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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. 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 website 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 politics and citizenship; multiculturalism and immigration; social welfare; marginalization; 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 website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/. UNI307H1 UNI307Y1 An exploration of the cultural histories and creative productions of a wide range of Asian communities in Canada.. 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; urban regeneration, and security and surveillance. 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 Jewish identity; the diversity of the community on the basis of religion, language, class, ideology, etc.; contributions to the arts and scholarship; and the role and contribution 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. 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.
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. UNI409H1 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. UNI411Y1 A critical examination of concentration of the burden of disease in marginalized communities. The prevalence, etiology, and biology of diseases; the socioeconomic, medical, and other factors that create vulnerable populations will be discussed. The challenges involved in changing the conditions that lead to unequal burden of diseases and conditions of marginalized populations will be analyzed. 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 UNI350Y1 and will further develop the skills addressed in that course. Student will prepare an “undergraduate thesis” by the end of this academic year. UNI464H1 An advanced course examining the notion of what is International Health and how it is conducted. It provides a critical examination of the relationship between the health of populations and the social, economic and political structures that influence the determinants of health. Health and health care systems in different international contexts and the influence of different actors or forces in shaping of these systems will be examined. 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.
This course focuses on Canadian literary and artistic productions that
challenge prevailing notions of nationality and sexuality. We explore 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 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 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 The course will explore the legal regulation of sexuality. How does law understand, constitute and regulate sex, sexuality and sexual diversity? It will consider the role of different types of regulation, including criminal law, family law and constitutional law, and explore issues ranging from sex work and pornography to same sex marriage to transgender discrimination. 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. UNI377H1 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 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 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 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 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 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.”
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) 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. |