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COURSE LISTINGS

The following is a list of all courses offered through the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the 2012/13 schedule for current offerings.

SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES COURSES
COURSE CODE
  COURSE TITLE
 CREDIT
Aboriginal Visual Culture (ABVC)  
ABVC 2B01 The Story of Us: Aboriginal Peoples of the Americas 0.5
ABVC 3B01 Bringing Visual Literacy to Aboriginal Communities (not offered fall/winter 2012-13)
 0.5
ABVC 4B01 Aboriginal Visual Culture Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis - Part 1 (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
ABVC 4B02 Aboriginal Visual Culture Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis - Part 2 (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
   
Business (BUSI)   
BUSI 2B01 Introduction to Business (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
BUSI 3B01 Project Management
0.5
BUSI 3B02 Business Ethics, Sustainability and Social Responsibility (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
BUSI 3B03
IP: The Value of Intangibles
0.5
BUSI 4B01 Entrepreneurship 0.5
BUSI 4B02 Understanding Trends (not offered in fall/winter 2012/2013) 0.5
     
Digital Futures (DIGF)   
DIGF 1B01 Sketching Ideas 0.5 
DIGF 1B03 Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration 0.5 
DIGF 1B04
Accio
 0.5
DIGF 2B03 Physical Computing 0.5
DIGF 3B01 Networked Communities and Environments 0.5
DIGF 3B02 Synthesis: Thesis Proposal 0.5 
DIGF 4B01 Leadership in the Digital Economy (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
     

FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES COURSES

 
English/Literature/Creative Writing (ENGL)   
ENGL 2B01 Introduction to Creative Writing 0.5
ENGL 2B03 Introduction to Literary Criticism 0.5
ENGL 2B06 Postcolonial Literature 0.5
ENGL 2B10 Studies in British Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B03 Children's Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B04 Science and Technology in Literature (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B06 Studies in Canadian Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B08 Ways of Telling: Aboriginal Literature and Narrative Tradition (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B09 Creative Writing: Poetry (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B10 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
0.5
ENGL 3B12 Creative Writing: Short Fiction 
0.5
ENGL 3B13 Studies in American Literature (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B21 Writings by Artists (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 3B90
Special Topic in English: Caribbean Literature
0.5
ENGL 4B04 Diasporic Writings
0.5
ENGL 4B05 Digital Texts (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 4B06 Dub, Spoken Word & Performance Writing (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
ENGL 4B07
 Graphic Novels
0.5
ENGL 4B08 Queer Literature 0.5
ENGL 4B09 Hybrid & Experimental Writing (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
     
Humanities (HUMN)   
HUMN 2B01 Aesthetics 0.5
HUMN 2B03 History of Medicine, Science and the Body in Western Culture  (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 2B04
Introduction to Visual Theory (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 2B05 Western Political Thought from Plato to the Present
0.5 
HUMN 2B16 Twentieth Century Ideas
0.5 
HUMN 2B28 Nature, Culture and the Environment (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 2B29 The Culture of Science 0.5 
HUMN 3B01 Reading Popular Culture 0.5 
HUMN 3B02 The Romantic Rebellion in Europe 0.5 
HUMN 3B05 Environmental Ethics 0.5 
HUMN 3B06 Comparative Religions 0.5 
HUMN 3B07 Ethics and the Visual Arts (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 3B08 Ethics, Advertising and Design 0.5
HUMN 3B09 Introduction to Gender Studies (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 3B10 Multicultural Social Ethics (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 3B11 Sexualities and Representation: Queer and Other Theories 0.5 
HUMN 3B12 Aesthetics of Well Being 0.5 
HUMN 3B13 STUFF: Material Culture and the Meanings of Things 0.5 
HUMN 3B16 From Riel to Nationhood, A History of the Métis (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 3B17 Modernism and Postmodernism
0.5 
HUMN 3B19 Feminist Theory
0.5 
HUMN 3B20 The Classical Traditions and its Legacies  (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
HUMN 3B25 Imagining Nation: Canada's Cultural History 0.5 
HUMN 3B92 Special Topic in Humanities: Extraordinary Bodies 0.5 
HUMN 4B03 Existentialism and Its Culture 0.5 
HUMN 4B04 Health and Wellness: Ethics and Cultural Politics 0.5 
HUMN 4B12 Zen Buddhism and Its Culture (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
     
Liberal Arts & Sciences First Year (LBST)   
LBST 1B04 Global Visual and Material Culture: Prehistory to 1800 0.5
LBST 1B05 Global Visual and Material Culture: 1800 to the Present 0.5 
LBST 1B11 The Essay and the Argument: Mechanics 0.5
LBST 1B12 The Essay and the Argument: ESL 0.5
LBST 1B13 The Essay and the Argument: Rhetoric 0.5
LBST 1B14 Things and Texts (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
     
Science/Technology/Mathematics (SCTM)   
SCTM 2B01 Introduction to Biology 0.5
SCTM 2B02 Human Form and Function: Introduction to Anatomy 0.5
SCTM 2B03 Astronomy: An Exploration of Scales and Structures in our Universe 0.5
SCTM 2B05 Modern Physics (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
SCTM 2B06
 Introduction to Computer Science: Logic and Coding 0.5
SCTM 2B07
 Introduction to Inclusive Design
0.5
SCTM 2B10 Introduction to Psychology 0.5
SCTM 2B20 Introduction to Earth Sciences (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
SCTM 2B21 The Mathematics of Art and Design (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
SCTM 2B22 Topics in the Science of Colour (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
SCTM 2B91
Special Topic in Science/Technology/Mathematics: What is Time?
0.5
SCTM 3B02 Thinking Statistics: Data, Meaning & Analysis  0.5 
SCTM 3B03  Human Factors for Designers  0.5 
SCTM 3B04
 Biological Principles of Sustainability 0.5
     
Social Sciences (SOSC)  
SOSC 2B01 Introduction to Social Science: People and Social Worlds 0.5
SOSC 2B06  The Basics of Human-Centred Research in Art and Design (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
SOSC 3B02 Material Culture and Consumer Society 0.5
SOSC 3B03 Sociology of the Body 0.5
SOSC 3B04 Childhood, Families and Social Change 0.5
SOSC 3B05 Social Psychology and Consumer Behaviour 0.5
SOSC 3B06
 Mental Health: Science, Culture, Society (not offered in fall/winter 2012-13) 
 0.5
SOSC 3B07 (Re)Writing Culture: Reflexive Ethnography in a Globalized World 0.5 
SOSC 3B08  Taronton, Onitariio, Kanata (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
SOSC 3B09 Cultural Geographies: Narrative, Landscape and Community  0.5 
SOSC 4B01 Risk and Society 0.5
SOSC 4B02 Gender, Globalization and Social Change 0.5
     
Visual Culture - Art History & Theory (VISA)   
VISA 2B07 History of Modern Art 0.5
VISA 2B13 History of Photography 0.5 
VISA 2B19 Art of Europe: The Northern Renaissance (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 2B31 History of Printing & Printmaking 0.5 
VISA 2B32 Canadian Art: The Modern Era 0.5 
VISA 2B33 Art of Europe: Greek to Gothic (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 2B35 Art of Europe: Renaissance to Impressionism (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B01 Issues in the Arts of Africa (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B02  Issues in Feminism and Art 0.5 
VISA 3B03 Contemporary Canadian Art 0.5 
VISA 3B05 Dada and Surrealism 0.5 
VISA 3B06 Art of the Black Diaspora 0.5 
VISA 3B07 Art of the Italian Renaissance (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B08 Art of Europe: Baroque & Rococo 0.5 
VISA 3B09 Art After Modern Art: Conceptual Practices  0.5 
VISA 3B13 Italian Art History I: Florence Program  0.5 
VISA 3B14 Italian Art History II: Florence Program  0.5 
VISA 3B15 Studies in 19th Century Art: Goya to Courbet (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B26 Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B28 Latin American Art: An Historical Overview 0.5 
VISA 3B30 Contemporary East Asian Art  0.5 
VISA 3B37 The History and Theory of Art Criticism  0.5 
VISA 3B42 Critical Issues & Ideas in Contemporary First Nations Art  0.5 
VISA 3B43 Into the 21st Century: Photographic Practices, Theory and Criticism  0.5 
VISA 3B44 South Asian Art and Culture: Vision of the Sacred (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B45 South Asian Art and Culture: Multiple Modernisms (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B47 Art and Fashion (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 3B90 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Art in Revolution: European Art 1750-1850  0.5 
VISA 3B91
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Islamic Art & Architecture
 0.5
VISA 3B96 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Aboriginal Cultural Politics: Gender, Art, and Activism 0.5 
VISA 4B01 Contemporary Latin American Art (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B02  Performance and Performativity 0.5 
VISA 4B08 Post-War European Art (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B10 The Politics of Painting: Modern Art & Revolution (not offered fall/winter 2012-13)
0.5 
VISA 4B11 Improvisational Music and the Visual Arts in the late 20th Century  (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B12 Modern Korean Art and Society  (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B17 Reading Images of Aboriginal People (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B20 The Senses in Artistic Practice (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B21 Arts and Cultures of Asia and Oceania (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISA 4B90 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Memory and Monuments  0.5 
VISA 4B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture: The Print Culture of 18th Century Europe  0.5 
     
Visual Culture - General Art & Design History and Theory (VISC)   
VISC 3B29 Methods in Visual Critical Studies  (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISC 3B90
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Visual Narratives
 0.5
VISC 4B15  Urban Life: Art, Design and the City  0.5 
VISC 4B22  Art and Design Activism (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
     
Visual Culture - Design History & Theory (VISD)   
VISD 2B01 History of Modern Design  0.5 
VISD 2B10 History of 20th Century Architecture  0.5 
VISD 2B22 History of Material Arts: Ancient Egypt to Modern Europe 0.5
VISD 2B36 History and Evolution of Typography 0.5
VISD 2B38 Design Thinking 0.5
VISD 2B39 Graphic Design History in the Twentieth Century 0.5
VISD 3B01 Architecture in Canada, Past and Present 0.5
VISD 3B21 Illustration and the Rise of Popular Culture 0.5
VISD 3B32 History of Furniture 0.5
VISD 3B35
The Writing on the Wall: Radical Graphics and the Culture of Protest 0.5
VISD 3B36
 The History and Theory of Interiors: Design and Production 0.5
VISD 3B38 Advertising and the Art of Persuasion 0.5
VISD 3B41 Cross Cultural Issues in Craft 0.5
VISD 3B46 Sustainable Design Theories and Practices (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
VISD 3B48 Global Traditions In Design: Objects And Environments (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
VISD 3B49
 Car Culture
0.5
VISD 4B18 Socio-Cultural Issues and the Built Environment (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5
VISD 4B19 Contemporary Studies in Architecture and Design 0.5
     
Visual Culture - Media and Digital Studies (VISM)   
VISM 2B08  Introduction to Film Studies 0.5 
VISM 2B09 History of New Media Art  0.5 
VISM 2B15  Introduction to Games Studies 0.5 
VISM 2B20 Web Theory  0.5 
VISM 2B41 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communications Studies 0.5 
VISM 3B01 Critical Play 0.5 
VISM 3B18 Television Criticism (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 3B23 Technology and Digital Culture 0.5 
VISM 3B33 Canadian Cinema  0.5 
VISM 3B34 Japanese Cinema (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 3B39 Latin American Cinema (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 4B01 Experimental Film & Media 0.5 
VISM 4B02  Sound, Politics and Media Art 0.5 
VISM 4B03  Contemporary Documentary Media  0.5 
VISM 4B04 Re-presenting Women: Feminist Film and Video (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 4B05 Future Cinema: Digital Narratives (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 4B06  Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance  0.5 
VISM 4B07 Images and Practices of Technology (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 4B24 The Body and the Machine: Interrogating the Posthuman in Art and Design (not offered fall/winter 2012-13) 0.5 
VISM 4B90
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Looking and Motion: Mobile Practices & Technology
0.5

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