University of Windsor - Academic Calendar, 1998-1999

The following courses are offered through the Office of the Executive Dean of Arts and Human Sciences. The content and focus of the courses listed span several disciplines, rather than being confined to a single area.

01-300. Creating with the Computer

Introduction to creating graphics, music, and interactive applications. Students will learn the basics of each type of application and then produce work in an area of interest in a studio environment. (Prerequisite: 60-104 or elementary wordprocessing ability.)

02-100. Introduction to Canadian Studies

This course emphasizes the transition of Canada from a European colonial society to an immigrant, multicultural society. A multidisciplinary approach will be taken in dealing with the specific problems facing Canada today.

02-103. Introduction to Environmental Studies

A multidisciplinary course designed to illustrate the complexities and various perspectives of environmental studies. During the term, instructors from a variety of academic areas in the arts, social sciences, and sciences will introduce environmental issues of concern in their own disciplines. Topical lectures and readings serve as a basis for introducing approaches to the environment from a variety of perspectives.

02-201. Major Issues in Contemporary Society

Current issues of importance will be examined from diverse viewpoints (e.g., religious, moral, economic, legal, technological, etc.). Several of the Fellows of Canterbury College will be responsible for instruction. The format will vary and may include lectures, seminars, discussions, debates, papers, etc.

02-250. Basic Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences

Introduction to measurement of variables, organization and description of numerical data, testing hypotheses, inference, and interpretation of findings in the Social Sciences. Topics include descriptive statistics, normal distribution, probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, t-tests, correlation, and chi-square tests.

02-300. Remembering Canada in the Global Village

An examination of how Canada was constructed as a modern technological society. The course explores how this has been critically analyzed in terms of dependency, both economic and cultural, challenges the analysis, and presents other images and possibilities for being Canadian in the emerging global technological order.

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