| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS | 140 | 003 | Information and Analysis: Medieval "Fake News" |
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. |
 ARTS 140-003_Z.MacDonald_Winter 2020.pdf |
Winter 2020 | |
| ARTS | 140 | 002 | Information and Analysis: The Message of the Medium |
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. |
Andrew Deman |
ARTS 140-002_A.Deman_Winter 2020.pdf |
Winter 2020 |
| ARTS | 130 | 007 | Inquiry and Communication: The Politics of Hip Hop |
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. |
Winter 2020 | ||
| ARTS | 130 | 006 | 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. |
Sylvia Terzian | Winter 2020 | |
| ARTS | 130 | 005 | Inquiry and Communication: Hungry I's |
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. |
Veronica Austen |
ARTS 130-005_V.Austen_Winter 2020.pdf |
Winter 2020 |
| SOC | 369J | 001 | Sociology of Community |
This course examines how our contemporary concern with community is connected with the rise of modern society and the development of the urban-rural debate. Our anxieties about community will be shown to be connected to our anxieties about family. Special attention will be given to the interpretive approach to these issues. |
Kieran Bonner | Fall 2019 | |
| SOC | 327 | 001 | 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. Cross-listed with LS 327 |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC-LS 327-001_F.Desroches_Fall 2019.pdf |
Fall 2019 |
| SOC | 229 | 001 | Selected Topics in Criminology |
Sociological analysis of research and theory on selected criminal activities. Motivation, modus operandi, and the social characteristics of offenders will be examined in relation to such specific crimes as drug and sexual offenses, theft, robbery, murder, organized crime, and/or other criminal activities. Cross-listed with LS 229 |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC-LS 229-001_F.Desroches_Fall 2019.pdf |
Fall 2019 |
| SOC | 101 | 001 | Introduction to Sociology |
An introduction to the basic concepts and frames of reference of sociological investigation and interpretation. Topics for analysis will include communities, associations and institutions, classes and status groups, crowds and publics, social processes, and social change. Special attention is given to Canadian society. |
Kieran Bonner | Fall 2019 | |
| SMF | 494 | 001 | Seminar in Sexuality: Outrage and Activism |
This seminar allows students to integrate their knowledge in the domain of sexuality studies. Topics reflect current issues from a theoretical and research perspective. Cross-listed with GSJ 473 |
Scott Kline | Fall 2019 |