Faculty of Arts & Science 2015-2016 Calendar

Trinity College

• Ethics, Society and Law Major
• International Relations Specialist | International Relations Major
• Trinity College Courses

Faculty

Trinity College offers Trinity One, a set of first-year courses, an independent studies program, and three inter-disciplinary programs: Ethics, Society, and Law; Immunology; International Relations. The Major Program in Ethics, Society, and Law assembles courses offered by a variety of Departments and Colleges, including History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, and Woodsworth College. The Specialist and Major Programs in Immunology are assembled from offerings by the Departments of Biochemistry, Immunology, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. The International Relations Program encompasses courses offered by the Departments of History, Political Science, and Economics.

Trinity One

Trinity One provides first-year students with the opportunity to explore together significant issues and ideas pertaining to the conduct of human life and world affairs. Trinity One has five streams, each linked to a prominent aspect of the College’s intellectual identity: Public Policy, Ethics, International Relations, The Science of Health and Health Science and Society. Each stream includes two seminar courses limited to 25 students. These courses foster small-group discussion and emphasize the development of critical-thinking, oral-presentation, writing and research skills. Co-curricular events enable students in the streams of Trinity One to hear guest speakers and to engage in informal conversation with one another and with their professors. Please see the Trinity One webpages:   http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/prospective/first-year-learning/trinity-one.html

Trinity College Programs

In this program, students examine some of the difficult normative questions facing contemporary society, including those concerning the law. For example, should assisted suicide, or the purchase of services from prostitutes, be crimes in Canada? The program includes optional courses in philosophy, religion, anthropology, classics, economics, geography, political science, sociology and criminology, and draws upon the resources of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Ethics, located at Trinity College. Students in the major acquire knowledge and skills that equip them to think in a well-informed and well-reasoned way about complex social issues with ethical and legal dimensions. The program prepares them for reflective and engaged citizenship in a democratic, pluralistic society and in a world of global interconnections. Please see the ES&L webpages: http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/current/programs-courses/esl/esl.html.

The Ethics, Society, and Law Major is a Type 2 limited enrolment program. Enrolment is limited to students with an overall average of 73% or higher in 3 FCEs (at the end of first year) selected from courses that are categorized as BR=2 and/or BR=3. Please note that TRN170Y can also be included as a full credit towards selection even though it is classified as BR=1+2. For students applying at the end of second year, a minimal overall average of 73% is required in 3 FCEs, as follows: (a) PHL271H1, (b) 2.5 FCEs from other courses that count towards the program including at least 0.5 FCE from: POL200Y1, PHL265H1, PHL275H1, ETH201H1, ETH210H1, ETH220H1, and ETH230H1. In either case, achieving the threshold mark does not necessarily guarantee admission to the program in any given year. Applications beyond second year will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Ethics, Society, and Law Major (Arts program)

(7 full courses or the equivalent)

1. First year: While no specific courses are required in first year, course selection should take into account the program’s admission requirements above, as well as the prerequisites for 200+ level courses students plan to take to complete the program.

2. Second year: PHL271H1 is a required course that students are recommended to take in second year (their first year of registration in the program).

3. Third year: TRN303H1.

4. Fourth year: TRN412H1.

5. 1 FCE from POL200Y1, PHL265H1, PHL275H1, ETH201H1, ETH210H1, ETH220H1, ETH230H1, ETH350H1: to be taken in any year of registration in the program.

6. 4.5 FCEs from Groups A-D, including at least 1.0 from each of Groups A-C and at least 2.0 at the 300+ level. Courses taken in fulfillment of requirement 5 above may not be counted toward the Group courses here.

Group A (Ethics)
ETH201H1, ETH210H1, ETH220H1, ETH230H1, ETH350H1, ETH401H1Y; PHL273H1, PHL275H1, PHL281H1, PHL295H1, PHL341H1, PHL 373H1, PHL375H1, PHL378H1, PHL380H1, PHL381H1, PHL382H1, PHL383H1, PHL384H1, PHL394H1, PHL407H1; POL330Y1; RLG221H1, RLG224Y1, RLG228H1

Group B (Society)
ANT204H1; CSC300H1; ECO313H1, ECO332H1, ECO336Y1; ENV221H1, ENV222H1, ENV347H1; GGR416H1; HIS332H1; HPS324H1; JGE331H1; PHL265H1, PHL365H1; POL200Y1, POL214Y1, POL320Y1, POL412Y1, POL432H1; PSY311H1, PSY321H1; SOC201H1, SOC203H1, SOC212H1, SOC301Y1, SOC313H1; CRI205H1, CRI210H1, CRI300H1, CRI335H1, CRI340H1, CRI380H1, CRI425H1; WGS373H1

Group C (Law)
CLA 336H1; ECO320H1; ENV422H1; NMC484H1; PHL370H1; PHL484H1; POL337Y1, POL340Y1; SMC361H1; TRN304H1/TRN304Y1, TRN305Y1/TRN305H1. TRN425Y1; CRI225H1, CRI365H1; WGS365H1, WGS375H1

Group D (Further Courses)
RLG309Y1; TRN200Y1, TRN300H1, TRN301Y1, TRN 302Y1, TRN400H1, TRN404Y1, TRN405Y1, TRN406H1/TRN407Y1

N.B. (1) The above CRI courses are available only to students enrolled in the double major program Ethics, Society, and Law/Criminology. (2) Access to courses in the Ethics, Society, and Law program is not guaranteed; students must check prerequisites.

Consult Prof. Alberto Martin (416-978-4230)

For more information please see the entry under Immunology or the Immunology departmental web site.

Independent Studies

Until June 30, 2015 consult the Interim Director, Prof. Derek Allen, room 310, Larkin Building, Trinity College (416-978-2886). 

Starting July 1  contact Ms. Herma Joel, room 300, Larkin Bldg. (416-978-8454)

The Trinity College Independent Studies Program is open to students of all colleges.  Only full-time students are eligible to apply. It allows you to undertake extensive research into a topic that interests you, and it is an especially suitable way of doing interdisciplinary work on subjects that are not directly part of the present university curriculum.

Participation in the program is restricted to students who have completed at least 10 courses. The maximum number of independent studies half courses for which a student may receive credit is one, and the maximum number of independent studies full course equivalents for which a student may receive credit is two. Normally the work done is to be the equivalent of two full courses. Permission to register in an independent studies half course, or in an independent studies full course, will normally be granted only to students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50. Permission to undertake an independent studies project for the equivalent of two full courses will normally be granted only to students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.70. Your proposal must also be approved by your supervisor and accepted by the Director of the program.

Students must submit to the Director before the beginning of the academic year a copy of their academic transcript and an outline of their topic (signed by the supervisor) and a suggested bibliography. For evaluation of the work done in the program a short thesis or equivalent is required, prepared and submitted by the last day of classes in the fall or winter session as appropriate. The supervisor and a second reader (nominated by the supervisor and approved by the Director) are responsible for the evaluation. The Director will require regular progress reports throughout the year. Students must have a supervisor and second reader in order to get approval for their projects.

Either the supervisor or the second reader must be a tenured University of Toronto faculty member. A supervisor who is not a tenured University of Toronto faculty member will normally be required to be a full-time faculty member of the University.
Students enrolling for the first time register for one or more of TRN300H1, TRN301Y1, TRN302Y1, or for one or more of TRN400H1, TRN404Y1, and405Y1, as appropriate. Those enrolling for a second time register in one or more of TRN400H1, TRN404Y1, and 405Y1, as appropriate.

The study of international relations dates back to antiquity and remains one of the most vital disciplines in the academic community. Its purpose is to explore the enduring questions of the origins of war and the maintenance of peace, the nature and exercise of power within an international system, and the changing character of the participants in international decision-making.

Drawing on the strengths of faculty members in History, Economics, and Political Science, the International Relations Specialist Program offers a structured and interdisciplinary education. The program provides students with knowledge of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the international system while introducing them to the methodologies employed in historical, political and economic analysis. 
 
The International Relations Specialist is a Type 3 program. Applicants must complete an application form including a Statement of Interest. Enrolment is limited to students with a combined average of at least 75% in the required first-year courses: (1) ECO100Y1/ECO105Y1; (2) HIS103Y1 or TRN150Y1/TRN151Y1 or two of VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1; (3) one introductory modern language course or MAT133Y1/MAT137Y1.  Achieving the threshold mark does not necessarily guarantee admission to the program in any given year.  Students who are not admitted to the program may reapply for admission in a subsequent year.

International Relations Specialist (Arts program) (13 full courses or the equivalent)

Consult the Office of the International Relations Program, room 310N, Munk School of Global Affairs, 416-946-8950.

1. First year: ECO100Y1/ECO105Y1: students are strongly encouraged to take ECO100Y1; HIS103Y1 or TRN150Y1/TRN151Y1 (in Trinity One) or two of VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1 (in Vic One); one introductory modern language course or MAT133Y1/MAT137Y1. 
 
2. Required 200+-level courses: POL 208Y1; ECO230Y1/(ECO364H1 + ECO365H1), TRN250Y1; ECO342Y1; HIS311Y1 or HIS344Y1; POL312Y1/POL326Y1/POL340Y1; TRN411Y1/TRN419Y1.   

3. Second year: POL208Y1; TRN250Y1. Students are advised to take at least two additional FCEs in the program in second year, including ECO230Y1 if they select this course rather than ECO364H1 + ECO365H1.

4. Third year: Recommended courses: HIS311Y1 or HIS344Y1; POL312Y1/POL326Y1/POL340Y1; ECO364H1+ ECO365H1 if selected instead of ECO230Y1.

5. Third or fourth year: ECO342Y1.

6. Fourth year: TRN411Y1/TRN419Y1; 1.0 FCE from: ECO403H1, ECO419H1, ECO429H1, ECO459H1; HIS401H1, HIS405Y1, HIS445H1, HIS451H1, HIS453H1, HIS457H1, HIS458H1, HIS462H1, HIS465Y1, HIS473Y1, HIS479H1, HIS488H1, HIS493H1, HIS498H1; POL410H1, POL411H1, POL412H1, POL413H1, POL414H1, POL417Y1, POL441H1, POL442H1, POL456Y1, POL459Y1, POL466H1, POL469H1, POL477H1, POL481H1, POL486H1/Y1, POL487H1/Y1, POL495Y1, POL496H1; TRN409H1, TRN409Y1, TRN421Y1, VIC476H1

 7. In second, third or fourth year 2.0 FCEs from: ANT452H1; ECO200Y1, ECO202Y1, ECO324Y1; EUR200Y1; GGR439H1; HIS241H1, HIS242H1, HIS250Y1, HIS251Y1, HIS271Y1, HIS304H1, HIS334H1, HIS338H1, HIS343Y1, HIS350H1, HIS361H1, HIS376H1, HIS377H1; JMC301Y1; JPA376Y0; LAS200H1, LAS201H1; NMC378H1; POL101Y1, POL201Y1, POL318H1, POL323Y1, POL324H1, POL341H1, POL343Y1, POL370Y1, SLA380H1

Note:
1. Access to courses in the International Relations Specialist is not guaranteed; students must check prerequisites.
2. Not all of the courses in the International Relations Specialist are offered every year.
3. Students may change from the International Relations Major to the International Relations Specialist only if they meet current Specialist requirements and only if places are available.

The study of international relations dates back to antiquity and remains one of the most vital disciplines in the academic community.  Its purpose is to explore the enduring questions of the origins of war and the maintenance of peace, the nature and exercise of power within an international system, and the changing character of the participants in international decision-making.

Drawing on the strengths of faculty members in History, Economics, and Political Science, the International Relations Major Program offers a structured and interdisciplinary education.  The program provides students with knowledge of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the international system while introducing them to the methodologies employed in historical, political and economic analysis. 
 
The International Relations Major is a Type 3 program.  Applicants must complete an application form including a Statement of Interest.  Enrolment is limited to students with a combined average of at least 70% in the required first-year courses: (1) ECO100Y1/ECO105Y1; (2) HIS103Y1 or TRN150Y1/TRN151Y1 or two of VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1.  Achieving the threshold mark does not necessarily guarantee admission to the program in any given year.  Students who are not admitted to the program may reapply for admission in a subsequent year.

International Relations Major (Arts program) (7.5 full courses or the equivalent)

Consult the Office of the International Relations Program, room 310N, Munk School of Global Affairs, 416-946-8950.

1. First year: ECO100Y1/ECO105Y1; HIS103Y1 or TRN150Y1/TRN151Y1 (in Trinity One) or two of VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1 (in Vic One).
 
2. Required 200+-level courses: POL 208Y1; ECO230Y1/ECO342Y1; TRN250Y1; HIS311Y1 or HIS344Y1; POL312Y1/POL326Y1/POL340Y1; TRN410H1   

3. Second year: POL208Y1; TRN250Y1. ECO230Y1 is recommended to be taken in second year if selected instead of ECO342Y1.

4. Third year: Recommended courses: HIS311Y1 or HIS 344Y1; POL312Y1/POL326Y1/POL340Y1; ECO342Y1 if selected instead of ECO230Y1.

5. Fourth year: TRN410H1.



Note:
1. Access to courses in the International Relations Major is not guaranteed; students must check prerequisites.

2. Not all of the courses in the International Relations Major are offered every year.

Trinity College Courses

Listed in this order:

• Trinity One;
• Ethics, Society, & Law;
• Independent Studies;
• International Relations;
• Other

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 can be found at www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/fyh-1/.

Students participating in other Foundational Year programs (e.g., Vic One, Munk One) are excluded from Trinity One.

This course focuses on the scientific principles underlying current controversial issues in the health sciences. The four six-week modules will explore contemporary topics such as stem cells, transplantation, regenerative medicine, vaccination, and personalized medicine from the perspective of developing opinion based on scientific understanding.

Scientific discoveries shape how we see ourselves and decisions made about how we live our lives and run our societies. We will discuss broader implications of research findings for making social decisions. Topics will include: genes and genetic determinism; evolutionary explanations of behavior and disease; scientific uncertainty and public communication.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

What is public policy?  Is there such a thing as the public good?  What is the purpose of government in a liberal democratic society? How should policy makers respond when competing goods (e.g., freedom and security) conflict with each other?  Ethical issues underlying a selection of contemporary public policy issues. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

 How do we know what kinds of public policy will work and what will not? How do we assess the effectiveness of a policy?  An historical examination of ways in which Canadian governments have addressed a range of policy problems. Case studies of areas of federal and provincial activity today. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Illustrated by contemporary examples, students go through the stages of the scientific discovery process. From initial idea, through literature review, funding (grant writing and assessment), experimental design and critical analysis of data through to the public dissemination of results by publication, the patent process and development of intellectual property.

This course explores the nature and impact of public health policy in Canada. The course describes the origins of Canadian health policy, its evolution towards its current form and the choices resulting from aging populations and the increasing costs associated with a high standard of health care.

This course explores the nature and impact of policy relationships designed to improve global public health. We explore the analytical tools necessary to study these institutional arrangements and examine successes and failures of these policy relationships across a range of global health policy challenges including infectious disease and child health.

An exploration of the ethical dimensions of selected contemporary social issues. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law.

An exploration of the legal dimensions of selected contemporary social issues. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law.

An exploration of the legal dimensions of selected contemporary social issues. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law.

An exploration of some basic legal principles in public and private law.  Areas of law that may be studied include contract, tort, criminal and administrative law. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law.

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, tort, criminal and administrative law. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law.

The course examines a selected topic in ethics, society, and law. The set of topics will be based on the research interests of an individual instructor. Both the topics and the instructor may change with each offering of the course, and the course is not expected to be offered every year.

The course examines a set of selected topics in ethics, society, and law. The topics will be based on the research interests of an individual instructor. Both the topics and the instructor may change with each offering of the course, and the course is not expected to be offered every year.

Students undertake research projects designed to meet the knowledge needs of ethics-oriented organizations in the broader community.

Students undertake research projects designed to meet the knowledge needs of ethics-oriented organizations in the broader community.

Seminar in Ethics, Society, and Law

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.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/rop. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Trinity Independent Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Trinity Independent Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Trinity Independent Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Trinity Independent Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Trinity Independent Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Trinity Independent Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

(See the International Relations Program Office for details)

The course examines the origins and development of three fundamental norms in international relations (sovereignty; free trade; human rights) in their historical, imperial context.

Selected Topics in International Studies

Selected Topics in International Studies

Selected Topics in International Studies

Selected Topics in International Studies

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.

Evaluation of the nature of foreign policy negotiation and decision-making from the perspective of the practitioner.

This course introduces students to a number of critical approaches and develops the students 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.

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.

Students are individually mentored by faculty experts through readings from primary literature towards preparation of a quality review article. For students in third year, students identify their faculty mentor during second year and agree to become familiar with the available textbook level material during that year in their chosen topic. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

The preparation of a publication quality review article typically involves extensive editing. Students are individually mentored by faculty experts to take the review paper generated in TRN377Y1 and edit the structure, content and style to produce a publication quality review article. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

The course aims to train senior-level science students in a wide range of writing genres, focusing on a diversity of non-scientific audiences and writing styles. In addition, students learn to read and analyze texts in order to understand rhetorical strategies and devices.