Arts Academic Plans

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

The Global Engagement Specialization requires successful completion of 3.5 academic course units (seven courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, including:

• INTST 101
• Additional language course (second half of Arts and Business language requirement)
• Culture course in the same language area taken above
• Four courses from the following list, of which only two can be from the same discipline: EASIA 300R, 301R; ECON 231; ENGL 322, 463; HIST 130, 311, 389; MUSIC 245; PACS 203, 326; PHIL 328; PSCI 252, 255, 281, 282, 387; RS 100, 110; SOCWK 322R; SPCOM 226, 402

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.

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.

Requirements

The Human Resources Management Specialization requires successful completion of four academic course units (eight courses) with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, including:

• AFM 123/ARBUS 102 or both of AFM 101 and 102
• HRM 200
• at least two of HRM 301, PSYCH 338, PSYCH 339, PSYCH 340
• CS 100 or 200
• ENGL 210F
• PHIL 215/ARBUS 202
• Statistics course

Other courses of interest to HRM Specialization students as unspecified electives:

• ECON 351
• HRM 303
• HRM 305
• HRM 307
• MSCI 311
• PACS 202
• one of SOC 241, 243

Notes:

1. Students in academic plans in Management Studies are precluded from taking HRM plans.
2. Please check the prerequisites for the courses listed above.  
3. For further information, refer to the HRM website (www.psychology.uwaterloo.ca/hrm/index.html).
4. 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.
5. Students who have completed an HRM Diploma or the course requirements for the Certified Human Resources Professional (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.
6. Students are advised to review the CHRP requirements before finalizing their HRM course selections.