| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | 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 SOC 327
Offered online |
Frederick Desroches |
 SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| LS | 351 | 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. Held with PHIL 327
Offered remotely |
Andrew Stumpf |
PHIL 327-LS 351_A.Stumpf_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| LS | 401 | 001, 002, 003 | Law, Culture, and Rights |
This seminar explores the intersection of culture and rights from a legal studies perspective in order to better understand the diversity of ways that law shapes our society, and vice versa. Students will debate and assess selected topics from the perspective of various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.
Offered on campus (001) and remotely (002, 003) |
Carlie Leroux-Demir, Honor Brabazon |
LS 401-001_C.Leroux-Demir_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| LS | 402 | 001, 002 | Perspectives on Legal Authority and Subjectivity |
This seminar explores the relation between those who make or administer law and select legal subjects whose lives and identities are shaped by law. Students will debate and assess selected perspectives while touching on various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.
Offered remotely |
Susan Dianne Brophy |
LS 402-001-002_S.Brophy_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| LS | 496 | 002 | Special Topics in Legal Studies - Precarious Work in a Digital Age |
This course will deal with selected topics in Legal Studies. Subjects will be dependent upon the research and/or instructional interests of faculty.
Offered remotely |
Anastasia Tataryn |
LS 496_A.Tataryn_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| MEDVL | 115 | 001 | Crusading in the Middle Ages |
This course examines the historical events and cultural assumptions that led to the European phenomenon of crusading, or holy war, between 1095 and 1453. Held with HIST 115
Offered remotely |
Eduardo Fabbro |
HIST 115-MEDVL 115_E.Fabbro_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| MEDVL | 252 | 081 | Medieval Monsters |
This course exposes students to a number of disciplinary methodologies (historical, anthropological, geographical, literary, archaeological, philosophical, and philological). Each focuses on exploring the common theme of medieval monsters, such as werewolves, giants, summoned spirits, demons, revenants, centaurs, wild men and wild women, and political monsters.
Offered remotely |
Andrew Moore |
MEDVL 252-081_A.Moore_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| PHIL | 100J | 001 | 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.
Offered remotely |
Nikolaj Zunic |
PHIL 100J_N.Zunic_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| PHIL | 204J | 001 | Philosophy and Culture |
An exploration of the nature of culture and its role in the life and development of the human being through an analysis of the assumptions of Western popular culture in such areas as technology and the internet, individual freedom, sexuality, and the global economy.
Offered remotely |
Nikolaj Zunic |
PHIL 204J_N.Zunic_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| PHIL | 284 | 001 | Great Works: Modern |
A historical survey of modern philosophy in the Western tradition.
Offered remotely |
Nikolaj Zunic |
PHIL 284_N.Zunic_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |