Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
ITALST 111 001 Sex, Marriage, Family, & Tradition in Italy

This course explores the contributions of Italian women artists, writers, and intellectuals from the Medieval times through the Renaissance to the Baroque period. The focus will be on the institutions of marriage and of the family.

 

Offered on campus

 Roberta Cauchi-Santoro PDF icon ITALST 111_R.Cauchi-Santoro_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ITALST 292 001 Italian Culture and Civilization 2

A survey of developments in Italian culture - history, literature, painting, and music - in the post-Renaissance period, with emphasis on modern Italy.

 

Offered on campus

 Yuri Sangalli PDF icon ITALST 292_Y.Sangalli_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ITALST 296 001 Special Topics in Contemporary Italian Society - Mediterranean Black Italy

This course gives students an opportunity to study aspects of contemporary Italian society not covered in other courses.

 

Offered on campus

 Roberta Cauchi-Santoro PDF icon ITALST 296_R.Cauchi-Santoro_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 101 001, 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.

 

Offered on campus and online

 Carlie Leroux-Demir, Patrick Watson PDF icon LS 101-001_C.Leroux-Demir_Winter 2022.pdfPDF icon LS 101-081_P.Watson_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 202 001 Criminal Law

A case-study approach to the study of criminal law in Canada with a focus on basic concepts and core principles relating to legal judgements along with comparative examination between civil and criminal law and attention to legal theory.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

 Honor Brabazon Winter 2022
LS 229 001, 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 SOC 229

 

Offered on campus and online

 

 Carlie Leroux-Demir PDF icon SOC 229-LS 229_C.Leroux-Demir_WInter 2022.pdfPDF icon SOC 229-LS 229-081_C.Leroux-Demir_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 236 001 Law and Society in the Middle Ages

A study of the laws and legal procedures of the Middle Ages. This course examines the relationship between legal procedures and institutions and the medieval societies that produced them.

 

Held with HIST 236

 

Offered on campus

 Dan Hutter PDF icon HIST 236-LS 236_D.Hutter_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 292 001 Literature and the Law

A study of literary works that involve legal matters and/or have led to litigation on such grounds as obscenity, treason, heresy, libel, and plagiarism.

 

Held with ENGL 213

 

Offered on campus

 Ryan Devitt PDF icon ENGL 213-LS 292_R.Devitt_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
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 PDF icon SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 330 001 Special Topics in Legal Studies - Law & Precarious Life

An in-depth analysis of research in selected topics in Legal Studies.

 

Offered remotely

 Anastasia Tataryn PDF icon LS 330_A.Tataryn_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022