ARTS 120Focal Issues in Contemporary Society
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1975–76
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1970–71 to 1975–76; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
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 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, studentdirected research and role-playing.) 3 lectures, Winter term
As printed in the 1974–75 to 1975–76 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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How it read in each calendar from 1970–71 to 1975–76, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1974–75 to 1975–76 2 calendars
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 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, studentdirected research and role-playing.)
3 lectures, Winter term
1973–74 1 calendar
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.
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1971–72 to 1972–73 2 calendars
Titled G Focal Issues in Contemporary Society D0G Seminar in the 20th Century Values.
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 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 that will be used is a group of selected contemporary issues with implications that cut across all the various disciplines. Some effort will be made to discuss values deemed appropriate for our age. Integrating universal concepts or problems to be dealt with are: ‘ personality, work, community, and society.
The purpose of this course is to help members of the university struggle with current value questions in various areas of human activity. It will
' include questions in the areas of genetics, computerscience.
communications, medicine, and others. Faculty from the University of Waterloo and several other universities will participate. Open to third and fourth year students from any discipline in the University. 3 lectures.
The following courses are administered by Renision College
1970–71 1 calendar
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. Such a course would seek to assist students in discovering the range of informational, research and exploratory resources open to them, gaining some preliminary experience in utilizing such sources and applying a critical judgement of material secured. (Group B elective)
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 that will be used is a group of selected contemporary issues with implications that cut across all the various disciplines. Some effort will be made to discuss values deemed appropriate for our age. Integrating universal concepts or problems to be dealt with are: personality, work, community, and society.