PACS (Peace and Conflict Studies) 390, 391, 395, 398, 399, and all 400-level courses.
• PD (Professional Development)
• PSCI (Political Science) 391, 400, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 499
• PSYCH (Psychology) 264, 306-372, 389, 390, 391, 439, 451-462, 464, 465, 467, 470, 480-486, 492 and 499 A/B/C
• SFM (Sustainability and Financial Management) courses – all
• SMF (Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies) 400, 490, 491
• SOC (Sociology) 400-level
• THPERF 149
• WLU (Wilfrid Laurier University) courses - all

Additional restrictions based on demand: 

For many courses within the following programs, demand is high and space is extremely limited. Students are advised to have alternative courses as back-up options if they try to enrol in: 

• FINE (Fine Arts)
• PSYCH (Psychology)
  • When selecting PSYCH courses, please note that you must be working towards a Psychology Major degree at your home university to be considered for enrolment in more than three PSYCH courses in a single term.
• SDS (Social Development Studies)
• SOCWK (Social Work)
• COMMST (Communication Studies)
• Students are able to request courses in the following departments but may be required to complete additional assessments at a later date ARABIC, CHINA. CROAT, DUTCH. GER. JAPAN, KOREA, RUSS

• All PD for Engineers (Professional Development for Engineers)
• All first-year engineering courses
• ARCH (Architecture) - AE 400/425 (2-term project). When picking ARCH courses, please note that you must be working towards an architecture degree at your home university and completed at least two years of study (equivalent to 4 terms) prior to the commencement of your exchange. Additionally, ARCH courses are offered at the Cambridge campus. Students will be required to live and study in Cambridge.
• 4th year design projects which require a multiple-term commitment:
  • BME 362, 461/462
  • CHE 482/483 (2-term project)
  • CIVE 400/401
  • ECE 451/452/459, 498A/498B. 
  • ENVE 400/401
  • GENE 403/404
  • GEOE 400/401
  • MSCI 401/402
  • ME 481/482
  • MTE 481/482, 544
  • NE 307/408/409, 454/455
  • SE /490/491
  • SYDE 461/462
  • CHE 498/499

• AVIA (Aviation) 101, 102, 203, 204, 205, 306, 307 and 408
• INTEG (Knowledge Integration) 230, 320, 321, 420A,420B, 499A and 499B
• INDEV (International Development) 375, 476, 401, 402, 490A, 490B

• PLAN (Planning) 211, 309, 313, 403, 405, 409, 480, 485, 490

  • PLAN 300, 320, 340, 341, 346, 333, 353, 381, 401, 415, 433, 450, 452, 474, 477, 478, 481 may be approved on a case-by-case basis for students who have completed previous studies in Planning

• PD (Professional Development)

• SFM (Sustainability and Financial Management) courses - all

Please note that PLAN and ENBUS course availability will be limited. Demand is high and space is extremely limited. Students are advised to have alternative courses as back-up options if they try to enrol. 

• HLTH (Health Sciences and Public Health) 173, 273, 373, 410, 442, 443, 473, 480
• All 4^th-year seminar courses and lab courses due to limited enrolment capacity (listed here): HLTH 421, 427, 430, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 461, 465, 471, 475, 479, 481.
• 4^th-year HLTH Honours Thesis and Independent Study and Apprenticeship courses which have one-on-one faculty supervision: HLTH 432A, 432B, 472, 474.
• Demand is high for some HLTH courses and so space may be limited. Students are advised to have alternative courses as back-up options.
• KIN (Kinesiology) 140L, 307, 414, 470, 471, 491, 493
  • KIN 431 and KIN 432 must be taken together in back-to-back terms
  • KIN 391, KIN 433 and KIN 472 are independent study/research courses; students are required to gain acceptance from an interested Faculty supervisor prior to enrolling in the course
• PD (Professional Development)
• REC (Recreation & Leisure Studies) 213, 251, 253, 312, 313, 319, 351, 357, 405, 413, 419, 420, 450, 455, 471A/B, 475, 480
  • REC 251 is only open to students who complete REC 100 in the previous term.​
  • REC 319 unless students have previous coursework in Event studies.
  • Rec 480 unless students have past coursework in Tourism studies.

• All BUS-W courses
• All CFM courses
• CS (Computer Science)
  • Students are restricted to a maximum of 2 CS courses per term
  • Any courses that are cross-listed with CS are considered CS courses. Although CO 487 and STAT 440* are not cross-listed, they are still considered as CS courses by the Faculty of Mathematics and will count towards the restricted limit of two CS courses per term.
  • *Note: CO 487 and STAT 440 are not restricted courses.
  • CS 137, CS 138, CS 247, CS 493, and CS 494
• ACTSC 291 & 391
• All MTHEL courses
• PD (Professional Development)
• STAT 206, STAT 316, STAT 373, STAT 374, STAT 464, STAT 466, STAT 467, STAT 468, and STAT 469
• PMATH 399 and PMATH 499

• All PD (Professional Development)  
• BIOL (Biology) 335L, 470, 488, 490 A/B/C/D, 498 A/B, 499 A/B
• CHEM (Chemistry) 200 
• EARTH (Earth Sciences) 390, 436 A/B
• OPT (Optometry) - available only to students studying Optometry at their home university; additional restrictions may apply
• PHARM (Pharmacy) - available only to students studying Pharmacy at their home university; additional restrictions may apply
• PHYS (Physics) 437 A/B
• All SCBUS (Science & Business)

• AVIA (Aviation) 101, 102, 203, 204, 205, 306, 307, and 408
• CFM (Computing and Financial Management)
• COOP (Co-operative Work Term)
• PD (Professional Development)
• SFM (Sustainability and Financial Management)
• UNIV (University)
• WKRPT (Work-term Report)