Trinity College Courses(Trinity One; Ethics, Society, & Law; Independent Studies; International Relations; Other) For Distribution
Requirement purposes,
all TRN courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses except TRN 150Y1,
151Y1, 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 Students participating in Vic One are excluded from Trinity One. TRN150Y1 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. Open only to students admitted to Trinity One. TRN151Y1 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. Open only to students admitted to Trinity One. TRN170Y1 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. Open only to students admitted to Trinity One. TRN171Y1 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”. Open only to students admitted to Trinity One.
An exploration of the ethical dimensions of selected contemporary social
issues. Students in the major program in Ethics. Society, and Law have
enrolment priority. TRN305Y1 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/MGT394H1 in which they have priority.) TRN311H1 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. TRN406H1/407Y1 Students undertake research projects designed to meet the knowledge needs of ethics-oriented organizations in the broader community. TRN412H1 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. TRN425Y1 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. TRN299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 47 for details. TRN300H1 TRN301Y1 TRN302Y1 TRN400H1 TRN404Y1 TRN405Y1
(See the International Relations Program Office for details) TRN410Y1 Prerequisite: Enrolment in the International Relations specialist program or in a History or Political Science specialist program TRN411Y1 Prerequisite: Enrolment in the International Relations program or in a History major or specialist program, or permission of instructor TRN419Y1 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. TRN421Y1 Evaluation of the nature of foreign policy negotiation and decision-making from the perspective of the practitioner. TRN190Y1 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 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. TRN320Y1 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. |