York University | 2008-2009 Undergraduate Calendar - Undergraduate Courses and Programs

Business and Society - Arts

Note: With the establishment of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies on July 1, 2009, degrees and programs in the Faculty of Arts will be moved to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies as of the Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Session. Grandparenting provisions have been developed for students continuing in degrees and programs currently offered in the Faculty of Arts. Details are available on the York University Current Students Web site (http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/cs.htm).

Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major.

Honours BA Program

The program core;
18 credits from each of two of the streams;
AS/SOSC 4040 6.00;
12 additional credits at the 4000 level including at least six credits at the 4000 level in each of the two streams.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that, in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Note: With permission of the program coordinator, students can replace AS/SOSC 4040 6.00 with AS/SOSC 4041 6.00, AS/SOSC 4042 6.00, AS/SOSC 4043 6.00 or AS/SOSC 4044 6.00.

BA Program

The program core;
18 credits from each of the two streams including at least six credits at the 3000 level in each of the two streams.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that in order to obtain a BA (90 credits degree), students must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 3000 level.

Note: The Faculty of Arts residence requirement will be met by successfully completing at least 50 per cent of the major requirements of each of the two streams (with the exception of The Environment) in the Faculty of Arts.

Program Core

All business and society majors must complete the program core, as follows:

Statistics Requirement

All business and society majors must complete at least three credits in an approved statistics course. Students normally complete the approved statistics course as part of their stream requirement. However, not all of the streams require or include as a course option an approved statistics course. Students who combine two streams which do not include an approved statistics course must complete at least three credits in an approved statistics cousre in addition to their stream requirements.

Note: Statistics courses are offered in many of the streams and many of these courses have course credit exclusions. Check course descriptions carefully for course exclusions to avoid duplicating course work.

Business and Society Streams

Students must choose two of the streams listed below.

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

AS/PHIL 2070 3.00;
six credits chosen from: AK/AS/POLS 2900 6.00, AS/SOSC 2571 9.00 or AS/SOSC 2570 9.00;
AS/SOSC 3040 6.00;
three credits chosen from: AK/AS/SC/MATH 2560 3.00, AK/AS/PHIL 2075 3.00, AS/PHIL 3020 3.00, AS/PHIL 3050 3.00, AK/PHIL 3770 3.00, AK/PHIL 3776 3.00 or ES/ENVS 3000 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AK/AS/PHIL 4150 3.00, AS/PHIL 4160 3.00, AS/SOSC 4043 6.00 or AS/SOSC 4044 6.00.

The Environment

ES/ENVS 1000 6.00;
ES/ENVS 2100 6.00 or ES/ENVS 2400 6.00;
six credits chosen from: ES/ENVS 3120 3.00, ES/ENVS 3130 3.00, ES/ENVS 3410 3.00, ES/ENVS 3420 3.00, ES/ENVS 3430 3.00, ES/ENVS 3440 3.00, ES/ENVS 3510 3.00, AS/GEOG 3050 3.00 or AS/GEOG 3051 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/GEOG 4050 3.00, AS/GEOG 4051 3.00, AS/GEOG 4160 3.00, AS/SOSC 4041 6.00, AS/SOSC 4042 6.00, ES/ENVS 4120 3.00, ES/ENVS 4140 3.00, ES/ENVS 4410 3.00, ES/ENVS 4430 3.00, ES/ENVS 4442 3.00 or ES/ENVS 4510 3.00.

The Firm

Note: Prerequisites for courses must be met. Check course descriptions carefully for prerequisite requirements.

Students must choose from either Option A or Option B listed below.

Option A - Microeconomic Analysis

AS/ECON 1530 3.00 (cross-listed to: AS/MATH 1530 3.00);
AS/ECON 1540 3.00 (cross-listed to: AS/MATH 1540 3.00);
AS/ECON 2500 3.00;
AS/ECON 3210 3.00 or AS/ECON 3500 3.00;
six credits, including at least three credits at the 3000 level, chosen from: AS/ECON 2300 3.00, AS/ECON 2350 3.00, AS/ECON 3200 3.00, AK/ECON 3411 3.00 or AK/ECON 3760 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4130 3.00, AS/ECON 4210 3.00, AS/ECON 4220 3.00 or AS/ECON 4350 3.00.

Note: Students may not combine The Firm (Option A - Microeconomic Analysis) with The Macroeconomy (Option A - Macroeconomic Analysis).

Option B - Organizational Analysis

AK/ADMS 1000 3.00;
AK/ADMS 2400 3.00;
AS/ECON 2500 3.00;
AS/ECON 3210 3.00;
six credits chosen from: AS/ECON 3200 3.00, AS/ECON 3240 3.00, AS/ECON 3249 3.00, HH/PSYC 3570 3.00, AS/SOCI 3620 6.00 or AK/ADMS 3300 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4130 3.00, AS/ECON 4350 3.00, AS/SOSC 4041 6.00, AS/SOSC 4210 6.00, AK/ADMS 4010 3.00.

Note: If AS/ECON 2500 3.00 and/or AS/ECON 3210 3.00 are taken as part of The Macroeconomy, they must be replaced in The Firm (Option B - Organizational Analysis) with courses chosen from the listed course options at the 3000 level.

The Global Economy

AS/HIST 1090 6.00 or AS/POLS 2930 6.00;
AS/ECON 3150 3.00;
AS/ECON 3310 3.00;
six credits chosen from: AS/ANTH 3220 6.00, AS/ECON 3190 3.00, AS/ECON 3320 3.00, AS/GEOG 3130 3.00, AS/POLS 3270 3.00, AS/POLS 3275 3.00, AS/POLS 3560 6.00, AK/POLS 3700 6.00, AK/POLS 3740 6.00 or AK/SOSC 3510 6.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4129 3.00, AS/ECON 4190 3.00, AS/ECON 4200 3.00, AS/GEOG 4220 3.00, AS/GEOG 4395 3.00, AS/POLS 4117 3.00, AS/POLS 4285 3.00, AS/POLS 4291 3.00, AS/POLS 4295 3.00, AS/POLS 4403 3.00 or AS/POLS 4770 3.00.

Labour

AS/SOSC 2210 9.00;
12 credits chosen from: AS/ECON 3240 3.00, AS/ECON 3249 3.00, AK/ECON 3620 3.00, AS/GEOG 3800 3.00, AK/AS/SC/MATH 2560 3.00, AS/POLS 3140 3.00, AS/SOSC 3210 6.00, AS/SOSC 3240 3.00, AS/SOSC 3241 6.00, AS/SOSC 3380 6.00, AS/SOSC 3815 3.00, AS/SOSC 3980 3.00, AS/SOSC 3981 3.00, AS/SOSC 3993 3.00 or AK/AS/GL/WMST 3510 6.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/SOSC 4041 6.00, AS/SOSC 4210 6.00, AS/SOSC 4240 6.00 or AS/SOSC 4250 6.00.

Law and Governance

AS/PHIL 2050 6.00 or AS/SOSC 2350 6.00;
AS/SOSC 2330 9.00;
six credits chosen from: AK/ECON 3800 3.00, AS/ECON 4500 3.00, AS/POLS 3165 6.00/AS/SOSC 3165 6.00, AS/SOSC 3040 6.00 or AS/SOSC 3380 6.00.

For the Honours program:

AS/SOSC 4043 6.00.

The Macroeconomy

Note: Prerequisites for courses must be met. Check course descriptions carefully for prerequisite requirements.

Students must choose from either Option A or Option B listed below.

Option A - Macroeconomic Analysis

AS/ECON 1530 3.00 (cross-listed to: AS/MATH 1530 3.00);
AS/ECON 1540 3.00 (cross-listed to: AS/MATH 1540 3.00);
AS/ECON 2500 3.00;
AS/ECON 3210 3.00;
six credits, including at least three credits at the 3000 level, chosen from: AS/ECON 2400 3.00, AS/ECON 2450 3.00, AS/ECON 3140 3.00, AS/ECON 3150 3.00 or AS/ECON 3200 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4070 3.00, AS/ECON 4080 3.00, AS/ECON 4129 3.00, AS/ECON 4190 3.00 or AS/ECON 4200 3.00.

Note: Students may not combine The Macroeconomy (Option A - Macroeconomic Analysis) with The Firm (Option A - Microeconomic Analysis).

Note: If AS/ECON 2500 3.00 and/or AS/ECON 3210 3.00 are taken as part of The Firm, they must be replaced in The Macroeconomy (Option A - Macroeconomic Analysis) with courses chosen from the listed course options at the 2000 or 3000 level.

Option B - Public Policy Analysis

AS/ECON 2500 3.00;
AS/ECON 3210 3.00;
AS/POLS 3190 6.00;
six credits chosen from: AS/ECON 3140 3.00, AS/ECON 3150 3.00, AS/ECON 3200 3.00, AK/ECON 3660 3.00, AK/AS/POLS 3125 3.00, AK/AS/GL/POLS 3135 3.00, AK/AS/GL/POLS 3136 3.00 or AK/AS/POLS 3145 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/ECON 4070 3.00, AS/ECON 4080 3.00, AS/ECON 4129 3.00, AS/ECON 4190 3.00, AS/ECON 4200 3.00, AS/ECON 4350 3.00, AS/ECON 4379 3.00, AS/POLS 4115 6.00 or AS/GL/POLS 4300 6.00.

Note: If AS/ECON 2500 3.00 and AS/ECON 3210 3.00 are taken as part of The Firm, they must be replaced in The Macroeconomy (Option B - Public Policy Analysis) with AS/POLS 2910 6.00.

The Media and Communication

AS/SOSC 1310 9.00;
AS/SOSC 2313 6.00 or AS/SOSC 2314 6.00 or AS/SOSC 2314 9.00;
six credits chosen from: AS/SOSC 3310 6.00, AS/SOSC 3315 6.00, AS/SOSC 3350 3.00, AS/SOSC 3351 3.00 or AK/SOSC 3560 6.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AK/ADMS 4295 6.00/AK/PHIL 4295 6.00, AS/POLS 4180 6.00, AS/SOSC 4314 6.00, AS/SOSC 4801 6.00, AS/SOSC 4802 6.00 or AS/SOSC 4803 6.00.

Professions, Occupations and Social Change

AS/SOCI 1010 6.00 or AK/HUMA 1790 6.00;
AS/SOCI 3600 3.00;
AS/SOCI 3610 3.00;
six credits chosen from: AK/AS/SC/MATH 2560 3.00, AS/SOCI 3620 6.00, AS/SOSC 3311 6.00, AS/SOSC 3981 3.00, AS/SOSC 3993 3.00, AK/AS/GL/WMST 3520 3.00 or AK/ADMS 3120 3.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AK/AS/PHIL 4150 3.00, AS/PHIL 4160 3.00, AS/SOCI 4620 6.00, AS/SOSC 4042 6.00 or AS/SOSC 4315 6.00.

The Social Economy

AS/SOSC 1341 9.00;
one of the following: AS/GEOG 3130 3.00, AS/GEOG 3050 3.00, AS/GEOG 3051 3.00 or AS/GEOG 3800 3.00;
an additional three credits from the following: AS/GEOG 2070 3.00, AS/GEOG 2075 3.00, AS/GEOG 2305 3.00, AS/GEOG 3051 3.00, AS/GEOG 3060 3.00, AS/GEOG 3130 3.00, AS/GEOG 3140 3.00, AS/GEOG 3600 3.00, AS/GEOG 3710 3.00, AS/GEOG 3770 3.00 or AS/GEOG 3800 3.00;
AS/SOSC 4041 6.00.

For the Honours program: students must include at least six credits chosen from:

AS/SOSC 3040 6.00, AS/SOSC 4042 6.00 or AS/SOCI 4200 6.00

Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Arts