This course focuses on children’s literature from the 20th and 21st centuries. According to Peter Hunt, “The study of children’s literature involves three elements – the literature, the children and the adult critics. The relationship between these is complex, partly because childhood and ‘the child’ are difficult to define, partly because adults need to ‘construct’ […]
This course provides an historical study of children’s literature written between 1590 and 1900. It explores possible ways of reading that literature, taking into account such issues as its cultural context and its audience. We will begin by examining selections from Philippe Ariès' foundational text Centuries of Childhood to establish the cultural and historical context […]
This course examines the ways environmental factors intersect with social and economic inequalities to produce significant health disparities, particularly for low-income, racial, and Indigenous communities. Specifically, the course focuses on contemporary themes in environmental justice literature, namely environmental racism, gender and class disparities associated with climate change and environmental degradation, the politics of toxic exposure, […]
This course considers physical, intellectual, emotional and social development from birth through adolescence and the impact of the interaction of these various aspects of development upon the individual as a whole.
Explores technologies of knowledge in social and cultural context, examining histories of classification, ethical and political concerns about information, debates over artificial intelligence and artificial life, and the social impact of technologies like the book, telegraph and computer. Previously offered as: AP/HUMA 2920 9.00.
Provides students with important contexts for the study of the Humanities, including the place of Humanities in the curriculum of the modern university, key concepts for intellectual debate in the Humanities and the place of Humanities-type inquiry in globalized world cultures. Previously offered as: AP/HUMA 2600 9.00.
Introduces students to the major cultural characteristics of the contemporary Caribbean through an examination of the writers, artists and scholars of the region. Previously offered as: AP/HUMA 2310 9.00.
A practical course for students wanting to develop public speaking and presentation skills. Story-telling exercises, extemporaneous speech making, and text analysis facilitate expertise in public speaking. Video feedback will be used as a developmental tool.
Designed for the student who enjoys film but has no background in art or criticism. It will introduce students to a variety of strategies that will help the student articulate how movies use sound and image to represent the world.
This interdisciplinary course critically examines digital environments including 3D, virtual and augmented realities as new forms of social literacy and new forums for the fine, performing and new media arts. Cross-Listing: AP/HUMA 2205 Course credit exclusion: FA/FACS 2920F 3.00 (prior to Fall 2011).