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Title Why Go to University? The Changing Role and Purpose of Higher Education

Excerpt Is higher education about job preparation or about giving students an opportunity to learn about themselves and the world around them? Can higher education in Canada achieve both these aims? This course engages with the spirited conversations and scholarly debates about the ideals of a liberal arts education and how these connect with ancient and […]

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SDGs Quality Education

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Campuses St. George

Units University College

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Title Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic

Excerpt In this course, you will examine how Toronto’s varied communities access and use health care, and how they may encounter barriers in doing so. You will study how economic disparities, shifting demographics, and government policies affect health policy and the right to access resources. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Course Code UNI103H1

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingReduced Inequalities

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units University College

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Title Law and Social Issues

Excerpt An exploration of the legal dimensions of selected contemporary social issues, focusing on law as a practice of social justice, and led by instructors with considerable practical experience. Restricted to students in the major program Ethics, Society, and Law.

Course Code TRN304Y1

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units Trinity College

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Title Joy and Resistance in Diverse Storytelling

Excerpt “Can we speak about joy for once?” In contemporary Canadian literature, there is a resurgence of diasporic stories that capture the joy and resistance of carving space for community against the mechanisms of the state. This course uses creative writing and literary analysis to explore how our personal storytelling is shaped by our shifting relationships […]

Course Code TRN196H1

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SDGs Climate ActionGender EqualityPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Quality EducationReduced Inequalities

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units Trinity College

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Title Society, its Limits and Possibilities

Excerpt Key texts from various disciplines that articulate fundamental features, limitations, and possibilities of contemporary society are introduced. Political consent, economics, governmental administration, the global / post-colonial world, historical transformation, gender politics, and media may be addressed.

Course Code TRN203H1

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SDGs Gender Equality

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Title The Construction of Race in America: A History

Excerpt The course will explore the origins of racial categories in America. Drawing on primary sources such as memoirs, film, and government records as well as writings by scholars, we will examine how beliefs about these categories changed over time and with what consequences for the unfolding of American history. Arriving at the present day, we […]

Course Code UNI199H1

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsQuality EducationReduced Inequalities

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units University College

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Title The Body

Excerpt This studio-based, open-media course challenges conventional ideas about the body by examining developments in technology, culture, and politics. Through projects, lectures and readings, this course considers the fluidity of concepts such as gender, beauty, and ability as interpreted through representations of the body.

Course Code VIS313H1

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SDGs Gender Equality

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Divisions John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

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Title Advanced Urban Research Project

Excerpt This course will allow students to investigate an urban topic of their choice in a guided seminar environment. This course will guide students through the various steps of the research process including: proposal writing and refinement, secondary research, primary data acquisition, analysis and the production of a senior research paper. The course emphasizes the connections […]

Course Code URB438H1

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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units Department of Geography and Planning (FAS)

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Title Special Topics in Urban Studies

Excerpt Special topics courses are offered periodically for senior students in the Urban Studies Program. Offerings in any given year will depend on program priorities, availability of specialized expertise and funding. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Course Code URB433H1

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Units Department of Geography and Planning (FAS)

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Title Scientific Evidence in Public Policy

Excerpt This course investigates issues arising from the translation of scientific evidence for public consumption, including in the development of public policy and in confronting problems of social and global significance. Areas of focus will include climate change, global health, and clinical medicine. Students will explore concepts including the perception and communication of risk, the generalizability […]

Course Code VIC122H1

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Reduced Inequalities

Types Undergraduate Course

Divisions Faculty of Arts and Science

Campuses St. George

Units Victoria College

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