Within the Faculty of Arts, there are 21 departments, each with its own point of view on the world: its environments, cultures and current events. However, there are also a lot of themes that are present across many different disciplines. For instance, if you are interested in learning more about the food we eat and food around the world, then there are food courses in history, anthropology, geography, and other departments. We’re letting you know about such themes and are offering you the opportunity to take a group of themed courses for recognition from the Faculty of Arts to go alongside your credential.
These streams have been created with BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) students in mind, though anyone can take these courses. Each stream lists courses that fit a theme, and each course has very few to no prerequisite, and can fit into the electives available within the BBA structure.
For those Arts students who are also interested in these themes, there are additional courses that could be listed that might have more prerequisites that would fit into the BA framework easily. Those are listed under "Additional courses in this theme"
Creativity and Innovation Stream
The ability to think outside the box, assess situations from multiple perspectives, disrupt patterns and propose innovative solutions are foundational skills in business. The Creativity and Innovation Stream offers an opportunity to explore and develop creative thinking to help prepare for leadership roles in business.
Students will take five out of the following courses to fulfill the Creativity and Innovation Stream.
ARTS
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ARTS 1100 | Experiencing the Arts |
INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPRESSIVE ARTS
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| IDEA 1100 | Interdisciplinary Foundations | |
| IDEA 3100 | Interdisciplinary Expressive Arts: The Creativity Course | 30 credits 0f 1100 of higher |
| IDEA 3302 | Creativity and Leadership in Groups | 60 credits of 1100 or higher |
CREATIVE WRITING
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| CRWR 1100 | Introduction to Creative Writing |
| CRWR 1200 | Introduction to Craft and Process in Creative Writing |
| CRWR 2140 | Writing and Creativity on the Web |
FINE ARTS
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ARTH 1140 | Introduction to Visual Art, Urban, and Screen Culture |
| FINA 1100 | Introduction to Drawing |
| FINA 1135 | Introduction to Digital Media I |
MUSIC
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| MUSI 1111 | History of Popular Music |
| MUSI 1112 | Introduction to the Music Industry |
| MUSI 1115 | Classical Music in Western Culture |
Critical Media Literacy
Critical media literacy explores the structural aspects of media, including ownership, financing and funding and how these affect the images and messages we consume. It involves a critical inquiry into the historical, social, political, economic dimensions of narrative, and examines the media industry as a whole at both local and global levels.
Students will take five out of the following courses to fulfill the Critical Media Literacy stream.
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 1130 | Introduction to Film Studies | |
| COMM 1110 | Television and Social Change | |
| ENGL 2350 | Critical Studies in Film | ENGL 1100, and one 1200-level ENGL course |
| ASIA 2120 | Introduction to Chinese and Japanese Cinema | Any 6 credits at the 1100 level or higher |
| SOCI 2275 | Mass Media and Society | SOCI 1125 |
| COMM 3100 | Media and Diversity | 45 credits 1100-level or higher courses, including ENGL 1100 |
| COMM 3220 | Social Media: New Technology and Society | 45 credits at 1100 level including 3 credits of COMM or SOCI 2255 or SOCI 2275 |
Diversity Stream
The Diversity stream will offer business school students the tools to be successful in any job environment in a multicultural, globalized world. Interpersonal relations and effective group work are key in both private and government employment settings. Business school graduates would be better equipped to face the challenges of any workplace with the multicultural race/ethnicity, sexuality, and gender awareness offered by the stream courses. The Diversity stream will also be valuable to potential employers in terms of improved interpersonal communication, interaction with clients and the like, which will result from having employees who are aware, and are sensitive, to individual differences.
Students will take five out of the following courses to fulfill the Diversity Stream:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| CRIM 4235 | Minorities and the Criminal Justice System | |
| GEOG 3130 | Society and Urban Space |
18 credits of 1100 level or higher, including |
| PSYC 3343 | Psychology of Prejudice | |
| SOCI 2230 | Racialization and Ethnicity in Canada | |
| SOCI 2240 | Women in Canada (soon to be Gender in Canada) | |
| SOCI 3240 OR ANTH 2120 |
Gender in Global Context Cross-Cultural Women's and Gender Studies |
Globalization Steam
The Globalization stream builds on the theme of global citizenship and provides business students with a broad multidisciplinary introduction to the nature and impact of globalization.
Students will take five of the following courses to fulfill the Globalization Stream:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1100 | Social and Cultural Anthropology | |
| ANTH 2120 | Cross-Cultural Women's and Gender Studies | ANTH 1100 |
| ASIA 2290/ SOCI 2290 |
South Asians around the Globe | 6 credits from courses at 1100 level or higher |
| ENGL 3345 | Diasporic Literatures | 18 credits from courses at the 1100 level or higher, including six credits from courses in ENGL at 1100 level or higher |
| GEOG 1101 | Human Geography | |
| GEOG 3130 | Society and Urban Space | 18 credits of 1100 level or higher, including GEOG 1101 or SOCI 1125 |
| HIST 2355/ ASIA 2355 |
The Chinese Overseas – A Global History of Chinese Migration |
6 credits from courses at 1100 level or higher |
| POLI 1150 | Introduction to International Relations | |
| POLI 2150 | States, Markets, and Globalization | 3 credits from courses of 1100 level POLI courses or higher |
| SOCI 1125 | Introduction to Society | |
| SOCI 2230 | Racialization and Ethnicity in Canada | SOCI 1125 |
| SOCI 2240 | Women in Canada (soon to be Gender in Canada) |
SOCI 1125 |
| SOCI 3320 | Sociology of Global Inequalities | SOCI 1125 and 18 credits from courses at the 1100 level or higher |
Indigenous Stream
The Indigenous stream aims to critically engage students with indigenous social justice issues and explore the impact of European influences on indigenous life and cultures. They will study indigenous mobilization and efforts aimed at decolonization. Students will complete a total of five courses from the following options:
Required:
| Course | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| INDG 1100 |
Introduction to Indigenous Studies |
And any four of the following:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 2140 OR ANTH 2142 |
First Nations Cultures of BC First Nations Cultures of Canada |
ANTH 1100 or ANTH 1300) |
| ANTH 2340 | Archaeology of the Americas | ANTH 1112 or ANTH 1300 |
| ARTH 2124 | Indigenous Art | ENGL 1100 |
| CRIM 4240 | Aboriginal Peoples and Justice | 6 credits of ENGL at the 1100 level or higher and 45 credits at the 1100 level or higher |
| ENGL 3390 | Indigenous Narratives, Oral and Written | 6 credits from courses in ENGL and 18 credits from course at the 1100 level or higher |
| HIST 1113 OR HIST 1114 |
Canada to 1867 Canada since 1867 |
|
| INDG 3155 | Indigenous Perspectives on Settler Colonial Societies | INDG 1100, SOCI 1125 and 30 credits at 1100 level or higher |
| INDG 4245 | Indigenous Activism | 6 credits of ENGL at the 1100 level or higher and 45 credits at the 1100 level or higher |
| LING 3390 | Indigenous Languages in Canada | 30 credits at 1100 level or higher |
Intercultural Stream
With this stream students would gain knowledge of different cultural values, practices and traditions in an intercultural context in order to become better prepared to navigate the global and cultural interdependencies that characterize the 21st Century.
Students would complete one course from the “Introduction to Interculturality” section and choose three additional courses from any of the groupings below.
An Introduction to Interculturality (Choose one):
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ANTH 1100 | Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| INDG 1100 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies |
| LANC 1150 | Introduction to Intercultural Competencies: Thinking, Speaking, Acting Globally |
| POLI 1145 | Comparing Countries: Introduction to Comparative Politics |
Cultural Understandings:
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ASIA 1111 OR ASIA 1311 |
Religions of South Asia Religions of East Asia |
| ASIA 2150/ HIST 2150 |
Tea in China and Japan |
| GEOG 2185 OR GEOG 2190 |
Regional Geography of East Asia Regional Geography of South Asia |
| HIST 2300 | World Civilizations |
| LANC 3310/ JAPN 3310 |
Japanese Culture and Business |
|
LANC 3450/ |
Culture and Society in the Spanish-Speaking World |
| PHIL 2115 | Asian Philosophy |
| Any languages course | |
Culture through Film:
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ASIA 2120 | Introduction to Chinese and Japanese Cinema |
| ASIA 2252 | Indian Society through Popular Film |
| LANC/FREN 3110 | Francophone Culture through Film |
| LANC/JAPN 3310 | Japanese Culture through Film |
Indigeneity:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 2124 | Indigenous Art | |
| LANC/LING 3390 | Indigenous Languages of Canada | |
| INDG 4245 | Indigenous Activism | 3 additional credits of ENGL at the 1100 level or higher |
Pop Culture Stream
This collection of courses gives students a new way to understand the structural and systemic sources of popular culture and its impact on everyday life.
Students will take five courses from the following areas:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 1140 | Introduction to Visual Art, Urban, and Screen Culture | |
| COMM 1110 | Television and Social Change | |
| COMM 2210 | Media, Audiences and Popular Culture | 6 credits from courses at the 1100 level or higher |
| COMM 3200 | Celebrity and the Media | 45 credits from courses at the 1100 level or higher, including a 3 credit COMM course or SOCI 2275 and SOCI 1125 |
| MUSI 1111 | History of Popular Music | |
| SOCI 3275 | Sociology of Popular Culture | SOCI 1125 and SOCI 2275 |
Sustainability Stream
The challenges of climate change, deteriorating ecosystems, and resource depletion means that environmental sustainability is the way of the future. In the sustainability stream, students may choose to explore earth’s systems and resources; environmental history; sustainability ethics, public policy and economics; and “nudge” theories of behavioural change. Students will gain a broad range of tools to understand, evaluate, and implement sustainable practices, including the opportunity to work on an applied project with a community partner.
For the Sustainability Stream, students would choose five courses from the following options:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 3160 | Culture and Environment | ANTH 1100 |
| ENVI 1121 | Environmental Issues (Q course in Science) |
|
| GEOG 1120 | Earth Science (Q course in Science) |
6 credits from courses at the 1100 level or higher |
| GEOG 3320 | Environment and Resources | GEOG 1120 |
| HIST 2380 | Global Environmental History | |
| PHIL 1112 | Environmental Ethics | |
| PHIL 1111/ POST 1100 |
Sustainability: Analysis and Ethics | |
| POLI 2100/ POST 2100 |
Sustainability and Government | |
| POST 3100 | Economics of Sustainability Policy | Pre-reqs met by requirements of Business degree. Note: Cross-listed with ECON 3100. Students may only receive credit for one |
| POST 3110 | Applied Policy Seminar | |
| PSYC 4150/ POST 4150 |
Psychology and Sustainability: Attitudes and Behaviour |
Urban Studies Stream
The majority of the world’s population resides in cities, and cities currently function as primary economic drivers, key consumers of material and energy flows, and centres of political power and innovation. In this stream, students will explore how cities function in terms of development patterns, politics and political influence, and contributions to sustainable policies, enterprise and innovation.
For the Urban Studies Stream, students would choose five courses from the following options:
| Course | Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH 3130 | Film and the City | Requires a first year art history course or permission of the instructor |
| GEOG 1101 | Human Geography | |
| GEOG 2250 | The City | |
| GEOG 3120 | Space Economies | GEOG 1101 |
| GEOG 3320 | Urban Politics and Planning | GEOG 1101 |
| POLI 1123 | Politics in the City | |
| POST 3110 | Applied Policy Seminar |