| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF | 305 | 001 | Social Issues and Controveries in Human Relationships |
This course will provide a detailed examination of selected issues and controversies in the area of human sexuality. Topics may include the role of sex education in schools, nature vs. nurture, censorship, and surrogate motherhood.
Offered on campus |
Angela Underhill |
 SMF 305_A.Underhill_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SMF | 307 | 001 | Conflict in Close Relationships |
Families and close relationships are among the most important and valued human experiences, but they can also be the source of much conflict and pain. This course will examine the role that conflict plays in close relationships, with a focus on topics such as emotions, power, third-party interventions, breakdown of relationships, conflict styles, and conflict resolution.
Offered on campus |
Denise Whitehead |
SMF 307_D.Whitehead_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SMF | 308 | 001 | Relational Therapy |
Modern and postmodern therapeutic approaches to working clinically within relational contexts (e.g., family, romantic, other relationship configurations) are taken up. This course emphasizes cultural sensitivity, social justice, and anti-oppressive practices in therapeutic settings. Students will apply theory to practice and explore the ethical implications associated with doing clinical work.
Offered on campus |
Siobhan Sutherland |
SMF 308_S.Sutherland_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SMF | 310 | 001 | Sexual and Relational Ethics |
A study of social relationships and systems that support sexual identities and relationship structures which generate ethical issues related to attitudes, values, and behaviours at both the individual and group level. This course may address sexual and relationship ethics on local, national, and transnational scales focusing on how issues of ethics and morality have been socially constructed.
Offered on campus |
Carl Rodrigue |
SMF 310_C.Rodrigue_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SMF | 318 | 001 | The History of Sexuality: The Modern Period |
This seminar introduces students to the history of sexuality. The course focuses on the 19th and 20th centuries.
Held with HIST 318
Offered on campus
Course outline available by request only |
Catherine Briggs | Winter 2023 | |
| SMF | 400 | 001 | Capstone Seminar |
This seminar invites students to integrate their knowledge in the domains of sexuality, relationships, and families and make connections among theories, research, and practices. The capstone focus provides students the opportunity for critical self-reflection on their university experience.
Offered on campus |
Carm De Santis |
SMF 400_C.De Santis_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SMF | 491 | 001 | Practicum and Applied Theory |
This course involves the continuation of the SMF 490 practicum placement along with weekly seminar meetings that focus on integration of theory and practice.
Offered on campus |
Carm De Santis | Winter 2023 | |
| SOC | 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 LS 327
Offered online |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC 327-LS 327-081_F.Desroches_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SOC | 355J | 001 | Power and Parenting |
An examination of contemporary parent-child relations in terms of a reconceptualization of power. Special attention will be given to contemporary interpretive (e.g., hermeneutic) approaches to a reformulation of the relation between power and action.
Offered on campus |
Kieran Bonner |
SOC 355J_K.Bonner_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |
| SOC | 430 | 003 | Special Topics in Sociology - Cultures, Cities, Dublin |
In this seminar course, students will have the opportunity to learn about a particular topic in the area of sociology or an interdisciplinary field. Students will gain in-depth analysis skills in this selected area of research.
Offered on campus |
Kieran Bonner |
SOC 430-003_K.Bonner_Winter 2023.pdf |
Winter 2023 |