Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
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LS | 272 | 001 | Psychology and Law |
Psychological principles drawn from a variety of subdisciplines (e.g., social, clinical, cognitive) will be surveyed in terms of their relevance and application to the legal system. Topics may include jury selection and decision-making, eyewitness testimony, insanity defense, competency assessment, risk assessment, and attitudes toward law and the legal process. Cross-listed with PSYCH 230 |
PSYCH 230-LS 272_B.Earhart_Fall 2018.pdf | Fall 2018 | |
LS | 235 | 001 | History of Ancient Law |
A historical introduction to law in the ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, and Roman law, legal practices, and concepts will be examined. Cross-listed with HIST 210, CLAS 210 |
Dan Hutter | HIST-CLAS 210-LS 235_D.Hutter_Fall 2018.pdf | Fall 2018 |
LS | 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, murder, organized crime, and/or other criminal activities. Cross-listed with SOC 229 |
Frederick Desroches | SOC-LS 229-001_F.Desroches_Fall 2018.pdf | Fall 2018 |
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 |