AP/HUMA 4145 6.00 Fantasy And Children’s Culture

Explores the fantasy mode in childhood and children's culture made by and for them, including literature, film, toys, songs and games.

AP/HUMA 4142 6.00 Contemporary Children’s Culture

This course analyses contemporary forms of culture created (or appropriated) by children or produced for children by adults; it also explores the effects of these cultural forms on children's ways of being in the modern world.

AP/HUMA 4141 6.00 Children, Youth And Digital Culture

Investigates how children and youth use digital technologies and new media both as "extensions" of individual identities and facilitators of "youth culture." Texting, sexting, tweeting, learning, playing, protesting, creating-how are youth making meaning of the world through digital youth cultures? What are children and youth doing in a digital world and what are the implications […]

AP/HUMA 4140 6.00 Childhood In Canadian Culture

Explores the human condition of childhood as portrayed and experienced in Canadian culture over time.

AP/HUMA 4107 6.00 The Ancient Greek and Roman Novel

This course studies selected ancient Greek and Roman novels in English translation, the social and literary currents which shape their narratives, and their role in the cultural politics of their era.

AP/HUMA 4102 6.00 Caligula, Claudius and Nero: Roman Emperors Between Myth and History

The course examines contemporary and posthumous literary and iconographic representations of Caligula, Claudius and Nero, Roman emperors from AD 37 to 68, and explores the cultural conditions that help to explain why they were represented in such a hostile manner. Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HUMA 4100A 6.00 (prior […]

AP/HUMA 4002 6.00 Interdisciplinary Capstone Project

The Interdisciplinary Capstone Project allows upper-year undergraduate students in LA&PS to work in multi-disciplinary teams with students from across the university on pressing, 'real-world¿ challenges posed by organizations operating in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. Teams research, design, test and reflect on potential solutions to their challenge that build on existing skills and knowledge acquired […]

AP/HUMA 3908 3.00 The Arts and the Law of Copyright

Examines the interaction between the creative arts and contemporary legal and social issues presented by new forms of technology, the relationship between copyright and creativity, the concept of creative works as private property, and the conflict between artists and consumers in the digital age. Course credit exclusion: FA/FACS 3360 3.00 (prior to Fall 2011).

AP/HUMA 3903 6. 00 Popular Expression in North American Music

A survey of North American musical idioms from their Indigenous, European and African antecedents to the present. Selected styles and creators are situated within their immediate contexts of commerce, identity, and aesthetic norms.

AP/HUMA 3855 6.00 Imagining the Worst: Responses to the Holocaust

This course explores responses to the Holocaust in imaginative texts - fiction, poetry and film - alongside autobiographical, historical and philosophical accounts. Works by survivors and others enable us to examine forms of Holocaust memory, and their concomitant implications. Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/HUMA 3000R 6.00 (prior to […]