February 2010
Recommended Program Electives in Child Studies
The following list of courses has been approved by the Child Studies Coordinator for use as elective
courses in this program. Because courses are added and deleted each year, this list may not include all
courses of interest to our students and may include some courses no longer offered. Students are advised
to check the Undergraduate Calendar and a current class schedule to determine that the courses you want
are available and that all prerequisites have been met. Depending on the courses selected, some students
may have to take courses extra to the degree to meet prerequisite requirements. As well, spaces in some
of theses courses may be limited. Students wishing to get into such courses may apply to the program
Administrator for assistance in registering.
It is possible to take courses that are not on this list. However, such courses will not be applied to the degree program unless or until formally approved by the program Coordinator. If approval is not obtained, such courses will appear on your transcript under the heading, “Extra to the degree”. Students wishing to take courses not on this list should consult with the Coordinator prior to taking the course and must complete the Change of Course Requirements Request Form, providing a rationale for why this course should be included in your program.
First year seminars are not normally accepted for credit in the Child Studies program.
Note: All students in the Child Studies program are encouraged to discuss their elective choices with the program Coordinator and to complete the Selected Program Electives form upon course selection. This form indicates which courses you want to be applied to each category of elective (Arts, Science, and Other Approved). This is particularly important for courses that may be eligible for credit in more than one category.
1. Courses eligible for Arts/PAM elective credit:
ANTH 2040* Anthropology and Gender
ARTH 3601* Women, Art and Society
- BUSI 1001*Principles of Financial Accounting
- BUSI 1002*Management Accounting
BUSI 4602*Women in Management
CDNS 1000Introduction to Canadian Studies
CDNS 2210*Introduction to the Study of Canadian Culture
CDNS 2300*Critical Nationalism
CDNS 2500*Interfaces between English and French Canadian Cultures
CDNS 3000*Interdisciplinarity and Canadian Studies Theory and Methods
CDNS 3400*Feminists and Feminism in Canada
CDNS 3600*Critical Perspectives on Diversity in Canada
CHST 1000*Childhood in the Global Context
- ENGL 2006Children’s Literature
- ENGL 2802Canadian Literature
FREN 1002French I
HIST 1300Introduction to Canadian History
HIST 2304Canadian Social History
HIST 2504Introduction to Women’s History
HIST 3107History of the family in Europe
HIST 3115*Youth and History
HIST 3503 Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
HIST 3504Women in North America
HIST 3506* Welfare and Poverty in Canada
HIST 3507*Canadian Immigration from 1875
HIST 3602* Modern Canadian Family
Courses eligible for Arts/PAM elective credit (Continued)
LALS 2603*Child Language
LALS 2604*Speech and Language Problems
LALS 2701*Sociolinguistics
LALS 2704*Bilingualism
LALS 3400 Writing Theories and Practice
LAWS 2003Introduction to Private Law Relationships
LAWS 3006*Mediation
LAWS 3401*Employment Law
LAWS 3804*Law of the Family
LAWS 4001*Law, Family and Gender
LAWS 4904*Advanced Legal Topics
MUSI 1001*A History of Western Classical Music: Medieval to the Present
MUSI 1002*Introduction to the History of Popular Music
MUSI 3302* Music and Gender I
PHIL 1500Contemporary Moral, Social and Religious Issues
- RELI 2308*Death and Afterlife
RELI 2550*Religion and Society
RELI 3205* Topics in Women and Religion
- SOWK 1000 Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare
SOWK 2201*Working with Children and Youth
WGST 1808Introduction to Women’s Studies
WGST 2800*Critical Intersections of Gender, Race and Class
2. Courses eligible for Science elective credit:
- BIOL 1902*Natural History
BIOL 2903*Natural History of Ontario
CHEM 1003*The Chemistry of Food, Health and Drugs
COMP 1001*Introduction to computers for the Arts and Social Sciences
ERTH 1003*Natural Disasters
ERTH 2401*Dinosaurs
ERTH 2402*Climate Change: An Earth Sciences Perspective
ERTH 2403*Introduction of Oceanography
GEOG 1010* Global Environmental Systems
GEOG 1020* People, Places and Environments
PHYS 1901*Planetary Astronomy
TSES 3002*Energy and Sustainability
3. Courses eligible for credit under “Other Approved Electives”:
The courses listed in #1 and #2 above are also eligible in this category. Where a course is eligible for more than one category, the Coordinator will normally apply it towards the more restrictive category. Additional eligible courses for this category include the following.
ANTH 2550* Religion and Society (Also listed as RELI 2550*)
GEOG 3206*Health, Environment and Society
- PSYC 2100*Introduction to Social Psychology
- PSYC 2200*Biological Foundations of Behaviour
PSYC 2301*Introduction to Health Psychology
- PSYC 2600*Introduction to the Study of Personality
- PSYC 2700*Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 3000Design and Analysis in Psychological Research
- PSYC 3506*Cognitive Development (requires the prerequisite,
PSYC 2500* and PSYC 2700*)
PSYC 3603*Psychology for Women
- PSYC 3604*Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 4703Cognition and Instruction
PSYC 4704*Psychology and Language
SOCI 2043* Sociology of the Family
SOCI 2045*Women in Society
SOCI 2200*Canadian Society
SOCI 2445*Sociology of Deviance
SOCI 3003Studies in Research Design and Data Analysis
SOCI 3045* Studies in Children and Childhood
SOCI 3050*Studies in Sociology of Health
Honours Students
By choosing appropriate courses at the 1000- and 2000- level, Honours students can use branching courses to develop a field of interest in Developmental, Sociocultural and Managerial areas. Other fields of interest may be acceptable but must be approved by the program Coordinator. All Honours students should meet with the Coordinator early in their program to discuss their electives. A field of interest must be approved by the Coordinator in order to be eligible to graduate in the Honours program.
- Bullets are beside courses typically offered on CUTV (Carleton University Television).
* Denotes a half-credit course
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