| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | 402 | 041, 042 | 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. |
Susan Dianne Brophy |
 LS 402-041, 042_S.Brophy_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| LS | 496 | 044 | Special Topics in Legal Studies: Law of the Environment |
This course will deal with selected topics in Legal Studies. Subjects will be dependent upon the research and/or instructional interests of faculty. |
Anastasia Tataryn |
LS 496_A.Tataryn_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| MEDVL | 115 | 041 | Crusading in the Middle Ages |
This course examines the historical events and cultural assumptions that led to the European phenomenon of crusading, or holy war, between 1095 and 1453.
Cross-listed with HIST 115 |
Eduardo Fabbro |
HIST 115-MEDVL 115_E.Fabbro_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PHIL | 100J | 041 | 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. |
Nikolaj Zunic |
PHIL 100J_N.Zunic_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PHIL | 120J | 041 | The Meaning of Life |
We may have distinct ideas about the reason why we do this or that, but is there a point to our existence as a whole? What do or should we live for? Or is life essentially meaningless or even absurd? What do such questions mean and how can we best answer them? The views of different philosophers will be explored and compared. |
Nikolaj Zunic |
PHIL 120J_N.Zunic_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PHIL | 218J | 041 | Foundations of Ethics |
What is ethics and what is it based on? What does it mean for an action, a person, or a life to be morally good? Can philosophy provide any objective and universal answers to moral questions? The views of different philosophers will be discussed. |
Stéphanie Grégoire |
PHIL 218J_S.Gregoire_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PHIL | 284 | 041 | Great Works: Modern |
A historical survey of modern philosophy in the Western tradition. |
Nikolaj Zunic |
PHIL 284_N.Zunic_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PHIL | 319J | 041 | Ethics of End-of-Life Care |
What options does a person reaching the end of life have and how can they best be cared for? How can we balance patient autonomy with the expertise of the health-care provider and the demands of the health-care system? This course will help students think philosophically and critically about issues like these in their cultural, historical, and legal context. Specific topics may include consent, human dignity, euthanasia, refusal or withdrawal of treatment, palliative care and holistic patient care, pluralism and diverse understandings of dying, and treatment of the elderly. |
Andrew Stumpf |
PHIL 319J_A.Stumpf_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PHIL | 327 | 041 | 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.
Cross-listed with LS 351 |
Stéphanie Grégoire |
PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |
| PSYCH | 101 | 041 | Introductory Psychology |
A general survey course designed to provide the student with an understanding of the basic concepts and techniques of modern psychology as a behavioural science. |
PSYCH 101_R.Blackie_Fall 2020.pdf |
Fall 2020 |