| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF | 350 | 001 | Love and the Law |
Relationship breakdown is a social phenomenon that has legal consequences. This course provides students with a socio-legal foundation in current family law. Topics may include the court system, the litigation process, property division, spousal and child support, child co-parenting, child protection, high conflict families, and alternative dispute resolution processes.
Offered remotely |
Denise Whitehead |
 SMF 350_D.Whitehead_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| SMF | 496 | 001 | Seminar in Family Studies - Intersecting Identities in Relationships |
This seminar allows students to integrate their knowledge in the domains of couples, marriages, and family studies. Topics reflect current issues from a theoretical and research perspective.
Offered remotely |
Toni Serafini | Fall 2021 | |
| SOC | 101 | 001 | Introduction to Sociology |
An introduction to the basic concepts and frames of reference of sociological investigation and interpretation. Topics for analysis will include communities, associations and institutions, classes and status groups, crowds and publics, social processes, and social change. Special attention is given to Canadian society.
Offered remotely |
SOC 101_S.Svenson_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 | |
| SOC | 229 | 081 | 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, robbery, murder, organized crime, and/or other criminal activities. Held with LS 229
Offered online |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC 229-LS 229-081_F.Desroches_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| 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 |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| SOC | 369J | 001 | The Sociology of Community |
This course examines how our contemporary concern with community is connected with the rise of modern society and the development of the urban-rural debate. Our anxieties about community will be shown to be connected to our anxieties about family. Special attention will be given to the interpretive approach to these issues.
Offered remotely |
Kieran Bonner |
SOC 369J_K.Bonner_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| SOC | 436 | 001 | Alcohol and Well-Being |
This seminar examines the relation between well-being, culture, alcohol consumption, and regulation from an interpretive focus. Topics addressed may include health, Alcoholics Anonymous, addiction vs. dependence, prohibition, and social discourses around alcohol consumption.
Offered remotely |
Kieran Bonner |
SOC 436_K.Bonner_Fall 2021.pdf |
Fall 2021 |
| ARTS | 390 | 041 | Third-Year Topics in Arts Disciplines - Voice and Text at The Stratford Festival |
This intensive immersion will be led by members of the Festival’s coaching team and will focus on acting the language of Shakespeare. The work will be practical in its philosophy and its application, wholly designed to give the aspiring actor a handful of tools with which to explore, personalize and perform Shakespeare’s text.
This is a block course and will take place May 3-15. Students may self-enroll up to April 25, and will require Department Consent following that.
Note: This course will be taught online through The Stratford Festival. Students will recieve instructions for accessing the course in April. |
Alysia Kolentsis | Spring 2021 | |
| ENGL | 108P | 041 | Popular Potter |
This course examines all seven of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. |
Jesse Hutchison |
ENGL 108P_J.Hutchison_Spring 2021.pdf |
Spring 2021 |
| ENGL | 208C | 041 | Studies in Children's Literature |
A critical examination of works of children's literature. Specific readings may range broadly, encompassing works as diverse as ancient folk tales and novels and poetry from the 18th century to the present day. |
Spring 2021 |