University College CoursesFor Distribution Requirement purposes, UNI courses are variously classified; see entry at end of each course. |
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Canadian Studies Courses 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.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies. 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. UNI280H1 This course focuses on initial settlement patterns of Jewish people in Toronto and elsewhere; community growth including suburbanization, and contemporary challenges such as anti-Semitism and assimilation. 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.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/. UNI307H1 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. 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. UNI325H1 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. UNI380H1 This course examines the relationship between prominent Canadians who happen to be Jews and those whose works are founded in the Jews identity; the diversity of the community on the basis of religion, language, class, ideology etc.; contributions to the arts and scholarship; and the role of Jewish women. UNI420Y1 Students select an appropriate research topic and, in consultation with the Program Director, make arrangements with a suitable supervisor. Preferably, research projects must be approved by the supervisor 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. UNI430H1 An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor.
COG250Y1 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. UNI301H1 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. UNI302H1 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.Co-requisite: UNI250Y1 UNI401H1 A seminar on the following questions: “What is consciousness? What does it take for a creature to be conscious? What is objectivity? How may a creature be objective?” Students bring to bear on these questions their diverse background in analytic philosophy, anthropology, artificial intelligence, connectionism, linguistics, neuroscience, phenomenology, or psychology. Readings cover visual perception, spatial navigation, attention, working memory, reference, object permanence, evolution of language, the frame problem, the binding problem, and the qualia problem. UNI402H1 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. UNI403H1 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.
Students enrolled in the Health Studies program are given the first opportunity
to enrol 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. UNI209H1 A multidisciplinary approach to understanding perspectives in health, health equity, and primary health care. Themes include critical discussion of the measurements of health outcomes and the socioeconomic and political factors that affect health, including neglected and marginalized populations in Canada and globally. UNI211H1 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 the best health care given the 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. UNI237H1 A critical examination of the HIV/AIDS global pandemic from a multidisciplinary
perspective and with an emphasis on sexuality. The course examines the basic
biology of HIV/AIDS and then covers social, historical, political, cultural,
gender, and public health aspects of HIV/AIDS. Attention is given to the
distinct features of vulnerable and marginalized populations, prevention,
treatment, drug development, and access to medicines. UNI309H1 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. UNI310H1 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. UNI330H1 A critical examination of drug development, including the role of health
professionals and the pharmaceutical industry in researching, testing,
marketing, licensing,
and evaluating pharmaceutical drugs. Topics include the differing
needs for drug development in different societies, evaluation and dispensing
in lower
income countries, and potential conflicts of interest in drug development. UNI350Y1 The research course required for Health Studies students in the
Specialist stream. Students engage in a specific research project
within the
program. The course includes sessions on the development of a project,
data
analysis and presentation, formulation of a grant proposal and
writing of “peer-reviewed
papers.” UNI373H1 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 Students enrolled in the Health Studies program are given the first opportunity to enrol in these courses.
UNI409HI 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. UNI410H1 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. UNI411Y1 A critical examination of diseases such as malaria, HIV,
cholera, tuberculosis as well as the determinants of health
that affect
marginalized populations.
The course discusses the prevalence, etiology, and biology
of diseases; the socioeconomic, medical, and other factors
that
create vulnerable
populations; the challenges involved in improving access
to treatments and prevention.
(Note: this course will be given for the first time in
2009–2010) UNI450Y1 The second research course required for Health Studies
students in the Specialist stream. Students engage
in a specific research
project
during
their last
two years within the program. This course is a continuation
of UNI350Y and will
further develop the skills addressed in that course.
Student will prepare an “undergraduate thesis” by the end of
this
academic year. UNI464H1 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. UNI451Y1 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. UNI480H1 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 Sexual Diversity Studies Courses UNI237H1 A critical examination of the HIV/AIDS global pandemic from a multidisciplinary
perspective and with an emphasis on sexuality. The course examines the
basic biology of HIV/AIDS and then covers social, historical, political, cultural,
gender, and public health aspects of HIV/AIDS. Attention is given to the
distinct features of vulnerable and marginalized populations, prevention,
treatment,
drug development, and access to medicines. UNI237H1 is particularly intended
for students in the Health Studies and/or Sexual Diversity Studies Programs. 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? UNI256H1 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. UNI325H1 Queerly Canadian [24L] 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. UNI354H1 Theories of Sexuality I: The Foundations [24L] 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. UNI355H1 Theories of Sexuality II: Contemporary Perspectives [24L] An integrated survey of some ways in which sexuality has been theorized
recently. How have desire and its identities been conceptualized
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? UNI365H1 Sexuality and Law [24L/S] 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 are oppressed on the basis of
sexuality fare under the law in Canada and elsewhere. UNI375H1 Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies [24L/S] 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. UNI377H1 Lesbian Studies [24L] This multidisciplinary course will examine multiple lesbian
identities that have varied in time and place. The course
will pose such
questions as: What
does “lesbian” mean? Why have changes occurred in meaning?
How has the identity of lesbian been culturally represented
and politically
expressed
in various
social and political contexts? It will also take up contemporary
theoretical, cultural, and political understandings of
lesbianism. UNI455H1 Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies [24S] 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. UNI458H1 Research Essay in Sexual Diversity [24S] A research essay under the supervision of a faculty
member with knowledge of sexual diversity, the
proposal, and
supervisor subject
to the
approval of the
SDS Program Director. UNI459Y1 Honours Essay in Sexual Diversity [48S] A major research essay prepared over the course
of two academic terms (one year); under the
supervision of a
faculty member
with knowledge
of sexual
diversity; the proposal and supervisor subject
to
the approval of the SDS Program Director. UNI475H1 The New Queer Visibility [24S] 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. UNI477H1 Transgender Studies [24S] This course introduces students to Trans
Studies as an emerging interdisciplinary
field of scholarship
from
various angles:
academic, activist, socio-historical,
and clinical. Students will develop
their abilities to assess representations of
trans and intersexed
people
and social
issues, taking into account
how race, citizenship, gender, sexuality,
culture and dis/ability are materially
and
socially constructed together to
give meaning to the category “trans.” Other University College Courses JUM202H1 Mathematics as an Interdisciplinary Pursuit (formerly JUM102H1) [24L, 12T] 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 Mathematics and Poetry [36L] An interdisciplinary exploration of creativity and imagination as they
arise in the study of mathematics and poetry. (Offered every three years) JUM205H1 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) UNI299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details here. UNI393Y1 UNI394H1 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. UNI495Y1 UNI496H1 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. |
This
is a Humanities course