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 > Kwantlen Polytechnic University > Faculty of Social Sciences > Resources for Students > Social Science Courses - Spring 2011

Social Science Courses - Spring 2011

 *Please note that these course listings are subject to change.
*Please note that some 3000- and 4000-level courses have specific program restrictions and prerequisites. Please refer to Kwantlen's online timetable and calendar for further details.

DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Course Description Prerequisites Campus

ANTH 1100

Social and Cultural Anthropology

L,R,S

ANTH 1200

Biological Anthropology

R

ANTH 1217

Forensic Anthropology

R,S

ANTH 1300

Archaeology


L,R,S

ANTH 2140

First Nations Cultures of BC    

ANTH 1100 or 1300                     

S

ANTH 2160

Culture and the Environment

ANTH 1100 or 1300 or 1112

S

ANTH 2163

Culture, Health and Well-Being

ANTH 1100

S

ANTH 2320

Archaeology of the Old World    

ANTH 1300 or 1112

R

ANTH 2340

Archaeology of the New World

ANTH 1300 or 1112

R

ANTH 3100

Anthropological Theory

ANTH 2100

S

ANTH 3502

TBA


R

ANTH 3503

TBA


S

ANTH 4500

Culture, Community and
Well-Being

45 credits of 1100-level or higher
courses, including 6 ANTH credits

S
DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN STUDIES
Course Description Prerequisites Campus

HUMN 1111  

The Religions of India                 
                                                            
S

ASIA 2250

South Asians Around the Globe

Prerequisites: HUMN 1111or
SOCI 1125or ANTH 1100or
15 credits of 1100-level
courses or higher



S

ASIA 2252    

Indian Society through Popular Film

15 credits of 1100-level or higher

S


DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY

Course Description Prerequisites Campus

CRIM 1100

Introduction to Criminology

L,O,R,S

CRIM 1101

Criminal Justice System Intro

L,O,R,S

CRIM 1107

Canadian Legal Systems

L,R,S

CRIM 1207

Introduction to Criminal Law

CRIM 1107
Corequisite: CRIM 1101

L,R,S

CRIM 1208

Methods of Research in
Criminology

CRIM 1100 and CRIM 1101

R,S

CRIM 1215

Interpersonal and
Professional Development

R,S

CRIM 2103

Quantitative Data Analysis I

CRIM 1208

L,R,S

CRIM 2204

Criminal Justice and Psychology

CRIM 1101 (CRIM 1107 and
1202 recommended)

R

CRIM 2205

Law, Media and Popular
Culture

CRIM 1107

S

CRIM 2211

Introduction to Policing

CRIM 1101

R,S

CRIM 2213

Women, Girls, And Crime

CRIM 1100 or 1101

S

CRIM 2214

Corrections: Theory and
Practice

CRIM 1100 and CRIM 1101

R

CRIM 2249

Youth Justice

CRIM 1101

S

CRIM 2330

Psychological Explanations of
Criminal Behaviour

PSYC 1100

R,S

CRIM 2331

Sociological Explanations of
Criminal Behaviour

SOCI 1125

R,S

CRIM 2341

Canadian Criminal Justice
Administration

CRIM 1101 and CRIM 1107

L,R,S

CRIM 2355

Police Deviance and
Accountability

CRIM 1101

L

CRIM 3000

Justice/Injustice

CRIM 2341

S

CRIM 3100

Advanced Theories of Crime
and Community

CRIM 2330 and CRIM 2331

R,S

CRIM 3104

Qualitative Research Methods

CRIM 1208

S

CRIM 3111

Contemporary Sociological
Criminology

60 undergraduate credits,
including CRIM 2331

S

CRIM 3118

White-Collar & Corporate Crime

CRIM 1100 and (CRIM 2331
or 2341
)

R,S

CRIM 3249

Issues in Youth Justice

(CRIM 1100 or 1101) and
2249 and 2331


S

CRIM 3302

Procedure and Evidence

CRIM 1207 and CRIM 2341

R,S

CRIM 3512

Mental Disorder and
Canadian Law

CRIM 2341

S

CRIM 4201

Community Safety and
Crime Prevention

CRIM 2331

S

CRIM 4300

Administrative and Regulatory
Law

CRIM 2341

R

CRIM 4410

Policy and Program
Evaluation

CRIM 2341 and (CRIM 2103 or
PSYC 2300 or SOCI 2365 or
MATH 1115)

S

CRIM 4800

TBA

S

CRIM 4900

Special Topics

45 credits of 1100-level or higher,
including CRIM 1100 or CRIM 1101

S



DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY

Course Description Prerequisites Campus

GEOG 1101

Introduction to Geography

L,R,S

GEOG 1110   

Introduction to the Atmosphere

L,R,S

GEOG 1120

Introduction to Earth Science

L,R,S

GEOG 1160

Regional Geography of British Columbia


R

GEOG 1210

TBA

S

GEOG 2130

Social and Cultural Geography


GEOG 1101 or ECON 1101

S

GEOG 2140

Regional Geography of Canada

S

GEOG 2320

Geomorphology

Prerequisites: GEOG 1120
Corequisites: GEOG 1110

S

GEOG 2400

Introduction to (GIS)

3 credits GEOG 1100-level
or higher

L

GEOG 3320

Seminar in Natural Resource
Management

Any 18 credits of 1100-level or
higher, including 3 credits of
GEOG 1160 or 2140 or 2170
or 2185 or 2190

S

GEOG 4380

Applications in GIS
 
GEOG 2400 plus 18 credits
of 1100 or higher courses


S


DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Course Description Prerequisites Campus

HIST 1113

Canada to 1867
L,R,S

HIST 1114

Canada since 1867
L,R,S

HIST 1120

Europe 1900 to 1939
R

HIST 1121

Europe since 1939
S

HIST 1130

Twentieth Century World
1900 to 1945
R

HIST 1131

Twentieth Century World
1945 to 2000
R,S

HIST 1145

American History
1607 to 1865
S

HIST 1146

American History
1865 to 1874
L,S

HIST 1160

Introduction to South
Asian History
R

HIST 2307

Twentieth Century Britain

HIST 1119 or HIST 1120
or HIST 1121 recommended
S

HIST 2335

War in the Modern World


3 credits of 1100-level HIST courses

L,R

HIST 3310

The Fibre of Society:
Textile Production in
Global History

60 credits of 1100-level or higher,
or any 1100-level HIST course
R

HIST 3328

History of the Soviet Union

18 credits of 1100-level or higher,
including 6 credits of HIST
S

HIST 3350

China in the Twentieth
Century: Reforms and
Revolutions

18 credits of 1100-level or higher,
including 6 credits of HIST
R

HIST 3390

Canada and World War I

9 credits of HIST 1100-level or
higher, including HIST 1114
S

HIST 4430

The Holocaust in History

12 credits of HIST, including
6 credits of HIST at the 2000-level
S

HIST 4445

The United States Since 1945

HIST 1146 and 9 credits of HIST
at the 1100-level or higher
S

Note: For graduation purposes, students may not receive credits for both HIST 2370 and HIST 4445.

DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM
Course Description Prerequisites Campus

JRNL 1100

Explorations in Mass
Communications

Prerequisites: English 12 (B)
or
ENGQ 1099 or ABEE 0091
or ENGP 1091 or Kwantlen
English Placement Test EPT)
for placement to
ENGL 1100 or a
n LPI level 5 with an Essay score
of 30 or higher or
ELST 0381,
0383 (was EASL 0085, 0040) (B)

S

JRNL 1231

 Basic Photojournalism            
 
JRNL 1130                                           

R

JRNL 1261

Advanced Journalism

Prerequisites: JRNL 1123 and 1160
Corequisites: JRNL 1262


R

JRNL 1262

Political Reporting

Prerequisites: JRNL 1123 and 1160
Corequisites: JRNL 1261


R

JRNL 1265

Feature Writing

(JRNL 1123 and 1160) or PRLN 1150
and 1162)

R

JRNL 1273

News Production and Editing

JRNL 1123 and 1141 and 1130

R

JRNL 2401

Ethics and the Media

R

JRNL 2402

Broadcast I: Introduction
to Radio Reporting

JRNL 1160and 1261

R

JRNL 2463

Investigative Journalism

JRNL 1261

R

JRNL 2471

Work Experience

JRNL 2301 and 2332 and or 2373

R

JRNL 2477

News Publication II

JRNL 2373

R

JRNL 4200

History of Canadian Journalism

Completion of 60 Kwantlen credits which
must include (ENGL 1100 or 1110) and
(any second-year level HIST course
or JRNL 2301)

R

JRNL 4210

Journalism - Special Topics

R

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Course Description Prerequisites Campus

POLI 1110

Ideology and Politics

S

POLI 1120

Canadian Government and Politics

L,R

POLI 1125

Introduction to Political Science


L,R,S

POLI 1150

Introduction to Political Science

L,R,S

POLI 2150

States, Markets, Globalization:
International Political Economy

3 credits of 1100-level POLI courses

S

POLI 3100

 American Government and Politics

Any 18 credits of 1100-level or higher,
including any 3 POLI credits
(POLI 1110 or 1125 or 1145 recommended)

S

POLI 3150

American Foreign Policy

Any 18 credits of 1100-level or higher,
including 3 credits of POLI 1125 or 1145
or 1150 (POLI 2130 recommended)

S

POLI 4330

International Human Rights

POLI 1125 and 1150

S


DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description Prerequisites Campus
PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology:
Basic Processes
L,R,S,O
PSYC 1200 Introduction to Psychology:
Areas and Applications
PSYC 1100 L,R,S,O

PSYC 2300

Applied Statistics

PSYC 1200

R,S

PSYC 2315

Brain and Behaviour

PSYC 1200

L,R,S

PSYC 2320

Developmental Psychology:
Childhood

PSYC 1200

S

PSYC 2321

Developmental Psychology:
Adolescence

PSYC 1200

S

PSYC 2322

Developemtnal Psychology:
Adulthood

PSYC 1200

R

PSYC 2330

Social Psychology

PSYC 1200

R,S,O

PSYC 2350

Psychopathology

PSYC 1200

L,R

PSYC 2370

Psychology of Personality

PSYC 1200

S

PSYC 2375

Perception

PSYC 1200

S

PSYC 2385

Cognition

PSYC 1200

R,S

PSYC 2400

Experimental Psychology:
Research Methodology

PSYC 2300

L,R,S

PSYC 3210

Attitudes and Persuasion

PSYC 2330 and 2400

R

PSYC 3215   

Psychology of Memory

PSYC 2300 and 2385 and 2400

R

PSYC 3307

Historical and Philosophical
Foundations of Psychology

PSYC 1100 and PSYC 1200 and
18 credits of 1100 or higher) or
(60 credits of 1100-level or higher)

S

PSYC 3343

Psychology of Prejudice

PSYC 2330 and PSYC 2400

S

PSYC 3350

Advanced Topics in
Psychopathology

PSYC 2300 and 2370 and 2400

R,S

PSYC 3500

Interpersonal Relations I

PSYC 2330 and 2400

S

PSYC 3600

Health Psychology

PSYC 2330 and 2400

S

PSYC 3960

Program Evaluation

PSYC 2400

S

PSYC 4100

Tests and Measurement

PSYC 3300

S

PSYC 4200

Human Factors & Ergonomics

PSYC 2330 and 2385 and 2400

S

PSYC 4315

Neuroscience

PSYC 2300 and 2315 and 2400

S

PSYC 4350

Developmental Psychopathology

PSYC 2300 and 2350 and 2400
and (2320 or 2321)

S

PSYC 4400

Research Methods II:
Qualitative Methodologies

PSYC 3300 and 3400

S

PSYC 4700

Culture and Psychology

PSYC 2300 and (PSYC 2400 or
CRIM 2103 or SOCI 2260 or MATH
2335)

S

PSYC 4910

Rehabilitation

Corequisites: PSYC 2330 and 2400

S


DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

Course Description Prerequisites Campus

SOCI 1125

Introduction to Society:
Processes and Structures

L,R,S

SOCI 2225

Canadian Society:
Conflict and Consensus

SOCI 1125

L

SOCI 2230

Racialization and Ethnicity
in Canada

SOCI 1125

R

SOCI 2235

The Development of
Sociological Thought

SOCI 1125

R

SOCI 2240

Women in Canada

SOCI 1125

S

SOCI 2255

Micro Sociology: the
Dynamics and Structure of
Social Interaction

SOCI 1125

S

SOCI 2260

Research Methods in
Sociology

SOCI 1125

L

SOCI 2275

Mass Media and Society

SOCI 1125

L

SOCI 2365

Introduction to Social
Research Statistics

SOCI 1125

R

SOCI 3235

Classic Sociological
Theories

SOCI 2235

S

SOCI 3275

Sociology of Popular Culture

SOCI 2275

S

SOCI 3320

Sociology of Global Inequalities

SOCI 1125  (POLI 1150 or
2130 recommended)

S

SOCI 3345

Social Policy in Context

SOCI 1125

S

SOCI 3385

Introduction to
Demography

SOCI 1125

S

SOCI 4225

Advanced Topics in
Canadian Issues

 60 credits at the 1100 -level
or higher including SOCI 2225
and SOCI 2260 (or CRIM 1208
or PSYC 2300 or PSYC 2400)

S

Last Updated: September 20, 2010