Other First-Year ISUP Courses

 

ISP 1st-Year Courses

ISP130H5: Numeracy for University and Beyond

This course teaches quantitative literacy and numeracy skills in order to develop core competencies identified as essential for university and beyond. ISP130H5 enhances students’ ability and confidence to engage with quantitative information in a variety of contexts, by applying mathematical, statistical, and computational approaches to make informed decisions, to problem-solve, to effectively communicate and express quantitative information, and to create logical, evidence-based arguments. Rather than focusing on math specific skills, the course explores relevant concepts as they appear in diverse disciplines and authentic real-life situations, such as numbers and magnitude, patterns and relationships, financial literacy, health, probabilistic reasoning, chance and risk, and interpreting data presented in various forms.

 

utmONE Foundations Courses

utmONE Foundations courses support students to develop fundamental learning strategies, and sharpen their academic skills so that they can be successful in their university studies. The small-size of these classes provide a supportive classroom environment where students can build connections with their peers, professor and teaching assistant. utmONE courses are exclusions to each other. Additionally, utmONE Foundations and utmONE Scholars seminars are exclusions to each other. This means you can only take one utmONE course for credit.

These courses are for-credit and can count toward students' distribution requirements.  Depending on the course students can use the 0.5 credit toward their Humanities (HUM), Social Science (SSC), or Science (SCI) distribution credits.

Each utmONE Foundations course is taught around a theme that allows students to strengthen their academic skills while exploring an interesting topic as part of a scholarly community. 
 

UTM108H5: Critical Thinking for STEM Learning

  • Taught by Dr. Sheliza Ibrahim
  • For course availability please refer to the Timetable Builder
  • Distribution requirement for Social Science or Science
  • Exclusions: All other utmONE Foundations and utmONE Scholars courses

This interdisciplinary course is a practical and conceptual introduction to the nature of science. We will explore STEM subjects as they intersect with society, history, politics, equity, environment, and culture. Lectures, discussions, learning activities and tutorials will help students develop their critical thinking, collaborative, and problem-solving competencies. This course draws on theories and practices from a socio-scientific perspective to help contextualize the social impacts of scientific inquiry. An exploration of related research literature will guide the discussions. Students will gain exposure to philosophical and ideological orientations as well as competing frameworks on the nature of science to become more empowered learners and citizens.  

UTM110H5: Generative AI and the Scholarly Research Act

  • Taught by Joanna Szurmak and Nathan Wolfe
  • For course availability please refer to the Timetable Builder
  • Distribution requirement for Humanities or Social Science
  • Exclusions: All other utmONE Foundations and utmONE Scholars courses

This interdisciplinary course encourages students to develop an informed and critical stance regarding generative AI in their coursework and research. Students will examine how generative AI is reshaping our understanding of academic authority, information creation, and the value of knowledge. Course activities engage students productively and ethically in generative AI use while fostering their understanding of how it fits into the landscape of academic activity. Students participate in a series of tutorials that will help them build foundational skills for academic success such as creating study plans, taking notes, reading critically, and developing a growth mindset.

UTM118H5: Science of Learning

Take ownership of your education in this course focused on the process of learning and cultivating successful learning habits. Explore learning theory, critical thinking, university-level oral and written communication, critical reading and other foundational academic skills.

Questions?

Please direct your questions to isup.advisor@utoronto.ca.

Past 1st-Year Courses