Academic Bridging Program Courses

Key to Course Descriptions

1. For Distribution Requirement purposes, see classification listed after each course.

2. Only students admitted to the Academic Bridging Program may enrol in these courses.

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ENG185Y1
Introduction to the Study of Literature       78L

A writing intensive course that introduces essential rhetorical and critical skills, focusing on how to recognize major literary forms; how to read, comprehend, analyze, and interpret texts; how to write clearly and effectively about them; and how to do library research. Ten to twelve assignments for a minimum of 8000 words.
This is a Humanities course

JWH100Y1
Canadian History        78L

The course is a survey of Canada’s political, social, and economic history from the colonial era to the present, featuring Canada’s native peoples, Anglophone-Francophone issues, Canada’s relations with Britain and the United States, and the growth of national institutions. Other themes include regionalism, immigration and multiculturalism.
This is a Humanities course

JWM101Y1
Essential Mathematics        104L, 26T

The knowledge and skills essential for success in university Mathematics courses. Elementary material on geometry, algebra, functions and trigonometry followed by a delineation of the essence of differential calculus and its applications using the basic notions of limit, continuity and differentiation. (Course not offered in 2006-2007).

Exclusion: OAC Calculus or its equivalent, taken within the last three years
Prerequisite: At least 70% in Grade 12 Advanced Mathematics, or its equivalent
This course does not count as a Distribution Requirement course

JWU100Y1
Contemporary Canada        78L

This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to contemporary Canadian society. The course includes the study of geography, politics, literature and culture through an historical framework of the twentieth century. It also emphasizes particular themes including aboriginal issues, regionalism, French-English conflict, gender/women’s issues and immigration/multiculturalism.
This is a Humanities or a Social Science course.