Commerce Profile in Social Science (with or without world focus)

Description: What is research? What is science? How do the disciplines of Anthropology, Economics, Geography,
History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology contribute to our understanding of human life? To answer these
questions, students explore the process of scientific research and communication in the social sciences. Specifically,
they learn to carry out a literature search, evaluate the relevance and reliability of varied information sources, summarize these sources using scientific conventions and communicate their ideas clearly, both orally and in written form.
Throughout, students also learn about, and experience, the role of teamwork and feedback in the research process.

Description: Explore terminology, concepts, and current business practices in the field of business using timely, real-world case studies and examples. Establish a viable business vocabulary, engage in critical and analytical thinking, and develop your business decision-making skills. Specific functions of business such as marketing, finance,
human resources, management, production of both goods and services and IT for business are introduced, giving
students a general understanding of how business functions.

Description: Learn the principles and tools of macroeconomic analysis and apply them to understand real world
economic events and policies. Topics include: economics systems, economic incentives, macroeconomic indicators (such as inflation, unemployment, and gross domestic product), business cycles, economic growth, fiscal and
monetary policies, and the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model.

Description: Linear algebra studies linear equations and their manipulations and applications. It has extensive applications in the social sciences, especially since nonlinear models can often be approximated by linear ones. Topics include:
systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vectors, and vector geometry. Applications include: optimization
problems, Leontief models and Markov chains. Examples and other applications will be drawn from economics, business, and social sciences.

Complementary (420-D1L-LA “Computer Applications
for Commerce” is suggested)

Description: How do we collect and quantify data? How does the data we gather help us understand the social
world? In Quantitative Methods, we learn descriptive and inferential statistical operations, and how to analyse
statistics in popular media and scholarly texts. Summarizing, interpreting and critically evaluating quantitative information, we become familiar with the fundamental concepts and basic techniques of the quantitative methods
in the Social Sciences.

Description: Learn the principles and tools of microeconomic analyses used in decision-making by consumers,
businesses and governments. Topics include: Cost-benefit and marginal analyses, the supply and demand model
of price setting, elasticities, economic welfare, market efficiency versus government interventions in markets,
externalities, public goods and common resources, the costs of production, the theory of the firm and market
structures, income and wealth inequality, and the economics of discrimination.

Description: What connects humans throughout history? Discover fascinating people and events that changed
the world and tie it together. After setting the scene with premodern global history, dive into the state of the
world in the 1500s, including colonialism, imperialism, slavery, and cultural assimilation. In the Modern Era,
juxtapose Enlightenment ideals and global revolutions with the slow and difficult application of human rights
and creeping industrialization. Conclude your journey with the past century, its conflicts, authoritarianism,
nationalism, decolonization, technological revolutions, globalization, and fights for the environment and civil
rights. Along the way, add to your historical, research, and writing skills.

Description: Differential calculus studies instantaneous rates of change. Mathematically, it answers the question: what
is the slope of a curved line? Topics include: limits and continuity, the derivative and differentiation, curve sketching,
rates of change, and extrema. Applications include: marginal analysis, optimization, and demographics. Examples and
other applications will be drawn from economics, business, and social sciences.

Description: How do we distinguish between scientific and non-scientific knowledge? What are the ethical guidelines that direct research in the social sciences? What are the theories and techniques used by social scientists to
obtain and analyze qualitative data? Investigate the social world using qualitative research methods such as interviews, participant observation and thematic analysis. Apply your critical thinking skills to contextualize research
results and produce scientific research papers.

Description: Explore the field of accounting, covering the process of recording, analyzing, classifying, summarizing, and communicating accounting information. Learn to interpret and formulate financial information for use
in management decision making, including transactional recording of cash receipts and cash payments, banking
procedures, the handling of the general ledger and the preparation of financial statements. Further topics include:
the functions of accounting in a business setting; recording business transactions; the adjusting process; completing the accounting cycle and end of period accounting procedures; accounting for a merchandising concern;
information systems, and ethical issues in accounting.

Description: How do people learn? What is memory and why do we forget? How does the brain work? You get to
answer these and many more questions in Introduction to Psychology. The topics discussed help you understand
how various factors can influence your behaviour and brain processes in different situations and give you a new
perspective on some of your own experiences. Strategies to help with your memory, study habits, and learning
methods are discussed, which will help you apply course topics to your own life.

One of the following (Student Choice):
201-SC2-LA Calculus 2
Level 1 Concentration Course (Student choice)
Level 2 Concentration Course (Student choice)

Description: Scholarly conventions of the social sciences dictate how we plan, carry out and evaluate academic
work, including following ethical guidelines and expressing ideas clearly. The final integrative research project
is a guided multidisciplinary comprehensive assessment of the knowledge and skills acquired through the social
science program. It offers a broadened understanding of the social world and the chance to evaluate one’s own
learning journey in the Social Sciences.

One of the following (Student Choice):
101-SHB-LA Human Biology
Level 1 Concentration Course (Student choice)*
Level 2 Concentration Course (Student choice)
* Nota: If a Level 1 Concentration course was taken
in semester 3 instead of 201-SC2-LA Calculus 2, the
student may not take a Level 1 Concentration course

Description: What is research? What is science? How do the disciplines of Anthropology, Economics, Geography,
History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology contribute to our understanding of human life? To answer these
questions, students explore the process of scientific research and communication in the social sciences. Specifically,
they learn to carry out a literature search, evaluate the relevance and reliability of varied information sources, summarize these sources using scientific conventions and communicate their ideas clearly, both orally and in written form.
Throughout, students also learn about, and experience, the role of teamwork and feedback in the research process.

Description: Explore terminology, concepts, and current business practices in the field of business using timely, real-world case studies and examples. Establish a viable business vocabulary, engage in critical and analytical thinking, and develop your business decision-making skills. Specific functions of business such as marketing, finance,
human resources, management, production of both goods and services and IT for business are introduced, giving
students a general understanding of how business functions.

Description: Learn the principles and tools of macroeconomic analysis and apply them to understand real world
economic events and policies. Topics include: economics systems, economic incentives, macroeconomic indicators (such as inflation, unemployment, and gross domestic product), business cycles, economic growth, fiscal and
monetary policies, and the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model.

Description: Linear algebra studies linear equations and their manipulations and applications. It has extensive applications in the social sciences, especially since nonlinear models can often be approximated by linear ones. Topics include:
systems of linear equations, matrices, determinants, vectors, and vector geometry. Applications include: optimization
problems, Leontief models and Markov chains. Examples and other applications will be drawn from economics, business, and social sciences.

Complementary (420-D1L-LA “Computer Applications
for Commerce” is suggested)

Description: How do we collect and quantify data? How does the data we gather help us understand the social
world? In Quantitative Methods, we learn descriptive and inferential statistical operations, and how to analyse
statistics in popular media and scholarly texts. Summarizing, interpreting and critically evaluating quantitative information, we become familiar with the fundamental concepts and basic techniques of the quantitative methods
in the Social Sciences.

Description: Learn the principles and tools of microeconomic analyses used in decision-making by consumers,
businesses and governments. Topics include: Cost-benefit and marginal analyses, the supply and demand model
of price setting, elasticities, economic welfare, market efficiency versus government interventions in markets,
externalities, public goods and common resources, the costs of production, the theory of the firm and market
structures, income and wealth inequality, and the economics of discrimination.

Description: What connects humans throughout history? Discover fascinating people and events that changed
the world and tie it together. After setting the scene with premodern global history, dive into the state of the
world in the 1500s, including colonialism, imperialism, slavery, and cultural assimilation. In the Modern Era,
juxtapose Enlightenment ideals and global revolutions with the slow and difficult application of human rights
and creeping industrialization. Conclude your journey with the past century, its conflicts, authoritarianism,
nationalism, decolonization, technological revolutions, globalization, and fights for the environment and civil
rights. Along the way, add to your historical, research, and writing skills.

Description: Differential calculus studies instantaneous rates of change. Mathematically, it answers the question: what
is the slope of a curved line? Topics include: limits and continuity, the derivative and differentiation, curve sketching,
rates of change, and extrema. Applications include: marginal analysis, optimization, and demographics. Examples and
other applications will be drawn from economics, business, and social sciences.

Description: How do we distinguish between scientific and non-scientific knowledge? What are the ethical guidelines that direct research in the social sciences? What are the theories and techniques used by social scientists to
obtain and analyze qualitative data? Investigate the social world using qualitative research methods such as interviews, participant observation and thematic analysis. Apply your critical thinking skills to contextualize research
results and produce scientific research papers.

Description: Politics determine who gets what, when, and how in society. Explore the institutions and processes of
political life. Learn not only about basic concepts and theories of political science at the local, regional, national,
and international levels, but also about current political events and issues. Topics include: democratic vs. nondemocratic governments; rights and freedoms; political knowledge and political participation; and constitutions, laws,
and legal systems.

Description: How do people learn? What is memory and why do we forget? How does the brain work? You get to
answer these and many more questions in Introduction to Psychology. The topics discussed help you understand
how various factors can influence your behaviour and brain processes in different situations and give you a new
perspective on some of your own experiences. Strategies to help with your memory, study habits, and learning
methods are discussed, which will help you apply course topics to your own life.

One of the following (Student Choice):
201-SC2-LA Calculus 2
Level 1 Concentration Course (Student choice)
Level 2 Concentration Course (Student choice)

Description: Scholarly conventions of the social sciences dictate how we plan, carry out and evaluate academic
work, including following ethical guidelines and expressing ideas clearly. The final integrative research project
is a guided multidisciplinary comprehensive assessment of the knowledge and skills acquired through the social
science program. It offers a broadened understanding of the social world and the chance to evaluate one’s own
learning journey in the Social Sciences.

Description: Investigate economic activities involving passage across a national frontier. Topics include: international trade organizations and agreements, the mechanisms of foreign exchange rates, the balance of international payments, international trade and the theory of comparative advantage, tariffs, current international
economic affairs, free trade between Canada and the United States, foreign ownership, and the control of the
Canadian economy.

Description: Why do countries go to war? Why is international cooperation so difficult to achieve, particularly
on issues like climate change? What are the effects of globalization on health, inequality, society, and the global
economy? What is international law and how does it function? World Politics is the study of conflict and cooperation in the world. Students are first introduced to the key concepts and theories of international relations. They
then explore how these theories help explain conflict, crisis, and war; international organizations; international law;
trade, finance, and development; global health; and environmental and climate politics.