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COURSE LISTINGS

The following is a list of all courses offered through the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the 2011/12 schedule for current offerings including details on Special Topic courses.

COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Interdisciplinary
ABVC 2B01 The Story of Us: Aboriginal Peoples of the Americas 0.5
ABVC 3B01
 Bringing Visual Literacy to Aboriginal Communities (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
DIGF 1B01 Sketching Ideas (Not offered in 2011/2012)0.5 
DIGF 1B02Game Design I (Not offered in 2011/2012)0.5 
DIGF 1B03Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration (Not offered in 2011/2012)0.5 
DIGF 2B01
 Data Visualization
 0.5
DIGF 2B02
 Interaction Design
 0.5
DIGF 2B03
 Physical Computing
 0.5
DIGF 3B01
Networked Communities and Environments (Not offered in 2011/2012)0.5
     
COURSE CODE  COURSE NAME CREDIT
Liberal Studies Two
LBST 2C01
  Liberal Studies Two
 1.0
   (Equivalent to 0.5 credit in ENGL and 0.5 credit in HUMN)
  
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Business (BUSI)
BUSI 2B01
 Introduction to Business
 0.5
BUSI 3B01
 Project Management (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
BUSI 3B02
 Business Ethics, Sustainability and Social Responsibility (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
BUSI 4B01
 Entrepreneurship
 0.5
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME  CREDIT
English (ENGL)
ENGL 2B01 Introduction to Creative Writing 0.5
ENGL 2B03 Introduction to Literary Criticism
 0.5
ENGL 2B05 Introduction to Creative Non-Fiction 0.5
ENGL 2B06  
World Literatures
 0.5
ENGL 3B01 The Artist in European and American Literature (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
ENGL 3B03 Children's Literature (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
ENGL 3B04 Science and Technology in Literature
 0.5
ENGL 3B05 Creative Writing: Contemporary and Experimental Forms
 0.5
ENGL 3B06 Studies in Canadian Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B07 Dramatic Literature (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
ENGL 3B08
Ways of Telling: Aboriginal Literature and Narrative Tradition
0.5
ENGL 3B20 Creative Writing II
 0.5
ENGL 3B21 Writings by Artists (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
ENGL 4B03 European Literary Classics and Criticism (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
ENGL 4B04
 Diasporic Writings
 0.5
ENGL 4B17 Advanced Creative Writing
0.5


 
COURSE CODE  COURSE NAME  CREDIT
Humanities (HUMN)
HUMN 2B01 Aesthetics (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 2B02
 Cultural Geographies: Narrative, Landscape and Community
 0.5
HUMN 2B16 Twentieth Century Ideas
 0.5
HUMN 2B28 Nature, Culture and the Environment (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 2B29 The Culture of Science
 0.5
HUMN 3B01 Reading Popular Culture 0.5
HUMN 3B02 The Romantic Rebellion in Europe (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 3B05   Environmental Ethics 0.5
HUMN 3B06 Comparative Religions 0.5
HUMN 3B07 Ethics and the Visual Arts (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 3B08 Ethics, Advertising and Design (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 3B09 Introduction to Gender Studies (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 3B10  Multicultural Social Ethics 0.5
HUMN 3B11
Sexualities and Representation: Queer and Other Theories (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 3B12
Aesthetics of Well Being (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 3B13
STUFF: Material Culture and the Meanings of Things 0.5
HUMN 3B16
 From Riel to Nationhood, A History of the Métis 0.5
HUMN 3B25 Imagining Nation: Canada's Cultural History
 0.5
HUMN 3B91
Special Topic In Humanities: Sound Objects: Investigating Experimental Music
0.5
HUMN 3B92
Special Topic in Humanities: Extraordinary Bodies 0.5
HUMN 4B01 Modernism: Critical Perspectives 0.5
HUMN 4B03 Existentialism and Its Culture
 0.5
HUMN 4B04 Health and Wellness: Ethics and Cultural Politics 0.5
HUMN 4B12 Zen Buddhism and Its Culture 0.5
HUMN 4B17 Feminist Theory (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
HUMN 4B18 Postmodernism: Critical Perspectives 0.5
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Liberal Studies First Year (LBST)
LBST 1B02
 Introduction to Visual Studies I: History and Culture to 1500
0.5
LBST 1B03 Introduction to Visual Studies II: History and Culture Since 1500
 0.5
LBST 1B06 Introduction to Visual Studies III: Critical Frameworks 0.5
LBST 1B11 The Essay and the Argument: Mechanics 0.5
LBST 1B12 The Essay and the Argument: ESL 0.5
LBST 1B13 The Essay and the Argument: Rhetoric 0.5
LBST 1B14
 Things and Texts (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Science/Technology/Mathematics (SCTM)
SCTM 2B01 Introduction to Biology 0.5
SCTM 2B02 Human Form and Function: Introduction to Anatomy 0.5
SCTM 2B03 Astronomy: An Exploration of Scales and Structures in our Universe 0.5
SCTM 2B05 Modern Physics
 0.5
SCTM 2B06
 Introduction to Computer Science: Logic and Coding 0.5
SCTM 2B07
 Introduction to Inclusive Design
0.5
SCTM 2B10 Introduction to Psychology 0.5
SCTM 2B20 Introduction to Earth Sciences (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
SCTM 2B21 The Mathematics of Art and Design (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
SCTM 2B22 Topics in the Science of Colour 0.5
SCTM 3B04
Biological Principles of Sustainability 0.5
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Social Sciences (SOSC)
SOSC 2B01 Introduction to Social Science: People and Social Worlds 0.5
SOSC 2B02 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies 0.5
SOSC 2B05
Western Political Thought from Plato to the Present
0.5
SOSC 2B20 Web Theory
 0.5
SOSC 3B02 Material Culture and Consumer Society 0.5
SOSC 3B03 Sociology of the Body 0.5
SOSC 3B04 Childhood, Families and Social Change 0.5
SOSC 3B05 Social Psychology and Consumer Behaviour 0.5
SOSC 3B06
Mental Health: Science, Culture, Society
0.5
SOSC 3B27 Human Factors for Designers 0.5
SOSC 4B01 Risk and Society 0.5
SOSC 4B02 Gender, Globalization and Social Change 0.5
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Art, Design and Media History and Theory (VISA, VISC, VISD, VISM)
VISD 2B01 History of Modern Design 0.5
VISA 2B02
 Reading Images In Art (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 2B07
 History of Modern Art
0.5
VISM 2B08 Film Studies: An Introduction 0.5
VISM 2B09 History of New Media Art 0.5
VISD 2B10 History of 20th Century Architecture 0.5
VISA 2B11
 Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 2B13
 History of Photography 0.5
VISM 2B15
 Introduction to Games Studies
0.5
VISC 2B16
 The Basics of Human-Centred Research in Art and Design (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 2B19 Art of Europe: The Northern Renaissance (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISM 2B20 Web Theory 0.5
VISD 2B22 History of Material Arts: Ancient Egypt to Modern Europe 0.5
VISA 2B31 History of Printing & Printmaking 0.5
VISA 2B32 Canadian Art: The Modern Era 0.5
VISA 2B33 Art of Europe: Greek to Gothic (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 2B35 Art of Europe: Renaissance to Impressionism (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 2B36 History and Evolution of Typography 0.5
VISD 2B38 Design Thinking 0.5
VISD 2B39 Graphic Design History in the Twentieth Century 0.5
VISM 2B40 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies 0.5
VISA 3B01
 Issues in the Arts of Africa (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISM 3B01
 Critical Play
 0.5
VISA 3B03 Contemporary Canadian Art 0.5
VISA 3B05 Dada and Surrealism 0.5
VISA 3B06 Art of the African Diaspora (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B07 Art of the Italian Renaissance (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B08 Art of Europe: Baroque & Rococo (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B09 Art After Modern Art: Conceptual Practices (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B13 Italian Art History I: Florence Program 0.5
VISA 3B14 Italian Art History II: Florence Program 0.5
VISA 3B15 Studies in Nineteenth Century Art: Goya to Courbet (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISM 3B18 Television Criticism (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 3B21 Illustration and the Rise of Popular Culture 0.5
VISM 3B23 Technology and Digital Culture
 0.5
VISA 3B26 Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 3B27 Human Factors for Designers 0.5
VISA 3B28 Latin American Art: Indigenous and Hybrid Cultures (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISC 3B29
Methods in Visual and Critical Studies (Not offered in 2011/2012)
 0.5
VISA 3B30 Contemporary East Asian Art 0.5
VISD 3B32 History of Furniture 0.5
VISM 3B33 Canadian Cinema
 0.5
VISM 3B34 Japanese Cinema (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 3B35
The Writing on the Wall: Radical Graphics and the Culture of Protest 0.5
VISD 3B36
 The History and Theory of Interiors: Design and Production (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B37 The History and Theory of Art Criticism 0.5
VISD 3B38 Advertising and the Art of Persuasion 0.5
VISM 3B39 Latin American Cinema (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 3B41 Cross Cultural Issues in Craft 0.5
VISA 3B42 Critical Issues & Ideas in Contemporary First Nations Art 0.5
VISA 3B43 Into the 21st Century: Photographic Practices, Theory and Criticism
0.5
VISA 3B44 South Asian Art and Culture: Vision of the Sacred (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B45 South Asian Art and Culture: Multiple Modernisms 0.5
VISD 3B46 Design and Sustainability (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 3B47 Art & Fashion 0.5
VISD 3B48 Global Traditions In Design: Objects And Environments (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 3B49
 Car Culture
0.5
VISA 3B90
 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Art in Revolution: European Art 1750-1850
 0.5
VISA 3B96 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Aboriginal Cultural Politics: Gender, Art and Activism (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 4B02
Performance and Performativity
0.5
VISM 4B03 Contemporary Documentary Media
 0.5
VISM 4B04 Re-presenting Women: Feminist Film and Video (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISM 4B05 Future Cinema: Digital Narratives (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISM 4B06 Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance
 0.5
VISM 4B07 Images and Practices of Technology (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 4B08 Post-War European Art (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 4B10 The Politics of Painting: Modern Art and Revolution (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 4B11
 Improvisational Music and the Visual Arts in the Late 20th Century
0.5
VISA 4B12 Modern Korean Art and Society
 0.5
VISA 4B13 Modern Mexican Art (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISC 4B15 Urban Life: Art, Design and the City 0.5
VISA 4B17 Reading Images of Aboriginal People (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 4B18 Socio-Cultural Issues And The Built Environment 0.5
VISD 4B19 Contemporary Studies in Architecture and Design 0.5
VISA 4B20 The Senses in Artistic Practice (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISA 4B21 Arts and Cultures of Asia and Oceania (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISC 4B22 Art and Design Activism (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISD 4B23
The Classical Tradition and its Legacies (Not offered in 2011/2012) 0.5
VISM 4B24
 The Body and the Machine: Interrogating the Posthuman in Art and Design 0.5
VISA 4B90
 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Memory and Monuments
 0.5
VISA 4B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture: The Print Culture of 18th Century Europe 0.5
VISM 4B94
 Special Topic in Visual Culture: New Waves in Turkish Cinema
 0.5
VISD 5B90
 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Maps, Icons, Diagrams: Visualizing Information
0.5

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