Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
SMF 307 001 Conflict in Close Relationships

Families and close relationships are among the most important and valued human experiences, but they can also be the source of much conflict and pain. This course will examine the role that conflict plays in close relationships, with a focus on topics such as emotions, power, third-party interventions, breakdown of relationships, conflict styles, and conflict resolution.

 

Offered on campus

Denise Whitehead PDF icon SMF 307_D.Whitehead_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
SMF 309 001 Sex Therapy

This course examines therapeutic approaches and clinical issues when working with sexuality related problems. Research and theoretical issues in the field of sex therapy will be discussed and applied to clinical contexts. The applied focus enables students to connect clinical theory and ethical issues to practice.

 

Offered remotely

PDF icon SMF 309_R.Thawer_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
SMF 400 001 Capstone Seminar

This seminar invites students to integrate their knowledge in the domains of sexuality, relationships, and families and make connections among theories, research, and practices. The capstone focus provides students the opportunity for critical self-reflection on their university experience.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

Toni Serafini Winter 2022
SOC 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.

 

Cross-listed with LS 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
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.

 

Offered online

Frederick Desroches PDF icon SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
SOC 417 001 Sociology of Higher Education

This course examines the relationship between higher education and society. Topics include: major trends, student culture, how and why students are stratified across fields of study and various kinds of postsecondary institutions, and the relationship between education and the labour market.

 

Offered on campus

Carol Ann MacGregor PDF icon SOC 417_CA.MacGregor_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ARTS 130 003, 004 Inquiry and Communication - Perspectives on Migration

This course provides an introduction to diverse intellectual modes of inquiry in the social sciences and humanities with an emphasis on the development of communication skills. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to build social awareness, ethical engagement, and communication competencies in comprehension, contextualization, and conceptualization. Students will be expected to engage with the work of others, articulate positions, situate writing and speaking within contexts, practice writing and speaking for situations beyond the classroom, engage in basic forms of research, and workshop, revise, and edit writing.

 

Offered remotely

Sylvia Terzian Fall 2021
ARTS 140 002 Information and Analysis - Collective Intelligence in Media Formats

This course introduces students to diverse ways of finding, examining, and using data and information in the social sciences and humanities. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to understand quantitative and qualitative methods of data gathering and build competencies in conceptualizing, contextualizing, and comprehending methods of information analysis. Students will be expected to investigate, use, and assess the presentation of information in their own work and the work of others so that they can better understand the range of social, ethical, and political challenges of our world.

 

Offered remotely

Andrew Deman PDF icon ARTS 140-002_A.Deman_Fall 2021.pdf Fall 2021
ARTS 140 003 Information and Analysis - How the Sausage is Made

This course introduces students to diverse ways of finding, examining, and using data and information in the social sciences and humanities. In a small seminar setting, students will explore a variety of topics based on instructor expertise in order to understand quantitative and qualitative methods of data gathering and build competencies in conceptualizing, contextualizing, and comprehending methods of information analysis. Students will be expected to investigate, use, and assess the presentation of information in their own work and the work of others so that they can better understand the range of social, ethical, and political challenges of our world.

 

Offered remotely

PDF icon ARTS 140-003_L.Jang_Fall 2021.pdf Fall 2021
ENGL 100B 001 Poetry

An introduction to poetry through a detailed examination of a range of poetic texts.

 

Offered remotely

David-Antoine Williams Fall 2021