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Undergraduate Courses

Review the courses being offered this semester and plan your degree. Take a look at WQB and FAN/FAL requirements to stay on track.

Fall 2025

Course Title Instructor Day/Time Location
CMNS 110 D100 Introduction to Communication Studies Sarah Ganzon
Mon, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 110 OL01 Introduction to Communication Studies Daniel Ahadi
  Online
CMNS 120W D100 Creativity and Communication Across Media TBA
Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 130 OL01 Communication and Social Change Enda Brophy
  Online
CMNS 200 OL01 Professional and Strategic Communication Daniel Ahadi
  Online
CMNS 201W D100 Empirical Communication Research Methods Chris Jeschelnik Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 202 D100 Design and Method in Qualitative Communication Research Kirsten McAllister
Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 215 D100 Media and Identity Jas Morgan
Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 221 E100 Media and Popular Cultures Steven Malcic
Tue, 4:30–6:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 226 OL01 Digital Storytelling for Public Engagement David Murphy
  Online
CMNS 235 D100 Digital Democracies Adel Farag
Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 240 D100 The Political Economy of Communication Siyuan Yin
Tue, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 258 D100 Sound Across Media David Murphy
Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 304W D100 Communication in Everyday Life Gary McCarron
Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 313 D100 Visual Culture & Data Visualization Frederik Lesage
Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Surrey
CMNS 314 OL01 Cultural Production of Popular Music Steven Malcic
  Online
CMNS 315 D100 Indigenous Media and Film Karrmen Crey
Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 315 D200 Technologies of Gender & Sexuality Erique Zhang
Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 315 D300 Globalization & Media Dal Yong JIn
Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Vancouver
CMNS 316 D100 Games, Media & Culture Sarah Ganzon
Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 316 D200 Consumer Culture and Promotional Media Erique Zhang
Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 316 D300 Documentary Media Zoe Druick
Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 353 B100 Listening/Culture/Society Milena Droumeva
TBA
Burnaby
CMNS 353 E100 Colonialism, Technology & Environment Svitlana Matviyenko
Wed, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 362 D100 Strategic Communication Research Design and Planning Daniel Ahadi
Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 424 E100 Colonialism, Culture and Identity Karrmen Crey
Tue, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
Vancouver
CMNS 425 D100 Applied Communication for Social Issues Martin Laba
Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Vancouver
CMNS 443 D100 Asian Media and Popular Culture Dal Yong Jin
Thu, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Vancouver
CMNS 446 OL01 Communication, Science and Technology TBA TBA
  Online
CMNS 453 E100 Advanced Topics in Technology and Society (Living with Algorithms:AI,Surveillance&Society) Stephanie Dick
Wed, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 455W D100 Feminist Approaches to Science and Technology Stephanie Dick
Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
CMNS 457 D100 Migration and Media Siyuan Yin
Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby

My Schedule

Visualize your class schedule, search for courses, add to course cart and more.

mySchedule arranges selected courses into conflict-free timetable options and displays them in an easy-to-read weekly schedule.

You can check whether you meet prerequisites for courses ahead of enrollment by adding classes to your course cart, and then selecting "Validate Course Cart." Please view the video above for more information on how to use mySchedule to search for classes, add them to your course cart, and enroll.

Writing, Quantitative and Breadth Requirements

All students admitted to an undergraduate degree at SFU as of Fall 2006 must complete a minimum of 36 units of courses designated as Writing, Quantitative, or Breadth, with a grade of C- or better to receive the WQB credits.

Students transferring from a BC college with 60 units should consider completing some transferable W, Q and B courses prior to admission to SFU.

WQB Checklist for 2nd Degree

WQB Checklist for rest

Writing Requirements - Courses with "W" designated.

Students will take a minimum of:

  • one lower-division W course (at least 3 units)
  • one upper-division W course (at least 3 units), in the student's major subject. The upper-division W course must be taken at SFU.

Q and B-sci courses for Arts

Quantitative Requirements - Courses with "Q" designated.

Students will take a minimum of:

  • two Q courses, lower or upper division (at least 6 units).

Breadth Requirements - Courses with "B" designated.

Students may complete breadth courses throughout their degree programs, taking courses at the lower or upper division. Only courses outside of the student's major subject may count as a B.

Students will take a minimum of:

  • two courses labelled as Breadth-Humanities (B-Hum, 6 units)
  • two courses labelled as Breadth-Science (B-Sci, 6 units)
  • two courses labelled as Breadth-Social Sciences (B-Soc, 6 units)
  • two additional courses outside the student's major subject (6 units). These additional courses may or may not be designated as breadth, and in most cases will fulfill the particular Faculty or Program breadth requirements.

 

Multiple W,Q,B Requirements

Some courses may fulfill more than one requirement

  • A course may count as Q and B, or W and B, or W and Q, or W, Q and B. Students will receive all designation credits, unless the B is from their own major. Such students may satisfy their WQB requirements with fewer than 36 units because they can "double count".
  • Some courses may have multiple B designations:
  • A course may be designated as B-Soc and B-Hum, or B-Hum and B-Sci, or B-Soc and B-Sci, or all three B designations (B-Soc, B-Hum and B-Sci), but only one B type will be counted towards requirements. Students must consider which B type they wish such a course to meet in order to fulfill their B requirements.
  • Special Circumstances
  • Joint or Double Majors, Extended Minors, Double Minors
  • Students taking joint or double majors and honors, extended minors, or double minors are not required to take double W, Q and B requirements. W, Q and B designated courses in either one or both disciplines of the majors or honors or minor programs may be used to satisfy the writing, quantitative and breadth requirements. For example, a student taking a double major in English and Physics may count:
  • B-Hum designated ENGL courses for B-Hum credit (unlike English-only majors, who cannot count ENGL B-Hum courses towards their B requirements)
  • B-Sci designated PHYS courses for B-Sci credit (unlike Physics-only majors, who cannot count PHYS B-Sci courses towards their B requirements)
  • W designated ENGL for the lower- and upper-division W requirements
  • Q designated PHYS courses toward the Q requirements
  • Students in double minor programs should select an upper division W from one of the two discipline areas in which they are taking their double minors.

Second Degrees

Students admitted to a second degree program are exempted from all of the breadth requirements (designated and additional), three units of the Q requirements, and the lower division W requirement. The remaining W and Q courses must be three units each. Second degree students must meet the FAL and FAN prerequisites in order to enrol in W and Q courses. The W course must be upper division in the student's major. Second degree students who have met WQB requirements in a first degree at 91ÅÝܽ are required to meet this W and Q requirement for the second degree.

Prerequisite Waiver Form

If you can, please prefill the forms prior to your advising appointment unless otherwise stated

Enrollment FAQ

Getting into your class

I see a space in the lecture, but I can't enroll

There may be several reasons:

A.    The course has tutorials, and the tutorial you selected is already full.

Solution: Look for another tutorial that works for your schedule and still has space. If it still has space, you will be able to enroll through that tutorial. Otherwise, please add yourself to the wait list. If the wait list is full, please monitor the number closely and try again when a space becomes available.

Important note:

When a course has both a lecture and tutorials, you need to have a spot in both the lecture and in one of the tutorials to be enrolled in the course. If you are on the wait list for a tutorial, you are NOT enrolled in the course, even if there is still space in the lecture.

B.    There is a reserve on that course, and you don’t meet the reserve requirement.

For example, All J100 courses are NOW courses, and are served 100% for NOW students until Open Enrollment. The NOW program is open for student working 30 or more hours per week to apply. If you are not part of the NOW program, please add yourself to the wait list and wait. When the NOW reserve gets lifted (at Open Enrollment), and space permitting, a CMNS advisor will enroll in the wait listed CMNS students first, before opening up the course to all other students.

A few other CMNS courses have a small amount of seats reserved for students from another program. It may, for example, has 5 seats reserved for faculty of ENV students, and 20 seats for CMNS students. If 20 CMNS have already enrolled in the that course, no more CMNS student can still enroll, even if there is still space in that course.   

 

The class starts tomorrow but I am on the waitlist. What should I do?

The last day to drop a course with 100% tuition refund is on the 7th day of the semester. Because of this, most course drops happen during the first week of classes. If your wait list position is within the top 10% of the class capacity, we encourage you to go the first lecture and talk to your prof.

If any drops occur, priority will be given to students who haven’t missed any lecture content.

Another student who was initially wait listed behind me got enrolled, but I’m still waiting. What would be the reason?

The wait list engine runs several times a day. When a drop occurs and a space becomes available in a course, under normal conditions, the #1 student waiting will get automatically rolled into the course from the wait list.

However, if any of the following conditions applies, the wait list engine will skip the student and roll in the next student on the list. Unfortunately, the system does NOT notify the skipped student.

  • The student’s chosen tutorial is still full – if there are tutorials. It is therefore better to wait in for a tutorial with less students
  • There is a schedule conflict

Students enrolled in Distance Education courses, please pay special attention to the exam times

  • Credit Load Override – FCAT students are allowed a maximum of 18 credits per semester.

Therefore, students waiting for a 3-credit course can only be enrolled in 15 credits or less. And students waiting for a 4-credit course can only be enrolled in 14 credits or less.

  • The student has fees owing