Most undergraduate programs at York University require students to fulfill the general education course requirements.
Depending on the program it can be up to 24 credits, with a mix of courses coming from social science (SOSC) courses, natural science (NATS) courses and humanities (HUMA) courses.
All of the SOSC courses are either 6.0 credits or 9.0 credits.
Some courses can be taught in either fall (F) or winter (W) semesters, whereas others are full year (Y) courses.
York University offers more than 35 first year social science (SOSC) courses and students may find it difficult to decide which course to take.
For most students the general education courses are a way to boost their GPA, so they are looking for a course where you can get an easy A with relatively low workload and easy content of the course.
To save time exploring the students’ options, we are providing you a list of the easiest SOSC courses to take at York University:
- AP/SOSC 1040 6.0 – Power & Society: Critical Issues in Social Justice
- AP/SOSC 1140 9.0 – Self, Culture and Society: Critical Perspectives
- AP/SOSC 1520 9.0 – Markets and Democracy: The Development of Industrial Society
- AP/SOSC 1801 6.0 – Health Controversies: Issues of Health, Illness and Society
- AP/SOSC 1920 6.0 – Male-Female Relationships
1. AP/SOSC 1040 6.0 – Power & Society: Critical Issues in Social Justice
The course focuses on introduction to issues of importance in social science including human culture and socialization, mass media, social psychology, and more.
There are 3 main areas of focus in the course:
- Social construction of reality
- Power dynamics that shape society
- Social justice perspective
2. AP/SOSC 1140 9.0 – Self, Culture and Society: Critical Perspectives
The course focuses on introduction of the interdisciplinary approach to understanding “self”, “culture”, and “society” and examines the views of self, social order, work, gender, race, popular culture, and nature.
The course considers contributions from other social sciences:
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
3. AP/SOSC 1520 9.0 – Markets and Democracy: The Development of Industrial Society
The course focuses on exploring the development of industrial capitalism and the ways it changed the ways of living.
The key areas of focus in this course are:
- Spread of the market economy
- Industrialization of production
- Transformation of social and political institutions and ideas
4. AP/SOSC 1801 6.0 – Health Controversies: Issues of Health, Illness and Society
The course focuses on introduction of the interdisciplinary approach to critical controversies in health and society.
The course aims to use health controversies to provide interesting and effective views of:
- Political aspects of health
- Economic aspects of health
- Sociocultural aspects of health
- Historical aspects of health
- Illness
- Healing
5. AP/SOSC 1920 6.0 – Male-Female Relationships
The course focuses on exploring some of the basic issues which influence male-female relationships in Western society.
The course has 2 major parts:
- Focuses on explanations and theories of sex and gender difference
- Focuses on examining specific gender arrangements in personal and institutional setting
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