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Please visit the Academic Timetable to see which courses are presently being offered and in which location(s). Not all courses listed below run every term or in all locations. For specific details about program requirements and degree regulations, please refer to the Academic Calendar.

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ADMN-1221H: Financial Accounting

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

An introduction to the theoretical framework of accrual accounting and the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Includes the preparation and analysis of financial statements, double-entry accounting, and the accounting cycle. Professional ethics, behaviour, and corporate social responsibility are integrated into the context of control and accountability. Excludes ADMN 1021H, 2021H.

ADMN-1620H: Intro to Information Systems

Offered:

  • Online

Wherever and whenever information is required, an information system is also required. Core topics include the use of information systems for strategic advantage, their basic underlying technologies, the types of information systems and how they are constructed, managed, and replaced, as well as their ethical and legal use. Prerequisite: COIS 1010H.

Cross-listed: COIS-1620H

ADMN-2100H: Introduction to Marketing (part 1)

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Aims to give students a basic understanding of marketing and its core concepts-how a marketing approach can be implemented and managed in a range of markets, situations, and organizations. Prerequisite:Prerequisite: 1.0 ADMN credit or 0.5 ADMN credit and CUST-MDST 1535H.

ADMN-2220H: Organizational Behaviour

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

A conceptual and methodological analysis of the way individuals react to their employment environment. Topics include motivation, job satisfaction, leadership, group dynamics, and decision-making. Prerequisite: 1.0 ADMN credit.

ADMN-2230H: Human Resource Management

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

A survey of the concepts and practices in the major functions of human resource management. Topics include human resource forecasting, human rights, recruitment and selection, training and development, collective bargaining, performance appraisal, and compensation. Pre- or co-requisite: ADMN 2220H.

ADMN-2250H: Math for Economics & Mgmt

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Topics include partial and general equilibrium, elementary linear algebra, elementary calculus, basic optimization theory, comparative static analysis, and linear programming. These tools are integrated with and applied to micro and macroeconomic theory and managerial economics. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ECON 1010H and 1020H.

Cross-listed: ECON-2250H

ADMN-2610H: Personal Finance

Offered:

  • Online

This course is designed to help students understand the planning and management of their current and future personal financial affairs. The course focuses on planning and managing personal finances, insuring assets, investing financial resources, and controlling financial futures. Prerequisite: 2.0 university credits.

ADMN-3750H: Principles of Online Marketing

Offered:

  • Online

Businesses today must effectively leverage the Internet and develop an online strategy which complements their traditional business practices. Core topics include website best practices, online marketing and customer relationships, positioning businesses online, and social networking for small and large enterprises. Topics are consolidated with a professional business proposal. Prerequisite: COIS-ADMN 1620H or ADMN 1000H or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: COIS-3750H

AHCL-2999H: Origins of Modern Terminology

Offered:

  • Online

Introduces students to the role of ancient Greek and Latin in technical terminology and generates a core vocabulary of words and word parts to better comprehend complex etymologies. A modular approach allows students to target specific streams in science, medicine, law, and other fields. No prior knowledge of Greek or Latin needed. Not for credit toward a major or minor in Ancient Greek & Roman Studies.

ANTH-2002H: Communication & Culture

Offered:

  • Online

What is it like to live in different cultures and come to see the world as they do? Through in-depth encounters with several of the world's cultures through ethnographies, this course provides a cross-cultural understanding of humankind. Excludes ANTH 2000Y.

ANTH-2410H: Biological Anthropology: Darwin, Death

Offered:

  • Online

Students learn about the roles of evolution, disease, and death in shaping modern human and non-human primate biology, behaviour, and distribution. Students learn more about research methods and applications of this research. Topics covered include evolution, infectious disease, growth and development, forensic anthropology, skeletal anatomy, and nutrition. Prerequisite: ANTH 1001H or 1010H (or 1000Y) or permission of instructor. Excludes ANTH 2400Y.

ANTH-3745H: Virtual Worlds - the Anthropology of Online Communities

Offered:

  • Online

Focuses on worlds creating in playable media (games), including both massively multiple online games (MMOGs) and tabletop role-playing games. "Virtual" society is now an increasingly taken-for-granted aspect of everyday sociality. This course develops tools and theories for the study of virtual worlds, online and offline. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: COIS-3745H, MDST-3745H

BIOL-1020H: Foundations of Biodiversity

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

An examination of the biological principles underlying questions concerning biodiversity and evolution. Begins with a discussion of biodiversity and the implications of its loss. This is followed by consideration of the evolution of life on earth, exploring the underlying processes of natural selection and ecological interactions. Prerequisite: 4U Biology or its equivalent or permission of the department.

BIOL-1030H: Foundations of Cellular & Molecular Biology

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Designed to explore the role of selected cellular and physiological systems in the maintenance of homeostasis in animals under varying environmental conditions, as well as the molecular basis of hereditary and environmental variation. Prerequisite: 4U Biology or its equivalent. Excludes BIOM 1000H.

BIOL-1050H: Human Anatomy

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Designed to provide a basic understanding of the structure of the human body using a systems approach. In order to gain an appreciation of the complexity of the human body, it is examined on both a microscopic and macroscopic level. Prerequisite: 4U Biology and Chemistry. Recommended: 4U Kinesiology.

BIOL-1051H: Human Physiology

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Designed to provide a basic understanding of the function of the human body using a systems approach. A central theme is the mechanisms used to maintain homeostasis under normal, healthy conditions. Prerequisite: 4U Biology and Chemistry. Recommended: 4U Kinesiology, BIOL 1050H.

BIOL-2050H: Intoduction to Genetics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Develops a basic understanding of genetics. Mendelian inheritance, chromosome structure, genetic recombination, mutation, the structure of DNA, the nature of genes, and current topics in genetics are investigated using examples from plants, animals, insects, bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in BIOL 1030H or BIOM 1000H, and 60% or higher in one of BIOL 1020H or 1050H.

Cross-listed: FRSC-2050H

BIOL-2080H: Natural Science Statistics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Covers commonly-used statistical tools in Biology, Geography, and Environmental & Resource Science. Lectures address basic statistical methods and background theory. Workshops involve computer-based assignments providing practical experience in statistical application. Prerequisite: One of GEOG 1030H or 1040H or 1050H; or ERSC 1000Y; or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H; or both BIOL 1020H and 1030H.

Cross-listed: GEOG-2080H, ERSC-2080H

CAST-2001H: Indigenous Peoples &state Relationships

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-2001H, POST-2001H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

CAST-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-2002H, POST-2002H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

CAST-2360Y: Canadian History Thro Murder Execution

Offered:

  • Online

Was Louis Riel a traitor who deserved to be executed? Did diplomat Herbert Norman kill himself because of American accusations that he was a Communist? Was the bombing of Air India Flight 182 "Canada's 9/11"? This course uses such episodes to explore political, social, economic, and cultural changes in Canada. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST-CAST 2350Y. Students may take only one of HIST-CAST 2360Y or 2361H for credit.

Cross-listed: HIST-2360Y

CAST-2711H: Acting Up Feminism & Hist in Canada

Offered:

  • Online

An overview of the history of feminist ideas, strategies, and actions in Canada. We explore the diversity and distinctiveness of Canadian feminism at different historical moments, celebrating the strength and creativity of organized and individual forms of resistance, while also probing the complicated, difficult, and sometimes "messy" workings of feminism. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits, including 0.5 WMST, GESO, CAST, or HIST credit at the 1000 level, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST-CAST 2110H.

Cross-listed: GESO-2711H, HIST-2711H

CAST-2810H: Canadas People & Places

Offered:

  • Online

Explores the geography of Canada and its peoples and places. Examines the development of Canada's cultural landscapes and regions, and the social, economic, and political development of the Canadian nation-state. Canada's geography is explored as an east-west nation under increasing pressure from globalization and new national agendas. Prerequisite: GEOG 1030H.

Cross-listed: GEOG-2810H

CAST-3241H: Histories of the Canadian North

Offered:

  • Online

Introduces students to major themes in the Canadian Northern history, from pre-contact to the creation of the territory of Nunavut in 1999. The major themes focus on evolving cultural, political, socio-economic, and environmental histories. Prerequisite: 6.0 university credits.

CAST-3243H: Contemporary Canadian North Circumpolar

Offered:

  • Online

Explores issues in the contemporary Canadian North with a focus on social, political, economic, and environmental issues. Students are encouraged to critically examine Canada's Northern strategies and compare these to the social and economic priorities of Arctic leaders and Indigenous peoples living in remote Northern communities. Prerequisite: 6.0 university credits.

CAST-3640H: Geography of the Polar Regions

Offered:

  • Online

Study of selected aspects of the Polar regions with considerable reference to northern Canada but with the deliberate intention of developing comparisons between it and other parts of the Polar regions. Prerequisite: GEOG 1045H; or GEOG 1030H and one of 1040H or 1050H; or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: GEOG-3640H

CAST-3966H: Criminalizing Women

Offered:

  • Online

A criminological analysis of women in trouble from early to late modernity to the present moment, with specific analysis of the disciplining and incarceration of cisgender women and trans women. Focuses on the Canadian criminal justice system, with analysis of its racist, colonial, patriarchal, homophobic, ableist legacies. Prerequisite: 1.0 GESO, WMST, CAST, or SOCI credit, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST 3966H.

Cross-listed: GESO-3966H, SOCI-3966H

CHIN-1001H: Intro to Chinese I

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to the Chinese language for beginners. Covers the phonology, elementary syntax, and characters of Chinese, and develops cultural awareness. Students receive training in listening and speaking, in recognizing both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, and in using Pin Yin and Chinese character dictionaries. Students whose level of Chinese is judged by the instructor to be too advanced may not receive credit for this course. Excludes CHIN 1000Y.

CHIN-1002H: Intro to Chinese II

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to the Chinese language for beginners. Covers the phonology, elementary syntax, and characters of Chinese, and develops cultural awareness. Students receive training in listening and speaking, in recognizing both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, and in using Pin Yin and Chinese character dictionaries. Students whose level of Chinese is judged by the instructor to be too advanced may not receive credit for this course. Excludes CHIN 1000Y.

CHIN-2100H: Oral Proficiency Through Chinese Films

Offered:

  • Online

This course is designed for those who have some background in the Chinese language and who want to further their Chinese oral proficiency. Students are exposed to language and culture with authentic Chinese materials selected from a wide range of Chinese films and dramas. Prerequisite: CHIN 1002H or permission of the instructor.

COIS-1010H: Digital World

Offered:

  • Online

Digital systems have redefined how we work, communicate, and play-just think about the World Wide Web, mobile camera phones, video games, and e-business. Core topics examine the underlying technologies of both computing and information systems and how they have become an integral and indispensable part of our daily lives.

Cross-listed: MDST-1010H

COIS-1400H: Introduction to Data Science

Offered:

  • Online

Develops a solid foundation in the main concepts of data science and programming in Python. Core topics include repetition and selection structures, algorithm design techniques, file types, big data, data mining, and data visualization. Pre- or co-requisite: COIS 1020H.

COIS-1620H: Intro to Information Systems

Offered:

  • Online

Wherever and whenever information is required, an information system is also required. Core topics include the use of information systems for strategic advantage, their basic underlying technologies, the types of information systems and how they are constructed, managed, and replaced, as well as their ethical and legal use. Prerequisite: COIS 1010H.

Cross-listed: ADMN-1620H

COIS-2320H: Digital Logic

Offered:

  • Online

Digital logic describes how computer hardware actually works at the logic gate and circuit level. Core topics include Boolean algebra, Karnaugh maps, the minimization of Boolean functions and the design of combinational and sequential circuits, including adders, decoders, multiplexers, flip-flops, and memory circuits. Prerequisite: COIS 1020H or 1520H.

COIS-2750H: Computer Crime & Forensics

Offered:

  • Online

Computer crime is the fastest-growing area of illegal activity in the world. Users beware After some background information (how computers work, number systems, information-hiding algorithms), we examine the schemes and techniques used by computer criminals, the forensic techniques used to catch the criminals, and ways to prevent victimization. Recommended prerequisite: COIS 1010H.

Cross-listed: FRSC-2750H

COIS-3370H: Cyberethics

Offered:

  • Online

Enables students to develop their own positions about the most important social and moral problems raised by computer use and technologies, including the fragmentation of society into computer "haves" and "have-nots," Internet censorship, pornography, intellectual property rights, and software piracy. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of department chair.

Cross-listed: PHIL-3370H, MDST-3370H

COIS-3745H: Virtual Worlds: the Anthropology of Online Communities

Offered:

  • Online

Focuses on worlds creating in playable media (games), including both massively multiple online games (MMOGs) and tabletop role-playing games. "Virtual" society is now an increasingly taken-for-granted aspect of everyday sociality. This course develops tools and theories for the study of virtual worlds, online and offline. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: ANTH-3745H, MDST-3745H

COIS-3750H: Principles of Online Marketing

Offered:

  • Online

Businesses today must effectively leverage the Internet and develop an online strategy which complements their traditional business practices. Core topics include website best practices, online marketing and customer relationships, positioning businesses online, and social networking for small and large enterprises. Topics are consolidated with a professional business proposal. Prerequisite: COIS-ADMN 1620H or ADMN 1000H or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: ADMN-3750H

COIS-3820H: History & Impact of Computing

Offered:

  • Online

The history of digital computation is relatively recent, but all around us. By introducing the key people whose insight, inventiveness, and industry have defined the digital world, a framework is developed within which all students can appreciate the fundamental milestones of computing and their impact on the world. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: MDST-3820H

COIS-4000Y: Software Engineering Project

Offered:

  • Online

The software engineering project is a capstone course and provides students with the practical experience in the analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation of a real-world software product. Working as a team with clients, the project draws substantially on the theoretical knowledge gained in all previous COIS courses. Prerequisite: COIS 3040H. Pre- or co-requisite: COIS-ADMN 3850H. Recommended: COIS 3400H and 3420H. Excludes COIS 4850H.

COIS-4400H: Data Mining

Offered:

  • Online

Data mining is the extraction of previously unknown and potentially useful patterns from large data sets. Core topics include the statistical foundations of data mining, sampling mechanisms, missing data, clustering, classification, and outlier detection. Case studies cover a wide variety of applications such as astronomy and marketing. Prerequisite: 1.0 COIS credit at the 3000 or 4000 level and one of COIS 2020H or COIS-ADMN 2620H.

COIS-4550H: Artificial Intelligence

Offered:

  • Online

Artificial intelligence is the study of those techniques which create perceptions of "machine intelligence" and "intelligent agents." Topics may include but are not limited to expert systems, various evolutionary learning systems such as genetic algorithms, genetic programming, and neural networks. The impact and ethics of artificial intelligence are also examined. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including one of COIS 1020H, 1520H, or 1620H.

COMM-2003H: Becoming Digital: Reading, Writing,

Offered:

  • Online

Provides students with the tools they need to navigate the changes to thought and communication that digital technology has wrought. This course not only offers insight into how technology has changed how we read and write, but also how we change with it. Students also engage in making digital media/objects they study.

CRIM-1615H: Introduction to Criminology

Offered:

  • Online

In this course students are introduced to criminology as a field of study. Key topics include fear and moral panics, deterrence, 'the science of morality,' the roles of strain, social reactions, and power/risk in constructing crime, and modern approaches to addressing crime, such as restorative justice.

CRIM-2616H: Monsters and Misfits: History Theories

Offered:

  • Online

The history of criminalization and punishment introduces students to the historical context of nineteenth and twentieth century criminology and the rise of the modern prison as a response to the rise of industrial capitalism and colonization. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in CRIM 1615H.

CRIM-2617H: Criminology Research Methods

Offered:

  • Online

Introduces students to research design and ethical debates in the study of crime and punishment. Students work with reports provided by national and international think tanks, as well as scholarly empirical articles, to critically assess knowledge production on crime and punishment. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of the instructor.

CRIM-2618H: Responding to Violence

Offered:

  • Online

A critical examination of social and legal responses to violence. Specific attention is paid to legal punishment as a response to violence, and punishment as a form of violence. Retributive and restorative conceptions of justice are considered. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits including CRIM 1615H, or permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed: PHIL-2618H

CRIM-2619H: Families of Prisoners

Offered:

  • Online

Reviews the impact of incarceration, and the criminal justice system more broadly, on the family members of the incarcerated. Concepts of stigma, prisonization, the pains of imprisonment, and institutionalization are explored, as will the 'collateral consequences' of mass incarceration on communities. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits including CRIM 1615H, or permission of the instructor.

CUST-2547H: Pop After Rock

Offered:

  • Online

Exploration of popular music after the emergence of rock and roll that engages theoretical, historical, and cultural contexts for discussing specific generations of music between 1945 and 2014. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.

CUST-3475H: The Media of Politics

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the decline of the traditional model of journalism and the explosive growth of internet and social media as citizens' main source of news. The ethical, political, and social implications of the nexus between the media and political accountability in a democratic society are the focus of the course. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST or CUST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2351H and 2352H or CUST-MDST 2581H or 2582H.

Cross-listed: POST-3475H, MDST-3475H

CUST-3515H: Modernism and the Avant-Garde

Offered:

  • Online

Examines one of the most important cultural movements of the twentieth century-modernism. It traces this movement from its genesis in the dynamic city culture of the fin de siecle, to its embodiment in avant-garde art, literature, and cinema, and concludes by considering its problematic transition into postmodernism. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits. Students may take only one of CUST 3015Y or 3515H for credit.

EAPP-1000Y: Academic English I

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

EAPP 1000Y -Academic English I is an intensive course that builds on the English language skills acquired in Trent-ESL Core English 3 by introducing academic language and skills. Emphasis is on developing productive and receptive language through academic writing in a range of genres, academic presentations and discussion, academic listening and note-taking, and academic reading, with a focus on grammar and vocabulary expansion. Prerequisite: 75% in Core English 3 (non-credit) or IELTS 5.5 with 5.5 in writing or equivalent. EAPP 1000Y -Academic English Iis open only to students enrolled in Trent-ESL: English for University.

EAPP-2000Y: Academic English II

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Academic English II is an intensive course that hones the academic language and skills introduced in Academic English I. Emphasis is on developing productive and receptive skills through mastery of writing in a range of genres, academic presentations and discussion, academic listening and note-taking, and academic reading. Critical reading, thinking and analysis are key features of this course. Pre-requisite: 75% in all parts of EAPP 1000Y - Academic English I or IELTS 6.0 with 6.0 in writing or equivalent. EAPP 2000Y -Academic English II is open only to students enrolled in Trent-ESL: English for University.

ECON-1020H: Introductory Macroeconomics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

An introductory study of the total economy in terms of GDP, employment, unemployment, prices, and inflation using simple economic models. The Canadian banking system, monetary policy, the government sector, government budgets, and fiscal policy are examined. Selected aspects of international trade, the balance of payments, and exchange rates are included.

ECON-2015H: Critical Perspectives on Aging

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to aging from critical perspectives. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives within the Trent Centre for Aging and Society, this course provides a foundation for understanding and analyzing the meaning and significance of aging for individuals, communities, and societies. Topics include life course influences, representations, and problematization of aging, and places for aging. Open to non-Nursing students.

Cross-listed: NURS-2015H, SOCI-2015H

ECON-2250H: Math for Economics & Mgmt

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Topics include partial and general equilibrium, elementary linear algebra, elementary calculus, basic optimization theory, comparative static analysis, and linear programming. These tools are integrated with and applied to micro and macroeconomic theory and managerial economics. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ECON 1010H and 1020H.

Cross-listed: ADMN-2250H

ENGL-1005H: Love and Hate

Offered:

  • Online

The subject of a million popular songs and poems, all great films, and all of Shakespeare's tragedies, love and hate still defeat us. This course looks at how love and hate are represented in poetry, popular song, drama, and fiction and asks, if "love alters not," why is it that "love will tear us apart"? Excludes ENGL 1000Y.

ENGL-2609H: Contagion

Offered:

  • Online

Explores intersections between medicine and literature with particular attention to the representation of outbreaks and pandemics in historical and contemporary fiction, graphic novels, dystopian works, and film. What does it mean to narrate contagion? What might fictions of contagion teach us about our communities, our priorities, and our (in)humanity? Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.

ENGL-3707H: Literature & Globalization

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

A study of literature and theory exploring the political, economic, cultural, and existential effects of globalization. With an emphasis on contemporary texts, approaches may focus on energy, cosmopolitanism, migration, technology, and environmentalism among others.

ERSC-1010H: Environmental Science and Sustainability

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

An interdisciplinary inquiry into the biophysical and social foundations that enable the study of environmental issues, emphasizing the scientific, political, social, economic, and historical dimensions of environmental issues. These dimensions are examined through a series of issues including climate change, air pollution, land and resource use, biodiversity and protected areas, contaminants, and water quality and quantity. Excludes ERSC 1000Y.

ERSC-2080H: Natural Science Statistics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Covers commonly-used statistical tools in Biology, Geography, and Environmental & Resource Science. Lectures address basic statistical methods and background theory. Workshops involve computer-based assignments providing practical experience in statistical application. Prerequisite: One of GEOG 1030H or 1040H or 1050H; or ERSC 1000Y; or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H; or both BIOL 1020H and 1030H.

Cross-listed: GEOG-2080H, BIOL-2080H

ERSC-2090H: Intro Geographical Information Systems

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Introduces the fundamentals of GIS technology and applications. The essentials of GIS structural components, spatial data models, and the analytical GIS operations on such data models are examined in detail. Experience with GIS analysis is gained through laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: One of GEOG 1030H or 1040H or 1050H; or ERSC 1000Y; or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H; or both BIOL 1020H and 1030H. Elementary or intermediate-level experience with microcomputers and their operating systems is desirable.

Cross-listed: GEOG-2090H

ERST-2100H: Environmental Science & Politics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

The roles of science in current environmental controversies. Topics examine science and environmental ethics, the application of science to natural resource management, the contribution of science to action on international environmental problems such as climate change, and the role of science in making decisions about environmental risks. Prerequisite: 1.0 ERSC or POST credit at the 1000 level.

Cross-listed: POST-2100H

ERST-2320H: Lands & Environment of Circumpolar North

Offered:

  • Online

Explores the lands and environments that define the Circumpolar region and identifies the key issues involving interaction between humans and their environments, examining climate change and its impacts on landscapes, biodiversity, and ecological systems. Provides a broad foundation for the study of circumpolar peoples, economies, landscapes, communities, and adaptation to climate change.

Cross-listed: GEOG-2320H

ERST-2330H: Changing Resources of Circumpolar North

Offered:

  • Online

Provides students with an in-depth understanding of the key issues which define the future of resources and resource use in the Circumpolar North. Focuses upon the challenges of resource management for governments and communities, and assesses the potential conflicts derived from resource use. Prerequisite: GEOG 1045H and GEOG-ERST 2320H, or permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed: GEOG-2330H

ERST-3390H: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar

Offered:

  • Online

Develops a basic appreciation of the most important contemporary challenges surrounding governance and politics, social issues, education and knowledge systems, and global issues in the circumpolar regions of the North. It explores the complexity and inter-relatedness of governance, social policy, gender, indigeneity, and law.

Cross-listed: GEOG-3390H

ERST-3502H: Climate and Environmental Communications

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

This course brings students into current debates and evolving techniques of communicating climate and environmental science to a variety of social groups and cultural contexts. Students learn best practices and complete projects in rhetoric, data visualization, and journalistic reporting on both the physical and social sciences. No prior scientific background is required. Prerequisite: 9.0 university credits including ERSC 1010H and 1020H.

FREN-4201H: Creation Litteraire

Offered:

  • Online

A creative writing workshop. Various writing techniques are applied; genres (poetry, short story, etc.) are explored through writing. Prerequisite: 5.0 FREN credits including 4.0 beyond the 1000 level, with a minimum of 60% in each; or permission of the department.

FRSC-1011H: Introduction Crime Scene Investigation

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Introduces students to forensic investigations and crime scene processing. Students are instructed how to gather and document scientific evidence while processing crime scenes in the crime scene house, and then present their findings as written reports, and as expert witnesses in a courtroom setting.

FRSC-1100H: Introduction to Canadian Justice

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Introduces students to the Canadian justice system with an emphasis on the criminal justice system. Students are provided opportunities to apply their knowledge through analyzing legal cases and various pieces of legislation, and participating in a mock trial.

FRSC-2050H: Introduction to Genetics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Develops a basic understanding of genetics. Mendelian inheritance, chromosome structure, genetic recombination, mutation, the structure of DNA, the nature of genes, and current topics in genetics are investigated using examples from plants, animals, insects, bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in BIOL 1030H or BIOM 1000H, and 60% or higher in one of BIOL 1020H or 1050H.

Cross-listed: BIOL-2050H

FRSC-2750H: Computer Crime & Forensics

Offered:

  • Online

Computer crime is the fastest-growing area of illegal activity in the world. Users beware After some background information (how computers work, number systems, information-hiding algorithms), we examine the schemes and techniques used by computer criminals, the forensic techniques used to catch the criminals, and ways to prevent victimization. Recommended prerequisite: COIS 1010H.

Cross-listed: COIS-2750H

GEOG-1045H: Introduction to the Circumpolar World

Offered:

  • Online

Introduces students to the landscape, peoples, and issues of the circumpolar region. Beginning with an examination of the geography, biological, and physical systems of the Subarctic and Arctic, the course then turns to the Indigenous and contemporary peoples of the region.

GEOG-2080H: Natural Science Statistics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Covers commonly-used statistical tools in Biology, Geography, and Environmental & Resource Science. Lectures address basic statistical methods and background theory. Workshops involve computer-based assignments providing practical experience in statistical application. Prerequisite: One of GEOG 1030H or 1040H or 1050H; or ERSC 1000Y; or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H; or both BIOL 1020H and 1030H; or BIOM 1000H.

Cross-listed: ERSC-2080H, BIOL-2080H

GEOG-2090H: Intro Geographical Information Systems

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Introduces the fundamentals of GIS technology and applications. The essentials of GIS structural components, spatial data models, and the analytical GIS operations on such data models are examined in detail. Experience with GIS analysis is gained through laboratory exercises. Prerequisite: One of GEOG 1030H or 1040H or 1050H; or ERSC 1000Y; or both ERSC 1010H and 1020H; or both BIOL 1020H and 1030H. Elementary or intermediate-level experience with microcomputers and their operating systems is desirable.

Cross-listed: ERSC-2090H

GEOG-2320H: Lands & Environment of Circumpolar North

Offered:

  • Online

Explores the lands and environments that define the Circumpolar region and identifies the key issues involving interaction between humans and their environments, examining climate change and its impacts on landscapes, biodiversity, and ecological systems. Provides a broad foundation for the study of circumpolar peoples, economies, landscapes, communities, and adaptation to climate change.

Cross-listed: ERST-2320H

GEOG-2330H: Changing Resources of Circumpolar North

Offered:

  • Online

Provides students with an in-depth understanding of the key issues which define the future of resources and resource use in the Circumpolar North. Focuses upon the challenges of resource management for governments and communities, and assesses the potential conflicts derived from resource use. Prerequisite: GEOG 1045H and GEOG-ERST 2320H, or permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed: ERST-2330H

GEOG-2810H: Canadas People & Places

Offered:

  • Online

Explores the geography of Canada and its peoples and places. Examines the development of Canada's cultural landscapes and regions, and the social, economic, and political development of the Canadian nation-state. Canada's geography is explored as an east-west nation under increasing pressure from globalization and new national agendas. Prerequisite: GEOG 1030H.

Cross-listed: CAST-2810H

GEOG-3201H: Indigenous People City As Home City As Home

Offered:

  • Online

Explores Indigenous peoples and the contemporary urban environment using a four directions analytic framework and the metaphor of city as home. Excludes INDG 3200Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-3201H

GEOG-3202H: Indigenous Peoples in Urban Selected Issues and Cities

Offered:

  • Online

Explores Indigenous peoples' issues and experiences in selected urban environments in Canada and the world. Excludes INDG 3200Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-3202H

GEOG-3390H: Contemporary Issues of the Cir

Offered:

  • Online

Develops a basic appreciation of the most important contemporary challenges surrounding governance and politics, social issues, education and knowledge systems, and global issues in the circumpolar regions of the North. It explores the complexity and inter-relatedness of governance, social policy, gender, indigeneity, and law.

Cross-listed: ERST-3390H

GEOG-3640H: Geography of the Polar Regions

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Study of selected aspects of the Polar regions with considerable reference to northern Canada but with the deliberate intention of developing comparisons between it and other parts of the Polar regions. Prerequisite: GEOG 1045H; or GEOG 1030H and one of 1040H or 1050H; or permission of instructor.

Cross-listed: CAST-3640H

GESO-2002H: Health Humanities

Offered:

  • Online

Health humanities explores how the arts and media illuminate aesthetic, ethical, political, and contextual elements of health in everyday life, including but going beyond clinical encounters. With context in mind, students learn how humanities epistemologies enrich understandings of concepts central to health, such as diagnosis, disease, discrimination, and disability. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.

GESO-2410H: The Revolution Will Be Recorded: Popular Culture, Gender, And Social Movements

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the role of popular culture in various forms-including live theatre, music, fashion, film, and television-within Canadian and American social movements of the twentieth century that sought to reimagine gender. Emphasizes the role of race, class, sexuality, ability, and medium in the production and consumption of protest cultures. Excludes WMST 2410H.

Cross-listed: MDST-2410H

GESO-2711H: Acting Up Feminism & Hist in Canada

Offered:

  • Online

An overview of the history of feminist ideas, strategies, and actions in Canada. We explore the diversity and distinctiveness of Canadian feminism at different historical moments, celebrating the strength and creativity of organized and individual forms of resistance, while also probing the complicated, difficult, and sometimes "messy" workings of feminism. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits, including 0.5 WMST, GESO, CAST, or HIST credit at the 1000 level, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST-CAST 2110H.

Cross-listed: CAST-2711H, HIST-2711H

GESO-3966H: Criminalizing Women

Offered:

  • Online

A criminological analysis of women in trouble from early to late modernity to the present moment, with specific analysis of the disciplining and incarceration of cisgender women and trans women. Focuses on the Canadian criminal justice system, with analysis of its racist, colonial, patriarchal, homophobic, ableist legacies. Prerequisite: 1.0 GESO, WMST, CAST, or SOCI credit, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST 3966H.

Cross-listed: CAST-3966H, SOCI-3966H

GESO-4206H: Indigenous Women and Settler History

Offered:

  • Online

Explores historical representations of several Indigenous women in what is now North America. Particular attention is paid to the symbolic uses of these women and how their bodies been put into the service of settler histories. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST-WMST 4205Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-4206H

GESO-4208H: Nursing, Feminism & Women's Health

Offered:

  • Online

Drawing from the meta-paradigm concepts of nursing science-person, health, environment, and nursing- the focus of this course is women's health and women-centered health care delivery in the Canadian context. Androcentric science, sex/gender-based analysis, and topics such as methadone and mothering, smoking as social control, and HPV vaccination are discussed. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of the department. For non-Nursing students: GESO-WMST 2121H and permission of the School of Nursing.

Cross-listed: NURS-4208H

HIST-1701H: World History to 1800

Offered:

  • Online

Examines themes in world history before 1800, paying special attention to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Excludes HIST 1400Y, 1700Y.

HIST-1702H: World History 1800 to Present

Offered:

  • Online

Examines themes in world history since 1800, paying special attention to Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Explores the creation of a global division between rich and poor nations. Excludes HIST 1400Y, 1700Y.

HIST-2101H: War & Society Before 1800

Offered:

  • Online

Explores how war has shaped and been shaped by society in the period before 1800. Specific case studies are chosen by the instructor. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits or permission of the chair.

HIST-2306H: Foundations for Indigenous History

Offered:

  • Online

Explores Indigenous histories and grounding history in lands, knowledges, languages, and genders. Examines methodologies such as oral narratives, orality, and land-based research along with methods for gathering knowledge related to Indigenous histories. Explores scholarly positionality as historians, research ethics, and the various formats being used to articulate Indigenous histories. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1001H. Excludes INDG 2305Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-2306H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

HIST-2307H: Colonial Encounters

Offered:

  • Online

Explores the multifaceted encounters that resulted from European colonialism. The focus of the course is on the lives and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific basin to develop a comprehensive understanding of colonialism and resistance on a global scale. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST 2305Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-2307H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

HIST-2360Y: Canadian History Thro Murder Execution

Offered:

  • Online

Was Louis Riel a traitor who deserved to be executed? Did diplomat Herbert Norman kill himself because of American accusations that he was a Communist? Was the bombing of Air India Flight 182 "Canada's 9/11"? This course uses such episodes to explore political, social, economic, and cultural changes in Canada. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits or permission of the chair. Excludes HIST-CAST 2350Y. Students may take only one of HIST-CAST 2360Y or 2361H for credit.

Cross-listed: CAST-2360Y

HIST-2421H: Slavery & Freedom

Offered:

  • Online

A historical survey of slavery, slave trading, and the contested meanings of freedom in Africa, Brazil, Cuba, the United States, and the Caribbean. We examine revolutions, revolts, being bought and sold, representations of blackness, slave cultures, health, belief systems (Voodoo, Santeria, Obeah), abolition, post-emancipation disporas, and reparations. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits or permission of the chair.

HIST-2711H: Acting Up Feminism & Hist in Canada

Offered:

  • Online

An overview of the history of feminist ideas, strategies, and actions in Canada. We explore the diversity and distinctiveness of Canadian feminism at different historical moments, celebrating the strength and creativity of organized and individual forms of resistance, while also probing the complicated, difficult, and sometimes "messy" workings of feminism. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits, including 0.5 WMST, GESO, CAST, or HIST credit at the 1000 level, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST-CAST 2110H.

Cross-listed: GESO-2711H, CAST-2711H

INDG-1001H: Foundation for Reconciliation

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Provides a foundation for an informed and critical discussion of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, cultures, societies, and states. The course explores the rationale for and need for the Canadian national project of reconciliation. Excludes INDG 1000Y.

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-1002H: Critical Incidents in Indigenous Life

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Examines a selection of critical incidents in Indigenous life and history. Using the lens of cultural and political reimagination we examine and discuss issues and ideas that shape the daily lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the world. Excludes INDG 1000Y.

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-2001H: Indigenous Peoples &state Relationships

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: CAST-2001H, POST-2001H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: CAST-2002H, POST-2002H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-2030H: Indigenous Peoples & News Media

Offered:

  • Online

Provides context for past and current portrayal of Indigenous topics in the media. With a better understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and perspectives, students can report stories related to Indigenous peoples, and about Indigenous peoples, more effectively.

Cross-listed: MDST-2030H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-2200Y: Haudensaunee Culture & Traditions

Offered:

  • Online

A study of the cultural, political, social kinship, and knowledge foundations of traditional Six Nations society including Creation, Clans, the establishment of the Six Nations Confederacy, the Longhouse cycle of Ceremonies, and various contemporary issues. Pre- or co-requisite: INDG 1001H (or 1000Y) or permission of instructor.

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-2306H: Foundations for Indigenous History

Offered:

  • Online

Explores Indigenous histories and grounding history in lands, knowledges, languages, and genders. Examines methodologies such as oral narratives, orality, and land-based research along with methods for gathering knowledge related to Indigenous histories. Explores scholarly positionality as historians, research ethics, and the various formats being used to articulate Indigenous histories. Recommended prerequisite: INDG 1001H. Excludes INDG 2305Y.

Cross-listed: HIST-2306H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-2307H: Colonial Encounters

Offered:

  • Online

Explores the multifaceted encounters that resulted from European colonialism. The focus of the course is on the lives and experiences of Indigenous peoples in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific basin to develop a comprehensive understanding of colonialism and resistance on a global scale. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST 2305Y.

Cross-listed: HIST-2307H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

INDG-3102Y: Images in Contemporary Media

Offered:

  • Online

By examining the portrayal of First Nations Peoples and their cultures in mass media, this course will provide students with a better understanding of the power of television and film and the impacts of these images on the relationship, place and space occupied by Indigenous Peoples in contemporary society. Excludes INDG 3951.

Cross-listed: MDST-3102Y

INDG-3201H: Indigenous People City As Home

Offered:

  • Online

Explores Indigenous peoples and the contemporary urban environment using a four directions analytic framework and the metaphor of city as home. Excludes INDG 3200Y.

Cross-listed: GEOG-3201H

INDG-3202H: Indigenous Peoples in Urban Centres Sele

Offered:

  • Online

Explores Indigenous peoples' issues and experiences in selected urban environments in Canada and the world. Excludes INDG 3200Y.

Cross-listed: GEOG-3202H

INDG-3745H: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to traditional and contemporary cultures of the Circumpolar region through traditional Indigenous and Western perspectives. Broad histories and experiences of the peoples of the Circumpolar North, and the development of northern cultures are explored. Similarities and differences of peoples and cultures and their adaptations to change are discussed.

INDG-3750H: Language, Culture, & Circumpolar World

Offered:

  • Online

A broad examination of circumpolar peoples in North America, Russia and northern Asia, Greenland, and northern Scandinavia. Notions of identity, culture, language, and self-determination are discussed, similarities and differences of northern peoples and cultures are examined, and their adaptations to change and roles as agents of change explored. Prerequisite: GEOG 1045H and INDG 3745H, or permission of the instructor.

INDG-4206H: Indigenous Women and Settler History

Offered:

  • Online

Explores historical representations of several Indigenous women in what is now North America. Particular attention is paid to the symbolic uses of these women and how their bodies been put into the service of settler histories. Prerequisite: INDG 2306H. Excludes INDG-HIST-WMST 4205Y.

Cross-listed: GESO-4206H

MDST-1010H: Digital World

Offered:

  • Online

Digital systems have redefined how we work, communicate, and play-just think about the World Wide Web, mobile camera phones, video games, and e-business. Core topics examine the underlying technologies of both computing and information systems and how they have become an integral and indispensable part of our daily lives.

Cross-listed: COIS-1010H

MDST-2030H: Indigenous Peoples & News Media

Offered:

  • Online

Provides context for past and current portrayal of Indigenous topics in the media. With a better understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and perspectives, students can report stories related to Indigenous peoples, and about Indigenous peoples, more effectively.

Cross-listed: INDG-2030H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

MDST-2410H: The Revolution Will Be Recorded: Popular Culture, Gender, And Social Movements

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the role of popular culture in various forms-including live theatre, music, fashion, film, and television-within Canadian and American social movements of the twentieth century that sought to reimagine gender. Emphasizes the role of race, class, sexuality, ability, and medium in the production and consumption of protest cultures. Excludes WMST 2410H.

Cross-listed: GESO-2410H

MDST-3102Y: Images in Contemporary Media

Offered:

  • Online

By examining the portrayal of First Nations Peoples and their cultures in mass media, this course will provide students with a better understanding of the power of television and film and the impacts of these images on the relationship, place and space occupied by Indigenous Peoples in contemporary society. Excludes INDG 3951.

Cross-listed: INDG-3102Y

MDST-3370H: Cyberethics

Offered:

  • Online

Enables students to develop their own positions about the most important social and moral problems raised by computer use and technologies, including the fragmentation of society into computer "haves" and "have-nots," Internet censorship, pornography, intellectual property rights, and software piracy. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of department chair.

Cross-listed: PHIL-3370H, COIS-3370H

MDST-3475H: The Media of Politics

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the decline of the traditional model of journalism and the explosive growth of internet and social media as citizens' main source of news. The ethical, political, and social implications of the nexus between the media and political accountability in a democratic society are the focus of the course. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST or CUST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2351H and 2352H or CUST-MDST 2581H or 2582H.

Cross-listed: POST-3475H, CUST-3475H

MDST-3745H: Virtual Worlds - the Anthropology of Online Communities

Offered:

  • Online

Focuses on worlds creating in playable media (games), including both massively multiple online games (MMOGs) and tabletop role-playing games. "Virtual" society is now an increasingly taken-for-granted aspect of everyday sociality. This course develops tools and theories for the study of virtual worlds, online and offline. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: ANTH-3745H, COIS-3745H

MDST-3820H: History & Impact of Computing

Offered:

  • Online

The history of digital computation is relatively recent, but all around us. By introducing the key people whose insight, inventiveness, and industry have defined the digital world, a framework is developed within which all students can appreciate the fundamental milestones of computing and their impact on the world. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits.

Cross-listed: COIS-3820H

NURS-2015H: Critical Perspectives on Aging

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to aging from critical perspectives. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives within the Trent Centre for Aging and Society, this course provides a foundation for understanding and analyzing the meaning and significance of aging for individuals, communities, and societies. Topics include life course influences, representations, and problematization of aging, and places for aging. Open to non-Nursing students.

Cross-listed: ECON-2015H, SOCI-2015H

NURS-4100H: Concept Marginalization & At Risk Groups

Offered:

  • Online

Students examine concept analysis, bringing clarity to practice. Links are made between theory and practice focusing on concepts critical to understanding the disruption to families in situations of death, transition, or crisis. Specific attention is paid to at-risk populations, including the young, elderly, Indigenous peoples, rural populations, women, and the homeless. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4102H: Transcultural Concepts in Healthcare

Offered:

  • Online

Sensitizes students to the cultural diversity of healthrelated values, beliefs, and practices when planning professional interventions for clients' health and well-being. Focus is on caring and curing patterns and practice in relation to different health-illness systems in Canada and elsewhere. Methods for conducting culturological assessments are also included. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4103H: Workplace Health Safety Well Being Nurse

Offered:

  • Online

Using a core framework for healthy work environments and related documents and legislation, exploration of issues, strategies, and outcomes relative to a climate of safety. Student learning is guided by the RNAO Best Practice Guideline, Healthy Work Environments: Workplace Health, Safety and Well-being of the Nurse, a discussion forum, and project proposal/development. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4104H: Socio Political Action

Offered:

  • Online

Builds students' capacity to enact social justice by providing experiential opportunities with advocacy and action projects. Reflecting relational practice and systems-based advocacy skills, students implement emancipatory actions related to current nursing, health, and health care issues, with specific attention paid to aging, community-rural health, the environment, Indigenous peoples, and women's health. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4105H: Leadership in Contemporary Nursing

Offered:

  • Online

Study of current leadership theories; differences between leadership and management; concepts of vision; professional communication; understanding and managing change in the health care system; stewardship; and recognizing, developing, and sustaining individual leadership abilities. Students contemplate self as leader, reflecting on recognition and development of leadership qualities in professional nursing roles. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4106H: Health Policy & Profession of Nursing

Offered:

  • Online

A critical examination of system structure, policymaking process, and relevant legislation, providing an overview of health policy formulation and implementation in Canada/Ontario. Public policy analysis and the role of interest groups are examined, focusing on the role of the nursing profession. Students examine and analyze contemporary health care policy issues. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4201H: Primary Health Care

Offered:

  • Online

An opportunity to develop depth and breadth of knowledge and skills relevant to planning, implementation, delivery, and evaluation of primary health care. Examination of primary care in the Canadian context. Overview of research related to determinants of health. Exploration of other issues and challenges for specific populations. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4203H: Rural Nursing Practice

Offered:

  • Online

An opportunity to develop depth and breadth of knowledge and skills in nursing care of clients/families in rural settings. Examination of theoretical and research literature relevant to practice in a rural setting, the nurse's role, and challenges in the interdisciplinary teams in rural settings. Application and integration with independent practice. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4204H: Contemporary Issues Aging & Health

Offered:

  • Online

An opportunity to develop depth and breadth of knowledge in care of older adults. Building on the first three years of study, and drawing from current clinical experience, students are encouraged to examine the challenges, implications, and effects of aging on both the individual and family. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4205H: Mental Health Care

Offered:

  • Online

Students develop a greater depth and breadth of knowledge and skills relevant to mental health care. Building on knowledge from previous professional and related courses, learners consider the concept of mental health/illness within the current Canadian context and selected other countries. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4207H: Palliative Care

Offered:

  • Online

Offers opportunities to develop depth and breadth of knowledge in caring for individuals/families dealing with dying and death, regardless of the setting. Building on previous courses and clinical experiences, students examine common issues which prevail throughout various illness trajectories. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of department.

NURS-4208H: Nursing, Feminism & Women's Health

Offered:

  • Online

Drawing from the meta-paradigm concepts of nursing science-person, health, environment, and nursing- the focus of this course is women's health and women-centered health care delivery in the Canadian context. Androcentric science, sex/gender-based analysis, and topics such as methadone and mothering, smoking as social control, and HPV vaccination are discussed. Prerequisite: A pass in NURS 3020H and 3021H; 60% or higher in NURS 3000H, 3001H, 3004H, 3030H, and NURS-BIOL 3550H; and permission of the department. For non-Nursing students: GESO-WMST 2121H and permission of the School of Nursing.

Cross-listed: GESO-4208H

PHIL-2390H: Biomedical Ethics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

An examination of central issues in the field of biomedical ethics. Topics may include abortion; euthanasia and assisted suicide; stem cell research; genetics; reproductive technologies; scarce resources; research using human subjects. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of department chair.

PHIL-2618H: Responding to Violence

Offered:

  • Online

A critical examination of social and legal responses to violence. Specific attention is paid to legal punishment as a response to violence, and punishment as a form of violence. Retributive and restorative conceptions of justice are considered. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits including CRIM 1615H, or permission of the instructor.

Cross-listed: CRIM-2618H

PHIL-3370H: Cyberethics

Offered:

  • Online

Enables students to develop their own positions about the most important social and moral problems raised by computer use and technologies, including the fragmentation of society into computer "haves" and "have-nots," Internet censorship, pornography, intellectual property rights, and software piracy. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of department chair.

Cross-listed: COIS-3370H, MDST-3370H

PHYS-1510H: Introductory Astronomy I

Offered:

  • Online

A general science course accessible to all students. Topics include sky phenomena, the history of astronomy, telescopes and detectors, and an exploration of the Solar System. Excludes PHYS 1500Y. Not for credit for a major or minor in Physics.

PHYS-1520H: Introductory Astronomy II

Offered:

  • Online

A general science course accessible to all students. Topics include stars, their properties, structure, and evolution, white dwarfs, novae and supernovae, neutron stars, black holes, galaxies, and cosmology. Prerequisite: PHYS 1510H. Excludes PHYS 1500Y. Not for credit toward a major or minor in Physics.

POST-2001H: Indigenous Peoples &state Relationships

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-2001H, CAST-2001H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

POST-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Excludes INDG-POST 2000Y.

Cross-listed: INDG-2002H, CAST-2002H

This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.

POST-2100H: Environmental Science & Politics

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

The roles of science in current environmental controversies. Topics examine science and environmental ethics, the application of science to natural resource management, the contribution of science to action on international environmental problems such as climate change, and the role of science in making decisions about environmental risks. Prerequisite: 1.0 ERSC or POST credit at the 1000 level.

Cross-listed: ERST-2100H

POST-3475H: The Media of Politics

Offered:

  • Online

Examines the decline of the traditional model of journalism and the explosive growth of internet and social media as citizens' main source of news. The ethical, political, and social implications of the nexus between the media and political accountability in a democratic society are the focus of the course. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST or CUST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2351H and 2352H or CUST-MDST 2581H or 2582H.

Cross-listed: CUST-3475H, MDST-3475H

PSYC-1020H: Introduction to Psychology I

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

A survey of some of the major areas of psychology, including its historical development and scientific methodology. Includes material on statistics, the biological bases of behaviour, sensory and perceptual processes, as well as a consideration of cognition and memory processes. (For information about web-based versions of this course contact the department.) Excludes PSYC 1010Y.

PSYC-1030H: Introduction to Psychology II

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

A survey of some of the major areas of psychology. Includes material on statistics, child and adult development, motivation and emotion, intelligence, personality, health psychology, psychological disorders and their treatment, as well as consideration of some aspects of social psychology. (For information about web-based versions of this course contact the department.) Excludes PSYC 1010Y.

PSYC-2400H: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Focuses on humans as processors of information. Topics include perception, attention, memory, knowledge, consciousness, and reasoning. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in PSYC 1020H and 1030H (or in PSYC 1010Y).

PSYC-3460H: Sensation & Perception

Offered:

  • Online
  • Durham GTA

An intensive examination of how humans (and other species) perceive information presented to the senses. Topics include mechanisms of perception, detection, discrimination, and pattern recognition. Psychophysical measurement, colour and spatial vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch may be covered. Anatomical and physiological structures that support the senses are discussed. Prerequisite: 8.0 university credits including PSYC 2018H and 2019H (or 2016H and 2017H), and 0.5 credit from A2 category.

PSYC-3560H: Family Development

Offered:

  • Online

Exposes the student to current life-span developmental theory and research methodology in the area of family relationships. Topics include family-systems theory, attachment theory, Erikson's psychosocial theory, developmental interaction in the child-rearing years, family life transitions,challenging issues of contemporary parenting. Prerequisite: 8.0 university credits including PSYC 2550H; or 60% or higher in PSYC 1020H and 1030H and 4.0 NURS credits.

PSYC-3780H: Dreams & Dreaming

Offered:

  • Online

An examination of the history of the meaning and use of dreams in various cultures; modern approaches to the study of dream material; relation of dreams to age, gender, social, and cultural groups using content analysis; correlation of dream content to mental and physical health; lucid dreaming. Prerequisite: 8.0 university credits including one of PSYC 2200H or 2310H.

PSYC-4170H: History of Psychology

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Designed to provide an overview of the historical and philosophical foundations of modern psychology, defined broadly as humanity's attempts to understand itself. Explores the development of the discipline from prehistory through the twenty-first century within a broader intellectual and cultural context. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including a minimum of 4.0 PSYC credits.

SOCI-1001H: Introduction to Sociology I

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

An introduction to sociology's major thinkers, critical perspectives, theoretical foundations, research methods, and fields of inquiry. Course materials focus on the social forces and changes that shape culture, groups, social interaction, and institutions in Canadian and comparative contexts. Excludes SOCI 1000Y.

SOCI-1002H: Introduction to Sociology II

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

An examination of one or more sociological studies is used to develop students' understandings of social life, ranging from everyday social interaction to global social structures. Substantive areas in sociology that may be investigated include families, social inequalities, health, deviance, work, education, religion, communications, and social movements. Prerequisite: SOCI 1001H. Excludes SOCI 1000Y.

SOCI-2015H: Critical Perspectives on Aging

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to aging from critical perspectives. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives within the Trent Centre for Aging and Society, this course provides a foundation for understanding and analyzing the meaning and significance of aging for individuals, communities, and societies. Topics include life course influences, representations, and problematization of aging, and places for aging. Open to non-Nursing students.

Cross-listed: NURS-2015H, ECON-2015H

SOCI-2220H: Intersecting Social Inequalities

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

An introduction to the study of social inequality focusing on class, gender, and ethnicity, the consequences for individuals and society, and the sociological theories which address these issues. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1002H (or in 1000Y). Excludes SOCI 2200Y.

SOCI-2610H: Deviance & Social Control

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA

Introduces students to key classical and contemporary sociological theories of deviance and the processes of social integration and moral regulation. Topics may include moral panics, drug use, mental illness, criminalization, medicalization of deviance, and risk management. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1002H (or in 1000Y). Excludes SOCI 3610Y.

SOCI-3250H: Sociological Perspectives on Homelessness

Offered:

  • Online

Critically examines homelessness as a social issue, applying sociological perspectives and a Canadian focus. Topics may include mobility and containment, families and youth, employment and migration, the criminalization of homelessness, shelters and poor houses, masculinities and femininities on the street, and homelessness in their city. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000 level.

SOCI-3966H: Criminalizing Women

Offered:

  • Online

A criminological analysis of women in trouble from early to late modernity to the present moment, with specific analysis of the disciplining and incarceration of cisgender women and trans women. Focuses on the Canadian criminal justice system, with analysis of its racist, colonial, patriarchal, homophobic, ableist legacies. Prerequisite: 1.0 GESO, WMST, CAST, or SOCI credit, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST 3966H.

Cross-listed: GESO-3966H, CAST-3966H

SPAN-1000Y: Introduction to Spanish

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to the Spanish language, with an emphasis on oral Spanish, pronunciation, reading, and writing. Students judged by the instructor to be fluent in Spanish may not receive credit for this course. Excludes HSST 1000Y, HSST/SPAN 1001H, 1002H.

SPAN-1001H: Elementary Spanish I

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

An introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing designed for students with limited or no knowledge of the language. The goal of the course is to encourage students to work towards developing control of everyday vocabulary and basic forms and constructions. Students judged by the instructor to be fluent in Spanish may not receive credit for this course. Excludes HSST 1000Y, 1001H, SPAN 1000Y.

SPAN-1002H: Elementary Spanish II

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Builds on the knowledge gained in HSST 1001H and continues to encourage students to work towards developing control of everyday vocabulary and basic forms and constructions. Seminar activities stress a communicative approach, which is reinforced through written exercises. Prerequisite: HSST 1001H or permission of instructor. Students judged by the instructor to be fluent in Spanish may not receive credit for this course. Excludes HSST 1000Y, 1002H, SPAN 1000Y.

SPAN-2001H: Intermediate Spanish I

Offered:

  • Online
  • Peterborough

Intended for students with prior knowledge of the Spanish language (two years of secondary school Spanish; travel or exchange programs), the course builds on the knowledge and use of the language acquired in SPAN 1001H and 1002H, or equivalent, with a focus on review of grammar structures and oral practice. Prerequisite: SPAN 1000Y or 1002H (or 1000Y or 1002H) or permission of instructor. Excludes HSST 2000Y, 2001H, SPAN 2000Y.

SWRK-1000H: Introduction to Social Work

Offered:

  • Online

An introduction to the profession of social work with an emphasis on its functions, values, ethics, and theoretical base. Methods of intervention, fields of practice, and ideological perspectives are explored, along with critical thinking about intersecting oppressions, diversity, and the practice of social work with various populations within Canadian and global contexts.

WRIT-1001H: Write in Time

Offered:

  • Online
  • Durham GTA

This writing-intensive course aims to provide practical and cumulative skills in writing clearly, correctly and persuasively across disciplines and situations. The course assumes the importance of a close relationship among reading, thinking and writing, and operates on the premise that the practice of writing encourages thinking and promotes innovative, insightful reflection.

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