University College Courses For Distribution Requirement purposes, UNI courses are variously classified; see entry at end of each course. |
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JWU200H1 Toronto is a complex urban region marked by social diversity and a multi-textured cultural scene. This course examines Toronto’s history, culture, society, economy and status as a global city within the Canadian context. UNI201H1 Contemporary Québec from social, economic and political perspectives. UNI202H1 An exploration of modern Québec culture as expressed in literature and the performing arts. Through a selection of internationally-known entertainers, we examine form, artistic innovation, communication of information and knowledge and spectatorship. Novels and plays provide key elements such as tradition and historical context. UNI205H1 A focused introduction to specific issues in Canadian culture and society. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Canadian Studies web site at www.utoronto.ca/canstudies. SOC218Y1 The course will explore the structures and processes of Asian communities in Canada. Historical development of various Asian communities will be explored. Other topics include ethnic economy, ethnic media, ethnic churches, and ethnic voluntary organizations in Asian communities. Experts in related topics are invited to present their research findings. Non-sociology students may seek departmental permission to enrol. UNI218H1 A study of the variety of voices in Canadian fiction. Issues such as marginalization and the formulation of the Canadian canon are discussed. UNI220Y1 An introduction to key events and issues in contemporary Canada. This course provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on a wide range of topics such as constitutional reform; multiculturalism and immigration; social welfare; environmentalism; globalization; economic policy; gender and sexuality; arts and culture. UNI221H1 An exploration of the encounter between culture and mass communication in Canadian society. The course includes a consideration of the major institutions affecting culture such as the CBC, the NFB, and the granting bodies, and largely focuses on particular instances and case studies in the arts and media. Emphasis is placed on the changing role of nationalism, and the relationship between political concerns and Canadian culture. UNI304H1 A multidisciplinary examination of the emergence of new approaches to identity and community that go beyond official bilingualism and multiculturalism. To include cultural/literary works as well as historical and social scientific analyses illuminating relations between cultural and racial communities in post 1960’s Canada, with an emphasis on Toronto. UNI305H1 An in-depth study of selected questions in contemporary Canadian culture and society. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Canadian Studies web site at www.utoronto.ca/canstudies. UNI307Y1 An exploration of the cultural histories and creative production specific to a wide range of Asian communities in Canada. Content will present humanities perspectives according to the instructor’s specialty. Experts in specific areas —literature, dance, drama, film—will be invited to present their work. UNI317Y1/317H1 A survey of some of the main issues surrounding the politics of aboriginal self-government in Canada. Proceeding historically, the course examines the legal and political conditions that have fuelled the call for self-government. (Offered in alternate years) JUG320H1 The idea of wilderness permeates narratives of Canadian national identity, while policy-makers seek to manage and contain natural areas. This course compares and contrasts historical and contemporary wilderness narratives in literature, painting and film with policies in areas such as conservation, urban planning, land claims and tourism. (Offered by University College and the Geography Department.) UNI320Y1 An in-depth study of selected questions facing contemporary Canada. Students are encouraged to examine topics from multiple disciplinary perspectives drawn from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Issues addressed in recent years include: multiculturalism in contemporary film; residential schools,; African Canadian culture; North American integration; citizenship and global cities; genetics and cloning. This course focuses on Canadian literary and artistic productions that challenge
prevailing notions of nationality and sexuality, exploring not only how
artists struggle with that ongoing Canadian thematic of being and belonging,
but
also celebrate pleasure and desire as a way of imagining and articulating
an alternative national politics. Students select an appropriate research topic and, in consultation with
the Program Director, make arrangements with a suitable supervisor.
Research projects
must be approved by the supervisor preferably and by the Director of
the Canadian Studies Program, by April of the preceding academic year. Students
meet periodically
during the year in seminar to participate in peer evaluations of: statement
of research, literature review, methods of analysis, and to share reports
of progress in research.
An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence Course
An introduction to the problems, theories and research strategies central
to the interdisciplinary field focussing on the nature and organization
of the
human mind and other cognitive systems. Interrelations among the philosophical,
psychological, linguistic and computer science aspects of the field are
emphasized. (Offered by University College and the Department of Philosophy)
A hands-on course for students with some programming background to enable
direct understandings of programs in traditional AI, neural networks,
genetic algorithms,
artificial life, dynamic systems, and robotics. Simple and classical
algorithms are demonstrated, and students will learn to operate and extend
them. This
course gives second- and third-year students experience of working models
that they have read about, and can also serve as an introduction to programming
in artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
Extending the depth of understanding of conceptual issues in cognitive
science, including intentionality, semantics, mechanism, and consciousness.
Students
study primary literature, including. Descartes, Turing, Chomsky, Brooks,
Dennett, Searle, et al. and they elaborate their own conceptual frameworks
in cognitive
science.
An introduction to the techniques of theory simplification, amplification,
integration, and generation, which provide a bridge between psychology
and the philosophy of science. Emphasis is placed on the skills
of critical thinking
and theory analysis needed to support these techniques and to build
a methodology for cognitive science.
A hands-on course to advance practical skills and theoretical understanding
through challenging students to a series of cognitively significant
robotics tasks in realistic settings. Students bring to bear
on robot construction
their prior study in artificial intelligence, psychology, and
philosophy and develop
a strong background for thinking about embeddedness and embodiment
issues that have been at the centre of recent cognitive science. Health Studies Courses Students enrolled in the Health Studies program are given the first opportunity to enroll in these courses. UNI200H1 This course will offer students in Health Studies a basic understanding
of research design and data collection on health topics and the usefulness
of
data collection in the formation of health policy.
This course will offer students in Health Studies a basic understanding
of statistical data analysis, data interpretation, and the use of
such data
in the formation of health policy.
This course introduces students to development and issues related to
Canadian health care policy. The course examines basic policy making
process; policy
making process in Canadian context; development of Canadian health
care policy; and current health care reform debates and issues.Health
care
is increasingly
contentious with aging population, advancements in medical technology,
government fiscal restraints. How to achieve best health care given
limited resources,
and ensure fair, equal, accessible health care. Overview of current
policy issues and its relationship to social inequality, gender,
and race, provide
analytical tools for understanding.
Study of a particular topic in Health Studies. The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another, depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars. In a given year, the course may focus on HIV/AIDS, tobacco addiction, nutritional issues, or gerontology and health problems related to the aging process.
This course explores emerging issues in health and social policies.
Using the framework of social determinants of health, this
course examines the implications
of social factors such as socio-economic inequity, gender,
race, homelessness, age, and citizenship status on individual health;
and policy options
to address these issues.
This course develops the students’ understanding of individual
behaviour towards physical activity, sport and play. While
the focus is on
the individual participant,
the course also examines the basic psychological theories underlying
behaviour.
Opportunities for physical activity are profoundly affected by
the social structures of Canadian society and persistent
inequalities. This course
enables students
to study the effects of class, gender, race, and sexuality
upon opportunities,
programs and practices and the means by which social equity
might be more effectively pursued.
This issue-oriented course will extend students’ understanding
of the broad definitions of health and its determinants,
and population-based strategies
of health promotion in Canada. Topics include: variations
in health status as affected by population patterns, class, gender,
ethnicity,
employment,
and family composition; the major causes of morbidity and
mortality; the concept
of “community health”, and the opportunities and constraints
facing public policy. Note UNI400Y1 Individual field placement with a health research or administration professional,
in which the student applies theory and skills to a specific project. Culminates
in an oral and written report.
The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another,
depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars.
In a
given year, the course may focus on AIDS, tobacco addiction, nutritional
issues
in low-income countries, and the persistence of infant health problems
in poor
Canadian communities.
This course is about the formation and growth of communities –about their
social organization and the problems that small and vulnerable communities
often face.
There will be a focus on problems of poverty, social marginality, and
powerlessness, and the health consequences of these for community members. This course aims to provide an introductory understanding of the basic
concepts and methods in eipdemiology. The emphasis will be on descriptive
methods
and study design. Computational techniques, measurement problems,
and issues that
surround the drawing of inferences from area-level or other aggregate
data will be discussed. Cultural dimensions of health and illness and their significance for
health professionals; cross-cultural communication; assessment
of clients from
culturally diverse backgrounds; delivery of culturally sensitive
health care.
Formulation and implementation of public policy using studies focused
on theoretical concepts; comparisons of policy alternatives.
A course intended to widen the horizons and learning opportunities
of future health system managers through international and
intercultural learning,
and to provide a learning environment for understanding different
ways of approaching
issues and problems related to health sciences management.
This two-semester course designation will permit students to
gain academic credit for health studies pursued independently
under
the supervision
of a University of Toronto faculty member; or to participate
in an ongoing health research project under the joint supervision
of the
project’s
Principal
Investigator
and the Director of the Health Studies Program.
This course provides students with an overview of contemporary
topics in health psychology: psychological theory, research
and skills relevant
to
the promotion
and maintenance of optimal health and the prevention and
treatment of illness and physical injury. The first half of the course
will cover theoretical
frameworks for understanding health behaviour, motivation,
and psycho-social factors that
influence health attitudes and behaviour. In the second
half, topics germane to clinical health psychology and multi-disciplinary
settings
will be explored.
Emphasis on the role of health psychology and exercise
wellness
behaviour, and on professional issues and ethical practices
for physical and
health education students.
This course draws upon communications theory, political economy,
semiology and sociology to examine the ways in which
meanings about physical
activity are produced, distributed, and consumed through
the media. Topics include:
the social marketing of health, advertising and the “body
politic”, media advocacy, sports and fitness marketing,
and the production
of sport as
a media event.
This course examines the body as a terrain of complex cultural
politics. Drawing upon a variety of sources, especially
post-modern theory,
cultural anthropology,
and philosophy, it will consider the ways in which
the “body” has been conceptualized and the ways in which
discourses on bodies have led
to important political
struggles, particularly in the social construction
of health and
sickness.
The ancient Greeks and Romans were intensely interested
in sport, physical education, and the maintenance
of physical strength
and health. The
Renaissance revived this interest and transformed
physical pursuits from marginal
activities into structured components of the social
system. Our contemporary concepts
of sport, health, and physical culture were first
formulated at that time. The readings (in English translation)
will be taken from original
ancient
and early-modern documents.
he specific content of this course will vary from one
year to another, depending on the availability
of particular scholars to offer the
course. Its purpose
is to take advantage of the occasional availability
of a prominent humanist in the health field. In
a given year,
the course may
focus on changes
in the perception and portrayal of illness or death
or
disability
in the poetry,
prose
or drama of a particular country: England, France,
and so on.
The specific content of this course will vary from
one year to another, depending on the availability
of particular
historians
to offer the
course. In a given
year, the course may focus on the Black Death
epidemic in Europe, problems of sanitation in ancient Rome,
nutritional issues
in
pre-industrial China, and so on.
This one-semester course will permit students to
gain academic credit for health studies pursued
independently under the
supervision of
a University of Toronto
faculty member; or to participate in an ongoing
health research project under the joint supervision
of the
project’s Principal
Investigator
and the Director
of the Health Studies Program Peace and Conflict Studies Courses UNI260Y1 A review of the full range of theories explaining the nature and causes
of conflict and possibilities for its resolution; provides students with a
set
of theoretical tools for effective analysis of interpersonal, civil, and
international conflict.
An in-depth exploration of selected issues introduced in UNI260Y1. Topics
may include: negotiation theory; ethnic and group-identity conflict;
feminist perspectives
on peace and war; mathematical modeling of arms races and war; decision-making
theory and conflict; environmental change and conflict; and traditional
perspectives on statecraft.
A colloquium (fall term) and research seminar (spring term, JUP460Y only)
on security ontology and various meanings of security. Topics to be
considered include planetary, ecospheric, state, societal, and human security.
(Offered
by the Department of Political Science and University College) Sexual Diversity Studies Courses UNI255H1 An interdisciplinary examination of sexuality across cultures and periods.
How are sexualities represented? How are they suppressed or celebrated?
How and why are they labeled as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or
perverse?
How do sexualities change with ethnicity, class, and gender?
A social sciences approach to sexual diversity across societies, and
of the increased visibility of that diversity in such settings as the family,
the workplace, and the law, as well as the role that such contexts play
in
shaping
sexual identity. This course focuses on Canadian literary and artistic productions that
challenge prevailing notions of nationality and sexuality, exploring
not only how artists
struggle with that ongoing Canadian thematic of being and belonging,
but also celebrate pleasure and desire as a way of imagining and articulating
an alternative
national politics.
A survey of classic western theories of sexuality; each theory is examined
in terms of the practices it allows and prohibits. Under consideration
are not only the descriptive and/or prescriptive aspects of a particular
framework
but its epistemic grounds, and implications for understanding identity,
body, community, and state.
An integrated survey of some ways in which sexuality has been theorised
recently. How have desire and its identities been conceptualised
and deployed? What
are the implications for psychoanalysis, feminism, and cultural
production? What
interconnections are yet to be made between sexuality and the markers
of gender, race, and class?
An overview of the points where sexuality and law intersect, through
surveying ways of thinking about how law interprets, regulates
and defines sexuality,
and how communities and groups oppressed on the basis of sexuality
fare under the law in Canada and elsewhere. UNI375H1 Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar
is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies
program to
topics that
may not be covered by permanent university courses. See www.utoronto.ca/sexualdiversity/special.html
for decriptions of current topics.
Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar
is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies
program to
topics that
may not be covered by permanent university courses. See www.utoronto.ca/sexualdiversity/special.html
for decriptions of current topics.
This interdisciplinary course critically examines the socio-political
cultural context that has produced a new queer visibility.
The course assesses many
of the post-Stonewall changes in the North American public
sphere and the interrelationship between the new queer
visibility and
the North
American
public sphere. Other University College Courses JUM202H1 A study of the interaction of mathematics with other fields of inquiry: how
mathematics influences, and is influenced by, the evolution of science
and culture. Art, music, and literature, as well as the more traditionally
related
areas of the natural and social sciences may be considered. (Offered every
three years) JUM203H1 A study of games, puzzles and problems focusing on the deeper principles they illustrate. Concentration is on problems arising out of number theory and geometry, with emphasis on the process of mathematical reasoning. Technical requirements are kept to a minimum. A foundation is provided for a continuing lay interest in mathematics. (Offered every three years) JUM204H1 An interdisciplinary exploration of creativity and imagination as they
arise in the study of mathematics and poetry. (Offered every three years)
An in-depth study of the life, times and work of several mathematicians
who have been particularly influential. Examples may include Newton, Euler,
Gauss,
Kowalewski, Hilbert, Hardy, Ramanujan, Gödel, Erdös, Coxeter, Grothendieck.
(Offered every three years)
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 47 for details.
An opportunity to pursue at the 300-level an independent course of study
not otherwise available within the Faculty. A written proposal, co-signed
by the
instructor, must be submitted on the appropriate proposal form for
approval by the Vice-Principal of University College prior to registration.
An opportunity to pursue at the 400-level an independent course of study
not otherwise available within the Faculty. A written proposal, co-signed
by the
instructor, must be submitted on the appropriate proposal form for
approval by the Vice-Principal of University College prior to registration. |
An advanced seminar in cognitive science; topics vary from year to year
depending on instructor. See the Cognitive Science website at
www.cogsci.utoronto.ca for current topics. For Fall 2007 (next semester) the
subtitle will be "Object and Space in