Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
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

Winter 2024
SOC 355J 001 Power and Parenting

An examination of contemporary parent-child relations in terms of a reconceptualization of power. Special attention will be given to contemporary interpretive (e.g., hermeneutic) approaches to a reformulation of the relation between power and action.

 

Offered in a blended format with online and on campus components

Winter 2024
SOC 417 001 Sociology of Higher Education

This course examines the relationship between higher education and society. Students will analyze major trends, how and why students are stratified across fields of study and various kinds of postsecondary institutions, and the relationship between education and the labour market.

 

Offered on campus

Winter 2024
SOC 430 002 Special Topics in Sociology - Culture, Cities, Dublin

In this seminar course, students will have the opportunity to learn about a particular topic in the area of sociology or an interdisciplinary field. Students will gain in-depth analysis skills in this selected area of research.

 

Offered on campus

Winter 2024
ARTS 130 003 Inquiry and Communication - Human Journeys

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

Fall 2023
ARTS 130 004 Inquiry and Communication - How Should We Be Working?

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

Fall 2023
ARTS 140 001 Information and Analysis - Blueprints for Progress

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

Fall 2023
ARTS 140 002 Information and Analysis - Changing Stage

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

Fall 2023
ARTS 290 001 Second-Year Topics in Arts Disciplines - Leadership and Service: "It's Not About Me"

This topics course will be offered from time to time by particular disciplines in Arts, to cover areas of emerging research and teaching interest.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 100B 001 Poetry

An introduction to poetry through a detailed examination of a range of poetic texts.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023