| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | 327 | 081 | Policing in a Democratic Society |
A critical examination of the police as social control agents in contemporary democratic societies. Topics include the historical evolution of policing; police recruitment, training, and education; police/community relations; the occupational subculture of the police; police authority and discretion; private policing; and police deviance and criminality.
Held with SOC 327
Offered online |
Frederick Desroches |
 SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| LS | 351 | 001 | Philosophy of Law |
Basic themes in the philosophy of law. Issues include the nature of law and its relation to morality and politics, legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, and theories of rights, responsibility, and liability.
Held with PHIL 327
Offered in a blended format with on campus and online components |
Stéphanie Grégoire |
PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| LS | 401 | 001, 002 | Law, Culture, and Rights |
This seminar explores the intersection of culture and rights from a legal studies perspective in order to better understand the diversity of ways that law shapes our society, and vice versa. Students will debate and assess selected topics from the perspective of various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.
Offered on campus
Section 001 course outline available by request only |
Honor Brabazon, Carlie Leroux-Demir |
LS 401-002_C.Leroux-Demir_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| LS | 402 | 001, 002 | Perspectives on Legal Authority and Subjectivity |
This seminar explores the relation between those who make or administer law and select legal subjects whose lives and identities are shaped by law. Students will debate and assess selected perspectives while touching on various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.
Offered on campus
Course outline available by request only |
Susan Dianne Brophy | Winter 2023 | |
| MEDVL | 260 | 001 | Medieval Europe c.300-c.1500 |
The political, cultural, economic, and ecclesiastical development of Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the high middle ages.
Held with HIST 260
Offered on campus |
Eduardo Fabbro |
HIST 260-MEDVL 260_E.Fabbro_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| PHIL | 100J | 001 | Introduction to Philosophy |
This course seeks to introduce students to the nature of philosophy. This is done through the examination of core texts and figures in the history of philosophy as well as in the discussion of perennial philosophical questions.
Offered on campus |
Bruno Tremblay |
PHIL 100J_B.Tremblay_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| PHIL | 145 | 002 | Critical Thinking |
An analysis of basic types of reasoning, structure of arguments, critical assessment of information, common fallacies, problems of clarity and meaning.
Offered on campus |
Adam Woodcox |
PHIL 145_A.Woodcox_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| PHIL | 215 | 004 | Professional and Business Ethics |
Study of ethical and moral issues that typically arise in professional and business activity. What responsibilities to society at large do people in such business and professional activities as teaching, engineering, planning, architecture, and accounting have? How far should professional autonomy extend?
Held with ARBUS 202
Offered on campus |
Andrew Stumpf |
PHIL 215-ARBUS 202_A.Stumpf_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| PHIL | 220J | 001 | Philosophy of Friendship |
Friendship is an essential part of a happy life. Ancient western philosophers made friendship one of the cornerstones of their ethics. This course is an exploration of their views on problems such as the necessity of friendship, its nature, its species, and its relationship to happiness and the political community.
Offered in a blended format with on campus and online components |
Stéphanie Grégoire |
PHIL 220J-CLAS 220_S.Gregoire_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| PHIL | 283 | 001 | Great Works: Ancient and Medieval |
A historical survey of ancient and medieval philosophy in the Western tradition.
Held with CLAS 261
Offered on campus |
Adam Woodcox |
PHIL 283-CLAS 261_A.Woodcox_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |