33 courses in the 1980–81 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professors
W. Klaassen, BA (McMaster), BD (McMaster Divinity School), DPhil (Oxford) G
P. H. Smith, Jr., BA (Harvard), PhD (Pennsylvania)
D. E. Smucker, BA (Bluffton), BD (Princeton Theological Seminary), MA, PhD (Chicago) G
Course Descriptions
Courses designated ‘Arts’, those listed below, usually cover some topics and themes of general interest to several disciplines and their presentation is often made with this interdisciplinary 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.
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Against the background of rapidly shifting values in western culture, this course asks the student to examine his or her perspective and then face the resources of others in answering the question of Who am I? What is my obligation to society? What is my relationship to the natural world? Is there an ultimate meaning to life? Teaching methods include personal statements, thematic and biographical books and films.
An introduction to the basic ideas of computers, with emphasis on the use of terminals, inclding word processing and file-maintenance (‘database’) systems. The course will examine the future of computers and their political, ethical, and social impact. No previous knowledge of computing is assumed.
Course Descriptions 251 Arts
An introductory and interdisciplinary approach to those factors in mass media behaviour that contribute to good communication or to distortion, including the historical, psychological, legal, sociological, semantic, etc. Emphasis will be on the domestic scene.
The emphasis of this course will be on the mass media role in National and International affairs and a study of those factors in mass media performance, which contribute to better international understanding and conflict resolution. Topics will include propaganda, economic and political factors, government information systems, press freedom, language and stereotypes.
A study of the Psychology of Religion in its historical perspective from the nineteenth century to the present day. Methods, techniques and practices of research that are applicable to the examination of religious experience will also be introduced.
An introduction to non-mathematical computer programming, with special emphasis on the manipulation of language data. The programming language used will be PL/1. Applications will include word indexes, text concordances, methods of computer-aided text comparison. Arts 212 will stress data management, JCL, SORTing, and the use of programme utilities.
No previous knowledge of computing is assumed. 212 presupposes 211 or permission of the instructor.
A critical study of such themes as freedom vs. happiness, nihilism, collectivism vs. individualism, old tablets vs. utopias, alienation, earthbound fragmentation vs. the transcendental in the artistic writings of Kafka, Brecht, Hesse, Nietzsche, Solzhenitsyn, Dostoevsky, Zamiatin, Camus, and others. Taught in English.
Prereq: none
A critical study of Dostoevsky’s The Grand Inquisitor, Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, Tolstoy's What Men Live By, and works by Aldous Huxiey, Zamiatin, Turgenev, and Andres. The two major themes are Utopia, the yearning for and the shape of perfectibility, and Nihilism, the denial and/or destruction of “Old Tablets” or ‘God is dead.”
A critical study of Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, and works by Ibsen, Hesse, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn. The two major themese are Nihilism (see above) and Alienation, the divided self in exile, or the inability to give and to accept love.
An examination of traditional culture, institutions and the modern development of China as the context for the examination of contemporary Chinese society.
Prereq: none
An investigation of the dynamics of the new China: education, medicine, the arts, the position of women, foreign policy, the Cultural Revolution and subsequent developments, rural and urban organization, the role of the army, the role of the Chinese Communist Party, and the philosophy of Mao Tse Tung.
Prereq: Arts 220R or consent of instructor.
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.
Arts 2495 JY 1.0
Current Problems in Family Life Education
The course will examine human sexuality from a biological, psychological, and social perspective. The significant principles of sex education and some of the most relevant methods and programmes wiil be discussed as well.
Course Descriptions Arts
This course will study marriage and the family from psychological, sociological, philosophical and theological perspectives. Methods for incorporating significant knowledge about marriage and the family into the family life programmes will also be given attention.
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This course will focus on the current basic issues including personality and aggression, international tension, cause of war and the predictability of war, United Nations voting patterns, disarmament studies, and case studies in non-violence and peace activism.
Seminar on selected topics in Personality and Religion.
Not offered 1980-81
The course presents an in-depth analysis of select topics in human sexuality, gives special attention to the emotional aspects of sexuality, and also focuses on the evaluation of current family life and sex education programmes.
Prereq: Arts 249J.
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A study of Psychology of Religion in its historical perspective from the nineteenth century to the present day. Methods, techniques and practices of research that are applicable to the examination of religious experience will also be introduced.
Courses Selected from Participating Departments A further understanding of this subject may be developed through the study of selected courses offered by participating departments, which will either broaden the student’s comprehension of the field or permit a deeper understanding of some particular aspect of Studies in Personality and Religion.
The actual combination of courses selected by a student is subject to the approval of the SIPAR advisor.
Religious Studies