Trinity College Courses
(Trinity One; Ethics, Society, & Law; Independent Studies; International Relations; Other) |
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First Year Seminars The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Details here. 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.
TRN303H1 An exploration of the ethical dimensions of selected contemporary social issues. Students in the major program in Ethics, Society, and Law have enrolment priority. TRN304H1 An exploration of the legal dimensions of selected contemporary social issues. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law. TRN305H1 TRN305Y1 The nature and justification 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. A selection of contract, torts, criminal and administrative law. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law. TRN406H1 TRN407Y1 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. Details here. TRN300H1 TRN301Y1 TRN302Y1 TRN400H1 TRN404Y1 TRN405Y1 DR=HUM; BR=TBA
(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. |
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