The most recent-offer outline will be linked below. All outlines are for on-campus courses unless otherwise noted (e.g. online, blended).
If you require an older version, please email sds@uwaterloo.ca with your student number, class number, and the term required. Courses that count towards SDS plans are shown on our Courses page.
SDS Courses
OC = On-Campus, OL = Online
- SDS 131R: Political Ideologies and Social Development (Fall 2023 OC, Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 150R: Lifespan Processes (Fall 2023 OC, Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 205R/HIST 225: History of Education in Canada (Winter 2022)
- SDS 210R/LS 273: Children's Rights in Canada (Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 215R: Education and Social Development from a Global Perspective (Fall 2022)
- SDS 220R: Changing Concepts of Childhood (Fall 2023 OL Spring 2023 - online)
- SDS 231R: Introduction to Social Policy Processes (Winter 2023 - online)
- SDS 240R: Art and Society (Fall 2022)
- SDS/RS 242R: Religious Diversity and Social Development (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 250R: Social Statistics (Winter 2023 OC, Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 251R: Social Research (Fall 2023 OC, Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 260R: Ecology, Society & Justice: Social Development and the Environment (Winter 2022)
- SDS 310R: Disability and Society (Fall 2022)
- SDS 311R: Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Public Policy (Winter 2023)
- SDS 312R: Homelessness and Public Policy (Winter 2023)
- SDS 322R: Community Engagement and Social Development (Fall 2021)
- SDS 331R: Social Inequality, Social Justice, and Social Action (Winter 2023, Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 345R: Identity Formation and Society (Winter 2022)
- SDS 350R: Adult Life Crises and Events (Winter 2023 - online )
- SDS 353R: The Evolution of Family Law in Canadian Society (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 354R: Values and Contemporary Families (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 355R: Resilience and Social Support (Fall 2023 OC, Spring 2023 - online)
- SDS 357R: Family Violence (Winter 2023 - online)
- SDS 358R: Child Maltreatment - Identification and Prevention (Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 367R: Aging and Social Development (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 400R: Comparative Social Policy (Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 405R: Cosmopolitanism and Social Development (Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS 410R: Queer and Trans Studies (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 411R: Decolonization and Social Action (Fall 2021)
- SDS 415R: Gender Relations within Educational Institutions (Winter 2023)
- SDS/RS 420R: Critical Encounter with Human Nature (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 421R: (Re)framing Indigenous-Settler Relations (Fall 2023 OC)
- SDS 425R: Educational Equity in Canada (Spring 2023 - online)
- SDS 435R: Restorative Approaches to Education (Fall 2022)
- SDS 440R: Optimal Living (Winter 2023)
- SDS 441R: Popular Culture and Social Change in the Radical Imagination (Winter 2023)
- SDS 449R: Race and Gender Equality (Winter 2023)
- SDS 450R: Special Topics - Social Ideas & Responses to Addiction in Canada (Fall 2022)
- SDS 451R: Community Based Research for Social Development (Fall 2022)
- SDS 496R: Applied Apprenticeship (Winter 2023)
SOCWK Courses
OC = On-Campus, OL = Online
- SOCWK 120R: Introduction to Social Work (Fall 2023 OC, Fall 2023 OC 2, Fall 2023 OL)
- SOCWK 220R: Social Work with Individuals (Fall 2023 OC, Spring 2023 - online)
- SOCWK 221R: Social Group Work (Winter 2023 OC, Fall 2023 OL)
- SOCWK 222R: Community Organization (Winter 2023, Fall 2023 OL)
- SOCWK 240R: Palliative Care (Fall 2021)
- SOCWK 300R: Canadian Social Welfare Policy (Fall 2023 OL)
- SOCWK 301R: Understanding Diversity in Canada (Fall 2023 OL)
- SOCWK 321R: Social Work with Families (Fall 2023 OL)
- SOCWK 356R: Developmental Disabilities in the Family (Winter 2022)
- SOCWK 365R: Social Work in Healthcare (Winter 2023)
SOC Courses
OC = On-Campus, OL = Online
- SOC 101R: Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2023 OC)
- SOC 204R: Sociology of Adolescence (Fall 2023 OC, Winter 2023 - online)
- SOC 207R: Sociology of Education (Fall 2023 OL)
- SOC 223R: Deviance: Perspectives and Processes (Fall 2022)
- SOC 224R: Poverty in Canada and its Social Consequences (Fall 2023 OC)
PSYCH Courses
OC = On-Campus, OL = Online
- PSYCH 101R: Introductory Psychology (Fall 2023 OC)
- PSYCH 212R: Educational Psychology (Fall 2023 OC)
- PSYCH 213R: Exceptional Children (Winter 2023)
- PSYCH 226R: Positive Psychology (Winter 2023)
- PSYCH 253R: Social Psychology (Winter 2023)
- PSYCH 312R: Learning Disabilities (Winter 2022)
- PSYCH 334R: Theories of Individual Counseling Psychology (Fall 2023 OC 01, Fall 2023 OC 02)
- PSYCH 349R: Cross-cultural Psychology (Fall 2023 OC)
- PSYCH 354R: Interpersonal Relations (Spring 2023 - online)
- PSYCH 356R: Personality (Winter 2023 - online )
- PSYCH 444R: Psychological Interventions (Spring 2023 - online)
- PSYCH 448R: Close Relationships (Fall 2023 OC)
ARTS First Courses (SDS Theme)
- ARTS 130: Inquiry and Communication - Social Justice and Social Development (Fall 2023 OL)
- ARTS 140: Information and Analysis - Social Change and Social Development (Fall 2023 OL)
- SDS only offers these courses online (OL)