15 courses in the 1986–87 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor P.H. Smith, Jr., BA (Harvard), PhD (Pennsylvania)
Course Descriptions
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
Introductory Notes
1. Courses designated ” Arts’, those fisted below, usually cover some . topics and themes of general interest to several disciplines and their presentation is often made with this interdiaciplinary perspective in view. .
2. Arts courses are elective courses in General and Honours programs and, except for Aris 100A/100B, do not Satisty either the Group A or Group B requiremenis.
B \ An interdisciplinary introduction to the arts, literatures, philosophies and religions. of Westem Civilization, enabling the student to experience and discuss important representative works and ‘ideas from selected periods, and to become acquainted with the humanistic disciplines. 100A focuses on selected periods from Classical Antiquity to roughly 1750. 1006 focuses on.selected "periods from roughly 1750 to the present.
This course invites students to a quest for personal and corporate meaning in the context of a century in which traditional meaning definitions have been challenged by world wars, nuclear threat and rapidly shifting sexual, social, economic and religious values. Offered by Conrad Grebel College.
Technology .
A general introduction to the fundamental ideas of computers. Topics treated will include the use of an interactive computing system, word processing, and the beginnings of program writing. The course will examine the history of computing, and will consider the social and economic impact of the use of computers. No previous knowledge of computing is assumed.
Perspective .
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. ARTS 211 — will concentrate on gaining skill in computer programming. ARTS 212 will stress file management, advanced text formatting and the use of system program utilities. Applications will include word indexes, text concordances, methods of computer-aided text comparison.
Prereq: ARTS 211 presupposes ARTS 198 or equivalent; 212 presupposes 211 or permission of the instructor
Course Descriptions 16.13 Ats
ARTS 215A/B © . Man in Crisis (Literary Views)
A critical study of such themes as freedom vs. happiness, nihilism, cotlectivism 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
A critical study of Dostoevsky’s The Grand Inquisitor, Nietzsche's Thus. Spake Zarathustra, Tolstoy’s What Men Live By, and works by Aldous Huxley, Zamiatin, Turgenav, and Andres. The two major themes are Utopia, the - yeaming 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 Cauca sian Chak Circle, Kafka’s The Metamor phasis, and works by Ibsen, Hesse, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn. The two major themes are Nihiism (see above) and Alienation, the divided self in exile, or the inability to give and to accept love..
An examination of Mennonite cultural expression in literature (fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature) and the visual arts (especially painting and film) during the past century.
Offered by Conrad Grebel Collage.
ARTS 2494/8 J 0.5/0.5
Introductory Topics in Family Life
Education: Sexuality and Sex 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 programs will be discussed as well.
Offered at St.-Jeromeé’s College
ARTS 2504/8 FW 050.5 Introductory Topics in Family Life Education: Marriage and the Family This course will study mariage and the family from psychological, sociological, - philosophical and theological perspectives. Methods for incorporating significant knowledge about mariage and the family into family life programs will also be given attention. : Offered at St. Jerome's College.
16.14 _ Course Descriptions
An interdisciplinary seminar assisting - senior students in integrating their studies in the humanities, sciences, and technology, into a coherent worid-view informed by moral, religious, and aesth: etic values, in. preparation for decisionmaking in personal, social and professional life. .
Prereq: Third year standing
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
and the individual An interdisciplinary examination of the contributions the humanities and social sciences have made to our understanding of a basic intellectual problem: the relationship between society and the individual. Specitically, the course wil Provide an opportunity to discover how _ different disciplinary approaches can be combined to increase our insight into that relationship. ; Prereq: Students in third year or above, or consent of instructor. Offered at St. Jerome's College
The course presents an in depth analysis of selected topics in human sexuality, gives special attention to the emotional aspects of sexuality, and focuses on the evaluation of current tamily lite and sex education programs. Prereq: ARTS 249J Offered at St. Jerome's College
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.
Not offered in 1986–87.