This course involves the scientific study of changes in affective, social and cognitive development during the second decade of life. Focus is on fundamental developmental changes, the contexts in which development occurs and the central psychosocial issues of adolescence.
Crosslisted: GL/PSYC 3600 Examines the applications of psychology to legal issues and procedures. Drawing from the areas of social, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology, the law's informal theories of human behaviour are compared to what psychologists know on the basis of theories and research.
Crosslisted: GL/PSYC 3230 A course on the nature, causes and treatment of a number of behaviour disorders. Topics include developmental disorders, anxiety problems, personality disorders, substance abuse, affective disorders, organic brain disorders and schizophrenia.
An examination of current issues and problems in the fields of contemporary strategic studies and international conflict, with a particular emphasis on regional security, conflict management and conflict resolution.
An analysis of contemporary issues and problems in Canadian national security policy.
A survey of recent theories and approaches to international relations. Possible topics include systems analysis, integration, decision-making, communication theory, games theory, social psychological analyses, quantitative methods, strategy and deterrence and bargaining and negotiation
Crosslisted: AK/POLS/SOSC PRIOR TO FALL 2009: 4770, AS/POLS Prior to Fall 2009 4180 This course explores the political functions of the mass media in the Canadian system, and considers the application of normative and empirical theories about mass media in a Canadian context.
This course begins by evaluating selected feminist theories in the light of their ability to explain policy developments. The course examines the implications of public policies implemented in the context of the economic, social and political restructuring of the last 20 years. A range of issues are examined, including for example, income security, childcare, globalization […]
An overview of judicial administration in Canada. The course focuses on judicial independence, the constitutional parameters of judicial administration, course administrative structures and recent issues relevant to judicial review and judicial policy-making.
This course analyzes the limitations and possibilities of diversity in Canada by exploring policies concerning immigration, multiculturalism, Aboriginal peoples and francophones, as well as examining the systemic oppression of racial, ethnic, linguistic, sexual and gender groups in Canada.