FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: GENERAL COURSES
The following courses are offered through the Office of the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences. The content and focus of the courses listed span several disciplines, rather than being confined to a single area.
01-110. Ways of Knowing
This course investigates a topic through the lens of a variety of perspectives representing the range of learning at the university. Students will see the way specific viewpoints, for example from the arts, sciences, or social sciences, provide very different insights into our world. This course combines classroom instruction with a workshop component in which students will develop the skills of inquiry to explore the world around them. They will have the opportunity to work with senior student mentors and a variety of community and university resources. The topic for each year will be announced in advance and might include: space, time and place; identity and voice; isolation and community; or creativity and invention. (Restricted to students in Semesters 1 and 2 of programs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.) (Also offered as 02-110.) (1.5 lecture/1.5 tutorial hours a week.)
01-150. Foundations of Academic Writing I
A basic course designed to develop effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other tasks. Topics will include: the audience; the writing process; conventions of different prose forms. This is not an ESL course. (Also offered as 02-150.)
01-151. Foundations of Academic Writing II
A basic writing course designed as a follow up to Effective Writing. This course aims to develop effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other tasks. Topics will include a cursory review of grammar, writing processes, and conventions of different prose forms in various scholarly disciplines. The main content of the course is paragraph and essay writing, research skills, and forms of scholarly citation. This course is structured as an on-line course. (Prerequisite: 01-01-150/02-02-150 or by assessment.) (Distance Education Course: Mandatory 3 hour orientation during 1st week of classes.)
01-190. First-Year Seminars
First-Year Seminars delve deeply into particular problems or topics related to the research interests of the instructor. The Seminars are designed to provide closer interaction with an instructor in a challenging intellectual environment in which students are introduced to the issues, literature, and study methods of the topic area. (Restricted to students in Semesters 1 and 2 of programs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.) (May not be used to satisfy Major requirements for programs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.) (May not be repeated for credit.) (Also offered as 02-190.) (3 lecture hours a week.)
01-204. Health-Care Ethics through the Life-Span
Explores ethical issues of general interest which arise during the life-span, from conception until death, including methods to prevent contraception, methods to aid in reproduction, medical treatment for children, organ transplantation, research on human subjects, foregoing life-sustaining treatment, advance directives, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. This course is not directed specifically to health professionals.
01-209. Ethics in the Professions
Examines what constitutes a profession, its legitimacy, and its authority from society. The responsibilities of professionals to their clients, professions, and society are mapped. Codes of ethics and other statements of ethical standards, conflict of interest, and the roles of regulatory bodies and governments are examined and related to practice through relevant case studies.
01-250. Exploring the Hebrew Scriptures
An introduction to reading Hebrew biblical literature. Develops the basic skills for investigating literary, historical, and religious dimensions of the text and uses these skills to explore passages selected from the Torah, Prophets, and Writings.
01-252. The Social World of Ancient Israel
An examination of the society of ancient Israel, focusing on the role of religion in the formation and development of the community from the exodus and the tribal confederacy, through the monarchy, to the emergence of Judaism in the post-exilic period. (This course is recommended to be preceded or accompanied by 01-250.)
01-400. Mentorship and Learning
An intensive exploration of the theory and practice of learning and leadership by mentoring first year students. Students will mentor first-year students taking the Ways of Knowing interdisciplinary course. They will meet regularly with a group of first-year students and help them complete assignments involving various activities to assist in developing their problem-solving skills. They will also study theories of learning and leadership and engage in seminar discussions. The course will run over two semesters. (Restricted to students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with at least Semester 5 standing, with consent of the instructor.) (A two-semester, 6-credit course offered in Winter-Fall terms.) (Also offered as 02-400.) (2 lecture/4 lab hours a week.)
02-100. Introduction to Canadian Studies
This course emphasizes the transition of Canada from a European colonial society to an immigrant, multicultural society. A multidisciplinary approach will be taken in dealing with the specific problems facing Canada today.
02-101. The Transition to University
An introduction to the purposes and processes of university education, emphasizing the skills and strategies needed to make a successful transition to the academic and cultural environment of the University of Windsor. (Open to Semester 1 and Semester 2 students only.) (3 lecture hours a week.)
02-103. Introduction to North American Studies
This course offers an introduction to contemporary North American society and a broad spectrum of current issues and debates. A multi-disciplinary approach will be employed in the examination of North American institutions, social issues, politics, history, and culture. (This course is required for students in the North American Studies Certificate Program.) (3 lecture hours a week.)
02-110. Ways of Knowing
This course investigates a topic through the lens of a variety of perspectives representing the range of learning at the university. Students will see the way specific viewpoints, for example from the arts, sciences, or social sciences, provide very different insights into our world. This course combines classroom instruction with a workshop component in which students will develop the skills of inquiry to explore the world around them. They will have the opportunity to work with senior student mentors and a variety of community and university resources. The topic for each year will be announced in advance and might include: space, time and place; identity and voice; isolation and community; or creativity and invention. (Restricted to students in Semesters 1 and 2 of programs in in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.) (Also offered as
01-110.) (1.5 lecture/1.5 tutorial hours a week.)
02-150. Foundations of Academic Writing I
A basic course designed to develop effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other tasks. Topics will include: the audience; the writing process; conventions of different prose forms. This is not an ESL course. (Also offered as 01-150.)
02-151. Foundations of Academic Writing II
A basic writing course designed as a follow up to Effective Writing. This course aims to develop effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other tasks. Topics will include a cursory review of grammar, writing processes, and conventions of different prose forms in various scholarly disciplines. The main content of the course is paragraph and essay writing, research skills, and forms of scholarly citation. This course is structured as an on-line course. (Prerequisite: 01-01-150/02-02-150 or by assessment.) (Distance Education Course: Mandatory 3 hour orientation during 1st week of classes.)
02-190. First-Year Seminars
First-Year Seminars delve deeply into particular problems or topics related to the research interests of the instructor. The Seminars are designed to provide closer interaction with an instructor in a challenging intellectual environment in which students are introduced to the issues, literature, and study methods of the topic area. (Restricted to students in Semesters 1 and 2 of programs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.) (May not be used to satisfy Major requirements for programs in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.) (May not be repeated for credit.) (Also offered as 01-190.) (3 lecture hours a week.)
02-210. Religious Fundamentalism and Contemporary Culture
A comparative cross-cultural examination of the emergence of fundamentalism within the major religious traditions in the modern world. Issues include the impact of fundamentalism on notions of pluralism, separation of church and state, religious tolerance, violence, peace-keeping, free speech and apocalyptic beliefs.
02-250. Basic Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
Introduction to measurement of variables, organization and description of numerical data, testing hypotheses, inference, and interpretation of findings in the Social Sciences. Topics include descriptive statistics, normal distribution, probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, t-tests, correlation, and chi-square tests. (Antirequisite: 65-205, 65-250, 65-251, 73-102, 73-105, 73-205, 85-222, and 95-269.)
02-300. Remembering Canada in the Global Village
An examination of how Canada was constructed as a modern technological society. The course explores how this has been critically analyzed in terms of dependency, both economic and cultural, challenges the analysis, and presents other images and possibilities for being Canadian in the emerging global technological order.
02-400. Mentorship and Learning
An intensive exploration of the theory and practice of learning and leadership by mentoring first year students. Students will mentor first-year students taking the Ways of Knowing interdisciplinary course. They will meet regularly with a group of first-year students and help them complete assignments involving various activities to assist in developing their problem-solving skills. They will also study theories of learning and leadership and engage in seminar discussions. The course will run over two semesters. (Restricted to students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences with at least Semester 5 standing, with consent of the instructor.) (A two-semester, 6-credit course offered in Winter-Fall terms.) (Also offered as 01-400.) (2 lecture/4 lab hours a week.)