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Faculty of Arts – Business Streams

Within the Faculty of Arts, there are 21 departments, each with its own point of view on the world: its environments, cultures and current Events. However, there are also a lot of themes that are present across many different disciplines. For instance, if you are interested in learning more about the food we eat and food around the world, then there are food courses in history, anthropology, geography, and other departments. We’re letting you know about such themes and are offering you the opportunity to take a group of themed courses for recognition from the Faculty of Arts to go alongside your credential.

These streams have been created with BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) students in mind, though anyone can take these courses. Each stream lists courses that fit a theme, and each course has very few to no prerequisite, and can fit into the electives available within the BBA structure.

For those Arts students who are also interested in these themes, there are additional courses that could be listed that might have more prerequisites that would fit into the BA framework easily. Those are listed under "Additional courses in this theme"

Creativity and Innovation Stream

The ability to think outside the box, assess situations from multiple perspectives, disrupt patterns and propose innovative solutions are foundational skills in business. The Creativity and Innovation Stream offers an opportunity to explore and develop creative thinking to help prepare for leadership roles in business.

Students will take five out of the following courses to fulfill the Creativity and Innovation Stream.

ARTS

INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPRESSIVE ARTS

CREATIVE WRITING

FINE ARTS

MUSIC

Critical Media Literacy

Critical media literacy explores the structural aspects of media, including ownership, financing and funding and how these affect the images and messages we consume. It involves a critical inquiry into the historical, social, political, economic dimensions of narrative, and examines the media industry as a whole at both local and global levels.

Students will take five out of the following courses to fulfill the Critical Media Literacy stream.

Diversity Stream

The Diversity stream will offer business school students the tools to be successful in any job environment in a multicultural, globalized world. Interpersonal relations and effective group work are key in both private and government employment settings. Business school graduates would be better equipped to face the challenges of any workplace with the multicultural race/ethnicity, sexuality, and gender awareness offered by the stream courses. The Diversity stream will also be valuable to potential Employers in terms of improved interpersonal communication, interaction with clients and the like, which will result from having employees who are aware, and are sensitive, to individual differences.

Students will take five out of the following courses to fulfill the Diversity Stream:

Globalization Steam

The Globalization stream builds on the theme of global citizenship and provides business students with a broad multidisciplinary introduction to the nature and impact of globalization.

Students will take five of the following courses to fulfill the Globalization Stream:

Indigenous Stream

The Indigenous stream aims to critically engage students with indigenous social justice issues and explore the impact of European influences on indigenous life and cultures. They will study indigenous mobilization and efforts aimed at decolonization. Students will complete a total of five courses from the following options:

Required:

And any four of the following:

Intercultural Stream

With this stream students would gain knowledge of different cultural values, practices and traditions in an intercultural context in order to become better prepared to navigate the global and cultural interdependencies that characterize the 21^st Century.

Students would complete one course from the “Introduction to Interculturality” section and choose three additional courses from any of the groupings below.

An Introduction to Interculturality (Choose one):

Cultural Understandings:

Culture through Film:

Indigeneity:

Pop Culture Stream

This collection of courses Gives students a new way to understand the structural and systemic sources of popular culture and its impact on everyday life.

Students will take five courses from the following areas:

Sustainability Stream

The challenges of climate change, deteriorating ecosystems, and resource depletion means that environmental sustainability is the way of the future. In the sustainability stream, students may choose to explore earth’s systems and resources; environmental history; sustainability ethics, public policy and economics; and “nudge” theories of behavioural change. Students will gain a broad range of tools to understand, evaluate, and implement sustainable practices, including the opportunity to work on an applied project with a community partner.

For the Sustainability Stream, students would choose five courses from the following options:

Urban Studies Stream

The majority of the world’s population resides in cities, and cities currently function as primary economic drivers, key consumers of material and energy flows, and centres of political power and innovation. In this stream, students will explore how cities function in terms of development patterns, politics and political influence, and contributions to sustainable policies, enterprise and innovation.

For the Urban Studies Stream, students would choose five courses from the following options:

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