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Trinity College Courses

(Trinity One; Ethics, Society, & Law; Independent Studies; International Relations; Other)

See page 30 for Key to Course Descriptions.

For Distribution Requirement purposes (see page 24), all TRN courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses except TRN
305Y1 and 425Y1, which are SOCIAL SCIENCE courses, and TRN 419Y1, which is both a HUMANITIES and a SOCIAL
SCIENCE course.


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Trinity One

TRN150Y1
National versus International        52S

This seminar examines the rise of nationalisms and nation states since the 16th century and the ways these intersect or
compete with international movements, ideas and institutions. Topics may include the Enlightenment, the French Revolution,
the birth of Germany, peace movements, the League of Nations, and humanitarian relief.
Co-requisites: TRN151Y1 & a first-year course in History or Political Science or Economics or Sociology or a course with
permission of the Coordinator.


TRN151Y1
Global Governance        52S

This seminar course provides an orientation to the study of contemporary world order. Topics may include important legacies
of the world wars of the 20th century, theories of conflict and cooperation, and new forms of transnational collaboration.
Co-requisites: TRN150Y1 & a first-year course in History or Political Science or Economics or Sociology or a course with
permission of the Coordinator.


TRN170Y1
Ethics and the Creative Imagination        52S


A seminar course that explores ethical issues through the study of works of the creative imagination that pose or provoke
questions of right and wrong, good and evil, justice and injustice. The selected works will be drawn from such fields as
literature, film, and the visual and performing arts.
Co-requisites: TRN171Y1 & a first-year course in English or Philosophy or Political Science or a course with permission of the
Coordinator.


TRN171Y1
Ethics and the Public Sphere        52S

A seminar course that explores ethical issues arising in such public domains as international relations, law, science, business,
the arts, civil society, public life, the mass media, popular culture. Issues may include war crimes, human rights, assisted
suicide, genetic engineering, corporate responsibility, private vice and public virtue, "the tragedy of the commons".
Co-requisites: TRN170Y1 & a first-year course in English or Philosophy or Political Science or a course with permission of the
Coordinator.



Ethics, Society, and Law Courses

TRN305Y1
Basic Principles of Law        52L

The nature and justifications of legal rules as preparation for the study of basic principles of law governing the relations
between individual citizens, and the relations between individual citizens and the state. Contract, torts, criminal and
administrative law. (Enrolment limited: TRN305Y1 is not open to Commerce students. Commerce students should enrol in MGT393H1/394H1 in which they have priority.)

Prerequisite: A student must be in third or fourth year.
This is a Social Science course


TRN311H1
Ethics and Human Liberation        26S

The ethical implications of critical social theory, in particular that of the 'Frankfurt School'. The possibilities for justice and
freedom in contemporary capitalism; the potential for social movements, such as the women's movement, for emancipatory
transformation.
Recommended preparation: A half-course in ethics/women's studies/PHL267H1


TRN412H1
Seminar in Ethics, Society,  and Law      TBA


(formerly TRN312H1)
Prerequisite: Students must be in their final year of registration in the Major Program: Ethics, Society And Law. See the
Registration Handbook and Timetable for enrolment procedures.
Recommended preparation: TRN305Y1/WDW220Y1/ equivalent background knowledge

Exclusion: TRN312H1


TRN425Y1
Law Workshops Course        TBA

Students attend workshops in the Faculty of Law, meet for related discussion and complete related assignments. Enrolment is
restricted to qualified fourth-year students registered in the Major Program Ethics, Society, and Law.

Independent Studies Courses


TRN299Y1
Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 43 for details.


TRN300H1
Trinity Independent Studies TBA


TRN301Y1
Trinity Independent Studies TBA


TRN302Y1
Trinity Independent Studies TBA


TRN400H1
 Trinity Independent Studies TBA


TRN404Y1
 Trinity Independent Studies TBA


TRN405Y1
Trinity Independent Studies TBA



International Relations Courses
(See the International Relations Program Office for details)

TRN410Y1
Selected Topics in International Studies TBA


Prerequisite: Enrolment in the International Relations specialist program or in a History or Political Science specialist program
Exlcusion: TRN410H1


TRN411Y1
Selected Topics in  International Studies      TBA


Prerequisite: Enrolment in the International Relations program or in a History major or specialist program, or permission of
instructor


TRN419Y1
Comparative American, British and Canadian Foreign Policy 52S

The origins and evolution of American, British and Canadian foreign policy from the late 18th century to the present. Policies
are compared in order to understand the development of these countries as nations and actors in the international community.
Prerequisite: Students must have a background in one of Canadian, British or American history


TRN421Y1
The Practice and Institutions of Diplomacy 52S

(formerly JHP420Y1)
Evaluation of the nature of foreign policy negotiation and decision-making from the perspective of the practitioner.
Prerequisite: ECO342Y1/HIS311Y1/POL312Y1




Other Trinity College Courses

TRN190Y1
Critical Reading and Critical Writing 52S


This course introduces students to a number of critical approaches and develops the student's own responses to texts through
an understanding of critical vocabulary and the art of close analytical reading. Students also learn how to make their own
critical analysis more effective through oral presentations and written work.


TRN200Y1
Modes of Reasoning 26L, 26S

(formerly TRN200H1)
First term: students are taught how to recognize, analyze, evaluate, and construct arguments in ordinary English prose.
Second term: one or more discipline-related modes of reasoning (e.g., scientific reasoning, ethical reasoning, legal reasoning)
studied with reference to a selection of contemporary social issues.

Exclusion: PHL247H1/PHI 247H1/TRN200H1


TRN320Y1
Freud and Freud's Critics 52S

An examination of psychoanalytic themes: drives, instincts, sexuality, femininity, individual and society, freedom and
unfreedom, reason and irrationality; major Freudian concepts and critiques by Winnicott, Benjamin, Irigaray, Reich, Flax,
Marcuse; the relevance of psychoanalytic theory to issues of personal freedom and social transformation.


Ukrainian: see Slavic Lanaguges and Literatures


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