17 courses in the 1987–88 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 (Penn Sylvania)
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 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.
2. Arts courses are elective courses in General and Honours programs and, except for Arts 100A/100B, do not satisfy either the Group A or Group B requirements.
Arts 1004/100B F,W 3C 0.5/0.5 Introduction to the Humanities A and B An interclisciplinary introduction to the arts, literatures, philosophies and religions of Western 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. 100B focuses on selected periods from roughly 1750 to the present.
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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.
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.
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
ARTS 2154/8
Man in Crisis (Literary Views)
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
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, 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".
Course Descriptions 16:13
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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 themes are Nihilism (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 College.
A multidisciplinary examination of human sexuality and sex education.
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
A broad multidisciplinary overview of perspectives on human sexuality.
A multidisciplinary examination of selected topics in human sexuality. The significant principles of sex education and some of the most relevant methods and programs will be discussed.
A multidisciplinary examination of marriage and the family.
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
Family 1
A broad multidisciplinary overview of perspectives on marriage and the family.
A multidisciptinary examination of selected topics regarding marriage and the family. Methods for incorporating significant knowledge about marriage and family into family life programs will also be examined.
16:14 Course Descriptions
An interdisciplinary seminar assisting senior students in integrating their Studies in the humanities, sciences, and technology, into a coherent world-view informed by moral, religious, and aesthetic values, in preparation for decisionmaking in personal, social and professional life.
Prereq: Third-year standing
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
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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. Specifically, the course will 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
An in-depth analysis of selected topics in marriage and family life, especially in
their emotional aspects, including evalua-
tion of family life education in school and community.
Prereq: ARTS 250A/B
Offered at St. Jerome's College
COURSES NOT OFFERED 1987-88 ARTS 349A/B Advanced Topics in Family
Life Education: Sexuality and Sex Education
Department of Biology
Professor, Chairman of the Department
R.G.H. Downer,’ BSc, MSc (Queen's, Belfast), PhD (Western Ontario), DSc (Belfast), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman
of the Department
S.M. Smith, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Manitoba) Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award’
Professor, Associate Dean of Graduate
Studies, Faculty of Science
W.B. Kendrick, 8Sc, PhD, DSc (Liver pool), FRSC
Professor, Associate Dean for Computing, Faculty of Science C.|. Mayfield, BSc, PhD (Liverpooi)
Associate Professors, Graduate Officers
N.C. Bols BSe (Simon Fraser), MSc (British Columbia), PhD (Toronto)
B.R. Glick, BSc (City College, New York), MSc, PhD (Waterlogy
Associate Professors, Undergraduate
Officers
P.E. Morrison, BSc, MSc (Western Ontario), PhD (McMaster)
C.A. Peterson, BSc, MSc (Alberta), PhD (California, Davis)
Assistant Professors, Undergraduate
Officers
D.G. Dixon, BSc (Sir George Williams), MSc (Concordia), PhD (Guelph)
W.R. Hawthorn, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Western Ontario).
Professor Emeritus H.B.N. Hynes, BSc, PhD, DSc (London), ARCS, FRSC
Professors .
E.B. Dumbroff, BSc, MForestry, PhD (Georgia)
H.C. Duthie, BSc, PhD (Wales)
C.H. Fernando, BSc (Ceylon), DPhil (Oxford)
A.D. Harrison, BSc, MSc, BEd, PhD (Cape Town)
W.E. Inniss, BSA, MSA (Toronto), PhD (Michigan State)
J.Kruuv,? BSc, MSc (Waterloo), PhD (Western Ontario)
J.K. Morton, BSc, PhD (Durham), FLS
J.J. Pasternak, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (indiana)
G- Power, BSc (Durham), PhD (McGill)
J. Sivak,4 LScO (Montreal), MS (indiana), PhD (Cornell), OD (Pennsylvania College of Optometry)
J.B. Theberge,? BScA (Guelph), MSc (Toronto), PhD (British Columbia)
J.E. Thompson,’ BSA (Toronto), PhD (Alberta)
T. Viswanatha,° MSc, PhD (Mysore), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
Associate Professors
R.D. Beauchamp,’ BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Brown)
J.C. Carlson, BSc, MSc, PhD (Massachusetts)
J.C.H. Carter, BA (Toronto), MSc, PhD (McGill)
A.M. Charles, BSc, MSc, PhD (Manitoba)
M. Globus, BSc, MSc (McGill), PhD (Toronto)
A.G. Kempton, BSA, MSA (Toronto), PhD (Michigan State)
J.R. Lepock,? 8S, MS (West Virginia), PhD (Pennsylvania State)
J.C. Semple, BSc (Tufts), MA, PhD (Washington U, St. Louis)
K. Zachariah, BSc (Madras), BA Hons (Oxford), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Assistant Professors
J.J. Heikkila, BSc, MSc, PhD (Toronto)
K.M. Kovacs, BSc (York), MSe (Lake head), PhD (Guelph)
W.D. Taylor, BSc, PhD (Toronto)
Research Assistant Professors
T.J. Singh, BSc, PhD (Manitoba), NSERC University Research Fellow
S. Vethamany-Globus, BSc, MA, MSc (Madras), PhD (Toronto)
Adjunct Faculty
H.R.N. Eydt, 8Sc, MSc, PhD (McMaster)
V.C. Nealis, 8Sc, MSc (Carleton), PhD (British Columbia), Great Lakes Forestry Centre
G.G. Stewart, BSc (Wales), PhD (Bath) The Labatt Brewing Company, London
Instructors .
J.F. Brookfield, BA, BEd, BSc, MSc (Dalhousie)
L. Pasternak, BA, MA (Toronto)
N.J. Scott, BSc, MBA (McMaster), MSc (Waterloo)
K.E. Trevors, BSc (Acadia), MSc (Waterloo)
Faculty Members of Biology holding cross appointments to: Chemistry
Faculty Members holding cross appointments to Biology from: Physics
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