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CoursesAfrican Studies | Caribbean Studies | Equity Studies | Humanism | Independent Studies | South Asian Studies | Women's Studies African Studies Courses NEW150Y1
A multi-disciplinary study of Africa, emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis. Pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary African history, anthropology, politics, African humanism and society, religion, art, music, race, resistance, gender and Pan-Africanism. NEW223Y1
See Caribbean Studies below NEW280Y1
Introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary of Swahili. Emphasis on comprehension and oral practice. Reading of selected texts. Relation of the language to its East African cultural context. (Offered in alternate years) NEW322Y1
Novels written in the last forty years by English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africans. Ideological views concerning colonialism and neo-colonialism. Tradition, religious and secular; the use of African symbolism. A small number of historical and sociological texts are recommended as essential background reading. Works not written in English are read in translation. (Offered in alternate years) NEW380Y1
Grammar and syntax. Conversation and written composition. Reading of texts: literary, journalistic. Relation of the language to its East African context. (Offered in alternate years) JNI388Y1
See Innis College, Cinema Studies courses NEW223Y1
A study of Caribbean writers of fiction, poetry and drama, drawn from the major linguistic and racial/cultural groups in the region. Works are analyzed as literary texts and within the contexts of social and political life in which the writing is situated. (Offered in alternate years) NEW224Y1
A multi-disciplinary exploration of writing pertaining to culture and consciousness particularly Afro- and Indo-Caribbean thought: theoretical perspectives on the implications and consequences of slavery and indenture, the struggle for freedom from the legacy of the plantation and colonial dependence, responses to domination and exploitation, race, gender, religion and music. NEW324Y1
Critical enquiry at an advanced level into the construction of society, race, language, religion, culture and gender; theories of economy, resistance, self-affirmation, continuing colonization and place of the Caribbean within the global context; internal and external theoretical perspectives on “the Caribbean personality.” NEW325H1
An examination of the historical and political significance of writings (literary, political, scholarly) by Caribbean women who engage problems within Caribbean culture and provide insights into the endeavours of the peoples of the region. NEW326Y1
Indian survival in the Caribbean despite hardships of indentured labour; social and cultural change; role of Hinduism and Islam; resistance to Colonial domination; contribution of Indo-Caribbean intellectuals to literature, politics, and education. NEW422Y1 An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the
instructor. NEW240Y1
An interdisciplinary study of issues of social diversity exploring debates about the origins of inequity and the various means of addressing it. Course readings draw from a broad range of relevant literature in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural and Medical Sciences. NEW341H1/342H1
NEW343H1
Romani history and culture through theories on the origins and diaspora of
the Roma (often misnamed “gypsies”). Historic and current equity issues
facing the Roma people (particularly newcomers) in Canada from c1890 to
the present. NEW200Y1
Issues of human self-knowledge in Greek, Roman, and Judeo-Christian cultures; problems of historical perspective and critical method. The Bible, Classical myth, Augustine, Castiglione, Laura Cereta, Cicero, Dante, Homer, Machiavelli, Christine de Pisan, Plato, Sophocles: read in English translation. (Offered in alternate years) NEW209Y1
Examines cross-disciplinary issues raised by the telling and retelling of stories: sequence and consequence; narrative as argument and proof by scenario; construction and deconstruction of identities; instabilities amongst “history,” “fact,” “fiction,” “myth,” “law” and “science”; the economy of tellers and listeners. (Offered in alternate years) NEW300Y1
Impact of the scientific paradigm and varieties of modern Romanticism on Humanist concepts of Man’s identity as a social, natural, and moral creature, reflected in works by: Darwin, Freud, Goethe, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Marx, J.S. Mill, Rousseau, Mary Shelley, Tolstoy, Voltaire. A sequel to Humanism I. May be taken independently. Works not written in English are read in translation. (Offered in alternate years) NEW302Y1
Impact of Jung’s analytical psychology, critical methodology and interpretative practice on issues in religion, anthropology, art and literature, popular culture, gender studies and postmodernist critique. Theoretical studies include traditional Jungian and contemporary post-Jungian texts together with anti-Jungian, feminist, and non-Jungian sources. NEW303H1
Current discussions of the hypothesis, especially Jung’s collective unconscious, introduces critical examination through retrospective analysis of the evolution and development of the concept in works by philosophers, psychologists, poets, and ethnologists whose work anticipated or directly influenced that of Freud and Adler as well as Jung. NEW306H1
See South Asian Studies Courses below NEW308H1
See South Asian Studies Courses below NEW309Y1
Fragmentation of humanist culture and the struggle to establish alternative answers to fundamental questions of human identity and purpose, as represented in works by: Beckett, Camus, Cassirer, Conrad, Foucault, Gould, Kafka, Kuhn, Langer, McLuhan, Ryle, Sartre, Skinner, and Watson. A sequel to NEW200Y1 and NEW300Y1. May be taken independently. Works not written in English are read in translation. (Offered in alternate years) NEW410Y1
Topics vary from year to year, depending on the needs of the program and the interests of students and instructors. NEW411H1/
412H1 Humanism New College Independent Study courses are designed both to complement
regular offerings in New College programs and to provide an opportunity
for New College students in any program to enrich their studies. The normal
expectation of a project course is that the student, aided and advised
by the supervisor, will read relevant literature, and plan, execute, analyze
and report on an original and independent investigation of an appropriate
topic. Written applications (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter
of support from a faculty member who is prepared to supervise) should
be made through the Vice-Principal for approval by the College’s Committee
for Academic Affairs by May 1 for the Summer Session or by the last Friday
in August for the Winter Session. Students will be notified of the acceptance
or rejection of an application. NEW299Y1
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 40 for details. NEW390Y1/490Y1
Prerequisite: Permission of College NEW391H1/491H1
Prerequisite: Permission of College NEW211Y1
Intensive introduction to phonology, grammar, syntax of the modern Bengali language; emphasis on basic writing and reading. NEW212Y1
Intensive introduction to phonology, grammar, syntax of the modern Hindi language; emphasis on basic writing and reading. NEW214Y1
A comprehensive survey of socially engaged Buddhism. Particular focus on contemporary movements in Vietnam, Tibet, China & Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. The role of women in Buddhism. NEW306H1
Examines Rabindranath Tagore’s concepts of humanity, art, personality, freedom, nationalism, ashram, teacher-student relationship, rural reconstruction. NEW308H1
Exploration of humane vision expressed through the multi-faceted creativity of Satyajit Ray, 20th-century author, painter, musical composer and foremost director of India’s “New Wave” cinema. NEW311Y1
Readings from selected authors of modern Bengali prose and poetry; introduction to samples of pre-modern Bengali texts.: NEW312Y1
Readings from selected authors of modern Hindi prose and poetry; introduction
to samples of pre-modern Hindi texts. NEW160Y1
An integrated and historical approach to social relations of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, particularly as they relate to women’s lives and struggles across different locales, including Canada. NEW261Y1
A psychological, anthropological and biological study of sex and gender. The influence of gender socialization on behaviour, cognition, emotion and motivation; the diversity of sex-role behaviour in primate and human societies; prenatal and neonatal sex differentiation, the nature and determination of gender, the existence of sex in an evolutionary perspective. NEW271Y1
A critical examination of institutions, representations and practices associated with contemporary popular culture, mass-produced, local and alternative. NEW334H1/335H1
An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year. NEW360Y1
Feminist texts and central theoretical debates. NEW362H1
An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year. NEW363H1
An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year. NEW365H1
Examines the operation of the law as it affects women, the construction and representation of women within the legal system, and the scope for feminist and intersectional analyses of law. NEW366H1
A critical interdisciplinary investigation of how gender impacts on central topics in disability studies: ableism as a political ideology; the normalized body and cultural representations; sexuality, violence and nurturance relations; the cognitive and social roles of medicine; transnational perspectives on disability, disability rights and issues of social justice. NEW367H1
Feminist theories and frameworks examining the interconnections between women, health and biomedicine in North America and transnationally. NEW368H1
Examines both the diversity and shared experiences of women in non-western societies using a comparative and historical perspective. The concepts of universal subordination, of patriarchy, and a consciousness which categorizes women in non-western societies as “the other” (exotic), are among topics critically evaluated. NEW369Y1
Gendered representations of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and disability in a variety of colonial, neo-colonial, and “post”-colonial contexts. Topics may include the emergence of racialist, feminist, liberatory and neoconservative discourses as inscribed in literary texts, historical documents, cultural artifacts and mass media. NEW372H1
An interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship of women to a variety of psychological and psychoanalytical theories and practices. Topics may include women and the psychological establishment; women’s mental health issues; feminist approaches to psychoanalysis. NEW373H1
Gendered violence in both historical and contemporary contexts including topics such as textual and visual representations of violence against women; victimhood and agency; legal and theoretical analyses; resistance and community mobilization. NEW374H1
Sexual agency as understood and enacted by women in diverse cultural and historical contexts. An exploration of the ways in which women have theorized and experienced sexual expectations, practices and identities. NEW425Y1
Critically analyzes theories of colonialism/imperialism, neocolonialism, “development” and concepts/policies and methodologies of Women in Development (WID) program of governments, international agencies, the World Bank and the IMF. NEW434H1/435H1
An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. NEW451H1
Under supervision, students pursue topics in Women’s Studies not currently part of the curriculum. NEW460Y1
Supervised individual research project undertaken in Third or Fourth year. Students attend a seminar to discuss research methods and findings. NEW461Y1
An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor. NEW462H1
Senior students may pursue more advanced study in feminist theory. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. NEW463H1
Senior students may pursue more advanced study in feminist theory. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. NEW465H1
Senior students may pursue advanced study in gender and law. Topics vary from year to year. NEW470Y1
The application of theoretical study to practical community experience. Advanced Women’s Studies students have the opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in the Women’s Studies curriculum through a practicum placement within a community organization. |
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