Offers an interdisciplinary study of the images, meanings and values that humans have assigned to animals in specific historical and cultural contexts. The question "What is an Animal?," and various perspectives on why the answer matters, will be explored through readings in and encounters with social history, cultural studies, fiction, philosophy, animal rights, literature and […]
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).
Combining historical and theoretical content, the course surveys the invention and evolution of media technologies from the invention of writing to the Internet. How technologies alter the social and cultural dynamics of a given period and the relationship between meaning and form will be among the key concerns.
A study of the culture of the Greek speaking peoples of the Hellenic and Hellenistic Mediterranean at various points in their development and evolution. Areas of cultural endeavours to be explored include drama, epic, gender, law, philosophy, history and rhetoric. Crosslist: AP/CLST 2110 6.00 Prior to Fall 2014: Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 2100 9.00
EVENING COURSE Designed to introduce students to the theoretical study of contemporary culture in past and contemporary society, offering tools for questioning and decoding the social and political contexts of cultural production. Areas of focus may include popular media, consumer culture and technology.