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ADMN | Public Administration

Public Sector Project Management

ADMN 411 A01 | spring | Vatne
ADMN 411 A01 | summer | Vatne

Canadian Public-Sector Financial Management

ADMN 421 A01 | fall | Reyes
 

Strategic Human Resources Management

ADMN 431A A01 | fall | Thiessen
ADMN 531 A01, A02 | spring | Cunningham
 

Creating Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

ADMN 477 A01, A02 | summer | Speers
ADMN 577 A01 | spring | Castle

Organizations: A Very Short Introduction

ADMN 504 A01 | fall | Lindquist

Canadian Public Finance: Explaining Budgetary Institutions and the Budget Process in Canada

ADMN 504 A01 | fall | Lindquist
ADMN 512 A01 | fall | Krawchenko
ADMN 512 A01 | summer | Pinan
 

Evaluation Essentials

ADMN 437 A01 | spring | Chouinard
ADMN 537 A01, A02 | fall | Chouinard

Program Evaluation Theory and Practice

ADMN 437 A01 | spring | Chouinard
ADMN 537 A01, A02 | fall | Chouinard

Citizen's Guide to Climate Success

ADMN 548 A01 | fall | Rhodes

Writing a Graduate Thesis or Dissertation

ADMN 577 A01 | summer | Lepore

Implementing and Maintaining Your Strategic Plan: A Workbook for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

ADMN 477 A01, A02 | summer | Speers
ADMN 577 A01 | spring | Castle

Culturally Responsive Approaches to Evaluation

ADMN 583 A01, A02 | fall | Chouinard

The Evaluation Society

ADMN 608 A01 | spring | Chouinard

AHVS | Art History and Visual Studies

The Art of Modern China

AHVS 337A A01 | fall | Liu

Creating Great Visitor Experiences

AHVS 488Y A01 | spring | Cunningham
 

ANTH | Anthropology

Religion, Food and Eating in North America

ANTH 150 A02 | spring | Brown

Stories of Culture and Place

ANTH 200 A01 | spring | Gauthier
ANTH 200 A01 | summer | Gauthier
ANTH 200 A01 | fall | Gauthier

Indigenous Storywork

ANTH 393 A03 | spring | Degai

Shaping the Future on Haida Gwaii

ANTH 393 A05 | spring | McIntyre

The Anthropology of the Future

ANTH 393 A05 | spring | McIntyre

Anthropologies and Futures

ANTH 393 A05 | spring | McIntyre

Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You

ANTH 394 A01 | fall | Parker

Lithics

ANTH 395 A01 | spring | Beller

The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction

ANTH 398 A01 | summer | McGuire

ASTR | Astronomy

Astronomy

ASTR 102 A01 | fall | Berg
ASTR 102 A01 | spring | Navarro

To Measure the Sky

ASTR 329 A01 | fall | Yang

Radiative Processes in Astrophysics

ASTR 403 A01 | fall | Babul

ATWP | Academic and Technical Writing Program

Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada 2nd Edition

ATWP 135 all sections | fall | Dept. Members

BMBA | Business Administration

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

BMBA 360 All Sections | fall | Dept. Members
BMBA 360 All Sections | spring | Dept. Members

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership

BMBA 410 All Sections | fall | Dept. Members
BMBA 410 All Sections | spring | Dept. Members

The Adventures of an IT Leader

BMBA 470 All Sections | fall | Akoh
BMBA 470 All Sections | spring | Dept. Members

BME | Biomechanical Engineering

Quantitative Human Physiology

BME 200 A01 | fall | Valente
BME 201 A01 | summer | Sima
BME 201 A02 | summer | Sima

Introduction to Biophotonics

BME 434 A01 | spring | Lu

CD | Community Development

CIVE | Civil Engineering

COM | Commerce

Intermediate Accounting

COM 450 A02 | summer | Ricci

CSC | Computer Science

Introduction to Algorithms

CSC 226 A01, A02 | spring | Koroth
CSC 226 A01, A02 | fall | Mehta
CSC 425 A01, A02 | fall | King
CSC 520 A01 | fall | King
 

Open Data Structures: An Introduction

CSC 226 A01, A02 | spring | Koroth

Some Assembly Required

CSC 230 A01, A02 | spring | Abdullah
CSC 230 A01 | summer | Zastre

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics

CSC 305 A01, A02 | spring | Schneider

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach

CSC 350 A01 | spring | Baharloo

Operating System Concepts

CSC 360 A01, A02 | fall | Wu
CSC 360 A01, A02 | spring | Abdullah
CSC 360 A01, A02 | summer | Zastre

Visualization Analysis and Design

CSC 411 A01, A02 | spring | Perin
CSC 511 A01 | spring | Perin

Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions

CSC 445 A01, A02 | summer | Bird
CSC 545 A01 | summer | Bird

Understanding and Using Linear Programming

CSC 445 A01, A02 | summer | Bird
CSC 545 A01 | summer | Bird

Foundations of Physically Based Modeling and Animation

CSC 473 A01, A02 | spring | Haworth
CSC 586D A01 | spring | Haworth

Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques

CSC 473 A01, A02 | spring | Haworth
CSC 586D A01 | spring | Haworth

Communication Complexity: And Applications

CSC 482A A01, A02 | summer | Koroth
CSC 582A A01 | summer | Koroth

Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction

CSC 503 A01, A02 | spring | Mehta

CSPT | Cultural, Social, and Political Thought

CYC | Child and Youth Care

Collaborative Helping: A Strengths Framework...

CYC 356 A01, A03 | fall | Herriot
CYC 356 A02 | fall | Beresh
CYC 475 B02 | spring | Dept. Members

Program Evaluation for Social Workers

CYC 423 A01 | summer | Amorim

ECE | Electrical and Computer Engineering

Solid-State Electronic Devices: An Introduction

ECE 320 A01 | spring | Papadopoulos

Essentials of Error-Control Coding

ECE 405 A01 | spring | Gulliver
ECE 511 A01, A02 | spring | Gulliver

Introduction to Biophotonics

ECE 434 A01 | spring | Lu

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach

ECE 449 A01 | spring | Dimopoulos

Fiber Optic Communications

ECE 452 A01 | spring | Lu

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design

ECE 453 A01 | spring | Bornemann
ECE 522 A01, A02 | spring | Bornemann

Computer Networks, Fifth Edition

ECE 458 A01 | spring | Cai

Analysis Of Computer Networks

ECE 463 A01 | fall | Cai

Computer Vision: Algorithms & Applications

ECE 471 A01 | spring | Albu
ECE 536 A01 | spring | Albu

Wireless Communications

ECE 496A A01 | spring | Dong
ECE 519A A01, A02 | spring | Dong
ECE 519B A01, A02 | spring | Cai

Fundamentals of Wireless Communications

ECE 496A A01 | spring | Dong
ECE 519A A01, A02 | spring | Dong
ECE 519B A01, A02 | spring | Cai

Reinforcement Learning, second edition: An Introduction

ECE 559B A01, A02 | fall | Yang
 

Leadership: A Very Short Introduction

ECE 596A A01 | summer | Albu

ECON | Economics

Why Gender Matters in Economics

ECON 339 A01 | spring | Welling

Modeling Monetary Economies

ECON 406 A01, A02 | spring | Kumar

The Econometric Modelling of Financial Time Series

ECON 468 A01 | spring | Stewart

ED-D | Educational Psychology

Embedded Formative Assessment

ED-D 407 A02 | spring | Duncan

Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention

ED-D 515 A01 | fall | Harrison
 

Essentials of WJ IV Tests of Achievement

ED-D 515 A01 | fall | Harrison
 

Essentials of KTEA-3 and WIAT-III Assessment

ED-D 515 A01 | fall | Harrison

EDCA | Adult and Continuing Education

EDCI | Curriculum and Instruction Studies

Into the Story 2: More Stories! More Drama!

EDCI 305A A01 | fall | Duchene
EDCI 305A A01 | spring | Prendergast
EDCI 313 A01 | fall | Duchene

Dramathemes: Classroom Literacy that will Excite, Surprise, and Stimulate Learning

EDCI 305A A01 | fall | Duchene
EDCI 305A A01 | spring | Prendergast
EDCI 313 A01 | fall | Duchene

Teaching in a Digital Age

EDCI 336 A02 | fall | Paskevicius
EDCI 336 A04 | fall | Kostiuk
EDCI 336 A01, A02 | spring | McCue

EDCW

A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment

EDCW 114 D01 | summer | Avery

ENGL | English

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

ENGL 146 A03 | spring | Douglas

Indian Horse

ENGL 146 A06 | fall | Grayer
ENGL 202 A01 | fall | Dopp

Fifteen Dogs

ENGL 146 A06 | spring | Dopp

The Annual Migration of Clouds

ENGL 146 A08 | spring | Pickard
ENGL 478 A01 | fall | Pickard

The Non-Designer's Design Book

ENGL 305 A01 | fall | Halliday

Titus Andronicus

ENGL 330 A03 | fall | Dase
ENGL 521 A01 | fall | Ellerbeck

Othello

ENGL 330 A03 | fall | Dase

The Merchant of Venice

ENGL 366C A01 | summer | McLean-Fiander

The Tempest

ENGL 366C A01 | summer | McLean-Fiander

Much Ado About Nothing

ENGL 366C A01 | summer | McLean-Fiander

Twelfth Night

ENGL 366C A01 | summer | McLean-Fiander

The Comedy of Errors

ENGL 366C A01 | summer | McLean-Fiander

Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry

ENGL 369 A01 | spring | Kuchar
ENGL 392 A02 | fall | Kuchar

A Short History of Early Modern England

ENGL 369 A01 | spring | Kuchar

The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals

ENGL 375 A01 | spring | Miller

The Essential Goethe

ENGL 375 A01 | spring | Miller
ENGL 376B A01 | spring | Miller

Atala and Rene

ENGL 376B A01 | spring | Miller

Howards End

ENGL 381 A01 | summer | Hawkes

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

ENGL 381 A01 | summer | Hawkes

Far From the Madding Crowd

ENGL 381 A01 | summer | Hawkes

Dracula

ENGL 381 A01 | summer | Hawkes

The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion

ENGL 436A A01 | fall | Hawkes

Waste Heritage: A Novel

ENGL 450 A01 | spring | Dean

Quarrels

ENGL 453 A01 | spring | Dopp

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha

ENGL 503 A01 | summer | Douglas

The Art of Biblical Poetry

ENGL 503 A01 | summer | Douglas

The Art of Biblical Narrative

ENGL 503 A01 | summer | Douglas

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-Second Edition

ENGL 479 A01 | fall | Surridge

Black Beauty

ENGL 479 A01 | fall | Surridge

The Oxford Shakespeare: The Winter's Tale

ENGL 521 A01 | fall | Ellerbeck

(T.S. Eliot) Collected Poems 1909-1962

ENGL 530 A01 | spring | Kuchar

Natural History of Selborne

ENGL 540 A01 | fall | Miller

ENGR | Engineering

Technical Writing Essentials

ENGR 110 all sections | fall | Dept. Members
ENGR 120 all sections | spring | Chelvan
ENGR 240 all sections | fall | Dept. Members

EOS | Earth and Ocean Sciences

Physical Geology

EOS 120 A01 | fall | Leonard

Introduction to Ocean Sciences

EOS 350 A01 | fall | Riddell

EPHE | Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education

ES | Environmental Studies

Environment and Food

ES 200 A01 | spring | Hilperts

Braiding Sweetgrass

ES 200 A01 | spring | Hilperts

GEOG | Geography

GMST | Germanic and Slavic Studies

Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

GMST 354 A01 | spring | Semmens

GNDR | Gender Studies

We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity

GNDR 309 A01 | spring | Banerjee

The Picture of Dorian Gray

GNDR 349 A01 | summer | Miller

GRS | Greek and Roman Studies

GS | Graduate Studies

HINF | Health Information Science

HLTH | Health

HPPR | Public Relations

HSTR | History

The Food of China

HSTR 101F A01 | fall | de Alba-Koch

Decolonization: A Short History

HSTR 112B A01 | fall | Wender

In The Shadows of the American Century

HSTR 112B A01 | fall | Wender

Contested Island: Ireland 1460-1630

HSTR 320C A01 | summer | Koch

Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany

HSTR 340C A01 | spring | Koch
HSTR 385A A01 | fall | Koch

Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

HSTR 350B A01 | spring | Semmens

Africa Since 1800

HSTR 360 A02 | spring | Adebisi

Roman Law in European History

HSTR 371 A01 | spring | Timmermann

World History of Warfare

HSTR 371 A01 | summer | Dolff

The Colonial Politics of Global Health

HSTR 460 A01 | fall | Adebisi

The Convent of Wesel

HSTR 496 A01 | fall | Semmens

Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums

HSTR 515A A01 | spring | Semmens

IGOV | Indigenous Governance

Toward The African Revolution

IGOV 695 A01 | fall | Mucina

Everything Ancient Was Once New

IGOV 695 A01 | fall | Mucina

The Fourth World: An Indian Reality

IGOV 695 A01 | fall | Mucina

IN | Indigenous Studies

IS | Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit issues in Canada

IS 101 A01, A03 | spring | Scow
IS 101 A01 | summer | Coon

Research and Reconciliation

IS 101 A01 | summer | Coon
IS 350 A01 | spring | Mahi

A Drum In One Hand, A Sockeye In The Other

IS 301 A01 | fall | Corntassel
IS 301 A01 | spring | Corntassel

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance

IS 301 A01 | fall | Corntassel
IS 301 A01 | spring | Corntassel

it was never going to be okay

IS 400 A01 | fall | Mowatt

Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel

IS 400 A02 | spring | Lukaniec

LAS | Latin American Studies

Sab and Autobiography

LAS 200 A01 | fall | de Alba-Koch

LAW | Law

The Constitution of Canada: A Contextual Analysis

LAW 104 A01 | fall | Bryan
LAW 104 A02 | fall | Deckha
LAW 104 A03 | fall | Mortensen
LAW 104 A04 | fall | Richards

Canada's Indigenous Constitution

LAW 388A A01 | summer | Friedland

LING | Linguistics

Bringing Our Languages Home

LING 156 A01 | fall | Maracle

MATH | Mathematics

Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus

MATH 236 A01 | spring | Goluskin
MATH 236 A01 | fall | Laca

Linear Algebra Done Right

MATH 311 A01 | fall | Emerson

Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

MATH 379 A01 | spring | Carlson

Graphs and Digraphs

MATH 423 A01 | fall | Mynhardt
MATH 523 A01 | fall | Mynhardt

Topology of Surfaces

MATH 465 A01 | spring | Putnam

Elements of Mathematical Ecology

MATH 475 A01 | fall | Lewis
MATH 575 A01 | fall | Lewis

MBA | Business

101 Design Methods

MBA 546 A05 | fall | Mitchell

MECH | Mechanical Engineering

Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion

MECH 240 A01 | fall | Saghlatoun
MECH 390 A01 | spring | Rowe

Advanced Engineering Dynamics

MECH 450A A01 | summer | Buckham

Introduction to Optimum Design

MECH 450D A01 | summer | TBA
MECH 580 A03 | summer | TBA

Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems

MECH 450E A01 | summer | Rahnama

Computational Fluid Dynamics

MECH 495 A01 | spring | Oshkai
MECH 535 A01 | spring | Oshkai

MM | Management

MUS | Music

Sound and Recording: Applications and Theory

MUS 306 A01 | fall | McNally

Music, Sounds And Filmmakers: Sonic Style In Cinema

MUS 391 A01 | fall | Luko
MUS 532 A01 | fall | Luko

Music, Language, and the Brain

MUS 511 A01 | fall | Schloss
 

NUED | Nursing Education

Creating a Caring Science Curriculum: A Relational Emancipatory Pedagogy for Nursing

NUED 570 A01 | fall | Duncan
NUED 573 A01 | fall | Handlovsky

Teaching of Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

NUED 570 A01 | fall | Duncan
NUED 573 A01 | fall | Handlovsky

NUNP | Nurse Practitioner

Berkowitz's Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach

NUNP 545 A01 | fall | Bertoni
NUNP 545 A02 | fall | Agostinelli

NURA | Nursing Leadership

NURS | Nursing

The Essential Guide To Psychoactive Drugs...

NURS 497 A01 | fall | Fitterer
NURS 497 A02 | fall | Clark

A Concise Introduction to Mental Health in Canada

NURS 497 A01 | fall | Fitterer
NURS 497 A02 | fall | Clark

The Invisible Work of Nurses: Hospitals, Organisation and Healthcare

NURS 521 A01 | spring | Petrovskaya
NURS 521 A04 | spring | Sawchuck

From Silence to Voice

NURS 521 A02 | spring | Neander
NURS 521 A03 | spring | Kassam
NURS 521 A04 | spring | Sawchuck

PAAS | Pacific and Asian Studies

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

PAAS 302 A01 | fall | Chau

Spider Eaters: a memoir with a new preface

PAAS 356 A01 | fall | Chau
 

I Did Not Kill My Husband

PAAS 357 A01 | spring | Chau
 

Private Life

PAAS 456 A01 | spring | Chau
 

The Membranes

PAAS 456 A01 | spring | Chau

PADR | Public Administration and Dispute Resolution

PHIL | Philosophy

Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting

PHIL 100 A03, A04 | fall | Brown

Kant: Critique of Pure Reason

PHIL 309 A01 | fall | Land

Responsibility for Justice

PHIL 339 A01 | fall | Holder

What's The Use

PHIL 339 A01 | fall | Holder

Philosophy of Perception

PHIL 358 A01 | fall | Rysiew
 

Wittgenstein

PHIL 390 A01 | spring | Rysiew
 

Republic

PHIL 426 A01 | fall | Roberts
PHIL 500 A01 | fall | Roberts
 

Critique Of The Power Of Judgment

PHIL 427 A01 | fall | Land
PHIL 500 A02 | fall | Land
 

Consequentialism

PHIL 430 A01 | fall | Woodcock
PHIL 500 A03 | fall | Woodcock
 

PHSP | Public Health and Social Policy

Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health

PHSP 502 A01 | spring | Gormezano

PHYS | Physics

College Physics

PHYS 102A A01 | fall | Steeves
PHYS 102A A03 | fall | van Netten

Physics 120

PHYS 120 | fall | Chithrani

Physics 130

PHYS 130 | spring | Steeves

Physics 216

PHYS 216 | fall | Steeves

POLI | Political Science

The Prince: Second Edition

POLI 202 A01 | fall | Marin

The Republic of Plato

POLI 202 A01 | fall | Marin

Discourse on Colonialism

POLI 202 A01 | fall | Marin

The Politics

POLI 300A A01 | fall | Wender

The Republic

POLI 300A A01 | fall | Wender

The Prince

POLI 300B A01 | summer | Miller

Second Treatise of Government

POLI 300B A01 | summer | Miller

The Souls of Black Folk

POLI 300C A01 | fall | Glezos

Monarchy

POLI 433 A02 | fall | Glezos
POLI 533 A02 | fall | Glezos

In Good Relation: History, Gender, and Kinship in Indigenous Feminisms

POLI 424 A01 | spring | Dhamoon
POLI 524 A01 | spring | Dhamoon

The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth

POLI 424 A01 | spring | Dhamoon
POLI 524 A01 | spring | Dhamoon

Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts

POLI 505 A01 | spring | Verdun
POLI 605 A01 | spring | Verdun

Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Men and...

POLI 509 A01 | spring | Eisenberg
POLI 609 A01 | spring | Eisenberg

PSYC | Psychology

Introduction to Psychology

PSYC 100B A01 | fall | Roberts

Research Methods in Psychology

PSYC 201 A01 | fall | Tanaka
PSYC 201 A02 | fall | Piccinin
PSYC 201 A01 | spring | Tanaka

Social Psychology

PSYC 231 A01 | summer | Mugon
PSYC 231 A01 | fall | Tou Lou

R for Data Science

PSYC 400A A01 | fall | Medler

RCS | Religion, Culture, and Society

Religion, Food, and Eating in North America

RCS 101 A01 | spring | Brown

SENG | Software Engineering

Effective Software Testing: A Developer's Guide

SENG 275 A01, A02 | spring | Popli

Software Requirements 3

SENG 321 A01, A02 | spring | Ernst
SENG 321 A01, A02 | fall | Popli

Software Evolution

SENG 371 A01, A02 | spring | Mughal

Evolving Software Systems

SENG 371 A01, A02 | spring | Mughal

The Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective

SENG 474 A01, A02 | spring | Mehta

SOCI | Sociology

SOCW | Social Work

SPAN | Spanish

Latin America since 1780

SPAN 307 A01 | summer | Forster

Independence of Spanish America

SPAN 484D A01 | fall | Koch

A Poverty of Rights

SPAN 484E A01 | spring | Koch

STAT | Statistics

Nonparametric Statistical Methods

STAT 455 A01 | spring | Tsao
STAT 562 A01 | spring | Tsao

Computational Statistics

STAT 464 A01 | fall | Cowen
STAT 564 A01 | fall | Cowen

THEA | Theatre

WRIT | Writing

carried away on the crest of a wave

WRIT 203A A01 | fall | Kerr

Gas Girls

WRIT 203A A01 | fall | Kerr

This Is War

WRIT 203A A01 | fall | Kerr

In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience

WRIT 331 A01 | spring | Sebastian
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