Choosing Public Health first-year electives | School of Public Health Sciences

Your first-year electives

You will request your two fall-term electives between July 2 and 9, 2024.
You will request your one winter-term elective in September.
Learn more about the course selection period, and how to request your courses.

How to choose

You can choose whichever elective courses you want in your first year.

In either the fall or winter term, we suggest you take one of the English courses listed below. The Social Science and Humanities courses listed below are examples of restricted electives. You can also review your degree requirements for more details about required courses and restricted electives.

Most importantly, read the course descriptions and choose electives that you’re interested in!

English

You need to eventually take one of these three English courses to complete your degree, so why not consider taking one now. These are English-writing courses that will help you hone the writing skills you’ll need in your program.

ENGL 109 - Introduction to Academic Writing (fall and winter)
ENGL 140R - The Use of English (fall and winter)
ENGL 210 - Communication/Writing Courses - you’ll need to be in second year to take one of the ENGL 210 courses. If you find them more appealing, then plan to take one in your second or third year.

Social Science

Theses are examples of Social Science courses you can take as a restricted elective:

ANTH 100 - Introduction to Anthropology (fall)
ANTH 202 - Social and Cultural Anthropology (fall and winter)
ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics (fall and winter)
ECON 102 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (fall and winter)
PSCI 100 - Introduction to Government (fall)
PSCI 150 - Introduction to Global Politics (winter)

Humanities

Theses are examples of Humanities courses you can take as a restricted elective:

HIST 103 - Canadian History through Biography (fall)
HIST 109 - Ten Days that Shook the World (winter)
MEDVL 105 - Introduction to Medieval Studies (winter)
MEDVL 115 - Crusading in the Middle Ages (fall)
PACS 101 - Peace is Everybody's Business (fall and winter)
PACS 201 – Roots of Conflict, Violence, and Peace (fall and winter)
PACS 202 - Conflict Resolution (fall and winter)