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ACWR-1010 - 1
Writing for Academic Purposes
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is designed to equip students with essential skills for writing in an academic context. Students will learn a variety of forms commonly required, including in particular book reviews and research essays. Students who have earned a grade of less than 73% in Grade 12 English must register in ACWR-1010.
ACWR-1010 - 2
Writing for Academic Purposes
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is designed to equip students with essential skills for writing in an academic context. Students will learn a variety of forms commonly required, including in particular book reviews and research essays. Students who have earned a grade of less than 73% in Grade 12 English must register in ACWR-1010.
ACWR-1010 - 3
Writing for Academic Purposes
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is designed to equip students with essential skills for writing in an academic context. Students will learn a variety of forms commonly required, including in particular book reviews and research essays. Students who have earned a grade of less than 73% in Grade 12 English must register in ACWR-1010.
ACWR-1010 - 4
Writing for Academic Purposes
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is designed to equip students with essential skills for writing in an academic context. Students will learn a variety of forms commonly required, including in particular book reviews and research essays. Students who have earned a grade of less than 73% in Grade 12 English must register in ACWR-1010.
BIOL-1010
The Evolutionary and Ecological Revolution
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to ecology from a historical perspective, starting with the natural philosophers of the 18th century, through Darwin and his contemporaries, to the present day and the role of ecology in addressing environmental and resource development issues. This course has an additional $25 field trip fee.
BIOL-1020
The Genetic Revolution
(3.0 credit hours)
A journey through the historical development of our understanding of genes and their role in the development and evolution of living organisms. This course will emphasize the process of scientific discovery, from Mendel’s “heritable factors” to Crick’s “central dogma” of molecular Biology and our ever-growing ability to manipulate genetic information.
BIOL-1310
Cells and Energy
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will focus on the structure and work of cells as the fundamental units of life. Topics include membranes, the structure and function of organelles including the cytoskeleton, the cell cycle, enzymes, and the central metabolic pathways common to most living organisms. Includes a laboratory component (BIOL-1310L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: Biology 40S, Chemistry 40S, and Math 40S (applied or pre-calculus), recommended corequisite: BIOL-1010. Students may not hold credit both for this course and the former BIOL-1331.
BIOL-1310L - 1
Cells and Energy Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab course for BIOL-1310. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
BIOL-1310L - 2
Cells and Energy Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab course for BIOL-1310. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
BIOL-1320
Diversity of Life
(3.0 credit hours)
A survey course of organismal biology, with a focus on phylogenetic relationships between organisms, and form and function of living organisms within the context of their biotic and physical environments. Includes a laboratory component (BIOL-1320L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: BIOL-1310 or BIOL-1010. Students may not hold credit both for this course and the former BIOL-1341.
BIOL-1320L - 1
Diversity of Life Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for BIOL-1320. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
BIOL-1320L - 2
Diversity of Life Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for BIOL-1320. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
BIOL-1350
Microbes, Health and Illness
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the essential principles of microbiology, with an emphasis on human health. The course covers basic biochemistry and surveys the major types of microbes (bacteria, protists, micro-fungi, and viruses). Building on that foundation, we will examine interactions between humans and pathogens, including the mechanisms of immune system function. Selected diseases will be discussed, as illustrations of general principles in host-microbe interactions.
BIOL-1361
Human Anatomy and Physiology I
(3.0 credit hours)
The first course of a 2-semester comprehensive study of human anatomy and physiology. Interactions between form and function are examined at the cellular, tissue, organ, system, and organismal level. Topics include body plan & organization, homeostasis, cellular biology, histology, integumentary system, skeletal system and articulations, muscular system, nervous system, general and special senses, and endocrine system. Includes a laboratory requirement (BIOL-1361L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. No prerequisite but high school biology strongly recommended. Students may not hold credit both for this course and BIOL-1360.
BIOL-1361L - 1
Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
BIOL-1361L - 2
Human Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
BIOL-1371
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
(3.0 credit hours)
The second course of a 2-semester comprehensive study of human anatomy and physiology. Interactions between form and function are examined at the cellular, tissue, organ, system, and organismal level. Topics include cardiovascular system, lymphatic system and immunity, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, reproductive system, inheritance, and embryology. Includes a laboratory requirement (BIOL-1371L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: BIOL-1361. Students may not hold credit both for this course and BIOL-1370.
BIOL-1371L - 1
Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
BIOL-1371L - 2
Human Anatomy and Physiology II Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
BIOL-2100
Genetics of Eukaryotes and Bacteria
(3.0 credit hours)
Mendelian genetics: genetic interactions, linkage, and chromosome mapping. Meiosis and its implications, including chromosomal abnormalities, gene duplications and deletions. Transcription, translation, and the regulation of gene expression. Population genetics and evolution. Includes a laboratory requirement (BIOL-2100L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Pre-requisite: BIOL-1020, recommended: BIOL-1310 and 1320.
BIOL-2100L
Genetics of Eukaryotes and Bacteria Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for BIOL-2100. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
BIOL-2200
Microbiology
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the structure, physiology and genetics of microorganisms and viruses, focusing on bacteria. Laboratory work will cover aseptic technique, methods for growing, identifying and enumerating microbes in cultures and specimens, and introduce students to central topics in bacterial genetics. Includes a laboratory component (BIOL-2200L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: BIOL 1310 and BIOL-1320.
BIOL-2200L
Microbiology Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for BIOL-2200. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
BIOL-2300
Cell Biology
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to cell biology with a focus on eukaryotic cells. Lectures and labs will introduce students to apply microscopy, biochemistry, and molecular genetics to study structure and function at the cellular level of organization. Subjects to be explored include the structure, genesis, and function of biological membranes; the endomembrane system and its role in the posttranslational modification and transport of proteins; cellular communication and signaling; the cytoskeleton; intercellular junctions and the extracellular matrix; and the regulation of the cell cycle. Prerequisite: BIOL-1310. Recommended: CHEM-1010 and CHEM-1020.
BIOL-2300L
Cell Biology Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
BIOL-2950
Animal Physiology
(3.0 credit hours)
An exploration of the function of vertebrate organ systems. This course examines the endocrine and nervous systems, metabolism, digestion, excretion, and respiration, emphasizing feedback loops and their pivotal role in maintaining homeostasis. Focusing primarily on mammals, it also incorporates a comparative perspective on other vertebrate classes, linking organ structure to physiological function. Through this course, students will gain a holistic understanding of the adaptive mechanisms underlying animal life. Prerequisites: BIOL-1310 and BIOL-1320.
BIOL-3510
Conservation Biology
(3.0 credit hours)
The focus of this course is on applied aspects of ecology, including conservation of biodiversity, habitat, and natural resources, impacts of disruptions to ecosystems such as introduction of invasive species, habitat destruction and fragmentation, climate change, and urban ecology. Emphasis will be put on using the primary scientific literature to understand concepts. Prerequisite: BIOL-2510; recommended: BIOL 2100.
BIOL-4940
Independent Study in Biology
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 18 credit hours in Biology
BIOL-4990
Senior Seminar in Evolution
(3.0 credit hours)
In this capstone seminar students will explore the multidisciplinary richness of biology using the theory of evolution as a unifying theme of the course. Through an individual project as well as guest speakers from within and outside the field of biology, students will explore how the theory of evolution, and biology more broadly, has shaped people’s imaginations, whether that be in the laboratory, the wider university, the church, or society at large. Prerequisite: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 12 credit hours of Biology and 12 credit hours of Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics combined.
BTS-2000W
Christianity: A (Very) Short Introduction
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will survey the history, thought, and practice of Christianity, from the period of the early church to the present. [T] This is a "W" course and fulfills the academic writing requirement.
BTS-2230
Biblical Perspectives on Peace and Justice
(3.0 credit hours)
The biblical writings are rich with images of peace and justice. This course seeks a deeper understanding of these biblical themes in light of the prevalence of violence and conflict in the ancient world and today. [B]
BTS-2250
Ecotheology
(3.0 credit hours)
Concepts such as dominion, subjugation, and control are theologically charged concepts that have historically informed Christians’ approach to creation. The course will begin with a critical analysis of these concepts. We will then undertake a rereading of the biblical corpus that engenders creative and countercultural ecotheologies of care and kinship that place humans alongside others in creation in mutually belonging ways. We will be in dialogue with contemporary approaches to ecology and creation care, including Indigenous perspectives. [B,T]
BTS-2370
The Art of Worship
(3.0 credit hours)
This course explores the meaning of worship through an examination of its practice. It will reflect on the role of preaching, music, prayer, and the dramatic and visual arts in worship. It will introduce the principles and practices of vital worship leadership, and it will provide opportunity to develop basic skills in worship leading and public communication. NOTE: Contrary to what you may read elsewhere, there is no additional lab in this class. [PT]
BTS-2570
Anabaptism: From European to Global Reality
(3.0 credit hours)
This course explores the evolving character of Anabaptist identity over a 500-year period. The course will begin by giving attention to sixteenth-century origins in Europe and it will follow the ongoing story of how Anabaptist communities evolved over several centuries before becoming a global reality. The course may give attention to selected issues and themes. For the most part, the accent in this course will be on the Mennonite story. [HC] Cannot hold credit in this course and BTS-2695/HIST-2950: 1525: Anabaptism at 500
BTS-2580
Saints, Martyrs, and Heretics: Exploring Theological Lives
(3.0 credit hours)
Why does the Christian tradition see fit to hold up certain exemplary lives as worthy of special attention? How do churches decide whom to venerate as a saint and whom to condemn as a heretic? Why do martyrs often find themselves torn between the categories of saint and heretic? What sorts of communities are formed by these exercises? This is course is an exercise in theology as biography, focusing on three forms of life that have figured prominently in the Christian tradition. [T]
BTS-3760
Literature and Theology
(3.0 credit hours)
An interdisciplinary study of literary and doctrinal texts that invites students to experience these sources theologically and imaginatively, doing so in a way that enables the study of various themes such as redemption, forgiveness, love and fidelity to others and to creation. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including 6 credit hours in either Biblical and Theological Studies or introductory English (1010-1050), the latter of which must include one of ENGL-1010, 1020, or 1050; or permission of the instructor. [T]
BTS-3895
Give Peace a Chance: Mennonite Peace Theology
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will explore the Anabaptist Peace Theology tradition. Attention will be given to the historical development of this tradition, as well as to recent theological work in which Anabaptists seek to address issues of violence and peace. Our readings and discussions will invite a deepened knowledge of this important tradition, showing, among other things, that the tradition is not monolithic in embracing a rejection of all violence. Further, we will be exposed in significant ways to current initiatives of Mennonite peacebuilding on a global scale. Prerequisites: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including 6 credit hours in Biblical and Theological Studies. [HC, T]
BTS-3895
Racism and Religion
(3.0 credit hours)
Starting with Martin Luther King Jr's observation that Sunday morning worship is "the most segregated hour" the course will enable students to understand the connections between race and religion. Using history, theology, and critical race studies the course will allow students to carefully consider the intersections between race, racism, and religion in their own contexts. Prerequisites: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including 6 credit hours in Biblical and Theological Studies. [T]
BTS-4710
Independent Study in Theology
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 9 credit hours in Biblical and Theological Studies.
BUSI-1000
Introduction to Business and Organizational Administration
(3.0 credit hours)
This course introduces various aspects of business and organizational operations and structure. The course covers areas such as business and organizational classifications, financial requirements, basic concepts and techniques, practices, and responsibilities.
BUSI-1010 - 1
Personal Financial Capability
(3.0 credit hours)
This course examines the theory and practice of financial capability with an interdisciplinary and ethical lens. What does it mean to manage one’s finances well and how does this affect society and the environment? Is a heavily indebted consumer helping or harming social justice and environmental health? Moreover, why is there a disconnect between what we know about money and what we do? This course cannot be used within a business major or minor. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
BUSI-1010 - 2
Personal Financial Capability
(3.0 credit hours)
This course examines the theory and practice of financial capability with an interdisciplinary and ethical lens. What does it mean to manage one’s finances well and how does this affect society and the environment? Is a heavily indebted consumer helping or harming social justice and environmental health? Moreover, why is there a disconnect between what we know about money and what we do? This course cannot be used within a business major or minor. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
BUSI-2000
Introductory Financial Accounting
(3.0 credit hours)
Examination of accounting postulates underlying the preparation and presentation of financial statements. CPA approved preparatory course. A lab fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000
BUSI-2010
Introductory Managerial Accounting
(3.0 credit hours)
Role of accounting in creation and application of business information used by decision-makers in the management of enterprise and organizations. CPA approved preparatory course. Prerequisite: BUSI-2000. Corequisite: ECON-1000 or 1010.
BUSI-2020
Organizational Behaviour
(3.0 credit hours)
Examination of the impact of human behaviour on the formal and informal organization. Topics include leadership, work groups, organizational conflict, and communications. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000 or PSYC -1020 or permission of instructor.
BUSI-2030
Management and Organizational Theory
(3.0 credit hours)
Examination of the underlying principles concerning the formation of organizations and their internal management. Emphasis will be on the study and analysis of various theoretical approaches to organizational theory and management.
BUSI-2040
Business and Labour Law
(3.0 credit hours)
This course introduces the legal environment under which Canadian businesses and organizations operate. As a background, the Canadian constitution, courts and legislative system will be discussed. The second part discusses the legal aspects of the most common forms of businesses and organizations in Canada: sole proprietorships, partnerships, cooperatives, and corporations. Further discussion will include tort and contract law and labour law in Canada. CPA approved preparatory course. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000 or IDS-1110 or POLS-1000 or 1010.
BUSI-2050
Fundamentals of Marketing
(3.0 credit hours)
Analysis of marketing problems, emphasizing various alternatives available for achieving economic efficiency in the distribution process; public policy with respect to marketing. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000 or COMM-1000.
BUSI-2070
Business Ethics
(3.0 credit hours)
Business professionals must not only discover the vision of justice that underlies their business practices, but they also must submit this vision to critical scrutiny. The purpose of this course is to pursue both these aims. We will search for the moral ideals embedded in modern capitalist business practices and we will submit these moral ideals to critical evaluation. The goal is to discover the moral frameworks that can motivate and inform good business today. Cannot be held with the former PHIL-2070.
BUSI-2080W
Business and Organizational Communications
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will cover oral and written communications used in business and organizational settings. Topics covered include methods of logic, organization, analysis, presentation, and mechanics of written and oral communication. The course is designed to improve students’ writing and public speaking skills. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000 or IDS-1110 or COMM-1000. This is a "W" course and fulfills the academic writing requirement
BUSI-2500
Social Entrepreneurship
(3.0 credit hours)
In this course we refer to a range of business classifications that blend social, ecological, and financial value between the public and private sectors. The course identifies unique opportunities for the sector, explores organizational and management issues specific to social enterprises, reviews the history of social enterprise structures, and critically reviews their impacts. We will also consider the value of the “entrepreneurial” approach, including attitudes towards risk tolerance, experimentation, and problem-solving. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies.
BUSI-3000
Organizational Leadership
(3.0 credit hours)
Examination of the theory and practice of leadership and decision-making in organizations. Topics include trait, behavioural and situational models of organizational leadership, leadership as power and influence, and processes involved in the decision making of individuals and groups, large and small, formal and informal. Attention will also be given to development of skills in leadership. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level courses.
BUSI-3010
Intermediate Accounting: Assets
(3.0 credit hours)
This course concentrates on policies and practice related to the measurement and recording of an organization’s assets and the asset side of an organization’s balance sheet. CPA approved preparatory course. Prerequisite: BUSI-2000.
BUSI-3020
Intermediate Accounting: Liabilities and Equities
(3.0 credit hours)
This course concentrates on policies and practice related to the measurement and recording of a shareholder’s or organization's equity, liabilities, and the equity side of an organization's balance sheet. Prerequisite(s): BUSI-2000. CPA-approved preparatory course.
BUSI-3100
Financial Management
(3.0 credit hours)
The course focuses on the role of the financial manager of a business or an organization. Topics to be covered include financial analysis and forecasting, and the management of cash, accounts receivable, inventories and liabilities needed to manage the organization’s operations. CPA approved preparatory course. Prerequisite: BUSI-2000 and MATH-1000. Corequisite: BUSI-2010
BUSI-3200
Human Resource Management
(3.0 credit hours)
A practical study into how organizational leadership, structure and behaviour influences how organizations obtain, maintain, and retain human resources that are essential to achieve their objectives. Prerequisite: BUSI/PSYC-2020 or permission of the instructor.
BUSI-3300
Not-for-Profit Management
(3.0 credit hours)
This course explores the unique challenges inherent in managing not-for-profit organizations. Topics will include mission, governance, marketing, volunteerism, fundraising, stakeholder services, impact of technology, and the internationalization issues faced by not-for-profit organizations. Prerequisite: BUSI/PSYC-2020 or BUSI-2030 and BUSI-1000 or IDS-1110.
BUSI-3400
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
(3.0 credit hours)
This course considers the nature of entrepreneurship and the distinctive challenges of starting and managing a small business. Topics to be considered include financial planning, marketing, operations, management, and human resources. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000 and BUSI-2050.
BUSI-3400
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
(3.0 credit hours)
This course considers the nature of entrepreneurship and the distinctive challenges of starting and managing a small business. Topics to be considered include financial planning, marketing, operations, management, and human resources. Prerequisite: BUSI-1000 and BUSI-2050.
BUSI-3500
International Business
(3.0 credit hours)
This course examines how global economic, political, and cultural factors affect the strategies of companies involved in international business and trade. Topics include: globalization and international business strategy, free trade and regional economic integration, currencies and foreign exchange rates, exporting and foreign direct investment, international management and organizational structure, political and cultural differences in national markets. Prerequisite: 60 credit hours of university-level studies.
BUSI-4000
Christianity and the Marketplace
(3.0 credit hours)
Christian businesspeople often face challenges in harmonizing their faith commitments and business practices. This course brings together theology, ethics, and law to study Christian decision-making in a business environment. Through case studies of common business dilemmas, students will begin to develop the wisdom to address these dilemmas in ways that account for both faith and business considerations. Prerequisite: BUSI/POLS-2040, BUSI-2070 and at least one of the following: BTS-2230, BTS-2250, BTS-2750, BTS-2800, BTS-3110, BTS-3240, or BTS-3450.
CHEM-1010
Structure and Modelling in Chemistry
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to atomic and molecular structures, chemical bonding, chemical reactivity, to the bulk properties of matter, and the descriptive chemistry of the elements. Includes a laboratory requirement (CHEM-1010L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: Applied Mathematics 40S or Pre-calculus Mathematics 40S, and Chemistry 40S (or equivalents).
CHEM-1010L - 1
Structure and Modelling in Chemistry Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for CHEM-1010. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
CHEM-1010L - 2
Structure and Modelling in Chemistry Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for CHEM-1010. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
CHEM-1020
Physical Chemistry
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to topics including thermochemistry, chemical thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics. Includes a laboratory requirement (CHEM-1020L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: CHEM-1010.
CHEM-1020L - 1
Physical Chemistry Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for CHEM-1020. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
CHEM-1020L - 2
Physical Chemistry Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for CHEM-1020. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
CHEM-2010
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Function
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the concepts of organic reactivity and bonding in organic molecules. Preparation and properties of functionalized organic molecules. A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: CHEM-1020.
CHEM-2010L
Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Function Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for CHEM-2010. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
CHEM-2020
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the concepts of organic reactivity and bonding in organic molecules. Preparation and properties of functionalized organic molecules. A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: CHEM-2010.
CHEM-2020L
Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity and Synthesis Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for CHEM-2020. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
COMM-1000
Communications and Media
(3.0 credit hours)
This course introduces students to mass communications and media with a focus on Canada. The course will investigate topics such as how media shapes our understanding of ourselves and our society, the ethics of public communication, and the industry structures that govern how we tell stories. The course includes a creative production component. A studio fee will be assessed for this course.
COMM-1015
Media Skills: Introduction to Digital Production
(3.0 credit hours)
This media skills course introduces students to the core concepts and tools involved in digital media production. Students will be introduced to field equipment, hardware and software production tools in audio, music production, photography, video, livestreaming, and graphic design. Digital asset management and workflows will also be investigated. Students will work with field equipment, use studio spaces, and explore their creativity. The course is an excellent survey of the vocabulary and processes of digital media production. A studio fee will be assessed for this course. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
COMM-2010
Digital Video Storytelling
(3.0 credit hours)
This is an introductory course in film-style production in the medium of digital video. Instruction will include all the elements of production, including scriptwriting, storyboarding, videography, sound, lighting, and editing. A core interest of the course is to understand the technical and aesthetic language of images in motion. Students work in creative, collaborative teams to produce several short video pieces. A studio fee will be assessed for this course. Prerequisites: COMM-1000 and COMM-1015, or permission of the instructor. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
COMM-2020W
Oral Communication
(3.0 credit hours)
This course covers the theory and practice of formal and informal speeches, presentations, interviews, meetings, and other forms of oral communication. The course is designed to enhance public speaking ability and seeks to develop skills in the use of microphones, visual aids, and body language for engaging small and large audiences.
COMM-2050
Graphic Design
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of the creative use of the elements and principles of design as applied to the problems of graphic communication, and of the use of symbols, pictographs, writing and letter forms. A studio fee will be assessed for this course. Prerequisites: COMM-1000 and COMM-1015, or permission of the instructor.
COMM-2118
Media Skills: Radio Team
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is an applied media experience focused on broadcast radio production. The course will include training modules on particular aspects of radio production including interviewing skills, story development, studio voice tracking, audio editing and mixing. Students will work collaboratively on radio episodes that are heard on stations in Manitoba and distributed online. Prerequisite(s): COMM-1015. A studio fee will be applied. Students need to be available for at least two of three field recording Saturdays (9am-5pm TBC) May 31, June 7, 14
COMM-3010
Theories of Communication in Everyday Life
(3.0 credit hours)
This course analyzes the character and significance of theory in communication and media studies. Various domains of everyday communication such as interpersonal, group, cross-cultural and mass media will be investigated through classical and contemporary communication theory. Prerequisites: COMM-1000 and 30 credit hours of university-level studies, or permission of the instructor.
COMM-3020
Group Communication and Creative Process
(3.0 credit hours)
This course surveys the theory and practice of communication within small groups in various contexts, exploring topics such as: roles; leadership and participation; brainstorming and idea assessment; group formation and team building; conflict; and problem solving and decision-making. Students will develop understanding and skills applicable in secondary groups such as work and activity groups, committees, boards, and media production teams, Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, or permission of the instructor.
COMM-3030
Public Relations
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, or permission of the instructor.
COMM-3060
Advanced Journalism: Video and Multimedia
(3.0 credit hours)
This course extends introductory journalistic reporting and writing skills and responds to the evolving media landscape. Journalists are increasingly required to have proficiency in developing multimedia stories across platforms such as video, audio, information graphics, and photo slideshows. The course will focus on story research, planning, and delivery. Principles of media law and ethics critical to the journalistic craft will also be elaborated. Students work towards publication in local and regional news outlets. A studio fee will be assessed for this course. Prerequisite: COMM-2060.
COMP-1030
Introduction to Computer Science I
(3.0 credit hours)
No Prerequisite. Requires textbook: Java Foundations, Lewis, 9780135206638 Note the unique start and end dates. Join the waitlist if you are interested.
COMP-1030
Introduction to Computer Science I
(3.0 credit hours)
No Prerequisite.
COMP-1030
Introduction to Computer Science I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course introduces fundamental programming skills and ideas. The Python programming language is used to apply concepts of problem solving, basic data structures, and procedural and functional abstraction. Course work includes a large number of small programming projects with larger projects in the second semester. Object-oriented programming techniques such as modularity and encapsulation will be emphasized.
COMP-1040
Introduction to Computer Science II
(3.0 credit hours)
Requires textbook: Java Foundations, Lewis, 9780135206638 Note the unique start and end dates. Join the waitlist if you are interested. Prerequisite: COMP-1030/3.
COMP-1040
Introduction to Computer Science II
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisite: COMP-1030/3.
COMP-1040
Introduction to Computer Science II
(3.0 credit hours)
This course continues introducing fundamental programming skills and ideas. The Python programming language is used to apply concepts of problem solving, basic data structures, and procedural and functional abstraction. Course work includes a number of larger programming projects. Object-oriented programming techniques such as modularity and encapsulation will be emphasized. Prerequisite(s): COMP-1030.
CRS-2210
Conflict Theory and Analysis
(3.0 credit hours)
ECON-1000
Introduction to Macro-economics
(3.0 credit hours)
An analysis of contemporary economic institutions and the application of macro-economic theory to current economic problems. The course will consider economic theories of the determination of national income, governmental monetary and fiscal policy, the role of money and the banking system, international trade, and the determination of foreign exchange rates. Prerequisite: ECON-1010.
ECON-1010
Introduction to Micro-economics
(3.0 credit hours)
An analysis of contemporary economic institutions and the application of micro-economic theory to current economic problems. The course will consider economic theories of production, consumption and exchange, price determination, and the role of competition.
ECON-2420
Ecological Economics
(3.0 credit hours)
Ecological economics is not merely the study of economics, but a broad, non-technical, and transdisciplinary study of the relationship between humans and the biosphere. Using a long view of history, this course incorporates ideas from across the social and natural sciences to enrich and challenge traditional economic concepts. Topics include the co-evolution of political, economic, and energy systems, the origins of money and inequality, the present scale of ecological decline (including, but not limited to climate change), proposed solutions and barriers to their implementation.
ENGL-1010W
English Literature: Prose Fiction
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will examine narrative, focusing on the genres of the novel and the short story, drawing upon a broad range of historical and contemporary literature from around the world, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. It will examine the complex relationship between form and content, reflecting on how words make meaning. No Prerequisites. This is a "W" course and fulfills the academic writing requirement
ENGL-1020
English Literature: Poetry and Drama
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will examine the genres of the play, the narrative poem, and the lyrical poem, drawing upon a broad range of historical and contemporary literature from around the world, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. It will examine the complex relationship between form and content, reflecting on how words make meaning.
ENGL-1050W
Examining Work and Vocation in Literature
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will take up a particular topic, chosen by the instructor, drawing on works from across genres (minimally poetry, drama, and prose fiction). It will allow exploration of the chosen topic and will also set up the question of generic particularity, developing generic awareness by asking “what difference does it make that this a poem/play/story?” Why does Sherlock Holmes assert that a doctor gone wrong is "the first of criminals"? Why might a painter facing blindness decline to have their vision repaired? What, according to poet Seamus Heaney, do a pen and a shovel have in common? What do a hairdresser, a priest, a maid, or a professor know about the human condition? This course will introduce students to core skills of literary analysis as we explore how occupation shapes character, perspective, and plot in diverse works of English literature. Case-studies will be drawn from across form and genre including poetry, fiction, drama, and literary essays.
ENGL-2040
Renaissance Literature
(3.0 credit hours)
This survey course studies the literature of the English Renaissance, from the sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It emphasizes the relationship between literature and its historical contexts, studying playwrights such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Jonson and pets such as the Sidneys, Donne, Herbert, and Milton. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL-1010, 1020, or 1050, or permission of the instructor.
ENGL-2070
Modernist Literature
(3.0 credit hours)
This survey course studies literature of the twentieth century, including poetry, drama, non-fiction, and fiction. The course emphasizes the relationship between literature and its historical contexts, studying authors such as Conrad, Woolf, Joyce, Yeats, Auden, T.S. Eliot, and Hemingway. The emphasis is on British modernism of the first half of the century, but the course may also consider other national literatures, as well as literary movements after modernism. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL-1010, 1020, or 1050, or permission of the instructor.
ENGL-2400W
Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
(3.0 credit hours)
This is a workshop-based course in non-fiction writing. Students will study models of accomplished writing and will produce a number of short pieces ranging from the autobiographic to the journalistic. Students will be expected, in addition to other work, to read and comment upon each other’s work. This is not a remedial writing course. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL1010, 1020, or 1050, or permission of the instructor. This is a "w" course and meets the academic writing requirement. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
ENGL-2600
Asian and Asian North American Literature
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is designed to introduce students to some of the fascinating new writing coming out of the Asian diaspora in Canada and the U.S., and contemporary writing in translation from China and other parts of Asia. Through various genres such as the novel, memoir, graphic novel, drama, and poetry, we will look at the continuing shift of cultural values and identities in the Asian and Asian North American world of literature. Prerequisite(s): 6 credits of Introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL-1010, ENGL-1020, or ENGL-1050.
ENGL-3000
The History of the Book
(3.0 credit hours)
This course examines the book as a material and a conceptual object. It focuses on the development of writing technologies from stone tablets through the paper book and to electronic texts, asking centrally about the material history of the literature we read as well as our ideas about knowledge itself. Cannot be held with the cross-listed course HIST-3001. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL-1010, 1020, or 1050, or permission of the instructor. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
ENGL-3910
Literary Genres: Fantasy
(3.0 credit hours)
This course asks the question of why in modernity we read fantasy literature, a mode of story-telling that takes us back into the medieval and mythological past. The course will include major authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Neil Gaiman as well as less well-known authors and works. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL-1010, 1020, or 1050, or permission of the instructor.
ENGL-3950
Comics in Canada/Turtle Island
(3.0 credit hours)
Examination of cartoons, strips, and graphic novels that engage with questions of Canadian identity and nationhood, beginning with political cartooning around Confederation, moving to wartime-era superheroes of the so-called Golden Age, and tracing the emergence of independent comics publishing in Canada. The course will engage with longer works by artists and authors such as Chester Brown, Julie Doucet, Seth, Jillian Tamaki, Jeff Lemire, and Katherena Vermette. Students will participate in classroom drawing exercises, learn advanced cartooning techniques, and have the opportunity to make their own place-based graphic narratives. (No drawing experience needed.) Prerequisite: ENGL-2950: Introduction to Comics or permission of instructor.
ENGL-3950
Augustine's City of God
(3.0 credit hours)
In the years 413-426 CE, Augustine wrote The City of God, a massive, sprawling, majestic work that engages extensively with Roman and Jewish history, Greek and Roman mythology and philosophy, and Jewish, Roman, and Christian worship. Augustine wrote The City of God as a response to those who blamed Christians for the fall of Rome, but its deeper concern is with this question: where can the soul and the city find happiness amidst the changing circumstances of life? The purpose of this course is to follow Augustine closely as he searches for his answer, to evaluate the arguments and answers he provides, and to make his question our own. The objective is for students will develop a critical and coherent reading of The City of God on a topic of their own choosing as it arises from the text. Prerequisites: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including ENGL-1010 and ENGL-1020 or 6 credit hours in Biblical & Theological Studies
ENGL-4800
Literary Theory
(3.0 credit hours)
Students will be introduced to some of the many methods used to interpret literary material and helped to develop a theoretically informed approach to literature. Perspectives will include psychoanalytic theory, Marxism, feminism, New Criticism, reader-response criticism, New Historicism, postmodernist theory, and postcolonial theory. Students will develop greater self-consciousness about critical practice, the ability to ask new and different questions of texts, and the ability to cope with the complex vocabulary of modern criticism. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory English (1010-1050), including one of ENGL-1010, 1020, or 1050, or permission of the instructor.
ENGL-4940
Independent Study in English
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: ENGL-1010/3 and ENGL-1020/3 and 60 credit hours of university-level studies.
ENVS-1030
Introduction to Environmental Studies
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a study of interactions between humans and the environment: the natural systems and resources upon which human activity depends, the environmental problems that have resulted from human activity, and the efforts being made toward environmental sustainability. Environmental problems such as air and water pollution, climate change, soil degradation and deforestation, energy sustainability, and biodiversity are introduced with an interdisciplinary perspective, using both Canadian and global examples.
ENVS-3010
Environment, Society, and Resilience
(3.0 credit hours)
The course will help students analyze principles of sustainability, resilience, and complexity associated with energy, matter, and ecosystem functioning, within the context of social values, human technology, and politics. The course seeks to equip students to assess socio-ecological issues including water management, climate change adaptation, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and extractive industries from an interdisciplinary perspective. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level study.
GEOG-1010
Introduction to Human Geography
(3.0 credit hours)
An examination of aspects of the human world. Topics may include: distribution of human populations, evolution of human societies, behavioural norms or cultures of these societies, and the influence of culture in its various manifestations (language, religion, customs, politics, etc.) on the human landscape including settlement types, forms of agriculture, and travel patterns. Attention is given to environmental and cultural factors involved in the present-day divisions between the “developed” and the “under-developed” worlds.
HIST-1010
History of the West in a Global Context II
(3.0 credit hours)
This course introduces students to the continuing development of western civilization since 1500 CE, paying particular attention to how the relationships of social, intellectual, political, and economic developments among various civilizations have become increasingly enmeshed. Through the analysis of selected ideas, issues, texts, and events in different global locations, the course critically examines common understandings of the values and institutions of western civilization.
HIST-1020
History in the Making: Age of Revolutions
(3.0 credit hours)
History in the Making is a series of introductory history courses designed to guide students in both historical content on a focused topic and historical practice by historians. Each History in the Making offerings has the following three aspects in common: 1. Student engagement with primary sources, 2. Exposure to historiographical development, 3. The course covers a long period of time (centuries) and a broad geographic area (continents). Age of Revolutions will cover several political, intellectual, and social revolutions that occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Europe and the Americas, with a primary focus on the American, French, and Haitian revolutoins. In this convulsive era people, ideas, and grievances coalesced to remake governments and societies. Topics covered may include, colonial expansion and empires, slavery and emancipation, theories of liberty and democracy, church-state relations, monarchism and constitutionalism, and the power of rhetoric and print culture.
HIST-2020
History of Colonial Canada
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of the national development of Canada to the present. Emphasis is placed on French Canada, the regional life and social organization of the country, the impact of continentalism, the development of the economy, and the rise of a national sentiment.
HIST-2040
History of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
(3.0 credit hours)
The contemporary cultural resurgence and political organizing of Indigenous peoples invokes new perspectives on Canadian history. This historical survey will explore pre-contact social organization, colonialism and resistance, treaties and land claims, reserves and residential schools as structures of social control, evolving public policy (e.g., Indian Act), Native identities, struggles for self-determination, and the rights of revolution.
HIST-2050
Winnipeg: Can Winter be a City?
(3.0 credit hours)
Is Winnipeg so many lines on a map and a perimeter highway? Is it more than its dominant stereotype: Cold? What is Winnipeg? We will contemplate what has made life, work, play, and worship in River City so exciting, daunting, provocative, and unexpected. The course will explore these questions through periods of expansion, decline, war, industrialization, immigration, globalization, and stories told by boosters and detractors. To think about the city we will explore art, disease, neighborhoods, politics, criminals, radicals, reactionaries, preachers, and winter. This course will have an additional field trip fee.
HIST-2110W
The Fifties and Sixties: North America Cold, Cool, and Radical
(3.0 credit hours)
An examination of the post-World War II decades of North America in its political, economic, social, and intellectual contexts. Individuals that may be studied include Elvis Presley, Lester Pearson, Ronald Reagan, Tommy Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr., Betty Friedan, Marshall McLuhan, Rachel Carson, Charles Manson, and Pierre Trudeau. Topics may include social revolutions (Quiet Revolution, Civil Rights), politics (Cold War, Great Society, Medicare), body and technology (‘The Pill’, vaccines, organ transplants), youth protest (Beat, Berkeley), and consumer culture. This is a "w" courses a meets the academic writing requirement.
HIST-2510
History of Art and Culture I: Classical to Late Medieval
(3.0 credit hours)
A survey of art history from the Classical era in Egypt, Greece, and Rome to the Late Middle Ages (15th century) in Western Europe. The course will give attention to the relationship of art and architecture to other facets of social, religious, cultural, and intellectual history.
HIST-2950
1525: Anabaptism at 500
(3.0 credit hours)
This course surveys the history and legacy of Anabaptism, at its quincentenary, as a set of theological, religious, cultural, political, and social movements global in reach. Themes may include the place of the Bible, confessions of faith, pacifism, persecutions, economics, missionary endeavors, globalization, church-state relations, secularization, art and literature, historiography, and religious change. Students may not take for credit both this course and BTS/HIST-2570 Anabaptism: From European to Global Reality.
HIST-3030
Twentieth-Century World History
(3.0 credit hours)
This course covers the broad span of twentieth century world history. Lectures will focus on major developments in Europe, the USA, Asia, and the Middle East that have shaped the contemporary world and the historical origins of current world issues. Major topics include the First World War, the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Indian independence movement, the crisis in the Middle East, the Cuban missile crisis, conflicts in Indochina, the civil rights movement in the USA, and the disintegration of communist rule in Eastern Europe. This course meets the "History outside of Canada, United States, or Western Europe" sub-field requirement. The following dates are the meetings for this directed reading course: 3:30-5:30 PM on September 16, September 23, October 7, October 21, November 4, November 18, and December 2. These meetings will take place in B330 (north side).
HIST-3030
History of the Modern Middle East
(3.0 credit hours)
The main objective of this course is to help students understand the challenges facing the Middle East today which also affect the rest of the world. The crises include the following: the emergence of Islamic extremism, the Syrian and Yemenis civil wars, concerns about Iran’s possible development of nuclear weapons, Shia/Sunni tensions, the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, the failure “Arab Spring” and the growing number of refugees. To understand these issues the course will examine major historical developments in the Middle East focusing on the 1750-2018 period. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level study, including six credit hours of 1000- or 2000-level History.
HIST-3400
Trans-Atlantic Conservatism
(3.0 credit hours)
People encounter conservativism mostly as an electoral choice among political parties. What is conservatism? Through an examination of texts on politics, morality, religious faith, aesthetics, art, community formation, as well as selected ghost stories, short stories, and poems, the classic conservative tension between tradition and change will be explored as a multifaceted disposition towards the human experience. Part of this exploration is of conservatism shaped and reshaped in the crucible of politics. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level study, including 6 credit hours of 1000- or 2000-level History.
IDS-2110
Participatory Local Development
(3.0 credit hours)
The failure of large-scale development efforts to eradicate poverty in the South—Asia, Africa, and Latin America—and developing communities in Canada has led to a search for alternative participatory, community development projects. This course examines historic efforts at participatory development, including community development and co-operative formation, and then considers the attention given to non-governmental organizations and grassroots movements today. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including IDS-1110.
IDS-2171
Crisis, Humanitarian Aid, and Disaster Recovery
(3.0 credit hours)
Today, crises threaten global human security as never before. These crises are caused by a complex mix of natural hazards (such as floods, earthquakes, or droughts) and human action or inaction. This course will explore how humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery efforts can best promote resilience by reducing vulnerability and disaster risk. Community and organizational responses to humanitarian crises will be examined, emphasizing efforts to improve aid quality and accountability. Prerequisite or corequisite: 6 credit hours of introductory Social Science; IDS-1110 is recommended.
IDS-2521
Voluntary Simplicity
(3.0 credit hours)
MAPCD preMA course
IDS-3020
Just and Sustainable Food Systems
(3.0 credit hours)
This course explores food system dynamics at multiple scales, from the household to the global, with particular attention to the diversity of worldviews that underpin the current discourses surrounding ecological sustainability, food security, and food justice. The course follows food from the farms and fishing boats, through local and global marketplaces and, finally, to those who eat. Participants will examine models of agriculture, small-scale fisheries, water scarcity, the Asian and African Green Revolutions, corporate concentration in the food system, local and global food markets, community food security, obesity, hunger, food waste, the global food price crisis, energy, and the impacts of climate change. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies.
IDS-4100
Senior Seminar in Social Change
(3.0 credit hours)
In this capstone seminar, students review and compare inter-disciplinary and discipline-based approaches to social change, including issues in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, social and economic development, environmental sustainability, and democratization and social movements. Using a seminar format, students will examine contending theories of social change, and address questions of power, interpretation, ethics, commitments, and virtues in understanding and working for social change. These examinations will allow students to explore ways of integrating theories and practices and articulate their own understanding and ethics of social change. Prerequisite: 60 credit hours of university level studies, including 18 credit hours in IDS, PCTS, SOCI, POLS, GEOG or PSYC; or permission of the instructor. It is recommended that the practicum requirement be completed prior to taking this course.
INDS-1050
Indigenous Peoples of Canada
(3.0 credit hours)
An overview of Indigenous societies in Manitoba and Canada, linking processes of the past with contemporary Indigenous life and issues. The course covers topics such as stages of colonization, pre- and post-contact periods, Indigenous kinship systems, the fur trade, the treaties, the Indian Act, residential schools, Metis nationhood and land issues, the Federal White Paper Policy (1969), Bill C-31 (1985), Indigenous rights, Indigenous land claims, Indigenous economic development, Indigenous urbanization, and Indigenous gender issues. Students may not hold credit in both INDS-1010/1020 and INDS-1050.
INDS-1050
Indigenous Peoples of Canada
(3.0 credit hours)
An overview of Indigenous societies in Manitoba and Canada, linking processes of the past with contemporary Indigenous life and issues. The course covers topics such as stages of colonization, pre- and post-contact periods, Indigenous kinship systems, the fur trade, the treaties, the Indian Act, residential schools, Metis nationhood and land issues, the Federal White Paper Policy (1969), Bill C-31 (1985), Indigenous rights, Indigenous land claims, Indigenous economic development, Indigenous urbanization, and Indigenous gender issues. Cannot be held with the former INDS-1010 or INDS-1020.
INTD-0900 - 1
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024) This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 10
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 11
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 12
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 13
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 14
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 2
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024) This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 3
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 4
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 5
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 6
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 7
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 8
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-0900 - 9
First Year Advising Seminar
(0.0 credit hours)
Registration restricted to incoming students. This seminar helps students integrate their academics into their lives by providing tools and a framework that allow them to know themselves better. In turn, these tools will empower students to build a pathway through their CMU degree and build their capacities to navigate their path after CMU, that is well aligned with their goals, and that is meaningful to them. This seminar will take place within a community of support made up of a small group of new students, an upper-class student navigator and a faculty member.
INTD-1000 - 1
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students. (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024) This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It may include seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all designed to get students doing the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. This coming year the course will explore hope.
INTD-1000 - 2
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024). This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It may include seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all designed to get students doing the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. This coming year the course will explore hope.
INTD-1000 - 3
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024). This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It may include seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all designed to get students doing the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. This coming year the course will explore hope.
INTD-1000 - 4
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024). This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It may include seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all designed to get students doing the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. This coming year the course will explore hope.
INTD-1000 - 5
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024). This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It may include seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all designed to get students doing the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. This coming year the course will explore hope.
INTD-1000 - 6
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students (Winter 2024 & Fall 2024). This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It may include seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all designed to get students doing the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. This coming year the course will explore hope.
INTD-1000 - 7
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students. This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It includes seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all in order to do the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. Our big question this coming year is “TBD” Prerequisite: Curiosity
INTD-1000 - 8
Ways of Knowing I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is a requirement in the CMU Curricular Commons. Registration restricted to incoming students. This course introduces students to the university by getting them involved in asking a big question alongside other students and professors from many subject areas. It includes seminars, round table discussions, a few big lectures, and fieldtrips, all in order to do the things the university does best: taking the time to think about real problems, from multiple expert viewpoints (or ways of knowing), and to develop their own ideas. Our big question this coming year is “TBD” Prerequisite: Curiosity
INTD-4000
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis
(6.0 credit hours)
This course is only available to students who have been accepted into the Interdisciplinary Studies Honours Major.
LANG-1211
Beginning Spanish I
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is available only through CMU’s study abroad programs, Guatemala sites only. A study of the fundamental structures of Spanish with oral and written practice. For students with no prior knowledge of Spanish, or who have studied Spanish up to and including Grade 11 or its equivalent. Students with Grade 12 Spanish or its equivalent may not normally take this course for credit. May not be held for credit together with LANG-1210.
LANG-1221
Beginning Spanish II
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is available only through CMU’s study abroad programs, Guatemala sites only. A continuation of the study of the fundamental structures of Spanish with oral and written practice. Prerequisite: LANG-1211. May not be held for credit together with LANG-1220.
LANG-2211
Intermediate Spanish I
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: Senior matriculation Spanish or LANG-1220/3. Not suitable for students who have completed a Grade 12 Spanish Immersion program.
MATH-0900
Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(0.0 credit hours)
This course covers the mathematical skills required to study calculus. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; power and root functions; trigonometry; exponential and logarithmic functions. This non-credit course is for students who need to upgrade their high school mathematical skills.
MATH-0900 - 1
Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(0.0 credit hours)
This course covers the mathematical skills required to study calculus. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; power and root functions; trigonometry; exponential and logarithmic functions. This non-credit course is for students who need to upgrade their high school mathematical skills.
MATH-0900 - 2
Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(0.0 credit hours)
This course covers the mathematical skills required to study calculus. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; power and root functions; trigonometry; exponential and logarithmic functions. This non-credit course is for students who need to upgrade their high school mathematical skills.
MATH-0900 - 2
Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(0.0 credit hours)
This course covers the mathematical skills required to study calculus. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; power and root functions; trigonometry; exponential and logarithmic functions. This non-credit course is for students who need to upgrade their high school mathematical skills.
MATH-0900 - 3
Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(0.0 credit hours)
This course covers the mathematical skills required to study calculus. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; power and root functions; trigonometry; exponential and logarithmic functions. This non-credit course is for students who need to upgrade their high school mathematical skills.
MATH-0900 - 3
Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(0.0 credit hours)
This course covers the mathematical skills required to study calculus. Topics include linear, quadratic, polynomial, and rational functions; power and root functions; trigonometry; exponential and logarithmic functions. This non-credit course is for students who need to upgrade their high school mathematical skills. Interested in the short Asynchronous offering? Join the waitlist.
MATH-1000
Basic Statistical Analysis
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the basic principles of statistics and procedures used for data analysis. Topics to be covered include gathering data, displaying and summarizing data, examining relationships between variables, sampling distributions, estimation and significance tests, inference for means, and applications for specific disciplines. Includes a laboratory requirement (MATH-1000L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Cross-listed as PSYC-2040. Students may not hold credit in both this course and PSYC-2040.
MATH-1000L - 1
Basic Statistical Analysis Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for MATH-1000/3.
MATH-1000L - 2
Basic Statistical Analysis Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for MATH-1000/3.
MATH-1020
Introduction to Calculus
(3.0 credit hours)
Theory and techniques of limits, derivatives, antiderivatives, and differential equations, with applications to optimization, rates of change, area, volume, physics, and biology. Includes a laboratory requirement (MATH-1020L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: a minimum grade of 60 per cent in Pre-calculus Mathematics 40S or MATH-0900.
MATH-1020L
Introduction to Calculus Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for MATH-1020/3.
MATH-1030
Calculus II
(3.0 credit hours)
Theory and techniques of integration, sequences, series, Taylor series, parametric and polar curves, with applications to area, volume, arc length, surface area, physics, and biology. A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: MATH-1020 with minimum grade of “C”.
MATH-1030L
Calculus II Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for MATH-1030/3.
MATH-2000
Discrete Mathematics
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the mathematics of discrete objects. Topics include formal logic, proof techniques, basic set theory, Boolean algebras, relations and functions, sequences, algorithms, modular arithmetic, number theory, mathematical induction, basic counting, partial orders, graphs and trees. Includes a laboratory requirement (MATH-2000L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Pre-requisite: a minimum grade of 60 per cent in Pre-calculus Mathematics 40S. This course is designed for students who want to pursue courses at the 2000-level or higher in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or Sciences. Students may not hold credit for this course and MATH-1040.
MATH-2000L - 1
Discrete Mathematics Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for MATH-2000.
MATH-2000L - 2
Discrete Mathematics Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for MATH-2000.
MATH-2005
Vector Geometry and Linear Algebra
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to vectors, matrices, systems of linear equations, and three-dimensional geometry. Prerequisite: a minimum grade of 60 per cent in Grade 12 Mathematics or MATH-0900 or permission of the instructor. Students may not hold credit for both this course and the former MATH-1010. Students will meet together in a classroom at CMU and virtually join the class in Edmonton.
MATH-2010
Linear Algebra II
(3.0 credit hours)
A continuation of MATH-2005. Finite dimensional vector spaces; linear transformation and matrices; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; diagonalization and applications; inner product spaces. Prerequisite(s): a minimum grade of C in both MATH-1020 and MATH-2005. This course is being offered as a DIRECTED STUDY. Join the waitlist and request permission to join from Tim.
MATH-3060
Introductory Logic
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the semantics of philosophical logic, which is the mathematics of propositions. The course covers classical logical theory, the foundation for mathematical proof, and also some rival logics. These include incomplete logic, in which some statements are neither true nor false; inconsistent logic, in which some statements are both true and false; and free logic, in which statements can be made about objects that do not exist. Corequisite: MATH-1040 or MATH-2000.
MUSC-1000
Music Theory I
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to musical discourse based on acoustic principles and common practice technique. The study will include an exploration of line, texture, and form through writing and analysis. Prerequisite: Successful theory placement test. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
MUSC-1010
Music Theory II
(3.0 credit hours)
A continuation of Music Theory I, with an emphasis on chorale-style harmonization based on the contrapuntal relationships of melodic voices. Small instrumental forms also will be studied. Prerequisite: MUSC-1000. Corequisite: MUSC-1110.
MUSC-1220W
The Art of Music
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is an introduction to thinking, writing, and doing music as it examines the larger questions of music: What is music? What is the value of music? Do humans need music? Why do humans engage in this activity? To what does music give expression? The course will also explore topics such as music and society, music and gender, the musical canon, and the philosophy/theology of art and music in different eras and cultures. Musical notation not required. This is a "W" course and fulfills the academic writing requirement
MUSC-1300
Ways of Musicking I
(3.0 credit hours)
A practical exploration of how to make music, including a variety of perspectives and cultures. Students will participate in creating their own musical ideas through improvisation, collaboration, and making music together in small groups, with a variety of instruments.
MUSC-1310
Ways of Musicking II
(3.0 credit hours)
A practical exploration of learning music through notation on a variety of instruments. Students will read and play music together to enhance their skills in rhythm, sight reading, and collaborative music making. Course activities will include playing guitar and applying theoretical knowledge. All students must have their own guitar for the class. Prerequisite: MUSC-1300 Ways of Musicking I
MUSC-1402
Individual Applied Music Studies - Piano
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1412
Individual Applied Music Studies - Voice
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1443
Individual Applied Music Studies - Bass Guitar
(3.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly 3/4 hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1452
Individual Applied Music Studies - Percussion
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1462
Individual Applied Music Studies - Guitar
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1503
Individual Applied Music Studies - Violin
(3.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly 3/4 hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1512
Individual Applied Music Studies - Viola
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1552
Individual Applied Music Studies - Composing
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1582
Individual Applied Music Studies - Clarinet
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1643
Individual Applied Music Studies - Trumpet
(3.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly 3/4 hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1672
Individual Applied Music Studies - Trombone
(2.0 credit hours)
The student receives weekly ½-hour private instruction in a chosen applied area over the course of an academic year. Prerequisite: A placement audition. Register for this course if this is your first year of lessons.
MUSC-1700
CMU Singers
(3.0 credit hours)
CMU Singers is a large, mixed ensemble open to all students from CMU programs. There will be a voice placement interview at the beginning of September. The CMU Singers will take part in on-campus events, concerts, and worship services in addition to off-campus events with church and the larger community. When appropriate, the CMU Singers will form the core of CMU Festival Chorus, a symphonic chorus of alumni and community members that performs regularly with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Admission by audition.
MUSC-1701
CMU Voices TB
(1.0 credit hours)
An auditioned ensemble available to students who are not in CMU Singers or CMU Chamber Choir, but members of those ensembles are automatically part of this ensemble. This choir has deputation and concert responsibilities. This ensemble is open to all students enrolled for at least one 3-credit hour course each semester.
MUSC-1702
CMU Voices SA
(1.0 credit hours)
An auditioned ensemble available to students who are not in CMU Singers or CMU Chamber Choir, but members of those ensembles are automatically part of this ensemble. This choir has deputation and concert responsibilities. This ensemble is open to all students enrolled for at least one 3-credit hour course each semester.
MUSC-1730
Mennonite Community Orchestra
(1.0 credit hours)
Consists of CMU students and members of the community. Register for this course if it is your first year in Community Orchestra. *MCO Ensemble registrations is now closed since recruitment and staffing for the orchestra is complete.* You may join the waitlist and may be considered if a spot becomes available.
MUSC-1740
Guitar Ensemble
(1.0 credit hours)
Prerequisite: A Successful Audition. Register for this course if it is your first year in this ensemble.
MUSC-1750
Steel Drums Ensemble
(1.0 credit hours)
Performance opportunities will include both on-campus and off-campus events. This ensemble is open to all students enrolled for at least one 3-credit hour course each semester.
MUSC-1753
Concert Band
(1.0 credit hours)
A large instrumental ensemble open to all CMU students regardless of major. Performance opportunities will include both on-campus and off-campus events. This ensemble is open to all students enrolled for at least one 3-credit hour course each semester.
MUSC-1755
Handbell Ensemble
(1.0 credit hours)
This course is open to students of all musical abilities. It will focus on proper ringing techniques, music literacy, rhythmic skills, collaboration, and performance. The ensemble will have several performance opportunities throughout the year. No audition required.
MUSC-2000
Music Theory III
(3.0 credit hours)
A continuation of the study of common practice structures and expressions, concentrating on extended forms and chromaticism through both writing and analysis. Prerequisite: MUSC-1010; corequisite: MUSC-2100.
MUSC-2010
Music Theory IV
(3.0 credit hours)
An examination of extended tonal and post-tonal repertoire in relation to common practice discourse. Works studied will include those based on expanded tonal techniques, motivic gestures, twelve-tone theory, and those of rhythmic or textural rather than pitch-centred motivation. This course also includes a unit on structuring within fugues. Prerequisite: MUSC-2000; corequisite: MUSC-2110.
MUSC-2120
Aural Skills II
(1.5 credit hours)
A continuation of Aural Skills I. In this practical study students will continue to develop aural skills through sight-singing, melodic dictation, and aural analysis. Students will continue examining the “building blocks” of melody and harmony by learning to recognize increasingly complex intervals, scales, and chords. Guided practice of ear training techniques and the use of solfège syllables will improve students’ musical perception as they tackle more complex melodies in both sight-reading and melodic dictation contexts. Prerequisite: MUSC-2112 Aural Skills I
MUSC-2121
Keyboard Skills II
(1.5 credit hours)
This course is a continuation and deepening of knowledge from Keyboard Skills I. The course will continue to develop basic keyboard technique and reading skills, harmonization of both folk, popular and jazz melodies, transposition at the keyboard, reading chord charts, reading in multiple clefs, open score reading (choral and string quartet), basic jazz harmony, and the ability to lead in community singing in the church, classroom, and therapy context. Prerequisite: MUSC-1121 Keyboard Skills I.
MUSC-2131
Collaborative Piano
(1.0 credit hours)
Admission by permission of the instructor. Register for this course if it is your first year of collaborative piano.
MUSC-2150
Conducting Techniques I
(3.0 credit hours)
A practical exploration and study in the grammar and techniques of conducting, with a focus on leading choirs and other music in school, church, and community settings. Emphasis will be on learning basic conducting gestures, vocal techniques, and in the development of music leadership skills. Reading musical notation required.
MUSC-2260
Worlds of Music
(3.0 credit hours)
A survey of music and musical cultures whose traditions are traced to the East and the South. Critical questions involving constructions of cultural hybridity, identity formation of and through music, and outsider participation will be considered. Prerequisite: A minimum of 30 credit hours of university studies.
MUSC-2290
Western Art Music
(3.0 credit hours)
A survey of the history of Western art music, that is, the music popularly called “classical music,” originating in Europe but now played and composed globally. The course begins with musical antiquity, moves through medieval music, Renaissance and Baroque music, Classical and Romantic music, twentieth-century and avant-garde music, and concludes with contemporary art music. Students will learn critical listening skills and approaches to understanding music in historical and cultural context. Students may not hold credit for this course and the former MUSC-1200, MUSC-1210, MUSC-2220, or MUSC-2230.
MUSC-2330
Leading Music and Worship
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of preparing and leading worship, with a primary focus on enabling the congregational voice. Attention will be given to understanding the theological and musical bases for song selection within a variety of worship traditions, as well as the development of practical leadership skills, both spoken and sung. Reading musical notation not required. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
MUSC-2850
Percussion Techniques B
(1.5 credit hours)
This course extends the focus of MUSC-2840 to include learning percussion techniques common to notated and improvised musical styles. An ensemble component forms part of this course. Students may not hold credit for both this course and former MUSC-3840 or MUSC-3850. Prerequisite: Successful theory placement test.
MUSC-3090
Songwriting: Words and Music Together
(3.0 credit hours)
Songs are an ancient mode of expression and historically a powerful force expressing and motivating public opinion, persisting today as one of the most popular art forms. This course for non-majors as well as majors examines songs in a variety of genres and languages, by composers from many cultures and of diverse identities. We will analyze how these songs work, learn simple forms and harmonic progressions, and finally write songs and learn basic studio recording techniques. A studio fee will be assessed for this course. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level study and permission of the instructor. Reading musical notation not required. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
MUSC-3140
Vocal and Choral Techniques
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of how to teach vocal techniques in a classroom or choral setting. Students will actively participate in classroom instruction that focuses on a practical exploration of choral tone, vocal colour, and teaching strategies for all ages and levels of experience. As well, vocal development, vocal health, and physiology of the voice will be considered for study. This course is intended for students who are not in voice performance. Prerequisite: MUSC-1010 and 1110. Students may not hold credit for both this course and the former MUSC-2140.
MUSC-3150
Conducting Techniques II
(3.0 credit hours)
A continuation of Conducting Techniques I, with an emphasis on baton techniques, conducting large and small choral/instrumental ensembles, and rehearsal techniques. Prerequisite: MUSC-2150. This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
MUSC-3750
Steel Drums Ensemble
(1.0 credit hours)
Prerequisite: A Successful Audition. Register for this course if it is your first year in this ensemble.
MUSC-3890
Woodwind Techniques
(3.0 credit hours)
Group instruction in woodwind instruments. Instruction explores playing techniques and examines materials and procedures for individual and group instruction. Prerequisite: MUSC-2010.
MUSC-3950
Opera History and Politics from Orfeo to Hamilton
(3.0 credit hours)
This course traces opera and musical theater from its origins in Renaissance Italy to the present day, examining the ways that musical drama has been created not only to entertain but as a vehicle for political and social ideas. On a musical level, this course will engage changing stylistic trends across historical eras, paying close attention to the ways that musical sound and text work together to communicate with audiences. Hidden in fantasy, mythology, spectacle, and comedy are commentaries on governance systems, gender politics, and race and colonization. Prerequisites: 30 credit hours of university-level studies. Meets the Cultural Perspective course requirement.
MUSC-3950
Blurred Lines: Cultural Appropriation in Music
(3.0 credit hours)
In recent years, the public has become increasingly aware of the ways that cultural expressions can be stolen, misused, or appropriated. Amid popular discourse, however, there is often disagreement on what exactly constitutes cultural appropriation, and to what extent the risk of appropriation should influence cultural activities. What is culture, and who does it belong to? What is the line between acts of musical inspiration and acts of stealing? Through immersion in a range of case studies – from Gwen Stefani and racial plagiarism to Madama Butterfly and exoticism – students will consider the many ways that cultural (mis)appropriation is present in musical activity throughout history and in the 21st century. Reading Musical notation not required. Prerequisite(s): 30 credit hours of university-level studies. Intensive Week: May 5-9 (9am - 4pm). Room TBD. This course meets the Ways of Knowing II requirement. At the heart of this course is a question: how can we know if something is cultural appropriation? Students will be invited to reflect on the numerous ways that this question can be answered. They will explore their own positionalities and consider how this impacts their capacity to engage in cross-cultural borrowing. They will reflect on how to discern whose interpretation – or whose way of knowing – rises to the top in a collaborative or community setting. For example, we might consider ways the CMU community engages in cultural borrowing. Who gets to decide if it has become cultural appropriation, and who can we consult to discern this?
MUSC-4940
Independent Study in Music
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: twelve credit hours in Music and a minimum of 60 credit hours of university-level studies.
MUTH-2800
Introduction to Music Therapy
(3.0 credit hours)
An overview of the field of music therapy, an introduction to the history and principles, to different therapy models and techniques, and to the many populations served by the discipline. This course is open to all students and professionals interested in learning more about the field. Reading musical notation not required. Cannot be held with the former MUSC-2800. Intensive Week: August 25-29 (9am - 4pm). Room TBD. Optional housing information will be available through CMU Hosting. Cost and availability details will be shared when available.
MUTH-3801
Medical Music Therapy
(3.0 credit hours)
This course focuses on the use of music therapy in medical, gerontology, and palliative care settings. Clinical application of music techniques for clients in these settings will be explored with a focus on the therapeutic function of music. Students will learn about interdisciplinary work within team settings. Prerequisite: MUTH-2800 and admission to the Music Therapy program. Students may not hold credit for both this course and former MUSC-3801.
MUTH-3802
Music Psychotherapy
(3.0 credit hours)
This course provides an introduction to the use of music in psychotherapy and integration of verbal and nonverbal therapy techniques. Students will engage in cultural self-exploration and learn about safe and effective use of self in therapy. Prerequisite: MUTH-3801 with a minimum grade of C+ and admission to the Music Therapy program. Students may not hold credit for both this course and former MUSC-3802.
MUTH-3806
Clinical Musicianship II
(1.5 credit hours)
This is the second in a sequence of four classes designed to build clinical musicianship skills which students will need for Music Therapy Practicum and Internship. Students will gain experience in improvisation, receptive methods, composition, and explore integration of other creative arts with music. This class also includes small ensemble work in popular music forms. Prerequisite: MUTH-3805.
MUTH-3871
Observation and Clinical Skills
(1.0 credit hours)
This course provides a focused introduction to observation and clinical skills for music therapy. In addition to the seminar class, students will complete field observations of music therapy sessions conducted by certified Music Therapists (MTA). Prerequisite: Admission to the Music Therapy program. Students may not hold credit for both this course and the former MUSC-2870 or MUSC3870.
MUTH-3881
Practicum I: Foundations of Clinical Practice
(2.0 credit hours)
Supervised field experience with different special populations, working with both groups and individuals. Designing, implementing, documenting, and evaluating clinical experiences. In addition to field placement, the student must attend a weekly on-campus seminar. Prerequisite: MUTH-3871 with a minimum grade of C+. Students may not hold credit for both this course and the former MUSC-2880 or MUSC-3881.
MUTH-4805
Clinical Musicianship III
(1.5 credit hours)
This is the third in a sequence of four classes designed to build clinical musicianship skills which students will need for Music Therapy Practicum and Internship. Through experiential learning and study of client case material, students will gain skill in facilitation, leadership, and making musical decisions with therapeutic intent. Methods will include clinical improvisation, use of precomposed music, and movement to music. Prerequisite: MUTH-3806.
MUTH-4806
Clinical Musicianship IV
(1.5 credit hours)
This is the third in a sequence of four classes designed to build clinical musicianship skills which students will need for Music Therapy Practicum and Internship. Through experiential learning and study of client case material, students will gain skill in facilitation, leadership, and making musical decisions with therapeutic intent. Methods will include clinical improvisation, use of precomposed music, and movement to music. Prerequisite: MUTH-3806.
MUTH-4870
Practicum II: Exploring the Clinical Process
(3.0 credit hours)
Supervised field experience with different special populations, working with both groups and individuals. Designing, implementing, documenting, and evaluating clinical experiences. In addition to field placement, the student must attend a weekly on-campus seminar. Prerequisite: MUTH-3881 with a minimum grade of C+. Students may not hold credit for both this course and the former MUSC-3870 or MUSC-4870.
MUTH-4880
Practicum III: Senior Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Supervised field experience with different special populations, working with both groups and individuals. Designing, implementing, documenting, and evaluating clinical experiences. In addition to field placement, the student must attend a weekly on-campus seminar. Prerequisite: MUTH-4870 with a minimum grade of C+. Students may not hold credit for both this course and the former MUSC-3880 or MUSC-4880.
MUTH-5800
Music Therapy Internship
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisite: Completion of all other requirements of the Bachelor of Music Therapy.
PCTS-1110
Introduction to Peace and Conflict Transformation
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will enable students to develop an understanding of the roots and nature of conflict, violence, and peace. It examines a variety of models for constructive ways to respond to conflict, violence, and peace. Special attention will be given to the question of how to understand conflict in relation to violence and peace, and the complex realities they name. Related themes will be examined from an interdisciplinary perspective.
PCTS-2040
Global Issues
(3.0 credit hours)
Course offered through Estamos Study Abroad program. Many countries around the globe face a similar set of issues as they relate to Indigenous peoples, economic development, religious change, justice and peace, migration, and the environment. These issues take a specific form in Guatemala, a country that has been shaped by a 36-year-long war. This course will examine the following issues through the lens of the Guatemalan context: environment, Mayan culture and spirituality, war and peace, and migration. This course is available only through CMU’s study abroad programs, Guatemala sites only. Prerequisite: 24 credit hours of university-level study, including 3 credit hours of introductory social sciences.
PCTS-2221
Restorative Justice
(3.0 credit hours)
Identifies the principles of restorative justice and explores the application of these principles. Includes a critical assessment of victim-offender mediation, and the application of restorative principles within the criminal justice system, as they affect victims, offenders, and the community. Alternative models of the justice system as a whole will also be considered. Prerequisite: PCTS-1110 or permission of the instructor. Students may not hold credit for this course and SWRK-2221. [PB]
PCTS-2262
Conflict, Faith, and Community
(3.0 credit hours)
This course explores how conflict and conflict transformation are linked to personal faith and life in community. Students will first have the opportunity to investigate what is meant by “faith” and “community.” Students will then explore how faith and community can shape their understanding of conflict and the practice of conflict transformation. Diverse views of conflict and faith developed by secular as well as various religious communities will be examined. [PB]
PCTS-2443
Conflict and Development Issues in Indigenous Communities
(3.0 credit hours)
Within the broad framework of international development and conflict transformation studies, this course explores the dynamics of Indigenous communities globally, with special reference to the Canadian context. Processes of marginalization and underdevelopment will be presented in order to understand Indigenous communities’ social, economic and political situation. Prerequisite: either PCTS-1110 or IDS-1110.
PCTS-2950
Colombia: Peacebuilding in Conflicted Contexts
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will provide students with opportunities to study the impact of conflict and prolonged violence on local communities and the implications for peacebuilding, resilience and social change. Students will be exposed to the impact of a colonial legacy, decades of violent conflict and efforts to re-build a flourishing society through visits to different regions of the country and organizations focussed on enhancing community peace at structural and local levels. “This course is centred around a study tour in Colombia. Please see www.cmu.ca/estamos for more details.” This course meets the Anabaptist course requirement in the Commons.
PCTS-3120
Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace
(3.0 credit hours)
A multi-layered examination of peace and violence from the perspective of culture, addressing questions such as: How are attitudes towards peace and violence reflected in the way cultures enact discipline, security, education, reconciliation, etc.? How are peace and violence reflected in expressions of popular culture and various sub-cultures? How are peace and violence modelled in relationships between different cultures? How might the very idea of culture be questioned through the lens of peace? Prerequisite: PCTS-1110 and 30 credit hours of university-level study, or instructor’s permission. Prerequisite: PCTS-1110 or SWRK-1000 or permission of the instructor. Students may not hold credit for this course and PCTS-2221. [APV]
PCTS-3600
Doing Peace: From Theory to Practice
(3.0 credit hours)
Peacebuilding is a creative, dynamic art. Through an examination of local, national, and international case studies of peacebuilding, and through careful reflection on the dynamics of conflict transformation and peacebuilding, this course seeks to nurture students’ strategic imaginations and creative capacities as artisans of peace. Prerequisites: 30 credit hours of university-level studies. [PB] This course meets the Making requirement in the Common Curriculum.
PHIL-1000
The Task of Philosophy I: The Question of Reality
(3.0 credit hours)
In the ancient and medieval world, the task of philosophy was concerned with the formation and transformation of the self in the hope that it might be consistent with a certain vision of the world—the world of reality rather than the illusory world of mere appearance. This course explores some of the different ways ancient and medieval philosophers understood the self and the visions of the real world in which it strives to participate.
PHIL-2110
Popular Philosophy
(3.0 credit hours)
What does philosophy look like when it is produced for a popular audience and not just for professional philosophers? What sorts of concerns are contemporary philosophers thinking about? How do they engage and frame the key issues of the contemporary moment? This course examines philosophy as it is presented in magazines, podcasts, and other forms of popular media. What gets covered will be determined by what becomes available during the time the course is being taught.
PHIL-2950
Fascism and Representation: The Philosophy of Violence and Film
(3.0 credit hours)
WORKING DRAFT DESCRIPTION - Theodor Adorno’s infamous claim that “to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric” acutely illustrates the tenuous relationship between the modern experience of violence and its representation in art and culture. Despite Adorno’s warning of the dangers of representing violence, violence has become an increasingly prevalent aspect of Western popular culture and cinema. This course will a) explore the ways that classic and contemporary films have attempted to account for the violence that pervades modern society and b) analyze the extent to which the cinematic medium itself, as a uniquely modern technology of perception, is bound up with fascism and violence. Are there appropriate ways to cinematically represent violence? Does cinema implicate us in the violence of modern society, or might it function as a critical philosophical lens with which to acknowledge and transform violence? We will engage these questions and others like them by watching films (such as The Act of Killing and The Zone of Interest) and reading theorists (such as Theodor Adorno and Gillian Rose) that take up the relationship between modern violence and culture.
PHIL-3750
Shakespeare, Philosophy, and Religion
(3.0 credit hours)
Taking a cue from the American philosopher Stanley Cavell, this course places the work of Shakespeare into conversation with early modern philosophy and religion. In particular, it will explore the claim that Shakespeare’s tragic and post-tragic plays—Othello, King Lear, The Winters Tale, The Tempest—are responding in different ways to the same challenges associated with early modern philosophers such as René Descartes. Finally, it will examine how these issues play out in early modern religious life and thought. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university level courses.
PHIL-3950
Augustine's City of God
(3.0 credit hours)
In the years 413-426 CE, Augustine wrote The City of God, a massive, sprawling, majestic work that engages extensively with Roman and Jewish history, Greek and Roman mythology and philosophy, and Jewish, Roman, and Christian worship. Augustine wrote The City of God as a response to those who blamed Christians for the fall of Rome, but its deeper concern is with this question: where can the soul and the city find happiness amidst the changing circumstances of life? The purpose of this course is to follow Augustine closely as he searches for his answer, to evaluate the arguments and answers he provides, and to make his question our own. The objective is for students will develop a critical and coherent reading of The City of God on a topic of their own choosing as it arises from the text. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including 6 credit hours of Philosophy. NOTE: This course may fulfill the Group 2 Ancillary requirement for the BBA or part of the Ancillary requirement for a Business major in the BA.
PHIL-4940
Independent Study in Philosophy
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 15 credit hours of Philosophy and a minimum of 60 credit hours of university-level studies.
PHYS-1010
Physics I: Mechanics of Movement
(3.0 credit hours)
This calculus-based course is an introduction to Classical Mechanics: the study of how objects move and why they move the way they do. This comprehensive course will treat vectors, and linear and rotational motion along with the relevant conservation laws. Applications to a wide range of phenomena will be explored, including biological phenomena. Includes a laboratory requirement (PHYS-1010L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: Physics 40S. Strongly recommended: MATH-1020.
PHYS-1010L
Physics I: Mechanics of Movement Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for PHYS-1010/3. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
PHYS-1020
Physics II: Oscillations and Waves
(3.0 credit hours)
Oscillations and waves are at the heart of our universe. This calculus-based course will explore these phenomena and how they underlie the behaviour of light and sound and the hidden world of quantum mechanics, with special emphasis on their applications to the life sciences. Specific topics include superposition and interference of waves, wave and ray optics, wave-particle duality, and quantum-mechanical wave functions. Includes a laboratory requirement (PHYS-1020L). A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: PHYS-1010. Strongly recommended: MATH-1030.
PHYS-1020L
Physics II: Oscillations and Waves Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for PHYS-1020. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
PHYS-2010
Electromagnetic Field Theory
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the theory of electromagnetism. Topics to be covered include the electric field, electric potential, Gauss' law, capacitors, dielectric materials, magnetic fields, Ampere's law, magnetic induction, magnetic materials, displacement current, and Maxwell's equations. Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in both PHYS-1010 and MATH-1030.
PHYS-3800
Biophysics
(3.0 credit hours)
Introduction to mathematical modeling and physics-based approaches used to represent biological systems. Biophysical topics include thermodynamics, random walks and Brownian motion, electrostatics and the structure of biomolecules, nerve impulses, the quantum mechanical nature of vision, continuum mechanics, and transport phenomena. Prerequisite: MATH-1030 and PHYS-1020. Students may not hold credit for both this course and MATH-3800.
POLS-1010
Global Politics
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics with particular emphasis on current global issues. Topics include globalization, American domination, terrorism and security, the changing nature of states, international law and justice, the politics of the environmental crisis, political development, human migration, and the dilemmas of democratization. Active participation in debates, simulation games, and media studies contribute to critical skills that provide insight behind the “political veil.”
POLS-2425
Degrowth and Political Ecology
(3.0 credit hours)
Contemporary social, ecological, and financial challenges might be viewed as symptoms of a deeper spiritual and cultural conflict: separation from one another, our inner-beings, and the land. We will examine adaptive (and maladaptive) governance and lifestyle possibilities that might foster re/connections to people and place. Themes include the appropriate use of technology, the concept of work, traditional knowledge, gift cultures, the social safety net, alternative financial instruments, biological infrastructure, and other examples from around the world. Prerequisite: POLS-1000. [CPN]
POLS-2600
Social and Political Philosophy
(3.0 credit hours)
What is human nature? Should society be organized to reflect this? What is justice? Are states coercive by nature? How does property inform politics? What is ethical citizenship? These questions are explored through a survey of Western political thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, de Gouges, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Mill, and Marx, and by examining their contemporary legacy. [PTM]
POLS-4940
Independent Study in Political Studies
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: POLS-1000/3, POLS-1010/3, an additional 9 credit houurs in political studies, and a minimum of 60 credit hours of university-level studies.
PRAC-2190W
Vocation, Meaning, and Work
(3.0 credit hours)
This course does not fulfil the practicum requirement. This course introduces vocation as an idea within a literature exploring the meaning of “work” and “career” in Christian contexts, and as a domain of reflective practice that can inform our life’s choices and their meanings. Students will read and reflect on “vocation” as an idea within a growing literature. Then, students will begin a portfolio that draws together documents related to their academic and personal lives, and that points towards meaningful next steps in pursuing vocation in these areas.
PRAC-3000 - 1
Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3000 - 2
Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3000 - 3
Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3000 - 3
Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3000 - 4
Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3005 - 1
Practicum
(6.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3005 - 2
Practicum
(6.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3100 - 1
Intensive Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Pre-requisite: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PRAC-3100 - 2
Intensive Practicum
(3.0 credit hours)
Pre-requisite: 45 credit hours of university-level studies. Students intending to register for the Practicum course should have a conversation with the Director of Practicum.
PSYC-1010 - 1
Introduction to Psychology I: Foundations
(3.0 credit hours)
Survey of the psychological study of behaviour, and of the essential psychological and physiological foundations of human growth, thinking, and behaviour. Topics include research processes, neuropsychology, genetic and environmental influences, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning, and development.
PSYC-1010 - 2
Introduction to Psychology I: Foundations
(3.0 credit hours)
Survey of the psychological study of behaviour, and of the essential psychological and physiological foundations of human growth, thinking, and behaviour. Topics include research processes, neuropsychology, genetic and environmental influences, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning, and development.
PSYC-1020 - 1
Introduction to Psychology II: Individuals and Interactions
(3.0 credit hours)
Survey (or “examination”) of the psychological processes that shape individual human behaviour and thinking, and that influence interaction. Topics include memory, thinking and intelligence, motivation and emotion, personality, stress, disorders and their treatment, and social processes. Prerequisite: PSYC-1010.
PSYC-1020 - 2
Introduction to Psychology II: Individuals and Interactions
(3.0 credit hours)
Survey (or “examination”) of the psychological processes that shape individual human behaviour and thinking, and that influence interaction. Topics include memory, thinking and intelligence, motivation and emotion, personality, stress, disorders and their treatment, and social processes. Prerequisite: PSYC-1010.
PSYC-2030L
Research Design in Psychology Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for PSYC-2030/3. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
PSYC-2030W
Research Design in Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
An introduction to basic research designs in the social sciences. Topics include considerations in data collection, descriptive and survey methods, measurement techniques, experimental methods, the interpretation and reporting of results, and research ethics. Includes a laboratory requirement. A laboratory fee will be assessed. Prerequisite: PSYC-1020 or permission of instructor.
PSYC-2040
Research Analysis in Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
Theory and techniques of limits, derivatives, antiderivatives, and differential equations, with applications to optimization, rates of change, area, volume, physics, and biology. Includes a laboratory requirement (MATH-1020L). A laboratory fee will be assessed.
PSYC-2040L - 1
Research Analysis in Psychology Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for PSYC-2040/3. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
PSYC-2040L - 2
Research Analysis in Psychology Lab
(0.0 credit hours)
Lab for PSYC-2040/3. A laboratory fee will be assessed.
PSYC-2110
Social Relationships and Behaviour
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of how relationships are formed, maintained, and disrupted. Topics may include group dynamics, close relationships, prejudice, aggression, attraction, and conflict. Prerequisite: PSYC-1020 or permission of instructor. [SP]
PSYC-2200
Developmental Psychology: Childhood
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of psychological development from prenatal life until puberty. Topics include personality and social development, perceptual and cognitive development, language, intelligence, and moral development. Prerequisite: PSYC-1010 or permission of instructor. [DEV]
PSYC-2210
Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
(3.0 credit hours)
A study of major psychological development from puberty through emerging adulthood. Topics may include the history of theory and research into adolescence, family structures, parent and peer influences, sex role development, identification, cognitive development, and youth culture. Prerequisite: PSYC-1010 or permission of the instructor.
PSYC-2400
Counselling Theories
(3.0 credit hours)
An overview of current counselling theories, such as Psychoanalytic, Existential, Person-Centered, Gestalt, Reality, Behaviour, and Cognitive therapies. Attention will be given to their respective therapeutic processes and to a critical evaluation of each theory. Prerequisite: PSYC-1020 or permission of instructor. [HP]
PSYC-2410
Counselling Techniques
(3.0 credit hours)
Explores the formation of helping relationships, using the Human Relations Model of Helping, with a focus on self-understanding as a basis for effective communication and understanding of human interactions. Topics will also include helping skills, helper characteristics, communication skills, barriers to communication, relationship establishment, ethics, and values clarification. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: PSYC- 2400 or admission to the Social Work program. Students may not hold credit for this course and SWRK-2420. [HP]
PSYC-2700
Interpersonal Communication
(3.0 credit hours)
An examination of the multilevel communication processes that underlie and support social interaction and relationship formation and change. Special attention will be given to the differences and connections between verbal and nonverbal communication and to the rules and rituals of social interaction in everyday life. Prerequisite: PSYC-1020 or SOCI-1110 or PCTS-1110. [SP]
PSYC-2950
Colombia: Peacebuilding in Conflicted Contexts
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will provide students with opportunities to study the impact of conflict and prolonged violence on local communities and the implications for peacebuilding, resilience and social change. Students will be exposed to the impact of a colonial legacy, decades of violent conflict and efforts to re-build a flourishing society through visits to different regions of the country and organizations focussed on enhancing community peace at structural and local levels. . “This course is centred around a study tour in Colombia. Please see www.cmu.ca/estamos for more details.”
PSYC-2950
Conflict and Communication
(3.0 credit hours)
This course examines the theoretical underpinnings of communication theory and its practical application to the analysis of interpersonal engagement and social conflict. The role of propaganda and polarization will be examined historically alongside changing communication technologies and media ecologies. Special attention will be given to the role of networked social media and big data analytics in shaping and influencing dynamic conflict processes. Prerequisite: PSYC-1020/3 or permission of instructor. Meets the Psychology subfield: Social Processes.
PSYC-3010
The Neuroscience of Social Behaviour
(3.0 credit hours)
We explore the neural processes underlying important aspects of our social behavior. In seminar format, we will consider topics central to social psychology, reviewing landmark contributions from social neuroscience, and some of the cutting-edge findings in this burgeoning field of study. Topics include neuroscience perspectives on person perception, the need to belong, mortality salience, social pain, intergroup relations, anger, and aggression, and more. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Psychology. [BC]
PSYC-3400 - 1
Abnormal Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
An examination of current theory and research regarding abnormal human behaviour, and an attempt to understand psychological disorders within the context of human biology, development, and society. Topics may include stress and anxiety, affective disorders, psychophysiological and personality disorders, mental health, policy, and social issues. Both scientific explanation and phenomenology will be addressed. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including PSYC-1020 or permission of the instructor. [HP]
PSYC-3400 - 2
Abnormal Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
An examination of current theory and research regarding abnormal human behaviour, and an attempt to understand psychological disorders within the context of human biology, development, and society. Topics may include stress and anxiety, affective disorders, psychophysiological and personality disorders, mental health, policy, and social issues. Both scientific explanation and phenomenology will be addressed. Prerequisite: 30 credit hours of university-level studies, including PSYC-1020 or permission of the instructor. [HP]
PSYC-3600
Trauma and Resilience
(3.0 credit hours)
In this course, we explore varieties of psychological trauma, along with the history and current theories in the field (e.g., cognitive, neurobiological, clinical, and socio-cultural perspectives). Topics may include: the nature of trauma (via sexual abuse, combat, and natural disasters), how trauma affects individuals and systems, grief reactions, and traumatic stress. We may also consider responses to trauma, resilience, vicarious traumatization, disenfranchised grief, crisis intervention, comorbid disorders, and general treatments. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Psychology. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Psychology or admission to the Social Work program. Students may not hold credit for this course and PSYC-3610. [HP]
PSYC-3800
Psychology and Christianity
(3.0 credit hours)
Both Christian belief and psychological theory have much to say about human nature, about what/ how we can know, and about how we should think and behave. There are many points of agreement and of conflict. This course represents a re-consideration of various psychological theories and well-known research findings from Christian perspectives. Prerequisite: 12 credit hours in Psychology.
PSYC-3950
Peace Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
Peace psychology is a specialized area in the study of psychology that encompasses the study of individual difference and inter-group dynamics in relation to escalating and de-escalating conflict processes. Drawing on theory, research and applied practice, this course will examine the root causes of violence, strategies for mitigating destructive conflict, and the extent to which interventions are able to promote constructive engagement in cases where fundamental conflicts of interests exist. Processes such as resilience, reconciliation and mobilization will be explored in relation to contemporary dynamics of peace and conflict. Prerequisites: PSYC-1020 and 30 credit hours of university-level studies, or permission of instructor. Meets the Psychology subfield: Social Processes.
PSYC-4010
Senior Seminar Identity and Intersectionality
(3.0 credit hours)
This course critically examines the complex and diverse ways intersectionality is used as an interpretive framework across disciplines to examine identity. We will explore how intersectionality can be understood as a paradigm, theory, concept, practice, and methodology to study identity. This course will consider how gender, sex, culture, faith and religion, class, ability, and political realities are factors in identity, and we will examine how identity and intersectionality connect to histories of violence and oppression, as well as to human survival, persistence, and resistance. Prerequisite: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 12 credit hours in Psychology or Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies.
PSYC-4940
Independent Study in Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 15 credit hours in psychology, plus permission of instructor.
PSYC-4940 - 1
Independent Study in Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 15 credit hours in psychology, plus permission of instructor.
PSYC-4940 - 2
Independent Study in Psychology
(3.0 credit hours)
Prerequisites: 60 credit hours of university-level studies, including 15 credit hours in psychology, plus permission of instructor.
RLGN-1710
Religious Traditions of the World II
(3.0 credit hours)
A survey of living religions from African Indigenous communities, and those originating in the ancient Near East, including Judaism, Islam, and Christianity (especially in its non-Western forms) in terms of their development, ideas, and diverse practices and expressions. Includes reflection on the strengths and limitations which these religious traditions offer towards
SOCI-1110
Introduction to Sociology
(3.0 credit hours)
This course provides an introduction to sociology through the study of society, social institutions, group behaviour, and social change as guided by a range of theoretical and conceptual resources. It will place emphasis on using sociological thinking to understand a broad range of contemporary social behaviours.
SOCI-2030
Inter-Cultural Theory and Practice
(3.0 credit hours)
This course introduces the theoretical and methodological issues in inter-cultural study. Attention will be given to cultural translation, cultural encounters between groups, concomitant cultural appropriations, cross-fertilizations, transnational influence, identity, and resistance.
SWRK-1000
Exploring Social Work Practice
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is an introduction to the profession of social work. It will examine the history and theoretical evolution of social work practice through a critical lens. The enduring core competencies and values of social work will be examined. Attention will be given to the role that social workers play in today's society.
SWRK-1000
Exploring Social Work Practice
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is an introduction to the profession of social work. It will examine the history and theoretical evolution of social work practice through a critical lens. The enduring core competencies and values of social work will be examined. Attention will be given to the role that social workers play in today's society.
SWRK-2010
Welfare in Canada: Origins and Current Challenges
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will explore the historical and contemporary understandings of the contemporary welfare state. The history of welfare as it has emerged and been shaped by Anglophone, Francophone and Indigenous peoples will be the focus. Students will be challenged to reflect on their own privilege and bias via Anti-Oppressive, Anti-Capitalist and Indigenous perspectives of the role of the state in providing welfare. Open to non-Social Work students. Students may not hold credit for this course and SOCI/POLS/SWRK-2000.
SWRK-2200
Decolonizing Human Behaviour in the Social Environment I
(3.0 credit hours)
Indigenous, Anti-Colonial and non-Western theories are introduced to challenge a colonizing view of human nature, behaviour, and action. These theories span the social work landscape from Micro to Macro, from Individual (and Individualist) to group, community (and collectivist) perspectives. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: SWRK-1000.
SWRK-2420
Listening to and Supporting Others
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will be an introduction to skill-based practice. Students will learn skills of active listening, organizing and developing initial assessments, including but not limited to social histories and mental health assessments. Theoretical knowledge will include strength-based perspectives, reflexive practice, and basic mental health literacy, including how models of crisis intervention can be utilized by social workers to effectively serve others. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: PSYC- 2400 or admission to the Social Work program. Students may not hold credit for this course and PSYC/SWRK-2410.
SWRK-2730
Research Methods in Social Work
(3.0 credit hours)
Social Science Research Methods course from a Social Work perspective. Topics such as the design and collection of data, evaluation and analysis are geared towards developing literacy for understanding social science research, including Indigenous research. Further topics include but are not limited to ethics in research, with special focus on Indigenous issues regarding research itself. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: PSYC-1020 or permission of instructor. Students may not hold credit for this course and PSYC-2030.
SWRK-3200
Decolonizing Human Behaviour in the Social Environment II
(3.0 credit hours)
This course seeks to make strange the assumptions about human behaviour. Students will learn about Western models used to explain human behaviour within a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework and are encouraged to reflect on how this helps understand ideology driving both medical and welfare-oriented practice. These theories span the social work landscape from micro to macro, from individual (and individualist) to group, community (and collectivist) perspectives. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: SWRK- 2200.
SWRK-3210
Indigenous People and Social Work Practice
(3.0 credit hours)
This course is an Indigenous-led and centred course. Students will gain a deeper understanding of both historical and contemporary harms due to colonization as well as appreciating the rich and diverse cultural traditions and the resurgence of local Indigenous peoples. Various approaches to learning will be included that embody Indigenous ways of knowing and challenge students to consider how they will incorporate this learning into their future social work, including models of practice that place emphasis on respect for and honouring of land, land-based pedagogy, Indigenous ways of healing, and ecological justice. Prerequisite: Admission to the Social Work program.
SWRK-3300
Environmental Justice and Social Work Practice
(3.0 credit hours)
Students will learn about the ways that climate change has and will continue to impact people's lives. This includes but is not limited to learning about Climate refugees, Environmental Racism and Ecological Anxiety and exploring the role social work ought to play to address these issues. Students will learn about the challenges for social work in reconciling its own failure to centre the environment. Students will learn about both Indigenous and non-Indigenous approaches to addressing climate change and be challenged to consider how social work can become involved. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: SWRK-1000 or permission of instructor.
SWRK-3430
Theories of Addiction, Models of Care
(3.0 credit hours)
This course will provide students with a historical understanding of the way societies understand and respond to addictions from Moral to Mutual Aid and Harm Reduction Models. Students will develop critical perspectives on how language, policies and interventions shape our understanding of addiction as well as learn about skills to engage in helpful facilitation in the field of substance misuse and abuse. Special attention will be given to how social work has been involved in related areas of practice and policy and how marginalized communities have been harmed by society’s responses to addiction. Open to non-Social Work students. Prerequisite: SWRK/PSYC-2410 or SWRK-2420. Intensive Week: May 12-16 (9am - 4pm). Room TBD.
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