Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
LS 496 044 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.

 Anastasia Tataryn PDF icon LS 496_A.Tataryn_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
MEDVL 115 041 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.

 

Cross-listed with HIST 115

 Eduardo Fabbro PDF icon HIST 115-MEDVL 115_E.Fabbro_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PHIL 100J 041 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.

 Nikolaj Zunic PDF icon PHIL 100J_N.Zunic_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PHIL 120J 041 The Meaning of Life

We may have distinct ideas about the reason why we do this or that, but is there a point to our existence as a whole? What do or should we live for? Or is life essentially meaningless or even absurd? What do such questions mean and how can we best answer them? The views of different philosophers will be explored and compared.

 Nikolaj Zunic PDF icon PHIL 120J_N.Zunic_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PHIL 218J 041 Foundations of Ethics

What is ethics and what is it based on? What does it mean for an action, a person, or a life to be morally good? Can philosophy provide any objective and universal answers to moral questions? The views of different philosophers will be discussed.

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 218J_S.Gregoire_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PHIL 284 041 Great Works: Modern

A historical survey of modern philosophy in the Western tradition.

 Nikolaj Zunic PDF icon PHIL 284_N.Zunic_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PHIL 319J 041 Ethics of End-of-Life Care

What options does a person reaching the end of life have and how can they best be cared for? How can we balance patient autonomy with the expertise of the health-care provider and the demands of the health-care system? This course will help students think philosophically and critically about issues like these in their cultural, historical, and legal context. Specific topics may include consent, human dignity, euthanasia, refusal or withdrawal of treatment, palliative care and holistic patient care, pluralism and diverse understandings of dying, and treatment of the elderly.

 Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 319J_A.Stumpf_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PHIL 327 041 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.

 

Cross-listed with LS 351

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PSYCH 101 041 Introductory Psychology

A general survey course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science.

 PDF icon PSYCH 101_R.Blackie_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
PSYCH 212 041 Educational Psychology

A consideration of the main variables affecting learning in the classroom with special focus upon the conditions essential to efficient learning.

 Maureen Drysdale PDF icon PSYCH 212_M.Drysdale_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020