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Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
PHIL 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 SOC 327

 

Offered online

Frederick Desroches PDF icon SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
PHIL 100J 001 Introduction to Philosophy

This course seeks to introduce students to the nature of philosophy. This is done through the examination of core texts and figures in the history of philosophy as well as in the discussion of perennial philosophical questions.

 

Offered on campus

Bruno Tremblay PDF icon PHIL 100J_B.Tremblay_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
PHIL 145 001 Critical Thinking

An analysis of basic types of reasoning, structure of arguments, critical assessment of information, common fallacies, problems of clarity and meaning.

 

Offered on campus

Adam Woodcox PDF icon PHIL 145_A.Woodcox_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
PSYCH 101 001 Introductory Psychology

A general survey course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science.

 

Offered on campus

Rebecca Pister PDF icon PSYCH 101_R.Pister_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
PSYCH 257 001 Psychopathology

This course offers an introduction to understanding, assessing, and treating mental illness from a psychological perspective. Course material will focus on various categories of abnormal behaviour, including personality, anxiety, and mood disorders; schizophrenia; and substance abuse. Clinical methods of assessment, diagnosis, and intervention will also be considered.

 

Offered on campus

Siobhan Sutherland PDF icon PSYCH 257_S.Sutherland_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
PSYCH 336 001 Introduction to Clinical Psychology

This course is designed to survey major aspects of clinical psychology such as historical background, assessment and intervention models, current trends, and future directions in clinical practice.

 

Offered on campus

Siobhan Sutherland PDF icon PSYCH 336_S.Sutherland_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
RS 121 081 Evil

How do the religions of the world define evil? How do they suggest it can be overcome? Classical and modern writers from Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism will be considered.

 

Offered online

David Seljak PDF icon RS 121-081_D.Seljak_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
RS 291 001 Special Topics - SJU in Peru

This course is open to SJU in Peru students only. Department Consent Required. Contact Michelle Metzger for more information.

Cristina Vanin PDF icon ARTS 290-RS 291_C.Vanin_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
SMF 101 001 Introduction to Relationships and Families

This course provides an overview of couple, marital, and family relationships from a broad, interdisciplinary perspective.

 

Offered online

Angela Underhill PDF icon SMF 101_A.Underhill_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023
SMF 215 001 Sexuality and Popular Culture

This course examines how sexuality is depicted in, shaped by, and contested in popular culture. It introduces different theories in the study of popular culture and sexuality through a range of historical and contemporary texts and practices.

 

Offered online

Angela Underhill PDF icon SMF 215_A.Underhill_Spring 2023.pdf Spring 2023