Course Descriptions
In addition to the programs offered at Kwantlen, we offer many courses in many subject areas.
Courses descriptions are extracted from Kwantlen's Official Course Outlines - copies of which may be ordered by Kwantlen students. For more information see Requesting Official Course Outlines.
In this section you will find:
- About Course Descriptions
- General Liberal Education Electives
- Quantitative Courses
- Requesting Official Course Outlines
- Access Programs for People with Disabilities (APPD)
- Accounting (ACCT)
- Adult Basic Education (ABE)
- Anthropology (ANTH)
- Appliance Servicing (APPL)
- Applied Business Technology (ABTY)
- Applied Communication (CMNS)
- Applied Science (APSC)
- Art History (ARTH)
- Asian Studies (ASIA)
- Astronomy (ASTR)
- Automotive Service Technician (ASTA)
- Biology (BIOL)
- Biology Qualifying (BIOQ)
- Business & Quantitative Methods (BUQU)
- Business (BUSI)
- Career Choices and Life Success (CCLS)
- Carpentry/Building Construction (CARP)
- Chemistry (CHEM)
- Chemistry Qualifying (CHEQ)
- Communications (COMM)
- Community And Health Studies (CAHS)
- Computer Aided Design & Drafting (CADD)
- Computer Business Systems (CBSY)
- Computer Information Systems (CISY)
- Computer Science (CPSC)
- Co-operative Education (COOP)
- Counselling Psychology (CNPS)
- Creative Writing (CRWR)
- Criminology (CRIM)
- Critical Care Nursing (CCNG)
- Cultural Studies (CUST)
- Economics (ECON)
- Education, Community and Health Specialties (ECHS)
- Educational Studies (EDUC)
- Electrical (ELEC)
- English (ENGL)
- English for Trades (ENGT)
- English Language Studies (ELST)
- English Qualifying (ENGQ)
- Entrepreneurial Leadership (ENTR)
- Environmental Protection Technology (ENVI)
- Farrier Training (FARR)
- Fashion and Technology (FASN)
- Fashion Design and Textile Studies (FSDN)
- Fashion Marketing (FMRK)
- Financial Services (FNSR)
- Fine Arts (FINA)
- Foundations in Design (FIND)
- French (FREN)
- Geography (GEOG)
- Geology (GEOL)
- German (GERM)
- Gerontology-Based Therapeutic Recreation (GBTR)
- Graduate Nurse Qualifying (GNQU)
- Graduate Nurse Re-Entry (GNUR)
- Graduate Nurse With English As An Additional Language (GNEA)
- Graphic Design For Marketing (GDMA)
- Health Care Assistant (HCAP)
- Health Unit Coordinator (HAUC)
- History (HIST)
- Horticulture (HORT)
- Human Resources Management (HRMT)
- Humanities (HUMN)
- Information Technology (INFO)
- Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts (IDEA)
- Interior Design (IDSN)
- Japanese (JAPN)
- Journalism (JRNL)
- Legal Administrative Studies (LGLA)
- Liberal Education (LBED)
- Linguistics (LING)
- Mandarin (MAND)
- Marketing (MRKT)
- Masonry (MSRY)
- Math for Trades (MATT)
- Mathematics (MATH)
- Mathematics Qualifying (MATQ)
- Metal Fabrication (MFAB)
- Millwright (Industrial Mechanic) (MWIN)
- Music (MUSI)
- Nursing (NRSG)
- Outdoor Power Equipment Technician (OPET)
- Partsperson (PRTS)
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Physics (PHYS)
- Physics Qualifying (PHYQ)
- Plumbing (PLMB)
- Policy Studies (POST)
- Political Science (POLI)
- Power Line Technician (PTEC)
- Psychiatric Nursing (PSYN)
- Psychology (PSYC)
- Public Relations (PRLN)
- Public Safety Communications (PSCM)
- Punjabi (PUNJ)
- Security Management (SECU)
- Sociology (SOCI)
- Spanish (SPAN)
- Special Education Teacher Assistant (SETA)
- University Connections (UCON)
- Welding (WELD)
- Women's Studies (WOMN)