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COURSE LISTINGS

The following is a list of all courses offered through the Faculty of Liberal Studies.
Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the 2010/11 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 3B08
Ways of Telling: Aboriginal Literature and Narrative Tradition 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
0.5
ENGL 3B03 Children's Literature 0.5
ENGL 3B04 Science and Technology in Literature (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
ENGL 3B05 Creative Writing: Contemporary and Experimental Forms (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
ENGL 3B06 Studies in Canadian Literature (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
ENGL 3B07 Dramatic Literature
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 2010-2011) 0.5
ENGL 4B03 European Literary Classics and Criticism (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 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 0.5
HUMN 2B16 Twentieth Century Ideas (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011)
0.5
HUMN 2B28 Nature, Culture and the Environment (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
HUMN 2B29 The Culture of Science
0.5
HUMN 3B01 Reading Popular Culture 0.5
HUMN 3B02 The Romantic Rebellion in Europe
0.5
HUMN 3B05   Environmental Ethics 0.5
HUMN 3B06 Comparative Religions 0.5
HUMN 3B07 Ethics and the Visual Arts (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
HUMN 3B08 Ethics, Advertising and Design 0.5
HUMN 3B09 Introduction to Gender Studies (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
HUMN 3B10  Multicultural Social Ethics (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
HUMN 3B11
Sexualities and Representation: Queer and Other Theories
0.5
HUMN 3B12
Aesthetics of Well Being (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 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: STUFF: Material Culture and the Meanings of Things 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 (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
HUMN 4B12 Zen Buddhism and Its Culture (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
HUMN 4B17 Feminist Theory
0.5
HUMN 4B18 Postmodernism: Critical Perspectives 0.5
     
COURSE CODE COURSE NAME CREDIT
Liberal Studies First Year (LBST)
LBST 1B03 Introduction to Visual Studies I: History and Ideas 0.5
LBST 1B06 Introduction to Visual Studies II: 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
     
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 (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
SCTM 2B10 Introduction to Psychology 0.5
SCTM 2B20 Introduction to Earth Sciences 0.5
SCTM 2B21 The Mathematics of Art and Design 0.5
SCTM 2B22 Topics in the Science of Colour 0.5
SCTM 2B90
Special Topic in Science/Technology/Mathematics: Human-Computer Interaction
 0.5
SCTM 2B94
Special Topic in Science/Technology/Mathematics: Introduction to Computer Science: Logic and Coding
0.5
SCTM 2B95
Special Topic in Science/Technology/Mathematics: Introduction to Renewable Energy
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 2B04 Social Science Methods for Designers and Artists (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
SOSC 2B05
Western Political Thought from Plato to the Present
0.5
SOSC 2B20 Web Theory
0.5
SOSC 2B93
Special Topic in Social Sciences: Digital Methods: Investigation and Analysis (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 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 History and Theory (VISC)
VISC 2B01 History of Modern Design 0.5
VISC 2B02 Reading Images In Art (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 2B07 History of Modern Art 0.5
VISC 2B08 Film Studies: An Introduction 0.5
VISC 2B09 History of New Media Art 0.5
VISC 2B10 History of 20th Century Architecture
0.5
VISC 2B11 Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 2B13 History of Photography 0.5
VISC 2B19 Art of Europe: The Northern Renaissance (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 2B20 Web Theory
0.5
VISC 2B22 History of Material Arts: Ancient Egypt to Modern Europe 0.5
VISC 2B31 History of Printing & Printmaking 0.5
VISC 2B32 Canadian Art: The Modern Era 0.5
VISC 2B33 Art of Europe: Greek to Gothic
0.5
VISC 2B35 Art of Europe: Renaissance to Impressionism (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 2B36 History and Evolution of Typography 0.5
VISC 2B38 Design Thinking 0.5
VISC 2B39 Graphic Design History in the Twentieth Century 0.5
VISC 2B40 Media, Messages and the Cultural Landscape: Introduction to Communication Studies 0.5
VISC 2B41 Social Science Methods for Designers and Artists (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 2B93
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Introduction to Games Studies
0.5
VISC 3B03 Contemporary Canadian Art 0.5
VISC 3B05 Dada and Surrealism 0.5
VISC 3B06 Art of the African Diaspora (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B07 Art of the Italian Renaissance 0.5
VISC 3B08 Art of Europe: Baroque & Rococo (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B09 Art After Modern Art: Conceptual Practices 0.5
VISC 3B13 Italian Art History I: Florence Program 0.5
VISC 3B14 Italian Art History II: Florence Program 0.5
VISC 3B15 Studies in Nineteenth Century Art: Goya to Courbet (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B18 Television Criticism (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B19 Aboriginal Peoples of the Americas (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B21 Illustration and the Rise of Popular Culture 0.5
VISC 3B23 Technology and Digital Culture
0.5
VISC 3B26 Studies in 19th Century Art: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
0.5
VISC 3B27 Human Factors for Designers 0.5
VISC 3B28 Latin American Art: Indigenous and Hybrid Cultures 0.5
VISC 3B30 Contemporary East Asian Art 0.5
VISC 3B32 History of Furniture 0.5
VISC 3B33 Canadian Cinema (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B34 Japanese Cinema (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B36 The History and Theory of Interiors: Design and Production
0.5
VISC 3B37 The History and Theory of Art Criticism 0.5
VISC 3B38 Advertising and the Art of Persuasion 0.5
VISC 3B39 Latin American Cinema (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B41 Cross Cultural Issues in Craft 0.5
VISC 3B42 Critical Issues & Ideas in Contemporary First Nations Art 0.5
VISC 3B43 Into the 21st Century: Photographic Practices, Theory and Criticism
0.5
VISC 3B44 South Asian Art and Culture: Vision of the Sacred 0.5
VISC 3B45 South Asian Art and Culture: Multiple Modernism (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B46 Design and Sustainability (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B47 Art & Fashion 0.5
VISC 3B48 Global Traditions In Design: Objects And Environments (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 3B90
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Critical Play
0.5
VISC 3B91 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Car Culture 0.5
VISC 3B93
Special Topic in Visual Culture: The Writing on the Wall: Radical Graphics and the Culture of Protest  
VISC 3B95 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Social Entrepreneurship for Designers
0.5
VISC 3B96 Special Topic in Visual Culture: Aboriginal Cultural Politics: Gender, Art and Activism (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B02
Performance and Performativity
0.5
VISC 4B03 Contemporary Documentary Media
0.5
VISC 4B04 Re-presenting Women: Feminist Film and Video (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B05 Future Cinema: Digital Narratives (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B06 Global Mesh: Internet, Networks, Globalization and Digital Resistance
0.5
VISC 4B07 Images and Practices of Technology (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B08 Post-War European Art
0.5
VISC 4B10 The Politics of Painting: Modern Art and Revolution
0.5
VISC 4B12 Modern Korean Art and Society
0.5
VISC 4B13 Modern Mexican Art (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B15 Urban Life: Art, Design and the City 0.5
VISC 4B17 Reading Images of Aboriginal People (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B18 Socio-Cultural Issues And The Built Environment (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B19 Contemporary Studies in Architecture and Design 0.5
VISC 4B20 The Senses in Artistic Practice (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B21 Arts and Cultures of Asia and Oceania (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B22 Art and Design Activism (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B23
The Classical Tradition and its Legacies
0.5
VISC 4B91
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Improvisational Music and the Visual Arts in late 20th Century 0.5
VISC 4B92
Special Topic in Visual Culture: Vision and Ruins in Post-War Visual Expressions (NOT OFFERED IN 2010-2011) 0.5
VISC 4B94 Special Topic in Visual Culture: The Body and the Machine: Interrogating the Posthuman in Art and Design 0.5

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