Global Engagement Specialization
Honours Arts and Business Co-op and Regular students can pursue a specialization in Global Engagement. The specialization is designed to provide students with knowledge on international affairs related to linguistic, cultural, economic, historic, and political dimensions. The Global Engagement Specialization is expected to be attractive to students interested in integrating an undergraduate degree with study, work, and volunteer experiences abroad, as well as students planning to pursue private and public sector careers and graduate studies with an international focus.
Arts and Business students apply for admission to the Global Engagement Specialization in their 2A academic term. Admission to the specialization will be determined on the basis of a formal written application and academic performance.
Requirements
In addition to the Honours Arts Major and the Honours Arts and Business Co-op and Regular requirements, students must successfully complete 3.5 academic course units (seven courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, including:
- Required courses:
INTST 101 Introduction to International Studies
Additional language course (second half of Arts and Business language requirement)
Culture course in the same language area taken above
- Elective courses:
Four courses from the following list, of which only two can be from the same discipline:
EASIA 300R Politics and Diplomacy of Contemporary Japan
EASIA 301R The Political Economy of East Asia
ECON 231 Introduction to International Economics
ECON 334 Institutions of International Trade and Finance
ENGL 322 Postcolonial Literature of the Americas
ENGL 463 Postcolonial Literatures
HIST 130 The Modern World in Historical Perspective
HIST 311 International Relations, 1890-1951
HIST 389 Canada in World Affairs
MUSIC 245 World Music
PACS 203 A History of Peace Movements
PACS 326 Religion and Peace-Building
PHIL 328 Human Rights
PSCI 252 Global South: Introduction to International Development
PSCI 255 Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrial Nations
PSCI 281 World Politics
PSCI 282 Foreign Policy
PSCI 387 Globalization
RS 100 Religions of the East
RS 110 Religions of the West
SOCWK 322R International Perspectives in Community Organization
SPCOM 226 Introduction to Intercultural Communication
SPCOM 402 Advanced Intercultural Communication
Human Resources Management Specialization
Human Resources Management is a set of interrelated organizational functions and processes, including staffing the organization, designing jobs and teams, training and developing skilled employees, assessing and rewarding employee performance, and maintaining and retaining employees. Students enrolled in the Honours Arts and Business academic plan who are not Psychology majors (Psychology majors see the Psychology academic plan section for your requirements) and who are interested in employment in this field may want to pursue the Human Resources Management (HRM) Specialization, as well as the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation offered by the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations upon graduation. Several courses in the HRM Specialization provide exemption from required courses for that designation.
Admission to the HRM plan requires that the student has successfully completed HRM 200, has a minimum HRM plan average of 70%, and is in satisfactory standing in their other academic plans. Those interested in enrolling in the HRM Specialization should consult the HRM website (www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/hrm/index.html) for application procedures.
In addition to the Honours Arts Major and the Arts and Business requirements, the HRM Specialization requires successful completion of four academic course units (eight courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, including:
Required courses (eight):
Other courses of interest to HRM Specialization students as unspecified electives:
- ECON 351
- MSCI 311
- PACS 202
- one of SOC 241, 243
- Note: Additional topics courses may be available through Wilfrid Laurier University. All cross-registration requests are subject to the approval of the HRM advisor and space availability.
Notes:
- Students in academic plans in Management Studies are precluded from taking HRM plans.
- Please check the prerequisites for the courses listed above.
- For further information, refer to the HRM website (www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/hrm/index.html)
- Students are encouraged to complete HRM 200 before enrolling in PSYCH 339 or PSYCH 340. Note that second year students are given priority enrolment in HRM 200.
- Students who have completed an HRM Diploma or the course requirements for the CHRP designation, or who have graduated from a college or university HR or Business program are precluded from enrolling in the HRM Minor, Option, or Specialization.
- Students are advised to review the CHRP requirements before finalizing their HRM course selections.