Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
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 on campus

 Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 327-LS 351_A.Stumpf_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 401 001, 002 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 and remotely

 

Course outline available by request only

 Honor Brabazon Winter 2022
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 on campus

 Susan Dianne Brophy PDF icon LS 402-001-002_S.Brophy_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
LS 496 004 Special Topics in Legal Studies - Law of the Environment

This course will deal with selected topics in Legal Studies. Subjects will be dependent upon the research and/or instructional interests of faculty.

 

Offered on campus

 Anastasia Tataryn PDF icon LS 496_A.Tataryn_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
MEDVL 260 001 Medieval Europe c.300-c.1500

The political, cultural, economic, and ecclesiastical development of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the high middle ages.

 

Held with HIST 260

 

Offered remotely

 Eduardo Fabbro PDF icon HIST 260-MEDVL 260_E.Fabbro_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
MEDVL 491 001 Special Topics in Medieval Studies - Environment & Climate History, Pre-Industrial

This course is a special study of a selected topic in Medieval Studies. Please see course instructor for details.

 

Offered on campus

 Andrew Moore PDF icon MEDVL 491_A.Moore_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
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 on campus

 Jason Hoult PDF icon PHIL 100J_J.Hoult_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
PHIL 145 002 Critical Thinking

An analysis of basic types of reasoning, structure of arguments, critical assessment of information, common fallacies, problems of clarity and meaning.

 

Offered on campus

 Nikolaj Zunic PDF icon PHIL 145_N.Zunic_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
PHIL 207J 001 Philosophy and J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings

An introduction to the implicit philosophical content of Tolkien's works, with a special emphasis on Lord of the Rings. Problems such as the existence of God, fate, free will, evil, death, and technology will be explored. Tolkien's views will be examined in relation to philosophical works.

 

Offered on campus

 Bruno Tremblay PDF icon PHIL 207J_B.Tremblay_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
PHIL 215 004 Professional and Business Ethics

Study of ethical and moral issues that typically arise in professional and business activity. What responsibilities to society at large do people in such business and professional activities as teaching, engineering, planning, architecture, and accounting have? How far should professional autonomy extend?

 

Offered on campus

 Andrew Stumpf Winter 2022