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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

MONA, JAMAICA, WEST INDIES
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Dean’s Office, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Tel: (876) 977-1785 Fax: (876) 927-1566
Email: [email protected]

2023/2024

Free Elective
Course Listing
Faculty of:
 Science and Technology
 Social Sciences
 Humanities and Education
 Sports

Section / Unit
 The Office of Student Services and Development
 Institute of Gender Studies
 FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biochemistry Section

Code Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

BIOC 1016 BIOC1016 Anti-Doping in II None 3
Sports

Department of Computing

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

COMP 1210 Computing and Society I or II None 3
COMP 1220 Mathematics for I or II None 3
Computing

Department of Mathematics

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

MATH 1154 Introduction to I Basic 1
Mathematical Software 1 Computer
Literacy

Department of Physics

Codes Course Titles Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

*PHYS 2000 Fundamentals in Energy I None 3
Statistic
PHYS 2701 Essentials of Renewable I None 3
Energy Technologies and
Solutions
PHYS2800 Fundamental of EV II None 3
Technology
*Course will not be offered this academic year.

N.B. See faculty link to handbook below:

https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fst/sites/default/files/fpas/uploads/fst_undergraduate_handbook
_2023-2024.pdf
 FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Department of Government

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

GOVT 1000 Introduction to Political I or II none 3
Institutions and Analysis
GOVT 1001 Introduction to Political I or II none 3
Philosophy
GOVT 1008 Introduction to I or II none 3
International Relations
GOVT 1012 Introduction to Public I none 3
Policy and Management
GOVT 1013 Introduction to Leadership I none 3
GOVT 2007 Politics of the Caribbean I or II none 3
GOVT 2010 Delinquency and Juvenile II none 3
Justice
GOVT 2070 Political Management and II none 3
Strategy
GOVT 2071 Climate Change, II none 3
Governance &
Development
GOVT 2260 Political Leadership II none 3
GOVT 2268 Gender, Governance and I none 3
Leadership
GOVT 2269* Social Movements in the I none 3
Caribbean
GOVT 3041 Media and Politics within II none 3
the Caribbean and Beyond
GOVT 3070 Good Governance and I none 3
Global Corruption
GOVT 3114 International Security II none 3
Issues
*Course will not be offered for the 2023/2024 academic year
Mona School of Business and Management

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

ACCT 1003 Introduction to Cost & II CXC Mathematics Grades 1-3 3
Management Accounting or ECON001
ACCT 1005 Financial Accounting I CXC Mathematics Grades 1-3 3
or ECON001
HOSP3034 Food and Beverage III II None - Lecturer Permission 3
required
MGMT 2224 Introduction to I or II none 3
Entrepreneurship
TOUR 1000 Introduction to Tourism & I or II none 3
Hospitality Management

Department of Sociology, Psychology & Social Work

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre- Credits

Requisites
PSYC 1000 Introduction to Developmental, I or II none 3
Social & Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 1001 Introduction to Cognitive and II none 3
Physiological Psychology
PSYC 1002 Introduction to Industrial & II none 3
Organizational Psychology
PSYC 2017 Political Psychology II none 3
SOCI 1002 Introduction to Sociology I I or II none 3
SOCI 1003 Sociology and Development I or II none 3
SOCI 1005 Introductory Statistics for the Behavioural I or II none 3
Sciences
SOCI 1006 Introduction to Anthropology I None 3
SOCI 2004 Introduction to Population I or II none 3
SOCI 2020 Identity and Conduct in the I None 3
Dancehall Culture
SOCI 3001 Thought and Action in Africa of the I None 3
Diaspora
SOCI 3041 Introduction to Social Marketing II None 3
SOCI 3042 Race, Ethnicity and National II None 3
Identities in the Caribbean
SOWK 1001 Introduction to Social Work I None 3
SOWK 2001 Law and the Human Services I None 3
SOWK 3015 Drugs and Society II None 3
Centre for Disability Studies

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

DBST 1000 Understanding Persons with I or II none 3
Disabilities

N.B. See faculty link to handbook below:

https://www.mona.uwi.edu/socsci/sites/default/files/socsci/fss_undergraduate_handbook_20
23-2024_word_format_july_17.pdf
 FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND EDUCATION

SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE

1 ANIM 1001 Motion Studies 3 None
1 ANIM 1011 Life Drawing 3 None
1&2 COMM1001 Communication Culture and Caribbean 3 None
Society
2 COMM1121 Understanding the Media 3 None
1& 2 COMM1234 Basic Media Production 3 None
2 COMM1268 Basic Visual Communication 3 None
1 COMM2201 Introduction to Communication Research 3 None
Methods
Not offered for COMM2324 Broadcast Journalism 3 None
2022/2023 AY
Not offered for COMM2901 The Art of Feature Writing 3 None
2022/2023 AY
2 COMM2905 Electronic Publishing 3 None
Not offered for COMM2907 Media, Gender and Development 3 None
2022/2023 AY
Not offered for COMM2926 Organizational Communication 3 None
2022/2023 AY
Not offered for COMM2901 The Art of Feature Writing 3 None
2022/2023 AY
2 COMM2905 Electronic Publishing 3 None
Not offered for COMM2907 Media, Gender and Development 3 None
2022/2023 AY
Not offered for COMM2926 Organizational Communication 3 None
2022/2023 AY
1 COMM3248 Entrepreneurial Skills in the 3 None
Communication Industry
2 COMM3269 Business Journalism 3 None
Not offered for COMM3428 Media and Children 3 None
2022/2023 AY
1 FILM1810 The Art of Screenwriting 3 None
2 FILM1820 Film Production Fundamentals 3 None
2 FILM1823 The Evolution of Cinematic Art 3 None
1 FILM1830 Visual Storytelling 3 None
1 FILM2815 Film Aesthetics and Genres 3 None
1 FILM3829 Art and Experimental Film 3 None
2 MDIA1001 Webpage Layout and Design with CSS 3 None
2 MDIA1002 Digital Illustration Fundamentals 3 None
2 MDIA1003 Digital Photography and Image 3 None
Manipulation Fundamentals
1 MDIA1004 Elements of Style for Design Presentation 3 None
1 MDIA1006 Drawing Fundamentals 3 None
SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
1 MDIA2002 Writing and Report Design for Designers 3 None
1 MDIA3001 Online Marketing Strategies 3 None
2 MDIA3002 Motion Graphics and Time-Based media 3 MDIA2003
MDIA2005
1 JOUR1002 History of Journalism 3 None
1 JOUR1004 Principles and Practice of Journalism 3 None
1 IMCC1010 Fundamentals of Integrated 3 None
Communication Planning
2 HIST1003 Caribbean Media Since 1717 3 None
1 HIST1018 Origin and Growth of Modern Sport 3 None
1 HIST1201 An Introduction to World History 3 None
Not offered in HIST1305 Africa’s History in Reverse 3 None
2022-2023
2 HIST1407 States and Societies: Continuity and 3 None
Change in Early Modern Europe
2 HIST1505 The Asian World Prior to 1600 3 None
Not offered in HIST1601 The Atlantic World 1400-1600 3 None
2022-2023
2 HIST1604 “Out of Many”: The Development of 3 None
Jamaican Society
1 HIST1704 The Study of the Past in the Atlantic 3 None
World
2 HIST1801 Introduction to Archaeology 3 None
2 HIST1901 Introduction to Heritage Studies 3 None
1 HIST2006 Conquest, Colonization and Resistance in 3 None
the Caribbean, 1600 to the End of Slavery
2 HIST2007 Freedom, Decolonization and 3 None
Independence in the Caribbean since
1804
2 HIST2018 Sport and Nationalism in Caribbean 3 None
Perspectives
Not offered in HIST2103 Latin America 1600-1870: From 3 None
2022-2023 Colonialism to Neo Colonialism
2 HIST2104 Societies and Economics in Latin America 3 None
from 1870
Not offered in HIST2203 Peoples Wars and Revolution: North 3 None
2022-2023 America 1600 to 1812
2 HIST2204 From Developing to” Developed”: North 3 None
America 1815-1980
Not offered in HIST2301 The State and Development in Africa 3 None
2022-2023 1800-1900
Not offered in HIST2302 The State and Development in Africa 3 None
2022-2023 since 1900
1 HIST2407 Europe in an Age of Revolutions: 1789- 3 None
1918
SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
1 HIST2408 Introduction to Modern Japan 3 None
2 HIST2409 Europe Since 1917 3 None
1 HIST2503 History of Modern China 3 None
1 HIST2602 Imperialism Since 1918 3 None
1 HIST2804 A Survey of World Prehistory 3 None
1&2 HIST2807 Digital History 3 None
1 HIST2901 Heritage Management and Tourism in 3 None
the Caribbean
2 HIST2902 Caribbean Historical Landscapes and 3 None
Development of Eco-Tourism
2 HIST3003 Women and Gender in the History of the 3 None
English-Speaking Caribbean
Not offered in HIST3008 Race and Ethnicity in the British 3 None
2022-2023 Caribbean since 1838
1 HIST3011 The Idea of Caribbean Nationhood 3 None
1 HIST3013 History of the Jamaican Landscape 3 None
2 HIST3014 Haiti in the Twentieth Century 3 None
Not offered in HIST3017 The Spanish Caribbean 1810-1979: and 3
2022-2023 Nationalism Underdev
elopment
Not offered in HIST3019 History of West Indies Cricket since 1870 3 None
2022-2023
2 HIST3022 Politics and Society in Twentieth Century 3 None
Cuba
Not offered in HIST3025 Banking in Commonwealth Caribbean 3 None
2022-2023 1836-1990
Not offered in HIST3105 The Idea of Liberation in Latin America 3 None
2022-2023
1 HIST3203 The Black Experience in the United States 3 None
After 1865
Not offered in HIST3301 Origins and Development of Apartheid 3 None
2022-2023
Not offered in HIST3303 Socialism and Development in 20th 3 None
2022-2023 Century Africa
Not offered in HIST3305 Culture Religion and Nation-Building in 3 None
2022-2023 West Africa Since 1500
Not offered in HIST3310 Colonialism and Under- development in 3 None
2022-2023 West Africa since 1880
Not offered in HIST3407 The Holocaust in History 3 None
2022-2023
Not offered in HIST3408 Anglo-American Societies 1580-1660 3 None
2022-2023
Not offered in HIST3411 Britain Since 1945 3 None
2022-2023
2 HIST3502 History of Middle East 1915-1973 3 None
SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
2 HIST3505 Japanese Culture and Media Discourse in 3 None
Historical Perspectives
1 HIST3614 The African Diaspora in the West 3 None
2 HIST3802 Archaeology of the Caribbean 3 None
1 HIST3901 Urban Heritage of Jamaica 3 None
1&2 CLTR1001 Introduction to the Study of Culture 3 None
1&2 GOVT1000 Introduction to Political Institutions 3 None
Not offered in HIST1304 Africa in World Civilization 3 None
2022-2023
Not offered in HIST1601 The Atlantic World, 1400-1600 3 None
2022-2023
HUMN1101 Introduction to Comparative Caribbean 3 None
Literature: Afro-Caribbean Poetry
1 HIST2006 Conquest, Decolonization and Resistance 3 None
in the Caribbean,1600 to the End of
Slavery
2 HIST2007 Freedom, Decolonization and 3 None
Independence in the Caribbean since
1804
Not offered in HIST2301 State and Development in Africa, 1800- 3 None
2022-2023 1900
Not offered in HIST2302 State and Development in Africa since 3 None
2022-2023 1900
2 HIST3003 Women and Gender in the History of the 3 None
English-Speaking Caribbean
Not offered in HIST3008 Race and Ethnicity in the British 3 None
2022-2023 Caribbean
1 HIST3011 The Idea of Caribbean Nationhood 3 None
Not offered in HIST3014 Haiti in the 20th Century 3 None
2022-2023
1 HIST3203 The Black Experience in the US After 3 None
1865
Not offered in HIST3301 Origins and Development of Apartheid 3 None
2022-2023
Not offered in HIST3305 Culture, Religion and Nation Building in 3 None
2022-2023 West Africa Since 1500
Not offered in HIST3310 Colonialism and Underdevelopment in 3 none
2022-2023 West Africa Since 1880
Not offered in HIST3601 Capitalism and Slavery 3 None
2022-2023
1 HIST3614 The African Diaspora in the West 3 None
1 CLTR2018 Introduction to Caribbean Folk 3 None
Philosophy
2 CLTR2506 Caribbean Films and Their Fictions 3 None
1 CLTR2518 Culture of Rastafari 3 None
SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
2 CLTR2524 African Religious Retentions in the 3 None
Caribbean
1 CLTR3506 African Diaspora Film 3 None
2 MUSC2200 Jazz and Blues 3 None
2 MUSC3300 Bob Marley and his Music 3 None
2 PHIL2025 Introduction to Caribbean Philosophy 3 None
1 PHIL2601 African Philosophy I 3 None
2 PHIL2602 African Philosophy II 3 None
2 PHIL3006 American Philosophy 3 None

2 LITS2706 Reggae Poetry 3 None

1 LITS2806 Reggae Films: Screening and the 3 None
Caribbean
1 PHIL2701 Philosophy in Literature 3 None

1&2 CLTR1001 Introduction to the Study of Culture 3 None

2 CLTR1005 Material Culture and Identity in the 3 None
Caribbean
2 CLTR1007 Accounting for the Humanities I 3 None
1 CLTR1803 Introduction to Cultural and Creative 3 None
Industries
1 CLTR2018 Introduction to Caribbean Folk 3 None
Philosophy
1 CLTR2406 The City in Film 3 None
2 CLTR2506 Caribbean Films and Their Fictions 3 None
1 CLTR2518 The Culture of Rastafari 3 None
2 CLTR2519 Deconstructing the Culture of Sport 3 None
2 CLTR2524 African Religious Retentions in the 3 None
Caribbean
Yearlong CLTR3033 Reggae Aesthetics and African Diasporan 6 None
Resistance
1 CLTR3506 African Diaspora Film 3 None
1 CLTR3508 Issues in Caribbean Cyber-culture 3 None
2 CLTR3565 Rastafari Ital Livity and Socio-Economic 3 None
Justice
1, 2 & Summer FOUN1101 Caribbean Civilization 3 None
2 MUSC1030 Introduction to the DAW 3 None
1 MUSC1032 Music Technology I 3 None
2 MUSC1042 Guitar Skills I 3 None
1 MUSC1100 Music in World Cultures 3 None
1 MUSC1115 Vocal Skills I 3 None
1 MUSC1211 History of Western Music II 3 None
1 MUSC2001 Popular Music of the Caribbean 3 None
SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
1 MUSC2007 Recorded Sound in Jamaican Popular 3 None
Music
2 MUSC2200 History of Jazz & the Blues 3 None
2 MUSC2210 Stepping Razor: Peter Tosh Reggae Rebel 3 None
2 MUSC3002 The Production of Popular Music 3 None
MUSC3040 Material Resonance: Musical 3 None
Instruments, and Sonic Cultures of the
Black Atlantic
2 MUSC3070 Sound System: Its Impact on Sonic 3 None
Technology
MUSC3072 Mento, Art, Culture and Politics 3 None
2 MUSC3300 Bob Marley & his Music 3 None
1 LING1003 Essentials of English Grammar 3 None
1 LING1401 Introduction to Language and Linguistics 3 None
1&2 LING1819 Beginners’ Caribbean Sign Language 3 None
1 LING2204 Deaf Language and Culture 3 None
Not offered in LING2604 The Language of Popular Music in the 3 None
2022/2023 Anglophone Caribbean
Not offered in LING2701 Applied Speech Production 3 None
2022/2023
Not offered in LING2807 Introduction to Garifuna 3 None
2022/2023
Not offered in LING2901 Computational Linguistics 3 None
2022/2023
1 LING2920 Introduction to the Theory and Practice 3 None
of Translation
2 LING3909 The Profession of Interpreting 3 None
2 PHIL1001 Introduction to Logic 3 None
2 PHIL1002 Ethics and Applied Ethics 3 None
1 PHIL1003 Introduction to Philosophy 3 None
2 PHIL1004 History of Ancient Philosophy 3 None
1 PHIL1006 The Meaning of Life and Existence 3 None
1 PHIL2003 Philosophy of Mind 3 None
2 PHIL2004 Philosophy of Science 3 None
1 PHIL2005 Philosophy of Language 3 None
2 PHIL2006 Metaphysics 3 None
2 PHIL2025 Introduction to Caribbean Philosophy 3 None
2 PHIL2028 Sports Ethics 3 None
1 PHIL2501 Introduction to Indian Philosophy 3 None
2 PHIL2502 Major Themes in Indian Philosophy 3 None
1 PHIL2601 African Philosophy I 3 None
2 PHIL2602 African Philosophy II 3 None
1 PHIL2701 Philosophy in Literature 3 None
2 PHIL2702 Introduction to Philosophy of Art 3 None
SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
2 PHIL2902 Modern Philosophy 3 None
2 PHIL3006 American Philosophy 3 None
1 PHIL3012 Philosophy of Law 3 None
2 PHIL3018 Philosophy of Religion 3 None
1 PHIL3025 Caribbean Philosophy 3 None
2 PHIL3026 Philosophy of Islamic Law 3 None
2 PHIL3110 Environmental Ethics 3 None
1 PHIL3120 Biomedical Ethics 3 None
1 PHIL3510 Philosophy of Sex and Love 3 None
1 PHIL3601 Recent Philosophy I 3 None
2 PHIL3802 19th Century Continental Philosophy 3 None
2 PHIL3803 20th Century Continental Philosophy 3 None
1 LIBS1003 Introduction to Information Studies 3 None
2 LIBS1004 Reference Services 3 None
1 LIBS1201 Management and Information Systems I 3 None
1 LIBS1401 Introduction to Online Searching 3 None
2 LIBS1502 Information Technology for Information 3 None
Professionals
1 LIBS2703 Archival Concepts and Practices 3 None
2 LIBSS2704 Introduction to Museums and Galleries 3 None
2 LIBS2705 Government Documents in the 3 None
Commonwealth Caribbean
2 LIBS3207 Literature for Children and Young Adults 3 None
2 LIBS3604 Teaching Information Literacy 3 None
2 LIBS3702 Preservation Management: Principles 3 None
and Practices
Not offered in HUMN1101 Introduction to Comparative Literature I: 3 None
2022-2023 Afro Caribbean Poetry
Not offered in HUMN1102 Introduction to Comparative Literature II: 3 None
2022-2023 Women’s Writings I
1&2 LITS1001 Introduction to Poetry 3 None
1&2 LITS1002 Introduction to Prose Fiction 3 None
2 LITS1003 Introduction to Drama 3 None
Not offered in LITS1004 Introduction to Orature 3 None
2022-2023
1 LITS1006 Introduction to Film 3 None
Not offered in LITS 1007 Reading and Writing about Literature 3 None
2022-2023
2 LITS1009 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 None
Not offered in LITS1501 Introduction to Chaucer 3 None
2022-2023
1 LITS2120 The Graphics Novel 3 None
2 LITS2706 Reggae Poetry 3 None
1 LITS2806 Reggae Films: Screening Jamaica 3 None
 SEMESTER COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE CREDIT PREREQUISITE
2 LITS2907 Women in Cinema 3 None
Not offered in LITS3106 World Cinemas 3 None
2022-2023
1 PUBL1001 The World of Publishing 3 None
2 PUBL3001 Applied Marketing & Finance in 3 None
Publishing
1 PUBL3002 Current Trends & Issues in Publishing 3 None
2 PUBL3003 Editing & Proof Reading 3 None
1 CHIN1001 Chinese (Manderin) IA 3 None
2 CHIN2214 Survey of Chinese Culture 3 None
1, 2 & Summer FREN0101 Beginners’ French 3 None
1&2 JAPA1001 Japanese Language I 3 None
Not offered in PORT0101 Beginners Portuguese IA 3 None
2022-2023
1 SPAN1012 Basic Spanish for Medical Purposes 3 None
1, 2 & Summer SPAN0101 Beginner Spanish 3 None

N.B. See the link to the handbook below:

https://www.mona.uwi.edu/humed/sites/default/files/humed/faculty_handbook_for_2023-2024_ay_interim.pdf
 FACULTY OF SPORT

Academy of Sport

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-requisites Credits

SPKN 1101 Human Anatomy 1 – The Upper 1 None 3
Quadrant
SPKN 1102 Introduction to Physiology 1 None 3
SPKN 2104 Motor Control and Motor Learning 1 None 3
SPSC 2025 Sport Law 1 none 3
SPKN 3106 Ergonomics in Sport and Physical 1 None 3
Activity
SPCH 1000 Sport Coaching: Basic Concepts 2 None 3
SPKN 1104 Introduction to Sport and Exercise 2 None 3
Psychology
SPKN 3104 Sport Technology and Design 2 None 3

Institute for Gender Development Studies

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

GEND1001 Research Methods and Interactive I none 3
Skills
GEND1103 Basic Theoretical Concepts & I none 3
Sources of Knowledge
GEND2001 Gender in Caribbean Culture: I none 3
Theoretical Issues, History and
Theology
GEND2004 Sexuality, Power and Illicit Desire II none 3
GEND3031 Gender, Sex and Society I none 3
GEND3033 Critical Perspectives on Gender & I none 3
Violence
GEND3600 Gender, Sexual and Reproductive I none 3
Health and HIV/AIDS

For more information, contact Institute for Gender and Development Studies at 876-977-7365 or
[email protected]
The Office of Student Services and Development

CO-CURRICULAR COURSES

Codes Course Title Sem. Pre-Requisites Credits

COCR2017 Steel Orchestra (Panoridim) II None 3
(yearlong)
COCR2015 Leadership and Social Change II None 3
(yearlong)
CLTR2010 Debating and Public Speaking II None 3
(yearlong)
CLTR2008 Track and Field II None 3
(yearlong)
CLTR2005 Netball II None 3
(yearlong)
CLTR2003 Cricket II None 3
(yearlong)
CLTR2004 Football II None 3
(yearlong)
N.B. all co-curricular courses are yearlong. For further details, please contact: The Office of Student Services and
Development, Email: [email protected] Telephone: 876-977-3880