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SOC 327 081 Policing in a Democratic Society

A critical examination of the police as social control agents in contemporary democratic societies. Topics include the historical evolution of policing; police recruitment, training, and education; police/community relations; the occupational subculture of the police; police authority and discretion; private policing; and police deviance and criminality.

 

Held with: LS 327

 

Offered online

Frederick Desroches Spring 2022
ARTS 130 004 Inquiry and Communication - What a Waste! Finding Meaning Through Reflection

This course provides an introduction to diverse intellectual modes of inquiry in the social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on the development of communication skills. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to build social awareness, ethical engagement, and communication competencies in comprehension, contextualization, and conceptualization. Students will be expected to engage with the work of others, articulate positions, situate writing and speaking within contexts, practice writing and speaking for situations beyond the classroom, engage in basic forms of research, and workshop, revise, and edit writing.

 

Offered on campus

PDF icon ARTS 130-004_L.Jang_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ARTS 130 005 Inquiry and Communication - Perspectives on Migration

This course provides an introduction to diverse intellectual modes of inquiry in the social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on the development of communication skills. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to build social awareness, ethical engagement, and communication competencies in comprehension, contextualization, and conceptualization. Students will be expected to engage with the work of others, articulate positions, situate writing and speaking within contexts, practice writing and speaking for situations beyond the classroom, engage in basic forms of research, and workshop, revise, and edit writing.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

Sylvia Terzian Winter 2022
ARTS 140 003 Information and Analysis - Collective Intelligence in Media Formats

This course introduces students to diverse ways of finding, examining, and using data and information in the social sciences and humanities. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to understand quantitative and qualitative methods of data gathering and build competencies in conceptualizing, contextualizing, and comprehending methods of information analysis. Students will be expected to investigate, use, and assess the presentation of information in their own work and the work of others so that they can better understand the range of social, ethical, and political challenges of our world.

 

Offered on campus

Andrew Deman PDF icon ARTS 140-003_A.Deman_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 140 004 Information and Analysis - How the Sausage is Made

This course introduces students to diverse ways of finding, examining, and using data and information in the social sciences and humanities. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to understand quantitative and qualitative methods of data gathering and build competencies in conceptualizing, contextualizing, and comprehending methods of information analysis. Students will be expected to investigate, use, and assess the presentation of information in their own work and the work of others so that they can better understand the range of social, ethical, and political challenges of our world.

 

Offered on campus

PDF icon ARTS 140-004_L.Jang_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 108A 001 The Superhero

An examination of hero figures, ranging broadly from ancient characters such as Gilgamesh to the modern comic book superhero. Literary as well as non-literary materials (e.g., film, comics, games) will be considered.

 

Offered on campus

Jesse Hutchison PDF icon ENGL 108A_J.Hutchison_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 108F 001 The Rebel

A study of various works of literature in which the protagonist is a rebel against existing norms. The course will examine a number of rebel types and concepts, moral implications, and final outcomes either in successful realization or in tragic defeat.

 

Offered on campus

Alysia Kolentsis PDF icon ENGL 108F_Al.Kolentsis_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 108X 001 Literature and Medicine

How can literature help us understand the body, illness, and healing? The course considers the perspectives of patients and medical practitioners across a range of works, including poetry, fiction, medical texts, and other nonfiction.

 

Offered remotely

Carol Acton PDF icon ENGL 108X_C.Acton_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 200B 001 Survey of British Literature 2

An historical survey of major figures, types, and trends in British literature from the late 18th century to the present.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

David-Antoine Williams Winter 2022
ENGL 206 001 Writing Lives

This course studies the ways the self is constructed through text by examining a variety of life-writing approaches, organized from youth to old age, along with theories of identity, memory, gender, narrative, cultural studies, and autobiography as a genre.

 

Offered remotely

Carol Acton PDF icon ENGL 206_C.Acton_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022