10 courses in the 1989–90 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Faculty listed in 1989–90
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 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 100, do not Satisfy either the Group A or Group B requirements.
tion to the humanities, including art and music as well as literature, history, and religious studies. In addition to the principal professor, visiting lecturers from the different disciplines enable the student to see each through expert eyes. The sampling of fields ‘can be helpful to the first-year student in choosing further work in the humanities, and to more senior students in relating familiar areas to new ones.
ARTS 122Quest for Meaning in the 20th CenturyF 2C,1D 0.5
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 challengecl by world wars, nuclear threat and rapidly shifting sexual, social, economic and religious values. Offered by Conrad Grebe! College.
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.
ARTS 202PPsychology of Religion in Historical PerspectiveF 0.5
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.
ARTS 211Computing Techniques in Language and LiteratureF/F,W’ 0.5/0.5
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
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.
ARTS 310AThe Relationship Between Society and the Individual/B F/W 0.5/0.5
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