23 courses in the 1973–74 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Arts
Visiting Professor G
Faculty listed in 1973–74
Professor G
Associate Professors
Faculty listed in 1973–74
A. Newcombe, 8.4. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
F. H. Epp, B.A. (Bethel), M.A., Ph.D. (Minnesota) D. R. Gordon, B.A. (Queen’s), M.A. (Toronto) W. Klaassen, B.A. (McMaster), B.D. (McMaster Divinity School), D.Phil (Oxford) P.H. Smith, Jr., B.A. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Undergraduate Courses
Courses designated “Arts”, such as those listed: below, usually cover some topics and themes of general interest to several disciplines and their presentation is often made with this inter-disciplinary perspective in view. Arts courses are elective courses in General and Honours ’ programmes and do not satisfy either the Group A or Group B requirements. Arts courses are administered through the Office of the Dean of Arts.
An examination of the origins, evolution and future dimensions of communications media designed to facilitate an understanding of the adequacies and inadequacies of media, to relate them to the purposes of human awareness and to explore needs and means of maintaining accountable controls over the media. The course seeks to assist students in discovering the range of informational, research and exploratory resources open to them; in gaining some preliminary experience in utilizing such sources; and in applying a critical judgment of material secured.
The course is intended to introduce the engineering, mathematics and - science undergraduates to two of the sciences of man (anthropology and sociology). The course will be conducted on the basis of both lecture and tutorial hours. Lectures will be under the supervision of a single person responsible for the conduct of the course. He will have charge of inviting participants from among faculty members in the interested disciplines.
Anthropology 101*/102*. Sociology This course will not substitute for 101%.
A course designed to impart a knowledge of the basic structure and grammar of modern Chinese. Emphasis will be placed upon a reading knowledge of (modified) historic and philosophical sources, and the student will be expected to master a minimum of 500 characters. Some conversational work may be included. 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
A course in modern conversational Japanese. Though the emphasis will be upon the spoken language, students will be introduced to Airagana, katakana, and some kanji. 3 hours per week, Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
ARTS 211Computing Techniques in Language and Literature
An introduction to computer programming, with special emphasis on the manipulation of language data. The programming language used will be PL/I. Applications will include word indexes, text concordances, methods of computer-aided text comparison. No prerequisite: No previous knowledge of computing is assumed. 212* presupposes 211* or permission of the instructor. *
The study of representative European prose, drama, and poetry, from the writings of Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Zamiatin, Hesse, Kafka, Brecht, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Camus, Malraux, Sartre, and others. An attempt will be made to critically analyse the creative writer’s artistic presentation of the ever-widening rift between environment and “inner man”, the will of the collective and non-conformity of the individual; nihilism — the result of extreme rationalization —; the mystic longing for the transcendental, and other related themes. Prerequisite: Open to all students. Taught in English.
This course is designed to extend the knowledge of the structure and grammar of mandarin Chinese beyond the base provided by Arts 190*/191*. Prerequisite: arts 190*/191*.
The course is designed to trace the evolution of peculiarly Japanese forms of poetry and prose, with emphasis upon the aesthetic and world-view therein reflected. Some of the literature will be studied in translation, and some wider questions, such as those of foreign influence and cultural transmission, discussed. 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
ARTS 120G/121*G Focal Issues in Contemporary Society
The course is centred upon the twentieth century revolution in the language and literature of China, but will survey also the earlier forms and prose fiction, and the later polemics and philosophical writing of the Nationalists and Communists. 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
The following courses are administered by Conrad Grebel College.
An attempt to bring together and condense what are believed to be essential elements of the several social science disciplines. The core of the study is a group of selected contemporary issues with implications that cut across alf the various disciplines. An effort will be made to discuss values appropriate for our age. Integrating concepts are personality and culture.
ARTS 122G–123GQuest for Meaning in the Twentieth Century
Against the backgtound of the change of values in western culture, the course will consider key figures of the twentieth century who have found meaning for individual and social life. The course will study such figures as Dag Hammarskjold, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Pope John XXIII, Albert Schweitzer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Buber, Alan Watts, etc. 3 lectures. Fall and winter terms. Instructor: W. Klaassen
200G* Issues in Mass Communication 218*G Love in the Western World 219*G Dissent
Emphasis on international communication and such topics as communication philosophy, media systems, propaganda, legal and ecoriomic controls, government information systems, political and psychological factors, language and stereotypes. 3 lectures. Winter term. Instructor: F. Epp
A historical, psychological and sociological study of love in western culture from early Christianity and subsequent waves of Romanticism to the passionless malfunctions delineated by Rollo May; and, current developments symbolized by Manson and contemporary films. Communities of love and the tensions between love and justice. 3 lectures. Fall term. Instructor: D. Smucker
A study of individuals who emerge in every society to challenge the prevailing consensus as advance agents of a new cultural outlook. Consideration will be given to Socrates, Jeremiah, Jesus, Galileo, Conrad Grebel, Marx, Wilberforce, Woodsworth, Riel, Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Through these studies the course will formulate a conception of innovation and social change. 3 lectures. Winter term.
This course will concentrate on the question of the possibility of a nonviolent approach to resolving human conflict, with special emphasis on the nature and uses of power, the nature of the nation state, and the problem of relating a personal ideal to the realities of communal life. Not offered 1973-74.
This course surveys the state of knowledge in this field, the theories that guide observations and experiments, and the methods used. This includes such topics as quantitative studies of the international system, measurement of international tension, causes of war, studies of attitudes, attitude change, U. N. voting patterns, disarmament studies, action research on peace activists, and non-violence. 3 lectures. Fall and Winter terms. Instructor: A. Newcombe
The purpose of this course is to help members of the University struggle with current value questions that have arisen because of the development of technology. The precise topics may vary from year to year. Examples might be the role of computers, genetic engineering, and “law and order’. Resouce persons from within and outside the University will provide expertise. Open to third and fourth year. students. 3 lectures. Fall and Winter terms.
192 , Arts
The following courses are administered by Renison College.
ARTS 210RCommunity Issues An examination of political, social and ethical issues, with particular
emphasis on the Kitchener-Waterloo community. A study of both : historical and contemporary aspects of selected problems and a consideration of various strategies for maximising social concern and response. This course will be team-taught by persons from several disciplines.
ARTS 250RArt and Society An examination of man and society through the arts. Art as “need”:
personal expression, display, celebration, communication. Themes of love and relatedness, death and illness, anxiety and despair, politics and ideology, festivity and fantasy. Art and therapy. This course will emphasize a combination of lectures and studio work. 3 hours. Fall and Winter terms. For those with little or no previous work in art.
80R Critical Encounter With the An attempt to develop a critical sense of the relevance of the social Study of Man sciences to man. Focus on questions cutting across several disciplines. Special attention to men, theories and methodologies at the “cutting edge” of the social sciences, with emphasis on those taking an interdisciplinary approach. For students with some prior background in social science courses. The course will be team-taught by persons from several disciplines.
ARTS 100Communications An examination of the origins, evolution, and future dimensions of
communications media designed to facilitate an understanding of adequacies and inadequacies of media, to relate them to the purposes of human awareness, and to explore needs and means of maintaining accountable controls over the media. The course seeks to assist students in discovering the range of informational, research and exploratory resources open to them; in gaining some preliminary experience in utilizing such sources; and in applying a critical judgment to material secured. (Arts 100 is a multi-media course offered in part on Channel 19 TV.)
ARTS 120Focal Issues in An attempt to bring together and condense what are believed to be
Contemporary Society essential elements of the several social science disciplines. The core of the study is a group of selected contemporary issues with implications that cut across the various disciplines. An effort will be made to discuss values appropriate for our age. Integrating concepts are personality and culture. (Among specific issues discussed are race, class, violence, pollution, youth culture, family, the new consumerism and democracy. Regular lectures and discussions will be supplemented by films, visiting lecturers, student-directed research and role-playing.)
An examination of political, social and ethical issues, with particular emphasis on the Kitchener-Waterloo community. A study of both historical and contemporary aspects of selected problems and a consideration of various strategies for maximising social concern and response.
An examination of man and society through the arts. Art as “need”: personal expression, display, celebration, communication. Themes of love and relatedness, death and illness, anxiety and despair, politics and ideology, festivity and fantasy. Art and therapy. This course will emphasize a combination of lectures and studio work. 3 hours. Year course. For those with little or no previous work in art.
Arts 280R Critical Encounter With the Study of Man ‘ocial Work 220R Social Welfare Soc WK 225R Social Problems
An attempt to develop a critical sense of the relevance of the social sciences to man. Focus on questions cutting across several disciplines. Special attention to men, theories and methodologies at the “cutting edge” of the social sciences,’ with emphasis on those taking an interdisciplinary approach.
History and development of social welfare as an institution from its origins to the modern welfare state. Emphasis on current issues in social welfare and patterns of service.
A study of contemporary social problems with which social work is concerned. Emphasis is divided between theoretical approaches to understanding problems and study of societal responses td and - intervention in the problem.
372 § Sociology 220R* Sociological Analysis Sociology 221R* Master Trends in Modern Society
Social Science (Applied) Programme
Applying sociological analysis to three selected areas: the major institutions of education, religion and law, and developing a pattern and an approach which would be applied to the study of other social areas.
Introducing the student to the main ideas of urban, industrial and political sociology studied within a framework emphasizing social change; illustrations will be drawn from emergent as well as advanced societies.