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Need Help Choosing Electives?
In your first term, we suggest combining the recommended courses for your intended major with one or more elective courses. Where possible, choosing electives which also fulfill WQB (Writing, Quantitative and Breadth) requirements is a good idea.
To get you started, we've put together a list of several first and second year Arts and Social Sciences courses to be offered this Fall. Most of these courses have no pre-requisites and are open to students in any program/Faculty. Many also carry a breadth designation (keep in mind that breadth courses must be taken in a subject area outside of your intended major).
FASS 2025 Recommended Lower Division Electives
Note - the courses below are just a few of the many available to you at SFU. You are welcome to select courses outside of this list or from Faculties other than Arts and Social Sciences. If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to an advisor for assistance.
- CHIN 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Mandarin Chinese I
- COGS 100-3 (B-Hum/Soc/Sci) Exploring the Mind
- COGS 110-3 (B-Hum/Soc/Sci) Learning in the Everyday Life
- CRIM 101-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Criminology
- CRIM 131-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to the Criminal Justice System 鈥� A Total System Approach
- CRIM 135-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective
- ECON 102-3 (B-SOC) The World Economy
- ECON 113-3 (B-SOC) Introduction of Microeconomics
- ECON 115-3 (B-SOC) Introduction of Macroeconomics
- ENGL 111-3 (W/B-Hum) Literary Classics in English
- ENGL 114-3 (W/B-Hum) Language and Purpose
- ENGL 115-3 (W/B-Hum) Literature and Culture
- FREN 101-3/102-3 Elementary French I/II
- FREN 201-3/202-3 Intermediate French I/II
- FREN 245-3 Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
- GERM 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to German
- GSWS 100-3 (B-Hum) Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies
- GSWS 101-3 (B-Soc) Gender Talk
- GSWS 103-3 Body Talk
- GA 101-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) Introduction to Global Asia
- GA 211-3 (B-Hum) Asian Migrations Across the Globe
- HIST 111-3 (B-Soc, B-Sci) Histories of Technology
- HIST 115-3 (B-Hum) History of Sexuality
- HIST 135-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) Capitalism and the Making of the Modern World
- HUM 101-3 (W/B-Hum) Introduction to Global Humanities
- HUM 102-3 (W/B-Hum) Classical Mythology
- HUM 130-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Religious Studies
- INDG 101-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) Introduction to Indigenous Studies
- INDG 201W-3 (Writing) Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives on History
- IS 101-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) Global Challenges of the 21st Century: An Introduction to International Studies
- IS 105-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) Around the World through Film
- IS 230-3 (B-Hum/Soc) Beyond the Nation-State: Identity and Belonging in a Globalized World
- ITAL 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Italian
- JAPN 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to Japanese I
- LBST 100-3 (B-Soc) Equality and Inequality at Work
- LBST 101-3 (B-Soc) Work and Worker's Rights: Introducing Labour Studies
- LBST 201-3 (B-Soc) Workers in the Global Economy: Globalization, Labour and Uneven Development
- LING 100-3 (B-Soc) Communication and Language
- LING 111-3 (B-Soc) The Wonder of Words
- LING 160-3 (B-Soc) Language, Culture and Society
- PHIL 105 (Q, B-Sci, B-Soc) Critical Thinking
- PHIL 100W (B-Hum) Knowledge and Reality
- PHIL 110-3 (Q) Introduction to Logic and Reasoning
- POL 100-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Politics and Government
- POL 150-3 (B-Soc/B-Sci) Science, Policy, and Innovation
- POL 151-3 (B-Soc) Justice and Law
- PLCY 200-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Public Policy
- PSYC 100-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Psychology I
- PSYC 102-3 (B-Soc) Introduction to Psychology II
- SA 101-4 (B-Soc) Introduction to Anthropology
- SA 150-4 (B-Soc) Introduction to Sociology
- SA 200W-4 (B-Soc) Power, Conflict and Change in Canadian Society
- SDA 100-3 Data Visualization
- SPAN 100-3 (B-Hum) Introductory Spanish I
- URB 101-3 (B-Hum, B-Soc) What is a City?
- WL 100-3 (B-Hum) Introduction to World Literature
- WL 101W-3 (W, B-Hum) Writing in World Literature
- WL 104W-3 (W, B-Hum) Modern World Literatures