| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | 101 | 001, 002, 081 | Introduction to Legal Studies |
An introduction to the study of law, its structure, and legal institutions from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. This interdisciplinary course examines the origins of legal systems and their impact on society. Included is an analysis of the diverse historical, political, economic, and cultural conditions under which law arises and functions within society. |
Carlie Leroux-Demir, Patrick Watson |
 LS 101-001_A.Purkey_Fall 2018.pdf LS 101-002_C.Leroux-Demir_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 |
| ITALST | 291 | 001 | Italian Culture and Civilization 1 |
A survey of developments in Italian culture -- history, literature, and the arts -- up to and including the Renaissance. |
Roberta Cauchi-Santoro |
ITALST 291_R.Cauchi-Santoro_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 |
| ITALST | 265 | 001 | Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth |
The course analyzes the visual media representation of the Mafia in North America. It focuses on the manner in which North American visual culture often glorifies the Italian Mafiosi's lifestyle. As this characterization of both the Mafia and the Mafiosi began with the archetypal figures of the bosses, special attention will be given to the visual practices of the 1930s, to Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" trilogy, as well as to the television series "The Sopranos." The goal is to deconstruct the romanticized portrayal of the Italian and Italian-American gangster lifestyle created on visual media and television by analyzing the atrocities committed by organized crime. |
ITALST 265_A.Nicaso_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 | |
| ITAL | 155 | 001 | Intensive Introductory Italian Language |
This course has been designed with the student of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in mind. It aims to present the basic principles of the Italian language, geography, and culture in a practical and efficient way in order to facilitate the transition to life in Italy during the student's period of study abroad. Throughout the course, the goal of practical, communicative competence will be emphasized and cultivated via in-class activities and assignments focusing on five areas of performance: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture. Held in Cambridge at the School of Architecture |
Roberta Cauchi-Santoro |
ITAL 155_R.Cauchi-Santoro_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 |
| ITAL | 101 | 001, 002 | Introduction to Italian Language 1 |
An intensive study of the fundamentals of grammar and conversation. The language laboratory will be used. |
ITAL 101-001_F.Orlando-Niccoli_Fall 2018.pdf ITAL 101-002_F.Orlando-Niccoli_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 | |
| HUMSC | 201 | 001 | Great Dialogues: Reason and Faith |
What is the nature of, and relationship between, reason and faith? Does this fundamental distinction lead to other distinctions such as those between explanation and revelation, the rational and the intuitive? What impact do such modes of thought have on notions such as providence, perception and truth? What comparisons and contrasts can be drawn between each mode and prevailing modern perspectives? This course investigates how a dialogue with core texts (e.g., Boethius, Aquinas, Dante, Bacon, Milton, Descartes, Hume, Austen) offers ways of understanding these issues. |
HUMSC 201_J.Greenwood_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 | |
| HUMSC | 101 | 001 | Great Dialogues: Reflection and Action |
What is the relationship between thinking and action? Do they pull us in different directions? Can they be integrated? This course investigates how our own dialogue with core texts, from antiquity (e.g., Homer, Plato, Christian Scriptures) to the present (e.g., Joyce, Arendt), offers ways of understanding the dilemmas and issues raised by these texts and present in our culture. |
HUMSC 101_J.Greenwood_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 | |
| HIST | 391 | 001 | Special Topics in History: The Black Death |
One or more term courses will be offered from time to time as announced by the History Department. Topics will be dependent upon special research and/or instructional interests of faculty. |
HIST 391-001_J.Komornicka_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 | |
| HIST | 389 | 001 | Canada in World Affairs |
An analytical and historical examination of Canadian foreign policy in the international system. Domestic sources of Canadian foreign policy and international sources of Canadian foreign policy are examined in detail. |
HIST 389_T.Falconer_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 | |
| HIST | 304 | 001 | Heresy and Religious Crisis in Late Medieval Europe |
An exploration of the impact of social crises on late medieval religious modes of expression. Topics will include the Great Famine, the Black Death, the Avignon Papacy and Western Schism, the development of heretical movements, and the evntual disintegration of European religious unity. Cross-listed with MEDVL 304, RS 342 |
HIST-MEDVL 304-RS 342_J.Komornicka_Fall 2018.pdf |
Fall 2018 |