Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
PSYCH 218 001 Psychology of Death and Dying

Variations in the meaning and significance of death and dying will be considered from a psychological perspective, with particular attention to the contexts (e.g., cultural, familial, life-span developmental) in which these variations occur.

Cross-listed with HLTH 218, GERON 218

 Chris Burris PDF icon PSYCH-GERON-HLTH 218_C.Burris_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 212 001 Educational Psychology

A consideration of the main variables affecting learning in the classroom with special focus upon the conditions essential to efficient learning.

 PDF icon PSYCH 212_L.Manwell_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PSYCH 101 003 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.

 Toni Serafini PDF icon PSYCH 101-003_T.Serafini_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 327 001 Philosophy of Law

Basic themes in the philosophy of law. Issues include the nature of law and its relation to morality and politics, legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, and theories of rights, responsibility and liability.

Cross-listed with LS 351

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 319J 001 Ethics of End-of-Life Care

What options does a person reaching the end of life have and how can they best be cared for? How can we balance patient autonomy with the expertise of the health-care provider and the demands of the health-care system? This course will help students think philosophically and critically about issues like these in their cultural, historical, and legal context. Specific topics may include consent, human dignity, euthanasia, refusal or withdrawal of treatment, palliative care and holistic patient care, pluralism and diverse understandings of dying, and treatment of the elderly.

 Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 319J_A.Stumpf_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 283 001 Great Works: Ancient and Medieval

A historical survey of ancient and medieval philosophy in the Western tradition.

Cross-listed with CLAS 261

 Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 283-CLAS 261_A.Stumpf_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 200J 001 Aristotelian Logic

An introduction to the understanding of how words are used, the formation of propositions, the construction of arguments and the examination of fallacies to help the student argue with order, facility and without error.

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 200J_S.Gregoire_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 120J 001 The Meaning of Life

We may have distinct ideas about the reason why we do this or that, but is there a point to our existence as a whole? What do or should we live for? Or is life essentially meaningless or even absurd? What do such questions mean and how can we best answer them? The views of different philosophers will be explored and compared.

 Nikolaj Zunic PDF icon PHIL 120J_N.Zunic_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 100J 001, 002, 003 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.

 Nikolaj Zunic, Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 100J-001_N.Zunic_Fall 2018.pdfPDF icon PHIL 100J-003_N.Zunic_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
MEDVL 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 eventual disintegration of European religious unity.

Cross-listed with HIST 304, RS 342

 PDF icon HIST-MEDVL 304-RS 342_J.Komornicka_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018