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First Year Fall/Winter Courses at Trent University Oshawa 2011/2012FA – Course scheduled for the fall term Anthropology is the study of humankind. it is a discipline integrating four sub-fields: archaeology, linguistics, biological anthropology and sociocultural anthropology. Archaeologists recover material remains in order to interpret past cultures. Linguists study languages worldwide and in relation to society and culture. Biological anthropologists investigate human origins, growth and development in relation to environmental, genetic and sociocultural factors. Sociocultural anthropologists work with living groups world-wide, recording their ways of life and beliefs and interpreting their findings to better understand and explain the similarities and differences among people. Anthropologists investigate economic and social inequality; identity, ethnicity and nationalism; ethnocentrism and racism; gender and society; the individual and society; the role of technology and material culture; and tensions between global and local perspectives. A constant and distinctive feature of anthropology is its insistence upon the study of lived experience, the anthropology of everyday life.
In the english department at Trent University we introduce our students to the vast sweep of literature in english from its beginnings over a thousand years ago in Anglo-Saxon england to its current status as the global medium of culture and communication. We study the language of our daily existence functioning at its full force, in works of the imagination which confront the pressing and enduring issues in our lives and our society. our goal is to enhance students' love and understanding of literature in english and to enable them to develop the reading, writing and analytical skills that are crucial to academic and professional success in the information Age. We believe that the best way of achieving this goal is by exchanging and testing ideas in small-group discussions led by experienced and dedicated teachers.
Environmental and Resource Science/Studies The Environmental & Resource Science/Studies program is an interdisciplinary program offering an Honours B.A. in Environmental & Resource Studies and an Honours B.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Science. Students may earn a single-major degree or a joint-major degree with any of more than 20 other University departments or programs that offer Honours degrees. The program also offers an Honours B. E. S. S. in Environmental Science/Studies. The Environmental & Resource Science/ Studies program offers a B.Sc. in Environmental Chemistry with the Chemistry Department, a B.Sc. in Ecological Restoration with Fleming College, and a B.A. and a B.Sc. in Indigenous Environmental Studies with the Indigenous Studies Program. The program offers a high degree of flexibility in course selection, including options for a year abroad, community research placements, research/training internships within and outside of the University, and participation in emphases in Conservation Biology, Food & Agriculture, Geographical information Systems, Health Sciences, Law & Policy, northern & Polar Studies, and Teacher education.
The History department offers courses on Canadian, American, Latin American, European, African, Middle eastern and Asian history. They explore such themes as women's history, Aboriginal history, ethnicity, work, culture (both popular and elite), political history (both domestic and international), war, business, heritage and applied history. The department is committed to small-group learning, effective teacher-student interaction, excellence in research and creative links to other academic programs and public institutions.
Psychology is defined as the scientific study of behaviour and the mind. As such, psychological research provides insight into questions on topics such as newborn infants' preference for their mother's voice, the link between personality and academic achievement or physical health, how sleep influences learning and memory, the identification of individuals who are at risk for Alzheimer's disease or cancer, sexual negotiation and behaviour in young adults, or even how you understand these words you are reading right now. Psychology is a scientific discipline with a multitude of practical applications: it deals with every aspect of our lives, and in its application of scientific methods to questions of human concern, it helps us to better understand how and why people act, think and feel the way they do. The Psychology program at Trent ensures that students acquire research skills and a broad-based background in the basic content of the discipline, and that they have the opportunity at upper levels to focus on more specialized topics and to become involved in original research.
Sociology at Trent seeks to provide students with a tool kit of concepts, theories, research skills and factual information to enable them to think critically about the changing social conditions they are living through, and about the efforts of people to direct that change. Building on a common core of required courses in theory and methods, the Sociology program at Trent offers two main concentrations: 1) social structures and social policies, in areas such as social inequality, families, health and criminal justice and 2) social interaction and culture, in areas such as religion, media studies, ethnic and sexual identities.
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