University of Toronto’s 2023-2024 Undergraduate Sustainability Course Inventory
The UN Sustainable Development Goals and Inventory Keywords
See the SDG Keywords page for the list of keywords searched in the titles and descriptions of undergraduate courses in the master list of undergraduate courses. The search results were quality assured by the CECCS Work Study team to remove any courses which were deemed not to have sustainability content. Methodologies and contexts for making this inventory were highlighted in an academic paper written by the ESE team and published in the journal “Sustainability”: “Expanding Student Engagement in Sustainability: Using SDG- and CEL-focused Inventories to Transform Curriculum at the University of Toronto“, January 2019, Sustainability 11(2):530.
| Summary Tables | ||||
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| University Divisions | Unique Sustainability Courses | % of Total Courses | % of Undergraduate Students | Number of Sustainability Courses per Student (Divisional) |
| Arts and Science | 968 | 47 | 42.4 | 33 |
| U of T Scarborough | 443 | 21 | 20.5 | 31 |
| U of T Mississauga | 395 | 19 | 23 | 25 |
| Applied Science & Engineering | 115 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 20 |
| Pharmacy | 57 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 51 |
| Kinesiology & Physical Education | 34 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 33 |
| Architecture, Landscape, and Design | 30 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 28 |
| Music | 14 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 26 |
| Information | 5 | 0.2 | 0.07 | 93 |
*The following divisions were not included in the table as they had no courses in the inventory: Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, OISE, Woodsworth Certificate, Transitional Year Program
| SDG Group | Number of Courses | % of Total Courses |
|---|---|---|
| 1. No Poverty | 82 | 1.7 |
| 2. Zero Hunger | 99 | 2 |
| 3. Good Health and Well-Being | 315 | 6.5 |
| 4. Quality Education | 434 | 9 |
| 5. Gender Equality | 383 | 7.9 |
| 6. Clean Water and Sanitation | 77 | 1.6 |
| 7. Affordable and Clean Energy | 107 | 2.2 |
| 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth | 264 | 5.4 |
| 9. Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure | 333 | 6.9 |
| 10. Reduced Inequalities | 549 | 11.3 |
| 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities | 320 | 6.6 |
| 12. Responsible Consumption and Production | 221 | 4.5 |
| 13. Climate Action | 381 | 7.8 |
| 14. Life Below Water | 206 | 4.2 |
| 15. Life on Land | 383 | 7.9 |
| 16. Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions | 661 | 13.6 |
| 17. Partnership for the goals | 35 | 0.7 |
Undergraduate Sustainability Course Inventory
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Description | Division | Keyword(s) | SDG(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABP102Y1 | Contemporary Canada | This interdisciplinary, foundational course provides an introduction to contemporary Canadian society. The course includes the study of geography, politics, literature and culture through a historical framework of the twentieth century. It also emphasizes particular themes including indigenous issues, Quebec nationalism, gender/women's issues and immigration/multiculturalism. Open only to Academic Bridging Program students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, indigenous, nationalism | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ABP104Y1 | Environmental Issues Today | This interdisciplinary course introduces the major issues regarding the sustainability of the global environment in the face of human development by integrating humanities and social science with the fundamental concept of environmental science. It examines major environmental problems, such as rapid climate change and land degradation as well as the role and impact of government, economics, and ethics on environmental issues. Open only to Academic Bridging Program students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, land | SDG8,SDG13,SDG15 |
| ABP106Y1 | Media, Culture, and Society | This interdisciplinary course provides an introduction to the cultural and social impacts of present-day popular mass media. Themes explored include the economic and political forces that shape the media world, the role of technology, and issues of representation, gender, and social justice. The course examines a wide range of texts, emphasizing popular culture produced in Canada, and students will have the opportunity to draw extensively on their own interactions with popular media. Open only to Academic Bridging Program students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, social justice | SDG5,SDG16 |
| ABP108Y1 | Introduction to University Studies in Chemistry | This course covers the fundamental knowledge and skills needed for success in First Year university Chemistry and other Sciences such as Biology. Topics include atoms, elements, and compounds; the chemical and physical properties of gases, liquids, and solids; chemical reactions; and the importance of chemistry in understanding the world around us, with attention to how it can address issues in medicine, the environment, and sustainability. Open only to Academic Bridging Program students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| ACMB10H3 | Equity and Diversity in the Arts | Equity and diversity in the arts promotes diversity of all kinds, including those of race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or identity, age, ability or disability, religion, and aesthetics, tradition or practice. This course examines issues of equity and diversity and how they apply across all disciplines of arts, culture and media through critical readings and analysis of cultural policy. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, disability, equity, gender | SDG5,SDG8,SDG10 |
| ACMC01H3 | ACMEE Applied Practice I | A study of the arts, culture and/or media sector through reflective practice. Students will synthesize their classroom and work place / learning laboratory experiences in a highly focused, collaborative, and facilitated way through a series of assignments and discussions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| ACMD01H3 | ACMEE Applied Practice II | An advanced study of the arts, culture and/or media sector through reflective practice. Students will further engage with work places as "learning laboratories", and play a mentorship role for students in earlier stages of the experiential education process. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| ACMD02H3 | ACMEE Applied Practice III | An advanced study of the arts, culture and/or media sector through reflective practice. Students will further synthesize their classroom and work place / learning laboratory experiences, and play a mentorship role for students in earlier stages of the experiential education process. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| AER507H1 | Introduction to Fusion Energy | Nuclear reactions between light elements provide the energy source for the sun and stars. On earth, such reactions could form the basis of an essentially inexhaustible energy resource. In order for the fusion reactions to proceed at a rate suitable for the generation of electricity, the fuels (usually hydrogen) must be heated to temperatures near 100 million Kelvin. At these temperatures, the fuel will exist in the plasma state. This course will cover: (i) the basic physics of fusion, including reaction cross-sections, particle energy distributions, Lawson criterion and radiation balance, (ii) plasma properties including plasma waves, plasma transport, heating and stability, and (iii) fusion plasma confinement methods (magnetic and inertial). Topics will be related to current experimental research in the field. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy | SDG7 |
| AER510H1 | Aerospace Propulsion | Scope and history of jet and rocket propulsion; fundamentals of air-breathing and rocket propulsion; fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of propulsion including boundary layer mechanics and combustion; principles of aircraft jet engines, engine components and performance; principles of rocket propulsion, rocket performance, and chemical rockets; environmental impact of aircraft jet engines. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| AER515H1 | Combustion Processes | Scope and history of combustion, and fossil fuels; thermodynamics and kinetics of combustion including heats of formation and reaction, adiabatic flame temperature, elementary and global reactions, equilibrium calculations of combustion products, and kinetics of pollutant formation mechanisms; propagation of laminar premixed flames and detonations, flammability limits, ignition and quenching; gaseous diffusion flames and droplet burning; introduction to combustion in practical devices such as rockets, gas turbines, reciprocating engines, and furnaces; environmental aspects of combustion. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental, fossil fuel, pollut | SDG13 |
| AFR150Y1 | Introduction to African Studies | A multi-disciplinary study of Africa, emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis. Pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary African history, anthropology, politics, African humanism and society, religion, art, music, race, resistance, gender and Pan-Africanism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| AFR250Y1 | Africa in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities | A critical examination of Africa as a living space rather than merely a site of intellectual speculation and study. Uses scholarly and popular literature to explore the issues that engage the attention of ordinary Africans, ranging from the dramatic to the seemingly trivial, as they struggle to fashion meaningful lives in fast-changing societies. Topics include urban transition and city life; economic, political and cultural impacts of globalization; new religious movements and changing conceptions of selfhood; new African diasporas in the West; dynamics of gender relations, kinships and identities; and the politics of liberalization. Materials studied will include print and electronic news media and other mass media resources from Africa and across the world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, globaliz, urban, transit | SDG5,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11 |
| AFR251H1 | Language, Freedom and Linguistic Human Rights in Africa | Examines the language situation in Africa and the extent to which freedom and linguistic human rights are enabled, granted, nurtured, achieved or protected by post-colonial African states. Using linguistic diversity in Africa as a backdrop, presents, discusses and assesses language policies that were adopted by post-colonial African states, particularly in education, and the implications that these policies have for the rights, freedom and empowerment of citizens of African states. Changes and evolving trends in language use and language planning are also discussed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, human rights | SDG4,SDG16 |
| AFR270H1 | African Literature and the Politics of Storytelling | Focuses on the art and politics of storytelling across the continent. Students will engage with various kinds of narrative genres from great African novels to short stories, folktales, popular African films from Nollywood and other industries, as well as more recent forms of storytelling from social media. Topics of discussion will include globalization, colonialism, post-coloniality, neo-imperialism, environmental justice, ecocriticism, artistic expression and African identities. This novel course offers a combination of a wide range of literary and non-literary narrative genres as well as a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to textual analysis from decolonial theories to ecocriticism, postcolonial environmentalisms, narrative theory, as well as more traditional methods of literary criticism and analysis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, globaliz, environmental, environmental justice | SDG4,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| AFR351Y1 | African Systems of Thought | The exploration of a range of African cosmologies, epistemologies, and theologies, as well as specific case studies on justice, the moral order, and gender relations. The influence of these richly diverse traditions is traced as well in the writings of African thinkers in the Diaspora. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| AFR353H1 | International Relations of Africa | Explores inter-state relations in Africa, African states' relations with the West, China, India, Brazil, and international political, economic and financial institutions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG10,SDG16,SDG17 |
| AFR355H1 | African Youth Languages and Cultures | Examines the nature of youth languages and cultures in contemporary Africa with a focus on their characteristics and the conditions under which they develop. Also considers similarities and/or differences between youth languages and cultures in different regions of Africa and the general youth condition. Includes urban youth languages such as Sheng, Engsh, Tsotsitaal, etc. and music genres associated with youth such as hip hop, Bongo flava, etc. Discusses challenges and opportunities associated with African youth languages as they relate to questions of identity, national integration, regional integration, and development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG16 |
| AFR370H1 | Anticolonialism, Radicalism and Revolutions in Africa | An interdisciplinary exploration of the histories of nationalist and revolutionary movements, ideologies, and regimes in twentieth and twenty-first century Africa, examining the various ways that Africans imagined, actively shaped, and continue to demand freedom and political modernity. Emphasis will be placed on African history methodology (including oral history) and historiography to encourage students to apply a historical lens to approaching key themes and concepts in African Studies such as nationalism, decolonization, the state, politics, citizenship, labour movements, and pro-democracy movements. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | anticolonial, citizen, labour, decolonization, nationalism, democra | SDG4,SDG8,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| AFR389H1 | The Geopolitics and Debates on Africa-China Economic Relations | Explores the geopolitics of Africa-Asia relations, in particular, the unabated and polarized debates and narratives on China's engagement across sectors in Africa, Africa-China multifaceted trade relations, strategies and interests, and economic diplomacy. Critically examines the changing landscape of economic cooperation and development financing in contemporary Africa, their underlying impulses and their broader implications. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade, land | SDG16 |
| AFR450Y1 | African Studies Honours Research Seminar | This honours research seminar required of all specialists and majors in African Studies offers critical explorations of the genealogy of African Studies, the transnational study of Africa, Africa's place in a globalized world, the historical, intellectual and institutional contexts of Africanist knowledge production, its dissemination and consumption in Africa, Europe, the Americas and emerging academic sites in Asia. It engages with the paradigm shifts and vibrant scholarly and epistemic debates across disciplines and geographies as well as unfolding events, public discourses, geopolitics, African popular cultures and the reimagining of African futures through canonical, emergent scholarship and creative media and emphasizes students' original and creative research explorations, engaged praxis and search for alternative theorizing and decolonial epistemologies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, decolonial, globaliz, gini, consum, production, institut | SDG4,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| AFR454H1 | Migration, Mobility, and Displacement in Contemporary Africa | Why do people move voluntarily or involuntarily? What are the causes and consequences of migration and displacement in Africa? This course critically examines the multifaceted dimensions of migration, mobility, and displacement, with a specific focus on communities and populations displaced by war, environmental destruction and disaster, economic failings, and the quest for economic opportunities, love, education, or individual freedom. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG4,SDG8,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| AFR455H1 | Conflicts, Negotiations and Peacebuilding in Africa | Examines conflicts and peace negotiations in African contexts such as Somalia, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and North Africa through public discourse, citizen actions, policy debates and mobilizations. Explores formal, informal, indigenous and institutional mediation and peace negotiation platforms, strategies, and impulses. Analyzes various conflict zones, case studies and intervention strategies for negotiating and sustaining peace in Africa in the broader context of the war on terror, increasing militarism, and securitization in peacebuilding. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace, citizen, indigenous, institut, democra | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| AFSA01H3 | Africa in the World: An Introduction | An interdisciplinary introduction to the history and development of Africa with Africa's place in the wider world a key theme. Students critically engage with African and diasporic histories, cultures, social structures, economies, and belief systems. Course material is drawn from Archaeology, History, Geography, Literature, Film Studies, and Women's Studies. Same as HISA08H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | women | SDG5,SDG8,SDG10 |
| AFSA03H3 | Experiencing Development in Africa | This experiential learning course allows students to experience first hand the realities, challenges, and opportunities of working with development organizations in Africa. The goal is to allow students to actively engage in research, decision-making, problem solving, partnership building, and fundraising, processes that are the key elements of development work. Same as IDSA02H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG9,SDG10,SDG17 |
| AFSB50H3 | Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade | An introduction to the history of Sub-Saharan Africa, from the era of the slave trade to the colonial conquests. Throughout, the capacity of Africans to overcome major problems will be stressed. Themes include slavery and the slave trade; pre-colonial states and societies; economic and labour systems; and religious change. Same as HISB50H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour, trade | SDG8,SDG10 |
| AFSC03H3 | Contemporary Africa: State, Society, and Politics | This course is intended as an advanced critical introduction to contemporary African politics. It seeks to examine the nature of power and politics, state and society, war and violence, epistemology and ethics, identity and subjectivities, history and the present from a comparative and historical perspective. It asks what the main drivers of African politics are, and how we account for political organization and change on the continent from a comparative and historical perspective. Same as IDSC03H3. | University of Toronto Scarborough | violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| AFSC19H3 | Community-Driven Development: Cooperatives, Social Enterprises and the Black Social Economy | This course introduces students to alternative business institutions (including cooperatives, credit unions, worker-owned firms, mutual aid, and social enterprises) to challenge development. It investigates the history and theories of the solidarity economy as well as its potential contributions to local, regional and international socio-economic development. There will be strong experiential education aspects in the course to debate issues. Students analyze case studies with attention paid to Africa and its diaspora to combat exclusion through cooperative structures. Same as IDSC19H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, worker, invest, institut | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| AFSC55H3 | War and Society in Modern Africa | Conflict and social change in Africa from the slave trade to contemporary times. Topics include the politics of resistance, women and war, repressive and weak states, the Cold War, guerrilla movements, resource predation. Case studies of anti-colonial rebellions, liberation wars, and civil conflicts will be chosen from various regions. Same as HISC55H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | women, trade, social change | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| AFSD07H3 | Extractive Industries in Africa | This course examines resource extraction in African history. We examine global trade networks in precolonial Africa, and the transformations brought by colonial extractive economies. Case studies, from diamonds to uranium, demonstrate how the resource curse has affected states and economies, especially in the postcolonial period. Same as IDSD07H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade | SDG8,SDG10,SDG15 |
| AFSD52H3 | East African Societies in Transition | A seminar study of East African peoples from late pre-colonial times to the 1990's, emphasizing their rapid although uneven adaptation to integration of the region into the wider world. Transitions associated with migrations, commercialization, religious change, colonial conquest, nationalism, economic development and conflict, will be investigated. Student presentations are required. Same as HISD52H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, transit, nationalism | SDG8,SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13 |
| AMS199H1 | Razing the Roof and Tearing Down Monuments: Controversies in Public Memory | In cities across America, statues of past heroes are being kicked off their pedestals. As the republic grapples with conflicting histories, this course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of American Studies by considering the politics, history, aesthetics, ideologies and geographies of public memorialization. We’ll also critically engage with current research on creative acts of public memory – both digital and material – which offer provocative ways to encounter our collective pasts. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities | SDG10,SDG11 |
| AMS200H1 | Introduction to American Studies | A formal introduction to the interdisciplinary study of the United States and to the field of American Studies. Drawing from a variety of source materials ranging from political and literary to visual culture and material artifacts, this course examines the politics, history and culture of the U.S. A major emphasis will be learning to analyze primary sources. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4,SDG10 |
| AMS300H1 | Theories and Methods in American Studies | This course, required for majors and minors but open to all who have met the pre-requisites, explores a range of approaches to the field of American Studies. Students will be introduced to some of the many theories and methods that have animated the field of American Studies, including historical methods; formal analysis of visual and literary texts; and key concepts, such as commodity chain analysis, race, commodity, gender, diaspora, and affect. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| ANA124H1 | Kinesiology Human Anatomy I: Organ Systems | This course is the first half of the human cadaveric anatomy experience for students in the KPE program. Students will explore gross anatomy of the thoracic, abdominal, pelvic and nervous systems with focus on the structure, function, innervation and blood supply. Students will be introduced to implications of function and dysfunction or disease within these systems. Students will learn through theory and practice including in-class lectures, asynchronous learning modules and digital resources, active learning tasks and hands-on practice in the anatomy laboratory. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | learning, labor | SDG3 |
| ANA125H1 | Kinesiology Human Anatomy II: Musculoskeletal System | This course is the second half of the human cadaveric anatomy experience for students in the KPE program. Students will explore musculoskeletal anatomy, including in depth investigation of the upper and lower limb bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, blood and nerve supply. Functional application of musculoskeletal anatomy with respect to movement will be introduced with real-life examples of exercise, injury and disease. Students will learn through theory and practice including in-class lectures, asynchronous learning modules and digital resources, active learning tasks and hands-on practice in the anatomy laboratory. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | learning, labor, invest | SDG3 |
| ANT199H1 | Living on the Water in Toronto | What do the Great Lakes mean to people living here? Especially Indigenous people? When and how do people care about the Great Lakes? Poems, stories, social science offer perspectives on the water from anthropology and arts. Field trips including paddling on a river, hiking; talks with local activists and artists. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, indigenous | SDG6,SDG10,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ANT201H5 | World Archaeology | Archaeological survey of human cultural development from a global perspective, including: the elaboration of material culture; the expansion of social inequality; the development of diverse food procurement (hunter-gatherer-fisher) and food production (herding-agricultural) economies; and the changes in patterns of mobility over time and between world areas, with the growth of village and city life. Students will engage with the current state of archaeological research and some of the major issues archaeologists address in their recreations of archaeologically-based human history. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, labor, inequality, equalit, production, fish | SDG2,SDG8,SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13 |
| ANT204H1 | Social Cultural Anthropology and Global Issues | A course focused on recent anthropological scholarship that seeks to understand and explain the transformation of contemporary societies and cultures. Topics may include some of the following: new patterns of global inequality, war and neo-colonialism, health and globalization, social justice and indigeneity, religious fundamentalism, gender inequalities, biotechnologies and society etc. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, globaliz, inequality, equalit, social justice | SDG3,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| ANT205H1 | Medical Anthropology: Sociocultural Perspectives on Illness, Medicine and Care | Introduction to medical anthropology with a focus on questions, methods, and insights from sociocultural anthropology. Explores the relationships among culture, society, and medicine with special attention to power, inequality, and globalization. Examples from many parts of the world, addressing biomedicine as well as other healing systems. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | illness, globaliz, inequality, equalit | SDG3,SDG9,SDG10 |
| ANT207H5 | Being Human: Classic Thought on Self and Society | The question of what it means to be human has been at the core of anthropology for over two centuries, and it remains as pressing now as it ever was. This course introduces students to some classic attempts at addressing this question with specific reference to the nature of personhood and social life. By engaging with the writings of Marx, Weber, Freud, and DeBeauvoir among other great thinkers of the modern age, students will develop deeper knowledge of the major theories guiding anthropological research. We will pay close attention to how arguments are constructed in these texts and focus on the methodologies that these pioneers of social thought developed in their inquiries. The course covers enduring topics ranging from the production of social inequality, what it means to be an individual, how collective life is shaped by economic markets, and the role of religion in shaping human experience, to develop an understanding of central issues facing the world today. [24L 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, inequality, equalit, production | SDG4,SDG10,SDG12 |
| ANT208H1 | Medical Anthropology: an Evolutionary Perspective on Human Health | Introduction to applied evolutionary medical anthropology. It explores evidence for the evolution of human vulnerability to disease across the life cycle (conception to death) and implications for health of contemporary populations in behavioral ecological, cross-cultural, health and healing systems, historical trauma, intersectionality, and climate change, lenses. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | vulnerability, climate, ecolog | SDG3,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| ANT210H1 | Anthropologists and Indigenous Peoples in North America | This course provides a rigorous introduction to historical and contemporary relations between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists, spanning archaeology, biological/ evolutionary anthropology, and socio-cultural & linguistic fields. The course centers Indigenous experience, critique, and scholarship, and fosters students’ critical thinking skills as applied to the ethics and politics of anthropological research, past and present. The course is organised into three modules: 1. Introduction to Indigenous peoples’ critiques and concerns regarding anthropology 2. Understanding historical context of these issues 3. In-depth discussion of current issues, oriented to emergent and possible future transformations in anthropology’s relations with Indigenous peoples. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT210H5 | Fantasies, Hoaxes and Misrepresentations of the Ancient World | Have you ever wondered why television programs like Ancient Aliens are so popular or if they have any merit? Have you also wondered why outrageous ideas about the human past seem to be more popular than the message science presents? This course critically evaluates the anatomy of significant hoaxes, outrageous claims, and just plain old "bad archaeology" in popular culture. Students will develop the tools to critically evaluate potential hoaxes and fictional accounts of the past by investigating a wide variety of cases that range from attempts to rewrite history using fake discoveries, to the simply outrageous claims created in order to promote racist agendas, to make money, or just for the fun of duping an unsuspecting public. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT214H5 | Anthropology of Food and Nutrition | This course explores human food use and nutrition from a broad anthropological perspective. It examines archaeological evidence of dietary patterns of human ancestors and examines contemporary phenomena such as the preference for sweetness and lactase persistence that are the legacy of ancestral adaptations. It explores significant food revolutions, from the origins of agriculture to the relatively recent phenomenon of biotechnological food production and looks at both the positive and negative effects of these changes on patterns of human growth and health. The goal of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of nutrition science that is contextualized in contemporary anthropological debates about the costs of changing food systems. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, nutrition, food system, production | SDG2,SDG3,SDG12 |
| ANT215H1 | Fight the Power!: A Global History of Resistance and Revolution | This course examines the efforts of Indigenous communities in North America to subvert, resist, and persist in the face of hegemonic power. Over the course of the semester, students will develop a critical understanding of the inner workings of power and the impact of these structures on the contemporary world. In examining the power-resistance dynamic, this course takes a cross-cultural comparative approach that situates North American case studies in relation to examples of resistance from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In examining these case studies, students are asked to engage with a variety of primary sources including songs, speeches, literary texts, and material culture. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT215H5 | How Should One Live? An Introduction to the Anthropology of Ethics | Few questions are more obviously important than that which Socrates poses in Plato's Republic: "how should one live?" This course considers the various ways this question has been asked and the answers it has received across a range of very different contexts. It begins with Socrates' address to the Athenian assembly in The Apology and his conclusion that the examined life is the only one worth living. We then turn to the Greek past and the Homeric background against which the reflective life, that Socrates exemplified, stood in stark contrast. With this background in place we will proceed to consider the various ways in which the question of how one should live has been answered across of a range of social settings. Drawing on ethnography as well journalism and documentary film we will consider, for instance, Rastafarianism, Jainism, living "off-grid" in North America, deaf communities in the US, transgenderism, and non-binary gender identity. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, non-binary, transgender | SDG5,SDG11 |
| ANT216H5 | Racketeers, Smugglers and Pirates: Anthropology of Illegality | This course will explore anthropological approaches to the study of various forms of illegal activities. Denaturalizing the state-imposed categories of legality and illegality, the course will examine how the legal-illegal divide is constructed contingently, and unpack moralities, inequalities, precarities, and forms of politics that illegal activities both rely on and make possible. The course will bring together recent ethnographies of racketeering, gang violence, piracy, human trafficking and contraband smuggling from different world regions. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | trafficking, equalit, violence | SDG5,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| ANT220H5 | Introduction to the Anthropology of Health | This course introduces students to the many strategies anthropologists use to understand patterns of health and disease in human populations through time. It will serve as an entry point into the Anthropology of Health focus and will be a prerequisite for later courses in Growth and Development, Infectious Disease, and the Advanced Seminar in the Anthropology of Health. In this course, the concept of health is examined using bioarchaeology, biomedicine, medical anthropology, and epidemiology. The course examines evolutionary, epigenetic, and life history approaches to understanding chronic disease risk in human populations, culminating in an investigation of the role of poverty and social inequality on disease burden. Although the course is designed as an introduction to the Health focus, it is suitable for students seeking training in pre-health disciplines and is open to all students possessing the necessary prerequisites. | University of Toronto Mississauga | poverty, invest, inequality, equalit | SDG1,SDG3,SDG10,SDG11 |
| ANT241H5 | Anthropology and the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (in Canada) | This course will examine the relationship between the field of anthropology and Indigenous people of Turtle Island. We will examine the past, present, and future manifestations of this relationship. This course will emphasize Indigenous, decolonial, and community scholars. Students will be encouraged to think critically and reflect on their own world views. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | decolonial, indigenous, land | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT300H5 | Cultural Heritage Management: The Past in the Present and for the Future | Cultural Heritage Management, also known as cultural resource management or applied archaeology, aims to protect traces of the past such as artifacts, archaeological sites and cultural landscapes, that have meaning for people in the present. This course takes a broad look at cultural heritage, why it matters in the present, and why we need to preserve aspects of it for the future. Topics may include stakeholders and the politics of the past, mechanisms for the protection of heritage and archaeological sites, the heritage management industry, and the methods used to identify, document, and mitigate impacts to archaeological sites, and to preserve the materials recovered. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | land | SDG9,SDG11 |
| ANT313H5 | China, Korea and Japan in Prehistory | The exploration of the remarkable prehistories of China, the Koreas and Japan challenge western thought on agricultural origins, complex hunter-gatherers, urbanization and the development of centralized authority. This course evaluates current thinking about these issues in the three regions and examines the impact of local archaeological practice on the construction of narratives about the past. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, urban | SDG11 |
| ANT318H5 | Archaeological Fieldwork | Introduction to archaeological field methods. Practical component of the field school takes place on the UTM campus during the last two weeks of August (Monday-Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm). Morning lectures (week one) covering note taking, map making, cultural landscapes, material culture identification and survey and excavation methods, are followed by afternoons in the field applying skills taught that morning. Week two is spent excavating at an archaeological site. During weekly laboratory sessions September – December students learn to process, identify, and catalogue artifacts recovered during the field component. Limited Enrolment and Application Process: see Anthropology department website for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, land | SDG8 |
| ANT320H1 | Ancient Cultures of the Andes | This class offers intensive study of the archaeology and culture history of the Andean region prior to the Spanish conquest. The complexity and distinctiveness of Andean social organization, political institutions, religious ideologies, and economic practices have long fascinated anthropologists. Ultimately, the course will explore Andean cultures over a 10,000 year period, highlighting key debates, current research projects, and innovative theoretical approaches shaping contemporary archeological scholarship in South America and beyond. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| ANT320H5 | Archaeological Approaches to Technology | Using hands-on learning as a primary approach, this course focuses on insights into social and cultural processes provided by the study of ancient and historic technology. Experimental, ethnographic, archaeological, and textual data are used to examine topics such as organization and control of production, style of technology, and the value of objects. Throughout, we will discuss social and cultural as well as economic and functional reasons for the development and adoption of new technologies. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, production | SDG9,SDG17 |
| ANT324H1 | Tourism & Globalization | The course uses tourism as a lens to examine global connections. Particular focus will be on the politics of cultural encounters. Drawing examples from diverse ethnographic materials, the course explores how different visions of the world come into contact, negotiated and transformed, and how tourist encounters shape peoples everyday lives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz | SDG8,SDG12 |
| ANT325H1 | Indigenous Archaeologies | This course introduces students to the field of Indigenous archaeology. Indigenous archaeology is a form of critical praxis that encompasses archaeological research conducted for, with, and by Indigenous peoples. Throughout the class we explore the colonial origins of archaeology, Indigenous activism and its impacts on the discipline of anthropology, ongoing efforts to decolonize and indigenize cultural heritage, and community-based research methods. Students will all also be introduced to new theoretical perspectives emerging out of the intersection of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies including survivance, refusal, futurity, and resurgence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT327H5 | Agricultural Origins: The Second Revolution | A second revolution in human existence began when people developed agriculture long after the origin of modern humans and Upper Palaeolithic culture. This course critically evaluates the shift to agriculture in the context of current ecological and archaeological perspectives. The concept of "agriculture" is evaluated by considering plant and animal domestication as well as resource management in a broad range of contexts. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, animal, ecolog | SDG2,SDG15 |
| ANT329H1 | Language & Power Structure | The role of language and symbolism in the representation and manipulation of ideology and power structure. Case materials drawn from the study of verbal arts, gender, law, advertising, and politics with a focus on North America. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG4,SDG5 |
| ANT331H5 | The Biology of Human Sexuality | Human sexual behaviours will be examined through the lens of evolutionary theory. Through lectures and readings, students will examine such topics as genetic, hormonal, and environmental determinants of sex, sexual selection, and the influence of sex on life history and behaviour. Students will discuss research that has been published in this area, and will develop critical assessments of the literature and films. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG3 |
| ANT335H5 | Anthropology of Gender | Survey of the function of gender roles from evolutionary and cultural perspectives. Cross-cultural variation in human sexual behaviour and gender will be examined. In some years, as part of this course, students may have the option of participating in an international learning experience that will have an additional cost and application process. See Anthropology department website for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, gender | SDG3,SDG5 |
| ANT336H1 | Evolutionary Anthropology Theory | This course will explore the foundational and leading concepts in evolutionary anthropology. Historically important readings and current concepts will be presented and discussed in the context of research, especially in areas of human population biology, ecology and the evolution of Homo sapiens. Topics will include behavioral ecology and life history theory, as well as a critique of the adaptationist program. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG3 |
| ANT337H1 | Human Movement | This course will investigate human movement and physical activity patterns through the lens of evolutionary anthropology. The evolution of hominin physical behaviours, such as bipedalism and tool use, will be explored alongside the morphological traits associated with these behaviours. We will also examine social and cultural factors that may moderate physical activities among diverse human groups, including subsistence strategy variation and contemporary views on activity and exercise. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest | SDG3 |
| ANT338H5 | Laboratory Methods in Biological Anthropology | This lab methods course focuses on laboratory techniques used by biological anthropologists to assess growth, health, and risk of chronic disease in human populations. In this course students will gain practical, hands-on experience in nutrition assessment, anthropometry, physical activity and sleep assessment, and human energy expenditure. State-of-the-art instruments and software are employed, ensuring students gain valuable knowledge of data management and analysis using applications suitable in both clinical and research settings. | University of Toronto Mississauga | nutrition, knowledge, energy, labor | SDG3 |
| ANT341H5 | Anthropology of Infectious Disease | Infection is situated at the intersection of social and biological experience. This course examines why infectious disease occupies such a central position in our contemporary understanding of health. It examines the many theoretical and methodological approaches currently used to understand how humans experience infectious illness. Perspectives from bioarchaeology, demography, environmental anthropology, medical history, biocultural anthropology, and medical anthropology are used to examine the way epidemics and infections have been understood throughout human history and how those understandings continue to shape human perceptions of risk, the body and identity. Social inequality is a major focus of inquiry; the course explores how colonialism, globalization and injustice lead to significant and persistent health inequalities for many populations. | University of Toronto Mississauga | illness, epidemics, globaliz, inequality, equalit, environmental, injustice | SDG3,SDG9,SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| ANT344H1 | Political Anthropology | This course explores the conceptual and methodological tools anthropologists employ to study the ways social groups enact, resist, and transform social relations that involve the production and distribution of power. It studies how anthropologists theorize politics in relation to power, authority, coercion, and consent. Topics explored in this class include political cultures in state and statelessness societies, political affect and the politics of everyday life, hegemony and resistance, governmentality and bio-politics, violence and militarization, social movements and citizenship, and the difficulties of anthropological research in conflict zones. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, production, violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT345H1 | Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives | This course examines medical anthropology's contributions to, and critiques of, global health policies and programs. Topics covered include: colonialism and health, the political ecology of disease, indigenous constructions of illness and healing, medical pluralism, the politics of primary health care, population policies, reproductive health, and AIDS. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global health, health care, illness, reproductive health, indigenous, political ecology, ecolog | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13 |
| ANT347H1 | Metropolis: Global Cities | The role of culture, cultural diversity, space and performance in urban institutions and settings. The cultural context and consequence of urbanization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban, metro, institut | SDG9,SDG11 |
| ANT352H1 | Anthropology of Life and Death | What might it mean to think of death as inside of life, as opposed to at the end of it? This class examines Anthropological approaches to understanding life and death in our contemporary moment, one marked by widespread illness, war, policing, suicide, accident, and further loss. How do we go on living surrounded by death every day? Why are certain deaths valued above others? We will examine a range of related themes including funerary rituals, grief and mourning, violence and killing, illness and ageing, and ghosts and the afterlife. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | illness, violence | SDG3,SDG16 |
| ANT352H5 | Protest, Power and Authority: Topics in Political Anthropology | This course explores ethnographically the social and cultural practices through which the exercise of power is legitimized, authorized, and contested, examining such topics as nation-building, non-governmental activism, human rights, and the global "war on terror." [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | human rights | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT355H5 | Disabled Cyborgs and Racist Robots: Bodies, Technologies, and Social Justice | How does technology mediate our ideas about the social differences of disability, race, and gender? By rethinking the role of technology in reproducing social disparities and challenging bioethical debates about enhancement, students will emerge with the tools to reimagine the relationship between technology, the human body, and social justice. | University of Toronto Mississauga | disabilit, gender, social justice | SDG3,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT356H5 | War, Peace, and Revolution in the Middle East: Anthropological Perspectives on Political Conflicts | This course will explore political violence and social change in the modern Middle East. What forms of loyalty, authority or rivalry have accompanied political violence? What economic activities and relations have been shaped by political conflict and peace in the region? What are the historical origins of nation-states, political regimes, and social movements in the region? By taking a historical and anthropological look at political conflict and change, this course will examine the transformations of the region in the last two centuries. | University of Toronto Mississauga | peace, social change, violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT357H1 | Social Worlds of Medicine and Care | Presents anthropological perspectives on provision of healthcare as a complex social and cultural phenomenon. Examines hierarchies and division of labour among health care providers, and how social groups come to occupy particular positions. Considers how knowledge and skills are gained through formal training and/or lived experience, how they are recognized and valued, and may become sources of identity. Examines local variations within biomedicine as practiced in different settings around the world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, healthcare, knowledge, labour | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG8 |
| ANT363H5 | Magic and Science | What's the difference between magic and science? Is there one? This course explores anthropological approaches to magic and science and related topics, raising basic questions about the nature of knowledge: what can we know about the world, and how can we know it? Through close readings of key anthropological texts, we consider what--if anything--differentiates magic and science, belief and truth, subjectivity and objectivity, irrationality and rationality. [12L, 12S] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| ANT364H1 | Environment & Globalization | This course will examine the relationships between humans and the environment in the context of contemporary efforts to develop within or in opposition to the political economy of neoliberal globalization. We will critically examine the discourses of progress and environment within a broader theoretical inquiry of structure/agency and power. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT366H1 | Anthropology of Activism and Social Justice | Explores how anthropologists have traditionally studied social movements and how new social movements have challenged anthropologists to rethink some of their ethnographic methods and approaches. Some specific movements covered include those related to indigenous rights, environmentalism, refugees, gay and lesbian issues, biotechnology, new religions, and globalization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, refugee, indigenous, environmental, social justice, indigenous rights | SDG5,SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| ANT369H5 | Religious Violence and Nonviolence | Religious violence and nonviolence as they emerge in the tension between strict adherence to tradition and individual actions of charismatic figures. The place of violence and nonviolence in selected faith traditions. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | violence | SDG16 |
| ANT370H1 | Introduction to Social Anthropological Theory | An in-depth critical review of foundational ideas in the development of the practice of Anthropology. Topics may include questioning fieldwork, origins and legacies of functionalism, cultural materialism, politics of culture, power and political economy, globalization and post modernism, gender and post-structuralism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, globaliz | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANT402H5 | Wild Nights: Sleep, evolution, and performance in the 21st century | Sleep is essential to cognitive function and health in humans, yet the ultimate reasons for sleep - that is, 'why' we sleep - remains mysterious. This course integrates research findings from human sleep studies, the ethnographic record, and the ecology and evolution of mammalian and primate sleep to better understand sleep along the human lineage and in the modern world. Students will learn how to use 'wearable' technology, such as actigraphy, for scientific research. The goal of the course is to empower students with the theoretical and technological tools to be able to not only critically assess their own sleep-wake behaviour and performance but also popular generalizations about how to maximize long-term health outcomes. | University of Toronto Mississauga | ecolog | SDG3 |
| ANT414H5 | People and Plants in Prehistory | The relationship between plants and people through time offers important insights into our past, particularly human-environmental interaction, plant domestication, and agricultural origins and development. Students will learn archaeological plant remains identification and interpretation skills through a combination of laboratory and seminar sessions. In some years, students may additionally have the option of participating in an international learning experience during Reading Week that will have an additional cost and application process. Skills learned in this course are also useful in forensic investigations. Students will develop a project based on archaeological material from Japan and/or Ontario in consultation with the instructor. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, learning, labor, invest, environmental | SDG2,SDG4,SDG15 |
| ANT437H5 | Advanced Seminar in the Anthropology of Health | This course is the culmination of the undergraduate Anthropology of Health focus and aims to prepare students for workplace application and graduate study in a wide range of clinical and research domains. The course brings together diverse branches of biological investigation (human biology, nutrition, growth and development, chronic and communicable disease) and undertakes a critical examination of theory and methods used in the study of human health. It traces the historical development of the powerful biomedical paradigm that dominates health research today and uses a critical lens to examine the systems used to measure and classify health and disease. It explores evolutionary and biological approaches to understanding human health by examining the concepts of adaptation and plasticity, genetic and epigenetic approaches, developmental origins and life history theories, social determinants of health, and critical medical anthropology. The course explores the profoundly influential role of social inequality on the production and reproduction of health in historical and contemporary populations. | University of Toronto Mississauga | nutrition, communicable disease, invest, inequality, equalit, production | SDG2,SDG3,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| ANT455H5 | TOXIC! The anthropology of toxicity | The presence of toxic chemicals is a defining feature of contemporary life. But while toxicity is everywhere, it is not everywhere the same. Considering toxicity through medical and environmental anthropology, science and technology studies, and environmental justice, we will gain new perspectives on the politics of evidence, the nature of health, and the nature of nature. Creative, hands-on assignments will help us understand the toxic worlds around us at UTM. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, environmental justice | SDG10,SDG13 |
| ANT460H1 | Global Perspectives on Women's Health | This fourth-year seminar examines how female gender shapes health and illness. Using case studies of sexual health, fertility and its management, substance use/abuse, mental health, and occupational/labor health risks, the course investigates the material, political, and socio-cultural factors that can put women at risk for a range of illness conditions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, illness, gender, women, female, labor, invest | SDG3,SDG5,SDG8,SDG9 |
| ANT463H1 | Anthropology of Racial Capitalism and Dispossession | This course considers racial capitalism from an anthropological perspective through ethnographies and films which examine the role race, colonialism and white supremacy play in shaping and enabling contemporary forms of capitalist accumulation by dispossession in everyday life. Considering dispossession broadly, we will explore not only processes that dispossess people of property and land, but also of rights, modes of belonging, health, citizenship and life. We will also look at the ways people are organizing to reclaim what they have been dispossessed of or denied, from anti-eviction movements and abolitionist organizing to struggles for reproductive rights, food sovereignty and climate justice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food sovereignty, citizen, capital, climate, climate justice, land, sovereignty | SDG9,SDG10,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ANT464H1 | Black Ethnographies | Black populations in the African Diaspora defy simple characterizations. In this course, we will examine the experiences of Black people through an ethnographic exploration of their lives. The close analysis of ethnographic monographs and articles will illuminate the ways in which race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, ability, nationality, and other factors, shape the everyday for Black people in different cultural contexts. An additional focus will be a consideration of the experiences of Black anthropologists as ethnographers and scholars who are broadening anthropological discourses. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| ANTB05H3 | Culture and Society in Africa | An overview of the range and diversity of African social institutions, religious beliefs and ritual, kinship, political and economic organization, pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial experience. Same as AFSB05H3 Area course | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut | SDG16 |
| ANTB12H3 | Anthropology of Science Fiction | This course is about science fiction as a form of cultural and political critique. The course will explore themes that are central to both ethnography and science fiction, including topics such as colonialism, gender, and the climate crisis, while reflecting on the power of writing and myth-making to produce meaning and the future. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, climate | SDG4,SDG13 |
| ANTB18H3 | Development, Inequality and Social Change in Latin America | This course addresses Latin American systems of inequality in relation to national and transnational political economy, from colonialism to neoliberalism; how ideas of race, culture, and nation intersect with development thinking and modernization agendas; and how the poor and marginalized have accommodated, resisted, and transformed cultural and political domination. Area course | University of Toronto Scarborough | inequality, equalit, marginalized, social change | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANTB20H3 | Ethnography and the Global Contemporary | How has the global flow of goods, persons, technologies, and capital reproduced forms of inequality? Using ethnography and other media, students examine globalization through topics like migration, race and citizenship, environmental degradation, and increasing violence while also discussing older anthropological concerns (e.g., kinship, religious practices, and authority). This course enhances students’ understanding of ethnography, as a method for studying how actors engage and rework the global forces shaping their lives. | University of Toronto Scarborough | citizen, capital, globaliz, inequality, equalit, environmental, violence | SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ANTB33H3 | The Future of Work | This course explores a pressing issue facing contemporary life: “the future of work.†It examines how work has been and continues to be transformed by automation, digital technologies, climate change, pandemics, the retrenchment of the welfare state, deindustrialization, global supply chains, and imperial and colonial rule. All kinds of media (e.g., academic texts, corporate publications, policy reports, activist literature, cinema) will be utilized to demonstrate how these transformations are not limited to work or labour but reverberate across social, political, and economic life. | University of Toronto Scarborough | welfare, labour, industrialization, supply chain, climate | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG12,SDG13 |
| ANTB36H3 | Anthropology of the End of the World | A cultural and comparative study of apocalyptic thought, practice, and representation around the world. It explores the conditions that inspire end times thinking and the uses it serves. Cases may include: millenarian movements, Revelation, colonialism, epidemics, infertility, deindustrialization, dystopian science fiction, nuclear war, climate change, and zombies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | epidemics, industrialization, climate | SDG3,SDG9,SDG16 |
| ANTC10H3 | Anthropological Perspectives on Development | A critical probe of the origins, concepts, and practices of regional and international development in cultural perspective. Attention is paid to how forces of global capitalism intersect with local systems of knowledge and practice. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, capital | SDG4,SDG9 |
| ANTC12H3 | Culture and Society in Contemporary South Asia | This course surveys central issues in the ethnographic study of contemporary South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). Students will engage with classical and recent ethnographies to critically examine key thematic fault lines within national imaginations, especially along the lines of religion, caste, gender, ethnicity, and language. Not only does the course demonstrate how these fault lines continually shape the nature of nationalism, state institutions, development, social movements, violence, and militarism across the colonial and post-colonial periods but also, demonstrates how anthropological knowledge and ethnography provide us with a critical lens for exploring the most pressing issues facing South Asia in the world today. Same as GASC12H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, gender, institut, nationalism, violence | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANTC14H3 | Feminism and Anthropology | Examines why, when, and how gender inequality became an anthropological concern by tracing the development of feminist thought in a comparative ethnographic framework. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, feminis, inequality, equalit | SDG5,SDG10 |
| ANTC15H3 | Genders and Sexualities | Explores cultural constructions of male and female in a range of societies and institutions. Also examines non-binary gender configurations. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, female, non-binary, institut | SDG5,SDG10 |
| ANTC18H3 | Urban Worlds | The planet today is more urbanized than at any other moment in its history. What are the tools we need to examine urbanization in this contemporary moment? This course explores how urbanization has altered everyday life for individuals and communities across the globe. Students will trace urbanization as transformative of environmental conditions, economic activities, social relations, and political life. Students will thus engage with work on urbanization to examine how urban spaces and environments come to be differentiated along the lines of race, class, and gender. Not only does this course demonstrate how such fault lines play themselves out across contexts, but also provides the critical lenses necessary to tackle the most pressing issues related to urbanization today. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, urban, environmental, planet | SDG10,SDG11,SDG13 |
| ANTC22H3 | Education, Power, and Potential: Anthropological Perspectives and Ethnographic Insights | What does it mean to get an education? What are the consequences of getting (or not getting) a “good education� For whom? Who decides? Why does it matter? How are different kinds of education oriented toward different visions of the future? What might we learn about a particular cultural context if we explore education and learning as social processes and cultural products linked to specific cultural values, beliefs, and power dynamics? These are just some of the questions we will explore in this course. Overall, students will gain a familiarity with the anthropology of education through an exploration of ethnographic case studies from a variety of historical and cultural contexts. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG4,SDG10 |
| ANTC32H3 | Political Anthropology | Can ethnographic research help us make sense of various political situations and conflicts around the world? In this course we will review different approaches to power and politics in classical and current anthropology. We will consider notions of the state, political agency and power, civil society, authoritarianism and democracy. | University of Toronto Scarborough | democra, authoritarian | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANTC34H3 | The Anthropology of Transnationalism | This course considers dimensions of transnationalism as a mode of human sociality and site for cultural production. Topics covered include transnational labour migration and labour circuits, return migration, the transnational dissemination of electronic imagery, the emergence of transnational consumer publics, and the transnational movements of refugees, kinship networks, informal traders and religions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour, trade, refugee, consum, production, nationalism | SDG8,SDG10,SDG12 |
| ANTC61H3 | Medical Anthropology: Illness and Healing in Cultural Perspective | Social and symbolic aspects of the body, the life-cycle, the representation and popular explanation of illness, the logic of traditional healing systems, the culture of North American illness and biomedicine, mental illness, social roots of disease, innovations in health care delivery systems. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health care, illness | SDG3,SDG10 |
| ANTC71H3 | Climate, Palaeoecology, and Policy: Archaeology of Humans in the Environment | This course examines the evolution of human-environment systems over deep time as well as the present implications of these relationships. We will examine the archaeological methods used in reconstructing human palaeoecology and engage with evolutionary and ecological theory as it has been applied to the archaeological record in order to understand how humans have altered ecosystems and adapted to changing climates through time and space. Building upon the perspective of humans as a long-term part of ecological systems, each student will choose a current environmental policy issue and progressively build a proposal for a remediation strategy or research program to address gaps in knowledge. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, remediation, climate, environmental, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG4,SDG6,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ANTD04H3 | The Anthropology of Violence and Suffering | This course examines the social life of violence, its cultural production and political effects in a global perspective. It asks how social worlds are made and unmade through, against, and after violent events, how violence is remembered and narrated, and how ethnography might respond to experiences of suffering, trauma, and victimhood. | University of Toronto Scarborough | production, violence | SDG1,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ANTD16H3 | Biomedical Anthropology | This course is designed for advanced students seeking an intensive examination of specific problems in medical Anthropology. Problems to be discussed include: genetic disorders in families and populations, the interaction of malnutrition and infectious diseases in human populations, chronic non-infectious diseases in populations today, and epidemiology and medical anthropology as complementary disciplines. Science credit | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition, malnutrition | SDG1,SDG2,SDG10 |
| ANTD19H3 | Primate Conservation | A large percentage of nonhuman primate species are at risk of extinction due mostly to human-induced processes. Relying on theory from Conservation Biology, this course will consider the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that lead to some primate species being threatened, while others are able to deal with anthropogenic influences. Students will critically examine conservation tactics and the uniqueness of each situation will be highlighted. | University of Toronto Scarborough | anthropogenic, conserv, species | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| APS305H1 | Energy Policy | Complimentary Studies Elective Core Course in the Sustainable Energy Minor Introduction to public policy including the role and interaction of technology and regulation, policy reinforcing/feedback cycles; procedures for legislation and policy setting at the municipal, provincial and federal levels; dimensions of energy policy; energy planning and forecasting including demand management and conservation incentives; policy institution, analysis, implementation, evaluation and evolution; Critical analyses of case studies of energy and associated environmental policies with respect to conservation and demand management for various utilities and sectors; policy derivatives for varied economic and social settings, developing countries and associated impacts. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, environmental, conserv, institut | SDG7,SDG13,SDG16 |
| APS330H1 | Interdisciplinary Studies for Sustainability & Innovation | This is an interdisciplinary and multi-university project-based course focused on positively impacting the complex sustainability challenges faced by real-world communities around the world. Throughout this course, students work in small (three to five person) interdisciplinary and multi-university teams in order to (1) identify and understand a well-defined sustainability (social and/or environmental) problem faced by a real-world community, and then (2) devise, design and propose an implementable idea for positively impacting that problem. During the course, students are provided with multiple facilitated and structured opportunities to: engage directly with local stakeholders from the community their team is focused on; receive mentorship from a global network of experienced sustainability and innovation experts; and collaborate with a diverse array of students from other disciplines and institutions working on similar sustainability problems with other communities around the world. Admission to this course will be by application conducted in the Fall. The schedule for this course will be determined in the Fall in consultation with the participating universities. Students will be able to select the section that best fits their schedule. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor, environmental, institut | SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| APS420H1 | Technology, Engineering and Global Development | Humanities and Social Science Elective The role of technology and engineering in global development is explored through a combination of lectures, readings, case studies, and analysis of key technologies, including energy, information and communications technologies, water and healthcare. Topics include a brief history and basic theories of international development and foreign aid, major government and non-government players, emerging alternative models (social entrepreneurship, microfinance, risk capital approaches), major and emerging players in social venture capital and philanthropy, the role of financial markets, environmental and resource considerations/sustainable development, technology diffusion models and appropriate technologies. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | healthcare, water, energy, sustainable development, entrepreneur, capital, financial market, environmental | SDG7,SDG8,SDG9 |
| APS470H1 | Engineering and Public Health | An introduction to the disciplines of public health and the connections with engineering; quantitative and qualitative public health methods including study designs and statistical analysis; legal, regulatory and ethical frameworks applicable to public health; the structure and regulation of the public health and health care system; examples of common public health hazards to illustrate public health toxicology, exposure measurement and modelling, data analysis and prevention strategies. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | public health, health care | SDG3,SDG9 |
| APS510H1 | Innovative Technologies and Organizations in Global Energy Systems | Complementary Studies electiveA broad range of global energy systems are presented including electricity generation, electricity end use, transportation and infrastructure. Discussions are based on two key trends: (a) the increasing ability to deploy technologies and engineering systems globally, and (b) innovative organizations, many driven by entrepreneurship (for profit and social) and entrepreneurial finance techniques. The course considers these types of innovations in the context of developed economies, rapidly developing economies such as India and China, and the developing world. The course will interweave a mix of industry examples and more in-depth case studies. The examples and cases are examined with various engineering, business and environmental sustainability analysis perspectives. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, entrepreneur, infrastructure, environmental | SDG7,SDG8,SDG9 |
| APS530H1 | Appropriate Technology & Design for Global Development | Engineering design within the context of global society, emphasizing the needs of users in order to support appropriate, sustainable technology. A design project will comprise the major component of the course work. The course will take the approach of "design for X". Students are expected to be familiar with design for functionality, safety, robustness, etc. This course will extend the students' understanding of design methodologies to design for "appropriateness in developing regions". Readings and discussions will explore the social, cultural, economic, educational, environmental and political contexts in which third world end users relate to technology. Students will then incorporate their deepened understanding of this context in their design project. The projects will be analyzed for functionality as well as appropriateness and sustainability in the third world context. Upon completion of the course, students should have a deeper appreciation of the meaning of appropriate technology in various international development sectors such as healthcare, water & sanitation, land management, energy, infrastructure, and communications in both urban and rural settings. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | healthcare, water, sanita, energy, infrastructure, urban, rural, environmental, land | SDG7,SDG9,SDG11,SDG13 |
| ARC281H1 | Structures, Building Systems, and Environments I | An introduction to structural and environmental design, the technologies of building and landscape systems, and the methods and frameworks through which the built environment is constructed. The calculation of quantitative criteria is taught through first-principles explorations. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | environmental, land | SDG9,SDG11 |
| ARC354H1 | History of Housing | An exploration of the question of housing since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | housing | SDG11 |
| ARC355H1 | History of Urbanism | A consideration of urbanism through an examination of physical, social, economic, and political factors that have shaped cities and regions from the early modern period up to the present. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| ARC357H1 | Environmental History of Landscape Architecture | An examination of the global history of the interrelations between societies and their environment. This course examines the organisation of landscape and urban systems in a variety of geographic and cultural regions across the globe and over large spans of time. Please note that ARC356H1 Design History of Landscape Architecture is recommended as background for this course. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, environmental, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC363Y1 | Landscape Architecture Studio III | This studio will address urban form, context, and significance as factors in the creation of public space, with a focus on sites at block and neighbourhood scales. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC364Y1 | Landscape Architecture Studio IV | This studio will examine the reciprocal influences of landscape and urbanism, with respect to form and process, through a focus on landscapes as urban systems at multiple scales. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC366H1 | Selected Topics in Landscape Architecture | Examination of a selected topic in the design of landscape architecture. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in landscape architecture. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | land | SDG15 |
| ARC367H1 | Selected Topics in Urban Design | Examination of a selected topic in the design of urbanism. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in urban design. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| ARC380Y1 | Technology Studio III | This studio applies knowledge obtained from the prerequisite courses towards project-based design work with the aim of facilitating an understanding of the relationship between emerging digital technologies and production in architecture, landscape architecture, and urbanism through the development of computational tools and algorithmic design. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | knowledge, urban, production, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG15 |
| ARC381Y1 | Technology Studio IV | This studio continues to explore the role of technology in design and promotes innovation in design tool development, building systems, simulation and visualization. Emphasis will be on applying knowledge gained in earlier coursework in a project-based studio setting using computational techniques, physical model making, and 1:1 fabrication and prototyping. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| ARC382H1 | Structures, Building Systems, and Environments II | Continued exploration of the principles of structural and environmental design, the technologies of building and landscape systems, and the methods and frameworks in which the built environment is constructed. The calculation of quantitative criteria is taught through first-principles explorations. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | environmental, land | SDG13,SDG15 |
| ARC383H1 | Technologies of Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Art II | Building upon the themes and topics explored in Technologies of Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Art I, this course will investigate how technology has shaped the disciplines of design and art through a series of case studies that describe paradigmatic episodes at the nexus of architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, and art. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | invest, urban, land | SDG9,SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC386H1 | Landscape Ecology | An introduction to the principles of landscape ecology, addressing the application of evolving scientific understanding to contemporary landscape architecture and urban design practice. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, ecolog, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC387H1 | Landscape Topography and Hydrology | An introduction to the manipulation of landform and water in the urban context, studied through digital fabrication and metrics. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | water, urban, land | SDG6,SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC426H1 | Working with Wood | Wood has been an important building material throughout the ages and in today's world has taken on the added importance of being a renewable and sustainable material that assists with greenhouse gas mitigation strategies. This course will provide students with an understanding of wood’s unique physical properties, the variability of these properties within different species and how these properties can inform its proper use in various applications. The Canadian forestry industry sets the context for this course acknowledging that forests transcend political borders and reach around the world. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | renewabl, greenhouse, greenhouse gas, species, forest | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ARC456H1 | Senior Seminar in History and Theory (Research) | Through individual and group efforts, students will address a collective topic of critical importance to the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design within areas of faculty expertise. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC457Y1 | Senior Seminar in History and Theory (Thesis) | This course gives students experience in engaging a multidisciplinary urban problem that spans the design, history and theory, and technology of the design disciplines. It is a team-oriented project-based course in which students will develop a collaborative project. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | labor, urban | SDG8,SDG11 |
| ARC461H1 | Senior Seminar in Design (Research) | Through individual and group efforts, students will address a collective topic of critical importance to the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design within areas of faculty expertise. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| ARC462Y1 | Senior Seminar in Design (Thesis) | This course gives students experience in engaging a multidisciplinary urban problem that spans the design, history and theory, and technology of the design disciplines. It is a team-oriented project-based course in which students will develop a collaborative project. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | labor, urban | SDG8,SDG11 |
| ARC467H1 | Advanced Topics in Urban Design | Examination of an advanced topic in the design of urbanism. The focus of the course changes depending upon the instructors research specialty or current issues in urban design. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| ARC490Y1 | Multidisciplinary Urban Capstone Project | An experience in multi-disciplinary architectural practice through a significant, open-ended, client-driven design project in which student teams address stakeholder needs through the use of a creative and iterative design process. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| ARH100Y1 | Introduction to Archaeology | Archaeology entails an active process of uncovering evidence for and learning about aspects of the human past. The goal of this course is to involve students in current archaeological practice, including its socio-political context, and the global structure of the human experience from human evolution through cities and empires. Students will critically engage with ideas both within and outside the discipline on working with descendant communities, stewardship, ethical practice, and the relevance of archaeology to contemporary issues from climate change to social inequality. This course can serve as an introduction for students planning to pursue an archaeology program or as an opportunity to engage with a fascinating topic that is relevant to disciplines ranging from science to humanities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, inequality, equalit, cities, climate | SDG10,SDG13 |
| AST198H1 | Great Astronomical Issues | There are some fundamental questions which humankind has asked itself over the centuries. Many of these involve astronomical origins, events, and objects. Astronomers now have the tools with which to attempt to answer some of the most fundamental questions, such as "Where did it all begin, where are we in space and time, are we alone, and who and what are we?" This seminar will explore some of these great issues. The selection of topics will be made initially by the instructor, but will be modified by the seminar participants at the first class meeting. Topics could include: stellar evolution and the future of the Sun, origin of the elements, origin and future of the Universe, origin of the Earth, origin of life, and extinction of the dinosaurs, global warming, the scientific method, astronomy and the public. Participants will be expected to join actively in lively discussions and to prepare and lead some of the seminars. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global warming | SDG13 |
| BIO120H1 | Adaptation and Biodiversity | Principles and concepts of evolution and ecology related to origins of adaptation and biodiversity. Mechanisms and processes driving biological diversification illustrated from various perspectives using empirical and theoretical approaches. Topics include: genetic diversity, natural selection, speciation, physiological, population, and community ecology, maintenance of species diversity, conservation, species extinction, global environmental change, and invasion biology. A lab coat is required. (Lab Materials Fee: $26) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, conserv, species, biodivers, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO153H5 | Diversity of Organisms | The consequences of Darwinian evolution: adaptations of organisms as a product of the main evolutionary mechanism - natural selection. The roles of natural selection and other mechanisms in the diversification of life are reviewed, along with the diversity of structures and life cycles in bacteria, protists, animals, plants and fungi. [24L, 18P, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | animal | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO202H5 | Introductory Animal Physiology | Diversity of structure and function in animals at the tissue and organ system level. Focus is on morphology and processes that sustain life and maintain homeostasis, including water balance, gas exchange, acquisition and transport of oxygen and nutrients, temperature regulation, electrical and chemical signal transmission, sensory processing, and locomotion. Principles and mechanisms of animal form and function are developed in lectures and laboratories. [24L, 15P, 10T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, labor, animal | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO203H5 | Introductory Plant Morphology and Physiology | Introduction to the morphology and physiology of plants. Students will learn that plants require energy to support metabolism and growth, and that these processes are highly regulated in order to achieve homeostasis. Topics covered include: biology of the plant cell, plant morphology, plant respiration and photosynthesis, transport processes, regulation of growth and development, and plant ecophysiology. Principles and mechanisms of plant form and function are developed in lectures and laboratories. [24L, 10T, 15P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | energy, labor | SDG15 |
| BIO205H5 | Ecology | An introduction to the scientific study of ecology, emphasizing the structure and dynamics of populations, communities and ecosystems. Topics include population growth and regulation, competition, predation, biodiversity, succession, and nutrient cycling. Classic models and studies will be supplemented with both plant and animal examples. [24L, 18P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | animal, biodivers, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO207H5 | Introductory Genetics | The principles of Mendelian inheritance and modern genetics are illustrated using examples from medical research, evolutionary biology, agriculture and conservation biology. Topics covered include: chromosome theory of inheritance, basic eukaryotic chromosome mapping, gene and chromosome mutation, the lac system, the extranuclear genome, population and quantitative genetics. In tutorials, students will work through problem sets related to lecture material as well as probability and statistical analysis. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, conserv | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO220H1 | From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World | Dynamics of genetic and ecological change in biological systems, from genomes to ecosystems. Evolutionary genetic and ecological perspectives on wide-ranging topics including disease, aging, sexual conflict, genetics of human differences, conservation, and global climate change. Applications of evolutionary, ecological, and molecular-genetic principles and processes. Responsibilities of human societies in a changing world. (Lab Materials Fee: $26). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, conserv, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO251H1 | Form, Function and Development in Plants (formerly BIO251Y1) | This course is an introduction to structure, function and ecology of vegetative and reproductive processes in plants with a focus on flowering plants and gymnosperms. Topics of study in lecture and laboratory tutorials include photosynthesis, transport processes, plant reproduction, patterns of plant growth and development, and the role of hormones in plant development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, production, ecolog | SDG15 |
| BIO312H5 | Plant Physiology | This course focuses on the principal physiological processes in plants and the regulation of these processes in response to environmental factors with an emphasis on the relationship between structure and function from the molecular to the whole-plant level. The course will provide the basis to understand how plants sense and respond to changing environmental conditions. This will enable students to understand why rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and global climate warming impact photosynthesis, plant metabolism and ultimately whole plant and ecosystem performance. Concepts discussed during lectures will be demonstrated in a series of practical labs. | University of Toronto Mississauga | ABS, climate, environmental, carbon dioxide, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO313H5 | Methods and Experimental Design in Ecology | This course will provide Biology Majors and Specialists particularly interested in ecology with integrated, practical exposure to field and laboratory research methods on plant, animal, and microbial communities including study design, data collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of results. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, animal, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO324H5 | Plant Biochemistry | This course examines plants as the biochemical motors and sustainers of life on earth. The major pathways of plant metabolism are surveyed to provide students with an integrated model of plant cells as autonomous biochemical networks. This course further emphasizes the specialized metabolism of economically significant plant species, the biosynthesis of pharmacologically and agriculturally important metabolites, and the role of biotechnology in engineering exotic plant metabolism in industrial settings. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, species | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO326H5 | Ornithology | Ecology, evolution, form, function, diversity, and conservation of birds. Practical sessions focus on observation and assessment of local avian populations using field ornithology techniques and approaches. | University of Toronto Mississauga | conserv, ecolog | SDG15 |
| BIO329H5 | Conservation Biology | Conservation of biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems. Topics include identifying biodiversity across levels of organization; understanding major threats to biodiversity (land use change, climate change, overharvesting); evaluating conservation actions (protected areas, reintroductions, assisted migration, restoration); and ethical considerations pertaining to conservation practices. | University of Toronto Mississauga | climate, conserv, biodivers, ecosystem, land use, land | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO330H5 | Plant Ecology | A survey of the population and community ecology of plants. Topics include resource acquisition, growth and reproduction, mutualisms, competition, defence, invasions, disturbance, population dynamics, and community structure. Interactions with other plants, diseases, and animals particularly are emphasized. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | urban, production, animal, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO331H5 | Ecology of Communities | This course will cover the theoretical foundations of community ecology, including the role of species interactions and environment structure on patterns of diversity and implications of community ecology in conservation. It will provide practical experience working with tools used to analyze community structure. Discussion and evaluation of the primary literature is a key component of this course. Students will also complete written assignments. | University of Toronto Mississauga | conserv, species, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO333H5 | Freshwater Ecology | A functional analysis of freshwater ecosystems, with emphasis on lakes. Lectures cover water chemistry; the physical structure of lakes; the different ways that algae, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, and fish have evolved to succeed in these habitats and interact with one another; and the impact of man on freshwater systems. Students must be available to participate in a mandatory weekend field trip to a lake on one of two weekends in late September or early October. Students not available for one of those weekends should not register for this course. Ancillary fees for this course apply. Please check the Departmental website for full details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, fish, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG14 |
| BIO347H5 | Epigenetics | Epigenetic phenomena play key roles in environmental interactions, development, and in disease. Underlying molecular mechanisms that regulate chromatin structure and gene expression are explored, including DNA methylation, histone modifications, or non-coding RNAs. Examples focus predominantly on eukaryotes (e.g. plants, insects, humans) and highlight how epigenetic marks are set, maintained, and involved in shaping phenotypic outcomes. The course will also enable students to apply knowledge and basic principles to recent scientific literature in this dynamic field. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, environmental | SDG15 |
| BIO353H5 | Plant Development | The course addresses key concepts, with emphasis on unique plant-related aspects. Integrates plant development at the levels of the cell, tissue, organ and organism, with knowledge from diverse fields of Biology. Topics will include embryology, environmental interactions, signaling, developmental transitions, developmental diversity, evolution and development, and tools for discovery research. [24L, 15P, 10T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, transit, environmental | SDG15 |
| BIO374H5 | Modern Biotechnology | This course is designed to introduce students to biotechnology and its applications in a variety of fields, including medicine, food & beverage, agriculture, forensics, fisheries and environmental protection. The course explores the principles and methods of genetic, tissue and organismal engineering involving species from bacteria to humans. The social and ethical issues associated with biotechnologies such as GMOs, stem cells and cloning will also be discussed. Topics include: Recombinant DNA Technology, Genomics & Bioinformatics, Protein Technology, Microbial Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology, Forensic Biotechnology, Environmental Biotechnology, Aquatic Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Biotechnology Regulations, and Careers in Biotechnology. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, environmental, fish, species, animal | SDG2,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO378H5 | The Biology of Marine Mammals: evolution, physiology, ecology and conservation | This course provides an introduction to the biological study of marine mammals and their populations. It explores the evolution of marine mammals, their adaptations to aquatic environments, as well as their population and behavioural ecology. The course also investigates threats to marine mammal populations and their national and global conservation. [24L, 24T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest, marine, conserv, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO380H5 | Human Development | Reproduction and embryonic development in humans are emphasized. After a general review of human reproduction, the formation of sperm and eggs is analyzed, followed by an in-depth analysis of fertilization in vivo and in vitro. Early embryonic developmental processes are studied with a view to how the embryo becomes organized so that all of the tissues and organs of the adult body form in the right places at the proper times. The course ends with an in-depth analysis of limb development and organ regeneration. The relevance of the material to such topics as human infertility, contraception, cloning, biotechnology and disease is continually addressed. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | production, regeneration | SDG3,SDG15 |
| BIO405H5 | Evolutionary Perspectives on Behaviour | Areas of focus may change from year to year. Each year, advanced topics considered will fall under one of more of the research areas of behavioural ecology, cognitive ecology, evolutionary neuroscience, and/or neuroethology and use as examples a variety of animals, sometimes including humans, and atypical model systems. | University of Toronto Mississauga | animal, ecolog | SDG15 |
| BIO406H5 | Current Topics in Ecology and Evolution | A combination of lectures and tutorials. The course will emphasize group discussion and critiques of current publications in the field. The theme of the course is expected to be topical and current and to vary from year to year, with the interests of the faculty member(s) teaching the course. Course themes are expected to range from structure and function of whole ecosystems (e.g. the collapse of fisheries) to evolutionary ecology (e.g. the evolution of emergent diseases). | University of Toronto Mississauga | fish, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO412H5 | Climate Change Biology | Climate change is affecting life on earth at all levels from cells to ecosystems. As a result, shifts in the distribution of species, the timing of biological events, and large impacts on natural resources, agriculture, and forestry may be seen. This course explores past climate, predictions of future climate, impacts of climate change on biological systems, and potentials for adaptation. Mitigation of climate change impacts on biological systems will also be discussed. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, natural resource, climate, species, ecosystem, forest | SDG2,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO414H5 | Advanced Integrative Physiology | The integration of cardiovascular, renal, respiratory and muscle physiology will be examined with a problem-based approach. The response of these systems to challenges such as altitude, depth under water, and exercise will be examined. Laboratory activities will give students hands on experience measuring physiological variables of these systems with primarily human subjects, while other examples will be used to examine the diversity of response to environmental challenges throughout the animal kingdom. [24L, 15T, 15P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, labor, environmental, animal | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO416H5 | Field Course in Ecology | Students may choose from a variety of field courses offered through a cooperative arrangement among ecologists at ten Ontario universities. Courses involve a two-week period at a field site in early May or late August, and require a major paper or project report be submitted within six weeks of course completion. A fee for room and board is usually charged over and above tuition. Lists of courses available are posted at http://www.oupfb.ca/info.html Please check this link in January for application dates. Information can also be found on the UTM Biology website. | University of Toronto Mississauga | ecolog | SDG15 |
| BIO417H5 | Molecular and Structural Genomics | Genetic information shapes almost all aspects of life. How is this information organized and inherited? How does it influence individuals and how does help to understand disease? The course explores the structure and function of chromatin i.e. the management of biological information. We will explore how the genome is packaged, expressed, replicated and repaired. We will look into chromosome sets and inheritance, accessibility of the genome to the molecular machinery, DNA repair, and modern techniques in research and diagnostics. | University of Toronto Mississauga | accessib | SDG3 |
| BIO445H5 | Evolutionary Ecology | This course focuses on the interface between ecology and evolution. Research has shown that biotic and abiotic ecological factors drive evolution, and in turn, evolution feeds back to influence the ecological processes and patterns of populations and communities. Throughout this course we will focus on this dynamic interplay over short and long time spans in animals, plants, fungi, and other microbes. While covering the concepts and questions of this field we will also consider the theory, methods, and statistics used to bring new insights to evolutionary ecology. Students will be expected to participate in discussions, present methods and concepts to the class, and complete written assignments. | University of Toronto Mississauga | animal, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIO475H5 | Virology | Virology examines the biology of viruses infecting all forms of life including humans and other animals, plants, eukaryotic microorganisms, and bacteria. The scope ranges from the molecular biology of virus replication to virus evolution and ecology. Current issues surrounding virology and society are incorporated into the course including vaccines, emerging viruses, and even consideration of practical applications of viruses. | University of Toronto Mississauga | vaccine, animal, ecolog | SDG3 |
| BIO476H5 | Molecular Basis of Disease | This advanced course explores the primary concepts of pathogenesis and investigates current research in the field of molecular pathology. Specific disease topics include inflammation, injury and repair, neoplasia, immune disorders, infectious disease, cardiovascular disease, and toxicology. Analysis of the primary literature is a key component of this course. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG3 |
| BIOA01H3 | Life on Earth: Unifying Principles | A lecture and laboratory course providing an overview of the origins and cellular basis of life, genetics and molecular biology, evolution and the diversity of microorganisms. Note: that both BIOA01H3 and BIOA02H3 be completed prior to taking any other Biology course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor | SDG14 |
| BIOA02H3 | Life on Earth: Form, Function and Interactions | A lecture and laboratory course providing an overview of the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, population biology, ecology and biodiversity. Note: that both BIOA01H3 and BIOA02H3 must be completed prior to taking any other Biology course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, animal, biodivers, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOB20H3 | Introduction to Computational Biology | This course explains the fundamental methods of quantitative reasoning, with applications in medicine, natural sciences, ecology and evolutionary biology. It covers the major aspects of statistics by working through concrete biological problems. The course will help students develop an understanding of key concepts through computer simulations, problem solving and interactive data visualisation using the R programming language (no prior skills with R or specialized math concepts are required). | University of Toronto Scarborough | ecolog | SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOB34H3 | Animal Physiology | An introduction to the principles of animal physiology rooted in energy usage and cellular physiology. A comparative approach is taken, which identifies both the universal and unique mechanisms present across the animal kingdom. Metabolism, thermoregulation, digestion, respiration, water regulation, nitrogen excretion, and neural circuits are the areas of principal focus. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, energy, animal | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOB38H3 | Plants and Society | How do plants feed the world and which plants have the highest impact on human lives? What is the origin of agriculture and how did it change over time? The human population will climb to 10 billion in 2050 and this will tax our planet's ability to sustain life. Environmentally sustainable food production will become even more integral. | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, production, environmental, planet | SDG2,SDG12,SDG15 |
| BIOB50H3 | Ecology | An introduction to the main principles of ecology; the science of the interactions of organisms with each other and with their environment. Topics include physiological, behavioural, population, community, and applied aspects of ecology (e.g. disease ecology, climate change impacts, and approaches to conservation). Emphasis is given to understanding the connections between ecology and other biological subdisciplines. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, conserv, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOB51H3 | Evolutionary Biology | This course is an introduction to the main principles of evolution; the study of the diversity, relationships, and change over time in organisms at all scales of organization (from individuals to populations to higher taxonomic groups). The theory and principles of evolutionary biology give critical insight into a wide range of fields, including conservation, genetics, medicine, pathogenesis, community ecology, and development. | University of Toronto Scarborough | conserv, ecolog | SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOB52H3 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Laboratory | An introduction to field, lab and computational approaches to ecology and evolution. Laboratories will explore a variety of topics, ranging from population genetics to community ecology and biodiversity. Some lab exercises will involve outdoor field work. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, biodivers, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC14H3 | Genes, Environment and Behaviour | This class will provide a survey of the role of genes in behaviour, either indirectly as structural elements or as direct participants in behaviour. Topics to be covered are methods to investigate complex behaviours in humans and animal models of human disease, specific examples of genetic effects on behaviour in animals and humans, and studies of gene-environment interactions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, animal | SDG3 |
| BIOC15H3 | Genetics | Topics for this lecture and laboratory (or project) course include: inheritance and its chromosomal basis; gene interactions; sources and types of mutations and the relationship of mutation to genetic disease and evolution; genetic dissection of biological processes; genetic technologies and genomic approaches. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor | SDG2,SDG3 |
| BIOC17H3 | Microbiology | This course presents an overview of the microbial world and introduces the students, in more detail, to the physiological, cellular and molecular aspects of bacteria. The laboratories illustrate principles and provide training in basic microbiological techniques essential to microbiology and to any field where recombinant DNA technology is used. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor | SDG3 |
| BIOC20H3 | Principles of Virology | This course introduces viruses as infectious agents. Topics include: virus structure and classification among all kingdoms, viral replication strategies, the interactions of viruses with host cells, and how viruses cause disease. Particular emphasis will be on human host-pathogen interactions, with select lectures on antiviral agents, resistance mechanisms, and vaccines. | University of Toronto Scarborough | vaccine | SDG3 |
| BIOC29H3 | Introductory Mycology | This course will lead students through an exploration of the Kingdom of Fungi, covering topics in biodiversity, ecology, and evolution. Lectures will also discuss the broad application of fungi in agriculture, industry, medicine, and visual arts. In the laboratory sessions, students will learn to observe, isolate, and identify fungi using microscopy and modern biological techniques. Field trips will be opportunities to observe fungi in their native habitats and to discuss the real-world applications of diverse fungal organisms. | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, labor, biodivers, ecolog | SDG2,SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC34H3 | Human Physiology II | This course will cover the physiology of the human respiratory, cardiovascular, renal and digestive systems. Topics include cardiac function, ECG, blood flow/pressure regulation, pulmonary mechanics, gas transfer and transport, the control of breathing, sleep-related breathing disorders, kidney function, ion regulation, water balance, acid-base balance and digestive function/regulation. Students will complete a series of computer-simulated laboratory exercises on their own time. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, labor | SDG3 |
| BIOC35H3 | Principles in Parasitology | This course introduces principles in parasitic lifestyles. Topics that will be covered include common parasite life strategies, host-parasite interactions and co-evolution, parasite immune evasion strategies, impacts on public health, and treatment and prevention strategies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health | SDG3 |
| BIOC37H3 | Plants: Life on the Edge | Plants have evolved adaptations to maximize growth, survival and reproduction under various taxing environmental conditions. This course covers the great diversity of plant structures and function in relation to ecology, focusing mainly on flowering plants. | University of Toronto Scarborough | production, environmental, ecolog | SDG15 |
| BIOC40H3 | Plant Physiology | An introduction to plant biology. Topics include plant and cell structure, water balance, nutrition, transport processes at the cell and whole plant level, physiological and biochemical aspects of photosynthesis, and growth and development in response to hormonal and environmental cues. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition, water, environmental | SDG2,SDG15 |
| BIOC50H3 | Macroevolution | An overview of recent developments in evolutionary biology that focus on large-scale patterns and processes of evolution. Areas of emphasis may include the evolutionary history of life on earth, phylogenetic reconstruction, patterns of diversification and extinction in the fossil record, the geography of evolution, the evolution of biodiversity, and the process of speciation. | University of Toronto Scarborough | biodivers | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC52H3 | Ecology Field Course | This course provides students with the opportunity to experience hands-on learning through informal natural history walks, and group and individual research projects, in a small-class setting. The course covers basic principles and selected techniques of field ecology and ecological questions related to organisms in their natural settings. Most of the field work takes place in the Highland Creek ravine. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, ecolog, land | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC58H3 | Biological Consequences of Global Change | A lecture and tutorial course that addresses the key environmental factor that will dominate the 21st Century and life on the planet: Global Climate Change. The course will examine the factors that influence climate, from the formation of the earth to the present time, how human activities are driving current and future change, and how organisms, populations, and ecosystems are and will respond to this change. Finally, it will cover human responses and policies that can permit an adaptive response to this change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, environmental, planet, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC60H3 | Winter Ecology | Canada is characterized by its long and harsh winters. Any Canadian plant or animal has evolved one of three basic survival strategies: (1) migration (avoidance), (2) hibernation, and (3) resistance. These evolutionary adaptations are investigated by the example of common organisms from mainly southern Ontario. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, animal, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC61H3 | Community Ecology and Environmental Biology | An examination of the theory and methodology of community analysis, with an emphasis on the factors regulating the development of communities and ecosystems. The application of ecological theory to environmental problems is emphasized. We will examine the impacts of various factors, such as primary productivity, species interactions, disturbance, variable environments, on community and metacommunity structure, and on ecosystem function. We will also examine the impacts of climate change on the world's ecosystems. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, climate, environmental, species, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC63H3 | Conservation Biology | A lecture and tutorial course offering an introduction to the scientific foundation and practice of conservation biology. It reviews ecological and genetic concepts constituting the basis for conservation including patterns and causes of global biodiversity, the intrinsic and extrinsic value of biodiversity, the main causes of the worldwide decline of biodiversity and the approaches to save it, as well as the impacts of global climate change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, conserv, biodivers, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOC70H3 | An Introduction to Bias in the Sciences | Research and practice in the sciences often rests on the unquestioned assertion of impartial analyses of facts. This course will take a data-informed approach to understanding how human biases can, and have, affected progress in the sciences in general, and in biology in particular. Case studies may include reviews of how science has been used to justify or sustain racism, colonialism, slavery, and the exploitation of marginalized groups. Links will be drawn to contemporary societal challenges and practices. Topics will include how biases can shape science in terms of those doing the research, the questions under study, and the types of knowledge that inform practice and teaching. Data on bias and societal costs of bias will be reviewed, as well as evidence-informed practices, structures, and individual actions which could ensure that science disrupts, rather than enables, social inequities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, racism, equit, marginalized, exploitation | SDG10 |
| BIOD13H3 | Herbology : The Science Behind Medicinal Plants | The use of plants in medicine has been documented for over 2,000 years. Their use is immersed in major ancient civilizations from around the World. This lecture/seminar/lab course will take the knowledge from indigenous medicine as a starting point and expand it with more recent advances in plant biochemistry, genetics and biotechnology. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, indigenous | SDG3,SDG15 |
| BIOD19H3 | Epigenetics in Health and Disease | A lecture/seminar/discussion class on the emerging field of environmental epigenetics. Course will cover basic epigenetic mechanisms, methods in epigenetic research, epigenetic control of gene function, and the role of epigenetics in normal development and human disease. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG3,SDG13 |
| BIOD21H3 | Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory | Applications of molecular technology continue to revolutionize our understanding of all areas of life sciences from biotechnology to human disease. This intensive laboratory, lecture / tutorial course provides students with essential information and practical experience in recombinant DNA technology, molecular biology and bio-informatics. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor | SDG2,SDG3 |
| BIOD26H3 | Fungal Biology and Pathogenesis | A lecture and tutorial based course designed to provide an overview of the fungal kingdom and the properties of major fungal pathogens that contribute to disease in animals (including humans) and plants. This course will address the mechanisms and clinical implications of fungal infections and host defence mechanisms. Topics include virulence factors and the treatment and diagnosis of infection. | University of Toronto Scarborough | animal | SDG2,SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD29H3 | Pathobiology of Human Disease | This lecture/seminar format course will critically examine selected topics in human disease pathogenesis. Infectious and inherited diseases including those caused by human retroviruses, genetic defects and bioterrorism agents will be explored. Discussions of primary literature will encompass pathogen characteristics, genetic mutations, disease progression and therapeutic strategies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | terroris | SDG3 |
| BIOD30H3 | Plant Research and Biotechnology: Addressing Global Problems | Plant scientists working to address pressing global challenges will give presentations. In advance students will identify terminologies and methodologies needed to engage with the speaker and think critically about the research. Student teams will identify and develop background knowledge and go beyond speaker's presentations with new questions and/or applications. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge | SDG2,SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD33H3 | Comparative Animal Physiology | This course will examine how various physiological systems and anatomical features are specialised to meet the environmental challenges encountered by terrestrial and aquatic animals. Topics include respiratory systems and breathing, hearts and cardiovascular systems, cardiorespiratory control, animal energetics, metabolic rate, thermoregulation, defenses against extreme temperatures, hibernation and osmotic/ionic/volume regulation. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental, animal | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD34H3 | Conservation Physiology | This is a combined lecture and seminar course that will discuss topics such as climate change and plastics/microplastics effects on the physiology of animals, and physiological tools and techniques used in conservation efforts. The course will focus on how physiological approaches have led to beneficial changes in human behaviour, management or policy. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, conserv, animal | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD43H3 | Animal Movement and Exercise | A lecture and seminar/discussion course covering integrative, comparative animal locomotion and exercise physiology. Topics will include muscle physiology, neurophysiology, metabolism, energetics, thermoregulation and biomechanics. These topics will be considered within evolutionary and ecological contexts. | University of Toronto Scarborough | animal, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD48H3 | Ornithology | An overview of the evolution, ecology, behaviour, and conservation of birds. Field projects and laboratories will emphasize identification of species in Ontario. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, conserv, species, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD52H3 | Biodiversity and Conservation | A seminar exploration of current topics in biodiversity and conservation, including genetic, organismal, and community levels. Examples include DNA barcoding, adaptive radiations, phylogenetic trees, and biodiversity hotspots. Skills development in critical thinking and interpretation of the primary literature is emphasized, with coursework involving group presentations, discussions, and written analyses. | University of Toronto Scarborough | conserv, biodivers | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD59H3 | Models in Ecology, Epidemiology and Conservation | Modelling is a critical tool for describing the complex dynamics of ecosystems and for addressing urgent management questions in ecology, epidemiology and conservation. In this practical introduction, students learn how to formulate ecological and epidemiological models, link them to data, and implement/analyze them using computer simulations. The course includes approaches for modelling individuals, populations, and communities, with applications in population viability assessments, natural resource management and food security, invasive species and pest control, disease eradication, and climate change mitigation. While not a requirement, some experience with computer programming will be beneficial for this course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | food security, climate change mitigation, natural resource, climate, conserv, species, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG2,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD60H3 | Spatial Ecology | The study of how space and scale influence ecological patterns and species coexistence. The course will cover three main topics: 1) spatial dynamics, such as spatial spread and dispersal models; 2) species coexistence with metapopulation/metacommunity, neutral and lottery models; and 3) spatial analysis of ecological communities. Basic concepts will be applied to ecological problems such as: species invasions, reserve design and understanding threats to island biodiversity. Priority will be given to students enrolled in the specialist program in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution. | University of Toronto Scarborough | species, biodivers, ecolog, land | SDG14,SDG15 |
| BIOD66H3 | Causes and Consequences of Biodiversity | This course will combine lecture and student paper projects and presentations to explore the evolutionary and ecological processes that generate patterns of biological diversity as well as how species interactions and ecosystem function are affected by diversity. Of key interest will be how invasions, climate change, and habitat destruction affects diversity and function. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, species, biodivers, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| BME205H1 | Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering | Introduction to connecting engineering and biological approaches to solve problems in medicine, science, and technology. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating the connection between organ level function with cellular mechanisms. Topics may include, but are not limited to: design principles of biological systems, medical devices, overviews of anatomy and physiology, and cellular mechanisms as they relate to biotechnological and medical technology applications. Laboratories will provide hands-on experiences with selected concepts and encourage students to understand how to connect their own vital and physiologic signs to current medical technologies. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor | SDG2,SDG3,SDG9 |
| BME440H1 | Biomedical Engineering Technology and Investigation | Fundamental biomedical research technologies with specific focus on cellular and molecular methodologies. Examples include DNA and protein analysis and isolation, microscopy, cell culture and cellular assays. Combines both theoretical concepts and hand-on practical experience via lectures and wet labs, respectively. Specific applications as applied to biotechnology and medicine will also be outlined and discussed. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | ABS, invest | SDG3 |
| BMS200Y1 | Book & Media Histories | Traces the long history of media in culture and society, including books and other communication technologies. Covers historical developments including orality and writing, printing and the book, image and sound reproduction, wired and wireless communication, electronic and broadcast media, and contemporary digital media. Examples and case studies will be drawn from a variety of different sociocultural contexts, media industries, and creative practices. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production | SDG4,SDG9 |
| BMS319H1 | Media Ethics | Provides students with a theoretical foundation that enables them to identify and analyze ethical issues in mainstream and non-mainstream media. Traditional principles of journalistic truth-seeking, objectivity, and minimizing harm are revisited in the light of global, interactive media, produced by both citizens and professionals. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen | SDG4,SDG16,SDG17 |
| BMS387H1 | Advertising and Media | This course presents a critical media studies approach to advertising and consumer culture, past and present. Advertising, marketing, branding, and promotion play a central role in capitalist societies and media industries, reflecting and refracting dominant cultural attitudes and ideologies. How does advertising shape what and how we consume? What are its social, cultural, economic, and environmental impacts? Students will learn to analyze the form, content, and ideology of advertisements, and think critically about the advertising they are subjected to in everyday life. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, consum, environmental | SDG9,SDG12,SDG13 |
| BMS391H1 | The Media Franchise | Reflective of the broader logics of media convergence, media franchises spread their commercial interests and imaginary worlds across many multiple media. For media industries, franchises maximize profits by linking together movies, TV series, books, comics, games, toys, merchandise, and promotional paratexts to encourage consumption. At the same time, they are a platform for new forms of serial narrative, world-building, and transmedia storytelling, and generate vibrant, diverse fan cultures that are sometimes at odds with franchise producers. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly and critical work, this course examines popular media franchises from historical, economic/industrial, formal/aesthetic, and sociocultural perspectives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | consum | SDG10,SDG12 |
| BMS392H1 | Media Identities | An exploration of media's influence on the constructions and representation of identity and power relations across race, gender and class in individual and collective spheres. Applies a social justice and intersectional framework to media technologies and industries in order to expose socio-political influence on identity and to position media consumption and production as potential vehicles for restorative mediations of marginalized identities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, marginalized, consum, production, social justice | SDG5,SDG10,SDG12 |
| BMS393H1 | Media Ecology | This course presents an advanced introduction to Media Ecology, an interdisciplinary field of inquiry which examines how media environments affect human affairs, understanding, feelings, and values. Building on the assigned readings, students will examine the various theories of Media Ecology, honing their skills of assessment, analysis, criticism, and reflection. An interdisciplinary approach informed by literature, philosophy, anthropology, semiotics, aesthetics, and history will provide students with the opportunity to critically evaluate some crucial and controversial issues facing contemporary society. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG10,SDG11 |
| BPM214H1 | Socially Engaged Buddhism | Explores how Socially Engaged Buddhism has developed in response to global conversations on systemic oppression, climate justice, equity, decolonization, and trauma. We examine the roots of Engaged Buddhism in countries such as Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India, and its transformation into a global movement. Themes include Buddhist environmental activism, and Buddhist protest movements, along with research on the application of Buddhist teachings in healthcare, education, business, and the criminal justice system. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | healthcare, equity, equit, decolonization, climate, environmental, climate justice, land, criminal justice | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| BPM335H1 | Meditation and the Body | An overview of scientific research on the psychological and neurophysiological effects of meditation. We explore the effects of different meditation styles on brain structure, brain activity, neurochemistry and other biological processes. Effects of meditation on mental health, pain, social behavior, aging, memory, and cardiovascular function are also a major focus. The use of meditation in the treatment and prevention of illness is critically reviewed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, illness | SDG3 |
| BPM381H1 | Buddhist Perspectives on Current Social Issues | Explores teachings and principles in Buddhist canonical sources and considers their application to a wide range of social, political, and environmental crises we are facing today, including climate justice, systemic racism, burnout and mental health. We explore how Buddhist teachings are applied and adapted across different sectors of society including healthcare, education and business. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, healthcare, racism, climate, environmental, climate justice | SDG3,SDG4,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13 |
| BPM438H1 | Mindfulness Meditation: Science and Research | An exponential increase of scientific research on aspects of Buddhist theories of mind and mindfulness meditation has contributed to the growing popularity of mindfulness across the sectors of healthcare, education and business. Examines the theoretical and empirical basis of mindfulness-based interventions and applications in healthcare settings and beyond. Critically addresses the roots of mindfulness, current models and adaptations, relevant applications, interventions and outcomes. Quantitative and qualitative research methodology will be reviewed, and conceptual, methodological, statistical, and interpretive limitations of the scientific literature will be discussed. The course aims to build scientific literacy skills through the assessment, critique, and discussion of peer reviewed journal articles. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | healthcare, mindfulness | SDG3 |
| CAR120Y1 | Introduction to Caribbean Studies | Explores the complex and diverse languages, geographies, regional and national histories, cultural practices, intellectual traditions and political and economic landscapes of the Caribbean region, its people and its diasporas. Students will be introduced to the main questions, themes, and debates in Caribbean Studies. Lectures and readings develop the skills to take an interdisciplinary approach to Caribbean Studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land | SDG10 |
| CAR225H1 | Caribbean Societies | Offers an interdisciplinary introduction to Caribbean sociology, focusing on the writings of thinkers and scholars from the era of decolonization to the more contemporary period. Themes may include: colonial encounters in the making of Caribbean societies; the role of religion; popular consciousness; histories of capitalism and exploitation; the relationship between political institutions and the wider society; "development", dependency and "underdevelopment". | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, decolonization, institut, exploitation | SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| CAR324H1 | Capitalism and Crisis in the Caribbean | This upper level course examines the interplay between wider global processes and intra-regional responses that together help shape contemporary Caribbean realities. Topics include: economic crisis and structural adjustment; tourism; the agricultural sector; the Caribbean Single Market and Economy; migration and diaspora. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, capital | SDG2,SDG8,SDG9,SDG12 |
| CAS200H1 | Introduction to Contemporary Asian Studies | This course is an introduction to Contemporary Asian Studies. It covers detailed case study material from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. It introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of political, sociocultural and economic interactions among these regions, as well as the transnational forces shaping internal dynamics throughout Asia. In addition, it examines the ways that forces stemming from Asia are affecting global processes, pushing scholarship to engage questions about colonialism, nationalism, "race," religion, markets, urbanization, migration, and mass mediated culture. This course provides preparation for more advanced courses on Asia and globalization and provides an introductory gateway for the Contemporary Asian Studies major and minor. May be taken in the first year of studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, urban, nationalism | SDG9,SDG11,SDG16 |
| CAS202H1 | Asian Sites, Global Questions, Part 2 | This interdisciplinary course explores a variety of sites and topics in South, Southeast, and East Asia. It explores themes including contemporary and historical articulations of socio-economic development, (post)colonial political formations, urbanization processes, climate change, labour struggles, gender studies, migration, citizenship, and social justice. The course examines the diversity of Asian modernities, cross-regional linkages, and changing approaches to area studies over time. It provides a foundation for the Contemporary Asian Studies major and minor, preparing students for taking more advanced courses on Asia in the global context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, citizen, gender, labour, urban, climate, social justice | SDG1,SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| CAS310H1 | Comparative Colonialisms in Asia | This course analyzes the impact of colonialism in South, East, and Southeast Asia and the various ways in which pre-colonial traditions intersect with and reshape colonial and postcolonial process across the various regions of Asia. The course will examine the conjunctures of economy, politics, religion, education, ethnicity, gender, and caste, as these have played out over time in the making and re-making of Asia as both idea and place. Attention will be paid to postcolonial and indigenous theories, questions of "the colonial" from the perspective of Asian Studies, and debates about the meaning of postcolonialism for the study of Asia now and in the future. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, indigenous | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CAS320H1 | Comparative Modernities in Asia | Since at least the late 1700s, the effects of capitalism across the globe have profoundly transformed the landscapes of human livelihood, consumption, production and governance in Asia. While colonial empires have declined, new empires have emerged, and a growing number of countries have witnessed the rise of nationalism and independent states, social, political and technological revolutions, and most recently neoliberal globalization. This course theorizes and explores these dramatic changes in a comparative framework. It is aimed at students wishing to better understand the great transformations of modern Asia in a global context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, globaliz, consum, production, land, governance, nationalism | SDG9,SDG12,SDG15,SDG16 |
| CAS350H1 | Asian Youth Cultures | In focusing on youth in Asia, this course brings together two disputed cultural formations of substantial contemporary importance. Both youth and Asia are increasingly invoked on the global stage in support of a wide range of interests. Examining practices of young people and the idea of youth in the context of Asia requires critical attention to the promises and fears that attach to the rise of Asian economies, international demographic transitions, the growth of a global middle-class, increasing consumption disparities, changing immigration patterns, expanding technological skills, global/local environmental concerns, and young people’s shifting political priorities and loyalties. The course may feature a significant amount of social theory, with authors such as Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Louis Althusser, and Stuart Hall. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | transit, consum, environmental, land | SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CAS360H1 | Asian Genders | This course will explore ways that gender is mobilized and produced in parts of Asia. It seeks to understand gender and sexuality in their diversity and in attempts to "fix" or locate it in various bodies and places. Attempts will be made to see how gender is made knowable in terms of sexuality, medicine, nation, class, ethnicity, religion, and other discourses. The course assumes a willingness to read challenging theory such as the writings of Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, and Eve Sedgwick and asks that students commit to regular attendance. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| CAS370H1 | Asian Cities | This course offers a multidisciplinary perspective of urban life in Asia. The thematic focus will be on how the urban intersects with modernities and postcolonial formations. Drawing on recent scholarship in the social sciences and the humanities, we will examine the realignment of cultural, political, and economic forces associated with Asia's diverse processes of urbanization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban | SDG8,SDG9,SDG11 |
| CAS400H1 | Interdisciplinary Research in Methods in Contemporary Asian Studies | This seminar addresses Asian worlds. In Asia, transnationally, and locally, to cultivate new approaches to global processes and problems. The course explores key Asian sites that open new configurations for studying interactions between economic/environmental development, political change, and migration and cultural politics. It provides an advanced and systematic overview of the research methodologies that students have been exposed to throughout the CAS program. These include historical-archival, ethnographic, visual/media, and statistical/quantitative methods that allow us to map Asian political, economic, and cultural formations, and through them, global challenges. The seminar builds interdisciplinary conversations attentive to both critical problematizing and problem-solving, to qualitative and applied projects. It is the required capstone to the Contemporary Asian Studies major. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG11,SDG12,SDG13 |
| CAS414H1 | The Public Event in Asia | This upper-level seminar will introduce students to the interdisciplinary study of popular culture in Asia through a focus on public events. Readings about all kinds of performances, including ritual, popular protest, festivals, sports, cinema, television, digital media events, and the performing arts will help students learn methodological tools to interpret the politics and meanings of public culture as it articulates with class, ethnicity, religious community, gender and caste. The course will furthermore familiarize students with a range of theoretical lenses for conceptualizing the different meanings of the “event†and the “public†from a perspective grounded in the histories of South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and their diasporas. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| CCT200H5 | Race, Media and Culture | This course provides an introduction to the intersecting fields of critical race, media, and cultural studies. We will pay particular attention to dynamics of social difference and power and the communication strategies and technologies through which these are navigated, reproduced and interrupted. Students will be introduced to critical and analytical tools for understanding the cultural and media circulation, regulation and reimagination of things like race, sexuality, time, gender, class, indigeneity, space, ethnicity, ability and nationality. These critical tools equip students with the skills to write, design and build ethical innovations in new media and culture. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| CCT205H5 | Digital Innovation and Cultural Transformation | This course examines a range of theoretical perspectives and worldviews that assess the cultural and social changes brought about by modern technology. These perspectives will be used to analyze the potential problems initiated by the introduction of digital and computing technologies to various contexts. Possible topics include: cybernetics; media convergence; artificial intelligence/life; smart technology; digital environmentalism and digital warfare. | University of Toronto Mississauga | worldview, environmental, social change | SDG4,SDG13,SDG16 |
| CCT224H5 | Organizational Studies I (DEM) | This course provides a comprehensive overview of the activities and processes that take place in organizations. Major emphasis is placed on the investigation of the varied measures that can be developed to assess and subsequently improve the performance of the organization. The interpretation of measures in managerial decision-making will also be investigated in detail. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9,SDG16 |
| CCT285H5 | Immersive Environment Design | Students will develop skills in the areas of bitmap/vector graphics, audio/visual production and editing, 2D/3D modeling and animation, and video game design. Students will produce immersive environments while addressing and engaging issues of remix culture and intellectual property. | University of Toronto Mississauga | production | SDG12,SDG13 |
| CCT304H5 | Visual Rhetoric and Digital Environments | This is a project-based course that focuses on analyzing and evaluating the persuasive impact of the images we use every day to make decisions about our social networks, what we buy, how we live, what we care about, and who we are. Students will learn about rhetorical devices used in visual communications and then work in teams to create a persuasive awareness campaign for an NGO, Government Agency, Healthcare organization or other social interest group as the final project. | University of Toronto Mississauga | healthcare | SDG3,SDG12 |
| CCT307H5 | Critical Infrastructure Studies | This course explores how infrastructures shape society, culture, and understanding of the human condition. We examine different infrastructures from electric networks to communication networks, data farms, environmental sensing systems, smart cities, and satellite technologies and our reliance on them. We will also examine how these infrastructures are sustained and maintained. By building on critical theories and approaches to infrastructures and their impact, the course investigates the power of infrastructure to establish the conditions of our daily lives. | University of Toronto Mississauga | infrastructure, invest, cities, environmental | SDG9,SDG11,SDG13 |
| CCT310H5 | Popular Culture and Society | How does consumerism affect symbolic production, circulation and transactions? Major modern theories of mass communication will be presented (Fiske, Bourdieu, Benjamin, Jenkins, Frankfurt school, and Marxist approaches). Students will explore new structures of mass communication in relation to popular culture systems, and their economic, technological and institutional dimensions. Topics include Disney, Hollywood, celebrity culture, social media, and user generated content in digital environments. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | consum, production, institut | SDG12,SDG16 |
| CCT314H5 | Mind, Media and Representation | This course applies a variety of theoretical and practical approaches to consider the multiple and often conflicting ways representations in media are produced and consumed. The study of representations is approached from the perspective that they are best understood as both discursive and ideological. Questions to be examined include: What does it mean for historical and contemporary representations to carry economic, ideological and discursive power? To what extent do audiences hold power to resist or negotiate with representations? How might we interrogate the notion that we live in a post-feminist, post-racialized society in which older ideas about gender, race and power no longer apply or need re-thinking? | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, feminis, consum | SDG5,SDG12 |
| CCT318H5 | Sustainability and the Digital Enterprise | This course focuses on investigating the impacts of the digital enterprise on sustainability. The course presents an overview of the sustainability challenges and the concrete approaches to solving those challenges with the use of technology. The course uses an active learning approach allowing students the opportunity to learn while working on different sustainability projects linked to digital enterprises. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, invest | SDG4,SDG9,SDG11 |
| CCT320H5 | Communication, Technology, and Social Change | This course explores how media and media technology have shifted the nature of existing political and social orders. We will focus on how social movements and political change engage media and technology to disrupt social norms and practices that perpetuate inequality. This will bring us in contact with theories of social movement mobilization, political communication, and digital media. We may also explore the ways that legacy and digital media have changed to be in service of misinformation and state repression. | University of Toronto Mississauga | inequality, equality, social change | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CCT328H5 | Project Management | Approaches to the management of complex technical projects will be investigated. Topics include project estimating, costing and evaluation, organizing and managing project teams, quantitative methods for project planning and scheduling, introduction to computer-based project management tools. The course may involve an applied field project. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9,SDG16 |
| CCT335H5 | Technology and the City | Technology continues to reshape the physical contours of our built environments as much as it redefines our conceptualization of how we inhabit and interact within them. This course investigates how urban form, space, infrastructure and communication are mediated by new and evolving technologies. [24L,11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | infrastructure, invest, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| CCT340H5 | Gender, Media and Technology | This course brings a gendered lens to the study of media and technology. The course explores the (re)production and (re)presentation of gender through communicative practices in a variety of mediums, including print media, TV, activist media, video games and online platforms. The course develops an understanding of gender ideologies and how media, technologies, and communication help produce gender. The course examines the way gender identities are constructed by mainstream and alternative media; gendered divisions of media and digital labour; the relationship between ICTs and the performance of gender and sexuality; masculinities, gender politics; feminist theory; and the construction and negotiation of gender in relation to mediated environments. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, feminis, labour, production | SDG5,SDG8,SDG12 |
| CCT341H5 | Introduction to IT Consulting | Information Technology (IT) Consulting is a growing profession that embodies the use of computer-supported collaborative tools in the execution of business functions. In this course students engage with the principles of Computer Supported Co-operative Work (CSCW) through an experiential opportunity to work with a real client. Students create an IT Consulting company and take on the role of consultants, learning core skills (soft and hard) necessary for this profession, including client management, communication, ideation, analysis and solution development, project management, presentation skills, and web design. Using case studies we discuss consulting lessons learned and problems to avoid within the context of industry best practices. [24P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| CCT355H5 | Critical Approaches to Innovation (DEM) | This course provides students with a survey of critical theories appropriate to the study of technological innovation. Students will: 1) explore theories of the social, cultural, and ecological impacts of technological innovation; 2) apply these theoretical lenses to the study of trends in innovation; and 3) propose a product or approach to innovation using social, cultural, or ecological criteria. | University of Toronto Mississauga | ecolog | SDG4,SDG10 |
| CCT373H5 | Career Planning and Development | The transition from university studies to professional settings necessitates the articulation of how acquired skill sets, education, professional contacts, supporting resources, and related experiences connect to and influence career trajectories. To facilitate agility in navigating the ever-shifting global economy, within and outside of the classroom students are provided with a mixture of structured, self-directed, independent, and team activities that aid in the development and refinement of professional identities, community networks, communication approaches, and problem solving skills. | University of Toronto Mississauga | transit | SDG10,SDG11 |
| CCT374H5 | Critical Histories of Information Technologies | The course approaches current information and communication technologies from critical and historical perspectives. It investigates the interests, motives and tactics of news media, pop culture producers, amateurs, universities, corporations, and governments in promoting, sustaining, and interpreting information and communication systems. It also asks how the focus will be on media and information technologies, more theoretical or methodological readings will necessarily cover other systems. Case studies may include investigations of orality, writing, the printing press, industrialized printing, and electronic media from the telegraph and the telephone to broadcasting and the internet. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest, internet | SDG9,SDG11,SDG16 |
| CCT380H5 | Human-Computer Interaction and Communication | The emphasis in this course will be on theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues in the study of Human-Computer Interaction. Intelligent interface designs, usability assessment, user modeling and the accessibility of the technology for the disabled are among the topics to be examined. Related behavioural investigations concerning the ease and efficiency of users' interactions with computerized environments will also be discussed. [36P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest, accessib | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11 |
| CCT386H5 | Information Practice in Virtual Worlds: Exploration of Information Environments | Virtual environments, immersive 3D environments accessed via computers or virtual reality headsets, comprise a unique and futuristic communication environment. Virtual environments have the potential to support a wide variety of activities related to information creation, distribution, and reception and can support social, economic, and cultural causes. Compared to everyday information practices, however, those enacted in virtual worlds are uniquely characterized by multimodality, synchronicity, digital embodiment and geographic distribution of users. In this course, students engage in participatory learning in virtual environments, using avatars to assess how the world's technological and social affordances support and constrain information practices. Using theories of gaming, virtuality, and information lifecycles, students critically analyse how information is produced and used in these environments. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4,SDG11 |
| CCT403H5 | Finance, Innovation and the Digital Firm | Students will learn about financial aspects of digital industries. They will gain knowledge about how financial and other incentives shape the decisions of agents in the digital marketplace. Such a knowledge helps to identify industry trends aiding their own decisions when participating in Internet related industries. Topics covered include online and traditional media industries, aspects of e-commerce and marketing, open source software and crowd-sourcing. A highly effective way to gain such knowledge is by covering a relevant topic in an academic essay. This way the students will also improve their writing skills, and learn better how to cover financial aspects of their chosen topic in a scholarly manner. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, internet | SDG4,SDG9 |
| CCT404H5 | Remote Work , Technology and Collaboration | This project-based course aims to demonstrate how collaboration is a critical capability often overlooked. During the course students will integrate their learning and experience and first hand see how, in combination with collaboration it can lead to creatively solving problems in areas as varied as business, health care delivery, urban planning and development. In addition to lectures, students will have the benefit of a series of guest lecturers. A large, group based project will serve to integrate learning and allow students the benefit of experiential learning. | University of Toronto Mississauga | health care, learning, labor, urban | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8,SDG11 |
| CCT418H5 | Work, Media and Technology | The course analyses the political, historical, and technical relationships between media, technology, and work in contemporary capitalism. The course will examine the power and social relationships that structure work in contexts such as media, creative industries, and the platform or "gig" economy. The course will focus on critical theories of work and will engage with case studies of the intersection of work, media and technology. The aim of the course is to build a tool kit for encountering an increasingly casualized and digitally-mediated labour market. [24S] | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour, capital | SDG4,SDG8,SDG9 |
| CCT420H5 | Information Technology and Globalization | The variety of ways in which various information technologies influence and are influenced by globalization will be critically examined. The class will explore metaphors or ways of thinking about society and technology to critically examine the complex process and the diverse consequences of globalization. Topics may shift focus yearly but will include the economy, culture, politics, social movements, migration, social identity, war and global conflict, etc. | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz | SDG9,SDG11 |
| CCT431H5 | Drones, Robots, Artificial Intelligence | Drones, robots, and artificial intelligence are three interrelated technologies that are changing the most fundamental considerations of how society and sociality should operate. Work, war, consumption, and even love are being reconfigured. This course will address debates concerning the cultural, political, economic, military, and economic considerations surrounding the growing use of these technologies. | University of Toronto Mississauga | consum | SDG4,SDG12 |
| CCT433H5 | Sustainable Design (SH) | (Offered at Sheridan College) This course immerses students in sustainable design methodologies based upon whole systems analysis, applying the quadruple bottom line of people, profit, planet, and culture to understand and design for environmental issues and social change. During this course, students will apply the process and rhetoric of sustainable systems thinking to the re-design of an object or service applying such methodologies as cradle-to-cradle, 'design-for-environment', pricing based on full cost accounting, greening of the supply chain, and corporate responsibility. Throughout the course, students will examine the need for sustainable design through case studies, best practice analyses, and relevant readings | University of Toronto Mississauga | sustainable design, supply chain, environmental, planet, social change | SDG12,SDG13,SDG16 |
| CCT476H5 | Foundations of Operations Management | Operations Management deals with the functions of an enterprise that create value for the customers. The scope of study covers all processes involved in the design, production and physical distribution of goods and services. With global competition continuously increasing, a firm's survival depends upon how well it integrates the operations function into the enterprise's general planning and strategy. It is thus essential for business managers to acquire an understanding and appreciation of operations. | University of Toronto Mississauga | production | SDG12 |
| CCT478H5 | UX Design - Prototyping and Evaluation | The course investigates how people interact with interactive digital systems from an evaluation and formal testing perspective, and introduces students to the methods of User Experience Assessment and User Experience Analysis (UXA). This studio-based experiential course examines how interactive systems are implemented and deployed to meet users' needs, with a focus on formal Human Computer Interaction (HCI) evaluation methods. Students will acquire the capacity to evaluate systems and to critically assess different HCI and UX validation methods which are based on industry approaches carried out by User Research Analysis. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9 |
| CCT482H5 | Interactive Electronic Design (SH) | (Offered at Sheridan College) This course investigates the emerging field of critical making, which encourages students to approach social, communication and cultural issues through material engagement versus the literal and oral media more traditionally used in social science research. Students will not only explore core tensions and challenges regarding technology's role and influence in society, but engage these challenges directly through the design and physical creation of alternative technological prototypes. Basic mechanics, electronics and programming will be taught, with an understanding that thinking materially is rare for many most social science students. No previous knowledge is assumed. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, invest | SDG4,SDG9 |
| CCT483H5 | Play, Performance and Community in Digital Games | Students will explore the complex relationship between games and play. Starting with an overview of the major play theories, students will learn how cognitive, philosophical and social theories of play are used to guide and inform game design. The increasingly prominent role of the player in the co-creation and performance of digital games will be examined. Students will also explore the emergence of player communities and consider the various issues that this introduces into design and management process, including important new questions about governance, player and creative freedoms, and immaterial labour. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour, governance | SDG8,SDG16 |
| CDN197H1 | Inventing Canada | This course explores the ways that Canadian history and identity have been commemorated, interpreted and experienced, now and in the past. The course focuses in particular on who has been included or excluded in commemorative efforts over time. Key topics include representations of women, Indigenous peoples, and political figures on screen and through public installations like museum exhibits, plaques and statues. Case studies highlighting a range of interpretive media will encourage students to work with and discuss a range of primary and secondary sources, build critical thinking and academic writing skills. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, indigenous | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CDN198H1 | Canada, Colonialism and Settler Relations | A First Year Foundations seminar focused on exploring Canada's colonial history and recent efforts to enact appropriate settler relations through an interdisciplinary lens. Topics will include contemporary land claims and treaty-making processes, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, governmental apologies for the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, land acknowledgements, practices of allyship through social movement such as Idle No More, and efforts to influence Canada's overseas mining practices. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, settler, indigenous, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11,SDG15,SDG16 |
| CDN199H1 | Canada- Hong Kong Migration | This course surveys the effects of migrations and cultural connections between Hong Kong and Canada from the 1960s. Students will discuss and analyze the impact of migrations, and study the connection between the two locations from the perspectives of history, culture and literature, politics and democracy, economic and financial development and the network of people and community. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra | SDG11,SDG16 |
| CDN202H1 | Aspects of Quebec Culture | An exploration of modern Québec culture as expressed in literature and the performing arts. Through a selection of internationally-known entertainers, we examine form, artistic innovation, communication of information and knowledge, and spectatorship. Novels and plays provide key elements such as tradition and historical context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4,SDG11 |
| CDN221H1 | Culture and the Media in Canada | An exploration of the encounter between culture and mass communication in Canadian society. The course considers the role of major cultural institutions such as the CBC, the NFB, and their granting bodies. The emergence of digital media and its relationship to mass media is also addressed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG4,SDG16 |
| CDN267H1 | Canadian Nationalisms | A critical examination of contemporary forms of Canadian nationalism. This interdisciplinary course will interrogate national formations across theoretical works, policy documents, and cultural representations. Students will address the ways that nationalist discourses constitute difference, especially with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, nationalism | SDG5,SDG16 |
| CDN268H1 | Canada and Globalization | Students examine the impact of contemporary globalization on Canada, and for Canada’s place in the world. The course is interdisciplinary in its approach and addresses globalization from a wide range of perspectives, including mobility, trade, urbanization, health, religion, environmental change, technology, communications, and the arts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, trade, urban, environmental | SDG3,SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13 |
| CDN280H1 | Canadian Jewish History | This course focuses on initial settlement patterns of Jews in Toronto and elsewhere, community growth including suburbanization, and contemporary challenges such as anti-Semitism and assimilation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG10,SDG11 |
| CDN307H1 | Asian Cultures in Canada | An exploration of the cultural histories and creative productions of a wide range of Asian communities in Canada. Experts in specific areas - literature, dance, drama, film - will be invited to present their work. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production | SDG4,SDG16 |
| CDN325H1 | Asian Canadian Space & Place | A comprehensive examination of how Asian Canadian communities shape urban and suburban environments. Explore how urban planning and peoples’ local decisions interact to create space, place, and culture. The course applies a multidisciplinary lens, with an emphasis on culture and heritage, place and identity formation, diasporas, multiculturalism, and nationalism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, nationalism | SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| CDN335H1 | Black Canadian Studies | An interdisciplinary course that interrogates the constitution of Blackness in Canada. Students will study race and ethnic relations, alongside other identity formations such as class, gender and sexuality. Topics to be addressed include media, education, law, immigration and mobility, urbanism, work, political representation and the arts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, urban | SDG5,SDG8,SDG11 |
| CDN340H1 | The History of Canadian-U.S. Relations | Over time, Canadians and Americans have developed distinct identities and cultures, but their histories have always been closely linked. This course examines the complex interrelationship between Canada and the United States. from the colonial period through the present day, especially its political, cultural, and indigenous dimensions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CDN367H1 | Canadian Pluralism | Students will examine the complexities of social and cultural interaction in the context of changing Canadian demographics. This course compares and contrasts policies regarding Indigenous rights, migration, multiculturalism, and citizenship with contemporary cultural narratives in literature, painting and film. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, indigenous, indigenous rights | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CDN368H1 | Canada's Borders | The Canadian border is being reshaped by the increasing transnational movement of people, goods and ideas. Students will examine border issues relating to mobility, trade, and security from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives, from public policy to contemporary media, such as TV, films, and novels. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade | SDG10,SDG11 |
| CDN380H1 | Socio-Cultural Perspective of the Canadian Jewish Community | This course examines: the relationship between prominent Canadians who happen to be Jews and those whose works are founded in Jewish identity; the diversity of the community on the basis of religion, language, class, ideology, etc.; contributions to the arts and scholarship; and the role and contribution of Jewish women. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women | SDG5,SDG11 |
| CDN385H1 | Re-Imagining Canada: Creative Visions of Our Past, Present, and Futures | Artists and writers are re-imagining Canada, exploring alternate pasts, presents, and futures, often critiquing systemic inequities by positing “what ifs†of resistance and renewal, while reclaiming agency, voice, and power for those who are disadvantaged in society. This course will examine these re-imaginings across various media such as fiction, poetry, graphic novels, films, multimedia installations, performance art, paintings, virtual reality works, and video games. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of genres such as speculative fiction, Afrofuturism, Indigenous arctic horror, trans, queer, Indigenous and Indigiqueer perspectives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, equit, indigenous, gini | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CHC322H1 | Women and Christianity | An exploration of what Pope John Paul II, among others, called the "feminine tradition" in Christian life and thought. Possible topics include women's roles in the early church, Marian dogmas and devotions, women mystics and Doctors of the Church, and Christian feminisms and New Feminisms in the contemporary period. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, feminis | SDG5 |
| CHE112H1 | Physical Chemistry | A course in physical chemistry. Topics discussed include systems and their states, stoichiometry, the properties of gases, the laws of chemical thermodynamics (calculations involving internal energy, enthalpy, free energy, and entropy), phase equilibrium, chemical equilibrium, ionic equilibrium, acids and bases, solutions, colligative properties, electrochemistry, and corrosion. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy | SDG7,SDG11 |
| CHE113H1 | Concepts in Chemical Engineering | This course provides first year students with an overview of the chemical industry, the chemical engineering profession, and introduces key concepts for the upcoming years of study. The chemical industry is the interface between natural resources (minerals, oil, gas, agricultural products, etc.) and the consumers of the higher value products derived therefrom. This diverse industry has both high volume-low unit value and low volume-high unit value products, and the manufacture of each type of product has its own challenges. The chemical engineering profession applies the scientific fundamentals through two key concepts: Unit Operations as well as Flux. The fundamental elements of stoichiometry and reaction kinetics are further extended to cover the concepts of yield, conversion and their specific applications to continuous and batch reactor systems. Analysis of electrical circuits is introduced, leading to nodal analysis of circuits. The application of resistance in series and capacitance is extended into chemical engineering problems involved, heat transfer, mass transfer and momentum transfer, as well as reaction engineering. The laboratory will reinforce these key chemical engineering principles. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | agricultur, labor, consum, natural resource | SDG2,SDG8,SDG12 |
| CHE204H1 | Chem Eng & Applied Chem I | This laboratory course surveys aspects of inorganic and analytical chemistry from a practical point of view in a comprehensive laboratory experience. In this course, students learn how to analyze known and unknown samples using qualitative and quantitative analysis. Emphasis is placed on primary standards, instrumental techniques (e.g., spectroscopy), classical volumetric techniques (e.g., titration), statistical treatment of data, and reliability and repeatability (i.e., accuracy and precision). The course includes elements of process and industrial chemistry and practice. Theory, where applicable, is interwoven within the laboratories or given as self-taught modules. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor | SDG7,SDG8 |
| CHE205H1 | Chem Eng & Applied Chem II | This laboratory course surveys aspects of organic chemistry from a practical point of view in a comprehensive laboratory experience. In this course, students explore the syntheses of different chemical reactions (substitution, elimination, condensation and hydrolysis), analyzing and characterizing the intermediates and major products formed using established processes and laboratory techniques (e.g., IR, RI, GC, TLC). The course includes elements of process and industrial chemistry and practice (including Green Chemistry). | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor | SDG7,SDG8 |
| CHE208H1 | Process Engineering | An introduction to mass and energy (heat) balances in open systems. A quantitative treatment of selected processes of fundamental industrial and environmental significance involving phase equilibria, reaction and transport phenomena under both steady state and unsteady state conditions. Examples will be drawn from the chemical and materials processing industries, the energy and resource industries and environmental remediation and waste management. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | remediation, energy, waste, environmental | SDG6,SDG7,SDG12,SDG13 |
| CHE211H1 | Fluid Mechanics | Fundamentals of fluid mechanics including hydrostatics, manometry, Bernoulli's equation, integral mass, linear momentum and energy balances, engineering energy equation, Moody chart, pipe flow calculations, flow measurement instruments and pumps, dimensional analysis, differential analysis of laminar viscous flow, and brief introductions to particle systems, turbulent 1low, non-Newtonian fluids and flow in porous systems. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy | SDG7,SDG11 |
| CHE220H1 | Applied Chemistry I - Inorganic Chemistry | The Chemistry and physical properties of inorganic compounds are discussed in terms of atomic structure and molecular orbital treatment of bonding. Topics include acid-base and donor-acceptor chemistry, crystalline solid state, chemistry of main group elements and an introduction to coordination chemistry. Emphasis is placed on second row and transition metal elements. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | transit | SDG11 |
| CHE230H1 | Environmental Chemistry | The chemical phenomena occurring in environmental systems are examined based on fundamental principles of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. The course is divided into sections describing the chemistry of the atmosphere, natural waters and soils. The principles applied in the course include reaction kinetics and mechanisms, complex formation, pH and solubility equilibria and adsorption phenomena. Molecules of biochemical importance and instrumental methods of analysis relevant to environmental systems are also addressed. (formerly EDC230H1S) | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, environmental, soil | SDG6,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CHE249H1 | Engineering Economic Analysis | Engineering analysis and design are not ends in themselves, but they are a means for satisfying human wants. Thus, engineering concerns itself with the materials used and forces and laws of nature, and the needs of people. Because of scarcity of resources and constraints at all levels, engineering must be closely associated with economics. It is essential that engineering proposals be evaluated in terms of worth and cost before they are undertaken. In this course we emphasize that an essential prerequisite of a successful engineering application is economic feasibility. Hence, investment proposals are evaluated in terms of economic cost concepts, including break even analysis, cost estimation and time value of money. Effective interest rates, inflation and deflation, depreciation and income tax all affect the viability of an investment. Successful engineering projects are chosen from valid alternatives considering such issues as buy or lease, make or buy, cost and benefits and financing alternatives. Both public sector and for-profit examples are used to illustrate the applicability of these rules and approaches. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | invest, income | SDG8,SDG9,SDG10 |
| CHE260H1 | Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer | Classical thermodynamics and its applications to engineering processes. Concepts of energy, heat, work and entropy. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Properties of pure substances and mixtures. Phase equilibrium. Ideal heat engines and refrigerators. Mechanisms of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. Steady state heat transfer. Solution of conduction equation. Convective heat transfer coefficients. Momentum and heat transfer analogies. Basics of radiative heat transfer.. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy | SDG7 |
| CHE304H1 | Chem Eng & Applied Chem III | This laboratory course involves experiments investigating thermodynamics and kinetics, complimenting two courses this term. Thermodynamic experiments include phase equilibrium and calorimetry, and kinetics experiment include investigations of rate constants and Arrhenius behvaiour. Experimental applications of physical and chemical principles using pilot scale equipment. Experiments illustrating major unit operations: distillation; absorption; reactors; extraction; humidification; heat exchange. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | ABS, labor, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| CHE305H1 | Chem Eng & Applied Chem IV | This laboratory course involves experiments investigating thermodynamics and kinetics, complimenting two courses this term. Thermodynamic experiments include phase equilibrium and calorimetry, and kinetics experiment include investigations of rate constants and Arrhenius behvaiour. Experimental applications of physical and chemical principles using pilot scale equipment. Experiments illustrating major unit operations: distillation; absorption; reactors; extraction; humidification; heat exchange. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | ABS, labor, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| CHE311H1 | Separation Processes | Staged equilibrium and rate governed separation processes for gases and liquids. Topics include equilibrium stage calculations, cascade separation, binary distillation, gas absorption and stripping, liquid-liquid extraction, membrane processes, adsorption and ion exchange. Experiments in fluid mechanics, heat transfer and related unit operations. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | ABS | SDG7 |
| CHE322H1 | Process Control | The major goal of this course is to teach students how to design control strategies for chemical processes. The first part of the course focuses on the types of interconnections encountered in chemical engineering, namely feedback, parallel and series connections, and their effect on the process dynamics. The second part of the course looks at the design of feedback, feedforward, cascade and multivariable control strategies for these processes and interprets these types of engineered interconnections in terms of the effect they have on the performance of the overall system. This course makes extensive use of active learning through computer simulation based on MATLAB/Simulink and Aspen Plus Dynamics software. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | learning | SDG4,SDG9 |
| CHE323H1 | Engineering Thermodynamics | Classical thermodynamics and its applications to engineering processes are introduced. Topics include: the concepts of energy, work and entropy; the first and second laws of thermodynamics; properties of pure substances and mixtures; the concepts of thermal equilibrium, phase equilibrium and chemical equilibrium; and heat engines and refrigeration cycles. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy | SDG7 |
| CHE324H1 | Process Design | This course presents the philosophy and typical procedures of chemical engineering design projects. The course begins at the design concept phase. Material and energy balances are reviewed along with the design of single unit operations and equipment specification sheets. The impact of recycles on equipment sizing is covered. Safety, health and environmental regulations are presented. These lead to the development of safe operating procedures. The systems for developing Piping and Instrumentation diagrams are presented. Process safety studies such as HAZOPS are introduced. Typical utility systems such as steam, air and vacuum are discussed. Project economics calculations are reviewed. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, recycl, environmental | SDG7,SDG12,SDG13 |
| CHE334H1 | Team Strategies for Engineering Design | In this course, team strategies including how teams work, how to lead and manage teams, and decision making methodologies for successful teams will be taught in the context of engineering design. The development of problem solving and design steps will be undertaken. This course will be taught with an emphasis on team development and problem solving as it relates to the practice of process safety management in engineering and engineering design. The teams will develop a PFD and P&ID's, as well as an operating procedure for a portion of the process. Thus, environmental and occupational health and safety becomes the vehicle through which the teamwork is performed. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| CHE353H1 | Engineering Biology | Using a quantitative, problem solving approach, this course will introduce basic concepts in cell biology and physiology. Various engineering modelling tools will be used to investigate aspects of cell growth and metabolism, transport across cell membranes, protein structure, homeostasis, nerve conduction and mechanical forces in biology. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | invest | SDG3,SDG9 |
| CHE354H1 | Cellular and Molecular Biology | This course will cover the principles of molecular and cellular biology as they apply to both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Topics will include: metabolic conversion of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids; nucleic acids; enzymology; structure and function relationships within cells; and motility and growth. Genetic analysis, immunohistochemistry, hybridomis, cloning, recombinant DNA and biotechnology will also be covered. This course will appeal to students interested in environmental microbiology, biomaterials and tissue engineering, and bioprocesses. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental | SDG3,SDG13 |
| CHE374H1 | Economic Analysis and Decision Making | Economic evaluation and justification of engineering projects and investment proposals. Cost estimation; financial and cost accounting; depreciation; inflation; equity, bond and loan financing; after tax cash flow; measures of economic merit in the private and public sectors; sensitivity and risk analysis; single and multi-attribute decisions. Introduction to micro-economic. Applications: retirement and replacement analysis; make-buy and buy-lease decisions; economic life of assets; capital budgeting; selection from alternative engineering proposals; production planning; investment selection. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | equity, capital, invest, equit, production | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| CHE375H1 | Engineering Finance and Economics | This course consists of three modules: 1) managerial accounting, 2) corporate finance and 3) macro economics. The first module, managerial accounting, will consist of an introduction to financial statements and double entry recordkeeping, then delve deeper into aspects of revenue, expenses, assets, debt and equity.The second module, corporate finance, will introduce the concept of risk and return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and then delve deeper into capital budgeting, corporate financing, financial statement analysis and financial valuation. The third model, macro economics, will introduce global aspects of business, including economic, political, societal and technological, then discuss factors such as GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, fiscal debt/surplus and balance of payments, and their impact on the financials of a given country. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | equity, employment, capital, equit | SDG4,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10 |
| CHE399H1 | Professional Engineering Consultancy | Students are provided with an open-ended and iterative learning experience through a consulting engineering project. Students tackle an authentic design challenge with limited background knowledge, while being guided by instructors who simulate the client-consultant relationship. The project brings together technical and professonal competencies from across eight graduate attributes to enable holistic learning: problem analysis; investigation; design; individual and team work; communication skills; professionalism; economics and project management; lifelong learning. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, invest | SDG4,SDG9 |
| CHE403H1 | Professional Practice | In this course, lectures and seminars will be given by practicing engineers who will cover the legal and ethical responsibility an engineer owes to an employer, a client and the public with particular emphasis on environmental issues. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| CHE416H1 | Chemical Eng in Human Health | Life expectancy has consistently increased over the past 70 years due to advances in healthcare and sanitation. Engineers have played key roles in developing technologies and processes that enabled these critical advances in healthcare to occur. This course will provide an overview of areas in which chemical engineers directly impacted human health. We will study established processes that had transformative effects in the past as well as new emerging areas that chemical engineers are developing today to impact human health. Emphasis will be placed on quantitative approaches. Engineering tools, especially derived from transport phenomena and chemical kinetics will be used. Required readings, including scientific papers, will be assigned. Industrial visit and/or a hands-on project will be included. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | healthcare, sanita | SDG3,SDG6 |
| CHE450H1 | Bioprocess Technology and Design | Building upon CHE353 and CHE354, the aim of this course is to learn and apply engineering principles relevant to bioprocess engineering, including energetics and stoichiometry of cell growth, cell and enzyme kinetics, metabolic modeling, bioreactor design, and bioseparation processes. In addition to course lectures, students will complete two laboratory exercises that will provide hands-on learning in bioreactor set-up and use. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | learning, labor | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| CHE451H1 | Petroleum Processing | This course is aimed at surveying the oil industry practices from the perspective of a block flow diagram. Oil refineries today involve the large scale processing of fluids through primary separation techniques, secondary treating plus the introduction of catalyst for molecular reforming in order to meet the product demands of industry and the public. Crude oil is being shipped in increasing quantities from many parts of the world and refiners must be aware of the properties and specifications of both the crude and product slates to ensure that the crude is a viable source and that the product slate meets quality and quantity demands thus assuring a profitable operation. The course content will examine refinery oil and gas operations from feed, through to products, touching on processing steps necessary to meet consumer demands. In both course readings and written assignments, students will be asked to consider refinery operations from a broad perspective and not through detailed analysis and problem solving. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | consum | SDG12 |
| CHE460H1 | Environmental Pathways and Impact Assessment | Review of the nature, properties and elementary toxicology of metallic and organic contaminants. Partitioning between environmental media (air, aerosols, water, particulate matter, soils, sediments and biota) including bioaccumulation. Degradation processes, multimedia transport and mass balance models. Regulatory approaches for assessing possible effects on human health and ecosystems. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, environmental, ecosystem, soil | SDG6,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHE462H1 | Food Engineering | The quantitative application of chemical engineering principles to the large-scale production of food. Food processing at the molecular and unit operation levels. The chemistry and kinetics of specific food processes. The application of chemical engineering unit operations (distillation, extraction, drying) and food specific unit operations such as extrusion, thermal processing refrigeration/freezing. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | production | SDG12 |
| CHE467H1 | Environmental Engineering | Core Course in the Environmental Engineering Minor A course which treats environmental engineering from a broad based but quantitative perspective and covers the driving forces for engineering activities as well as engineering principles. Models which are used for environmental impact, risk analysis, health impact, pollutant dispersion, and energy system analysis are covered. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, environmental, pollut | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHE471H1 | Modelling in Biological and Chemical Systems | This course outlines the methodology for the modelling of biological systems and its applications. Topics will include a review of physical laws, selection of balance space, compartmental versus distributed models, and applications of the conservation laws for both discrete and continuous systems at the level of algebraic and ordinary differential equations. The course covers a wide range of applications including environmental issues, chemical and biochemical processes and biomedical systems. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental, conserv | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHE475H1 | Biocomposites: Mechanics and Bioinspiration | An overview on structure, processing and application of natural and biological materials, biomaterials for biomedical applications, and fibre-reinforced eco-composites based on renewable resources will be provided. Fundamental principles related to linear elasticity, linear viscoelasticity, dynamic mechanical response, composite reinforcement mechanics, and time-temperature correspondence will be introduced. Novel concepts in comparative biomechanics, biomimetic and bio-inspired material design, and materials' ecological and environmental impact will be discussed. In addition, key material processing methods and testing and characterization techniques will be presented. Structure-property relationships for materials broadly ranging from natural materials, including wood, bone, cell, and soft tissue, to synthetic composite materials for industrial and biomedical applications will be covered. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | renewabl, environmental, ecolog | SDG7,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CHE488H1 | Entrepreneurship and Business for Engineers | A complete introduction to small business formation, management and wealth creation. Topics include: the nature of the Entrepreneur and the Canadian business environment; business idea search and Business Plan construction; Buying a business, franchising, taking over a family business; Market research and sources of data; Marketing strategies promotion, pricing, advertising, electronic channels and costing; The sales process and management, distribution channels and global marketing; Accounting, financing and analysis, sources of funding, and financial controls; The people dimension: management styles, recruiting and hiring, legal issues in employment and Human Resources; Legal forms of organization and business formation, taxation, intellectual property protection; the e-Business world and how businesses participate; Managing the business: location and equipping the business, suppliers and purchasing, credit, ethical dealing; Exiting the business and succession, selling out. A full Business Plan will be developed by each student and the top submissions will be entered into a Business Plan competition with significant cash prices for the winners. Examples will be drawn from real business situations including practicing entrepreneurs making presentations and class visits during the term. (Identical courses are offered: ECE488H1, MIE488H1, MSE488H1 and CIV488H1.) *Complementary Studies Elective | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | employment, entrepreneur, taxation | SDG8,SDG10 |
| CHE507H1 | Data-based Modelling for Prediction and Control | This course will teach students how to build mathematical models of dynamic systems and how to use these models for prediction and control purposes. The course will deal primarily with a system identification approach to modelling (using observations from the system to build a model). Both continuous time and discrete time representations will be treated along with deterministic and stochastic models. This course will make extensive use of interactive learning by having students use computer based tools available in the Matlab software package (e.g. the System Identification Toolbox and the Model Predictive Control Toolbox). | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| CHE565H1 | Aqueous Process Engineering | Application of aqueous chemical processing to mineral, environmental and industrial engineering. The course involves an introduction to the theory of electrolyte solutions, mineral-water interfaces, dissolution and crystallization processes, metal ion separations, and electrochemical processes in aqueous reactive systems. Applications and practice of (1) metal recovery from primary (i.e. ores) and secondary (i.e. recycled) sources by hydrometallurgical means, (2) treatment of aqueous waste streams for environmental protection, and (3) production of high-value-added inorganic materials. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, production, waste, recycl, environmental | SDG6,SDG12,SDG13 |
| CHI104H5 | Introductory Chinese II | As the second half of Introductory Chinese, this course continues to expand students’ knowledge and develop their language skills of Mandarin. More topics of functional Chinese are covered in this course. Students who have not completed the listed prerequisite of CHI103H5 are REQUIRED to complete the Chinese Language Assessment Questionnaire (https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/language-studies/language-course-assessment-questionnaires). | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHI211H5 | Chinese for Academic Purposes I | This course, designed for native or near-native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, develops rhetorical knowledge and critical thinking skills for effective academic reading and writing. Students will also receive training in conducting effective formal presentations with supporting media and public speaking skills. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHI212H5 | Chinese for Academic Purposes II | This course, designed for native or near-native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, continues the study of rhetorical knowledge and critical thinking skills for effective academic reading and writing. It also prepares students for upper level courses which demand in-depth reading, writing, as well as professional presentation skills. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHI303H5 | Intermediate High Chinese I | This course, designed for second-language learners of Mandarin Chinese, aims to: 1) develop listening and speaking skills in handling daily routines and social situations related to personal lives; 2) improve reading and writing skills in narration and description on everyday topics; and 3) cultivate cultural knowledge that facilitates effective intercultural communication. Students who have not completed the listed prerequisite are REQUIRED to complete the Chinese Language Assessment Questionnaire (https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/language-studies/language-course-assessment-questionnaires) by August 29th. Late assessment submissions will not be accepted. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHI304H5 | Intermediate High Chinese II | This course, designed for second-language learners of Mandarin Chinese, is the second half of Intermediate High Chinese. It continues to: 1) develop listening and speaking skills in handling daily routines and social situations related to personal lives; 2) improve reading and writing skills in narration and description on everyday topics; and 3) cultivate cultural knowledge that facilitates effective intercultural communication. Students who have not completed the listed prerequisite are REQUIRED to complete the Chinese Language Assessment Questionnaire (https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/language-studies/language-course-assessment-questionnaires) by August 29th. Late assessment submissions will not be accepted. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHI310H5 | Chinese for Career Development | This course is designed for near-native or native speakers of Mandarin Chinese who are interested in advancing their careers in Chinese-speaking regions and in North America. Students will develop knowledge in career planning from cross-cultural perspectives, from job search, to applications and interview processes in Chinese-speaking regions of Asia and in North America. They will build a solid foundation for reading, writing, and speaking Chinese in a business setting. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHI312H5 | Chinese Diaspora Literature and Culture | This course examines literary and cinematic works as well as visual art by authors of the Chinese diaspora. The course covers topics such as multiculturalism, racism, cultural preservation, invented traditions, and agency through the lens of overseas Chinese writers and creators. | University of Toronto Mississauga | racism | SDG4 |
| CHM101H5 | The Science of Human Health | This course is intended for humanities and social science students who wish to gain knowledge of the science behind our well-being that may help them to make personal, social and political decisions in their future. Chemistry will be taught on a need-to-know basis in order to consider some contemporary applications. The course will focus on three themes in the realm of human health: nutrition for the prevention of disease, diagnostic tests for the detection of disease and drug discovery for the treatment of disease. Among the questions that may be addressed are "What is the nutritional difference between vitamins from foods and those from supplements?", "Should ketchup be considered a vegetable?", "How do diagnostic strips work?", "What advances in microfluidics have provided inexpensive diagnostics for use in remote areas?", "How are drug targets identified?", and "What is the path from drug discovery to bringing a drug to market?". The roles of nutritional, analytical and medicinal chemistry in these processes will be studied. (Please note the course exclusion: Students are ineligible to register for this course if they have taken any previous or current CHM/JCP course). | University of Toronto Mississauga | nutrition, well-being, knowledge | SDG2,SDG3 |
| CHM151Y1 | Chemistry: The Molecular Science | An introduction to the major areas of modern chemistry, including organic and biological chemistry; inorganic/materials chemistry and spectroscopy; and physical chemistry/chemical physics. The course is highly recommended for students who plan to enrol in one of the chemistry specialist programs, or who will be including a substantial amount of chemistry in their degree (such as those following a chemistry major or minor program). The combination of CHM151Y1 and CHM249H1 serves as a full year introductory course in organic chemistry with laboratory. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). Note: CHM151Y1 has a unique Course Community where the undergraduate experience in chemistry is greatly enhanced through a series of workshops, research seminars, tours, outreach opportunities and social activities. 90-minute biweekly Course Community meetings are held during laboratory class hours during alternate weeks to the laboratory sessions. The lab time is reserved for CHM151Y1 activities every week of each semester. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG8 |
| CHM197H1 | Environmental Chemistry in a Sustainable World | Rapid and widespread industrialization is changing the chemical nature of the planet. In order to have a sustainable future, we need to manage chemicals released by humankind and understand their effects on the environment and on us. Each year, this seminar course designed for non-science students will address the fundamental science behind a specific topic in this field, such as the interactions of our energy choices and the environment, changes in water and air quality, or exposure to biologically-active synthetic chemicals such as pharmaceuticals or personal care products. Emphasis is given to reading from both the popular media and scientific literature. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, energy, industrialization, environmental, planet | SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG13 |
| CHM210H1 | Chemistry of Environmental Change | This course examines the fundamental chemical processes of the Earth’s natural environment, and changes induced by human activity. Topics covered are related to the atmosphere and the hydrosphere: urban air pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, acid rain, climate change, water resources and pollution, wastewater analysis, biogeochemistry, and inorganic metals in the environment. Skills in data analysis and visualization will be developed through an introduction to the R programming language and its use in several assignments. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, water, urban, waste, climate, environmental, pollut | SDG3,SDG6,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHM211H5 | Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry | A rigorous introduction to the theory and practice of analytical chemistry. Development and applications of basic statistical concepts in treatment and interpretation of analytical data; direct and indirect precipitations; volumetric methods; acid-base, complexometric, redox and precipitation titrations; introduction to instrumental methods; potentiometry and absorption spectroscopy. Applications in biomedical, forensic and environmental areas will be considered. | University of Toronto Mississauga | ABS, environmental | SDG13 |
| CHM217H1 | Introduction to Analytical Chemistry | Introduction to the science of chemical measurement, from sampling through analysis to the interpretation of results, including how water, food products, pharmaceuticals, and dietary supplements are analysed for content, quality, and potential contaminants. Also how to interpret experimental measurements, compare results and procedures, and calibrate analytical instrumentation. Through closely integrated classes, laboratories, and tutorials, this highly practical course introduces a variety of analytical techniques including volumetric methods, potentiometry, uv/visible and infrared spectrophotometry, flame atomic absorption spectrometry, and chromatography. Additional information can be found at http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/coursenotes/CHM217/. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, water, labor | SDG2,SDG6 |
| CHM236H1 | Introductory Inorganic Chemistry I | Inorganic chemistry is the chemistry of all the periodic table elements and includes the synthesis of the largest volume chemicals on Earth, the key energy-generating reactions and catalysts needed for a green planet, and compounds exploited in modern electronic and photonic devices. This is the first part (followed by CHM237H1 and then CHM338H1) of a two-year sequence illustrating the rich variety of structures, physical properties, and reactions of compounds of the elements across and down the periodic table. It includes fundamentals of bonding, symmetry, and acid-base/ redox reactions of molecular compounds and transition metal complexes and applications of this chemistry in the world. CHM236H1 is recommended for students interested in broadly learning about chemistry across the periodic table. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, energy, transit, planet | SDG4,SDG11,SDG13 |
| CHM237H1 | Introductory Inorganic Chemistry II | This course is a continuation from CHM236H1 which further studies the chemistry of the elements across the periodic table. It will cover topics that include the periodic properties of the elements, the structures, bonding and properties of main group compounds and transition metal complexes, inorganic solid-state materials, and solid-state chemistry with applications in advanced technologies. A strong emphasis on developing laboratory techniques and communication skills is made through the practical component of the course. CHM236H1 is strongly recommended for students exploring experimental synthetic chemistry as part of their degree program. (Lab Materials Fee: $35) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, transit | SDG11 |
| CHM299Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | This courses provides a richly rewarding opportunity for students in their second year to work in the research project of a professor in return for 299Y course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, learn research methods and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. This course does not count as one of the requirements in the Chemistry Minor, Chemistry Major, Chemistry Specialist or Biological Chemistry Specialist programs. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| CHM310H1 | Environmental Fate and Toxicity of Organic Contaminants | Organic chemical contaminants surround us in our everyday lives (e.g. in medications, personal care products, flame retardants, refrigerants) and because of this, they are present in the environment and in ourselves. In this course we will explore the fate of chemicals in the environment as a whole, as well as in the body, to understand how chemicals can be designed to mitigate the risks associated with their use and unintended release. Specific topics will include environmental partitioning; environmentally-relevant transformation processes; the chemistry and effects of redox-active species; and the toxicity/detoxification of electrophilic species in the body. Skills in big data analysis and environmental modeling will be developed through an introduction to the R programming language at the beginner level. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, species | SDG13,SDG14 |
| CHM317H1 | Introduction to Instrumental Methods of Analysis | Scope of instrumental analytical chemistry; Fourier transform IR absorption spectroscopy; molecular luminescence; emission spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; sensors; gas and high performance liquid chromatography; instrument design principles and applications in industry and the environment. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, emission | SDG7 |
| CHM323H5 | Introduction to Computational Chemistry | This course covers the foundations of computational chemistry with a focus on practical applications and does not require a background in programming or quantum mechanics. An array of methods for predicting the structural, electronic, thermodynamic, and spectroscopic properties of chemical species will be addressed, as well as how the calculated results can complement experimental observations. Relevant fundamental theories to computational chemistry will be covered on a need-to-know basis. Students will follow an individualized study path and select the chemical systems to which each method will be applied. | University of Toronto Mississauga | species | SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHM327H1 | Experimental Physical Chemistry | Students are introduced to physical chemistry laboratory work in a project-based approach in which they develop, design, and implement projects that address fundamental and applied questions in physical chemistry. The course also involves class material related to working as an experimental physical chemist. (Lab materials fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHM338H1 | Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry | Further study of the structures, physical properties, and reactions of transition metals. Introductions to spectroscopy, structural analysis, reaction mechanisms, d-block organometallic compounds, applications of metal, and main group compounds in catalysis. The weekly laboratory explores advanced synthetic and spectroscopic techniques including air- and moisture-sensitive chemistry and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, with a strong emphasis on developing scientific communication skills. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, transit | SDG11 |
| CHM343H1 | Organic Synthesis Techniques | This laboratory course showcases modern organic synthesis techniques and introduces chemical research principles. It provides excellent preparation for a CHM499Y1 project in organic chemistry. Associated classes teach theory and problem-solving approaches from a practical perspective and through industrial case studies. Green chemistry decision-making is a central theme of both the class and laboratory components. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG11 |
| CHM379H1 | Biomolecular Chemistry | This course provides an opportunity to learn core techniques in biological chemistry in a small group laboratory setting. It provides excellent preparation for a CHM499Y1 project in biological chemistry or related areas. Classes will discuss the theory behind the techniques and highlight how they are used in modern biological chemistry research and practice. Note: CHM379H1 can be used as the biochemistry lab requirement for students completing double majors in chemistry and biochemistry. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHM394H5 | Chemical Synthesis Laboratory I | The first in a sequence of two laboratory courses in synthetic chemistry. This laboratory course comprises the synthesis of inorganic and organic compounds supplemented by physical measurements (e.g., ir, uv, 1H NMR spectra, magnetic susceptibility, etc.) of the products where appropriate. Approximately six weeks each will be spent on two groups of foundational experiments, one in organic and one in inorganic synthesis to illustrate techniques of chemical synthesis. The central role of the carbonyl group in organic synthesis is elaborated, an organic unknown is identified both chemically and spectroscopically and the synthetic chemistry of the first row transition elements is explored. [48P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, transit | SDG11 |
| CHM395H5 | Chemical Synthesis Laboratory II | The second in a sequence of two laboratory courses in synthetic chemistry that builds on the foundations established in CHM394H5. Students choose their own experiments in this course from offerings comprising the synthesis of organic, organometallic and inorganic compounds and in computational chemistry. Techniques such as working at low temperatures and in inert atmospheres (e.g., glove box) are introduced. Depending on the experiments actually chosen, a mixed organic unknown is separated and identified, organic rearrangements and the synthetic chemistry of elements from across the Periodic Table including main group, transition elements and lanthanides are explored. A highlight is an optional four week independent synthesis project in any area of synthetic chemistry adapting procedures from the published, including recent, research literature. [48P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, transit | SDG11 |
| CHM396H5 | Analytical and Physical Chemistry Instrumentation Laboratory I | This analytical and physical chemistry laboratory course represents an integration of the study of fundamental physical chemistry with wide-ranging applications to instrumental methods of analysis, such as separation science, electrochemistry and spectroscopy. The course will provide a solid hands-on grounding in many of the major topics covered in analytical and physical chemistry, and the optimization of instrumental analytical measurements by the application of physical principles. Students select from a variety of instruments to customize their program, and develop their own analytical methods to address analytical problems of interest to the student. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor | SDG11 |
| CHM397H5 | Analytical and Physical Chemistry Instrumentation Laboratory II | This analytical and physical chemistry laboratory course carries on from CHM396 to introduce more advanced topics in instrumental methods of analysis and physical chemistry concepts. The course will include experimental modules focused on instrument design and computer interfacing, molecular spectroscopy (e.g. fluorescence, infrared and Raman, and NMR), plasmon resonance methods for biomolecule determinations and kinetic analysis, microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technologies. The course will provide practical experience in the optimization of instrumental analytical measurements, experiment design, and topics of relevance to research in analytical and physical chemistry. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor | SDG11 |
| CHM399Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | This course provides third-year undergraduate students (after completion of 8.0 credits) who have developed some knowledge of Chemistry and its research methods, an opportunity to work in the research project of a professor in return for course credit. Students enrolled have the opportunity to become involved in original research, enhance their research skills and share in the excitement of acquiring new knowledge and in the discovery process of science. This course does not count as one of the requirements in the Chemistry Minor program. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG11,SDG12 |
| CHM410H1 | Analytical Environmental Chemistry | An analytical theory, instrumental, and methodology course focused on the measurement of pollutants in soil, water, air, and biological tissues and the determination of physical/chemical properties including vapour pressure, degradation rates, partitioning. Lab experiments involve application of theory. (Lab Materials Fee: $35). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, environmental, pollut, soil | SDG6,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHM415H1 | Topics in Atmospheric Chemistry | Building upon the introductory understanding of atmospheric chemistry provided in CHM210H1, this course develops a quantitative description of chemical processes in the atmosphere. Modern research topics in the field are discussed, such as aerosol chemistry and formation mechanisms, tropospheric organic chemistry, the chemistry of climate including cloud formation and geoengineering, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, and the chemistry of remote environments. Mathematical models of atmospheric chemistry are developed; reading is from the scientific literature; class discussion is emphasized. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate | SDG13 |
| CHM416H5 | Separations, Chromatography and Microfluidics | Separation science will be explored by building on a survey of fundamental physical principles to understand processes of extraction, and technologies such as solid phase microextraction, supercritical fluid extraction, immunoaffinity extraction and molecularly imprinted polymers. Plate and rate theory will be developed to consider various forms of gas and liquid chromatographic methods, including hyphenated techniques that bridge to information detectors such as mass spectrometers. New opportunities for chromatography and separations by movement to small scale size will be considered by focusing on microfluidics, electro-osmotic flow and chip based microdevice applications. Applications examples will focus on problems in life sciences, forensics and environmental chemistry. Course work will include independent literature reviews and student presentations. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG13 |
| CHM455H1 | Advanced Materials Chemistry | A comprehensive investigation of synthetic methods for preparing diverse classes of inorganic materials with properties intentionally tailored for a particular use. Begins with a primer on solid-state materials and electronic band description of solids followed by a survey of archetypical solids that have had a dramatic influence on the materials world, some new developments in materials chemistry and a look at perceived future developments in materials research and technology. Strategies for synthesizing many different classes of materials with intentionally designed structures and compositions, textures and morphologies are then explored in detail emphasizing how to control the relations between structure and property of materials and ultimately function and utility. A number of contemporary issues in materials research are critically evaluated to appreciate recent highlights in the field of materials chemistry - an emerging sub-discipline of chemistry. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest | SDG11 |
| CHM485H5 | Dissertation Based on Literature Research | A dissertation will be written based on literature research of a topic of current interest in the field of chemistry. The research will be conducted under the supervision of a chemistry faculty member other than the student's CPS489Y5 supervisor. The research topic must not overlap that of the student's CPS489Y5 project. The goals of this course are to achieve literature research expertise as well as in-depth knowledge of a particular chemistry topic, while perfecting scientific writing and oral presentation skills. Evaluation is based on a final written report describing the aims and results of the research, as well as an oral presentation of the work. The course is normally taken in the student's fourth year, in either the Fall or Winter terms, but may be taken in the Summer term. Enrolment in CHM485H5 requires submitting an application to the department before the end of the term prior to that in which it is intended to undertake the research. Independent Studies Application Forms may be found at http://uoft.me/cpsforms. Applications should be submitted to the CPS Undergraduate Assistant. Registration on ACORN is also required. Students are encouraged to consult with, and obtain the consent of, prospective supervisors before applying for enrolment. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4,SDG11 |
| CHM499Y1 | Introduction to Chemistry Research | An experimental or theoretical research problem under the supervision of a teaching faculty or research faculty member in the Department of Chemistry. Five mandatory 90-minute professional development workshops cover aspects of academic writing, poster presentations, reading scientific literature, and job applications/interviews. Each student is required to attend a total of six one-hour research colloquia during the Fall and Winter Sessions. Applications for enrolment should be made to the Department in the preceding Winter Session: the application form is available on the Department of Chemistry website. Only students being admitted are required to contact chemistry faculty to discuss available research projects. Projects are in the areas of environmental, analytical, physical, inorganic, materials, polymer, organic and biological chemistry. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| CHMA10H3 | Introductory Chemistry I: Structure and Bonding | This course will introduce the study of chemical properties and transformations of matter. The course starts with the quantum mechanical model of the atom and the principles of how the periodic table is organized. Key reaction types are explored including acid/base, redox, and precipitation as well as a quantitative description of gases. Bonding and structure in chemical compounds is examined followed by a close look at solutions, solids and intermolecular forces. The course concludes with nuclear chemistry. This course includes a three-hour laboratory every other week. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor | SDG7,SDG11 |
| CHMA12H3 | Advanced General Chemistry | This course will build on the topics from CHMA10H3, including a close examination of solutions, dynamic chemical equilibrium, acid/base and solubility equilibria and thermochemistry, including calorimetry and thermodynamics, kinetics and electrochemistry as they relate to Gibbs Free Energy. In this course, students will explore these ideas in more detail both from a theoretical and practical point of view, in comparison to CHMA11H3. The lecture portion will focus on how chemical concepts are applied in cutting edge research. The weekly laboratory period will provide students with access to the most current equipment used in both industrial and research settings as well as workshops that will explore how to analyze and extract data from published, peer-reviewed journal articles. | University of Toronto Scarborough | energy, labor | SDG11 |
| CHMB16H3 | Techniques in Analytical Chemistry | An introduction to the principles and methods of classical analysis and the provision of practical experience in analytical laboratory techniques. The course deals primarily with quantitative chemical analysis. Classical methods of volumetric analysis, sampling techniques, statistical handling of data are studied, as well as a brief introduction to spectro-chemical methods. This course includes a four hour laboratory every week. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor | SDG11 |
| CHMB55H3 | Environmental Chemistry | An investigation of aspects of chemical substances and processes as they occur in the environment, including both naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals. This course will include an introduction to atmospheric chemistry, aqueous chemistry, some agricultural and industrial chemistry, and chemical analysis of contaminants and pollutants. | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, invest, environmental, pollut | SDG9,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CHMC16H3 | Analytical Instrumentation | A laboratory course to complement CHMC11H3, Principles of Analytical Instrumentation. This course provides a practical introduction and experience in the use of modern analytical instrumentation with a focus on the sampling, sample preparation (extraction, clean-up, concentration, derivatization), instrumental trace analysis and data interpretation of various pharmaceutical, biological and environmental samples. This course includes a four hour laboratory every week. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, environmental | SDG11 |
| CHMD16H3 | Environmental and Analytical Chemistry | Students will learn about analytical techniques used in environmental chemistry, including: gas and liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, atomic absorption, and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. Environmental sampling and ecotoxicology will also be covered. Students will carry out laboratory analyses and receive hands-on training with analytical instrumentation commonly used in environmental chemistry. | University of Toronto Scarborough | ABS, labor, environmental | SDG11,SDG13 |
| CHMD47H3 | Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry | This course will teach biochemical reactions in the context of Organic Chemistry. This course will build on topics from CHMC47H3. Application of enzymes in organic synthesis, chemical synthesis of complex carbohydrates and proteins, enzyme catalyzed proton transfer reactions and co-enzymes will be discussed in depth with recent literature examples. Experiential learning is an integral part of this course. Students will explore the applications of Bio-Organic Chemistry in healthcare and industrial settings as part of an experiential learning project | University of Toronto Scarborough | healthcare, learning | SDG3 |
| CHMD89H3 | Introduction to Green Chemistry | The 'twelve principles' of green chemistry will be discussed in the context of developing new processes and reactions (or modifying old ones) to benefit society while minimizing their environmental impact. Examples will be taken from the recent literature as well as from industrial case studies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG11,SDG13 |
| CIN210H1 | Horror Film | Horror film as a genre, focusing on three types of international horror: the un-dead, body horror, and the supernatural. The genre's popular appeal, affective power, unique means of producing pleasure, and current global resurgence will be emphasized. Topics include: the aesthetics of gore and violence, technologies of fear, J-Horror, new French extremity, cult fandom and paracinema, and media convergence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence | SDG16 |
| CIN210H5 | Contemporary Southeast Asian Cinemas | This course is an introduction to contemporary Southeast Asian cinemas from the 2000s to the present. Since the turn of the millennium, the cinematic innovation of Southeast Asia has been aided by an increase in productive interaction and transnational modes of collaborations and co-productions. These waves of cinema augur new possibilities for considering cross-cultural, cross-boundary ways of being, seeing and knowing that can challenge formulaic and essentialist understandings of the region. Through formal aesthetic analysis of short and feature-length films, and the study of Asia-based and international institutions of cinema, we will examine the multifarious potential of contemporary Southeast Asian in spurring the rethinking of the histories, concepts, and borders of the region. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, production, institut | SDG5 |
| CIN317H5 | Production: Independent Cinema | What can the title cards and credits of a film tell us about its journey to the screen? Outside of the studio system model adopted in various countries, there are established pathways and structures for the development, financing, production, sales, distribution and exhibition of independent cinema. This class asks how, from idea to completion, an independent film is able to find funding and reach an international audience. Focusing on the transnational ecosystems that sustain the passage of independent cinema around the world, we will examine case studies of films from Asia, Europe and North America. | University of Toronto Mississauga | production, ecosystem | SDG14,SDG15 |
| CIN322H1 | Cult Cinema | This course examines "cult" and "exploitation" cinema. It examines the growing popularity of cult/exploitation films as an emerging cinematic subculture that valorizes disreputable or "trash" cinema. A number of sub-genres within exploitation film, including teen films, educational/instructional films, sexploitation, and Blaxploitation, will be explored. The social politics of appropriating texts through ironic reading strategies will also be considered. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | exploitation | SDG16 |
| CIN330Y1 | Feminist Approaches to Cinema | Gender politics of feminist film culture since the 1970s. Topics include: apparatus theory and its legacy, models of spectatorship, feminist historiography, the cinematic (re)production of identity, the relationship between social movements and cinema, "postfeminism." | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis, production | SDG5 |
| CIN337H1 | Black Cinema | This course explores the cultural, aesthetic, technological, and political category of “Black cinema.†Across the diaspora, Black cinema is an artistic praxis that utilizes techniques like improvisation and collaboration in order to make and remake the cinematic archive. The films and filmmakers in this category intervene in cinematic histories by responding to exclusionary narratives, technologies, and critical discourse by imagining alternative stories, spaces, and temporalities. Thus, these films help articulate both the pervasiveness of anti-blackness in our visual culture and help us understand the difference (film) aesthetics can make (Chun, 2019). Our goal is to 1) develop a critical language to discuss Black cinema (its techniques, its aims, and its political contexts) and 2) articulate research questions, methods, and arguments that consider what is happening inside and outside the frame in these films. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, gini | SDG10 |
| CIN403H5 | Queerscapes, Screenscapes, Escapes: Gender and Sexuality Across East and Southeast Asian Cinemas | "Queerness is not yet here." José Esteban Muñoz begins Cruising Utopia with the provocation that queerness is a mode of desire that allows for an escape from the conditions of the present. How does queer studies contribute to the building of and the continued hope for a more just world? Through cinema, theory, and philosophy, this course makes the claim that investigating queerness in the world marks a critical move away from restrictive modes of identification and holds open life's horizons of possibility. Course texts emphasize queer cinemas of Asia and their transnational connections. 24S, 24P | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, queer, invest | SDG5,SDG10 |
| CITA01H3 | Foundations of City Studies | A review of the major characteristics and interpretations of cities, urban processes and urban change as a foundation for the Program in City Studies. Ideas from disciplines including Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Planning, Political Science and Sociology, are examined as ways of understanding cities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities, urban | SDG11 |
| CITB01H3 | Canadian Cities and Planning | After reviewing the history of urban and regional planning in Canada, this course considers alternative ideologies, models of public choice, the role of the planner, the instruments of planning, tools for the analysis of planning, and planning in the context of the space economy. | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities, urban | SDG11 |
| CITB03H3 | Social Planning and Community Development | This course provides an overview of the history, theory, and politics of community development and social planning as an important dimension of contemporary urban development and change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban | SDG11 |
| CITB04H3 | City Politics | This course is the foundations course for the city governance concentration in the City Studies program, and provides an introduction to the study of urban politics with particular emphasis on different theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding urban decision-making, power, and conflict. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, governance | SDG11,SDG16 |
| CITB08H3 | Economy of Cities | An introduction to economic analysis of cities, topics include: theories of urban economic growth; the economics of land use, urban structure, and zoning; the economics of environments, transportation, and sustainability; public finance, cost-benefit analysis, the provision of municipal goods and services, and the new institutional economics. | University of Toronto Scarborough | economic growth, cities, urban, land use, land, institut | SDG8,SDG11,SDG15,SDG16 |
| CITC01H3 | Urban Communities and Neighbourhoods Case Study: East Scarborough | This course engages students in a case study of some of the issues facing urban communities and neighbourhoods today. Students will develop both community-based and academic research skills by conducting research projects in co-operation with local residents and businesses, non-profit organizations, and government actors and agencies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban | SDG11 |
| CITC03H3 | Housing Policy and Planning | This course examines how planning and housing policies help shape the housing affordability landscape in North American cities. The course will introduce students to housing concepts, housing issues, and the role planning has played in (re)producing racialized geographies and housing inequality (e.g., historical and contemporary forms of racial and exclusionary zoning). We will also explore planning’s potential to address housing affordability issues. | University of Toronto Scarborough | affordab, inequality, equalit, cities, housing, land | SDG1,SDG10,SDG11,SDG15 |
| CITC04H3 | Current Municipal and Planning Policy and Practice in Toronto | Constitutional authority, municipal corporations, official plans, zoning bylaws, land subdivision and consents, development control, deed restrictions and common interest developments, Ontario Municipal Board. | University of Toronto Scarborough | land | SDG15 |
| CITC07H3 | Urban Social Policy | In recent years social policy has been rediscovered as a key component of urban governance. This course examines the last half-century of evolving approaches to social policy and urban inequality, with particular emphasis on the Canadian urban experience. Major issues examined are poverty, social exclusion, labour market changes, housing, immigration and settlement. | University of Toronto Scarborough | poverty, labour, inequality, equalit, urban, housing, governance | SDG1,SDG8,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| CITC09H3 | Introduction to Planning History: Toronto and Its Region | An introduction to the study of the history of urban planning with particular emphasis on the investigation of the planning ideas, and the plans, that have shaped Toronto and its surrounding region through the twentieth century. The course will consider international developments in planning thought together with their application to Toronto and region. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| CITC12H3 | City Structures and City Choices: Local Government, Management, and Policymaking | This course examines the structure of local government, how local Government is managed, how policy decisions are made. Viewing Canadian cities in comparative perspective, topics include the organization and authority of the mayor, council, civic bureaucracy, and special-purpose bodies, and their roles in the making and implementation of public policies; ethical and conflict-of-interest dilemmas; collective bargaining; and provincial oversight of municipal affairs. | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities | SDG11 |
| CITC14H3 | Environmental Planning | This course introduces students to questions of urban ecology and environmental planning, and examines how sustainability and environmental concerns can be integrated into urban planning processes and practices. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, environmental, ecolog | SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CITC15H3 | Money Matters: How Municipal Finance Shapes the City | This course examines the role of municipal finance in shaping all aspects of urban life. Putting Canada into a comparative perspective, we look at how local governments provide for their citizens within a modern market economy and across different societies and time periods. The course also explores the relationship between municipal finance and various social problems, including movements for racial justice and the ongoing housing crisis. | University of Toronto Scarborough | citizen, urban, housing | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11 |
| CITC16H3 | Planning and Governing the Metropolis | Most of the world's population now lives in large urban regions. How such metropolitan areas should be planned and governed has been debated for over a century. Using examples, this course surveys and critically evaluates leading historical and contemporary perspectives on metropolitan planning and governance, and highlights the institutional and political challenges to regional coordination and policy development. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, metro, institut, governance | SDG11,SDG16 |
| CITC17H3 | Civic Engagement in Urban Politics | This course examines the engagement of citizen groups, neighbourhood associations, urban social movements, and other non-state actors in urban politics, planning, and governance. The course will discuss the contested and selective insertion of certain groups into city-regional decision-making processes and structures. | University of Toronto Scarborough | citizen, urban, governance | SDG4,SDG11,SDG16 |
| CITC18H3 | Urban Transportation Policy Analysis | Demand forecasting; methodology of policy analysis; impacts on land values, urban form and commuting; congestion; transit management; regulation and deregulation; environmental impacts and safety. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, transit, environmental, land | SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CITD12H3 | Planning and Building Public Spaces in Toronto | This course is designed to develop career-related skills such as policy-oriented research analysis, report writing, and presentation and networking skills through experiential learning approaches. The policy focus each year will be on a major current Toronto planning policy issue, from ‘Complete Streets’ to improvements to parks and public space infrastructure, to public transit-related investments. Students work closely in the course with planners and policymakers from the City of Toronto, policy advocates, and community organizers. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, infrastructure, invest, transit | SDG4,SDG9,SDG11 |
| CIV185H1 | Earth Systems Science | This course introduces students to the basic earth sciences with an emphasis on understanding the impact of humans on the natural earth systems. Beginning with a study of the lithosphere, principles of physical geology will be examined including the evolution and internal structure of the earth, dynamic processes that affect the earth, formation of minerals and rocks and soil, ore bodies and fossil- energy sources. Next, the biosphere will be studied, including the basic concepts of ecology including systems ecology and biogeochemical cycles. The influence of humans and the built environment on these natural systems will also be examined with a view to identifying more sustainable engineering practices. Finally, students will study the oceans and the atmosphere and the physical, chemical and thermodynamic processes involved in climate change. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, climate, ocean, ecolog, soil | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CIV201H1 | Introduction to Civil Engineering | A field-based course introducing students to current and historical civil engineering works in the urban and natural environments, highlighting the role of the Civil Engineer in developing sustainable solutions. It will run the Tuesday through Thursday immediately following Labour Day, with follow-up assignments coordinated with the course CIV282 Engineering Communications I. Students must have their own personal protective equipment (PPE). One night will be spent at the University of Toronto Survey Camp near Minden, Ontario. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labour, urban | SDG8,SDG11,SDG13 |
| CIV220H1 | Urban Engineering Ecology | Core Course in the Environmental Engineering Minor Basic concepts of ecology within the context of urban environments. Response of organisms, populations, dynamic predator-prey and competition processes, and ecosystems to human activities. Thermodynamic basis for food chains, energy flow, biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Biogeochemical cycles, habitat fragmentation and bioaccumulation. Introduction to industrial ecology and life cycle assessment principles. Urban metabolism and material flow analysis of cities. Response of receiving waters to pollution and introduction to waste water treatment. Emphasis is on identifying the environment/engineering interface and minimizing environmental impacts. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | pollution, water, energy, cities, urban, waste, industrial ecology, environmental, pollut, biodivers, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CIV250H1 | Hydraulics and Hydrology | The hydrologic processes of precipitation and snowmelt, evapotranspiration, ground water movement, and surface and subsurface runoff are examined. Water resources sustainability issues are discussed, including water usage and water shortages, climate change impacts, land use impacts, and source water protection. Conceptual models of the hydrologic cycle and basics of hydrologic modelling are developed, including precipitation estimation, infiltration and abstraction models, runoff hydrographs, the unit hydrograph method and the Rational method. Methods for statistical analysis of hydrologic data, concepts of risk and design, and hydrological consequences of climate change for design are introduced. Principles of open channel hydraulics are introduced. Energy and momentum principles are studied with application to channel transitions, critical flow, choked flow, and hydraulic jumps. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | ABS, water, energy, transit, climate, land use, land | SDG2,SDG6,SDG7,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CIV300H1 | Terrestrial Energy Systems | Core Course in the Sustainable Energy Minor Various earth systems for energy transformation, storage and transport are explored. Geological, hydrological, biological, cosmological and oceanographic energy systems are considered in the context of the Earth as a dynamic system, including the variation of solar energy received by the planet and the redistribution of this energy through various radiative, latent and sensible heat transfer mechanisms. It considers the energy redistribution role of large scale atmospheric systems, of warm and cold ocean currents, the role of the polar regions, and the functioning of various hydrological systems. The contribution and influence of tectonic systems on the surface systems is briefly introduced, as well the important role of energy storage processes in physical and biological systems, including the accumulation of fossil fuel reserves. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, solar, planet, fossil fuel, ocean | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14 |
| CIV324H1 | Geotechnical Engineering II | Building on CME321, more complex aspects of geotechnical analysis and design are considered. Topics include: mineralogy; soil identification and classification; laboratory- and field-based soil index tests; correlations of index test results to engineering properties; vertical stress distribution; soil-foundation interaction; volume change and consolidation of clay and settlement. Shear strength of soil and slope stability analysis are also discussed. Laboratories are held for soil identification and classification, and confined triaxial compression tests of clay and sand. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor, soil | SDG8,SDG15 |
| CIV331H1 | Transport I - Introduction to Urban Transportation Systems | This course introduces the fundamentals of transportation systems and the application of engineering, mathematical and economic concepts and principles to address a variety of transportation issues in Canada. Several major aspects of transportation engineering will be addressed, including transportation planning, public transit, traffic engineering, geometric design, pavement design and the economic, social and environmental impacts of transportation. The course focuses on urban transportation engineering problems. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | urban, transit, environmental | SDG11,SDG13 |
| CIV340H1 | Municipal Engineering | Municipal service systems for water supply and wastewater disposal, land development, population forecasting, and demand analysis. Water supply: source development, transmission, storage, pumping, and distribution networks. Sewerage and drainage, sewer and culvert hydraulics, collection networks, and storm water management. Maintenance and rehabilitation of water and wastewater systems, and optimization of network design. Design projects. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, waste, land | SDG6,SDG12,SDG15 |
| CIV342H1 | Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes | Principles involved in the design and operation of water and wastewater treatment facilities are covered, including physical, chemical and biological unit operations, advanced treatment and sludge processing. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, waste | SDG6,SDG12 |
| CIV375H1 | Building Science | The fundamentals of the science of heat transfer, moisture diffusion, and air movement are presented. Using these fundamentals, the principles of more sustainable building enclosure design, including the design of walls and roofs are examined. Selected case studies together with laboratory investigations are used to illustrate how the required indoor temperature and moisture conditions can be maintained using more durable and more sustainable designs. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor, invest, sustainable design | SDG8,SDG9,SDG12 |
| CIV380H1 | Sustainable Energy Systems | This course will provide students with knowledge of energy demand and supply from local to national scales. Topics include energy demands throughout the economy, major energy technologies, how these technologies work, how they are evaluated quantitatively, their economics and their impacts on the environment. In addition, the ever changing context in which these technologies (and emerging technologies) are being implemented will be outlined. Systems approaches including life cycle assessment, will be refined and applied to evaluate energy systems. A particular focus will be placed on analysis of energy alternatives within a carbon constrained economy. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, energy | SDG4,SDG7 |
| CIV401H1 | DESIGN & OPTIMIZATION OF HYDRO | The application of turbo-machinery including the design and operation of typical wind and hydroelectric plants from first principles to the various types of turbo-machines choices. Fundamental fluid mechanics equations, efficiency coefficients, momentum exchanges, characteristic curves, similarity laws, specific speed, vibration, cavitation of hydraulic turbines, pump/turbines; variable speed machines including transients and hydraulic stability. An introduction to overall system configuration and both component and system optimization. Case studies. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | wind, hydroelectric | SDG7 |
| CIV440H1 | Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment | Core Course in the Environmental Engineering Minor. The process and techniques for assessing and managing the impacts on and risks to humans and the ecosystem associated with engineered facilities, processes and products. Both biophysical and social impacts are addressed. Topics include: environmental assessment processes; environmental legislation; techniques for assessing impacts; engineering risk analysis; health risk assessment; risk management and communication; social impact assessment; cumulative impacts; environmental management systems; the process of considering alternative methods for preventing and controlling impacts; and stakeholder involvement and public participation. Examples are drawn from various engineering activities and facilities such as energy production, chemical production, treatment plants, highways and landfills. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, production, environmental, ecosystem, land | SDG7,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CIV501H1 | Building Energy Performance Simulation | Building performance simulation (BPS) is the process of imitating/predicting aspects of building performance with computational building models. The models draw heavily upon the disciplines of heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, light transmission, and occupant behaviour. BPS allows improving the design and operation of buildings through quantitative analyses. This course will provide students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to effectively apply BPS tools in design and analysis contexts focusing on building heating and cooling loads, building HVAC systems, and whole-building HVAC energy consumption. In addition, various building science research methodologies and examples based on BPS will be presented. As the course project, students will be required to either perform building thermal/energy analysis of real buildings with BPS or conduct research on building science topics with BPS. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, energy, buildings, consum | SDG4,SDG7,SDG9,SDG12 |
| CIV514H1 | Concrete Technology | Material aspects of concrete production will be dealt with in the context of various performance criteria with emphasis on durability. The process of material selection, proportioning, mixing, transporting, placing and curing concrete will be the framework within which topics such as: the use of admixtures, choice of cements, environmental influences, methods of consolidation and testing techniques will be studied. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | production, environmental | SDG12,SDG13 |
| CIV516H1 | Public Transit Operations and Planning | This course covers a broad range of topics in urban transit operations and planning, with special emphasis on best-practice strategies of modern transit systems. The course will help students: Learn the history of transit and its relationship to urban development, emerging challenges, transit role in society, and new trends and issues; Understand and analyze the factors that affect transit performance and demand; Identify and analyze transit operational and planning problems; Identify possible solutions at the operational level (mostly short-term and line-based) and the strategic level (mostly long-term and network-based), and assess alternative solutions; Understand the relative performance of various transit modes (both conventional and new modes) and their domains of application; and gain knowledge of best-practice transit systems planning and emerging innovations. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, urban, transit | SDG4,SDG11 |
| CIV523H1 | Geotechnical Design | This course is built around a transportation project that contains all the essential geotechnical investigation and design elements and illustrates how they all come together on a project. The students will be taken through the entire design process from project initiation to construction. In essence, the project will include a bridge over a river with some property constraints requiring the use of a retaining wall as well as deep and shallow foundations and some groundwater control. The highway will require a soil cut. One section crosses a low-lying swampy area that will require embankment construction over deep soft soils. A short tunnel section is planned beneath a railway that cannot be taken out of service. A pavement design will be required along the entire route as well as materials testing and construction monitoring. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, invest, soil | SDG6,SDG9,SDG15 |
| CIV531H1 | Transport Planning | This course is intended to provide the student with the following: the ability to design and execute an urban transportation planning study; a working knowledge of transportation planning analysis skills including introductions to travel demand modelling, analysis of environmental impacts, modelling transportation - land use interactions and transportation project evaluation; an understanding of current transportation planning issues and policies; and an understanding of the overall process of transportation planning and its role within the wider context of transportation decision-making and the planning and design of urban areas. Person-based travel in urban regions is the focus of this course, but a brief introduction to freight and intercity passenger transportation is also provided. A "systems" approach to transportation planning and analysis is introduced and maintained throughout the course. Emphasis is placed throughout on designing transportation systems for long-run environmental, social, and economic sustainability. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, urban, environmental, land use, land | SDG4,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CIV541H1 | Environmental Biotechnology | Principles involved in the design and operation of biologically-based treatment facilities are covered with considerations for energy efficiency and sustainability. The course includes water / wastewater biological unit operations, advanced treatment, sludge processing and composting, natural treatment systems and specialized bioengineered systems such as groundwater remediation and biological air treatment. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, remediation, energy, waste, environmental | SDG6,SDG7,SDG12,SDG13 |
| CIV550H1 | Water Resources Engineering | Global and national water problems, law and legislation. Hydraulic structures. Reservoir analysis. Urban drainage and runoff control: meteorologic data analysis, deterministic and stochastic modelling techniques. Flood control: structural and nonstructural alternatives. Power generation: hydro and thermal power generation. Low flow augmentation. Economics and decision making. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, urban | SDG6,SDG11 |
| CIV575H1 | Studies in Building Science | This course examines the basic principles governing the control of heat, moisture and air movement in buildings and presents the fundamentals of building enclosure design. With this background, students are required to research advanced topics related to emerging areas of Building Science, and to write and present to the class an individual comprehensive paper related to their research. Lectures for this course will be jointly offered with those of CIV375H1. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | buildings | SDG9 |
| CIV576H1 | Sustainable Buildings | Building systems including the thermal envelope, heating and cooling systems, as well as water and lighting systems are examined with a view to reducing the net energy consumed within the building. Life-cycle economic and assessment methods are applied to the evaluation of various design options including considerations of embodied energy and carbon sequestration. Green building strategies including natural ventilation, passive solar, photovoltaics, solar water heaters, green roofs and geothermal energy piles are introduced. Following the application of these methods, students are introduced to efficient designs including LEED designs that lessen the impact of buildings on the environment. Exemplary building designs will be presented and analyzed. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, energy, solar, geothermal, buildings, consum, carbon sequestration | SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CIV577H1 | Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities | Developing infrastructure for sustainable cities entails understanding the connection between urban morphology and physiology. This course uses a systems approach to analyzing anthropogenic material flow and other components of urban metabolism, linking them to the design of urban infrastructure. Elements of sustainable transportation, green buildings, urban climatology, urban vegetation, water systems and local energy supply are integrated in the design of sustainable urban neighbourhoods. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, energy, infrastructure, buildings, cities, urban, green buildings, anthropogenic | SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG11,SDG13 |
| CIV578H1 | DESIGN OF BUILDING ENCLOSURES | A brief summary of the science involved in controlling heat, moisture and air movement in buildings is presented at the outset of the course. With this background, methods of designing enclosures for cold, mixed, and hot climates are examined. Design principles related to the design of walls, windows and roofs are presented and applied. In particular, topics related to the control of rain penetration, air movement, and interstitial condensation are studied in detail. Emphasis is placed on developing designs based on fundamentals which can be verified with computer modelling solutions. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | wind, buildings, climate | SDG7,SDG9,SDG13 |
| CIV580H1 | Eng & Mgmt of Large Projects | This technical elective course will investigate the role of stakeholders in major civil engineering projects; the complexities of managing project stages, multiple stakeholders, and technical challenges, and, social and environmental factors. Each week includes a different speaker who can address issues related to technical, social, and environmental challenges in the project and how they were overcome. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| CJS383H1 | Jews and Power | This course will explore the relationship of Jews to political power. Among the themes to be covered are: How has the relationship of the Jewish community to political authority changed over time? What is the Jewish conception of political authority? How did Jews protect their communal and individual rights in the absence of sovereignty? How did the dynamics of antisemitism, philosemitism, and anti-Jewish violence change over time? How did Zionism and the revival of Jewish sovereignty change the position of Jews in the political order? What are the political and moral dilemmas posed by statehood? And what are the implications of Jewish sovereignty for Jews in the Diaspora? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, sovereignty, violence | SDG2,SDG16 |
| CLA199H1 | The 'Decline and Fall' of the Roman Empire | After a high water mark of territorial reach and economic success in the middle of the 2nd century CE, the Roman Empire eventually disintegrated. How? Why? When? In this course, we will consider some of the historical features that may have contributed to its political collapse, and we will consider some modern scholarly analyses from Edward Gibbon (late 18th century) to the present. But we will also investigate “decline and fall†as a narrative trope. Why is this story arc always with us? Who decides what qualifies as “decline� Is the “fall†of some systems necessarily a bad thing? Among the topics to be considered in the context of the Later Roman Empire are several of relevance in the modern world, not least: climate change, disease, human migration, religious difference, and economic inequality. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, invest, inequality, equalit, climate | SDG9,SDG10,SDG13 |
| CLA219H1 | Women in Antiquity | A survey of the position of women in ancient Greece and Rome, with focus on women's sexuality and socialization; their economic, religious, and political roles; and their creative production in the arts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, production | SDG5,SDG12 |
| CLA319H5 | Women and Gender in Antiquity | A study of gender in the ancient Mediterranean, with a focus on female and male sexuality and socialization; their economic, religious, and political roles; and aspects of daily life. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, female | SDG5 |
| CLAA04H3 | The Ancient Mediterranean World | An introduction to the main features of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean world from the development of agriculture to the spread of Islam. Long term socio-economic and cultural continuities and ruptures will be underlined, while a certain attention will be dedicated to evidences and disciplinary issues. Same as HISA07H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, agricultur | SDG1,SDG2,SDG9 |
| CLAC26H3 | Indigeneity and the Classics | This course will explore the representations and realities of Indigeneity in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as the entanglements between modern settler-colonialism, historiography, and reception of the 'Classical' past. Throughout the term, we will be drawn to (un)learn, think, write, and talk about a series of topics, each of which pertains in different ways to a set of overarching questions: What can Classicists learn from ancient and modern indigenous ways of knowing? What does it mean to be a Classicist in Tkaronto, on the land many Indigenous Peoples call Turtle Island? What does it mean to be a Classicist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada? What does it mean to be a Classicist in a settler colony? How did the Classics inform settler colonialism? How does modern settler colonialism inform our reconstruction of ancient indigeneities? How does our relationship to the land we come from and are currently on play a role in the way we think about the ancient Mediterranean world? Why is that so? How did societies of the ancient Mediterranean conceive of indigeneity? How did those relationships manifest themselves at a local, communal, and State levels? Same as HISC16H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, indigenous, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| CLAD69H3 | Sufis and Desert Fathers: Mysticism in Late Antiquity and Early Islam | This course is an introduction to mystical/ascetic beliefs and practices in late antiquity and early Islam. Often taken as an offshoot of or alternative to “orthodox†representations of Christianity and Islam, mysticism provides a unique look into the ways in which these religions were experienced by its adherents on a more popular, often non-scholarly, “unorthodox†basis throughout centuries. In this class we will examine mysticism in late antiquity and early Islam through the literature, arts, music, and dance that it inspired. The first half of the term will be devoted to the historical study of mysticism, its origins, its most well-known early practitioners, and the phases of its institutionalization in early Christianity and early Islam; the second part will look into the beliefs and practices of mystics, the literature they produced, the popular expressions of religion they generated, and their effects in the modern world. This study of mysticism will also provide a window for contemporary students of religion to examine the devotional practices of unprivileged members of the late antiquity religious communities, women and slaves in particular. Same as HISD69H3. | University of Toronto Scarborough | women, wind, privileged, institut | SDG5,SDG7,SDG10,SDG16,SDG9 |
| CLT348H1 | Early Modern Ireland | This course focuses on Irish history from the early seventeenth century to the Great Famine of the mid nineteenth century. Topics include the Ulster plantation, Catholic resistance, the Penal Laws, the United Irishmen, the Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation and the Famine. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land | SDG2,SDG15 |
| CLT420H1 | Ireland, Race and Empires | This course examines the extent to which the Irish can be understood as a colonized and racialized people, and the degree to which they participated in the colonization and racialization of Blacks and Indigenous peoples in the British and American empires. It encompasses debates about whether the Irish were victims of genocidal policies during the Famine, and their role in what one historian calls the “casual genocide†of imperial expansion. It also discusses the character and limitations of anti-colonialism in Irish nationalist discourse, and attitudes of racialized minorities and Indigenous peoples towards the Irish. This course is jointly offered with the graduate course, HIS1441H. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | minorit, indigenous, land | SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| CME259H1 | TECH IN SOCIETY & BIOSPHERE | Humanities and Social Science Elective. This course teaches future engineers to look beyond their specialized domains of expertise in order to understand how technology functions within human life, society and the biosphere. By providing this context for design and decision-making, students will be enabled to do more than achieve the desired results by also preventing or significantly reducing undesired consequences. A more preventively-oriented mode of practicing engineering will be developed in four areas of application: materials and production, energy, work and cities. The emphasis within these topics will reflect the interests of the class. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, cities, production | SDG7,SDG11,SDG12 |
| CME321H1 | Geotechnical Engineering I | An introduction to elements of geotechnical analysis and design. Basic site investigation techniques and quantitative descriptions of soil properties and behaviour. Permeability, seepage analysis, and internal stability of granular soil; granular filter design for internal hydraulic stability. Compaction of granular soil; engineered fills for earth dams, road bases, and backfills. Soil shear strength at constant volume; ultimate limit state design of retaining walls, shallow footings, natural slopes and constructed embankments. Groundwater flow analysis and slope stability analysis using commercial software. Physical laboratories for basic soil identification, model groundwater flow analysis, direct shear strength tests, and reinforced earth models. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, labor, invest, soil | SDG6,SDG8,SDG9,SDG15 |
| CME358H1 | Survey CAMP (Civil and Mineral Practicals) | This two-week August field camp provides students with the opportunity to further their understanding of the vital interactions between the natural and the built environments. Through fieldwork, students gain hands-on experience in the use of various field instruments used by Civil and Mineral Engineers. The essentials of land surveying and the use of surveying instruments including Global Positioning Systems are taught as students carry out a series of field exercises that include route surveys, topographic surveys and construction surveys. Survey calculations, sources of error, corrections and adjustments are also introduced. In order to better understand our impact on the natural environment, students also perform several additional exercises. These may include the measurement of river flows, remote sensing of soil and rock, remediation of a borrow pit, and the evaluation of the renewable energy potential of the wind and solar radiation. Note: This course requires payment of an extra fee for room and board. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | remediation, energy, renewabl, wind, solar, land, soil | SDG6,SDG7,SDG15 |
| CME368H1 | Engineering Economics and Decision Making | The incorporation of economic and non-monetary considerations for making decision about public and private sector engineering systems in urban and other contexts. Topics include rational decision making; cost concepts; time value of money and engineering economics; microeconomic concepts; treatment of risk and uncertainty; and public project evaluation techniques incorporating social and environmental impacts including benefit cost analysis and multi-objective analysis. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | urban, environmental | SDG11,SDG13 |
| CME500H1 | FUND. OF ACID ROCK DRAINAGE | Geochemistry of acid rock / acid mine drainage (ARD/AMD) which covers the role of bacteria in generating this global mining pollution issue and how mines currently treat and attempt to prevent it. An introduction to the underlying chemical reactions involved, the role of microbes in these processes and the mitigation and treatment strategies currently available.* Course offering pending Faculty Council approval for 2018-19 academic year. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | pollution, pollut | SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CRE201H1 | Introduction to Creativity and Society | A course that explores the relationship between creativity and the social, political, and economic worlds in which it functions. Students acquire theoretical and methodological frameworks in Creativity Studies, historicize the conditions of creative possibility across disciplines, and explore case studies. Topics include the advent of creativity as a concept, a comparative understanding of creativity across non-western and historically marginalized cultures, analyses of how the business of innovation and professionalization of “creatives†affect the way arts and ideas develop, and a self-examination of how students’ own creative goals are shaped by the standards, structures, and practices that precede them. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | marginalized | SDG10 |
| CRE235H1 | Innovation in Society | This course investigates innovation as it relates to emerging social, scientific, and environmental trends. Students will acquire key frameworks for understanding the evolution of innovation, the place of creativity, and the social impacts of disruption. Through case studies of innovation (such as the sharing economy and cryptocurrencies) and considering related issues (such as ethics and inclusion) students will develop approaches to understanding the societal impacts of creative disruption. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| CRE271H1 | Reading the Wild | In light of the environmental crisis, this seminar surveys a wide range of oral and written literature in order to discover how our approach to nature has changed over the centuries, what gains and losses have attended modernity, and what older cultures can teach us as we seek to preserve threatened ecosystems. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| CRE335H1 | Creativity and Collaboration in Social Enterprise | The course reflects critically on the role of a wide range of new enterprises and entrepreneurs in driving innovation and dynamism. Whether social enterprises, start-ups, community-based organizations, or for-profits, a variety of organizational forms are approaching thorny societal challenges such as driving economic inclusion or combating climate change. Students will explore how the public, private and community sectors can work together to develop creative, ethical and effective approaches to tackling ‘wicked’ problems. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, entrepreneur, climate | SDG8,SDG13 |
| CRE374H1 | Cultural Encounters: Identity and Transformation in the Arts | This course focuses on specific scenes of cultural cross-pollination and on how these encounters are reflected in the arts. Areas of investigation might include the Harlem Renaissance, French Surrealism in the Caribbean, Bollywood / Hollywood, Indigenous Hip-Hop, or contemporary Toronto as a convergence of creative energy. How have artists from marginalized communities taken up and adapted modes of expression for their own creative purposes? How can new forms of artistic representation contest and undermine systemic social and political inequalities? This course focuses on liberating aesthetic innovations that respond to historically embedded cultural encounters. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, invest, equalit, indigenous, marginalized | SDG7,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CRI210H1 | Criminal Justice | An introduction to the Canadian criminal justice system. The institutions established by government to respond to crime and control it; how they operate, and the larger function they serve; including the role of the police, the trial process, courts and juries, sentencing, imprisonment and community corrections. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, criminal justice | SDG16 |
| CRI322H1 | Inequality and Criminal Justice | This course examines the intersections between social inequality and the criminal justice system in Canada and internationally. The course explores how factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and religion influence perceptions of and experiences with crime and criminal justice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, inequality, equalit, criminal justice | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CRI343H1 | Comparative Criminal Justice | Criminal justice issues outside Canada, based on a variety of international and historical studies. The evolution of criminal justice systems in Western Europe, including the English adversarial and continental European inquisitorial approaches. A comparison of policing, criminal procedure, forms of punishment, and crime rates in the contemporary world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | criminal justice | SDG16 |
| CRI345H1 | History of Criminal Justice | The course offers a historical perspective on the development of the legal doctrines, professions and institutions that define criminal justice in Canada and the broader common law world today. Topics include the shift from medieval trial by ordeal and torture to the modern reliance on expert witnesses and forensic science; the emergence of the adversarial trial; the growth of the legal profession; the birth of policing; the rise of the penitentiary; and the changing fortunes of the death penalty. The course focuses primarily on the period from the eighteenth century to the present. Students will be introduced to historical debates and ways of thinking and writing about law and crime. We will explore how culture, politics, economics and social life are essential to how we understand the foundational elements of criminal justice, including concepts of truth, guilt, legitimacy, fairness and violence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, criminal justice, violence, torture | SDG16 |
| CRI365H1 | Crime and Mind | Legal, psychological and sociological understandings of issues in the criminal justice system, through a consideration of topics including: criminal intent, the Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder defence, the use of battered woman syndrome as part of a self-defence, infanticide, issues of transcultural psychiatry, and jury screening for bias. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | criminal justice | SDG16 |
| CRI380H1 | Crime, Gender and Sex | Theory, research and policy related to the ways in which gender shapes criminal behaviour, the administration of criminal justice, and the criminal law. How notions of different types of masculinity and femininity are embedded in and influence both the operation of the criminal justice system as well as criminal behaviours. The regulation of gender and sexuality through the criminal law and through crime. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, criminal justice | SDG5,SDG16 |
| CRI383H1 | Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime | The connection between immigration and crime, the effect of immigration on crime rates, discrimination against immigrants, the representation of immigrants in crime statistics, public perception of risk and security, and criminal justice policy changes which affect immigration. We consider research conducted in North America and Europe. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | criminal justice | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CRI385H1 | Representing Crime and Authority | Cultural constructions of crime, disorder, dangerousness and risk are integral parts of the criminal justice system. A critical analysis of how criminal justice personnel, the media, and academic criminologists construct their authority through symbols and images, in order to “explain†and manage crime, and how these representations are regarded in public discourse. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | criminal justice | SDG16 |
| CRI386H1 | Origins of Criminal Justice | Criminal justice practice, as well as political debate concerning crime and criminal justice, are often influenced by ideas that are initially developed outside the criminal justice arena. This course examines the history, current influence and efficacy of a range of such ideas, such as: the role of religious practice in rehabilitating offenders; military service and participation in sports as preventive of delinquency; the influence of environmental pollution on crime rates; the concept of the "problem family"; intelligence based policing and the use of management theories in criminal justice organizations. Note: The course may include an optional Service Learning component. If offered, additional information will be provided in the Faculty of Arts and Science's timetable. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, learning, environmental, pollut, criminal justice | SDG3,SDG13,SDG16 |
| CRI425H1 | The Prosecution Process | A critical examination of the process by which certain conduct is identified, prosecuted and punished as "crime", and the process by which individuals become "criminals". The evolution of the modern prosecution system, including the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, rules of evidence, socially constructed defences, disparity in sentencing, and wrongful convictions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disparity | SDG1,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CRI431H1 | Mental Health, Morality & Legal Controls | A critical exploration of contemporary debates in criminology, and legal and moral philosophy concerning the diagnostic and criminal justice labeling of mental disorders such as psychopathy and paedophilia, and their representation in popular culture. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, criminal justice | SDG3,SDG16 |
| CRI480H1 | Interpersonal Violence | The meaning, purposes and sources of interpersonal violence, including an examination of debates over defining and documenting violence, and a review of the research on the relationships between illegitimate, interpersonal violence and state-approved or state-initiated violence. Cultural, social and individual correlates of interpersonal violence; the violence of the law; and how violence is justified and denied. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence | SDG16 |
| CRI487H1 | Law, Space, and the City | An introduction to interdisciplinary studies of law and space, this course covers a broad range of topics, from work on empire and colonialism by legal historians and indigenous scholars to studies of national spaces, urban spaces, and bodily spaces. Some background in either legal studies or cultural geography is desirable. Open to students in law, geography, anthropology, women/gender studies, and sociology, though permission of the instructor is required. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, indigenous, urban | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11 |
| CSB195H1 | Computational Biology Foundations | Our understanding of life is built from observation, abstraction, modeling, and comparison. In this First Year Foundations course we explore how these activities are based on concepts of chance and choice, of organization and dispersion, of cooperation and conflict, and how these ideas inform domains such as statistics, computer science, bioinformatics, molecular biology, physiology and ecology. Through this, we build a broad framework of relationships and connections that will make students' engagement with specialized courses throughout the sciences all the more meaningful. This course's focus on best practices of structuring project work, using tools and resources, and documentation, will be valuable preparation for all subsequent courses. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, ecolog | SDG15 |
| CSB196H1 | Genes, Genomes and Us | With the completion of the human genome sequence, we now have access to more information than ever before about our genetic make-up. This course addresses topics such as what are genes, how are they identified and how does knowledge about genes impact society. Students will learn basic concepts in genetics. Using this conceptual foundation, the significance of genomic research for understanding human biology, and the social consequences that may result from it, will be discussed. Evaluation is based on class discussions, homework, oral presentation and written assignments. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG3 |
| CSB199H1 | Biotechnology and Society | From the manipulation of genes of plants for improved food production through to human tissue engineering and stem cell research, biotechnology is increasingly playing a major role in our world. Society, however, is often challenged by the rapid advances in our knowledge in these areas, and how to best apply these technologies in a manner that is socially responsible and economically viable. In this seminar course, students will research and describe various applications of biotechnology using information obtained from reputable sources, and lead discussions on the benefits and concerns that arise from this research. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, production | SDG2,SDG12,SDG15 |
| CSB201H1 | Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and You | An online course intended to provide non-science students with an understanding of basic concepts in molecular biology and genetics, with particular emphasis on humans. Students will work online in groups on problem sets. The course will end with an introduction to biotechnology, including an opportunity for students to use their new knowledge to explore a real, multi-dimensional problem (e.g., cancer). Lectures will be delivered via the web and mandatory tutorials will require live webinar participation. The final exam will require attendance on the St. George campus. This course does not count towards CSB programs. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG3 |
| CSB202H1 | Further Exploration in Biotechnology | Provides non-science students with an additional opportunity to explore biotechnology and its applications in agriculture, the environment, and human health including: genetically modified organisms, drug discovery and aging. Most lectures are viewed online before class and students work in groups during class on problem sets and case studies designed to stimulate further learning, enhance evidence-based reasoning, and promote reflection on the role of biotechnology in society. This course does not count towards CSB programs. CSB201H1 is not a prerequisite for this course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, learning | SDG2,SDG3,SDG15 |
| CSB328H1 | Animal Developmental Biology | Basic concepts in developmental biology. Early development of invertebrates and vertebrates will be discussed with emphasis on experimental and molecular analysis of developmental mechanisms. Tutorials focus on the experimental analysis of embryonic development and regeneration, and discuss primary literature of selected topics in developmental biology. (Lab Materials Fee: approximately $26). A lab coat and safety glasses are required for use in laboratories; students are responsible for purchasing these (approximate cost is $26). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, animal, regeneration | SDG14,SDG15 |
| CSB348H1 | Laboratory in Comparative Animal Physiology | Laboratory exercises will include traditional and guided inquiry approaches to investigate and gain an understanding of the regulation of physiological systems in vertebrates and invertebrates. Students will experience the nature of physiological investigation while being exposed to a range of the current experimental approaches animal physiologists use to design, test and evaluate hypotheses, and communicate their findings. This course will emphasize the fundamental characteristics humans share with all animal life and the physiological adaptations that have permitted species to exploit alternative environmental niches. This course requires participation and includes group work, written assignments, and oral presentations. (Lab Materials Fee: $51). Lab coat and safety glasses are required for use in laboratories; students are responsible for purchasing these items (approximate cost is $26). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, invest, environmental, species, animal | SDG14,SDG15 |
| CSB451H1 | Seminar in Plant Cell Biology | Plants represent roughly 80% of the biomass on our planet and are essential primary producers in our ecosystems. At the cellular level, plants display some fascinating differences from other eukaryotic cells, including fragmentation of the secretory pathway, dramatic changes to cytoskeleton organization, and other adaptations to life as a pressurized cell. This course will examine and discuss examples from the primary scientific literature that highlight these distinct features of plant cells by contrasting them to animal cells. We will also discuss how these discoveries can contribute to addressing global challenges, such as developing innovative biomaterials, enhancing food security and cultivating renewable biofuels. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food security, renewabl, biofuel, planet, animal, ecosystem | SDG2,SDG7,SDG13,SDG15 |
| CSB452H1 | Molecular Interactions Between Plants, Microorganisms and Parasitic Plants | This course explores the strategies that plants have evolved to defend themselves against microbes and parasitic plants. The course consists of two sections: 1. Plant - pathogenic microbe interactions and 2. Plant - plant parasite interactions. The first section focuses on an in-depth discussion about on-going research of plant immunity against pathogenic microbes. The second section introduces plant - parasitic plant relationships with an emphasis on signalling pathways that underlie these interactions and discusses how basic knowledge of the lifestyle of parasitic plants could contribute to agricultural solutions in the developing world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, knowledge | SDG2 |
| CSB460H1 | Plant Signal Transduction | Plant development, ecological adaptation and crop plant productivity depend on the sophisticated potential of plants to sense and compute signals to regulate their responses. An arsenal of genetic and genomic tools is employed to elucidate these plant signal transduction pathways. Examples from the original literature will be used to introduce general concepts of plant signal transduction, molecular biology and genomics and their application in understanding and influencing plant growth and development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG2,SDG15 |
| CSC199H1 | Intelligence, Artificial and Human | What is human intelligence? How close are we to replicating it? How productive/reductive is the brain-computer analogy? What ethical challenges are posed by AI on workers, society, and the environment? Can we put a hold on "progress"? Is Silicon Valley the seat of a new techno-religion? What can they teach us about today's research priorities? What insight (or inspiration) can we get from works of science fiction about the future of human-AI interaction? Through reading discussion, written assignment, and workshops, this seminar will present students with the opportunity to integrate their computer science interests with philosophy, history, and literature. There is an equivalent course offered by St. Michael's College. Students may take one or the other but not both. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worker | SDG8,SDG12 |
| CSC300H1 | Computers and Society | This course offers a concise introduction to ethics in computing, distilled from the ethical and social discussions carried on by today's academic and popular commentators. This course covers a wide range of topics within this area including the philosophical framework for analyzing computer ethics; the impact of computer technology on security, privacy and intellectual property, digital divide, and gender and racial discrimination; the ethical tensions with Artificial Intelligence around future of work and humanity, the emerging role of online social media over voice, inclusion, and democracy; and the environmental consequences of computing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, environmental, democra | SDG5,SDG13,SDG16 |
| CSC301H1 | Introduction to Software Engineering | An introduction to agile development methods appropriate for medium-sized teams and rapidly-moving projects. Basic software development infrastructure; requirements elicitation and tracking; estimation and prioritization; teamwork skills; basic modeling; design patterns and refactoring; discussion of ethical issues, and professional responsibility. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | infrastructure | SDG9 |
| CSC301H5 | Introduction to Software Engineering | An introduction to agile development methods appropriate for medium-sized teams and rapidly-moving projects. Basic software development infrastructure; requirements elicitation and tracking; estimation and prioritization; teamwork skills; basic UML; design patterns and refactoring; security. | University of Toronto Mississauga | infrastructure | SDG9 |
| CSC309H1 | Programming on the Web | An introduction to software development on the web. Concepts underlying the development of programs that operate on the web; survey of technological alternatives; greater depth on some technologies. Operational concepts of the internet and the web, static client content, dynamic client content, dynamically served content, n-tiered architectures, web development processes, and security on the web. Assignments involve increasingly more complex web-based programs. Guest lecturers from leading e-commerce firms will describe the architecture and operation of their web sites. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | internet | SDG9 |
| CSC309H5 | Programming on the Web | An introduction to software development on the web. Concepts underlying the development of programs that operate on the web; survey of technological alternatives; greater depth on some technologies. Operational concepts of the internet and the web, static client content, dynamic client content, dynamically served content, n-tiered architectures, web development processes, and security on the web. Assignments involve increasingly more complex web-based programs. | University of Toronto Mississauga | internet | SDG9 |
| CSC347H5 | Introduction to Information Security | An investigation of many aspects of modern information security. Major topics cover: Techniques to identify and avoid common software development flaws which leave software vulnerable to hackers. Utilizing modern operating systems security features to deploy software in a protected environment. Common threats to networks and networked computers and tools to deal with them. Cryptography and the role it plays in software development, systems security and network security. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9,SDG16 |
| CSC385H1 | Microprocessor Systems | An examination of the issues unique to embedded computing and the Internet of Things (IoT). Software techniques for programming with sensors on lightweight, low-power processors. Topics include embedded processor architectures, interrupts, scheduling for real-time systems, power consumption, and connected device characteristics. Laboratory experiments provide hands-on experience with embedded systems. A refundable deposit of $90 will be charged for the use of discovery board in lab activities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, internet, consum | SDG9,SDG12 |
| CSC409H5 | Scalable Computing | We investigate computation in the large -- utilizing many CPUs with large amounts of memory, large storage and massive connectivity -- to solve computationally complex problems involving big data, serving large collections of users, in high availability, global settings. Our investigation covers both theoretical techniques and current, applied tools used to scale applications on the desktop and in the cloud. Topics include caching, load balancing, parallel computing and models of computation, redundancy, failover strategies, use of GPUs, and noSQL databases. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9,SDG16 |
| CSC454H1 | The Business of Software | Designed and delivered by industry experts in successful commercialization of tech startups, this course focuses on the development of a viable business and startup in partnership and mentorship from industry businesses and entrepreneurs. The course is designed to be taken by students from any faculty or discipline. It focuses on helping them understand and develop business sense, introduce modern customer development, and teach skills in product development, financial management, marketing, and leadership. Alongside the software engineering abilities of CSC491H1 teammates, skills learned in CSC454H1 will aid the development of a viable startup. For more details visit our website at https://www.dcsil.ca/student-courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Students must submit an application to the course describing relevant interests, experience, and skills and general academic history. On this application, you will indicate whether you wish to be considered for CSC454H1 only, or CSC454H1 and CSC491H1. Application questions are set and assessed by the instructor. Applications are due in summer for the Fall term, and late fall for the Winter term. Please visit https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/221753/pages/400-level-course-balloting-and-applications for application deadlines and details. A decision on your application will be confirmed approximately 2-3 weeks after the application deadline, so students should enrol in an alternate course until the results of their application are confirmed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| CSCC10H3 | Human-Computer Interaction | The course will provide an introduction to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with emphasis on guidelines, principles, methodologies, and tools and techniques for analyzing, designing and evaluating user interfaces. Subsequent topics include usability assessment of interactive systems, prototyping tools, information search and visualization, mobile devices, social media and social networking, and accessibility factors. | University of Toronto Scarborough | accessib | SDG10 |
| CSCD03H3 | Social Impact of Information Technology | The trade-offs between benefits and risks to society of information systems, and related issues in ethics and public policy. Topics will include safety-critical software; invasion of privacy; computer-based crime; the social effects of an always-online life; and professional ethics in the software industry. There will be an emphasis on current events relating to these topics. | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade | SDG16 |
| CSCD25H3 | Advanced Data Analysis | This course teaches the basic techniques, methodologies, and ways of thinking underlying the application of data science and machine learning to real-world problems. Students will go through the entire process going from raw data to meaningful conclusions, including data wrangling and cleaning, data analysis and interpretation, data visualization, and the proper reporting of results. Special emphasis will be placed on ethical questions and implications in the use of AI and data. Topics include data pre-processing, web scraping, applying supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods, treating text as data, A/B testing and experimentation, and data visualization. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG16 |
| CSCD54H3 | Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship | This course examines high-Tech innovation and entrepreneurship, principles of operation of successful high-tech enterprises, customer identification and validation, product development, business models, lean startup techniques, and financing of high-technology ventures. Students will work in teams to develop their own innovative product idea, and will produce a sound business plan to support their product. | University of Toronto Scarborough | entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| CSCD90H3 | The Startup Sandbox | In this capstone course, students will work in teams to develop a viable product prototype following the methodologies and techniques covered in CSCD54H3. Students will produce written reports, short videos pitching their idea, and a final presentation showcasing their proposed innovation, as it would be pitched to potential investors. The course instructor and TAs will provide close supervision and mentorship throughout the project. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest | SDG9 |
| CSE240H1 | Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies | An interdisciplinary intersectional interrogation and examination of systemic inequity and social justice in local and global contexts. Provides a foundation for the field of critical equity and solidarity studies through a concentrated focus on theory and practice as it relates to major concepts, historical perspectives, key debates and radical grassroots community resistance to inequity. Introduces and foregrounds the concept of critical equity as both a theoretical framework and as a lived contestation of the structural nature and effects of systemic inequity. The concept of self-defense articulated historically by the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense among others is a key component. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit, social justice | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE241Y1 | Introduction to Critical Disability Studies | Draws on an intersectional history and politics of normativity and bodily difference to understand disability as a diverse and materially salient social category that can be used as a lens to better understand systems and experiences of colonization, race, class, gender, age, etc. Explores scenes of disability or 'crip' solidarity, resistance and cultural production, disability D/deaf and mad arts, coalitional movements for disability justice, collective approaches to access and other non-normative ways of knowing and being. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, gender, production | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10,SDG12 |
| CSE270H1 | Community Dis/Engagement and Solidarity | An introduction to issues and questions arising from the field of 'community engagement'. Explores the meaning, practices and implications of/for 'community' and 'community (dis)engagement' from multiple perspectives (e.g. the State and its agencies, institutional power, colonial discourse, communities of embodied difference, etc.) Takes a multi-media and arts-based approach to examining self-care from an anti-colonial perspective of central importance in the practice and pedagogy of critical equity and solidarity in the collective struggle for freedom and transformation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pedagogy, equity, equit, institut | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE340H1 | Abolition in the Global Context: Theorizing Uprisings and Youth Activism against Policing and Prisons | Considers the question: what does abolition mean in a global context? An analysis of how nation-states use prisons, (im)migrant detention centers, black sites, detention camps, military prisons, border checkpoints, refugee camps, walls, and concentration camps, to surveil, contain, and lock up disposable populations, and/or to suppress those that resist state violence. Explores these carceral spaces through a historical and political economic investigation of the processes that have produced these sites. Draws on anti-carceral perspectives on abolition and reform to examine uprisings and political activism, particularly youth activism, against prisons, policing, and forms of militarized, capitalist violence transnationally. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, invest, refugee, violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE341H1 | Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race | Provides students with a theoretical background for understanding settler colonialism, capitalist social relations and difference (including race, class, gender, disability and sexuality) and solidarity. Provides an analysis of state violence and the formation of hegemonic power relations. Introduces students to the method of thinking dialectically to examine the social world as a set of relations between multiple phenomena occurring at the same time. Articulates an emancipatory politics of knowledge production and strategies of building solidarities to enable the imagination of a different future. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, knowledge, settler, gender, capital, production, violence | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE342H1 | Theory and Praxis in Food Security | Explores the concept of food security in the context of equity issues related to global food systems. Students participate in food-related field work activities outside of regular classroom time. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food security, food system, equity, equit | SDG2,SDG10 |
| CSE344Y1 | Body Matters: Oppression, Solidarity and Justice | Through lectures, small-group discussions and experiential activities, explores how intersecting cultural stories impact our bodies and how stories inscribed upon us shape and constrain our relations, perceptions, experiences and vulnerabilities as embodied subjects. Draws on work in cultural studies, critical race and decolonial theory, gender studies, queer, trans and disability theory and fat studies to ask: Whose bodies matter? How do bodies come to matter? And, how are we - as embodied beings - engaged in acts of rewriting, resisting and otherwise transforming the body means and what it can do? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, decolonial, gender, queer | SDG3,SDG5 |
| CSE345H1 | Equity and Activism in Education | Examines contemporary issues in education and schooling from a social justice and equity perspective. Engages with a variety of theoretical frameworks including anti-homophobia education, critical pedagogy, critical race theory, decolonizing knowledges, and intersectionality. Includes an overview of educational activist projects. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pedagogy, knowledge, knowledges, equity, equit, social justice | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE346H1 | Community Organizing and Global Solidarity | Considers, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the evolution of community organizations and non-profits in the context of neoliberalism, settler colonialism, and imperialism. Examines the inter-woven relations of political economy, local community development, marginalized communities in Canada, and emergent forms of global/local solidarity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, marginalized | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE348H1 | Special Topics in Equity Studies | An upper level course. Topics of study vary from year to year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit | SDG10 |
| CSE349H1 | Disability Arts and Culture | Explores the work of disabled, mad, sick and/or Deaf artists and considers how disability disrupts - or 'crips' - artistic spaces and cultural movements. Engages with contemporary debates emanating from within these spaces and movements to reveal disability as a dynamic range of bodily practices, aesthetics and relations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit | SDG3,SDG10 |
| CSE442H1 | Food Systems and the Politics of Resistance | Examines the food we eat in the local and global context of food systems, food sovereignty and food movements. Explores the possibilities for food as a catalyst for learning, resistance and social change. Enrolment is by application. Application forms are available on the CSES webpage prior to the start of course enrolment, and are accepted up to the end of the enrolment period, space permitting. Note: This is a joint graduate/undergraduate course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food system, food sovereignty, learning, social change, sovereignty | SDG2,SDG16 |
| CSE444H1 | Anti-Colonization and the Politics of Violence | This advanced seminar interrogates how the theorizations, embodied lived experiences and lived resistance to structural violence can create social, epistemological, ontological and political decolonizing/anti-colonial transformation. The work of Frantz Fanon, John Akomfrah, The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Elaine Brown and Assata Shakur amongst others are utilized to search for alternative and oppositional ways to rethink and re-respond to violence. The seminar pursues a nuanced understanding of violence as it relates to de/anticolonization as a lived praxis of resistance and as a practice of self-defense that is grounded in the assertion that there can be no decolonization without anticolonization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE445H1 | Rethinking Palestine: Colonialism, Revolution and Transnational Solidarity | Aims at decolonizing the study of Palestine by providing an overview of Palestine's modern history that is grounded in critical perspectives that challenge dominant scholarly paradigms about Palestine. Provides specific theoretical approaches in the study of Palestinian history, culture and politics through such concepts as settler colonialism, occupation, revolution, nationalism, indigeneity, racial capitalism, imperialism, sovereignty, collective memory, resistance, liberation and transnational solidarity. Engages with memoirs, oral histories, archival documents, films, poetry, music and literature to understand the historical, political-economic and juridical foundations that have produced a century of oppression, violence, resistance and solidarity within, across and beyond Palestine. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, capital, nationalism, sovereignty, violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| CSE446H1 | Community Development and Social Change | Explores the significance of community development as a social change strategy, through a critical social analysis of local and global case studies and policies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social change | SDG16 |
| CSE448H1 | Disability and the Child | Examines a range of historical and present-day meanings associated with the figure of the disabled child. Draws on work emanating from a variety of disciplines, including history, psychology, neuroscience, visual arts, film and literature, and engaging with critical theories of race, class, gender, sexuality and disability, to discuss ideas and issues relevant to the construction of 21st century disabled childhoods. Counters the near monolithic story of disability as threat to the presumed goodness of normative childhood by asking: what alternate depictions and narratives of disabled childhood exist and what can they teach us? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, gender | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10 |
| CSE449H1 | Contemporary Theories in Critical Disability Studies | Explores competing conceptions, definitions and practices of disability through a range of critical disability theories, including crip-of-colour critique, decolonial theories of disability studies and black feminist disability frameworks. Enacts disability studies as a justice-oriented methodology or practice that has value for understanding and responding to colonial systems of race, class, gender and disability. Interrogates the shape and limits of disability and disability studies to ask the provocative question: what can disability studies do? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, decolonial, gender, feminis | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| CSE469Y1 | Decolonizing Research Methodologies for New Researchers | A feminist/anti-racist/anti-colonial/anti-imperialist exploration of research methods. Examines the work of researchers and scholar-activists who seek to humanize research with communities detrimentally impacted by colonial, imperialist, heteropatriarchal research agendas and processes. Supports students' independent research projects through guidance from the course instructor. Prepares students for graduate studies or research-oriented careers. Enrolment is by application. Application forms are available on the https://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/academics/new-college-academic-programs/equity-studies/programs-and-courses CSES webpage prior to the start of the enrolment period and are accepted up to the end of the enrolment period, space permitting. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, feminis, equit, anti-racist | SDG5,SDG10 |
| CSE499H1 | Advanced Topics in Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity | A joint graduate/undergraduate upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor. Consult the Program Office for course enrolment procedures. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit | SDG10 |
| CTLA21H3 | Math4life: Developing Mathematical Thinking and Skills in Practical Contexts | This course will cover basic mathematics concepts such as Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry, Data collection and Interpretation, Sets, and Functions. Students will engage these concepts through a series of activities which require them to solve practical problems based on real life circumstances. The course will also draw on African and Indigenous cultural knowledges and perspectives to connect the study of mathematics to TYP students' interests and lived experiences. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, knowledges, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| CTLB03H3 | Introduction to Community Engaged Learning | In this experiential learning course, students apply their discipline-specific academic knowledge as they learn from and engage with communities. Students provide and gain unique perspectives and insights as they interact with community partners. Through class discussions, workshops and assignments, students also develop transferable life skills such as interpersonal communication, professionalism and self-reflection that support their learning experiences and help them connect theory and practice. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, learning | SDG4,SDG11 |
| DHU337H1 | Historical Archives in the Digital Age | How do digital surrogates of texts and objects change how we use them? This course examines texts and archives in the digital age: the aims of building them; the new scholarly approaches that they enable; the preservation, access, and equity questions that they raise and require us to answer responsibly. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit | SDG10 |
| DRE370H5 | Exploring Shakespeare in Performance | In this course, students will be introduced to contemporary theatrical approaches to the most canonical of dramatists. Through selected theoretical readings, interviews, practical exercises, and screenings of recent productions, we will explore tensions between reverential and radical treatments of the Shakespearean text, including topics such as the politics of casting, the role of the director, and the authority of the actor. The course will ask what it means to stage Shakespeare now and will equip students to develop their own and conceptual and theatrical responses to that question. | University of Toronto Mississauga | production | SDG10 |
| DRM101Y1 | Introduction to Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies | The course introduces students to key concepts and issues in the three related disciplines at the core of our program: drama, theatre, and performance studies. We consider broader questions of performance and performativity in daily life. Engaging critically with theoretical and dramatic texts and live performances, students learn how to think about performance in its cultural, social, historical, aesthetic and political dimensions, and how to acknowledge and navigate their own responsibilities as culture workers situated in specific historical and contemporary contexts. This course combines weekly two-hour lectures with one-hour tutorials. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, worker | SDG10 |
| DRM220Y1 | Comparative Theatre Histories | This course will introduce students to major developments in world theatre history through the exploration of a wide range of plays, performances, and practices. In the Fall term our trajectory will go roughly from antiquity to the 16th Century; in the Winter term, from the 16th Century to the present. We will examine material from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, with close attention to the social, religious, historical, aesthetic, and political parameters in which theatre and performance take place. Nurturing ethnically sensitive approaches to world theatre history, this course considers the many ways theatre and performance interact with the globalized world. Students will have an opportunity to participate in collaborative projects and focus on writing for research in the performing arts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, globaliz, ocean | SDG10 |
| DRM360H1 | Race, Gender and Performance | This course will enable students to look at performance in generative new ways by introducing them to theoretical frameworks and critical perspectives from postcolonial theory and queer theory, critical race studies and gender studies. As well as learning to apply these critical tools to works that they are already familiar with, students will be introduced to work in feminist, queer, and anti-racist performance from outside the mainstream. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, gender, queer, feminis, anti-racist | SDG5,SDG10 |
| DRM462H1 | Black Playwrights: Resistance, Resilience and Transformation | An exploration of dramatic literature by writers from the African Diaspora (Canada, USA, UK and the Caribbean) from 1959 to the present. The course will identify playwrights central to the development of Black theatre, their plays, and performance practices. Emphasis will be placed on dramaturgical analysis, sociohistorical context, the author’s influences, and relevant critical writing, in order to evaluate these works as sites of social resistance, cultural resilience, and aesthetic transformation. Selected authors include: Lorraine Hansberry, Wole Soyinka, August Wilson, Derek Walcott, Debbie Hunter Green, George Elliott Clarke, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Walter Borden, Suzan-Lori Parks, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Ntozake Shange. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | resilien, resilience | SDG10 |
| DTS199H1 | Superman and Other Migrants | From the 1938 debut of Superman until the spate of recent autobiographical graphic novels by immigrants and children of immigrants, the development of the comic and graphic novel form has been intricately bound up with the diaspora experience. In this course, we will explore the emergence of the superhero from the immigrant experience; trace the depiction of migrants, immigrants and refugees in recent graphic novels; and study visual strategies for representing migration and displacement. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | refugee | SDG10 |
| DTS200Y1 | Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I (formerly DTS201H1, 202H1) | What is the relationship between place and belonging, between territory and memory? How have the experiences of migration and dislocation challenged the modern assumption that the nation-state should be the limit of identification? What effect has the emergence of new media of communication had upon the coherence of cultural and political boundaries? All of these questions and many more form part of the subject matter of Diaspora and Transnational Studies. This introductory course ex-amines the historical and contemporary movements of peoples and the complex issues of identity and experience to which these processes give rise as well as the creative possibilities that flow from movement and being moved. The area of study is comparative and interdisciplinary, drawing from the social sciences, history, the arts and humanities. Accordingly, this course provides the background to the subject area from diverse perspectives and introduces students to a range of key debates in the field, with particular attention to questions of history, globalization, cultural production and the creative imagination. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, production | SDG10 |
| DTS201H5 | Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I | An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of diaspora, with particular attention to questions of history, globalization, cultural production and the creative imagination. Material will be drawn from Toronto as well as from diasporic communities in other times and places. | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz, production | SDG10 |
| DTS202H5 | Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies II | A continuation of DTS201H5. An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of diaspora, with particular attention to questions of history, globalization, cultural production and the creative imagination. Material will be drawn from Toronto as well as from diasporic communities in other times and places. | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz, production | SDG10 |
| DTS310H1 | Transnational Toronto | Toronto is a city increasingly configured through transnational connections and practices. It is a city defined by the scale at which its residents live their lives; a scale that is no longer (if it ever was) parochial, but extends across time and space to connect people and practice across a multitude of locales. Contemporary understandings of Toronto can only be reached through adopting a transnational lens. This course will examine the processes that have produced Toronto as a transnational city over time, including the dynamics of immigration and mobility, experiences of alienation, the global extension of capitalism, and the (re)formation of communities grounded in the complex dynamics of identities produced in a space that is both "home and away". We will also explore the specific practices, and connections that produce "Toronto" as a space that transcends its physical geographic boundaries and is continually reproduced in and through the flows of people, capital, objects, ideas, - and the many forces that reproduce and reconfigure these flows. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital | SDG10,SDG11 |
| DTS314H1 | Citizenship and Multiculturalism | This course examines approaches to belonging and distinction that accompany different models of citizenship. What are some historical and recent trends in the intersections of place, custom, and rights? How have governments related social diversity to social justice in theory and in practice? Areas of emphasis will vary, but may include topics such as authenticity and assimilation; ethno-nationalism; immigration and naturalization policy; indigeneity; insurgency; legacies of colonialism; mass media and popular culture; policing and surveillance; racial stratification; transnational markets; and xenophobia. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, social justice, nationalism | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| DTS410H1 | Diasporic Foodways | Food links people across space and time. As it spirals outward from parochial sites of origin to articulate with new sites, actors and scales, it assumes new substance and meaning in new locales. This movement of food gives rise to new foodway to help us to understand the past in terms of temporally connected sites of intense interaction. Food also plays a strong role in shaping translocal identities. As peoples have moved in the world, food has played a central role in (re)defining who they are, reproducing myth and ritual, and bounding diasporic communities. This course seeks to address questions surrounding the dynamics of the food "we" eat, the ways in which "we" eat, the meaning "we" give to eating, and the effect of eating in a transnational world. Recognizing that culinary culture is central to diasporic identifications, the focus is on the place of food in the enduring habits, rituals, and everyday practices that are collectively used to produce and sustain a shared sense of diasporic cultural identity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | culinary | SDG2 |
| DTS413H1 | Global Sexualities | Sexuality is a complex interplay of desires, attractions, interests, and modes of behavior and has diverse meanings in different societies and cultures. In this course, we will examine the notion of sexuality as well as gender identity and expression from an interdisciplinary perspective that is rooted in ethnography. A cross-cultural study of sexuality and gender identity within global and transnational contexts will provide students with an understanding of how the intersections of culture, community, as well as social and political factors affect individuals' sexual choices and understandings of gender. A particular focus in this course will be experiences of sexuality and gender within diasporic communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| EAS193H1 | What is "The Yellow Peril"? | This course explores the old and new reincarnations of "Yellow Peril" complex. The 2020 naming of COVID-19 as "the Chinese virus" by the U.S. president Donald Trump has provoked much anger, criticism, and concerns for anti-Asian violence and the reagitation of "The Yellow Peril" panic. Yet the imaginaries of "the Yellow Peril" and their power effects have been engrained in our political modernity, the Enlightenment ideas, and its institutions in a much more complex, far-reaching, and intersecting ways in East Asia and beyond. The course will explore various types of cultural productions, including history, literature, film, news media, etc., to introduce the racial, colonial, capitalist, sexual, militarized, and other dimensions of the "Yellow Peril". Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, production, institut, violence | SDG10 |
| EAS196H1 | Consumption, Taste and Culture in East Asia | This course explores the roles that consumption and taste play in personal and public lives in East Asia. Course focus may include the cultural histories of food, fashion, tourism, sports, or forms of audio and visual media. (No prior knowledge of East Asian languages or cultures is necessary.) Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, consum | SDG12 |
| EAS198H1 | Martial Arts in East Asian Narratives | What can we learn about East Asian history and culture through its rich tradition of narratives featuring the martial arts? This course introduces short stories and novels dealing with combat and warfare from nearly two thousand years of East Asian literature, exploring issues such as self and society, gender, power, the body, and identity. All texts will be provided in translation, and no prior knowledge of any East Asian language or culture is necessary. The texts explored will vary year to year, depending on the instructor. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| EAS231H1 | Tales of the Supernatural in Chinese Literature | This course explores the long tradition of writing about the fantastic, strange, and supernatural in Chinese literature, from the earliest records to medieval tales, late imperial opera, and contemporary science fiction. In addition to close reading and interpretation, we will situate these texts in their social and cultural contexts, examining critical moments of transformation in Chinese history and the enduring questions they raise in terms of philosophy, religion, gender, ethnicity, and politics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| EAS247H1 | History of Capitalism in Modern Japan | This course provides a historical narrative of the development of the capitalist mode of production in Japan, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Readings include texts from various disciplines: economics, philosophy, social and labour history, and literature. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labour, capital, production | SDG8 |
| EAS289H1 | Environment and East Asia | This course introduces environmental issues that are important to East Asia. Or better put, it examines the role East Asia plays in the global environmental crisis. We engage both the factual and humanities' dimensions of Climate Change, biodiversity loss, and other urgent environmental crises. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, biodivers | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EAS330H1 | Narrative Strategies in Modern Japanese Fiction | Discussion of narratives by modern Japanese authors with attention to issues in narratology and contemporary narrative studies such as: voice and perspective; gender and power relationships of the narrator-narratee-narrated; the act of narrating, writing, listening and reading; and metafictional paradox. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| EAS388H1 | Asian/North American Feminist Issues | A transpacific examination of gender and sexuality issues that have directly and indirectly affected Asians and Asian North Americans. Considers, for example, the gender and sexual representations of Asia in North America, the psycho-history of the "Yellow Peril" and its ramifications beyond Asian North Americans, and the history of immigration, nationalism, colonialism, war, and the militarized empire. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis, nationalism | SDG5,SDG10 |
| EAS433H1 | Chinese Cultural Studies Seminar: Land | Land as part of the Earth is repeatedly reconfigured in China throughout the 20th century, first by the Reformists and pioneers of the New Culture, then by geoscientists and writers, as well as by economic planners and social thinkers of recent decades. This seminar provides a critical review of this multi-dimensional cultural and conceptual practice of land, as well as its possible role in the era of climate change. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, land | SDG13,SDG15 |
| ECE472H1 | Engineering Economic Analysis & Entrepreneurship | The economic evaluation and justification of engineering projects and investment proposals are discussed. Cost concepts; financial and cost accounting; depreciation; the time value of money and compound interest; inflation; capital budgeting; equity, bond and loan financing; income tax and after-tax cash flow in engineering project proposals; measures of economic merit in the public sector; sensitivity and risk analysis. Applications: evaluations of competing engineering project alternatives; replacement analysis; economic life of assets; lease versus buy decisions; break-even and sensitivity analysis. Entrepreneurship and the Canadian business environment will be discussed. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | equity, entrepreneur, capital, invest, equit, income | SDG8,SDG9,SDG12 |
| ECE520H1 | Power Electronics | Focuses on power electronic converters utilized in applications ranging from low-power mobile devices to higher power applications such as electric vehicles, server farms, microgrids, and renewable energy systems. Concepts covered include the principles of efficient electrical energy processing (dc-dc, dc/ac, and ac/ac) through switch-mode energy conversion, converter loss analysis, large- and small-signal modeling of power electronic circuits and controller design. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, renewabl | SDG9 |
| ECO105Y1 | Principles of Economics for Non-Specialists | Fundamentals for consumers, businesses, citizens. Microeconomics focuses on cost/benefit analysis: gains from trade, price coordination, competition/monopoly, efficiency/equity tradeoffs, government/market failures, environmental policies, income/wealth distributions. Macroeconomics focuses on: GDP growth, unemployment, inflation, monetary/fiscal policies, business cycles, exchange rates, government deficits/debt, globalization. Emphasizes economic literacy, fewer mathematical tools than ECO101H1, ECO102H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | wealth distribution, equity, citizen, employment, globaliz, trade, equit, income, consum, environmental | SDG1,SDG8,SDG10 |
| ECO199H1 | Economics and Sustainable, Green Development | Economic growth has been a powerful force through history in improving living standards throughout the world. At the same time, there is a growing recognition that environmental damages frequently accompany this growth, whether it be at the local level (soil degradation and deforestation), or the global level (climate change). Economics studies the allocation of scarce resources, but how can it incorporate "the environment" in a meaningful way that can help guide policy-makers in the 21st century? This course is a fast review of economic approaches and tools, and a review of a wide range of environmental policies, designed to manage the possible adverse impacts of economic expansions. The major emphasis in this course is on the market-based policies that guarantee incentive compatibility of these policies, thus, a higher chance of success. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth, climate, environmental, forest, soil, deforestation | SDG8,SDG12,SDG13 |
| ECO202Y5 | Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole. The issues it covers include: Why are some countries much richer than others? Why do most Canadians live much better than their ancestors? Why are there recessions in economic activity? What are the causes of inflation and unemployment? What are the consequences of opening up trade and investment with the rest of the world? This course develops a series of models to answer these and similar questions. *ECO202Y5 is not open to Commerce students in Fall/Winter | University of Toronto Mississauga | employment, invest, trade, co2 | SDG1,SDG8,SDG10 |
| ECO209Y1 | Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (for Commerce) | Macroeconomic issues relevant for commerce students. Analytical tools are used to examine policy issues: Canadian government budgets, Bank of Canada monetary policy, exchange rate policy, foreign trade policy and government regulation of financial intermediaries. This course is restricted to students in the Commerce programs. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade | SDG8,SDG16 |
| ECO209Y5 | Macroeconomic Theory and Policy (for Commerce) | This course covers macroeconomic topics relevant for commerce students. Analytical tools are used to examine various policy questions, including fiscal policy, monetary policy, exchange rate policy, foreign trade policy, labour market policy, and government regulation of financial intermediaries. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour, trade | SDG8,SDG16 |
| ECO225H1 | Big-Data Tools for Economists | An introduction to the big-data tools—including Machine-Learning techniques—economists increasingly use in applied research. The course explores unstructured data sources such as text files, webpages, social media posts, satellite imagery, and weather data. It offers a practical introduction to creating datasets from these sources (e.g., web scrapping), linking data, and managing and visualizing them (e.g., geospatial visualization). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, weather | SDG4,SDG13 |
| ECO231H1 | Economics of Global Trade | This course is intended primarily for students in the International Relations program. This course offers an introduction to the economic causes and consequences of international trade in goods, services, labour, innovation and capital. Attention will be devoted to the economic impact of policies that affect these flows, such as protectionism and outsourcing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labour, capital, trade, outsourc | SDG8,SDG10 |
| ECO302H5 | World Economic History Prior to 1870 | This course will focus on the economic success and failure of several key countries and regions from the start of the second millennium up to the early twentieth century. Topics include: pre-modern growth in China & India vs. Europe, the first industrial revolution, exploitation and international trade in the British Empire, the standards-of-living debate, the second industrial revolution. [24L, 12T] This course is part of the Certificate in Global Perspectives. | University of Toronto Mississauga | trade, exploitation | SDG8,SDG9,SDG10 |
| ECO303H5 | World Economic History After 1870 | This course will focus on the economic success and failure of several key countries and regions during the twentieth century. Topics include: globalization, causes and consequences of interwar instability, a history of modern development (Japan, the Asian Tigers, India & China vs. Latin America), new institutional economics & new economic geography: African atrophy. [24L, 12T] This course is part of the Certificate in Global Perspectives. | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz, institut | SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ECO306H1 | American Economic History | A survey of American economic history from the ante-bellum period to the present. Potential topics include: the rapid growth of the American economy in the late 19th and early 20th century; causes of the onset of the Great Depression; the economic impact of slavery and its aftermath; health and demographic trends; and 20th century trends in inequality. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit | SDG10 |
| ECO312H5 | Firms and Markets | This course studies firms’ strategies and the role of government regulators in different markets. Specifically, it studies strategic decisions that firms make when they interact with other firms. These include how to price in the face of competition, how much to invest in R&D or advertising, and whether to buy a rival (by merging, integrating). The course also analyzes the conditions under which firm’s choices require intervention by market regulators due to a tension between firms’ profits and consumer welfare. The course draws on tools from microeconomics and game theory, and the analysis is supplemented by real world examples and case studies from the business world. | University of Toronto Mississauga | welfare, invest, consum | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9 |
| ECO313H1 | Environmental Economics and Policies | This course demonstrates how a rigorous application of microeconomic techniques can inform our responses to various environmental problems. Topics may include: air and water pollution and renewable resource management. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, water, renewabl, environmental, pollut | SDG1,SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG8,SDG9,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ECO313H5 | Environmental Economics | Application of economics to the field of environmental and natural resource economics. This course uses economic theory and empirical evidence to address important environmental issues, such as management of renewable and non-renewable resources, and different forms of environmental regulation and pollution control. The course will focus on market based instruments, such as tradeable pollution rights, and climate change problems. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pollution, renewabl, trade, natural resource, climate, environmental, pollut | SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ECO314H1 | Energy and the Environment | This course surveys important features of energy markets and related environmental challenges. One of the central objectives is to provide an understanding of the key economic tools needed to analyse these markets. A related objective is the development of a framework for understanding the public discourse on energy and the environment. Topics include: the hydrocarbon economy (oil, natural gas and coal), electricity markets, global warming and other externalities, renewable energy, conservation, carbon taxes and ‘cap-and-trade’. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, renewabl, trade, carbon tax, global warming, environmental, conserv | SDG4,SDG7,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ECO317H1 | Concepts of Fairness in Economics | How can we make collective decisions fairly? What does it mean to properly balance conflicting interests? How can we combine the well-being of individuals into a concept of societal well-being? We explore these and related ethical questions from the perspective of economic theory. A central tool is the axiomatic approach, which calls for decisions to be consistent, in precise senses, across related situations. Possible topics include: rationing problems, the Shapley value, fair division, discrimination, voting theory, foundations of utilitarianism and egalitarianism, measurement of inequality, population ethics, intergenerational equity, and concepts of equal opportunity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well-being, equity, inequality, equit, equalit | SDG8,SDG10 |
| ECO320H5 | Economic Analysis of Law: Part 1 | This course examines the economic basis for law and legal institutions. The topics covered include the microeconomic analysis of property rights, contract law, tort law, crime, and the limitations of economic analysis. The appropriate economic measures of damages in tort and contract cases will be discussed. No previous familiarity with the law is assumed. (This is an economic analysis of legal issues, not a course in law.) | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut | SDG1,SDG16 |
| ECO321H5 | Economic Analysis of Law: Part 2 | This course is a continuation of ECO320H5 An Economic Analysis of Law: Part 1. The topics covered include the microeconomic analysis of corporate law, law and financial markets, bankruptcy law, intellectual property law, marriage and divorce law and the choice between regulation and the common law. | University of Toronto Mississauga | financial market | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ECO324H1 | Economic Development | This course critically analyzes issues related to economic development and the associated policy responses. Tools from micro and macroeconomic theory are employed, as well as the critical assessment of empirical evidence. Topics may include: education, health, credit markets, inequality, and the role of foreign aid. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit | SDG4,SDG10 |
| ECO324H5 | Economic Development | Economic development and transformation of the low-income countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia. Theory and policy analysis relating to the following economic issues in these countries: higher rates of economic growth, the role of the government in resource allocation, the industrial-agricultural sector interface, inward versus outward looking trade strategies, and the international debt problem. The following problems will also be addressed: food supply, domestic savings, tax revenue, foreign exchange, foreign direct investment, high rates of inflation, benefit-cost analysis and economic planning. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | low-income, agricultur, economic growth, invest, trade, income | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ECO326H5 | Advanced Economic Theory - Micro | This course is an advanced analysis of microeconomic theory, including the behaviour of consumers under uncertainty; issues in poverty, inequality and social welfare; game theory and its applications to economics and political economy. This course is recommended for students contemplating graduate studies. This course is part of the Certificate in Advanced Economics. | University of Toronto Mississauga | poverty, welfare, inequality, equalit, consum | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10 |
| ECO333H1 | Urban Economics | Spatial economic theory and urban public policy: firms and individuals in partial and general equilibrium, land development and land-use controls, urban transportation, efficiency and equity in spending and taxing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit, urban, land | SDG10,SDG11 |
| ECO333H5 | Urban Economics | This is a course on the application of economic analysis to four major areas of urban activity. The areas are land markets, housing and buildings, transportation, and public finance. In each area, we will consider the role of the government and attempt to understand the source of many current urban economic problems. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | buildings, urban, housing, land | SDG9,SDG11,SDG12,SDG15 |
| ECO334H1 | The Political Economy of Media | Tools are developed to analyze voters and the role of information in democracies. Theories of voter information are evaluated using empirical literature on media and the political economy of media. The effects of innovations in information technology are explored and we will evaluate how the empirical results square with the theory. A study of newspapers, radio, television, cable, the Internet and social media, with a focus on empirical methods used to identify effects of media on voters. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | internet, democra | SDG16 |
| ECO335H5 | Public Economics I: Global Warming, Biodiversity Loss and Inequality | Public Economics I focuses on contemporary public policy questions. The goal of the course is to help students develop and apply analytical tools, such as cost-benefit analysis, to examine pressing policy issues of our time. Issues include responses to global warming, preserving biodiversity, combating growing inequality, and the regulation of addictive substances. Students will learn how to use empirical evidence to examine these issues. The course places a strong emphasis on discussion, debate, and effective writing about policy issues from an economics perspective. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | inequality, equalit, global warming, biodivers | SDG10,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ECO338H1 | Economics of Careers | The economic analysis of careers from the perspectives of both workers and employers. How do people decide what to study, what careers to pursue, and when to change jobs? How do these decisions interact with the structure of firms? The impact of specialization and the division of labour on the evolution of careers is considered, as are the role of cognitive and communication skills in the labour market. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labour, worker | SDG8 |
| ECO339H1 | Labour Economics: Employment, Wages and Public Policy | Using tools from microeconomic theory and statistics, this course introduces students to the study of labour markets, focusing on employment and wage determination, and the application of labour economics to public policy. Topics may include: labour supply, labour demand, estimating the impact of welfare programs, minimum wages, and other labour market interventions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | welfare, employment, labour, wage | SDG1,SDG8 |
| ECO340H1 | Labour Economics: The Distribution of Earnings | Using tools from microeconomic theory and statistics, this course studies the determinants of wages across labour markets. Topics include: the theory of compensating differentials, human capital, discrimination, immigration, unions, and alternative models of compensation. In addition, students are introduced to microeconomic models of unemployment. Throughout the course, there is an emphasis on the evaluation of empirical evidence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, labour, wage, capital | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9 |
| ECO341H1 | The Eonomic History of the 20th Century: Trade, Migration, Money and Finance before 1945 | Tailored to advanced students in Economics, Commerce, International Relations and History. The focus is on growth and fluctuations in Europe and North America between roughly 1870 and 1939, with a particular emphasis on international trade and payments, migration, investment, and monetary arrangements. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, trade | SDG8,SDG9 |
| ECO342H1 | Twentieth Century Economic History: Institutions, Growth and Inequality | Tailored to advanced students in Economics, Commerce, International Relations and History. The focus is on institutions, growth and inequality in countries across the world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit, institut | SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ECO343H5 | Labour Economics and Public Policy | This course uses both applied microeconomic theory and empirical analysis to examine labour markets in Canada. The course is especially focused on the link between research and public policy. Topics to be covered include: labour supply and demand, minimum wages, immigration, human capital, education production, inter- and intra-generational equality, and peer effects. At the end of the course, students should have a firm grasp of key policy issues involving Canada's labour market and be able to critique the quality of other empirical studies. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour, wage, capital, equalit, production | SDG4,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| ECO344H5 | Labour Economics and Market Frictions | This course studies the economic behaviour of employers and employees as they interact in the labour market. The class extends beyond basics of labour supply and demand to consider cases when markets are not always perfectly competitive. The course will cover such topics as segmented labour markets, unionization and collective bargaining, unemployment, monopsony, and discrimination. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | employment, labour | SDG8 |
| ECO359H1 | Financial Economics II: Corporate Finance | Agency and incomplete information problems inherent in financial transactions; the role of contractual arrangements in overcoming them. Financial constraints on investment decisions of firms; the financial system in economic growth; the legal system in the functioning of financial markets. A look at theoretical and empirical literature covering these issues. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth, invest, financial market, legal system | SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| ECO362H1 | Economic Growth | The course considers a broad range of issues that underlie economic growth, including technical progress and the accumulation of human and physical capital. Beyond these factors, the course also investigates the efficiency with which capital is used, the role of foreign trade, and the possible roles of institutions and geography. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth, capital, invest, trade, institut | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| ECO362H5 | Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence | Differences in income per capita levels and growth rates across countries are large. Understanding the causes behind these differences is a fundamental question in economics. The main objective of this course is to apply economic theory to understand and interpret empirical observations on economic development and growth. By the end of this course students will have a basic knowledge of the main facts characterizing economic development and growth over time and across countries, as well as the ability of theoretical models to account for these facts. The topics that will be covered in the course include the role of physical and human capital accumulation in growth and income differences, the reallocation of factors across sectors (structural transformation) and aggregate productivity, the importance of the misallocation of resources across heterogeneous firms in aggregate productivity. Key empirical applications include the growth performance of industrialized countries since World War II and the productivity slowdown observed in recent decades, the stagnation of living standards in many developing countries, and the role of automation and artificial intelligence in growth and development. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, economic growth, capital, income | SDG4,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10 |
| ECO367H1 | The Economics of Inequality | This course critically analyzes the causes and recent dynamics of economic inequality both between countries as well as within a particular country, with a particular emphasis on the role of public policy. Theoretical models and empirical approaches are employed, with a focus on the critical assessment of empirical evidence. Topics may include the role of traditional market forces (e.g., globalisation, technological change), the role of institutions (e.g., minimum wage, unions) as well as the role of race and gender. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, wage, globalis, inequality, equalit, institut | SDG5,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ECO369H1 | Health Economics | The provision of health care provides many special problems of informational asymmetry, regulation, insurance and redistribution. A consideration of the demand and supply side problems. Alternative reform proposals for health care are explored. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care | SDG3,SDG9 |
| ECO402H1 | Topics in Health Economics | This course explores a variety of topics in health economics, providing students with an overview of current and historical institutional characteristics of the market for, and public policy towards, health care. Students will apply theoretical and empirical tools to current domestic and international issues in health policy. No previous background in health economics is required. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, institut | SDG3,SDG16 |
| ECO403H1 | Topics in Development Economics and Policy | This course covers a variety of topics pertaining to economic development and associated policies. Depending on the course instructor, the focus may be on theories and policies related to poverty alleviation, human capital formation, financial markets, international trade, governance or economic growth. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, economic growth, capital, trade, financial market, governance | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| ECO411H5 | Human Capital and Education in the Economy | (Formerly ECO412Y5) This course addresses empirical and theoretical issues in education economics. Topics will include the interaction of human capital with growth and inequality, teacher incentives and teacher quality, early childhood education, and the racial achievement gap. We will also discuss the tools economists use to measure the causal effects of policies, and consider how statistics often presented in policy debates may be biased. After this course, students should be comfortable reading research papers in economics. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | capital, inequality, equalit | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10 |
| ECO414H1 | Energy and Regulation | This course provides a general treatment of the economics of energy markets and the use of regulation in addressing environmental and other issues arising in these markets. A central theme is the search for an appropriate balance between market forces and regulatory/government intervention. Familiarity with tools of microeconomics and statistics/econometrics is essential. Topics include: oil, natural gas, coal and electricity markets, global warming and other externalities, networks, feed-in-tariffs, carbon taxes, ‘cap-and-trade’ and incentive regulation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, trade, carbon tax, global warming, environmental | SDG6,SDG7,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ECO433H5 | Gender and Family Economics | In this course, students will examine gender and the family within modern economics. Topics include: gender wage differentials in labour markets; labour force participation; marriage markets; intimate partner violence; fertility and the demand for children; divorce; and the life cycle of the family. Concepts are applied to current topics within the development and labour literatures. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, labour, wage, violence | SDG5,SDG8,SDG16 |
| ECO451H1 | Macroeconomic Growth | Studies current empirical evidence, and corresponding theoretical models to explain and understand macroeconomic growth, and its varied experience across countries. Coverage and depth of treatment go beyond ECO362H1. Students may benefit from, but need not have taken ECO362H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth | SDG8 |
| ECTC63H3 | Translation and the Environment | This course aims to foster in students a greater awareness and appreciation of how translation plays a vital role in our relationship to and with the environment. Through translation practice and by examining how the environment is translated in a selection of Chinese and English language texts and concepts in multiple mediums including cinema, television and the visual arts, the course will demonstrate that our perception of environmental issues is intimately connected to the translation of concepts, ideas and movements and how they have been transplanted into and out of English and Chinese. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| EDS100H5 | Introduction to Education Studies | This course explores broad social and cultural issues in education. It will address questions about how we advance knowledge, who controls how and what we learn and what role education has in how societies are shaped, changed and reproduced. Students will evaluate the influence education can have on who we are, how we wish to live and what we aspire to as citizens in a global and digital community. This investigation will also consider how language, race, gender, class and culture intersect with teaching and learning. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, learning, citizen, gender, invest | SDG4,SDG5 |
| EDS101H5 | Health and Education | This course serves as an introduction to theory and research in the related fields of health and education. Students will learn to identify, address, and manage health-related risk in school environments by deepening their knowledge of holistic and brain-based theory. The course will explore health and wellness as a fundamental human right by addressing proactive approaches through the Determinants of Health and Developmental Assets Framework. Active research will include investigation of school-based policies and practices (e.g, the critique of a new fitness technology, examination of a school food and nutrition program, assessment of a school health campaign). | University of Toronto Mississauga | nutrition, knowledge, invest | SDG2,SDG3,SDG4 |
| EDS200H5 | Learning Through the Lifespan | This course focuses on the physical skills, cognitive abilities, and socioemotional experiences that shape an individual’s capacity to learn throughout the lifespan (i.e., infancy to late adulthood). It will address how learning is a lifelong process and how we are continually educating ourselves in different ways by incorporating strategies that best suit our lifespan stage. Critical research and theorists will be discussed to enhance the topics presented. Students are required to complete an 8-hour field experience, and obtain a valid vulnerable sector police check in advance of placement. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| EDS220H5 | Equity and Diversity in Education | This course focuses on raising awareness and sensitivity to equity and diversity issues facing teachers and students in diverse schools and cultural communities. It includes a field experience which entails observation of, and participation in, equity and diversity efforts in a community organization.[36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | equity, equit | SDG4,SDG10 |
| EDS250H5 | Indigenous Education | This course is open to all students from any discipline. Designed to increase opportunities to learn about education through a First Nation, Métis and Inuit perspective, the course will increase knowledge and awareness about pedagogies, learning approaches and educational experiences related to indigenous people living in Canada. In line with indigenous ways of knowing, this course will be structured with learning that involves reflecting on personal actions by looking at ways that indigenous models of education support social and community well-being. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | well-being, knowledge, learning, indigenous | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| EDS260H1 | Equity and Diversity in Education | This course focuses on raising awareness and sensitivity to equity and diversity issues facing teachers and students in diverse schools and cultural communities. It builds knowledge of how oppression works and how cultural resources and educational practices may be brought to bear on reducing oppression and improving equity. Restricted to students enrolled in the Education and Society Minor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, equity, equit | SDG4,SDG10 |
| EDS261H1 | Child and Adolescent Development in Education | This course examines how children and adolescents develop and explores how best to facilitate their growth and learning in the area of education. Major topics include cognitive, emotional, social, moral, physical and language development. Themes addressed include interpersonal relationships such as pro-social and aggressive behaviour, as well as the influence of schooling, family life and culture. This course includes an experiential learning component whereby students will profile a child based on their cognitive, social-emotional, and physical development. Restricted to students enrolled in the Education and Society Minor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| EDS285H5 | The Future of Ed Tech: Active Learning Classrooms and Artificial Intelligence | This course will explore research on emerging digital models, learning pods, platforms, apps and policies that seek to further customize, enhance and bring greater equity to education through technology. From the initiation of open courseware, to the inception of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, ALC classrooms, makerspaces and the “shared economyâ€, this course will foster a culture of digital innovation to investigate, accelerate, test and study new possibilities and advancements in the field of educational technology. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, equity, invest, equit | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10 |
| EDS291H5 | Black Education | This course investigates first-hand experiences and contributions of black students and teachers in the Canadian education system. Historical, systemic barriers to access will be studied along with current policy, practice and teaching pedagogies that aim to produce systems of education without oppression. By looking specifically at research focused on black schooling in Ontario, students will engage in policy analysis and assess current Afrocentric schooling models to assess effectiveness in eliminating educational inequality. Drawing on principles of equity and diversity, Afrofuturist scholarship will be emphasized and provide the framework that seeks to understand and investigate the past to better inform education’s future. | University of Toronto Mississauga | equity, invest, inequality, equit, equalit | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG17 |
| EDS310H5 | Education in a Global Context | This course invites students to explore, analyze and compare educational themes and topics within a global context. Using leading frameworks of transformative change, students develop knowledge, apply critical thinking, practice cultural proficiency and empathy as they conduct a comparative analysis of teaching and learning models in both an international and local setting. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, learning | SDG4,SDG16 |
| EDS345H5 | Design Thinking Incubator: From Problem into Prototype | This course is open to all students on campus and provides an intellectual toolset for finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Students will learn to apply education theory to design thinking models in order to identify and solve real-world challenges facing their chosen discipline, whether in business, education, healthcare, etc. An iterative approach for testing, refining, and improving their idea will be used to create a working prototype of their proposed solution. This will demonstrate the idea's sustainability, scalability and viability, while taking into account ethical and legal implications. | University of Toronto Mississauga | healthcare | SDG4,SDG17 |
| EDS356H1 | Multiliteracies in Education | This course introduces students to a multiliteracies framework through the pedagogical lens of social justice and diversity. Class participants learn to integrate the multimodalities of literacy in their teaching practice and expand their understanding of 21st-century literacy. Themes include language development, print literacy, digital literacy, critical literacy, visual literacy and multicultural perspectives on literacy. This course requires students' enrolment in the Education and Society Minor or permission of the instructor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social justice | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| EDS357H1 | Education in a Global Context | This course provides a historical overview and contemporary analysis of perspectives and practices of international education with a focus on international development and policy. Factors that shape the global architecture of education will be explored; these may include theories of globalization, education reform, comparative education, peace education, international schooling and global citizenship education. Students will have the opportunity to analyze education reforms and to address issues related to access and quality of learning. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, peace, citizen, globaliz | SDG4,SDG9,SDG16,SDG17 |
| EDS358H1 | Residential Schools and Education in Canada | An exploration of Residential Schools in Canada and their impacts on education and lives of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. This course investigates the historical educational ideology of residential schools and their relationship to colonization, the role of government and organized religion in the residential school system, and contemporary strategies that encourage stable and trusting relationships with Indigenous communities. This course will also explore aspects of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, indigenous, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| EEB196H1 | Using Ecology and Evolution to Understand our World | Understand the living world by learning principles of ecology and evolution. Through discussion, scientific literature research, seminal readings, written reports and presentations, you will discover how scientists ask and answer questions in ecology and evolution. Specific topics will vary to emphasize the expertise of the instructor, with examples including: Are humans still evolving? What is causing the sixth extinction crisis and how can we protect endangered species? Are species shifting their ranges to mitigate the impacts of climate change, and should we be helping them? How do diseases evolve and can we use evolutionary tools to control diseases of concern? Why are there so many species, and do introduced species increase or lower this diversity? Can and should we use evolution to create improved species? For non-science students in all disciplines. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, climate, species, ecolog, endangered species | SDG4,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB199H1 | Humans, Evolution and Ecology | Learn about the evolution and ecology of humans and other species. Through discussion, scientific literature research, seminal readings, written reports and presentations you will discover scientific answers to questions such as (topics vary among years): How did life originate? Why are there so many species? Where did humans come from? Will humans become extinct? How can we explain human DNA and human brain size? Need we worry about climate change? What is causing the sixth extinction crisis? Are there ecological limits to human population size? What will life be like in the Anthropocene? Are humans still evolving? For non-science students in all disciplines. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, anthropocene, species, ecolog | SDG13 |
| EEB240H1 | Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems | Biological processes depend on, and impact, environmental conditions that change across space and time, from local scales to biomes, and from seconds to millennia. This course examines the relationships among organisms, populations, and communities, and ecosystems, including the increasing impacts of human activity on environmental conditions. It draws links between global change, biological diversity, and the functions of ecosystems from local to global scales. We use examples from both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and emphasize the connectivity across ecosystems and ecosystem-types. Field trips and labs. Mandatory day-long field trip on a weekend (students choose which day; a fee of $17 may be charged for transportation). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, environmental, ecosystem | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB255H1 | Essentials of Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology | “Classical†and “new†concepts in biodiversity and conservation. Topics may include: evolution and ecology in the past (Holocene) and future (Anthropocene); levels and kinds of biodiversity; valuing biodiversity through ecological economics; causes of endangerment; predicting extinction; genetic and demographic theory; habitat protection and captive breeding; conservation policies and endangered species acts; designing future biodiversity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | anthropocene, conserv, species, biodivers, ecolog, endangered species | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB266H1 | Animal Diversity: Invertebrates | The diversity of invertebrates (e.g. sponges, jellyfish, flatworms, molluscs, segmented worms, round worms, arthropods, echinoderms and several smaller phyla) is explored, focusing on taxonomic characters that define each group and their placement in the evolutionary tree of life, ecological function, biological requirements, and geographical distribution. Labs emphasize identification and recognition of major groups, including dissection when appropriate. (Lab Materials Fee: $26) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, fish, animal, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB267H1 | Animal Diversity: Vertebrates | Introduction to the diversity of chordate animals (vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets), focusing on morphological, physiological, ecological and behavioural traits that make each group special and how those traits increase vulnerability to human-based exploitation. Labs involve living organisms whenever possible, but only for display purposes. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | vulnerability, ABS, animal, ecolog, exploitation | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB268H1 | Plant and Microbial Diversity | Introduction to the biology of algae, fungi, and land plants. Lectures and labs emphasize the diversity of organisms with a focus on life cycles, ecology, and evolution. (Lab Materials Fee: $26) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, ecolog, land | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB319H1 | Population Ecology | Abundance and distribution of populations; population growth and regulation; fluctuations, stochasticity and chaos; meta-population persistence and extinction; age and stage-structured populations; interactions within and between species; optimal harvesting; spread of infectious diseases. Labs include experiments and computer simulations. (Lab Materials Fee: $26) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, species, ecolog | SDG2,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB328H1 | Physiological Ecology | An advanced treatment of the physiological mechanisms controlling plant and animal distribution and ecological success. Topics of focus include photosynthesis and resource balance, water and nutrient relations, temperature effects, and adaptations to abiotic stress. A fee of approximately $17 may be charged for field trip transportation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, animal, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB365H1 | Topics in Applied Conservation Biology | Applied conservation biology including management (at the level of species/populations, environments/landscapes, and ecosystems) and how to conserve and maintain biodiversity and ecosystem function (including species and ecosystem distribution modelling). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, species, biodivers, ecosystem, land | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB382H1 | Diversity of Fishes | Systematics, morphology, ecology, behaviour, biogeography, and conservation of fishes. Identification of major groups of fish; what makes each group biologically special and how those unique traits might contribute to conservation concerns. Labs focus on exercises designed to highlight how ichthyologists actually do research. (Lab Materials Fee: $26) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, conserv, fish, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB386H1 | Diversity of Birds | Diversity of Birds provides a general overview of bird biology and diversity, including bird origins and evolution, modern classification and diversity, flight evolution and mechanics, reproduction, ecology, and conservation. Labs focus on anatomy, functional morphology and field techniques that will be put into practice in a final field trip. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, production, conserv, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB397Y1 | Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | An intermediate research project requiring the prior consent of a member of the Department to supervise the project. The topic is to be one mutually agreed on by the student and supervisor. They must arrange the time, place, and provision of any materials and submit to the Undergraduate Office a signed form of agreement outlining details prior to being enrolled. This course is open to highly self-motivated students who are in their Third Year and have a strong interest in ecology and/or evolutionary biology. Students are required to write up the results of their research in a formal paper, often in the format of a research article, and may be required to present the results at a poster session and/or participate in an oral presentation. Students should contact their potential supervisors over the summer before classes begin in September. Information regarding how to apply and register for the course is available on the EEB website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Note: cannot enrol if already taken the fourth year research project course EEB498Y1/EEB499Y1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG15 |
| EEB428H1 | Global Change Ecology | An examination of organism, population, and ecosystem responses to long-term environmental change occurring at the global scale, with emphasis on human caused perturbation to climate and the carbon, nitrogen, and hydrolic cycles and their ecological effects. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB491H1 | Seminar in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology | Seminar course in biodiversity and conservation biology, emphasizing critical thinking and the synthesis of ideas crossing disciplinary boundaries. Group discussions among peers, facilitated by faculty, and student presentations. Discussions include critical analysis of research and review articles in the primary literature, with a focus on recent developments in biodiversity science and conservation biology. Evaluation based on presentations, participation in class discussions, and written assignments. (Note: students may take this course only once) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, biodivers | SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EEB497H1 | Research Studies in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | An independent studies half-credit course allowing students to produce a literature review, which is supervised by a faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Highly motivated fourth-year students will work closely with a supervisor and be required to write up the results of their research in a final research paper. Students should contact a potential supervisor well before classes begin in the fall, winter, or summer session. Students cannot take more than two independent research courses of EEB 497H1, 498Y1, and 499Y1, and the second project must be with a different supervisor. Information on how to apply for the course is available on the EEB website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG15 |
| EEB498Y1 | Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | An advanced research project (a literature review alone is not sufficient) requiring the prior consent of a member of the Department to supervise the project. The topic is to be one mutually agreed on by the student and supervisor. They must arrange the time, place, and provision of any materials and submit to the Undergraduate Office a signed form of agreement outlining details prior to being enrolled. This course is open only to highly self-motivated students who are in their Fourth-Year and have adequate background in ecology and/or evolutionary biology. Students are required to write up the results of their research in a formal paper, often in the format of a research article, and are also required to present the results at a poster session and/or oral presentation. The time commitment is approximately 8 hours per week. Students should contact their potential supervisors over the summer before classes begin in September. Information regarding how to apply and register for the course is available on the EEB website. Students in this course are also concurrently enrolled in EEB488H1Y Research Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG15 |
| EEB499Y1 | Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology II | An advanced research project (a literature review alone is not sufficient) that allows students to do another independent project, supervision of which must be different from EEB497H1/EEB498Y1. It requires the prior consent of a member of the Department to supervise the project. The topic is to be one mutually agreed on by the student and supervisor. They must arrange the time, place, and provision of any materials and submit to the Undergraduate Office a signed form of agreement outlining details prior to being enrolled. This course is open only to highly self-motivated students who are in their Fourth Year and have adequate background in ecology and/or evolutionary biology. Students are required to write up the results of their research in a formal paper, often in the format of a research article, and are also required to present the results at a poster session and/or oral presentation. The time commitment is approximately 8 hours per week. Students should contact their potential supervisors over the summer before classes begin in September. Information regarding how to apply and register for the course is available on the EEB website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG15 |
| EESA01H3 | Introduction to Environmental Science | The scientific method and its application to natural systems. The physical and biological processes which drive ecosystem functions. Anthropogenic changes in ecosystem functions at local and global scales. Emphasis on the degradation of the atmosphere, soil, water and biological resources caused by human activity. Renewable and non-renewable resource sustainability. Laboratories will include hands-on field and lab related practical experience. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, renewabl, labor, environmental, anthropogenic, ecosystem, soil | SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESA06H3 | Introduction to Planet Earth | This general interest course explores the composition, structure and origin of the Earth and the tectonic, chemical and biological processes that have evolved over the last 4.5 billion years. It explains how planet "works" as a complex system. It provides a fundamental basis for understanding many of the environmental challenges faced by human societies especially natural hazards, water shortages, and climate change, and the importance of natural resources to our economy. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, natural resource, climate, environmental, planet | SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESA07H3 | Water | This course consists of a survey of the planet's water resources and the major issues facing the use of water. Topics include: Earth, the watery planet; water, the last great resource; Canada's waters; Ontario's waters; water and man; water contamination; and protecting our waters. Case studies such as the Walkerton tragedy will be studied. No prior knowledge of environmental science is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, water, contamination, environmental, planet | SDG6,SDG7,SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESA09H3 | Wind | A survey of the science, history and applications of wind. Topics include storms including hurricanes, tornadoes and mid-latitude cyclones, global circulation, local circulations, measurement of winds, impact of winds on land surfaces, wind power, winds and pollution, historical and literary winds, and contemporary wind research. No prior knowledge of environmental science is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | pollution, knowledge, wind, environmental, pollut, land | SDG7,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESA10H3 | Human Health and the Environment | Because of pollution, our surroundings are becoming increasingly hazardous to our health. The past century has seen intense industrialization characterized by the widespread production and use of chemicals and the intentional and unintentional disposal of a wide range of waste materials. This course explores the relationship between the incidence of disease in human populations and the environmental pollution. Emphasis will be placed on understanding where and what pollutants are produced, how they are taken up by humans and their long term effects on health; the role of naturally-occurring carcinogens will also be examined. The course will include a view of risk assessment and toxicology using case studies. No prior knowledge of environmental or medical science is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | pollution, knowledge, industrialization, production, waste, environmental, pollut | SDG3,SDG6,SDG9,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESA11H3 | Environmental Pollution | This course illustrates the environmental effects of urban expansion, changing methods of agriculture, industrialization, recreation, resource extraction, energy needs and the devastation of war. Drawing on information from a wide spectrum of topics - such as waste disposal, tourism, the arctic, tropical forests and fisheries - it demonstrates what we know about how pollutants are produced, the pathways they take through the global environment and how we can measure them. The course will conclude with an examination of the state of health of Canada's environments highlighting areas where environmental contamination is the subject of public discussion and concern. No prior knowledge of environmental science is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, pollution, knowledge, contamination, energy, industrialization, urban, waste, environmental, pollut, fish, forest | SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESB03H3 | Principles of Climatology | This is an overview of the physical and dynamic nature of meteorology, climatology and related aspects of oceanography. Major topics include: atmospheric composition, nature of atmospheric radiation, atmospheric moisture and cloud development, atmospheric motion including air masses, front formation and upper air circulation, weather forecasting, ocean circulation, climate classification, climate change theory and global warming. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, global warming, weather, ocean | SDG13 |
| EESB04H3 | Principles of Hydrology | The water and energy balances; fluxes through natural systems. Process at the drainage basin scale: precipitation, evaporation, evapotranspiration and streamflow generation. The measurement of water fluxes, forecasting of rainfall and streamflow events. Human activity and change in hydrologic processes. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, energy | SDG6,SDG7 |
| EESB05H3 | Principles of Soil Science | A study of the processes of pedogenesis and the development of diverse soil profiles, their field relationships and their response to changing environmental conditions. An examination of the fundamental soil properties of importance in soil management. An introduction to the techniques of soil examination in the field, soil analysis in the laboratory and the basic principles of soil classification. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, environmental, soil | SDG1,SDG15 |
| EESB16H3 | Feeding Humans - The Cost to the Planet | Examines the origins and systems of production of the major plants and animals on which we depend for food. Interactions between those species and systems and the local ecology will be examined, looking at issues of over harvesting, genetic erosion, soil erosion, pesticide use, and impacts of genetically modified strains. | University of Toronto Scarborough | production, planet, species, animal, ecolog, soil, erosion | SDG1,SDG2,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESB18H3 | Natural Hazards | This course is an investigation of the geological background and possible solutions to major hazards in the environment. Environmental hazards to be studied include: landslides, erosion, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts, flooding, glaciation, future climate change, subsidence, and the disposal of toxic wastes. This may be of interest to a wide range of students in the life, social, and physical sciences; an opportunity for the non-specialist to understand headline-making geological events of topical interest. No prior knowledge of the Earth Sciences is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, invest, waste, climate, environmental, toxic waste, land, erosion | SDG3,SDG9,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESB22H3 | Environmental Geophysics | This course instructs students on the application of geophysical techniques (including gravity and magnetic surveys, electromagnetics, resistivity and seismology) to important environmental issues, such as monitoring climate change and natural hazards, clean energy assessments, and how to build sustainable cities. This lecture-based course teaches students the societal importance of environmental geophysics as well as how to effectively communicate uncertainty when interpreting data. | University of Toronto Scarborough | energy, cities, climate, environmental | SDG7,SDG11,SDG13 |
| EESC04H3 | Biodiversity and Biogeography | Theoretical and practical aspect of the evolution of organismal diversity in a functional context; examination of species distributions and how these are organized for scientific study. Emphasis will be on the highly diverse invertebrate animals. Topics include biomes, dispersal, adaptation, speciation, extinction and the influence of climate history and humans. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate, species, animal, biodivers | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESC07H3 | Groundwater | Groundwater represents the world's largest and most important fresh water resource. This basic course in hydrogeology introduces the principles of groundwater flow and aquifer storage and shows how a knowledge of these fundamental tools is essential for effective groundwater resource management and protection. Special emphasis is placed on the practical methods of resource exploration and assessment; examples of the approach are given for aquifers under environmental stress in southern Ontario, the US and Africa. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, water, environmental | SDG3,SDG6,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13 |
| EESC13H3 | Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing | To familiarize students with the relevant legislation, qualitative and quantitative approaches and applications for environmental impact assessments and environmental auditing. The focus will be on the assessment of impacts to the natural environment, however, socio-economic impacts will also be discussed. Environmental auditing and environmental certification systems will be discussed in detail. Examples and case studies from forestry, wildlife biology and land use will be used to illustrate the principles and techniques presented in the course. Students will acquire "hands-on" experience in impact assessment and environmental auditing through case studies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, environmental, forest, land use, land, wildlife | SDG3,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| EESC16H3 | Field Camp I | Many environmental problems can only be assessed by collecting geological and other environmental data in the field. This course will provide students with the necessary skills for fieldwork investigations in a range of environments. The camp is held annually either in May or late August. Locations for the camp include Costa Rica, Rockies, Arizona, and Appalachians. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| EESC18H3 | Limnology | North America is endowed with eight of the twelve largest lakes in the world. The origin and geological history, cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus, and structures of ecosystems of the North American Great Lakes will be used as examples of large lacustrine systems. Fundamental concepts of limnology will be related to features found in the Great Lakes.  Topics include: lake origins, lake classification, lake temperature structure and heat budgets, seasonal water circulations, productivity, plankton ecology, food-web dynamics, exotic species invasions, eutrophication-related phenomena and water quality/fisheries management. Specific anthropogenic influences will be illustrated using case studies from the local environment, and students will be allowed to pursue their own interests through a series of short seminars. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, anthropogenic, fish, species, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG6,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| EESC19H3 | Oceanography | The world's oceans constitute more than 70% of the earth's surface environments. This course will introduce students to the dynamics of ocean environments, ranging from the deep ocean basins to marginal seas to the coastal ocean. The large-scale water circulation is examined from an observationally based water mass analysis and from a theoretical hydro-dynamical framework. The circulation of marginal seas, the role of tides, waves and other currents are studied in terms of their effects upon the coastal boundary. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, ocean | SDG6,SDG12,SDG14,SDG16 |
| EESC24H3 | Advanced Readings in Environmental Science | An advanced supervised readings course that can be taken in any session. Students will follow structured independent readings in any area of Environmental Science. A description of the objectives and scope of the individual offering must be approved by the Supervisor of Studies. Two papers are required in the course; the supervisor and one other faculty member will grade them. The course may not be used as a substitute for EES Program requirements. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG13 |
| EESC25H3 | Urban Climatology | This course will focus on how urban areas modify the local environment, particularly the climates of cities. The physical basis of urban climatology will be examined considering the energy balance of urban surfaces. The urban heat island phenomenon and its modelling will be studied based on conceptual and applied urban-climate research. The impact of climate change on urban sectors such as urban energy systems, water and wastewater systems, and urban transportation and health systems will be examined through case studies. Students will have the opportunity to choose their own areas of interest to apply the knowledge they learn throughout the course and demonstrate their understanding in tutorial-based discussions. The students will be required to work with community or industry partners on a project to assess the impacts or urban climate change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, water, energy, cities, urban, waste, climate, land | SDG6,SDG7,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| EESC30H3 | Environmental Microbiology | This course examines the diversity of microorganisms, their adaptations to special habitats, and their critical role in the ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. The course covers microbial phylogeny, physiological diversity, species interactions and state of the art methods of detection and enumeration. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental, species, ecosystem | SDG6,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESC33H3 | Environmental Science Field Course | A field course on selected topics in aquatic environments. Aquatic environmental issues require careful field work to collect related hydrological, meteorological, biological and other environmental data. This hands-on course will teach students the necessary skills for fieldwork investigations on the interactions between air, water, and biota. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, invest, environmental | SDG6,SDG9,SDG13 |
| EESC34H3 | Sustainability in Practice | This course is intended for students who would like to apply theoretical principles of environmental sustainability learned in other courses to real-world problems. Students will identify a problem of interest related either to campus sustainability, a local NGO, or municipal, provincial, or federal government. Class meetings will consist of group discussions investigating key issues, potential solutions, and logistical matters to be considered for the implementation of proposed solutions. Students who choose campus issues will also have the potential to actually implement their solutions. Grades will be based on participation in class discussions, as well as a final report and presentation. Same as ESTC34H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13,SDG17 |
| EESD02H3 | Contaminant Hydrogeology | Natural hydrochemical processes; the use of major ions, minor ions, trace metals and environmental isotopes in studying the occurrence and nature of ground water flow. Point and non-point sources of ground water contamination and the mechanisms of contaminant transport. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, contamination, environmental | SDG6,SDG13 |
| EESD06H3 | Climate Change Impact Assessment | Climate change over the last 150 years is reviewed by examining the climate record using both direct measurements and proxy data. Projection of future climate is reviewed using the results of sophisticated climate modeling. The climate change impact assessment formalism is introduced and applied to several examples. Students will acquire practical experience in climate change impact assessment through case studies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate | SDG13 |
| EESD09H3 | Research Project in Environmental Science | This course entails the design, implementation, and reporting of an independent and substantial research project, under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Research may involve laboratory, fieldwork, and/or computer-based analyses, with the final products being presented primarily as a written thesis, although other course work, such as oral presentations of student research, may also be required. All areas of environmental science research that are supported by existing faculty members are permissible. The course should be undertaken after the end of the 3rd Year, and is subject to faculty availability. Faculty permission and supervision is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, environmental | SDG8,SDG13 |
| EESD10Y3 | Research Project in Environmental Science | This course entails the design, implementation, and reporting of an independent and substantial research project, under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Research may involve laboratory, fieldwork, and/or computer-based analyses, with the final products being presented primarily as a written thesis, though other course work, such as oral presentations of student research, may also be required. All areas of environmental science research that are supported by existing faculty members are permissible. The course should be undertaken after the end of the 3rd Year, and is subject to faculty availability. Faculty permission and supervision is required. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, environmental | SDG8,SDG13 |
| EESD13H3 | Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics | This course reviews the laws and policies governing the management of natural resources in Canada. It examines the role of law and how it can it can work most effectively with science, economics and politics to tackle environmental problems such as climate change, conservation, and urban sprawl at domestic and international scales. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, natural resource, climate, environmental, conserv | SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG17 |
| EESD15H3 | Fundamentals of Site Remediation | This course consists of a study of the ways in which hazardous organic and inorganic materials can be removed or attenuated in natural systems. The theory behind various technologies, with an emphasis on bioremediation techniques and their success in practice. An introduction to the unique challenges associated with the remediation of surface and ground water environments, soils, marine systems, and contaminated sediments. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, remediation, marine, soil | SDG6,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESD17Y3 | Cohort Capstone Course in Environmental Studies | This course is designed to provide a strong interdisciplinary focus on specific environmental problems including the socioeconomic context in which environmental issues are resolved. The cohort capstone course is in 2 consecutive semesters, providing final year students the opportunity to work in a team, as environmental researchers and consultants, combining knowledge and skill-sets acquired in earlier courses. Group research to local environmental problems and exposure to critical environmental policy issues will be the focal point of the course. Students will attend preliminary meetings schedules in the Fall semester. Same as ESTD17Y3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socioeconomic, knowledge, environmental | SDG1,SDG4,SDG6,SDG9,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESD18H3 | Environmental Studies Seminar Series | This course will be organized around the DPES seminar series, presenting guest lecturers around interdisciplinary environmental themes. Students will analyze major environmental themes and prepare presentations for in-class debate. Same as ESTD18H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG13 |
| EESD19H3 | Professional Development Seminars in Geoscience | This course consists of 12 lectures given by senior industry professionals to prepare students for a post-graduate career in environmental consulting. Lectures will convey the full range of consulting activities, including visits to environmental investigation sites in the Toronto area. Technical writing and oral communication skills will be stressed in assignments. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13,SDG17 |
| EESD20H3 | Geological Evolution and Environmental History of North America | This course reviews the geological and environmental evolution of the North American continent over the past 4 billion years by exploring the range of plate tectonics involved in continental growth and how those processes continue today. It will explore major changes in terrestrial and marine environments through geologic time and associated organisms and natural resources of economic importance, and will conclude with an examination of recent human anthropogenic influences on our environment especially in regard to urban areas and associated problems of waste management, resource extraction, geological hazards, and the impacts of urbanization on watersheds and water resources. The course will include a weekend field trip to examine the geology and urban environmental problems of The Greater Toronto Area. It provides students in environmental science with a fundamental knowledge of the importance of environmental change on various timescales and the various field methods used to assess such changes. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, water, urban, waste, natural resource, environmental, anthropogenic, marine | SDG6,SDG11,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EESD21H3 | Geophysical and Climate Data Analysis | This course offers an advanced introduction to geophysical data analysis. It is intended for upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students interested in data analysis and statistics in the geophysical sciences and is mainly laboratory (computer) based. The goal is to provide an understanding of the theory underlying the statistical analysis of geophysical data, in space, time and spectral domains and to provide the tools to undertake this statistical analysis. Important statistical techniques such as regression, correlation and spectral analysis of time series will be explored with a focus on hypothesis formulation and interpretation of the analysis. Multivariate approaches will also be introduced. Although some previous knowledge of probability and statistics will be helpful, a review will be provided at the beginning of the course. Concepts and notation will be introduced, as needed. Jointly offered with EES1132H. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, labor, climate | SDG4,SDG8,SDG13 |
| EESD31H3 | Applied Climatology | This course will introduce and discuss the basic topics and tools of applied climatology, and how its concepts can be used in everyday planning and operations (e.g. in transportation, agriculture, resource management, health and energy). The course involves the study of the application of climatic processes and the reciprocal interaction between climate and human activities. Students will also learn the methods of analyzing and interpreting meteorological and climatological data in a variety of applied contexts. Topics include: Solar Energy; Synoptic Climatology and Meteorology; Climate and Agriculture; Climate and Energy; Climate and Human Comfort; Urban Effects on Climate and Air Pollution. Jointly offered with EES1131H | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, pollution, energy, solar, urban, climate, pollut | SDG2,SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG11,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| EMU401H1 | Calls to Action through Mus Ed | This course takes the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as the Foundation for Curriculum and Pedagogy in Music Education. Students will lead seminars on topics related to their research interest and examine current issues facing Indigenous Peoples through the lens of Reconciliation. | Music, Faculty of | pedagogy, indigenous, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| EMU425H1 | Mus & Urban Engagement with Youth in Detention | This course provides a reflective practicum experience in unique urban settings. Under the mentorship of professional community music teachers, students assist and lead music-making sessions with youth from the Regent Park School of Music and/or youth residing in detention centers. Students have the opportunity to investigate how music is an important tool for social justice. | Music, Faculty of | invest, urban, social justice | SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| EMU437H1 | Internship: Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppressive Mus Education | Students will undertake a unique internship opportunity in partnership with the Toronto District School Board and the Marigold Team (a Black-led organization with a mission to change the visual landscape of music education). Students will lead a series of music education workshops, in schools identified as high needs, that explore culturally relevant and culturally responsive music education through an anti-oppression and anti-racism lens. The focus will be on prioritizing the socio-emotional awareness and well-being of students, while facilitating conversations about historical practices in music education that value one form of musicking over another. Students will be mentored by leaders in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Placements must be approved by the instructor during the first week of classes. | Music, Faculty of | well-being, equity, anti-racism, racism, anti-oppression, equit, anti-oppressive, land | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10 |
| EMU461H1 | Mus In Cultural Pers | A seminar exploring music's social nature, with special attention to the ways culture influences music perception, cognition, and value, and the way musical practices in turn influence culture and social relations. Issues addressed include: music education as intercultural education; music, gender, and power; the educational implications of cultural relativity; music education as an agent of social reproduction and/or transformation; social relations implicit in various musical and instructional practices; and music education's moral significance. Emphasis is placed on practical pedagogical applications of world music. | Music, Faculty of | gender, production | SDG10,SDG16,SDG17 |
| EMU485H1 | Advanced Topics in Music & Childhood | The focus will be on developing music teaching and learning strategies for welcoming young children across the developmental periods of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolesence into the diverse human practice of musicking. This course offers an alternative to traditional methodologies by encouraging students to develop their own orientation based on a critical examination of bell hooks’s philosophy of education as the practice of freedom as well as antiracist and anti-oppressive approaches to music education. Students will build teaching expertise through peer teaching and reflective examination of current practices. Lectures and assignments will include exploring diverse repertoire for students in the elementary grades and an examination of the current research in the field of elementary music education. As part of this course, students are expected to submit a research paper, present a seminar discussion on a chosen topic relating to music in childhood as well as submit and present an individual “teaching project.†The welcoming project will be the preparation of a collection of repertoire and teaching materials. | Music, Faculty of | learning, anti-oppressive | SDG4,SDG10 |
| ENG103H5 | Literature and Medicine | It has never been more essential to learn from the history of disease: how we have perceived it and how we have written it. This course introduces students to the important narratives about health, epidemics, and medicine from both non-Western and Western traditions and provides conceptual foundations for ethical thinking about justice, health, and disability in both science and the arts. The survey will cover prose narrative, film, media, non-fiction, and poetry, and will encourage students to think between the past and the present in their analyses and creative projects. Lectures and discussions will emphasize the interlocking relationships between medicine, language, race, empire, and power. | University of Toronto Mississauga | disabilit, epidemics | SDG1,SDG3,SDG10 |
| ENG196H1 | Cook the Books | If, as Brillat-Savarin so famously said, “you are what you eatâ€, then what are we? What do our eating choices reveal about us and what we value? In this class, we will examine stories about farming, cooking, and eating in order to understand how culture shapes culinary traditions and vice versa. But we don’t stop there: through cooking and eating together, we will create new stories about our food and our relationship to the earth that sustains us. Co-taught with a professional chef, this course combines literary and historical analysis with hands-on cooking classes, shared meals, and food-oriented field trips. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. An additional fee to cover food and field trip costs is required. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | culinary | SDG2 |
| ENG203H5 | British Literature in the World II: Romantic to Contemporary | An introduction to influential texts that have shaped British literary history from the Romantic period to the present, covering developments in poetry, drama, and prose, from William Wordsworth to Zadie Smith and beyond. The course will address topics such as revolution and war; the increasing diversity of poetic forms; the cultural dominance of the novel; romanticism, Victorianism, modernism, and postmodernism; feminism; colonialism and decolonization; the ethnic and cultural diversity of Anglophone literature in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; literature and sexual identity; the AIDS epidemic; and technology and the digital age. The course will encourage students to think about the study of English literatures in relationship to history, including the history of world literatures. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | feminis, decolonization | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG254H1 | Introduction to Indigenous Literatures | An introduction to Indigenous writings in English, with significant attention to Indigenous literatures in Canada. The writings are placed within the context of Indigenous cultural and political continuity, linguistic and territorial diversity, and living oral traditions. The primary focus may be on contemporary Indigenous writing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG255H5 | Introduction to Canadian Literature | This course introduces students to Canadian literatures, from the oral narratives of Canada's early Indigenous communities to new writing in a digital age. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG269H5 | Queer Writing | Introducing a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer tradition in literature and theory, this course may explore texts from a variety of historical periods, from the classical to the contemporary. It will focus on a variety of genres, potentially including poetry, drama, fiction, criticism, and popular culture. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | queer | SDG5,SDG10 |
| ENG270H1 | Introduction to Colonial and postcolonial Writing | In this course, we examine the colonial archive for its representations of race, indigeneity, sexuality, and capital accumulation. We familiarize ourselves with the aesthetic and political modes of resisting colonial power around the world. Besides literary texts, our objects of study may include photographs, film, and digital media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG273H5 | Literatures of Immigration and Exile | In this course we will study literary and non-literary texts in English from the nineteenth century to the present day that come from colonial and postcolonial contexts and that speak to the experience of those affected by colonization, immigration, exile, war, and globalization. Students will be introduced to postcolonial theory and questions about race, ethnicity, religious difference, and diasporas in Anglophone literary studies. They may study texts by Conrad, James, Beckett, Joyce, Rhys, Pound, Ionesco, Nabokov, Koestler, Brodsky, Naipaul, Achebe, Kundera, Skvorecky, Rushdie, Gallant, Sebald, Ondaatje, Danticat, Ali, and Nafisi. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG273Y1 | Queer Writing | Introducing a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer tradition in literature and theory, this course explores classical, modern, postmodern, and contemporary literature, criticism, art, film, music, and popular culture. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer | SDG5,SDG10 |
| ENG274H5 | Indigenous Literature and Storytelling | An introduction to Indigenous literature and storytelling with emphasis on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit authors in Canada and Native American authors in the United States of America. In this course, students will review academic citation practices, apply Indigenous theory to storytelling, and engage with audio recordings, poetry, drama, novels, short stories, and non-fiction by writers such as Jeannette Armstrong, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Natalie Diaz, Michael Dorris, Tomson Highway, Basil Johnston, Daniel Heath Justice, Lee Maracle, Eden Robinson, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Tommy Orange. | University of Toronto Mississauga | indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG275H5 | Feminist Approaches to Literature | This course will consider the implications, for literary studies and for literary writing, of modern traditions of feminist and gender theory. Students will encounter the work of major feminist thinkers - e.g., Mary Wollstonecraft, Simone de Beauvoir, Alice Walker, Julie Kristeva, and Judith Butler - and texts by major women writers. The course will explore feminist approaches to literature, including those that borrow from post-structural, psychoanalytic, and contemporary gender, race, and queer theories. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, queer, feminis | SDG4,SDG5 |
| ENG319H5 | Sexuality, Race, and Gender in Video Games and Gaming Culture | This course investigates representation and identity in and through digital games. Students will primarily consider gender, race, sexuality, and the non-human world in relation to the complex circuits of desire, projection, and disguise that exist among players, avatars, non-player characters, and other gamers. Students will interpret and critique both blockbuster AAA games with large development budgets and production teams as well as small-scale indie and experimental games and will learn about expressive, critical, and avant-garde design and play practices. The class will also discuss games as instruments of persuasion, protest, social change, and community formation. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, invest, production, social change | SDG5 |
| ENG325H5 | The Victorian Novel | This course surveys several major novels in order to understand the genre that came to dominate literary culture in the Victorian era. Topics may include realism, the marriage plot, the social-problem novel, feminism and sexual identity, novels of growing up, the city, and seriality. Authors may include Dickens, Thackeray, E. Bronte, C. Bronte, Gaskell, Trollope, Eliot, Collins, Hardy, Gissing, and Wilde, among others. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | feminis | SDG4,SDG5 |
| ENG339H5 | Early Modern Women Writers | A study of poems, plays, prose fiction, and polemical works by medieval and early modern writers such as Anne Askew, Mary Wroth, Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Sidney, Amelia Lanyer, Lucy Hutchinson, Hester Pulter, and Margaret Cavendish. Topics may include race, women and science, love poetry from a female perspective, gender and trans studies, renarrations of the story of Eve, sexuality, and editorial history and practice. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, female | SDG4,SDG5 |
| ENG356Y1 | African Canadian Literature | Black Canadian Literature (poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction) from its origin in the African Slave Trade in the eighteenth century to its current flowering as the expression of immigrants, exiles, refugees, ex-slave-descended, and colonial-settler-established communities. Pertinent theoretical works, films, and recorded music are also considered. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, trade, refugee | SDG4,SDG10 |
| ENG371H1 | Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures | Sustained study in a topic pertaining to Indigenous, postcolonial, or transnational literatures. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG372H1 | Topics in Indigenous, Postcolonial, Transnational Literatures | Sustained study in a topic pertaining to Indigenous, postcolonial, or transnational literatures. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG382Y1 | Literary Theory | This course explores contemporary literary theory, but may include related readings from earlier periods. Schools or movements studied may include structuralism, formalism, phenomenology, Marxism, post-structuralism, reader-response theory, feminism, queer theory, new historicism, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, critical race studies, and ecocriticism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, feminis | SDG4,SDG5 |
| ENG396H5 | Literary Theory Now | This course will explore some of the most recent, provocative, and significant developments in literary theory, including work in such areas as eco-criticism, literary activism, critical race studies, Indigenous studies, queer and trans studies, and cognitive literary studies. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | queer, indigenous | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENG497H1 | Advanced Creative Writing Seminar: Literary Citizenship | A course examining efforts to build and sustain literary culture and literary communities through individual initiatives and collective efforts. Topics may include book reviewing, youth engagement, small presses, writers' organizations, and the state's role in the publishing industry. Priority enrolment will be given to students enrolled in the Creative Writing Minor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen | SDG4,SDG16 |
| ENGB06H3 | Canadian Literature to 1900 | A study of Canadian literature from pre-contact to 1900. This course explores the literatures of the contact zone, from Indigenous oral and orature, to European journals of exploration and discovery, to the works of pioneer settlers, to the writing of the post-Confederation period. Pre-1900 course | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENGB07H3 | Canadian Literature 1900 to Present | A continuation of ENGB06H3 introducing students to texts written from 1900 to the present. Focusing on the development of Canada as an imagined national community, this course explores the challenges of imagining an ethical national community in the context of Canada's ongoing colonial legacy: its multiculturalism; Indigenous and Quebec nationalisms; and recent diasporic and transnational reimaginings of the nation and national belonging. | University of Toronto Scarborough | indigenous, gini, nationalism | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENGB32H3 | Shakespeare in Context I | An introduction to the poetry and plays of William Shakespeare, this course situates his works in the literary, social and political contexts of early modern England. The main emphasis will be on close readings of Shakespeare's sonnets and plays, to be supplemented by classical, medieval, and renaissance prose and poetry upon which Shakespeare drew. Pre-1900 course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | land | SDG4 |
| ENGB33H3 | Shakespeare in Context II | A continuation of ENGB32H3, this course introduces students to selected dramatic comedies, tragedies and romances and situates Shakespeare's works in the literary, social and political contexts of early modern England. Our readings will be supplemented by studies of Shakespeare's sources and influences, short theoretical writings, and film excerpts. Pre-1900 course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | land | SDG4 |
| ENGB77H3 | Cinema and Colonialism | An introduction to cinema’s relationship to colonialism, decolonization, and postcolonialism. How has film constructed, perpetuated, and challenged colonial logic? We will explore this question by examining colonial cinema, ethnography, Hollywood genres, anti-colonial film, and postcolonial film practices. | University of Toronto Scarborough | decolonization | SDG4,SDG10 |
| ENGB78H3 | The Digital Text: From Digitized Literature to Born-Digital Works | This course explores the creative, interpretive, social, and political effects of our interactions and experiments with digital forms of literature: novels, short stories, plays, and poems, but also video games, online fan fiction, social media posts, and other texts typically excluded from the category of the "literary." The course attends both to texts written before the digital turn and later digitized, as well as to "born-digital" texts. It surveys the history of shifts within the media landscape - from oral to written, from manuscript to print, from print to digital. Over the course of the semesters, we will explore a variety of questions about digital literary culture, including: How does a text's medium - oral, manuscript, print and/or digital - affect its production, transmission, and reception? How do writers harness, narrate, and depict the use of digital technologies? How does digital textuality challenge earlier conceptions of "literature"? How does digitization shape our work as readers and critics? By reading "traditional" literary forms alongside newer ones, we will investigate how the digital age impacts literature, and how literature helps us grapple with the implications of our digitized world. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, production, land | SDG9,SDG12,SDG15 |
| ENGC01H3 | Indigenous Literature of Turtle Island (Canada) | This course introduces students to a diverse selection of recent writing by Indigenous authors in Canada/Turtle Island, including novels, poetry, drama, essays, oratory and autobiography. Discussion of literature is grounded in Indigenous literary criticism, which addresses such issues as appropriation of voice, language, land, spirituality, orality, colonialism, gender, hybridity, authenticity, resistance, sovereignty and anti-racism. | University of Toronto Scarborough | anti-racism, racism, gender, indigenous, land, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| ENGC03H3 | Topics in Canadian Fiction | An analysis of Canadian fiction with regard to the problems of representation. Topics considered may include how Canadian fiction writers have responded to and documented the local; social rupture and historical trauma; and the problematics of representation for marginalized societies, groups, and identities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | marginalized | SDG4,SDG10 |
| ENGC05H3 | Creative Writing: Poetry, Experimentation, and Activism | This course is a creative investigation into how, through experimentation, we can change poetry, and how, through poetry, we can change the world. Our explorations are undertaken through writing assignments, discussions, readings, and workshop sessions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest | SDG4,SDG13 |
| ENGC07H3 | Canadian Drama | A study of major Canadian playwrights with an emphasis on the creation of a national theatre, distinctive themes that emerge, and their relation to regional and national concerns. This course explores the perspectives of Québécois, feminist, Native, queer, ethnic, and Black playwrights who have shaped Canadian theatre. | University of Toronto Scarborough | queer, feminis | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| ENGC13H3 | Ethnic Traditions in American Literature | A survey of the literature of Native Peoples, Africans, Irish, Jews, Italians, Latinos, and South and East Asians in the U.S, focusing on one or two groups each term. We will look at how writers of each group register the affective costs of the transition from "old-world" communalism to "new-world" individualism. | University of Toronto Scarborough | transit | SDG10 |
| ENGC59H3 | Literature and the Environment | This course introduces students to ecocriticism (the study of the relationship between literature and environment). The course is loosely structured around several focused topics: Land, Sustainability, Resilience, Natural and Unnatural Disasters, Diversity and Discomfort, Public and Private Spaces, Nostalgia, Activism. Students will be introduced to environmental pedagogies and alternative ways of knowing, including embodied learning. We will spend quite a bit of time outdoors especially during the first six weeks of the course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, resilien, environmental, resilience, land | SDG4,SDG11,SDG13 |
| ENGC74H3 | Persuasive Writing and Community-Engaged Learning | This course is an introduction to the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive writing and speech. Students will study several concepts at the core of rhetorical studies and sample thought-provoking work currently being done on disability rhetorics, feminist rhetorics, ethnic rhetorics, and visual rhetorics. A guiding principle of this course is that studying rhetoric helps one to develop or refine one’s effectiveness in speaking and writing. Toward those ends and through a 20-hour community-engaged learning opportunity in an organization of their choice, students will reflect on how this community-based writing project shapes or was shaped by their understanding of some key rhetorical concept. Students should leave the course, then, with a “rhetorical toolbox†from which they can draw key theories and concepts as they pursue future work in academic, civic, or professional contexts. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, learning, feminis | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG17 |
| ENGC84H3 | Cinema and Migration | This course introduces students to cinema by, and about, immigrants, refugees, migrants, and exiles. Using a comparative world cinema approach, the course explores how the aesthetics and politics of the cinema of migration challenge theories of regional, transnational, diasporic, and global cinemas. | University of Toronto Scarborough | refugee | SDG10,SDG16 |
| ENGC94H3 | Women Directors | A study of select women filmmakers and the question of women's film authorship. Emphasis may be placed on the filmography of a specific director, or on film movements in which women filmmakers have made major contributions. Aspects of feminist film theory, critical theory, and world cinema will be considered, as well as the historical context of women in film more generally. | University of Toronto Scarborough | women, feminis | SDG5 |
| ENT200H1 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | How do innovations become useful in society? What is needed for a company to use such innovations successfully? Why and how do individuals and companies commercialize new ideas or technologies? This course provides a broad introduction to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial skills and the methodology used by entrepreneurs to start a new venture. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | entrepreneur | SDG8,SDG9 |
| ENV100H1 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | An investigation of the relationship between human beings and their natural and built environments. This interdisciplinary course will draw from the sciences, social sciences and the humanities to explore major social, cultural, economic, regulatory, ethical, ecological and technological aspects of environmental issues. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, environmental, ecolog | SDG9,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV100Y5 | The Environment | This introductory environmental science course examines large-scale features of Earth, natural hazards, Earth's climate and weather systems, energy and mineral resources, human population growth, extinction and biodiversity, environmental toxins, vanishing soils and expanding deserts, forests, urban environmental management, and food resources. Interdisciplinary interaction among Science, Social Science, and Humanities is a major theme. | University of Toronto Mississauga | energy, urban, climate, weather, environmental, biodivers, forest, soil | SDG6,SDG7,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG17 |
| ENV194H1 | Topics in Climate Change | In this class we will discuss the underlying science of the climate system and also explore how this information is communicated effectively. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate | SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV196H1 | Environment, Culture and Film | This first-year foundation course will introduce students to the scope and seriousness of some of current ecological concerns, as well as some core principles and concepts in the field of the intersection of environment and culture, through the lens of feature films. Through journal reflections, class discussions and guided critical thinking exercises, and a paper, students will be able to build confidence and enthusiasm for further study in environmental studies, within a small seminar setting. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, ecolog | SDG4,SDG13 |
| ENV198H1 | Environment & Mental Wellness | This foundations course is an introduction to Environmental Psychology and related disciplines. We will examine the mutual relationship between the human psyche and the environment, with a focus on mental wellness. Topics will include: psycho-evolutionary environments, place attachment and identity, neurological toxins and environmental health, the modern period, cultural perceptions on nature-psyche, climate anxiety and ecological grief, nature connectedness and restorative environments. As a foundations course, students will develop key academic skills such as academic literacy, communication and application, interdisciplinary critical thinking, as well as creative problem solving. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, mental wellness, climate, environmental, ecolog | SDG3,SDG13 |
| ENV199H1 | Debating & Understanding Current Environmental Issues | The course examines current environmental issues for which there is no easy answer or consensus position. For instance, to help solve climate change should we generate more electricity from nuclear power-plants, which have no greenhouse gas emissions? Or instead, should we phase out nuclear plants because of possible accidents, costs and radioactive wastes? The seminar examines the scientific and political aspects of such issues and debates the pros and cons of each. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | emission, greenhouse, waste, climate, greenhouse gas, environmental, emissions | SDG4,SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV200H1 | Assessing Global Change: Science and the Environment | The perspective which scientists bring to the understanding and resolution of environmental concerns having global implications: atmospheric systems and climate change, the biosphere and conservation of biodiversity. This living things and their environment breadth course is intended to fulfill the environmental literacy requirement for students in the BA programs of the School of the Environment or the living things and their environment breadth course requirement for Commerce, Humanities and Social Science students | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, conserv, biodivers | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ENV201H5 | Environmental Management | (Formerly GGR234H5) Environmental management builds on topics discussed in ENV100 and GGR111/112, by focusing on conceptual frameworks and specific tools that can be used to formulate environmental management goals and support decision-making. Case studies will be used throughout to highlight different approaches, focusing primarily on Canadian examples. Topics include ecosystem and adaptive management, environment impact assessments, and the role of stakeholders. [24L, 9T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ENV210H5 | Sustainability | The United Nations Commission on Environment and Development popularized the term sustainable development in its 1987 report, Our Common Future. How far have we come since then, as a global community, in implementing sustainability as a model for development? In this course we will examine the history, measurement, and present-day models and applications of sustainability and sustainable development in both the public and private spheres. Sustainability is an integrative concept that addresses social, cultural, political, and economic factors within the constraints of the biophysical environment. | University of Toronto Mississauga | sustainable development | SDG7,SDG8,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV222H1 | Pathways to Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach | ENV222H1 explores the concept and practice of sustainability by integrating scientific, technological, economic, political, psychological, historical, and ethical perspectives. The course begins by analyzing the challenges posed by the ecological crisis, including its historical roots. It then goes on to explore and evaluate a variety of approaches, strategies, and actions—at a personal, local, national, and global scale—that could move us towards authentic sustainability. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG7,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG17 |
| ENV223H1 | Fundamental Environmental Skills | The practical, interdisciplinary and controversial nature of environmental issues, as well as the uncertainty that surrounds measures to address them demand mastery of a particular range of skills by environmental students. This course teaches the fundamental research, analysis and presentation skills required for effective environmental work. This course is for students enrolled in the Environmental Studies Major program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV237H1 | Physics of the Changing Environment A | The course will cover basic physics of environmental processes and of measurement techniques in the atmosphere, the ocean, lake-land-forest systems, and other biological systems. It will place its work in the context of climate change and other aspects of environmental change. This course is solely intended for students who have NOT completed a previous first year physics core course, who are in one of the following programs: Environmental Science Major or Minor, Environmental Geosciences Specialist or Earth and Environmental Systems Major. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, ocean, forest, land | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV238H1 | Physics of the Changing Environment B | The course will cover basic physics of environmental processes and of measurement techniques in the atmosphere, the ocean, lake-land-forest systems, and other biological systems. It will place its work in the context of climate change and other aspects of environmental change. This course is solely intended for students who have completed a previous first year physics core course, who are in one of the following programs: Environmental Science Major or Minor, Environmental Geosciences Specialist or Earth and Environmental Systems Major. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, ocean, forest, land | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV305H5 | Sustainable Tourism | Tourism has long been an important industry around the world, but increasingly questions are being raised regarding the social and environmental sustainability of tourism. This course will look at the impacts (both negative and positive) that tourism has on the natural environment, society, and local economies. It will explore how tourism relates to mobility, globalization, recreation and outdoor activity, planning, the environment, cultural identities, protected areas, and wildlife conservation. This course begins with an introduction to tourism more generally and then focuses in on critical perspectives and the development of eco-tourism, cultural tourism, and volunteer tourism. As part of this course, students may have the option of participating in an international learning experience that will have an additional cost and application process. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, sustainable tourism, globaliz, environmental, conserv, wildlife | SDG9,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV307H1 | Urban Sustainability | This course critically examines the concept of urban sustainability in theory and application. Case studies of ongoing urban sustainability programs in the developed and developing world help students assess the successes and failures of these programs. The course also examines the current state of research and implementation efforts toward urban sustainability. Toronto's urban sustainability and sustainable needs will be investigated through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) during the course (previous experience with GIS is not required). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, urban | SDG7,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV311H5 | Environmental Issues in the Developing World | The Earth is one, but the world is not. We all depend on one biosphere for sustaining our lives. Yet each community, each country, strives for survival and prosperity with little regard for its impact on others. These are the opening words from the report of the UN World Commission on Environment and Development, which first popularized the concept of sustainable development. In this course we examine 'environment' and 'development' and 'human well-being' as inseparable challenges. We consider global, regional, and local environmental problems from the perspectives of developing nations, and investigate the economic, social, and political roots of these problems. | University of Toronto Mississauga | well-being, sustainable development, invest, environmental | SDG1,SDG3,SDG8,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG17 |
| ENV316H1 | Laboratory and Field Methods in Environmental Science | This course focuses on methods of sampling and analyzing natural air, water and solid Earth materials for physical, chemical and biological properties that are relevant to current environmental issues. It will integrate approaches from chemistry, physics, geology and biology, and cover techniques in field sampling, laboratory analyses and analyses of large environmental data sets. Basic concepts related to quality control will be emphasized throughout the course: sample collection and storage methods, calibration of field and lab instruments, analyses in complex matrices, errors (accuracy, precision), and detection limits. This course is for students enrolled in the Environmental Science Major program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. A fee of $25 will be charged for lab supplies, lab instrument charges and technical services. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, labor, environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV320H1 | National Environmental Policy | Examines ways in which governments develop and implement policy to protect the environment within their borders. Primarily Canada, plus comparisons with other countries. The focus is upon the politics of environmental policy making, which is understood by examining the interests and powers of the relevant state and non-state actors. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG12,SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV320H5 | Managing Our Waste | Garbage archaeologist William Rathje once said, "Garbage isn't generic junk. It's elements of our behavior all thrown together." The history of human civilization is reflected in what societies have thrown away over the ages. But in recent decades both the quantity and types of waste generated by human activities have changed radically. In this course we will address the philosophical, social, and management challenges associated with waste in Canadian and international contexts, as well as examining some of the technological and scientific aspects of specific waste management problems. | University of Toronto Mississauga | waste | SDG12,SDG16 |
| ENV322H1 | International Environmental Policy | Examines the ways in which states negotiate and implement international agreements addressing global environmental issues, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Focus is upon factors which determine the efficacy of multilateral environmental agreements and the prospects for stronger global environmental governance. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, environmental, governance | SDG12,SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV323H1 | Ontario Environmental Policy | Introduces students to public policy and institutional foundations of public policy in Canada, with an emphasis on environmental policy in Ontario. Provides an insiders perspective on how environmental policy has been developed in Ontario. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, institut | SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV330H5 | Experimental Design in Environmental Science | This hands-on course introduces students to field methods and integrative problem solving in environmental sciences. Topics will include sampling methods and protocols employed in terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric assessment and monitoring, as well as experimental design, data analysis and presentation. Practical sessions will involve outdoor field experiences on campus and neighboring areas. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV332H5 | Practicum in Environmental Project Management | Solutions to environmental issues depend on interdisciplinary teamwork. This course mimics the practical, multidisciplinary, collaborative work that is highly valued in the environment sector. Students work in teams on semester-long projects addressing a specific environmental issue on campus or in the local community (e.g., conducting a waste audit; developing an educational module for a local NGO, etc.). Specific skills that are developed include; project management and workflow, data collection, report writing and formal presentations.  This course is strongly recommended for Specialist and Major students in any of the Environment Programs. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, waste, environmental | SDG8,SDG13,SDG16 |
| ENV333H1 | Ecological Worldviews | Approaches to environmental concerns are often marked by assumptions that reflect distinct worldviews positing particular understandings of the role of the human with respect to nature. This course explores sundry economic, political, scientific, religious, and moral worldviews pertaining to the environment, including environmental ethics, Gaia, ecofeminism, scientific cosmology, and indigenous perspectives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worldview, feminis, indigenous, environmental, ecolog | SDG10,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV335H1 | Environmental Design | Environmental design, in the context of this course, refers to design strategies that account for the ability of supporting ecosystems to continue to meet human needs and those of other lifeforms without diminishing biological diversity or environmental quality. This course takes a hands-on approach to investigating several environmental design issues: climate-responsive design, energy consumption, health and comfort, natural lighting and ventilation, and water management. Students will build up a design of a net-zero carbon residential building through several instructive design exercises during the semester, including hands-on measurement and calculation activities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, energy, invest, consum, climate, environmental, net-zero, ecosystem | SDG13 |
| ENV337H1 | Human Interactions with the Environment | The impact of 7 billion people on the planet is enormous and challenges future generations. What are these impacts today and in future? What solutions and tools can avert societal collapse? Using an integrated and interdisciplinary systems approach, we explore problems and solutions to the earth’s limits to growth. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | planet | SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| ENV338H1 | Environmental Research Data and Decision-making | Understanding the natural world and human perturbations to it requires data. All data has inherent biases and constraints. In this class we will explore the world of environmental data from the perspective of those interested in affecting positive change. The class will use case studies and current research to explore topics such as: How do environmental scientists design studies or experiments to answer specific questions? How do we characterize the limitations of the data we have and work within these constraints to answer scientific questions and make informed and meaningful decisions? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV341H1 | Environment and Health | Examination of the linkages between human health and environment using an interdisciplinary, planetary health lens. Addresses basic public health and toxicological principles. Case studies are examined to highlight the multifaceted ways health and environment are interconnected and to understand key factors modulating environmental exposures and health outcomes in various populations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, environmental, planet | SDG3,SDG6,SDG13 |
| ENV346H1 | Terrestrial Energy Systems | Various earth systems for energy transformation, storage and transport are explored. Geological, hydrological, biological, cosmological and oceanographic energy systems are considered in the context of the Earth as a dynamic system, including the variation of solar energy received by the planet and the redistribution of this energy through various radiative, latent and sensible heat transfer mechanisms. It considers the energy redistribution role of large-scale atmospheric systems, of warm and cold ocean currents, the role of the polar regions, and the functioning of various hydrological systems. The contribution and influence of tectonic systems on the surface systems is briefly introduced, as well the important role of energy storage processes in physical and biological systems, including the accumulation of fossil fuel reserves. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, solar, planet, fossil fuel, ocean | SDG7,SDG9,SDG13 |
| ENV350H1 | Energy Policy and Environment | The course addresses: (1) physical, technological and economic aspects of energy and electricity systems and their associated environmental impacts; (2) current international, Canadian and Ontario energy policy; (3) technological, economic and political factors influencing policy which could significantly reduce environmental impacts of energy use. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, environmental | SDG7,SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV360H1 | Is the Internet Green? | The Internet has deeply penetrated most aspects of society and yet we are remarkably unreflective about its impacts and sustainability. This course challenges students to critically evaluate evidence regarding the environmental and social impacts of the Internet and how the Internet contributes (or not) to goals of environmental sustainability. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | internet, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| ENV361H1 | Social Media and Environmentalism | This course examines the impacts of the internet on environmental thinking and policy-making. Topics include the use of social media as a tool for community-building and collaborative design, the sharing economy, online protest movements, mass surveillance and its implications, and the impact of misinformation on climate denialism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, internet, climate, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| ENV362H1 | Energy and Environment: Transitions in History | An exploration of the interactions between humans and their environments in the Holocene, focusing on the contexts and consequences of changes in energy technologies. Includes consideration of changes in food production and processing, transport and power generation technologies from the adoption of agriculture to the twentieth century. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, energy, transit, production | SDG7,SDG12,SDG16 |
| ENV393H5 | Environmental Assessment | The course focuses on the methodologies for measuring and predicting the impact of development on the bio-physical and socio-economic environments. Topics include environmental assessment, law and institutions, environmental mediation; Phase I, II, III environmental site assessment; monitoring; mitigation; evaluation; and risk assessment. The types of impact assessment (IA) methods examined vary from year to year (e.g. economic IA, ecological IA, social IA). [24L, 6P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | socio-economic, environmental, ecolog, institut | SDG4,SDG10,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ENV411H1 | Sustainability Thinking | This capstone course for the Certificate in Sustainability will build on the guiding sustainability principles and journal reflections that began in in the foundational course, ENV222H1, and require students to reflect on the entirety of their sustainability education and experience. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | sustainability education | SDG4 |
| ENV421Y1 | Community Research for Social & Environmental Change | This research course will provide students with an opportunity to engage in an action-focused, community-based group research project. This course is restricted to students enrolled in a program or certificate at the School of the Environment, or special permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV422H1 | Environmental Law | An introduction to environmental law for students in Environmental Studies; legal methods available to resolve environmental problems and the scope and limits of those methods; common law and statutory tools as well as environmental assessment legislation; the problem of standing to sue and the limits of litigation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG10,SDG13,SDG16,SDG17 |
| ENV425H5 | Managing Urban Ecosystems | This course examines the ways people interact with and manage urban ecosystems. Socio-ecological systems, green infrastructure, environmental justice, ecosystems services, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainability will be discussed in the context of urban ecosystems. Throughout the course, issues associated with bridging the gaps between the social and natural sciences, unique characteristics of urban ecosystems, and the role of individual decision-makers will be considered. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | green infrastructure, infrastructure, urban, climate change mitigation, climate, environmental, environmental justice, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG6,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV440H1 | Professional Experience Course | Regular academic seminars complement off-campus work on an environmental project. The course enables students to gain practical experience of the needs and demands of professional environmental agencies. Students are given a choice of placements in a variety of sectors (such as government, NGOs, industry). Eligible students who wish to do a work placement in the upcoming summer or fall session are must submit an application form to the Placement Coordinator by mid-January of each year. Please contact the School of the Environment's Placement Coordinator, David Powell, at ug.office.env@utoronto.ca, or consult the School's undergraduate courses webpage for access to the application form, instructions and application deadline. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV451H1 | Current Environmental Topics | This capstone course for the School's core programs will explore current environmental topics, with the goal of integrating the multi- and interdisciplinary strands of each student's learning to date. This course is for students enrolled in one of the School's BA programs, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV452H1 | Environmental Science Seminar | Scientists from within and external to the university share and discuss challenges, findings and opportunities. Specific topics (and speakers) vary from year to year but may draw from rehabilitation techniques, contaminants in our environment, environmental health, impacts on landscapes and communities, biodiversity, water, and modelling of environmental processes. This course is for students enrolled in the School of the Environment, Environmental Science Major BSc program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, water, environmental, biodivers, land | SDG3,SDG6,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ENV461H1 | The U of T Campus as a Living Lab of Sustainability | Sustainability is a growing priority for universities all over the world. Many are developing strong operational sustainability goals and targets, and are giving increasing emphasis to teaching and research on sustainability issues. Yet few have committed at the executive level to integrating academic and operational sustainability in the context of treating their campus as a living laboratory of sustainable practice, research and teaching. Arguably, it is such living lab approaches that offer the largest potential for universities to play a significant role in the sustainability transition. This course will explore and apply the living lab concept, in the context of operational sustainability at the University of Toronto. We will begin by looking at the literature on university sustainability and the living lab concept. The bulk of the course will involve undertaking an applied research project on some aspect of campus sustainability, working in close partnership with operational staff at the University of Toronto. Students will develop the skills needed to work across disciplines and fields of study, and with non-academic partners. This course will put students to work on operational sustainability projects identified by the staff working in or with the Sustainability Office at the University of Toronto. Students will be organized into groups, each of which will be assigned one project, to be overseen by one or more U of T staff members. The bulk of the course will consist of regular meetings with the staff "clients", with instructors, and in small groups to undertake a group project. Each group will produce a mid-term and final report, and give a mid-term and final presentation. Each student will also submit two 360 reviews of the group process. A crucial aspect of this course is the ability of students to work collaboratively together in a group environment, and to work effectively with a university staff person acting as a "client" for their work. Students will be provided with a Handbook outlining information on working in groups and the focus of the class in the second week will be on this issue. The first 360 peer review will serve to provide information on how well each group is working. Students are encouraged to discuss and resolve group process issues in the weekly group meetings, and in their regular meetings with the instructor and TA. The second 360 review will occur at the end of the term. The results of the two 360 reviews will be used, where appropriate, to adjust individual marks from the group averages. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, transit | SDG4,SDG8,SDG11 |
| ENV462H1 | Energy and Environment: Economics, Politics, and Sustainability | This interdisciplinary course examines key ideas in economics, domestic politics and geopolitics that are essential to understanding energy and environmental issues. The course will cover energy markets, how these have fundamentally shaped geopolitical relations and conflicts, and the increasing role that renewable energy and sustainability plays in setting policies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, renewabl, environmental | SDG7,SDG13 |
| ENV463H1 | Edible Campus | This course situates students and campuses within the context of broader movements for more ecologically rational and socially-just food systems. Topics include critical food systems pedagogy; the political economy of campus food systems; student food (in)security and health; campus food systems alternatives; campus food growing spaces; student/campus-based food movements; campus-community partnerships. The course is praxis-driven and will provide students with opportunities to engage in change-making on their campus, and beyond, through an action-focused project with a campus and/or community partner. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food system, pedagogy, ecolog | SDG2,SDG3,SDG4,SDG15 |
| ENV481H1 | Special Topics in the Environment | Special topics course designed for advanced Specialist and Major students in School of the Environment programs. This course is for students enrolled in a School Environmental program, or permission of the Undergraduate Associate Director. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV482H1 | Special Topics in the Environment | Special topics course designed for advanced Specialist and Major students in School of the Environment programs. This course is restricted to students enrolled in a School Environmental program. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| ENV495H5 | Restoration Ecology I | Restoration ecology is an emerging cross-disciplinary field of study that concerns human activities undertaken to promote the recovery, health, integrity and sustainability of degraded ecosystems. This course introduces the fundamental concepts of ecological restoration, addressing topics such as assessing ecosystem health, resilience, resistance and stability; community structure and biodiversity; invasive species; ecosystem processes and functions; societal aspects of ecological restoration (e.g., the relationship between social, economic and environmental sustainability). | University of Toronto Mississauga | resilien, environmental, resilience, species, biodivers, ecosystem, ecolog, ecological restoration | SDG15,SDG14 |
| ENV496H5 | Restoration Ecology II | The follow-up course to Restoration Ecology I, ENV496H5 will build on its theoretical foundations to focus on student involvement in a variety of restoration projects planned or underway by Credit Valley Conservation and other groups in Mississauga and the greater Credit Valley watershed. The emphasis here is on planning and implementation of restoration projects; good scientific design; understanding policies and procedures; identifying and working with stakeholders, etc. Occasional field exercises may be scheduled during regular class meeting times. | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, conserv, ecolog | SDG14,SDG15 |
| ERS101H5 | Planet Earth | We discuss the age and origin of the Earth, the nature of its deep interior, the origin of mountains, oceans, earthquakes and volcanoes, and show how these features are related in a unifying theory known as Plate Tectonics, that explains how the evolution of the Earth's surface is driven by internal processes. Practicals will include laboratory exercises devoted to the understanding and recognition of minerals, rocks and geological structures. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, planet, ocean | SDG13,SDG14 |
| ERS111H5 | Earth, Climate & Life | Life as we know it is completely dependent on our planet. The Earth is an integrated system, where the ocean, atmosphere, life and planet interact with and affect one another. The evolution of the smallest organisms has drastically changed Earth's climate, and small changes in Earth's climate have a profound effect on the distribution of life. Understanding how organisms feed, breath, grow, and reproduce are integral to mitigating large-scale climate changes and organic cycles, and how this will affect the Earth as a system. Processes such as plate tectonics produces an ever changing surface, and has been a major control on how and when life evolved and flourished. After introducing how the Earth works, topics discussed will include how life on Earth has evolved, how large-scale geological processes affect climate and life and how ecosystems have changed in response to weather and climate change. We will also discuss the effect that our species has had on this planet; from the sudden shifts in stability of Earth's systems, to feedback cycles, to use of resources and sustainability. | University of Toronto Mississauga | climate, weather, planet, ocean, species, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ERS225H5 | Field Methods | Fieldwork is at the heart of being a geologist. Skills gained during fieldwork are key as part of a Geologist's toolbox, and are highly regarded in a career. This course introduces fieldwork to students during a week-long fieldtrip in late August looking at outcrops of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks around Ontario. Skills taught will include basic geological observation, description and interpretation, the collection of field notes, geological measurements and presentation of the data. Enrolment approval into the course is by application only; Registration in ACORN is required; priority will be given to Earth Science Specialists, or Environmental Geoscience Specialists. Please see the UTM CPS Earth Science Fieldtrip page for more information. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG4,SDG15 |
| ERS299Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | This courses provides a richly rewarding opportunity for students in their second year to work in the research project of a professor in return for 299Y course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, learn research methods and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| ERS311H5 | Sedimentology and Basin Analysis | This course will focus on principles of correlation, facies concepts, dynamic processes, and their geologic records in modern and ancient sedimentary environments, with focus on basins. Factors that influence sedimentary formation and evolution will be investigated, including sea level and sediment supply. Emphasis will be placed on sequence stratigraphic approaches to the evaluation of sedimentary systems. Sustainable management of oil, water, and gas resources within sedimentary basins will be covered. | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, invest, sea level | SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG13,SDG14 |
| ERS312H5 | Oceanography | The world's oceans cover approximately 70% of the Earth Surface and Canada has extensive coastlines along three major ocean basins. This course will provide an understanding of chemical, biological, physical and geologic aspects of the oceans. Emphasis will be placed on the geological and geophysical processes that form and shape the ocean basins and continental margins. In addition, this course will offer an insight into the paleoceanographic evolution of our planet and present day environmental threats such as pollution, habitat destruction, acidification and ocean warming. Even though this course does not include specific lab or tutorial sessions, three relevant exercises will be included. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pollution, environmental, planet, ocean, pollut | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ERS315H5 | Environmental Geology | This course will focus on Earth processes as they relate to human activities. Topics include sustainability global climate change on short and long timescales; groundwater flow and contamination/human engineering of Earth processes; geological aspects of pollution and waste disposal; and environmental impact of extracting/using minerals, energy, soil, and other Earth resources. A field trip will give students a first-hand experience in aspects of human/planet interaction. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pollution, water, contamination, energy, waste, climate, environmental, planet, pollut, soil | SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESC101H1 | Praxis I | Praxis I is the cornerstone course of the Engineering Science Foundation Design sequence and introduces the foundational models and tools of engineering design, communication, teamwork, and professionalism that underlie design education within Engineering Science. In Praxis I students work both individually and in small teams to develop their knowledge and skills in through a combination of active lectures, structured interactive studios, and hands-on practical sessions. The design projects in Praxis I are scoped to the individual student and the broader University community. Each student and team is responsible for both defining and resolving their own opportunities. Praxis I also supports students as they transition into their engineering studies and into the Engineering Science learning community. This support integrates conceptual models, concrete techniques, and University resources, and addresses both academic and non-academic concerns. All courses within the Foundation Design sequence use engineering design to provide a context in which students integrate their knowledge, develop their emerging engineering identity, and codify their individual approach to engineering practice. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, transit | SDG4,SDG11 |
| ESC102H1 | Praxis II | Praxis II develops the models and tools of design, communication, teamwork, and professionalism introduced in Praxis I. The course also introduces additional complementary considerations including ethics and equity. In Praxis II students work primarily in small teams to develop and refine their knowledge and skills in through a combination of active lectures, structured interactive studios, and hands-on practical sessions. The design projects in Praxis II are scoped to communities within the broader City of Toronto. Student teams are responsible for identifying and engaging with these communities, and for first framing and then resolving a collaboratively identified opportunity.Praxis II culminates in a public showcase where teams present and demonstrate their designs to their stakeholders and to the general public. Praxis II also continues to support students as they integrate more fully into the Engineering Science learning community. All courses within the Foundation Design sequence use engineering design to provide a context in which students integrate their knowledge, develop their emerging engineering identity, and codify their individual approach to engineering practice. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, equity, labor, equit | SDG4,SDG11 |
| ESC203H1 | Engineering and Society | Through this course, students will examine the relationship between engineering and society, emphasizing a humanities and social sciences perspective. Building on the Praxis courses, students will develop and apply an understanding of ethics and equity to broader sociotechnical systems and challenges. Using models of critical thinking, active learning activities and discussion seminars, students will develop an understanding of the social and environmental impacts of technology. Students will further develop their communication, teamwork and professional skills through persuasive writing, facilitation and formal debate. Upon completion of the course, students will have an appreciation for the complex interaction between human society and technology, and will be able to analyze and evaluate the social, technological, political, and ethical dimensions of technology. Humanities and Social Science elective. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | learning, equity, equit, environmental | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10 |
| ESC470H1 | Energy Systems Capstone Design | A half-year capstone design course in which students work in teams to apply the engineering design, technical, and communication skills learned previously, while refining their skills in teamwork and project management. The course focus is on context-appropriate energy systems design and simulation, incorporating generation, transmission and storage of energy from across a range of traditional and alternative energy sources. Students identify, frame, and design solutions to problems that align with that focus, and the resulting designs are assessed on their engineering quality and design credibility. In addition, each student engages in individual critical reflection on their course activities, team performance, and on their growth as an engineering designer across their undergraduate program. Students are supported by a teaching team comprising both design and domain experts. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy | SDG7 |
| ESC472H1 | Electrical and Computer Capstone Design | A half-year capstone design course in which students work in small teams to apply the engineering design, technical, and communication skills learned previously, while refining their skills in teamwork and project management. Each team is expected to design a complex engineered system, implemented (a) fully in software, (b) fully in hardware or (c) in a mixture of hardware and software, using concepts drawn from the ECE Major curriculum and resulting in a functional prototype. Teams are expected to integrate their design, technical, and complementary knowledge, to design for safety, and to consider relevant interdisciplinary factors such as economic, health, environmental, social, and similar concerns.In addition, each student will complete an individual critical reflection on their course activities, team performance, and on their growth as an engineering designer across their undergraduate program. This reflection is intended to prepare the student for the next stage of their engineering career | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, environmental | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8,SDG10,SDG13 |
| ESS103H1 | Geology in Public Issues | Geologic hazards: earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis. The distribution and politics of natural resources, including petroleum and ore deposits. Nuclear power and nuclear waste disposal. Global change: the geologic record of hot and cold climates, and how the earth survives. ESS103H1 is primarily intended as a science Distribution Requirement course for Humanities and Social Science. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | waste, natural resource, climate, land | SDG7,SDG13,SDG15 |
| ESS105H1 | Our home planet | The nature and evolution of the Earth; plate tectonics; rocks and minerals; volcanism; geological time; fossils; geology of Ontario; environmental issues; and human interactions with the planet. ESS105H1 is primarily intended as a science Distribution Requirement course for Humanities and Social Science students | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, planet | SDG13 |
| ESS197H1 | Earth and Life through Time | This seminar will look through the lens of earth history to explore drivers of change in the biosphere and the impacts of these changes. We will focus on episodes of mass extinction, and the spectacular landscape changes and speciation events which often followed. Abrupt or gradual climatic changes, massive volcanism, asteroid impacts, catastrophic carbon releases, and human activity will be evaluated as the causes of major extinction events in Earth history. The course will involve reading of scientific literature, student-led discussions, oral presentations and research projects, as well as potential field trips to sites in Southern Ontario. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land | SDG13,SDG15 |
| ESS198H1 | Resources and Sustainability | The rise of humanity is intricately linked to the exploitation of natural resources. From its earliest attempts to use fire and extract metals from rocks, to coal-fired steam that brought the industrial revolution, hydrocarbons that fuel international travel and trade, nuclear energy to produce electricity, and the reliance on smartphones in our daily lives, the planet's resources have brought innovation and problems and require us to ask questions regarding sustainability. This course will explore the gamut from resource extraction and trading, to its societal consequences including global politics, environmental pollution, and remediation. The course will involve reading of scientific literature, student-led discussions, oral presentations and research projects, and potentially field trips to sites in Southern Ontario. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, remediation, energy, trade, natural resource, environmental, planet, pollut, exploitation | SDG6,SDG7,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ESS199H1 | Earth, Portrait of a Planet | Modern Earth Sciences touches on virtually all aspects of modern life, from the atmosphere to large scale natural disasters. This course will explore how earth sciences has shaped our society and our understanding of the earth as a system. Potential course topics will vary depending on the instructor, and include (but are not limited to) the great climate change crisis and what we know about climate change in the past to the literally earth moving ideas of plate tectonics (and the associated natural disasters). The course will involve reading of scientific literature, student-led discussions, oral presentations and research projects. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.For further information, please contact the Student Affairs Coordinator (Scott Moore, Department of Earth Sciences, 22 Russell St. Earth Sciences Center, Room 1062 email: ugrad@es.utoronto.ca | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, planet | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESS205H1 | Confronting Global Change | The emergence of society as a major geological force is considered in terms of the evolving debate about the consequences of human activity for the habitability of our planet. Major issues such as climate change, environmental pollution, and depletion of natural resources are examined. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, natural resource, climate, environmental, planet, pollut | SDG3,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESS262H1 | Earth System Processes | An introduction to how our planet works, focusing on physical processes that govern the nature and composition of Earth with an emphasis on the dynamic nature of the planet. Topics include surface processes (e.g., weathering and erosion, ocean and atmospheric circulation, weather and climate), crustal processes (e.g., plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, biogeochemical cycles), and earth-environment interactions (e.g., natural hazards, resource development, and sustainability). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, weather, planet, ocean, erosion | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESS312H1 | Hydrogeology | Groundwater flow, the role of groundwater in geologic processes, and physical, chemical and biological constraints on contaminant source transport and attenuation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water | SDG6 |
| ESS361H1 | Atmosphere-Biosphere Interact | Theory on the exchange of energy and matter (carbon, water) between the land surface and atmosphere, with a focus on the implications of ecosystem-level processes for regional micrometeorology. Examples will be taken from research on contemporary as well as palaeoclimate systems. Case studies to include how changes in vegetation type alter surface radiation balance, hydrological cycling and heat transfer in soils. There is no formal textbook for this course. Lecture material will be augmented with assigned readings from the scientific literature. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, energy, climate, ecosystem, land, soil | SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESS362H1 | Oceanography | An introduction to the physical, geological, chemical, and biological processes governing the world's oceans. The course emphasizes critical thinking, environmental issues, and interrelationships among scientific disciplines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, ocean | SDG13,SDG14 |
| ESS461H1 | Palaeoenvironmental Studies | The use of proxy data (terrestrial and aquatic microfossils) to infer past environmental conditions. The nature and extent of Quaternary environmental change is considered in the context of assessing current issues such as acidification, metal pollution, eutrophication and global climate change. Paleoenvironmental techniques are applied in the laboratory. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, labor, climate, environmental, pollut | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESS462H1 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | A seminar course focusing on the exchange of matter (i.e. elements, minerals) between the Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and biosphere. Course-related topics include global biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, silicon, iron, and zinc (amongst other elements) and will include both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Examples and case studies will be viewed from the paleo-, contemporary and potential future global change perspectives. The overall content of course readings will be determined by student interest, as students have the freedom to choose topics (readings) of personal interest. Offered in alternate years. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ocean, marine, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ESTB01H3 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | This course introduces the Environmental Studies major and the interdisciplinary study of the environment through a team-teaching format. Students will explore both physical and social science perspectives on the environment, sustainability, environmental problems and their solutions. Emphasis will be on critical thinking, problem solving, and experiential learning. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, environmental | SDG4,SDG13 |
| ESTB02H3 | Whose Land Indigenous-Canada- Land Relations | Introduces students to the geography of Indigenous-Crown-Land relations in Canada. Beginning with pre-European contact and the historic Nation-to-Nation relationship, the course will survey major research inquiries from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Students will learn how ongoing land and treaty violations impact Indigenous peoples, settler society, and the land in Canada. Same as GGRB18H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, women, girl, indigenous, land | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| ESTB03H3 | Land | In this course students will learn about sustainability thinking, its key concepts, historical development and applications to current environmental challenges. More specifically, students will gain a better understanding of the complexity of values, knowledge, and problem framings that sustainability practice engages with through a focused interdisciplinary study of land. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, environmental, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG13,SDG15 |
| ESTB04H3 | Addressing the Climate Crisis | Addressing the climate crisis is a profound challenge for society. This course explores climate change and what people are doing about it. This course emphasizes the human dimensions of the climate crisis. It introduces students to potential solutions, ethical and justice considerations, climate change policies and politics, and barriers standing in the way of effective action. With an emphasis on potential solutions, students will learn how society can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions through potential climate change mitigation actions and about adaptation actions that can help reduce the impacts of climate change on humans. This course is intended for students from all backgrounds interested in understanding the human dimensions of the climate crisis and developing their ability to explain potential solutions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | emission, greenhouse, climate change mitigation, climate, greenhouse gas, emissions | SDG7,SDG11,SDG13 |
| ESTC34H3 | Sustainability in Practice | This course is intended for students who would like to apply theoretical principles of environmental sustainability learned in other courses to real world problems. Students will identify a problem of interest related either to campus sustainability, a local NGO, or municipal, provincial, or federal government. Class meetings will consist of group discussions investigating key issues, potential solutions, and logistical matters to be considered for the implementation of proposed solutions. Students who choose campus issues will also have the potential to actually implement their solutions. Grades will be based on participation in class discussions, as well as a final report and presentation. Same as EESC34H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| ESTC35H3 | Environmental Science and Technology in Society | In this course students will engage critically, practically and creatively with environmental controversies and urgent environmental issues from the standpoint of the sociology of science and technology (STS). This course will contribute to a better understanding of the social and political construction of environmental science and technology. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| ESTC36H3 | Knowledge, Ethics and Environmental Decision-Making | Most environmental issues have many sides including scientific, social, cultural, ethical, political, and economic. Current national, regional and local problems will be discussed in class to help students critically analyze the roots of the problems and possible approaches to decision-making in a context of pluralism and complexity. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, environmental | SDG4,SDG8,SDG13 |
| ESTC37H3 | Energy and Sustainability | This course will address energy systems and policy, focusing on opportunities and constraints for sustainable energy transitions. The course introduces energy systems, including how energy is used in society, decarbonization pathways for energy, and the social and political challenges of transitioning to zero carbon and resilient energy systems. Drawing on real-world case studies, students will learn about energy sources, end uses, technologies, institutions, politics, policy tools and the social and ecological impacts of energy. Students will learn integrated and interdisciplinary approaches to energy systems analysis and gain skills in imagining and planning sustainable energy futures. | University of Toronto Scarborough | energy, gini, resilien, transit, decarboniz, ecolog, institut | SDG7,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| ESTC40H3 | Technical Methods for Climate Change Mitigation | Addressing the climate crisis requires designing and implementing effective climate change mitigation targets, strategies, policies and actions to eliminate human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. In this course, students will learn the various technical methods required in climate change mitigation. Students will explore the opportunities, barriers, and tools that exist to implement effective climate change mitigation in the energy, industry, waste, and agriculture, forestry and land-use sectors. The emphasis of the course is on the technical methods that climate change mitigation experts require. | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, energy, emission, greenhouse, climate change mitigation, waste, climate, greenhouse gas, emissions, forest, land | SDG2,SDG7,SDG11,SDG13,SDG12,SDG15 |
| ESTD17Y3 | Cohort Capstone Course in Environmental Studies | This course is designed to provide a strong interdisciplinary focus on specific environmental problems including the socioeconomic context in which environmental issues are resolved. The cohort capstone course is in 2 consecutive semesters, providing final year students the opportunity to work in a team, as environmental researchers and consultants, combining knowledge and skill-sets acquired in earlier courses. Group research to local environmental problems and exposure to critical environmental policy issues will be the focal point of the course. Students will attend preliminary meetings schedules in the Fall semester. Same as EESD17Y3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socioeconomic, knowledge, environmental | SDG1,SDG4,SDG13 |
| ESTD18H3 | Environmental Studies Seminar Series | This course will be organized around the DPES seminar series, presenting guest lecturers around interdisciplinary environmental themes. Students will analyze major environmental themes and prepare presentations for in-class debate. Same as EESD18H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG13 |
| ESTD19H3 | Risk | A practical introduction to the concept of 'risk' as utilized in environmental decision-making. Students are introduced to risk analysis and assessment procedures as applied in business, government, and civil society. Three modules take students from relatively simple determinations of risk (e.g., infrastructure flooding) towards more complex, real-world, inclusive considerations (e.g., ecosystem impacts of climate change). | University of Toronto Scarborough | infrastructure, climate, environmental, ecosystem | SDG9,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| ETH401H1 | Seminar in Ethics | The seminar will expose advanced undergraduates to cutting edge research in ethics. It meets bi-weekly over the entire academic year. Participants will attend research presentations at the Centre for Ethics (topics have included bioethics, indigenous rights, equality and education, free speech, and workplace democracy). They will also meet individually with the instructor to plan an independent research project related to the theme of the course. In the winter term, students will present their research and discuss it with the other students in the seminar. (Note that this is an H1Y course -- a half-credit course taught throughout both Fall and Winter terms.) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equalit, indigenous, democra, indigenous rights | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| EUR200Y1 | Europe: Nation-State to Supranational Union | An analysis of the development of European political regimes from 1789 until the 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union to include the countries of the former Soviet bloc. This course identifies the decisive forces and factors affecting the operation of constitutions and institutions within the countries which came to form the European Union: nationalism, multi-nationalism, internationalism and supranationalism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, nationalism | SDG16 |
| EUR498H1 | Special Topics in European Affairs: European Union | What is the European Union? Which are its core institutions and how do they work? What is the scope of its directives and programs, and how do they fit in with the member-states policies? What is the role of the EU as an international actor? This course on Special Topics in European Affairs aims at answering all these questions. The course will start with an introduction to integration in Europe, the development of the EU, and some theories and approaches to its study. It will then review the main political, economic, and judiciary institutions in the EU. Last, it will examine some important policy areas and challenges at the European level, including migration and asylum, social cohesion, counterterrorist initiatives, scenarios after Brexit, relations between the EU and its neighbours, and foreign policy. Special care will be given to explaining the political interaction between the EU institutions and the member-states, on the one hand, and the EU's Directives and policy frameworks and the members policies, on the other hand. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, judic, terroris | SDG16 |
| FAH198H1 | Shocking Artists, Shocking Art | Art causes scandals for many reasons, provoking a range of consequences, including censorship, cuts to government funding of the arts or even destruction of the work in question. In this course we will consider a number of kinds of art scandal arising from exhibition in public galleries and urban spaces, including those that have to do with legal issues such as plagiarism and vandalism; aesthetic objections on the part of the public, ranging from perceived obscenity to simple resentment of abstract art; racism; sacrilege; and political subversion, amongst others. We will consider the work of artists including Chris Ofili, Joep van Lieshout, Paul McCarthy, Damien Hirst, Michael Snow, Sally Mann, Banksy, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Prince, Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe, Carl Andre, Maya Lin, and Jeff Koons, amongst others. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, racism, urban | SDG10 |
| FAH199H1 | Architecture of Toronto | The architecture of Toronto is characterized by artful and influential monuments as well as stylistically incoherent neighbourhoods, vibrant civic spaces alongside dysfunctional infrastructure. This course investigates how Canada's national metropolis came to embody such extremes of architectural richness and urban contradictions. The seminar focuses on how to "read" the buildings of Toronto and think critically about the forces that have shaped city planning, monuments, public space, and concepts of heritage. Readings and discussions will be combined with field trips, research on site or in the archives, and direct engagement with local communities and preservation initiatives. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | infrastructure, buildings, invest, urban, metro, civic spaces | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11 |
| FAH255H1 | Art of Indigenous North America | A broad survey of Indigenous arts in North America from Mexico to the Arctic, and from ancient to modern. Students will gain a basic literacy in key artforms including painting, architecture, basketry and more, grounded in an awareness of Indigenous realities and historical currents. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | basic literacy, indigenous | SDG10 |
| FAH275H5 | Introduction to Indigenous Art in Canada | This survey course will introduce students to the advanced technological and innovative material contributions of Indigenous cultural knowledge towards the reshaping of Canadian Culture, Identity and Art today; beginning with the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations. Specificity of place, nation, geographical territory, the intervention of colonial government policy, and social movements will be reviewed as they relate to the creation and collection of Indigenous art and established art markets. Object and image making, new technologies, performance art, ceremony, land, hunting, activism, social engagement, and community arts will be covered, as will fashion, dance, song, and storytelling. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, indigenous, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11,SDG15 |
| FAH310H5 | Curating Matters: Contexts and Issues in Contemporary Curatorial Practice | This course will introduce students to the major critical texts, theories, and debates circulating in the burgeoning international field of contemporary curatorial studies. The course will include lectures, case studies, practice-related assignments, encounters with artists and art professionals, and student presentations that are intended to raise issues and engage debate about contemporary exhibition practices and account for theoretical perspectives and historical context. One objective of this course is to trouble preconceptions of the role of the curator in order to observe the complexity of curatorial models across and beyond art institutions. The class will address the implications of shifting cultural, social, and political contexts for artistic and curatorial practice and their sites. | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut | SDG10 |
| FAH314H1 | Eroticism in Ancient Art | Erotic imagery in sculptures, reliefs, paintings is ubiquitous in ancient art, to a degree that modern viewers have often found disturbing. This course faces the challenge posed by the ancient predilection for such imagery and explores it from a critical and scholarly perspective. At its most basic level, it reassigns a seemingly universal segment of human "nature" and experience to the realm of culture, by examining the imagery against the background of ancient constructions of sexuality, gender and the body. But it also explores the libidinal and hedonic structure of the works of art themselves and asks for the functions of erotic imagery in its respective contexts. The course will avail itself of the excellent research on gender, sexuality and eroticism in antiquity that has been produced over the past few decades, and it will also explore the topic's lateral connections with the thematic fields of ancient humour, the grotesque, apotropaism, myth and magic. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| FAH351H1 | Black Art in North America | This introductory course will survey the interrelated history of Blackness and artistic production in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Canada. Starting in the eighteenth century with the advent of the transatlantic slave trade and covering up to Black Lives Matter movement, the course proceeds chronologically and considers the Black Art within its larger social context. By discussing the aesthetic qualities of artworks and the careers of Black artists alongside of the history of anti-Black racism in North America, we will explore both how the visual has been used as a tool of domination and how art can challenge or subvert racist ideologies. At the end of the course, students will be familiar with the primary figures, debates, and works of art that constitute the field. They will also be comfortable discussing the history anti-Black racism and its current manifestations. Topics include: the visual culture of slavery and abolition, hemispheric and transatlantic modernisms, the racial politics of outsider and folk art, the Black Arts Movement, and art and mass incarceration. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | racism, trade, production | SDG4,SDG10 |
| FAH356H5 | Colonial Latin American Art and Architecture | This lecture course will examine processes of cultural transfer and transformation in the planning of cities, churches, and viceregal palaces from the early days of contact through the Baroque in the Viceroyalties of Mexico and Peru and in Brasil. The persistence of indigenous beliefs and forms will be tracked in painting, sculpture, and architecture alongside the emergence of unique genres (i.e., castas, feather paintings), building types, and forms based on the particular makeup of a colonial society. | University of Toronto Mississauga | indigenous, cities | SDG10 |
| FAH371H1 | Architecture and Urbanism in Baroque Europe (formerly FAH355H1) | Architecture studied through its various building types and in its urban context. Themes include architecture and power under Absolutism, and the rise of the modern city. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, urban | SDG11 |
| FAH452H1 | Contemporary Indigenous Art in Canada & the United States | This course focuses on Indigenous artists working both within and outside of contemporary art spaces in Canada and the United States, through a study of key exhibitions and movements in the Indigenous arts community from 1984 to the present. From the Columbus Quincentennial in 1992 and its echoes in the "Canada 150"; celebrations, to artists working from the front lines of land protection movements, we will explore ideas of nationalism, inclusion, intervention, and 'decolonization' of the gallery. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, decolonization, land, nationalism | SDG10,SDG15 |
| FAH488H1 | Considering Sustainable Textiles and Fashions in the Age of Climate Crisis | This seminar looks at historic and contemporary global thinking about the production and consumption of textiles and fashions within the current climate change crisis, and over-production due to fast fashion. We question the notion of Western seasonal style and look at historic models to understand new economies of scale and value, issues of labour and natural resources. Through lectures, workshops, and seminars, the class will consider how to harness past models to attain the future of textiles and fashion and the context surrounding the 3 R's, reduce, reuse and recycle. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labour, consum, production, natural resource, recycl, reuse, climate | SDG8,SDG12 |
| FAS453H5 | Art Education Practice | (Offered at Sheridan College) Students investigate the principles of educational theory and practice for teaching the visual arts to learners including children, adolescents and adults, within a variety of educational settings. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG4 |
| FIN230H1 | Finnish Culture 1800 to Present | FIN230H1 offers an introduction to Finnish society, history and culture from 1800 to present. The course examines the rise of Finnish nationalism in the 1800s, its main manifestations, and concentrates on the developments of its cultural, educational and social institutions, its economic structures, demographics, cultural traditions as well as the national bilingual status. The focus is on contemporary themes placed in a wider societal context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, nationalism | SDG11 |
| FOR200H1 | Conservation of Canada's Forests | Forest conservation issues in Canada; fundamentals of forest biology and ecology; forest biodiversity; development of forest management philosophy in Canadian forested regions; concepts of sustainability. Sustainable forest management strategies; forest policy and economics in a Canadian context; forest certification; protected areas. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, biodivers, forest, ecolog, forest conservation | SDG15 |
| FOR201H1 | Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests | The world's major tropical and subtropical forest biomes; prospects for conservation and sustainable management; consequences of different forest development strategies; tropical deforestation and selective logging; agroforestry; biodiversity and non-timber forest products; the fuelwood crisis; large carnivore conservation; ecological, economic and social perspectives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agro, conserv, biodivers, forest, ecolog, deforestation | SDG2,SDG15 |
| FOR300H1 | Forest Products in Sustainable Forestry | Traditional and non-traditional forest products; wood structure; properties and material attributes; functional characteristics and logistics of wood product industry. Contribution of innovative product development to conservation; adding value; residue use; biorefinery; under-utilized species; wood protection. Forest product certification; eco-labelling; life cycle analysis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, species, forest | SDG15 |
| FOR301H1 | Field Methods in Forest Conservation | A practical introduction to the field methods used by forest conservationists in Ontario. This field course will last 10-days from August 30 September 8 approximately. Field exercises will provide students with practical training in tree identification, forest ecosystem classification, forest inventory, stand management prescriptions, tree marking, and silvicultural systems. Each student is required to pay an ancillary fee of approximately $650 to cover the costs of their transportation and accommodation. Students must contact the Faculty to register; we strongly recommend that you do so by the end of May, but later registrations will be considered if class size permits. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, ecosystem, forest, forest conservation | SDG15 |
| FOR302H1 | Societal Values and Forest Management | The course will provide diverse perspectives about societal values and forests, such as Indigenous perspective, ecosystem services and human well-being, climate change and carbon sequestration, and forest management systems, such as community-based forest management and adaptive management systems; and will develop an understanding of the need of integrative approach to address the social, cultural, economic, and scientific issues associated with forest management. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well-being, indigenous, climate, carbon sequestration, ecosystem, forest | SDG3,SDG10,SDG13,SDG15 |
| FOR303H1 | Human Dimensions of Global Forests | Global forest resources; relationships between societies and forests, consumption, trade and valuation of timber and non-timber products; ecosystem services, climate change and forestry, tropical deforestation and softwood lumber dispute. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade, consum, climate, ecosystem, forest, deforestation | SDG8,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| FOR305H1 | Biology of Trees and Forests | An overview of the biology of trees and the ecological principles that govern the structure and function of forests. Topics in tree biology will include tree identification, wood anatomy, tree architecture, resource acquisition and allocation, tree growth and mortality. Topics in forest ecology will include resource competition, stand development, species succession, and the cycling of nutrients and energy. This course will include a substantial field and lab component. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, species, forest, ecolog | SDG15 |
| FOR307H1 | Forest Insect Ecology & Management | Insect identification and ecology, biodiversity and conservation, invasive species, insect-tree interaction, biological control, pesticide use, and integrated pest management. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, species, biodivers, forest, ecolog | SDG15 |
| FOR308H1 | Discovering Wood and its Role in Societal Development | Humanities and Social Science elective: Trees and their components have been used through the centuries for shelter, heat, entertainment, weapons, sport, furnishings, communication, food and medicines. This course explores the co-evolution of nature and culture by examining the social and economic impacts that the forest and its exploitation had in the development of societies throughout the ages. Focus will be on the cultural history of wood and products derived from it and its influence on developing societies from biblical times to modern day. The course will examine how wood's versatility and usefulness in varied applications has been discovered by society as needs for survival to austerity develop. The unique properties of woody materials will be examined to expose its ability to meet the varied demands of societies throughout the ages. This course will allow students to explore the place and role of wood derived products in sustainable society. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | forest, exploitation | SDG8,SDG9,SDG15 |
| FOR310H1 | Bioenergy from Sustainable Forest Management | Socio-economic, technical, political and environmental issues associated with the utilization of forest biomass (e.g., harvesting residues, thinnings, salvage, short rotation woody crops) for a source of renewable energy. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, energy, renewabl, environmental, forest | SDG7,SDG15 |
| FOR400Y1 | Advanced Seminar in Forest Conservation | Examination of current and emerging critical issues affecting sustainable management and conservation of global forests. Seminars led by students, faculty and visiting speakers. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, forest, forest conservation | SDG15 |
| FOR401H1 | Research Paper/Thesis in Forest Conservation | Individual in-depth student research projects on significant forest conservation and forest biomaterial issues, based on field and/or laboratory research, or literature survey. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, conserv, forest, forest conservation | SDG15 |
| FOR403H1 | Directed Readings | Provides opportunities for students to carry out individual in-depth study of current forest conservation and forest biomaterials issues, under the direction of a faculty member. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, forest, forest conservation | SDG15 |
| FOR410H1 | Bioenergy and Biorefinery Technology | Technological advances and approaches in deriving biofuels and chemical feedstocks from forest and other biomass. Fundamental chemical attributes of biomass, as they affect the fuel value and potential for deriving liquid, solid and gaseous fuels and valuable chemicals for other applications will be discussed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, biofuel, forest | SDG7,SDG15 |
| FOR413H1 | Wildlife Ecology & Conservation | Temperate and tropical wildlife ecology and conservation; roles of wildlife in forest conservation; impacts of forestry practices and landscape modification on wildlife; ecology and viability of wildlife populations; human uses and abuses of game and non-game species. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | conserv, species, forest, ecolog, land, forest conservation, wildlife | SDG15 |
| FOR416H1 | Green Urban Infrastructure | Trees in and around the city are key to providing multiple engineered and ecological services that only recently have been brought into the responsible fiscal planning of every municipality around the globe. Reviews the role of trees and woodlands in providing environmental, social and economic benefits to urban and peri-urban residents and to the broader environment. Examines approaches to the characterization of urban forest ecosystems, and their planning and management. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | infrastructure, urban, environmental, ecosystem, forest, ecolog, land | SDG2,SDG9,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| FOR417H1 | Ecological Principles of Agroforestry | The roles of trees and forests in agricultural land-use systems primarily in the third world. An examination of the biological and management aspects of agroforestry, within the socio-economic constraints of the developing world. The sustainability of particular agroforestry systems is a theme throughout. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, agricultur, agro, forest, ecolog, land | SDG1,SDG2,SDG15 |
| FOR419H1 | Forest Fire Behaviour and Management | Understanding forest fire activity is important for predicting fire's impact on forests and the wildland-urban interface, as well as understanding the impacts of climate change. Basic principles of forest fuel moisture exchange, fire occurrence and fire behaviour are explored. Emphasis is placed on application of these models to real fire management problems. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, climate, forest, land | SDG13,SDG15 |
| FOR421H1 | Green Urban Infrastructure: Sustainable City Forests | Complementary Studies elective: With over 80% of the world's population now living in cities, tomorrow's forests will be urban. Increasing global recognition of nature deficit disorder and the values of green infrastructure to mitigate broader human impacts gives a new meaning to the term 'urban forestry', coined here at UofT and now recognized widely. Trees in and around the city are key to providing multiple engineered and ecological services that only recently have been brought into the responsible fiscal planning of every municipality around the globe. If managed properly (a key concept), urban forests mitigate climate change and urban heat island effects, act as carbon sinks, air filters, water purifiers, air conditioners, noise dampeners, wildlife and/or biodiversity refuges, and green spaces for the human spirit. Here, we explore the challenges and opportunities of this exciting new applied field at the cross-roads of ecology, engineering and planning to ensure future global sustainability. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | water, green infrastructure, infrastructure, cities, urban, climate, biodivers, forest, ecolog, land, wildlife | SDG6,SDG11,SDG9,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| FOR423H1 | Sustainable Materials Design and Manufacturing | This course focuses on the manufacturing processes, properties and uses of wood and agricultural fibre based products including wood based composites, ligno-cellulosic/thermoplastic composites and structural or engineered composites, and the practical use of these products in design. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur | SDG2,SDG12,SDG15 |
| FOR424H1 | Innovation and Manufacturing of Sustainable Materials | Sustainable materials are a mandate for sustainable societies. This course will explore the manufacturing, engineering principles and design fundamentals for creating sustainable materials from renewable resources. Special emphasis will be on bioplastics, biofibre, nanobiofibre, biocomposites and nanobiocomposites. Written communication and design skills will be developed through tutorials and assignments. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | renewabl | SDG7,SDG12,SDG15 |
| FOR425H1 | Bioenergy and Biorefinery Technology | Technological advances and approaches in deriving biofuels, chemical feedstocks from forest and other biomass resources. Fundamental chemical attributes of biomass, as they affect the fuel value and potential for deriving liquid, solid and gaseous fuels and valuable chemicals for other applications will be explored. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, biofuel, forest | SDG7,SDG15 |
| FRE227H5 | Teaching and Learning a Second/Foreign Language | This course provides an introduction to second language pedagogy with a particular focus on French. Students will learn key concepts in pedagogy and compare the teaching and learning processes and experiences of first and second language learners as well as the roles of classroom teachers and learners via the creation of linguistic portraits and pedagogical materials. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pedagogy, learning | SDG4 |
| FRE304H1 | Contemporary French Women's Prose Fiction | An analysis of selected prose texts of the last hundred years written by major French women authors, emphasizing themes and textual strategies used to represent the female subject, her relationship to language, and the role of ethnicity, class, and gender in the construction of identity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, female | SDG5,SDG10 |
| FRE314H1 | Quebec and French-Canadian Literature | This course aims to explore the literature from Quebec and other French-speaking parts of Canada. Literary texts by French Canadian authors will be analyzed, and various themes such as identity (self, others, multiculturalism, nationalism), heritage (family, tradition, culture), and representations of place and linguistic values will be studied. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nationalism | SDG16 |
| FRE332H1 | Francophone Literatures | A comprehensive introduction to Francophone literatures and cultures, examining the linguistic, aesthetic, and discursive specificities as represented by authors of the Francophone world. Focus on the concepts of colonialism, representation, alienation, emigration, and nationalism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, nationalism | SDG10,SDG16 |
| FRE354H5 | Teaching French in a Plurilingual Context | This course allows students to explore innovative pedagogical approaches such as the Action Oriented and Plurilingual; Pluricultural Approaches, building on knowledge and skills acquired in FRE227H5 Teaching and Learning a Second/Foreign Language. This is accomplished through the examination of the linguistic and cultural diversity observed in French Language classes today, and the discovery of innovative and current teaching approaches followed by the creation of pedagogical materials. Particular emphasis is placed on students' abilities to transfer knowledge into practice. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| FRE379H1 | Sociolinguistics of French | The relationship between language use and social factors such as socio-economic status, social context and gender of speaker. Theoretical notions are derived through the analysis of specific data, focusing on Canadian French and other varieties spoken in the Americas. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, gender | SDG1,SDG5,SDG10 |
| FRE384H1 | Teaching French as a Second Language | This course is designed for students who aim for a career in teaching French as a second language. It introduces recent methods and approaches and increases student understanding of pedagogical issues and curriculum expectations with a consideration of learning styles, lesson design and methods of evaluation. The course includes an experiential learning component in partnership with local school boards and private schools. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| FRE389H5 | Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition | This course examines the effects of cognitive (e.g., aptitude, working memory) and affective differences (e.g., motivation, L2 anxiety) on second language acquisition. Students will come to understand the nature of these differences via empirical studies on learners of French and the use of assessment instruments including questionnaires and on-line tests. Particular emphasis is placed on students' ability to discuss between-learner differences in comprehension and production, identify relevant individual differences capable of explaining such variability, and conduct their own individual differences research. | University of Toronto Mississauga | production | SDG4 |
| FRE453H5 | Teaching French Culture | This advanced research course deepens students' theoretical and practical background in language pedagogy, exploring research questions related to issues surrounding the integration of culture in the language curriculum including the relationship between authentic language and culture, and the role of linguistic and cultural diversity in education. Students will learn to critique and create teaching materials and undertake an independent research project. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pedagogy | SDG4 |
| FRE483H1 | Experimental Methods in French Linguistics | This course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to carry out language-related research with human subjects. The course introduces students to research design and ethics, common experimental methodologies in linguistics research, and data analysis. The course includes a practical component that will provide students with the opportunity to design and carry out a corpus study or web-based linguistics experiment. Throughout the course, students will also be encouraged to reflect on how language research can contribute to broader domains in society, including education and health. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| FREC10H3 | Community-Engaged Learning in the Francophone Community | In this Community-Engaged course, students will have opportunities to strengthen their French skills (such as communication, interpersonal, intercultural skills) in the classroom in order to effectively complete a placement in the GTA's Francophone community. By connecting the course content and their practical professional experience, students will gain a deeper understanding of the principles of experiential education: respect, reciprocity, relevance and reflection; they will enhance and apply their knowledge and problem-solving skills; they will develop their critical thinking skills to create new knowledge and products beneficial to the Francophone community partners. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, learning | SDG4,SDG11,SDG16 |
| FSC220H5 | Introduction to Forensic Psychology | This course provides an introductory overview of the many ways psychological research and theories (i.e. behavioural science) can deliver useful information in collecting and assessing evidence for criminal investigation, trial, and prevention. Topics may include: eyewitness testimony, deception, criminal profiling, false confession, mental illness, victim trauma, criminal responsibility, risk assessment, serial killing, hate crimes, sexual offending, prejudiced policing, and jury decision-making. The aim of this course is to give students general insight into the various applied specializations of forensic psychologists. | University of Toronto Mississauga | illness, invest, judic | SDG3 |
| FSC320H5 | Forensic Psychopathology | Pathology is the study of disease and psychopathology is the study of mental illness. In Forensic Psychopathology, then, we make inquiries about mental illness in the context of forensic practices. In this course, we will explore multiple topics in the field providing the student with a general insight into its history, scientific merits, and practical relevance. We will survey prevailing theories on mental health, illness, and treatment. Investigate psychiatric diagnoses such as (juvenile) Conduct Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Psychopathy, hereunder their application and relevance in risk assessment, behavior prediction, and offender rehabilitation. We will also discuss methodological, ethical, and legal issues in the field, for example, the scientific validity of psychiatric diagnostics, the ethical implications of using psychiatric assessments in forensic institutions, and the legal responsibility of mentally ill offenders. | University of Toronto Mississauga | mental health, illness, invest, institut | SDG3 |
| FSC360H5 | Evidence, Law and Forensic Science in Canada | This course will explore the position of forensic science within the law in Canada. The focus will be on the evolution of the acceptance of forensic science in Canadian criminal law and its current position within the legal system. Topics include: Evidence law, expert evidence law, defining the expert, differing standards of legal acceptance for police sciences and others. Important historical documents and legal advancements will be surveyed. [24L, 12S] | University of Toronto Mississauga | legal system | SDG16 |
| FSC361H5 | Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System | This course will develop students' knowledge of forensic mental health issues throughout the criminal justice system, including the nature and extent of mental illness in our society and the various legal, social and ethical issues that arise when a mentally disordered individual comes into contact with the criminal justice system. Topics to be explored include: the medical and legal definitions of mental disorder and their relationship to each other; the criteria for state-compelled treatment and how it impinges upon individual autonomy; the changing views of the justice system's duty to accommodate victims and witnesses with mental health issues; fitness to stand trial and the defense of not criminally responsible; and the Review Board process. | University of Toronto Mississauga | mental health, health issues, illness, knowledge, criminal justice | SDG3,SDG16 |
| FSC370H5 | Forensic Psychopharmacology | This course introduces students to the area of psychopharmacology (drug induced changes in mood, thinking and behaviour). The mechanisms of action of drugs in the nervous system and their effects on the brain and on behaviour will be explored and the significance of psychopharmacology in criminal investigations and trials will be discussed. [24L, 12S] | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG3 |
| FSTA01H3 | Foods That Changed the World | This course introduces students to university-level skills through an exploration of the connections between food, environment, culture, religion, and society. Using a food biography perspective, it critically examines ecological, material, and political foundations of the global food system and how food practices affect raced, classed, gendered, and national identities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | food system, gender, ecolog | SDG2,SDG3 |
| FSTB01H3 | Methodologies in Food Studies | This course, which is a requirement in the Minor program in Food Studies, provides students with the basic content and methodological training they need to understand the connections between food, culture, and society. The course examines fundamental debates around food politics, health, culture, sustainability, and justice. Students will gain an appreciation of the material, ecological, and political foundations of the global food system as well as the ways that food shapes personal and collective identities of race, class, gender, and nation. Tutorials will meet in the Culinaria Kitchen Laboratory. | University of Toronto Scarborough | food system, gender, labor, ecolog | SDG2 |
| FSTC05H3 | Feeding the City: Food Systems in Historical Perspective | This course puts urban food systems in world historical perspective using case studies from around the world and throughout time. Topics include provisioning, food preparation and sale, and cultures of consumption in courts, restaurants, street vendors, and domestic settings. Students will practice historical and geographical methodologies to map and interpret foodways. Same as HISC05H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | food system, urban, consum | SDG2,SDG11,SDG12 |
| FSTC24H3 | Gender in the Kitchen | Across cultures, women are the main preparers and servers of food in domestic settings; in commercial food production and in restaurants, and especially in elite dining establishments, males dominate. Using agricultural histories, recipes, cookbooks, memoirs, and restaurant reviews and through the exploration of students’ own domestic culinary knowledge, students will analyze the origins, practices, and consequences of such deeply gendered patterns of food labour and consumption. Same as WSTC24H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, culinary, knowledge, gender, women, labour, consum, production | SDG2,SDG5 |
| FSTC43H3 | Social Geographies of Street Food | This course uses street food to comparatively assess the production of ‘the street’, the legitimation of bodies and substances on the street, and contests over the boundaries of, and appropriate use of public and private space. It also considers questions of labour and the culinary infrastructure of contemporary cities around the world. Same as GGRC34H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | culinary, labour, infrastructure, cities, production | SDG2,SDG11 |
| GASB57H3 | Sub-Continental Histories: South Asia in the World | A survey of South Asian history. The course explores diverse and exciting elements of this long history, such as politics, religion, trade, literature, and the arts, keeping in mind South Asia's global and diasporic connections. Same as HISB57H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade | SDG10 |
| GASB58H3 | Modern Chinese History | This course provides an overview of the historical changes and continuities of the major cultural, economic, political, and social institutions and practices in modern Chinese history. Same as HISB58H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut | SDG16 |
| GASB74H3 | Asian Foods and Global Cities | This course explores the social circulation of Asian-identified foods and beverages using research from geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians to understand their changing roles in ethnic entrepreneur-dominated cityscapes of London, Toronto, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York. Foods under study include biryani, curry, coffee, dumplings, hoppers, roti, and tea. Same as HISB74H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | entrepreneur, cities | SDG11,SDG16 |
| GASD54H3 | Aqueous History: Water-Stories for a Future | This upper-level seminar will explore how water has shaped human experience. It will explore water landscapes, the representation of water in legal and political thought, slave narratives, and water management in urban development from the 16th century. Using case studies from South Asia and North America we will understand how affective, political and social relations to water bodies are made and remade over time. Same as HISD54H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, urban, land | SDG6 |
| GER195H1 | Cities, Real and Imagined (E) | Cities have been described as places of desire and places of fear. They pulse with life, bringing together people from different class, gender, and ethnic backgrounds, simultaneously giving rise to a sense of freedom and oppression, a sense of belonging and alienation. This course will explore the city as a physical reality that shapes our lives, but is also a projection of our deepest imaginings. Through readings of philosophical and sociological texts by influential theorists of the city, we will consider various ancient and modern conceptions of urban space and subjectivity. Alongside these theoretical readings, we will also examine literary and filmic representations of the city as a space of desire, memory and power. All readings and class discussions are in English. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, gini, cities, urban | SDG11 |
| GER290H1 | Global Issues - German Contexts (E) | The movement of cultural products, material goods, capital, people, ideas, and information across national borders has resulted in a new quality of global interdependency. The course explores the contemporary character of globalization patterns and problems as they bear on German-speaking contexts. Readings in globalization history and theory. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, globaliz | SDG9,SDG16 |
| GER321H1 | Literary Realism in the Industrial Age | This course focuses on German authors of the nineteenth century. Literary, political and philosophical texts are analyzed as a discussion of political uprisings, the industrial revolution and the emergence of German nationalism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nationalism | SDG16 |
| GER391H1 | iPRAKTIKUM Experiential Learning and Internationalization Internship | The course provides curricular support for a variety of work and community-engaged, experiential learning placements in the GTA and in German-speaking countries. The placements are designed to deepen linguistic, cultural, and analytical skills acquired in the classroom in work-related environments, create an awareness of the translatability of academic knowledge to other contexts, promote global competency, and foster links to the community. The number of weekly hours spent in the field, the scope of learning objectives, and the nature of reflective activities are determined on an individual basis in consultation with the host institution, the German Department, and other units in which the student is pursuing a program degree (as required). In addition to successfully achieving the formulated learning goals, students must complete assignments such as eJournals and research papers as well as participate in peer-to-peer reporting and post-placement interviews. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, institut | SDG4,SDG16 |
| GGR101H1 | Histories of Environmental Change | This course will investigate geological, biological and archaeological evidence of environmental change. We will examine the processes that have driven and will drive environmental change and how past societies have shaped and responded to these changes. The emphasis is on the current interglacial period, or Holocene, and how shifts in population and technologies have affected human-environment interactions. As language of the Holocene gives way, for many, to that the Anthropocene, the implications of environmental change for present and future human societies will be our concluding concern. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, environmental, anthropocene | SDG9,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR107H1 | Environment, Food and People | Examines the relations between food, nature, and society. Food is fundamental to human existence, and central to most cultures; it also has significant and widespread effects on the physical and social environments. Food is used as a lens to explore human-environment interactions locally and globally. Serves as an introduction to environmental and human geography. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG2,SDG12,SDG13 |
| GGR112H1 | Geographies of Globalization, Development and Inequality | Economic growth, social change and environmental transformation are taking shape in an increasingly interconnected global context. This course introduces and examines critical geographic approaches to international development, economic globalization, poverty, and inequality. It pays particular attention to the roles of rural-urban and international migration in shaping specific landscapes. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, economic growth, globaliz, inequality, equalit, urban, rural, environmental, land, social change | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGR112H5 | Physical Geography | This physical geography course provides a broad introduction to the Earth System, involving the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere and their interactions, at local to planetary spatial scales. It examines natural and anthropogenic origins of environmental change. Key methods and techniques used by physical geographers to study the Earth System are covered in lectures, readings, practical sessions and field work. Fieldwork is integral to all sub-disciplines of geography, and a major component of this course. There is no substitute for direct, hands-on exploration of the natural world. This course fulfills 1 field day. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, planet, anthropogenic | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR124H1 | Cities and Urban Life | Offers an introduction to North American cities and urbanization in a global context. It explores social, cultural, political and economic forces, processes, and events that shape contemporary urbanism. The course adopts the lens of 'fixity' and 'flow' to examine how the movement of people, ideas, goods, and capital, as well as their containment in the infrastructure and space of the city, give rise to particular urban forms. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | infrastructure, capital, cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| GGR196H1 | The Yard: Micro-Geographies of Household Outdoor Spaces | A yard is the area of land immediately adjacent to a building, often a residence. By examining micro-geographies (that is, detailed empirical studies of a small, specific locale) of these ubiquitous, everyday spaces, the course explores how yards are intimately connected with broader ecologies, cultures, and social relations, all of which can be explored using geographic theories and techniques. The course also serves as an introduction to other subjects that are relevant to navigating post-secondary life, such as: critical reading; conducting university-level research; presenting and communicating ideas in the classroom; teamwork, and how to benefit from it; and developing social networks. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| GGR198H1 | Mobility and Borders | This course examines the political geographies of transnational migration. It asks how spaces of migration and mobility are political, and how migration politics are tied to inequalities wrought through intersecting histories of race, class, and gender. It seeks to extend our understandings of migrants, borders, and mobility, and it explores the processes through which mobility is produced, delimited and structured. We will consider the transnational politics of migration, the militarization of border zones, and the political spaces of migrant displacement, dispossession, and dislocation. The seminar readings focus on classical paradigms as well as emerging approaches in immigration studies. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, equalit | SDG5,SDG10,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGR199H1 | Global Racial Capitalism in the 21st Century | This course uses the tools of political economy, decolonial and anti-colonial theory, and critical approaches to the study of racism to explore how the construction of racial categories continues to be integral to the working of capitalist systems. We will explore the reasons why capitalism was never meant to work for everyone by examining how and why racial categories have continued to matter since capitalism's earliest formations. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, racism, capital | SDG9,SDG17 |
| GGR201H1 | Geomorphology | This course introduces the principles of geomorphology, including the landforms and processes associated with water, wind, waves, and ice, as well as the human impacts on earth surface processes. Laboratory sessions occur irregularly during the semester to introduce assignments and provide support. A local field trip may be offered (transportation and entrance cost: approximately $26). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, wind, labor, land | SDG6,SDG7,SDG8,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR201H5 | Introduction to Geomorphology | This course provides an introduction to the principles and concepts of geomorphology, the study of the processes that shape the surface of the earth. The course adopts a process-oriented approach to the study of the variety of landforms found in the natural environment. Topics are mainly taken from a Canadian perspective and include energy flows through the land, weathering and erosion (fluvial, coastal, chemical, aeolian, and glacial), hillslope materials, drainage basin morphology, periglacial environments, and human modification of the landscape. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | energy, weather, land, erosion | SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR202H5 | Geography of Canada | This course will spotlight how Canada, as a nation, is constructed through historical and contemporary systems of inclusions and exclusions. Taking a geographic approach to Canada means taking a look at the social construction of Canada through the politics and production of spaces. We will explore how landscape, borders, regions, territory, land, and environment are imagined, organized, contested and fought for by individuals and communities. | University of Toronto Mississauga | production, land | SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR203H1 | Introduction to Climatology | Introduction to the large scale processes responsible for determining global and regional climate and atmospheric circulation patterns, as well as the small scale processes responsible for determining the microclimates of specific environments. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate | SDG13 |
| GGR205H1 | Introduction to Soil Science | This course introduces soil science, including the chemical, physical, and biological properties of soils; soil formation and development; the classification of soils; and the application of soil science to environmental and agricultural issues. A field trip may be offered (transportation cost: approximately $21). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, environmental, soil | SDG2,SDG15 |
| GGR206H1 | Introduction to Hydrology | Introduction to the hydrologic cycle with emphasis on the physical processes, including precipitation, interception, evaporation, runoff, ground water and soil water. Basic hydrological models will be practiced. Potential field trip, cost: approximately $21. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, soil | SDG6,SDG15 |
| GGR207H5 | Cities, Urbanization and Development | This course will introduce students to urban social processes, urban form and urban history. A particular emphasis will be placed on global urbanization, internal spatial and social structure of cities, as well as past and contemporary urban problems. [36L, 12T ] | University of Toronto Mississauga | cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| GGR209H5 | Economic Geography | An introduction to the interaction of the economic, social and political institutions that determine the quality of life in a particular place. Subjects covered range from economic efficiency and social equity to the location dynamics of value chains. The emphasis of the course is on Canadian examples. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | equity, value chain, equit, institut | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| GGR210H5 | Social Geographies | Social geography is concerned with the ways in which social relations, identities and inequalities are produced across space. This course examines social geography in the North American context with a specific focus on identity/difference and inequalities in cities. We will explore cities as sites of both cosmopolitan inclusion and exclusion. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | equalit, cities | SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGR214H5 | Global Weather and Climate | The climates of the globe are created from the kinds of weather systems which usually occur. This course surveys the weather systems of the globe and the geography which helps to transform them into regional climates. It uses just enough physics to show you how it all works and how we can make informed assessments about ideas on climatic change. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | climate, weather | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR217H1 | Urban Landscapes and Planning | Considers the role of planning in shaping the urban landscape through historical and contemporary examples that illustrate the interplay of modernist and post-modernist approaches to city building. Traces the origins, competing rationalities and lingering effects of planning in the production of urban space. Broaches possibilities for engaging planning critically to address challenges of social and environmental justice in cities today. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban, production, environmental, environmental justice, land | SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGR217H5 | Fundamentals of Hydrology | Hydrology is the study of the quantity, quality, storage, and transfer of the world's freshwater. The presence of water on and in the continents and atmosphere sustains the terrestrial biosphere, including human life. This course focuses on the central concepts of hydrology by taking a systems approach to the movement and storage of water on and in a watershed. Based on the framework of the water cycle, the course emphasizes the physical processes that control the stores and transfers of water and energy in the Earth system. This course serves as a gateway to the more advanced treatment of hydrology in upper levels, as well as providing a solid understanding of the fundamentals of the science of water for students in other streams of physical geography, environmental science, earth science, and biology. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, energy, environmental | SDG6,SDG7,SDG13 |
| GGR221H1 | New Economic Spaces | Provides an introduction to economic geography and economic geography theory from the 1970s on, illustrating the different ways that geographers have conceptualized the restructuring of resource industries, manufacturing and services. The crisis of Fordism and the rise of new production models will be given particular attention, along with the reorganization of finance, the rise of cultural industries and the globalization of commodity chains. New regimes of governance of the economy will also be considered. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, production, governance | SDG9,SDG12,SDG16 |
| GGR223H1 | Environment, Society and Resources | Focuses on society-environment relations and different approaches to resource governance and management. This includes exploration of the spatial, social, and political economic origins and implications of humans' changing relations to nature. Drawing on debates from environmental governance and political ecology literatures, the course also investigates the ways that different actors and institutions have framed and sought solutions to environmental and resource challenges. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, environmental, political ecology, ecolog, institut, governance | SDG7,SDG9,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGR227H5 | Ecosystems and Environmental Change | This course introduces the rapidly advancing fields of ecosystem science through the exploration of how ecosystems respond to climate change, pollution, and intensive natural resource management. The impacts from anthropogenic stressors on ecosystem functioning are often complex, with interactions occurring among plants, microorganisms, and physical and chemical environments. Lecture topics and case studies focus primarily on important representative Canadian ecosystems that also play vital roles in the resource sector including forests, agricultural land, wetlands and aquatic ecosystems. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, pollution, natural resource, climate, environmental, anthropogenic, pollut, ecosystem, forest, land | SDG2,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR240H1 | Geographies of Colonialism in North America | This course considers the creation and consolidation of settler colonies in the region known to many as North America. With an eye to the colonial present, the course focuses on the period from the 15th century to the early 20th century. Cultural texts and place-specific cases are used to ground themes and processes that also bear on the wider field of historical geography, including narratives of discovery and possession; ecological imperialism and environmental transformation; the (re)settlement of land and colonial government; enslavement and industrialization; frontiers, borders, and resource extraction; and some of the Indigenous geographies that preceded, were transformed by and transformed, and exceeded the reach of colonial power. Potential field trip. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, industrialization, indigenous, environmental, ecolog, land | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| GGR251H1 | Geography of Innovation | Explores how new technologies and industries are generated and sustained, or failed to be. Focuses on the dynamics of leading technological sectors such as electronics, automobiles and biotechnology in their geographical and historical contexts. We critically scrutinise the iconic Silicon Valley along with other major innovative regions/nations, and investigate the key role of universities and finance in driving innovation and entrepreneurship. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | entrepreneur, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| GGR254H1 | Geography USA | After a short historical overview of the making of America, this course focuses on contemporary issues in American society, economy, politics, race, regional distinctions and disparities, urban development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR259H1 | Urban Growth and Decline | The growth and decline of cities have been and continue to be preoccupations of scholars and practitioners alike. This course is an introduction to the causes and consequences of urban growth and decline at the neighbourhood, municipal, and regional levels. Special attention will be paid to North American cities, but others outside of that sphere will be discussed as well. Concepts and topics will include a consideration of the following: rural to urban migration; industrialization and deindustrialization; urban renewal; suburbanization; austerity and neoliberalism; racial avoidance and discrimination; gentrification; and capital switching and uneven development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, industrialization, cities, urban, rural | SDG9,SDG11 |
| GGR265H5 | (Under)development and Health | In this course students will be introduced to contemporary development and health issues by examining historical experiences, social, political, economic and environmental processes. This approach will help highlight the vast diversity and address some of the many questions about the region including: What processes underlie famine and food insecurity? What are the underlying causes of the conflict and genocide in some regions? What processes explain spatial disparities in health, or regional and gender differences in HIV rates and the outbreak of rare diseases like Ebola? The course will rely on case studies from the Sub-Saharan (SSA), one of the most diverse and intriguing regions in the world, to provide an understanding of the complexity in each topic. | University of Toronto Mississauga | food insecurity, health issues, gender, environmental | SDG2,SDG3,SDG5 |
| GGR301H1 | Fluvial Geomorphology | Elements of drainage basin morphology and hydrology, classification of rivers, stream patterns and hydraulic geometry. Elements of open channel flow, sediment transport and the paleohydrology of river systems. River channel adjustments to environmental change, human impact and the management/design of river habitats. Exercises include experimentation in a laboratory flume. A field trip may be offered (at no cost). Course usually offered every other year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, environmental | SDG8,SDG13 |
| GGR304H5 | Dendrochronology | Tree rings are a powerful natural archive for addressing research questions across a range of spatial and temporal scales, owing to the fact that they are annually resolved, long-lived (e.g., multi-century) and cover a large portion of the Earth's surface. Tree-rings reflect changes in their local environment, and they are sensitive to factors that limit biological processes such as light, soil moisture, temperature and disturbance. Environment changes are 'encoded' in the physical properties of tree-rings (e.g., ring-width, wood density or isotopes). This course will provide students with the theoretical background and technical skills needed to cross-date, measure, analyse and interpret tree-ring data, and use this information to address practical research questions. | University of Toronto Mississauga | urban, soil | SDG11,SDG15 |
| GGR305H1 | Biogeography | Biogeography aims to identify and explain patterns of plant and animal distributions through space and time. This course considers topics including ecological and evolutionary dynamics, dispersal, migration, plate tectonics, speciation, extinction, paleoenvironments, and island biogeography. We will examine terrestrial and marine biomes, the meaning of biodiversity, conservation challenges, and recent biogeographic changes associated with human activities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | marine, conserv, animal, biodivers, ecolog, land | SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR305H5 | Biogeography | Analysis of past and present plant and animal distributions, and of the environmental and biological constraints involved. The course emphasizes the impact of continental drift, Quaternary climatic changes and human interference on contemporary patterns. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, animal | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR308H1 | Canadian Arctic and Subarctic Environments | This course explores Arctic and Subarctic regions through topics including climate, the cryosphere, hydrology, geomorphology, and ecosystems. The current stresses of climate change are considered throughout the course, including the impacts on communities in Arctic Canada. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, ecosystem | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR313H5 | Gender and the City | In this course students will be introduced to approaches in social geography that examine the links between gender and urban environments. Specific topics and issues to be covered include, for example, poverty, work, sex trade, human trafficking and safety. Topics will be explored across multiple scales including bodies, home, neighbourhood and community. This course fulfills 1 field day. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | poverty, gender, trafficking, trade, urban | SDG1,SDG5,SDG16,SDG10,SDG11 |
| GGR314H1 | Global Warming | A comprehensive examination of the greenhouse warming problem, beginning with economic, carbon cycle, and climate model projections; impacts on and adaptive responses of agriculture, forests, fisheries, and water resources; options and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, water, emission, greenhouse, climate, greenhouse gas, global warming, emissions, fish, forest | SDG2,SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR315H5 | Physical Hydrology | This course centres on the advanced treatment of the physical principles involved in the occurrence and movement of water on and beneath the Earth's surface. Watershed-scale hydrologic systems are investigated, along with basic principles of fluid mechanics. Open channel hydraulics, soil water, and groundwater processes are investigated. The importance of understanding water movement in the environment by exploring the relationship of hydrology to other environmental sciences is stressed. This course fulfills 2 field days. [24L, 36P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, invest, environmental, soil | SDG6,SDG9,SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGR317H5 | The Cryosphere: Canada's Frozen Environments | Snow and ice dominate the Canadian landscape. There is virtually no area in Canada that escapes the influence of snow and ice. We skate on frozen ponds, ski down snow covered mountains, drive through snow blizzards and watch how ice jams in rivers cause rivers to swell and floods to occur. The duration and the thickness of snow and ice increase rapidly northwards, and glaciers are found in mountainous areas and in large parts of the Arctic region. Given that snow and ice impact heavily on the Canadian way of life, this course seeks to understand the dynamics of snow and ice in a hydrological context. This course will examine snow properties, snow cover distribution, glacier hydrology, melt runoff, and ice in its many forms (lake ice, river ice, sea ice, and ground ice). This course will also examine some of the recent observed changes occurring in the cryosphere regions of Canada. This course includes an off campus field trip. This course fulfills 2 field days. [24L, 12P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | land | SDG15 |
| GGR318H5 | Political Geography | Political geography is concerned with the spatial expression of political entities and events. It involves analysis at a variety of scales ranging from the local to the global. The control and manipulation of territory and the imposition of political boundaries and political ideas are central to this analysis. The course provides discussion on nation building, the emergence of the state system, theories on the state, and the role of the state as provider of services and regulator of activities, and electoral geography and governance. This course fulfills 1 field day. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | governance | SDG16 |
| GGR320H1 | Geographies of Transnationalism, Migration, and Gender | This course examines recent changes in global migration processes. Specifically, the course addresses the transnationalization and feminization of migrant populations and various segments of the global labor force. The coursework focuses on analyzing classical paradigms in migration studies, as well as emerging theoretical approaches to gender and migration. In addition, it traces the shifting empirical trends in gendered employment and mobility patterns. It uses in-depth case study material to query the frameworks employed in migration studies and to understand the grounded implications of gendered migration. It pays particular attention to the interventions made by feminist geographers in debates about work, migration, place, and space. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis, employment, labor, nationalism | SDG5,SDG8,SDG16 |
| GGR322H5 | GIS and Population Health | The purpose of this course will be to develop an appreciation for the conceptual and methodological intersections that exist between geographical information systems and population health. While population health can include incidence and prevalence of disease and ill-health, as well as concerns about service provision, this course will focus mainly on disease, injury, illness more broadly. The course will include both lectures, where foundational concepts will be introduced and related to practical lab sessions, where students will gain experience using GIS to map and study health information. Topics will include: spatial databases for population health, mapping health data, analyzing the spatial clustering of disease and/or injury, mapping and analyzing environmental and social risk factors. | University of Toronto Mississauga | illness, environmental | SDG3,SDG13 |
| GGR323H1 | Commons, Commoning and Nature | This course examines the role of commons and commoning practices in rethinking how we share natural resources, nurture life-in-common and build more meaningful worlds. Topics covered include: the political and economic history of the commons and their erasure; social and environmental movements; geographies of commons governance; urban commons; more-than-human commons; and post-capitalist alternatives to address ecosystem emergencies. The course draws from Institutional and complexity theory; feminist decolonial theory; Indigenous philosophy; Black feminist thought; new materialism and posthumanism to understand the challenges and possibilities of reviving commons and commoning practices. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, feminis, capital, indigenous, urban, natural resource, environmental, ecosystem, institut, governance | SDG4,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR324H1 | Spatial Political Economy | This course aims to explore how economic agents act and interact in space and how this creates subdivisions within the global, national and regional political economy. In a largely conceptual and interdisciplinary manner, the course investigates the role of institutions in the relational economy and the spatial construction of the political economy. Institutions are viewed as formal or informal stabilizations of economic interaction. Questions which guide the analysis are related to how institutions are established, how they evolve, how they impact economic action, and how they are changed through political and economic action at different spatial scales. Through this, the course introduces a relational and spatial perspective to the analysis of economic action and institutions. This perspective is based on the assumption that economic action is situated in socio-institutional contexts, evolves along particular paths and, at the same time, remains fundamentally contingent. Topics to be discussed include the social construction of economic space, industrial organization and location, the establishment and maintenance of economic networks, as well as processes of firm formation, learning and knowledge creation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, invest, institut | SDG4,SDG9,SDG16 |
| GGR326H1 | Remaking the Global Economy | Examines links between global economic integration and geographically uneven economic development. Focuses on debates and empirical studies on global production networks (GPNs), and associated issues such as offshoring, outsourcing, and upgrading. Blends analysis of both theory and practice of business firms and regional development. Seeks to develop an in-depth understanding of the key actors driving contemporary global economic transformation, within the 'transnational space' constituted and structured by transnational firms, state institutions, and ideologies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production, outsourc, offshor, institut | SDG12,SDG16 |
| GGR327H1 | Geography and Gender | Introduction to the work of feminist geographers. The course will explore the relationship between gender and space, emphasizing spatial cognition, architecture, and layout of the city. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis | SDG5 |
| GGR328H1 | Labour Geographies | Explores changes in the nature of work and the structure and geography of labour markets. Topics will include globalization, lean production, flexibility and risk, industrial relations, workfare, the body at work, and gender and work. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, labour, globaliz, production | SDG5,SDG8,SDG9,SDG12 |
| GGR329H5 | Environment and the Roots of Globalization | A critical discussion of how geographical factors, such as landscape, flora and fauna, might help explain why history unfolded differently on different continents. How geography might have impacted the development of agriculture, complex technologies, writing, centralized government and how, in the process, it has shaped the current world economic map. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, globaliz, land, flora and fauna | SDG2,SDG9,SDG15 |
| GGR332H1 | Social Geographies of Climate Change | Analyses the social and behavioural geographies of climate change, including: climate change communication (how we interpret and communicate climate science); climate change prevention strategies, from the macro to micro scale; and possibilities for climate change adaptation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate change adaptation, climate | SDG11,SDG13 |
| GGR334H1 | Water Resource Management | Managing demand and supply; linkages between water quality and human health. Case studies from the industrial world and from developing countries, rural and urban. Implications of population growth and climate change for water resource management. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, urban, rural, climate | SDG6,SDG11,SDG13 |
| GGR335H5 | Remote Sensing Applications | The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the various ways in which remote sensing images have been used for environmental applications among the sectors of government, industry, and academia. A part of the course will be devoted to application projects employing remote sensing and spatial data analysis in natural resources and environmental assessments. | University of Toronto Mississauga | natural resource, environmental | SDG12,SDG13 |
| GGR336H1 | Urban Historical Geography of North America | This course explores the emergence and reproduction of class and racial social spaces, the development of new economic spaces, and the growing importance of the reform and planning movements. Emphasis is on metropolitan development between 1850 and 1950. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, metro, production | SDG11,SDG12 |
| GGR337H5 | Environmental Remote Sensing | This introductory course emphasizes mastering fundamental remote sensing concepts and utilizing remotely sensed data for monitoring land resources and environmental change. Topics include surface-energy interactions, sensor systems, image interpretation, and applications for examining soil, vegetation and water resources. Upon completion of this course, students should have the necessary knowledge and skills to pursue more advanced work in digital image processing and remote sensing applications. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, water, energy, environmental, land, soil | SDG4,SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGR338H1 | Social Transformation and Environment in the Majority World | This course draws upon a number of geographical theories, debates and case studies to explore the geographical implications of an increasingly interconnected global capitalist economy for interactions among the people and environments in places in the ‘majority world’. Situated within the context of climate change this course examines the evolution of discourses of ‘development’ and their relationship to western (Anglo-American) racialized notions of progress and modernity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, climate | SDG9,SDG13 |
| GGR338H5 | Environmental Modeling | An application of environmental models to contemporary problems of decision-making. The course demonstrates the relevance of techniques of data management (statistics, computer systems) to issues facing Canada and the global community. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG13 |
| GGR339H1 | Urban Geography, Planning and Political Processes | Investigates North American urban political geography, exploring conflicts over immigration, environment, gentrification, homelessness, labour market restructuring, ‘race’ and racism, urban sprawl, nature and environment, gender, sexuality, security, and segregation. Explores competing visions of city life and claims on urban space. The course investigates how these struggles connect to economic, social and environmental politics at larger spatial scales, and considers different theoretical frameworks that geographers have developed to make sense of both the persistence of old problems and the emergence of new ones. Potential field trip, cost: approximately $21. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | homeless, racism, gender, labour, invest, urban, environmental | SDG1,SDG5,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13 |
| GGR341H1 | The Changing Geography of Latin America | Seeks to develop a general understanding of present-day Latin America by focusing on human-environment interactions, past and present. Case studies are used to understand the diversity of Latin American landscapes (physical and cultural), and how they are changing within the context of globalization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, land | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11 |
| GGR344H1 | Institutions and Governance: Germany in Comparative Perspective | The goal of this course is to explore the structure and geography of the German political economy in the context of economic globalization by systematically comparing institutional conditions with those in other countries. This perspective enables us to identify different capitalist systems and characterize Germany as a more socially balanced economic governance model compared with market-liberal systems in the US, UK and Canada. Drawing on the varieties-of-capitalism and other approaches, the main themes in the course address the institutional conditions for development. In a comparative perspective, the course explores topics, such as the role of collective agents and collective bargaining, corporate governance and finance, inter-firm co-operation and regional networks, social security systems, and population structure and immigration. To better understand the current challenges to the German governance model, the institutional opportunities and limitations are investigated under which different regional economies develop in unequal ways. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, invest, globaliz, social security, institut, governance | SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| GGR348H1 | Carbon-Free Energy | Examines the options available for providing energy from carbon-free energy sources: solar, wind, biomass, nuclear, and fossil fuels with capture and sequestration of CO2. The hydrogen economy is also discussed. Offered alternate years from GGR347H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, wind, solar, fossil fuel, co2 | SDG7,SDG13 |
| GGR349H5 | Cities in Transition | The internal geography of contemporary cities is in the midst of a series of transitions related to new settlement patterns, immigration, workplace location, transportation and communication technologies, globalization, and shifts in urban governance. This course will examine these transitions and their effects on the social and political geography of the city. Themes include gentrification, spatial mismatch, concentrated poverty, political fragmentation, and the emergence of new urban forms and of the post-modern city. [36L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | poverty, globaliz, cities, urban, transit, governance | SDG1,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGR353H5 | Disease and Death | This course will provide a geographical perspective on patterns of mortality, morbidity and access to health care among populations. It will outline current theoretical and empirical underpinnings in health geography and emphasize the links between health and place. The course covers some traditional themes in health geography including spatial dissuasion of diseases and access to health care. Using illustrations from evolving fields such as Global Health, Aboriginal Health, and Immigrant Health the course delves into the important theme of health inequalities. | University of Toronto Mississauga | global health, health care, equalit | SDG3,SDG10,SDG11 |
| GGR357H1 | Housing and Community Development | Focuses on the importance of adequate housing and quality neighbourhoods. It roots theoretical explanations and policy debates in realities using Canada and Toronto as examples. Topics covered include the evolution of public policies relating to social housing, rental housing, homeownership, neighborhoods, and homelessness. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | homeless, housing | SDG1,SDG11 |
| GGR359H1 | Comparative Urban Policy | This course considers urban public policy. Urban policy is not natural or inevitable response to urban problems. It is actively produced (and contested) by an array of voices, institutions, and social forces. Actualized urban policies are thus best understood and evaluated as products of these influences. The first half of the course will cover broad theoretical matters pertaining to the production of urban policy. The second half of the course will focus more intensively on one problem—urban decline—and explore the actualized approaches that have been brought to bear to manage it. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, production, institut | SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGR360H1 | Culture, History, and Landscape | The history of approaches to the idea of landscape. A consideration of the origins and uses of the term in geographical inquiry will be followed by a series of case studies, global in scope, from the Early Modern period to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the representational and lived aspects of landscapes, as well as struggles over their definition, interpretation, and use. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land | SDG15 |
| GGR362H5 | Exploring Urban Neighbourhoods | With a majority of the world's population living in urban areas, nearly all of the problems and possibilities of society and human-environment relations are becoming urban questions. The city is the setting in which broad social, cultural, political, and economic processes unfold, mediated and shaped by local context. Our focus in this course is the internal structure of the city. We examine the ways in which local experiences and conditions of urban life are shaped by social differentiation and processes of change. Our examination includes considerations of race, class, gender, and ethnicity in the context of urban life as a way of exploring how identity and place shape one another. We consider different theoretical frameworks that researchers utilize to make sense of both the persistence of old problems and the emergence of new ones. Instruction will adopt a blended approach in which students will connect the concepts covered in class discussion through field work based exploration of local urban neighbourhoods. This course fulfills 5 field days. [24P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, urban | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11 |
| GGR363H1 | Critical Geographies: An Introduction to Radical Ideas on Space, Society and Culture | Introduces a diversity of critical perspectives for geographers and others, including anarchism, Marxism, feminism, sexual politics, postcolonialism, anti-imperialism and anti-racism. In so doing it illustrates how such radical ideas about space, society and culture have contributed to our political thought and action. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | anti-racism, racism, feminis | SDG5,SDG16 |
| GGR363H5 | Global Migration and Health | International migration is an important global issue. Hundreds of millions of individuals currently live outside their country of origin. Most migrants leave their country of origin in search of better economic and social opportunities while others are forced to flee crises including political unrest, violence, and natural disasters. Migration poses numerous challenges for individuals, families, communities and governments including those related to health and access to health care services. This course examines contemporary international migration from a geographic perspective with a specific focus on the complex relationships among global (im)migration, health, and broader social determinants of health. Topics covered may include: migration theories, immigration trends and policies, integration and citizenship, social determinants of health, and health care policy. | University of Toronto Mississauga | health care, citizen, violence | SDG1,SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| GGR370H5 | The Geography of Transportation | Transportation is an integral aspect of our daily lives and plays a key role in shaping the economy and the environment. Through this course, students will explore the geography of transportation. Topics will include, mobility and accessibility, transportation networks and flows, Geographic Information Systems in Transport (GIS-T), planning and policy, environmental and human health impacts, and other current issues. | University of Toronto Mississauga | accessib, environmental | SDG9,SDG11,SDG13 |
| GGR372H1 | GIS for Public Health | The goal of this course is to leave students with appreciation of the power of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to explore and analyze spatial health and medical data. The course will focus on organizing health data in a GIS, clustering detection methods, and basic spatial statistics. Other topics like agent-based models and visualization techniques will be touched upon. Lab work will provide hands on experience with example data, leaving students with a firm grasp of contemporary health and medical problems and a skill set of spatial analytical methods that can be used to solve them. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health | SDG3 |
| GGR377H1 | Introduction to Urban Data Analytics | This course draws on census and economic data collection, processing, and analysis to teach written and visual storytelling about cities with data and maps, while exploring the uses of real-time data and analytics to solve urban problems. It provides a socio-economic and political context for the use of big data and the smart cities movement, focusing on data ethics and governance. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, cities, urban, governance | SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGR377H5 | Global Climate Change | The main focus of this course is upon the climatic aspects of environmental change which affect Great Lakes water levels, disappearing glaciers, sea level rise, desertification and dwindling water resources in an ever more populous world. These changes to the earth surface environment are explored in the context of themes and issues which were introduced in first year, with a view to answering an important question: whether policy action on climate change must wait for more science, or whether action is merely delayed by failure to appreciate science. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, desertification, wind, climate, environmental, sea level | SDG6,SDG11,SDG13 |
| GGR379H5 | Field Methods in Physical Geography | This course is structured around one major field trip that will occur before fall-term courses begin, preparatory work, and approximately bi-weekly course meetings during the regular academic term to complete complementary work in computer and/or wet laboratories. Field projects will involve analyses and mapping of vegetation, soils, aquatic systems, hydrology, and/or geomorphology, and subsequent data analysis. Students will be required to write one major research paper and present projects to the class. Each student is required to pay the costs of his/her transportation and accommodation. Students must register on ACORN, on a first-come first-serve and non-refundable deposit basis. The deposit must be received by the Department within one week from the first day of enrollment or the student will be dropped automatically from the course. Students should contact the Department to find out more details about the specific fieldtrip plans. This course fulfills 7 field days. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labor, soil | SDG8,SDG15 |
| GGR383H5 | Contaminants in the Environment | This course discusses various types of contaminants (metal, organic pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, flame-retardants, micro-plastics, nano-materials) and their impact on the environment. Lectures will cover sources, transport and fate of these contaminants in various environmental media (air, water), degradation mechanisms, uptake into biological systems, and toxicity. Case studies such as pollutants in Arctic ecosystems and the potential risks they pose to the health of indigenous people will be examined. Tutorial discussions of current scientific articles will complement lectures. | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, indigenous, environmental, pollut, ecosystem | SDG6,SDG10,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR387H5 | Food and Globalization | A broad overview of the historical development of the global food economy and a survey of recent trends and controversies. Topics discussed range from basic food staples, food markets and trade liberalization to food security, environmental sustainability and alternative agricultural systems. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, food security, globaliz, trade, environmental | SDG2,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13 |
| GGR390H1 | Field Methods | Introduction to field methods in geomorphology, vegetation mapping/analysis, soils, hydrology, and climatology. The course includes exercises and a group project during a one-week field camp, a little preparation during the preceding summer, and complementary practical work and/or seminars during the Fall Term. Each student is required to pay the costs of their transportation and accommodation (field trip costs: approximately $485). This course meets the field requirement for Physical & Environmental Geography programs. The field camp normally runs for one week at the end of August. Students must submit an application directly to the Department in the spring (see the Geography website for details in March). Course may be limited by size. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, environmental, soil | SDG4,SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGR399Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | This course provides senior undergraduate students who have developed knowledge of geography and have studied its research methods the chance to work as part of a research team, under the direction of a professor, in exchange for course credit. Students have the opportunity to be involved in original research, enhance their research skills and participate in the excitement and discovery of facilitating new knowledge. Based on the nature of the project, projects may satisfy the Sciences or Social Sciences distribution requirement. Participating faculty members post project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter semesters on the ROP website (www.utm.utoronto.ca/rop) in mid-February and students are invited to apply at that time. This course may fulfill field day components. Please consult with your supervisor. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| GGR406H5 | Environmental Biogeochemistry | Environmental biogeochemistry provides an introduction to the biological, chemical, and geological processes that regulate the flow of energy and matter in the environment. This seminar course explores the processes underlying biogeochemical cycles of major elements such as carbon and nutrients, and examines how these key cycles have been altered during the Anthropocene, an era of unprecedented human-induced environmental and climate change. Topics covered include biogeochemical processes in atmospheric, ocean, freshwater and terrestrial compartments; emerging techniques (eg., stable-isotopes and paleo-proxies) used in biogeochemistry; and how disruptions to biogeochemical processes are at the root of many environmental issues such as eutrophication, climate change, ozone depletion, ocean acidification and toxic metal contamination. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | water, contamination, energy, climate, environmental, anthropocene, ocean | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGR416H1 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has emerged as a key component of environmental planning and management. EIAs are planning tools to predict and assess the potential costs and benefits of proposed projects, policies, and plans and avoid or mitigate the adverse impacts of these proposals. This course focuses on the origins, principles, scope, and purpose of EIA from theoretical and practical perspectives, emphasizing the Canadian context. We will also explore the various components of EIAs and critically evaluate techniques to assess, predict, and mitigate impacts. Through course readings, in-class activities, and assignments, we will engage critiques of EIAs, particularly as they relate to considerations of climate change, sustainability, long-term monitoring, meaningful public engagement, indigenous people’s rights, dispossession and resettlement, and environmental justice. Case studies will allow students to learn about current practices in EIA and develop skills to examine and improve EIA processes. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, climate, environmental, environmental justice | SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGR418H1 | Geographies of Extraction | Examines political aspects of the appropriation of natural resources, including policy and regulation, environmental impacts, and social justice. Emphasis is placed on reading contemporary literature on the politics of resource access and control from geography and other social science disciplines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | natural resource, environmental, social justice | SDG12,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGR418H5 | Geopolitics | The course focus is classical and contemporary geopolitical theories. We examine different and competing ideas and consider how and if geographic logic of the international (or global) political order has changed. Discussion will initially focus on the historical progression of geopolitical reasoning and then will proceed to discuss imperial rivalries, concepts of hegemony and world order and the geopolitics of the Cold War and the post-Cold War eras. The final section of the course will consider theoretical struggles surrounding the geopolitics in the early 21st. century and the challenges posed by critical geopolitics, social movements, environmental changes and feminist theory. Throughout, the primary concern is how the effects of scale, space and power in global politics is understood and experienced. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | feminis, environmental | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG17 |
| GGR424H1 | Transportation Geography and Planning | Introductory overview of major issues in interurban and intraurban transportation at the local, national and international scale. Topics include urban transportation, land use patterns and the environment, causes of and cures for congestion, public transit, infrastructure finance, and transport planning and policy setting. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | infrastructure, urban, transit, land use, land | SDG9,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGR426H5 | The Geographies of Human Rights | This course examines the promises, problems and paradoxes of human rights. We will study the local, national and global aspects of human rights enforcement and violation. By examining specific case studies, we shall examine how so-called 'universal' human rights are articulated and practiced differently in different places. Throughout this course, we shall explore human rights as means of empowerment as well as oppression. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | human rights | SDG10,SDG16 |
| GGR429H1 | Innovation and Governance | The course focuses on a broad range of topics related to innovation and governance, such as (i) technological change and its social and economic consequences, (ii) the spatial effects which result from this, and (iii) the necessities for economic policies at different territorial levels. Since international competitiveness of industrialized economies cannot be based on cost advantages alone, future growth in the knowledge-based economy will be increasingly associated with capabilities related to creativity, knowledge generation and innovation. As a consequence, questions regarding the performance in innovation and effectiveness of policy support become decisive at the firm level, regional level and national level. The first part of the course deals with conceptual foundations of innovation processes, such as evolutionary and institutional views of innovation. In the second part, national configurations of innovation processes are investigated. The third part deals with innovation at the subnational level, focusing on regional clustering, institution building, multilevel governance, and regionalized innovation systems. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, invest, institut, governance | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| GGR430H1 | Geographies of Markets | Focuses on actually-existing markets and their geographically-mediated formation and assemblage. Explores how markets are produced, stabilized, reshaped and fall apart at multiple geographic scales. We examine issues such as the debates on states versus markets, embeddedness of markets, neoliberalism and moral justification of markets, varieties of capitalism, regionally variegated capitalism, post-socialist market transitions, and the dynamic evolution of market institutions and economic landscapes. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, transit, land, institut | SDG9,SDG11,SDG12 |
| GGR432H1 | China in the Global Political Economy | Set against the backdrop of the rise of China, and following the perspective of geographic political economy, this seminar course examines the interactions between and mutual transformations of the Chinese economy and the global economy. We will focus on the evolving political and institutional foundations of China’s post-Mao, hybrid, hierarchical market-authoritarian system. Key sectors – telecoms, Internet, semiconductor, and automobile – will be examined to understand the nuances of China’s integration into the global production through state-directed uneven domestic development, and in turn the challenges raised by escalating international conflicts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | internet, production, institut, authoritarian | SDG8,SDG9,SDG12,SDG16 |
| GGR433H1 | Built Environment and Health | Linking across fields that include public health, geography and planning, this course examines the growing evidence and ways in which human health is affected by the design and development of the built environment in which we live, work and play. The course considers how various planning and development decisions impact population and individual health, particularly in relation to chronic diseases, injuries, and mental health. Potential of several local field trips (transportation costs: approximately $21). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, public health | SDG3,SDG11 |
| GGR434H1 | Building Community Resilience | Examines concepts of resilience as a way of building the capacity of communities to (a) respond to predicted disruptions/shocks associated with climate change, global pandemics, anticipated disruptions in global food supply, energy insecurity, and environmental degradation; and (b) nurture the development of alternative spaces that support the emergence of more life-sustaining structures and practices. Includes explicit attention to equity and public health, and explores issues such as: participatory governance of social-ecological systems, the nature of social change, complexity science, the role of social movements, indigenous and political ecology perspectives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, equity, energy, equit, indigenous, resilien, climate, environmental, resilience, political ecology, ecolog, governance, social change | SDG2,SDG3,SDG7,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGR442H5 | GIS Capstone Project | Students apply prerequisite knowledge and techniques to real-world GIS projects requested by external clients. Through background research, proposal, data management, and implementation, students develop GIS professional competencies, which will be demonstrated through collaboration, presentations and reports. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| GGR481H1 | Field Course in Environmental Geography | Introduction to field studies in environmental geography. The course may include individual assignments and group work. Field trips are concentrated during a one-week period in late August or early September. Some preparation during the preceding summer may be required. Periodic course meetings and shorter field trips continue, along with course work, during the Fall Term. Each student is required to pay the costs of their transportation and accommodation (field trip costs: $102). Students must submit an application directly to the Department in the spring (see the Geography website for details in March). Course may be limited by size. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, environmental | SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGR484H5 | The Climate of the Arctic | High latitude environments are becoming the focus of increasing scientific attention because of their role in global environmental change. The implications of changes occurring to the sea ice and snowcover are far reaching and can have impacts on physical, biological and human systems both within and beyond the region. This course will provide a comprehensive examination of climates of high latitudes. Topics that will be covered include the Arctic energy budget and atmospheric circulation, the hydrologic cycle in the Arctic, the ocean-sea ice-climate interactions and feedbacks, modeling the Arctic climate system as well as an evaluation of recent climate variability and trends. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | energy, climate, environmental, ocean | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14 |
| GGR493Y1 | Geography ProfessionalExper | Undertake professional placement matching academic interests and career goals. Students meet regularly during the year in class to cover topics such as: reflective writing, project management, career planning, and the application of academic skills in professional contexts. Research project required that connects a topic related to placement with academic literatures. Normally, one day per week spent at placement site. For students in their final year of a Geography major or specialist program of study, or the GIS Minor. Satisfies program requirements based on placement. Students must submit an application directly to the Department in the spring (see the Geography website for details in March). Course may be limited by size. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4,SDG8 |
| GGR497H1 | Independent Research | Independent research extension to one of the courses already completed in Environmental Geography. Enrolment requires written permission from a faculty supervisor and Associate Chair, Undergraduate. Only open to students who are in Year 3 or higher and who are enrolled in a Specialist or Major program sponsored by the Department of Geography. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG4,SDG13 |
| GGRA02H3 | The Geography of Global Processes | Globalization from the perspective of human geography. The course examines how the economic, social, political, and environmental changes that flow from the increasingly global scale of human activities affect spatial patterns and relationships, the character of regions and places, and the quality of life of those who live in them. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| GGRA03H3 | Cities and Environments | An introduction to the characteristics of modern cities and environmental issues, and their interconnections. Linkages between local and global processes are emphasized. Major topics include urban forms and systems, population change, the complexity of environmental issues such as climate change and water scarcity, planning for sustainable cities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, water scarcity, cities, urban, climate, environmental | SDG6,SDG8,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| GGRB02H3 | The Logic of Geographical Thought | Many of today's key debates - for instance, on globalization, the environment, and cities - draw heavily from geographical thinking and what some have called the "spatial turn" in the social sciences. This course introduces the most important methodological and theoretical aspects of contemporary geographical and spatial thought, and serves as a foundation for other upper level courses in Geography. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, cities | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGRB05H3 | Urban Geography | This course will develop understanding of the geographic nature of urban systems and the internal spatial patterns and activities in cities. Emphasis is placed on the North American experience with some examples from other regions of the world. The course will explore the major issues and problems facing contemporary urban society and the ways they are analysed. Area of Focus: Urban Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities, urban | SDG10,SDG11 |
| GGRB13H3 | Social Geography | The reciprocal relations between spatial structures and social identities. The course examines the role of social divisions such as class, 'race'/ethnicity, gender and sexuality in shaping the social geographies of cities and regions. Particular emphasis is placed on space as an arena for the construction of social relations and divisions. Area of Focus: Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, cities | SDG5,SDG11 |
| GGRB18H3 | Whose Land Indigenous-Canada- Land Relations | Introduces students to the geography of Indigenous-Crown-Land relations in Canada. Beginning with pre-European contact and the historic Nation-to-Nation relationship, the course will survey major research inquiries from the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Students will learn how ongoing land and treaty violations impact Indigenous peoples, settler society, and the land in Canada. Area of Focus: Environmental Geography Same as ESTB02H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, women, girl, indigenous, environmental, land | SDG1,SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GGRB21H3 | Political Ecology: Nature, Society and Environmental Change | This foundational course explores different conceptions of 'the environment' as they have changed through space and time. It also analyzes the emergence of different variants of environmentalism and their contemporary role in shaping environmental policy and practice. Area of Focus: Environmental Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental, political ecology, ecolog | SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGRC10H3 | Urbanization and Development | Examines global urbanization processes and the associated transformation of governance, social, economic, and environmental structures particularly in the global south. Themes include theories of development, migration, transnational flows, socio-spatial polarization, postcolonial geographies of urbanization. Area of focus: Urban Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban, environmental, governance | SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| GGRC12H3 | Transportation Geography | Transportation systems play a fundamental role in shaping social, economic and environmental outcomes in a region. This course explores geographical perspectives on the development and functioning of transportation systems, interactions between transportation and land use, and costs and benefits associated with transportation systems including: mobility, accessibility, congestion, pollution, and livability. Area of focus: Urban Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | pollution, urban, accessib, environmental, pollut, land use, land | SDG3,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGRC13H3 | Urban Political Geography | Geographical approach to the politics of contemporary cities with emphasis on theories and structures of urban political processes and practices. Includes nature of local government, political powers of the property industry, big business and community organizations and how these shape the geography of cities. Area of focus: Urban Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| GGRC24H3 | Socio-Natures and the Cultural Politics of 'The Environment' | Explores the processes through which segments of societies come to understand their natural surroundings, the social relations that produce those understandings, popular representations of nature, and how 'the environment' serves as a consistent basis of social struggle and contestation. Areas of focus: Environmental Geography; Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG13,SDG16 |
| GGRC26H3 | Geographies of Environmental Governance | This course addresses the translation of environmentalisms into formalized processes of environmental governance; and examines the development of environmental institutions at different scales, the integration of different forms of environmental governance, and the ways in which processes of governance relate to forms of environmental practice and management. Area of focus: Environmental Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental, institut, governance | SDG13,SDG16 |
| GGRC28H3 | Indigenous Peoples, Environment and Justice | Engages Indigenous perspectives on the environment and environmental issues. Students will think with Indigenous concepts, practices, and theoretical frameworks to consider human-environment relations. Pressing challenges and opportunities with respect to Indigenous environmental knowledge, governance, law, and justice will be explored. With a focus primarily on Canada, the course will include case studies from the US, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, indigenous, environmental, land, governance | SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG15 |
| GGRC32H3 | Essential Spatial Analysis | This course builds on introductory statistics and GIS courses by introducing students to the core concepts and methods of spatial analysis. With an emphasis on spatial thinking in an urban context, topics such as distance decay, distance metrics, spatial interaction, spatial distributions, and spatial autocorrelation will be used to quantify spatial patterns and identify spatial processes. These tools are the essential building blocks for the quantitative analysis of urban spatial data. Area of focus: Urban Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban | SDG11 |
| GGRC34H3 | Crowd-sourced Urban Geographies | Significant recent transformations of geographic knowledge are being generated by the ubiquitous use of smartphones and other distributed sensors, while web-based platforms such as Open Street Map and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) have made crowd-sourcing of geographical data relatively easy. This course will introduce students to these new geographical spaces, approaches to creating them, and the implications for local democracy and issues of privacy they pose. Area of focus: Urban Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, urban, democra | SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGRC43H3 | Social Geographies of Street Food | This course uses street food to comparatively assess the production of ‘the street’, the legitimation of bodies and substances on the street, and contests over the boundaries of, and appropriate use of public and private space. It also considers questions of labour and the culinary infrastructure of contemporary cities around the world. Area of Focus: Social/Cultural Geography Same as FSTC43H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | culinary, labour, infrastructure, cities, production | SDG2,SDG8,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12 |
| GGRC44H3 | Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development | Deals with two main topics: the origins of environmental problems in the global spread of industrial capitalism, and environmental conservation and policies. Themes include: changes in human-environment relations, trends in environmental problems, the rise of environmental awareness and activism, environmental policy, problems of sustainable development. Area of focus: Environmental Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | sustainable development, capital, environmental, conserv | SDG8,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| GGRC50H3 | Geographies of Education | Explores the social geography of education, especially in cities. Topics include geographical educational inequalities; education, class and race; education, the family, and intergenerational class immobility; the movement of children to attend schools; education and the ‘right to the city.’ Areas of focus: Urban or Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | equalit, cities, urban | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11 |
| GGRD09H3 | Feminist Geographies | How do gender relations shape different spaces? We will explore how feminist geographers have approached these questions from a variety of scales - from the home, to the body, to the classroom, to the city, to the nation, drawing on the work of feminist geographers. Area of focus: Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, feminis | SDG5 |
| GGRD10H3 | Health and Sexuality | Examines links between health and human sexuality. Particularly explores sexually transmitted infections. Attention will be given to the socially and therefore spatially constructed nature of sexuality. Other themes include sexual violence, masculinities and health, reproductive health, and transnational relationships and health. Examples will be taken from a variety of countries. Area of focus: Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | reproductive health, violence | SDG3,SDG16 |
| GGRD14H3 | Social Justice and the City | Examines links between politics of difference, social justice and cities. Covers theories of social justice and difference with a particular emphasis placed on understanding how contemporary capitalism exacerbates urban inequalities and how urban struggles such as Occupy Wall Street seek to address discontents of urban dispossession. Examples of urban social struggles will be drawn from global North and South. Areas of focus: Urban or Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | capital, equalit, cities, urban, social justice | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGRD15H3 | Queer Geographies | How do sex and gender norms take and shape place? To examine this question, we will explore selected queer and trans scholarship, with a particular emphasis on queer scholars of colour and queer postcolonial literatures. Course topics include LGBTQ2S lives and movements, cities and sexualities, cross-border migration flows, reproductive justice, and policing and incarceration. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, queer, lgbtq, of colour, cities | SDG5,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| GGRD49H3 | Land and Land Conflicts in the America | The politics of land and territorial struggles are central themes in national and international development policies, and social movements in the Western Hemisphere. Similarly, settler colonialism, as an active spatial formation, is constituted in both the past and present throughout the Americas. The course will take a hemispheric approach to understanding the historical and contemporary geographies of land and natural resource conflicts in the Americas. Students will become familiar with geographic debates and conceptualizations of land and land conflicts and will participate in field visits aimed to ground theoretical understandings in land practices and movements in Toronto. Areas of focus: Environmental or Social/Cultural Geography | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, natural resource, environmental, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| GLB201H5 | Global Leadership: Past, Present, Futures | The evolution and exercise of leadership is examined in the context of globalization. Terminology, case studies, and practical examples are used to consider questions such as: Why did globalization become a dominant frame? How have narratives of globalization changed over time? How does late 20th century globalization differ from earlier processes of colonization? What are expectations going forward? The assumed scale of globalization and how it manifests differently in various geographies, societies, and contexts is assessed. Students reflect on the uneven experiences of globalization in their own lives, communities, and worlds they observe and pass through. Students challenge ideas of how good leadership is conceived, the dynamics that are assumed (e.g., leaders and followers), and who/what might be left out (e.g., gender, race, class), today and in the future. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, globaliz | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| HIS101Y1 | Histories of Violence | Ranging widely chronologically and geographically, this course explores the phenomenon of violence in history. It examines the role and meanings of violence in particular societies (such as ancient Greece and samurai Japan), the ideological foundations and use of violence in the clash of cultures (as in slavery, holy wars, colonization, and genocide), and the effects and memorialization of violence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence | SDG4,SDG16 |
| HIS102Y1 | Empires, Encounters and Exchanges | Interactions among peoples, empires, and cultures, with particular attention to the non-European world. Can we speak of “international relations†before the modern concept of nation-states was established? What forms did globalization take in the pre-modern era? Covering a broad chronological sweep from before the Silk Road to the present day, we will look at exchanges of goods and technologies; dissemination of ideas and religions; voyages of migration and exploration; and episodes of conquest and colonization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz | SDG9,SDG12 |
| HIS105H5 | A Brief History of Capitalism | This course offers a history of capitalism. In twelve weeks, we study nearly six hundred years of human history, examining how the profit motive has reshaped lives, landscapes, and values. We consider how the drive to accumulate capital has given rise to distinctive legal, racial, and religious regimes. | University of Toronto Mississauga | capital, land | SDG9,SDG12,SDG15 |
| HIS112H1 | Ten Events that Changed the World | Ever wonder how and why the founding of Islam in 610, the Mongol conquests of Eurasia in the 13th century, the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), or the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed the world? This course ten events changed the world and continue to have ramifications today. Experts will give guest lectures on the important “events,†while students will learn how historians work to understand the significance of these moments, human agency, and the idea of an “event,†itself. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS190H1 | Freedom Schools | This first-year seminar explores radical traditions of education beyond and in resistance to formal schooling. Transnational in scope—and journeying from the late nineteenth century to the present day—we will study the pedagogical innovations and grassroots struggles of anarchic youth, guerrilla intellectuals, and feminist revolutionaries who used education broadly, and historical inquiry in particular, as tools for empowerment and collective liberation. Focusing on primary sources from archives of anticapitalist, antiracist and anticolonial movements, we will investigate traditions of self-teaching and co-learning, genealogies of critical and transformative pedagogies, the construction of decolonial survival and supplementary schools, student mobilizations within and against the university, as well as abolitionist education in our contemporary moment. This course invites participants to interrogate the relationship of education to freedom and justice through collective criticism, self-reflection and creative expression. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, decolonial, anticolonial, feminis, capital, invest | SDG4,SDG5,SDG9 |
| HIS192H1 | A History of Queer Asia | A first-year seminar on the history of queerness, in all its complexity and diversity, in the no less complex and diverse settings of East, South, and Southeast Asia. Our journey will encompass empires and Indigenous peoples, rulers and rebels, and range from early recorded history down to the twentieth century. Focus will be placed on primary sources and introducing students to the evolving definitions of "queerness" itself. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, indigenous | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS195H1 | Remembering and Forgetting | This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of history by exploring processes of remembering and forgetting intrinsic to every society. Topics include the ideas of history and memory, memory cultures and narratives and counternarratives and the study of legal trials, museums, monuments, novels and films as popular vehicles of historical knowledge. The course analyzes in particular how the experiences of war and violence have been both remembered and forgotten. The intersection, and dislocation, between trauma and remembrance is a main theme, as is the topic of collective memories in post-conflict societies. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, violence | SDG4,SDG16 |
| HIS200H1 | Drunk History | Histories of wine or beer or vodka often focus either on the production of these alcoholic beverages and their role in national or local economies, or on the ways that drinking is part of celebration. But drunkenness enters the historical record in other ways, too—not just as a social lubricant but as a social ill, one associated with intimate violence or violence to the self and with mass protest. From worries about the Gin Craze to race-based restrictions on consumption, from tax policies to policing, this class will consider the many ways that drunkenness has been accepted, denounced, and legislated in societies around the world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | consum, production, violence | SDG12,SDG16 |
| HIS203H5 | The Making of the Atlantic World (1000-1800) | An introduction to African, European, and American peoples around and across the Atlantic Ocean between 1000 and 1800. Themes include ideologies and practices of exploration, conquest, and colonization; perceptions and misunderstandings; forced and voluntary migration; effects of disease; resistance and revolt; and the "Atlantic World" as a field of study. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | ocean | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS205H1 | From Women's History to Gender History | This course critically examines gender in the context of politics, society, culture, and economics across a range of comparative times and spaces depending on instructor expertise. In what ways have gendered norms and transgressions been part of human societies and lived experiences? How have those norms shifted across historical and geographical contexts? How has the history of gender impacted gender as it is lived and made political today? Throughout the course, we will be querying the theoretical assumptions underlying and framing the historical texts we are studying, as well as assessing the different kinds of primary sources used to recover women’s and gender history. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| HIS210H5 | Introduction to Digital Humanities | What is Digital Humanities? We explore the field's debates, platforms, tools, projects, and critical perspectives, as well as its current core practices: digital exhibits, digital mapping, text analysis, information visualization, and network analysis. We discuss the relationship between technology and knowledge production in historical and critical perspective. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, production | SDG4,SDG12 |
| HIS218H1 | Environmental History | A lecture-based course designed to introduce students to key moments and concepts in the field of environmental history since c. 1400. This course will track the reciprocal influence of humans and the non-human world since the so-called "Columbian Exchange," emphasizing the ways in which the non-human world-from plants, animals, and disease organisms to water, topography, and geography- have shaped human endeavours. At the same time, students will engage with many of the ways in which human beings have shaped the world around us, from empire and colonization, to industrial capitalism, nuclear power, and modern wildlife conservation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | water, capital, environmental, conserv, animal, wildlife | SDG3,SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| HIS220Y1 | The Shape of Medieval Society | Political, religious, and educational ideas and institutions of the Middle Ages, from the late Roman period to the fifteenth century, with a focus on primary sources, to listen to as many medieval voices as possible. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| HIS221H1 | African American History to 1865 | An introduction to the history of Africans and people of African descent in the Americas generally, and the United States in particular. Major themes include modernity and the transatlantic slave trade; capitalism and reparations; Atlantic crossings; African women, gender, and racial formations; representation, resistance, and rebellion; nation-building; abolitionism and civil war; historical method and the political uses of the past. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, capital, trade | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| HIS222H1 | African American History from 1865 to the Present | This course examines the history of black people in the United States after the abolition of slavery. Major themes include the promise and tragedy of Reconstruction; gender and Jim Crow; race and respectability; migration, transnationalism, and 20th century black diasporas; black radical traditions and freedom movements; intersectionality and black feminisms; the drug war and mass incarceration; sexuality and the boundaries of blackness. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis, nationalism | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS230H1 | Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History | This course introduces students to the study of Caribbean history from first human settlement to the late 18th century. Subject matter covered includes indigenous social structures, cosmology and politics; the process of European conquest; the economics, society and political order of colonial society; the Middle Passage; the everyday lives and struggles of enslaved peoples. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS241H1 | Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914 | An introduction to modern European history from Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I. Important political, economic, social, and intellectual changes in France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and other countries are discussed: revolution of 1848, Italian and German unification, racism and imperialism, the evolution of science, art, and culture, labour protest, and the coming of war. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | racism, labour | SDG8,SDG16 |
| HIS244H1 | Early Modern Europe, 1648-1815 | The political, social, economic, and intellectual history of continental Europe. Development of royal absolutism, social change and the crisis of the ancient regime, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, social change | SDG2,SDG16 |
| HIS245H1 | European Colonialism, 1700- 1965 | This course will introduce students to the history of European colonialism. It will analyze the nature of colonial rule, the impact of empire on both colonies and metropoles, and delve into questions of power, gender and culture. It considers slavery and abolition, imperial networks, colonial capital, colonial competition, colonial cultures, the twilight of colonial rule, and a variety of settings. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, capital, metro | SDG5,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12 |
| HIS265Y1 | Black Canadian History | This course explores the historical experiences of persons of African descent in Canada. We begin by examining the presence of free and enslaved Africans in New France and British North America, moving into twentieth century themes exploring Black liberation, immigration and resistance in Canada. The course brings into sharp focus the historical production of racial categories and racist thought and practice in Canada and examines the experiences of Black Canadians within the context of ‘multiculturalism.’ | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production | SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| HIS268H1 | Law and History | The Federal Interpretation Act of Canada states that the ‘law is always speaking’. If the law is always speaking, then it must be speaking in present tense. But if it only speaks in present tense, does it have a past? How might we consider the field of law from different historical angles? This course will introduce students to different historical approaches to and uses of law. Using examples from a wide array of legal traditions (e.g. Common Law, Civil Law, Indigenous Law, Islamic Law), the course will help students gain a greater appreciation for the function, study, and development of law across different times and places. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS285H1 | History of Chinese Diasporas in the Americas | Explores histories of ethnic Chinese and Chinese diasporas in the Americas, especially in Canada and the United States. Investigates events from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Topics include migrations, diasporas, transnationalism, identities, families, communities, cultures, and racialization, as well as relations with their host societies and with China. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, nationalism | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS285H5 | War and Memory in Modern East Asia | This course examines how Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea and the US try to remember the Asian Pacific War. It focuses particularly on the bitterly contested representations of war atrocities such as the Nanjing Massacre, the comfort women system, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | women, cities | SDG5,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| HIS290H5 | Introduction to Latin American History | An introduction to the history of Latin America from pre-conquest indigenous empires to the end of the 20th century. Lectures, films, readings, and tutorials explore a set of themes in historical context: nationalism, authoritarianism, religion, racism, patriarchy, and Latin America's multiple interactions with the outside world. | University of Toronto Mississauga | racism, patriarchy, indigenous, nationalism, authoritarian | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS295Y1 | History of Africa | An introduction to African history and the methodology of history more broadly, this course sets out to question how historians do history, examine differences in theories of knowledge, and explore the relationship between academic and cultural representations of the past. The course also draws on anthropology and related disciplines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HIS299Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | This courses provides a richly rewarding opportunity for students in their second year to work in the research project of a professor in return for 299Y course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, learn research methods and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HIS300H1 | Energy and Environment in Canadian History | This course examines the history of energy in Canada from the perspective of environment, business, state, daily life, and culture, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Topics include Big Oil, large dams, nuclear power, energy colonialism, pipeline disputes, climate change, daily life, and the relationship between energy and social power. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, climate | SDG7,SDG13,SDG15 |
| HIS301H1 | World War II France | This third-year lecture course examines the experience of the Second World War in France. Special attention is paid to questions of collaboration, resistance and accommodation. Other topics include the role of the French overseas colonies in this era, the issue of internal vs. external resistance, and the fate of civilian populations. Students engage with a set of primary and secondary sources as well as visual material that includes films. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG8,SDG16 |
| HIS302H1 | Material Culture in Victorian Britain | An examination of the products of the first and second industrial revolutions in Victorian England. This course focuses on the cultural history of commercialization and consumerism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | consum, land | SDG12,SDG15 |
| HIS311H1 | Canada in the World | Ranging from the fifteenth through to the turn of the twenty-first century, students will learn about the treaties, trade agreements and alliances, as well as the informal traditions, working relationships and cultural ties that shape relations of people living within the boundaries of present-day Canada with the world. For this course, “international relations†is broadly defined, including military, political, economic, environmental and immigration policies, both official and informal. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade, environmental | SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| HIS312H1 | Immigration to Canada | From the colonial settlement to 21st century, immigration has been a key experience and much debated in Canadian life. Drawing on primary sources, as well as historical and contemporary scholarship, this course will discuss migration, citizenship and belonging as central features in Canada’s experience of immigration. This course focuses on the individuals, groups, and collectives who built, defined, contested, and reimagined this country, to help make and remake Canada through immigration. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS314H1 | Twentieth-Century Quebec | This course will explore the history of Quebec in the 20th century. In addition to looking at more traditional themes focused on nationalism and constitutional politics, we will also look at the history of encounter between groups of different backgrounds and origins. As such, we will place a large emphasis on colonialism and Indigenous history, and the politics of language, race, and immigration. Themes will include, among others, the history of Quebec in an era of British imperialism, jazz, the art world, literature, the Oka Crisis, and Quebec’s ties to Haiti and other parts of the non-Western world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, nationalism | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS315H1 | Decolonial Vietnamese Histories | This course introduces students to the narratives that diverse actors have used to talk about Vietnamese histories. We will focus on the histories and perspectives of the indigenous peoples of the peninsula, ethnic minority groups, as well as that of the majority "Kinh people." We'll explore themes which have been central to shaping the geographic space, the socio-political regimes, and the cultural entity we now call "Viet Nam," while examining how varying types of historical method and archival strategies can influence the telling of histories. What kinds of techniques did Vietnamese and Western political actors, scholars, and writers, employ to narrate the Vietnamese past(s) and how do these visions tell us about the crafter of these narratives? What counts as “history†and who gets/got to decide? Whose experiences were relevant in the different epistemological approaches? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, minorit, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS317H1 | 20th Century Germany | A survey of modern German history in the twentieth century. Topics include World War I and the postwar settlement, the Weimar Republic, the National Socialist dictatorship, the Holocaust, the division of Germany, the Cold War, German reunification, Germany and the European Union, nationalism, political culture, war and revolution, religious and ethnic minorities and questions of history and memory. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | minorit, nationalism | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS318H1 | "Histories of the "Wild" West" | What happens when histories of North America begin in the West? This course examines the critical challenges that the myths and legacies of the West pose to North American history, from pre-contract to 1990. Themes include First Nations and colonialism, immigration, racism, economic development, regionalism, prostitution and illegal economies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | racism | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS319H1 | Histories of the Horn of Africa | A critical, introductory survey exploring major themes in the political, social, economic, and cultural histories of the Horn of Africa [Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan] and surrounding Red Sea and Indian Ocean from prehistoric times to the present. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ocean | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS323H1 | Rites of Passage and Daily Life in the Middle Ages | Reflecting on the life cycle and rites of passage in the medieval period gives the opportunity to study the daily lives of peasants, nobles, monks, nuns, and burghers, and to observe from an interesting angle the differences between female and male life experiences. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | female | SDG5 |
| HIS323H5 | The Rwandan Genocide: History, Violence, and Identity | This course examines the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, situated within larger historical frameworks of the nature of precolonial polities, the impact of colonialism, and the crises of postcolonial state building. Through a close examination of primary sources and historical arguments, this course will explore history and memory, violence and trauma, identity and belonging, justice and reconciliation. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | reconciliation, violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS327H1 | Rome: The City in History | This course investigates the development of Rome from its mythical foundations, through the Empire, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern city, illustrating the shift from the pagan to the papal city and its emergence as the capital of a united Italy after 1870 and a modern European metropolis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, invest, metro | SDG11 |
| HIS332H1 | Crime and Society in England, 1500-1800 | The changing nature of crime and criminal justice in early-modern England; the emergence of modern forms of policing, trial and punishment. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land, criminal justice | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS333H1 | Catholic Asia in the Early Modern Era, 1500-1800 | This course examines the impact of Catholicism in Asia, from its introduction to its relevance in the contemporary global order. Students will be introduced to how Catholicism and the technologies accompanying it affected historical transitions in local communities in Asia as well as how the growth of these communities has affected the global Catholic Church. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | transit | SDG11 |
| HIS335H1 | Canadian Legal Histories | This course examines Canadian legal history through differing Indigenous, civil, and common law legal traditions, using multiple categories of analysis, including race, gender, class, spirituality and sexuality. Legal history is a strong and engaging field of study in Canada. Topics will include constitutional histories, treaties, law-making, differing systems of land tenure, the franchise and the structure of deliberative bodies (e.g. legislatures), courts and systems of justice, policing and criminal law, punishment (including histories of incarceration and alternatives). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, indigenous, land | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| HIS337H1 | Culture, Politics and Society in 18th Century Britain | Deals with England, Scotland, Ireland and the Atlantic World. Addresses major political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural highlights of the "long" eighteenth century. Deals with enlightenment, industrialization and the loss of the first British empire. Interrogates Britain's emerging status as a world power. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | industrialization, land | SDG9,SDG15 |
| HIS343H1 | History of Modern Intelligence | This course explores the rise of modern intelligence over the long 20th century, from Anglo-Russian imperial competition before World War I through to the post-9/11 era. Students will study the contribution of intelligence services to victories and defeats in war, peace, and the grey areas in between. The course will also examine the relationship between intelligence services and society. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG4,SDG16 |
| HIS346H1 | Rice, Sugar, and Spice in Southeast Asia: a History of Food in the Region | This course examines the importance of food products in the livelihoods of the inhabitants of Southeast and in the world economy. It traces the circulation of these products within the Southeast Asian region in the pre-modern period, into the spice trade of the early modern era, and the establishment of coffee and sugar plantations in the late colonial period, and the role of these exports in the contemporary global economy. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade | SDG2,SDG10,SDG12 |
| HIS347H1 | The Country House in England 1837-1939 | This course examines class distinction and community through the lens of the English country house from 1837 to 1939. Topics include owners, servants, houses, collections, gardens and rituals such as fox hunting. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land | SDG15 |
| HIS349H1 | History of Britain: Struggle for Power | An introduction to the history of modern England with emphasis on the search for identity with reference to the nation, the crown, class, gender, age, political parties, race and ethnicity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, land | SDG5,SDG15 |
| HIS352H1 | A History of Women in Pre-colonial East Africa | This course examines the lived experience of women in societies, communities and polities of varying sizes across territories that cover eight contemporary East African states. It encompasses the period from 1000 B.C to the end of the nineteenth century. Topics covered are clustered under four broad themes: a) Ecology, work in commodity production, wealth and exchange relations; b) “Institutional†power, ideology and structures; c) “Creative†power particularly in the areas of healing, resistance/contestation and transformation; and d) Violence, war and vulnerability. The course challenges present day gender and identity categories applied to Africa’s deep past and highlights critical nuances of gender, identity and power dynamics in Africa. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | vulnerability, gender, women, production, ecolog, institut, violence | SDG1,SDG5,SDG12,SDG15,SDG16 |
| HIS355H5 | Histories of Extraction and the Future of the Environment | This course uses Indigenous, transnational and feminist frameworks to examine colonialism’s impact on the environment. From Turtle Island (Canada/U.S.) to Aotearoa (New Zealand), this course dismantles colonial histories, extractive industries and the state apparatuses that govern our relationship to the environment to form alternative understandings of environmental histories and futures. | University of Toronto Mississauga | feminis, indigenous, environmental, land | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG15 |
| HIS356H1 | War in Canadian History | This course examines war as a major force in the history of Canada from the so-called colonial period to recent times. In addition to key dynamics in military history (e.g. battles, military organization), the course will stress the links between war and society, politics, empire and colonialism, technology and environment, memory and commemoration, and identity. Topics may include indigenous warfare and diplomacy, imperial rivalry in early North America, Canada and the British Empire, the world wars, the Cold War, and peacekeeping. Soldiers and peaceniks are both welcome and will be equally happy and annoyed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace, indigenous | SDG16,SDG10 |
| HIS357H5 | The Renaissance | A cultural history of the 15th and 16th centuries set against the socio-economic background. The course will concentrate upon the development of the Renaissance in Italy and will deal with its manifestations in Northern Europe. | University of Toronto Mississauga | socio-economic | SDG1 |
| HIS359H1 | Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean | The role of nationalism, race and ethnicity, class conflict and ideologies in the recent development of Caribbean societies; Europe's replacement by the United States as the dominant imperial power in the Caribbean; how this mixture of regional and international pressures has led to widely differing political systems and traditions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nationalism | SDG16 |
| HIS361H1 | The Holocaust, from 1942 | Follows on HIS338H1. Themes include: resistance by Jews and non-Jews; local collaboration; the roles of European governments, the Allies, the churches, and other international organizations; the varieties of Jewish responses. We will also focus on postwar repercussions of the Holocaust in areas such as justice, memory and memorialization, popular culture and politics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS363H1 | Dynamics of Gender in Canadian History | A lecture course which deals thematically with gender issues in Canadian history (including familial roles, changing patterns of work and employment, and participation in the public sphere). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, employment | SDG5,SDG8 |
| HIS364H1 | From Revolution to Revolution: Hungary Since 1848 | This course offers a chronological survey of the history of Hungary from the 1848 revolution until the present. It is ideal for students with little or no knowledge of Hungarian history but who possess an understanding of the main trends of European history in the 19th and 20th centuries. The focus is on the revolutions of 1848-1849, 1918-1919, the 1956 Revolution against Soviet rule and the collapse of communism in 1989. The story has not been invariably heroic, violent and tragic. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS375H1 | Crime and Punishment in the Early Modern World | What did it take to break the law in the period 1400-1800, and how were people prosecuted and punished when they did? We will review the kinds of crimes that triggered arrest, the different types of law codes in place and the importance of the revival of Roman law, ways of avoiding prosecution, the criminalization of “devianceâ€, judicial processes in colonization, and variations based on age and gender. We’ll also look at forms of punishment, including the varieties of corporal and capital punishment, the operation of prisons, the use of exile and transportation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, capital, judic | SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| HIS379H1 | Vietnam at War | This course examines war in modern Vietnam, beginning with Vietnamese nationalism in the 19th century to the conflicts with France, the United States, and China. We will consider the military, political, economic, and cultural contexts of these complex and interconnected wars, especially from the viewpoint of the Vietnamese people. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nationalism | SDG12,SDG16 |
| HIS381H1 | Youth in the Early Modern World | Adolescence is a time of adaptation between childhood and adulthood, and it’s often described as a modern invention. This course will look at how people in their teens and twenties navigated social demands and expectations around work, law, education, and marriage in the period 1400-1700. The course will address issues around biology, gender, violence, sexuality, mobility, and forced labour, with attention to comparing experiences between distinct traditions in different parts of the early modern world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, labour, violence | SDG5,SDG8,SDG16 |
| HIS385H1 | The History of Hong Kong | A study of political, economic, and social change in the British colony of Hong Kong from 1842 until the present day. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social change | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS386H5 | Gender and History in South Asia | This course seeks to understand the manifold ways in which gender has shaped South Asian history, with a particular emphasis on the period from the colonial era to contemporary times. The themes will include the relationship between gender, kinship, society and politics on the one hand and race, imperialism, nationalism, popular movements and religion on the other. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, nationalism | SDG5,SDG16 |
| HIS388H1 | France Since 1830 | A study of French society, politics and culture from the Paris Commune to the 1990s. Special attention is paid to watersheds like the Dreyfus Affair and the Vichy regime, to issues of regionalism/nationalism, cultural pluralism, women's rights, intellectual and cultural trends, and decolonization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, water, decolonization, nationalism | SDG5,SDG6,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS390H1 | Slavery in Latin America | This seminar focuses on the history of African slavery in Latin America from its origins in the fifteenth century to its abolition in the nineteenth century. Readings will draw from primary sources and historical scholarship related to a range of topics, including the slave trade, gender, religious and cultural practices, and emancipation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, trade | SDG5,SDG10 |
| HIS390H5 | Revolutions and Nations in Latin America | Examines social revolutions in Guatemala, Bolivia, Cuba and Nicaragua. It emphasizes the historical linkages between these revolutions and national identity, and stresses the roles of gender, race and the United States in revolutionary processes. This course considers as well the counterrevolutionary politics of the 1970s and 1980s in Central America and the Southern cone. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| HIS396H5 | Modernity and Islam | The aim of this course is to engage students in the ongoing historiographical debates on modernity and Islam. Students will critically explore recent public discussions concerning "Islamic Fundamentalism," "Islamic Feminism," and "What Went Wrong" in the Islamic world. | University of Toronto Mississauga | feminis | SDG5 |
| HIS398H5 | South Asia in Motion: Circulation, Mobility, Histories | This course examines how the movement of peoples, goods and ideas across land and sea has shaped South Asia’s history. In particular it analyses how far-reaching networks based on trade, pilgrimage, patronage, politics and labour that passed through the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, and the Himalayas connected South Asia to Southeast Asia, and East Asia, amongst other spaces. It also foregrounds how these histories of mobility changed under colonial rule and its aftermath. The course focuses on the period from 1200 until the present. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour, trade, ocean, land | SDG8,SDG10,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| HIS399Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | For senior undergraduate students who have developed some knowledge of a discipline and its research methods, this course offers an opportunity to work on the research project of a professor. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, develop their research skills and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Project descriptions for the following fall-winter session are posted on the ROP website in mid-February and students are invited to apply at that time. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HIS406H1 | Advanced Topics in Gender History | An in-depth examination of issues in gender history. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See History website for more details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| HIS410H5 | Doing Digital History | How have Web 2.0 technologies changed the practice of history? Students learn by doing in this course: researching and writing for the digital medium; learning about the theory and practice of digital history; experimenting with new technologies; and creating a digital history project. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| HIS417H1 | Sex Work History in Comparative Contexts | This seminar explores the historical effects of the "world's oldest profession" in Canada and beyond. Using a range of texts, including film, memoirs, oral history and visual culture, it seeks to enhance both historical and contemporary discussions of the sex trade by examining its rich, difficult and problematic pasts. Seminar readings and discussions will examine the lives and experiences of multiple sex trade-involved populations, from affluent 19th-century madams to streetwalkers and queer and trans communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, trade | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS418H1 | Themes in Canadian Environmental History | Environmental historians study the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature over time. This course examines key themes in the history of Canada's environment. Possible topics include food, energy, pollution, cities, parks, and environmental movements. Specific themes vary by year, depending on the focus of the instructor. Strong emphasis is place on reading and research. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, energy, cities, environmental, pollut | SDG2,SDG3,SDG7,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| HIS422H1 | Early Modern English Popular Culture, 1500-1800 | Deals with issues of orality, literacy, gender, class, cultural bricolage and vernacular epistemology – the constituents of popular, as opposed to elite knowledge - through the study of folklore, magic, religion, drink, sex, riot and festivity in early modern England. Some background in medieval and/or early modern history or literature is highly recommended. Extensive work will be undertaken with primary printed sources. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, gender, land | SDG4,SDG5 |
| HIS423H1 | Social History of Medicine in the 19th & 20th Centuries | Introduces students to current issues in the social history of medicine and some of the major developments in the modern history of the discipline. The format is class discussion based on themes covered in the course textbook, covering such topics as the history of the doctor-patient relationship, changes in physicians' social status, changing attitudes toward the body, and the evolution of various medical and surgical specialties including obstetrics and gynecology. (Joint undergraduate-graduate). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ecolog | SDG3,SDG15 |
| HIS430H1 | The Two Germanies and the Cold War, 1949-1989 | This course explores central themes of the field of postwar German and Cold War history from national, European and global history perspectives. It familiarizes students with significant events, texts, dates and actors in its analysis of the histories of the two postwar German states and explores German history as a microcosm of Cold War relations. In analyzing the two Germanies after 1949 an interdisciplinary variety of texts will be studied, covering topics from diplomacy and economy, to gender, memory, politics and geopolitics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG16 |
| HIS443H1 | Space and Sense in the Early Modern World | How did early moderns experience sense and space and how did the expanding cultural, political, and social horizons of the period emerge from and shape those experiences? This course explores Florence, Amsterdam, Boston, Manila to compare how experiences of space and sense varied by age, gender, race, and class. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| HIS446H1 | Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World | The course examines the relationship between gender and the experience of slavery and emancipating several Atlantic world societies from the 17th-19th centuries. Areas to be covered are the Caribbean, Brazil, the U.S. South, West and South Africa and Western Europe. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| HIS462H5 | Indigenous North America | This reading and research-based course focuses on the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States, while also considering Mexico and the Caribbean. It explores a wide variety of methodologies and topics, examining Indigenous social structures, cultures, and economies alongside the influence of colonialism, capitalism, and nation states. | University of Toronto Mississauga | capital, indigenous | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| HIS464H5 | Decolonizing Africa | This research-intensive seminar looks at alternative histories of decolonization in Africa, including revolutionary nationalisms, secessionist movements, and pan-Africanism– as well as ongoing debates over boundaries, citizenship, and sovereignty in postcolonial Africa. | University of Toronto Mississauga | citizen, decolonization, nationalism, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS468H1 | Commemorations and Public History in Canada, 1800-2000 | This course explores selected topics in the history of commemoration, public memory, and public history in Canada. Remembering the past has often involved various groups - political, economic, and social elites - who have attempted to create ‘pasts’ or ‘traditions’ for themselves and others in society, often as part of creating socio-economic and political hegemony. We also will read about their contestation by women, working-class people, and ethnic and racialized groups to counter the powerful’s apparent monopoly on public memory. As well, we will explore how historical memories have shaped and created landscapes, in ways both discursive and material. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, women, land | SDG1,SDG5,SDG8,SDG15 |
| HIS469H1 | Upper Canada: Creating a Settler Society, 1790s-1860s | This course explores selected topics in the history of Upper Canada: its formation in the crucible of transatlantic and imperial warfare, relationships with Indigenous people, the creation of multiple institutions, and colonial leisure and culture. As well as having its own particular local characteristics and features, not least its proximity to the United States, Upper Canada was one of a number of settler societies within the British Empire. The course explores various dimensions of these aspects and considers the relationships between local dynamics and imperial currents. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, indigenous, institut | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS470H1 | History, Rights, and Difference in South Asia | Addressing South Asian history after 1750, this course examines ideas of rights, contract, and the rule of law in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Attention is paid to the intellectual history of rights and the central place of colonial and postcolonial questions within that history. Topics include rights and questions concerning indigenous culture, caste and customary practice, gender and capitalist development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, capital, indigenous, rule of law | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HIS480H5 | Partition and its Aftermath in South Asia | This course examines the everyday effects of the partition of 1947, and its aftermath, when British India gained independence and was also crafted into new nation states. Amongst other issues, it engages with sexual violence, nation-making, territoriality, rehabilitation, citizenship, and spatiality. More broadly it connects these issues to space, place and historical memory. | University of Toronto Mississauga | citizen, violence | SDG4,SDG5,SDG16 |
| HIS497H1 | Animal Politics and Science | Why is thinking about the animal unsettling for some or strange for others? Especially since Darwin, the question of the animal-what it says about being or not being human-has been at the core of important philosophical and scientific debates. This course examines the ways that question has been answered over time. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | animal | SDG14,SDG15 |
| HIS498Y5 | Internship in History | Through a part-time, unpaid work placement, a limited number of advanced history students may enrol for field experience relating to expertise they have gained in the program. Placements are made at local libraries, historic sites and foundations, media outlets, public and private institutions. Five previous history courses and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 are required. For application to admission contact the Department of Historical Studies before June 1. | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut | SDG4 |
| HIS499Y5 | Research Opportunity Program | For senior undergraduate students who have developed some knowledge of a discipline and its research methods, this course offers an opportunity to work on the research project of a professor. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, develop their research skills and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Project descriptions for the following fall-winter session are posted on the ROP website in mid-February and students are invited to apply at that time. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HISA05H3 | Themes in World History II | An introduction to history that focuses on a particular theme in world history, which will change from year to year. Themes may include migration; empires; cultural encounters; history and film; global cities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities | SDG10,SDG11 |
| HISA07H3 | The Ancient Mediterranean World | An introduction to the main features of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean world from the development of agriculture to the spread of Islam. Long term socio-economic and cultural continuities and ruptures will be underlined, while a certain attention will be dedicated to evidences and disciplinary issues. Same as CLAA04H3 0.50 pre-1800 credit Ancient World Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, agricultur | SDG1,SDG2,SDG10 |
| HISA08H3 | Africa in the World: An Introduction | An interdisciplinary introduction to the history and development of Africa with Africa's place in the wider world a key theme. Students critically engage with African and diasporic histories, cultures, social structures, economies, and belief systems. Course material is drawn from Archaeology, History, Geography, Literature, Film Studies and Women's Studies. Africa and Asia Area Same as AFSA01H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | women | SDG5 |
| HISB05H3 | History of Information for a Digital Age | This course provides a general introduction to digital methods in History through the study of the rise of information as a concept and a technology. Topics include the history of information theory, the rise of digital media, and, especially, the implications of digital media, text processing, and artificial intelligence for historical knowledge. Using simple tools, students learn to encode texts as data structures and transform those structures programmatically. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge | SDG4,SDG9 |
| HISB22H3 | Histories of Black Feminism Canada: From Runaway Slaves to #BlackLivesMatter | This introductory survey course connects the rich histories of Black radical women’s acts, deeds, and words in Canada. It traces the lives and political thought of Black women and gender-non-conforming people who refused and fled enslavement, took part in individual and collective struggles against segregated labour, education, and immigration practices; providing a historical context for the emergence of the contemporary queer-led #BlackLivesMatter movement. Students will be introduced, through histories of activism, resistance, and refusal, to multiple concepts and currents in Black feminist studies. This includes, for example, theories of power, race, and gender, transnational/diasporic Black feminisms, Black-Indigenous solidarities, abolition and decolonization. Students will participate in experiential learning and engage an interdisciplinary array of key texts and readings including primary and secondary sources, oral histories, and online archives. Same as WSTB22H3 Canadian Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, gender, women, queer, feminis, labour, indigenous, decolonization | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISB30H3 | American History to the Civil War | A survey of American history from contact between Indians and Europeans up through the Civil War. Topics include the emergence of colonial societies; the rise and destruction of racial slavery; revolution and republic-making; economic and social change in the new nation; western conquest; and the republic's collapse into internal war. United States and Latin America Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | social change | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISB50H3 | Africa in the Era of the Slave Trade | An introduction to the history of Sub-Saharan Africa, from the era of the slave trade to the colonial conquests. Throughout, the capacity of Africans to overcome major problems will be stressed. Themes include slavery and the slave trade; pre-colonial states and societies; economic and labour systems; and religious change. Africa and Asia Area Same as AFSB50H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour, trade | SDG8,SDG10 |
| HISB57H3 | Sub-Continental Histories: South Asia in the World | A survey of South Asian history. The course explores diverse and exciting elements of this long history, such as politics, religion, trade, literature, and the arts, keeping in mind South Asia's global and diasporic connections. Africa and Asia Area Same as GASB57H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade | SDG10 |
| HISB58H3 | Modern Chinese History | This course provides an overview of the historical changes and continuities of the major cultural, economic, political, and social institutions and practices in modern Chinese history. Same as GASB58H3 Africa and Asia Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISB74H3 | Asian Foods and Global Cities | This course explores the social circulation of Asian-identified foods and beverages using research from geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians to understand their changing roles in ethnic entrepreneur-dominated cityscapes of London, Toronto, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York. Foods under study include biryani, curry, coffee, dumplings, hoppers, roti, and tea. Same as GASB74H3 Africa and Asia Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | entrepreneur, cities | SDG8,SDG11,SDG12 |
| HISB93H3 | Modern Europe I: The Nineteenth Century | Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War. Major topics include revolution, industrialization, nationalism, imperialism, science, technology, art and literature. European Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | industrialization, nationalism | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISC05H3 | Food Systems in Historical Perspective | This course puts urban food systems in world historical perspective using case studies from around the world and throughout time. Topics include provisioning, food preparation and sale, and cultures of consumption in courts, restaurants, street vendors, and domestic settings. Students will practice historical and geographical methodologies to map and interpret foodways. Same as FSTC05H3 Transnational Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | food system, urban, consum | SDG2,SDG11,SDG12 |
| HISC16H3 | Indigeneity and the Classics | This course will explore the representations and realities of Indigeneity in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as the entanglements between modern settler colonialism, historiography, and reception of the 'Classical' past. Throughout the term, we will be drawn to (un)learn, think, write, and talk about a series of topics, each of which pertains in different ways to a set of overarching questions: What can Classicists learn from ancient and modern indigenous ways of knowing? What does it mean to be a Classicist in Tkaronto, on the land many Indigenous Peoples call Turtle Island? What does it mean to be a Classicist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada? What does it mean to be a Classicist in a settler colony? How did the Classics inform settler colonialism? How does modern settler colonialism inform our reconstruction of ancient indigeneities? How does our relationship to the land we come from and are currently on play a role in the way we think about the ancient Mediterranean world? Why is that so? How did societies of the ancient Mediterranean conceive of indigeneity? How did those relationships manifest themselves at a local, communal, and State levels? Same as CLAC26H3 Ancient World Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, indigenous, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| HISC20H3 | Fascism and the Far Right | This course examines the political, cultural and social history of fascism, from historical regimes and movements to contemporary expressions of the far right, alt-right and populist nationalism. We will explore topics including intellectual origins, the mobilization of culture, the totalitarian state, political violence, and global networks. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nationalism, violence | SDG16 |
| HISC22H3 | The Second World War in Europe | This course examines the impact of Second World War on the political, social, and cultural fabric of European societies. Beyond the military and political history of the war, it will engage topics including, but not limited to, geopolitical and ideological contexts; occupation, collaboration and resistance; the lives of combatants and civilians in total war; the Holocaust and the radicalisation of violence; and postwar memory. European Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, violence | SDG8,SDG16 |
| HISC29H3 | Global Commodities: Nature, Culture, History | This course explores familiar commodities in terms of natural origins, everyday cultures of use, and global significance. It analyses environmental conditions, socio-economic transactions, political, religious, and cultural contexts around their production, distribution, and consumption. Commodity case studies will be selected among tea, opium, chocolate, rice, bananas, cotton, rubber, coffee, and sugar. Transnational Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, consum, production, environmental | SDG1,SDG12,SDG13 |
| HISC36H3 | People in Motion: Immigrants and Migrants in U.S. History | Overview of the waves of immigration and internal migration that have shaped America from the colonial period to the present. Topics include colonization and westward migration, immigrants in the industrial and contemporary eras, nativism, stances towards pluralism and assimilation, and how migration experiences have varied by race, class, and gender. United States and Latin America Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISC46H3 | Canada and the World | A look at Canada's evolution in relation to developments on the world stage. Topics include Canada's role in the British Empire and its relationship with the U.S., international struggles for women's rights, Aboriginal peoples' sovereignty and LGBT equality, socialism and communism, the World Wars, decolonization, the Cold War, humanitarianism, and terrorism. Canadian Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | women, equalit, humanitarian, decolonization, sovereignty, terroris | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISC51H3 | From Opium to Maximum City: Narrating Political Economy in China and India | This course addresses literary, historical, ethnographic, and filmic representations of the political economy of China and the Indian subcontinent from the early 19th century to the present day. We will look at such topics as the role and imagination of the colonial-era opium trade that bound together India, China and Britain in the 19th century, anticolonial conceptions of the Indian and Chinese economies, representations of national physical health, as well as critiques of mass-consumption and capitalism in the era of the ‘liberalization’ and India and China’s rise as major world economies. Students will acquire a grounding in these subjects from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Same as GASC51H3 Asia and Africa Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | anticolonial, capital, trade, consum | SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| HISC55H3 | War and Society in Modern Africa | Conflict and social change in Africa from the slave trade to contemporary times. Topics include the politics of resistance, women and war, repressive and weak states, the Cold War, guerrilla movements, resource predation. Case studies of anticolonial rebellions, liberation wars, and civil conflicts will be chosen from various regions. Same as AFSC55H3 Africa and Asia Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | anticolonial, women, trade, social change | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISC57H3 | China and the World | A study of the history of China's relationship with the rest of the world in the modern era. The readings focus on China's role in the global economy, politics, religious movements, transnational diasporas, scientific/technological exchanges, and cultural encounters and conflicts in the ages of empire and globalization. Same as GASC57H3 Africa and Asia Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz | SDG9,SDG10 |
| HISC96H3 | Language and Society in the Arab World | An examination of the relationship between language, society and identity in North Africa and the Arabic-speaking Middle East from the dawn of Islam to the contemporary period. Topics include processes of Arabization and Islamization, the role of Arabic in pan-Arab identity; language conflict in the colonial and postcolonial periods; ideologies of gender and language among others. Same as AFSC30H3 Asia and Africa Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5,SDG10 |
| HISD16H3 | Socialist Feminism in Global Context | A comparative exploration of socialist feminism, encompassing its diverse histories in different locations, particularly China, Russia, Germany and Canada. Primary documents, including literary texts, magazines, political pamphlets and group manifestos that constitute socialist feminist ideas, practices and imaginaries in different times and places will be central. We will also seek to understand socialist feminism and its legacies in relation to other contemporary stands of feminism. Same as WSTD16H3 Transnational Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis | SDG5,SDG10 |
| HISD48H3 | The World Through Canadian Eyes | How have Canadians historically experienced, and written about, the world? In what ways have nationalism, imperialism, and ideas about gender and race given meaning to Canadian understandings of the world? Students will consider these questions by exploring the work of Canadian travel writers, missionaries, educators, diplomats, trade officials, and intellectuals. Canadian Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, trade, nationalism | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISD50H3 | Southern Africa: Conquest and Resistance, 1652-1900 | A seminar study of the history of the peoples of southern Africa, beginning with the hunter-gatherers but concentrating on farming and industrializing societies. Students will consider pre-colonial civilizations, colonialism and white settlement, violence, slavery, the frontier, and the mineral revolution. Extensive reading and student presentations are required. Africa and Asia Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| HISD52H3 | East African Societies in Transition | A seminar study of East African peoples from late pre-colonial times to the 1990's, emphasizing their rapid although uneven adaptation to integration of the region into the wider world. Transitions associated with migrations, commercialization, religious change, colonial conquest, nationalism, economic development and conflict, will be investigated. Student presentations are required. Same as AFSD52H3 Africa and Asia Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, transit, nationalism | SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| HISD54H3 | Aqueous History: Water-Stories for a Future | This upper-level seminar will explore how water has shaped human experience. It will explore water landscapes, the representation of water in legal and political thought, slave narratives, and water management in urban development from the 16th century. Using case studies from South Asia and North America we will understand how affective, political and social relations to water bodies are made and remade over time. Same as GASD54H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, urban, land | SDG6,SDG10,SDG11,SDG14,SDG15 |
| HISD69H3 | Sufis and Desert Fathers: Mysticism in Late Antiquity and Early Islam | This course is an introduction to mystical/ascetic beliefs and practices in late antiquity and early Islam. Often taken as an offshoot of or alternative to “orthodox†representations of Christianity and Islam, mysticism provides a unique look into the ways in which these religions were experienced by its adherents on a more popular, often non-scholarly, “unorthodox†basis throughout centuries. In this class we will examine mysticism in late antiquity and early Islam through the literature, arts, music, and dance that it inspired. The first half of the term will be devoted to the historical study of mysticism, its origins, its most well-known early practitioners, and the phases of its institutionalization in early Christianity and early Islam; the second part will look into the beliefs and practices of mystics, the literature they produced, the popular expressions of religion they generated, and their effects in the modern world. This study of mysticism will also provide a window for contemporary students of religion to examine the devotional practices of unprivileged members of the late antiquity religious communities, women and slaves in particular. Same as CLAD69H3. | University of Toronto Scarborough | women, wind, privileged, institut | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HLTA02H3 | Foundations in Health Studies I | This the first part of a sequence of two courses designed to introduce theory, contemporary topics, and analytical techniques related to the study of health issues. Examples of topics include: social determinants of health, basic anatomy, introduction to child development, introduction to the life course and aging, disease, health economics and policy, and applicable research methods. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health issues | SDG3 |
| HLTA03H3 | Foundations in Health Studies II | This the second part of a sequence of two courses designed to introduce theory, contemporary topics, and analytical techniques related to the study of health issues. Examples of topics include: social determinants of health, basic anatomy, introduction to child development, introduction to the life course and aging, disease, health economics and policy, and applicable research methods. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health issues | SDG3 |
| HLTA91H3 | A Healthy Campus for Students: Prioritizing Mental Health and Wellness | Students need to be and feel part of a community that allows them to flourish and thrive. This course focuses on creating a healthy campus community by equipping students with practical knowledge, theoretical frameworks, and skills to prioritize their mental health, physical health, and self-care activities. Emphasis is placed on examining theoretical frameworks and practical activities that ameliorate mental health and self care practices, particularly those included in UTSC’s Healthy Campus Initiative Pillars (i.e. Arts & Culture, Equity & Diversity, Food & Nutrition, Mental Health, Physical Activity, and Physical Space). Drawing on theoretical frameworks and current peer-reviewed research from fields including medicine, psychology, nutrition, exercise and fitness, as well as social and cultural studies, students will learn to debate and integrate theoretical and practical concepts relevant to contemporary understandings of what it means to be healthy. In addition, students will engage in experiential learning activities that will expose them to campus resources in ways that they can apply to creating healthy communities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition, mental health, knowledge, learning, equity, equit | SDG2,SDG3,SDG4,SDG10,SDG11 |
| HLTB11H3 | Basic Human Nutrition | An introductory course to provide the fundamentals of human nutrition to enable students to understand and think critically about the complex interrelationships between food, nutrition, health and environment. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition | SDG2,SDG3 |
| HLTB16H3 | Introduction to Public Health | This course will present a brief history about the origins and development of the public health system and its role in health prevention. Using a case study approach, the course will focus on core functions, public health practices, and the relationship of public health with the overall health system. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health | SDG3 |
| HLTB30H3 | Current Issues in Health | An interdisciplinary consideration of current and pressing issues in health, including health crises, care, education, policy, research, and knowledge mobilization and translation. The course will focus on emerging questions and research, with attention to local and global experts from a range of disciplines and sectors. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge | SDG4,SDG16 |
| HLTB40H3 | Health Policy and Health Systems | This course focuses on public and private financing mechanisms for health care in Canada, emphasizing provincial differences and discussing the systems in place in other developed nations. Topics will include the forces of market competition and government regulation as well as the impact of health policy on key stakeholders. Students will also learn how to apply simple economic reasoning to examine health policy issues. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health care | SDG3,SDG16 |
| HLTB41H3 | Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health | This course introduces students to Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) approaches to reducing health inequities, and improving individual and population health. Students will critically explore the social, political, economic, and historic conditions that shape the everyday lives, and influence the health, of people. | University of Toronto Scarborough | equit | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HLTB42H3 | Perspectives of Culture, Illness and Healing | This course introduces students to anthropological perspectives of culture, society, and language, to foster understanding of the ways that health intersects with political, economic, religious and kinship systems. Topics will include ethnographic theory and practice, cultural relivatism, and social and symbolic meanings and practices regarding the body. | University of Toronto Scarborough | illness | SDG3,SDG16 |
| HLTB50H3 | Introduction to Health Humanities | An introduction to human health through literature, narrative, and the visual arts. Students will develop strong critical skills in text-centered methods of analysis (i.e., the written word, visual images) through topics including representations of health, illness narratives, death and dying, patient-professional relationships, technoscience and the human body. | University of Toronto Scarborough | illness | SDG3 |
| HLTB60H3 | Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies | An introduction to interdisciplinary disability studies through humanities, social science, and fine arts, with a strong basis in a social justice orientation that understands disability as a relational, social, and historical symbolic category, and ableism as a form of oppression. Students will develop strong critical skills in interpretation and analysis of artworks (i.e., the written word, visual images, performance) and theoretical texts. Topics including representations of disability in media, including literature and film; medicalization and tropes of disability; disability activism; and intersectional analysis of disability in relation to gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, and class. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, gender, social justice | SDG3,SDG5,SDG16 |
| HLTC16H3 | Introduction to Health Information Systems | An introduction to the fundamental concepts in health informatics (HI) and the relevance of HI to current and future Canadian and international health systems. Students will be introduced to traditional hospital-based/clinician-based HI systems, as well as present and emerging applications in consumer and public HI, including global applications. | University of Toronto Scarborough | consum | SDG12 |
| HLTC17H3 | Introduction to Rehabilitation Sciences | This course will provide students with an introduction to the rehabilitation sciences in the Canadian context. Students will gain knowledge regarding the pressing demographic needs for rehabilitation services and research, as well as the issues affecting the delivery of those services. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HLTC19H3 | Chronic Diseases | This course will introduce students to the regional, national, and global patterns of chronic disease and demonstrate how demography, behaviour, socio-economic status, and genetics impact patterns of chronic disease in human populations. Using epidemiological studies we will examine these patterns, assess their complex causes, and discuss strategies for broad-based preventative action. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic | SDG1 |
| HLTC20H3 | Global Disability Studies | This course considers how the category of disability works globally across geographic locations and cultural settings. Combining an interdisciplinary social justice-oriented disability studies perspective with a critical decolonial approach, students continue to develop an understanding of disability as a relational, social, and historical symbolic category, and ableism. Students will develop strong critical skills in interpretation and analysis of both social science texts, works of theory, and artworks (i.e., the written word, visual images, performance). Topics including representations of disability in global and diasporic media, including literature and film; medicalization and tropes of disability across cultures; human rights and disability activism around the world; and intersectional analysis of disability in relation to gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, and class in diverse global contexts. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, decolonial, gender, social justice, human rights | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG16 |
| HLTC22H3 | Health, Aging and the Life Cycle | This course focuses on the transition from birth to old age and changes in health status. Topics to be covered include: socio-cultural perspectives on aging, the aging process, chronic and degenerative diseases, caring for the elderly. | University of Toronto Scarborough | transit | SDG11 |
| HLTC23H3 | Issues in Child Health and Development | This course will explore bio-social aspects of health and development in children. Topics for discussion include genetics and development, growth and development, childhood diseases, the immune system, and nutrition during the early years. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition, child health | SDG2,SDG3 |
| HLTC24H3 | Environment and Health | Environmental issues are often complex and require a holistic approach where the lines between different disciplines are often obscured. The environment, as defined in this course, includes the natural (biological) and built (social, cultural, political) settings. Health is broadly defined to include the concept of well-being. Case studies will be used to illustrate environment and health issues using an ecosystem approach that includes humans as part of the ecosystem. | University of Toronto Scarborough | well-being, health issues, environmental, ecosystem | SDG3,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| HLTC25H3 | Infectious Diseases | Adopting ecological, epidemiological, and social approaches, this course examines the impact of infectious disease on human populations. Topics covered include disease ecology, zoonoses, and the role of humans in disease occurrence. The aim is to understand why infectious diseases emerge and how their occurrence is intimately linked to human behaviours. | University of Toronto Scarborough | ecolog | SDG15 |
| HLTC26H3 | Global Health and Human Biology | This course will apply students' knowledge of health studies and human biology to solving real-life cases in global health, such as the Ebola outbreaks in Africa or the acute toxic encephalopathy mystery illness among children in India. This case-study-oriented course will focus on the application of human biology principles in addressing current cases in global health. | University of Toronto Scarborough | global health, illness, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| HLTC27H3 | Community Health and Epidemiology | Epidemiology is the study or the pattern and causes of health-related outcomes and the application of findings to improvement of public health. This course will examine the history of epidemiology and its principles and terminology, measures of disease occurrence, study design, and application of concepts to specific research areas. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health | SDG3 |
| HLTC42H3 | Emerging Health Issues and Policy Needs | This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to helping students prepare to tackle complex emerging health issues and to explore ways of addressing these issues through public policy. A range of contemporary and newly-emerging health issues are discussed and analyzed in the context of existing policy constraints within Canada and worldwide. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health issues | SDG3 |
| HLTC43H3 | Politics of Canadian Health Policy | This course examines the role of all levels of Canadian government in health and health care. The impact of public policies, health care policy, and access to health care services on the health of populations is considered. The course also examines the role of political parties and social movements in the policy change process. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health care | SDG3 |
| HLTC44H3 | Comparative Health Policy Systems | This course surveys a selection of health care systems worldwide in relation to financing, reimbursement, delivery systems and adoption of new technologies. In this course students will explore questions such as: which systems and which public/private sector mixes are better at achieving efficiency and equity? How do these different systems deal with tough choices, such as decisions about new technologies? The set of international health care systems we focus on are likely to vary by term but will include a subset of OECD countries as well as countries with large populations that are heavily represented in Toronto such as China and India. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health care, equity, equit | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10 |
| HLTC46H3 | Globalization, Gender and Health | This interdisciplinary course draws on diverse theoretical and analytical approaches that span the humanities, social sciences and life sciences to critically explore the diverse relationships between gender and health, in local and global contexts. Particular attention is given to intersections between sex, gender and other social locations and processes that impact health and health inequities across the lifespan, including the impacts of ableism, colonialism, hetero-normativity, poverty, racialization, and sexism on women's and men's health, and related health research and practice. Through course readings, case studies, group discussions, class activities, and course assignments, students will apply these theoretical lenses and develop analytical skills that : (1) advance a more contextualized understanding of gender and health across the lifespan, (2) provide important insights into gendered health inequities, and (3) speak to strategies and social movements that begin to address these challenges. | University of Toronto Scarborough | poverty, gender, women, globaliz, equit | SDG1,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10 |
| HLTC47H3 | Institutional Ethnography: Investigating Health and Social Problems in the Everyday | By engaging with ideas rooted in critical social science and humanities, and emphasising the work of Canadian scholars, students learn how policy, law and various forms of regulation and governance impact on our everyday lives. Students learn theoretical, ontological and methodological concepts from a distinctive Canadian school of feminist sociological analysis called social organization of knowledge. This is an advanced and intensive reading and writing course where students learn to think about ruling relations in the space between subjectivity and objectivity. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, feminis, invest, institut, governance | SDG4,SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| HLTC49H3 | Indigenous Health | This course will examine the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples, given historic and contemporary issues. A critical examination of the social determinants of health, including the cultural, socioeconomic and political landscape, as well as the legacy of colonialism, will be emphasized. An overview of methodologies and ethical issues working with Indigenous communities in health research and developing programs and policies will be provided. The focus will be on the Canadian context, but students will be exposed to the issues of Indigenous peoples worldwide. Same as SOCC49H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socioeconomic, well-being, indigenous, land | SDG1,SDG3,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| HLTC56H3 | Drawing Illness | For close to a century, comics as a medium have examined diverse topics, from the serious to the silly. Drawing Illness draws on interdisciplinary scholarship from disability studies, comics studies, comic histories, medical anthropology, history of medicine and public health to examine the ways in which graphic narratives have been utilized to tell a range of stories about illness, disability, grief, dying, death, and medicine. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health, disabilit, illness | SDG3 |
| HLTC60H3 | Disability History | This course introduces students to disability history, a subfield within both history and the interdisciplinary field of disability studies. Students will use critical perspectives from disability studies to interpret how the concept of disability has changed over time and across cultures. This course understands disability as a social and political phenomenon and seeks to understand the experiences of disabled people in the past around the world. Students enrolled in this course will read secondary and primary source texts, and draw on lectures, films, memoirs, popular culture, and art to examine the social and cultural construction and experiences of disability. Students will also gain an understanding of how historians conduct research, and the methods and problems of researching disability history. Historical themes include colonialism, industrialization, war, and bureaucracy; regions and time periods studied will be selected at the discretion of the instructor. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, industrialization | SDG3,SDG9 |
| HLTD07H3 | Advanced Rehabilitation Sciences: Disability Studies and Lived Experiences of 'Normalcy' | This course builds on HLTC17H3 by examining rehabilitation from the perspectives of researchers, clinicians, and clients. The course focuses on the historical role of rehabilitation, not only in improving health, but also in perpetuating the goal of 'normalcy'. Students will examine how rehabilitation impacts people, both at an individual and societal level, and explore the field of disability studies and its critical engagement with the message that disabled people need to be repaired. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit | SDG3 |
| HLTD08H3 | Special Topics in Health Sciences | An examination of a current health sciences topic. The specific topic will vary from year to year, and may include: clinical epidemiology, an advanced nutrition topic, or the biology and population health impacts of a specific disease or illness condition. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition, illness | SDG2,SDG3 |
| HLTD23H3 | Indigenous Peoples: Pandemics, Epidemics and Outbreaks | This course will examine pandemics, epidemics, and outbreaks of contagious infectious diseases, specifically viruses (i.e. HIV, Ebola, SARS, hantavirus, smallpox, influenza) among Indigenous Peoples. Students will learn about the social, cultural, and historical impacts of the virus on Indigenous peoples and their communities with regards to transmission, treatment and prevention, public health measures and strategies, as well as ethical issues. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health, epidemics, indigenous | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| HLTD25H3 | Topics in Environmental Health | The didactic portion of this course will examine emerging environmental health issues using case studies. In the hands-on portion of the course, students will learn a range of research skills - how to use the Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, evidence-based health and best practices, and the different elements of a successful grant proposal - while honing their researching, writing, and presenting skills. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health, health issues, environmental | SDG3,SDG13 |
| HLTD40H3 | The Politics of Care, Self- Care, and Mutual Aid | Drawing on insights from critical social theory and on the experience of community partners, this course critically explores the ethics, economics, and politics of care and mutual aid. The course begins with a focus on informal care in our everyday lives, including self-care. We then move on to interrogate theories of care and care work in a variety of settings including schools, community health centres, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. The course is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from scholarship across the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and public health. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health | SDG3 |
| HLTD44H3 | Environmental Contaminants, Vulnerability and Toxicity | This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of the potential effects on human health of exposure to environmental contaminants, with special attention to population groups particularly vulnerable to toxic insults. | University of Toronto Scarborough | vulnerability, environmental | SDG1,SDG13 |
| HLTD46H3 | Violence and Health: Critical Perspectives | Violence is a significant public health, human rights, and human development problem that impacts millions of people worldwide. Relying on a critical public health perspective, critical social theories, and local and global case studies on anti-oppression, this course explores structural (causes of) violence, the impact violence has on (public) health and human development, and societal responses to treatment, prevention, and social transformation. | University of Toronto Scarborough | public health, anti-oppression, human rights, violence | SDG3,SDG4,SDG16 |
| HLTD47H3 | Special Topics in Health: Advanced Topics in Health and Wellness | An examination of a current topic in health and wellness. Topics may include: disability, addiction, psychosocial wellbeing, social activism around health issues, Wellness Indices, Community Needs and Assets Appraisals. The course will focus on the contributing historical, social, and/or cultural factors, as well as relevant health policies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | wellbeing, health issues, disabilit | SDG3 |
| HLTD50H3 | Special Topics in Health Humanities | This advanced seminar will provide intensive study of a selected topic in and/or theoretical questions about the health humanities. Topics will vary by instructor and term but may include narrative medicine, stories of illness and healing, representations of older age and aging in literature and film, AIDS and/or cancer writing, representations of death and dying in literature and film, the role of creative arts in health. | University of Toronto Scarborough | illness | SDG3 |
| HLTD80H3 | Critical Health Education | This course will investigate school- and community-based health education efforts that approach health as a complex social, biological, and cultural experience; critique and challenge prevailing understandings of health; and offer alternative theoretical, pedagogical, and curricular approaches to health and illness. Issues such as sexuality, gender, nation, race, social class, age, ability, and indigeneity will be central concerns in this study of health pedagogy, curriculum, and promotion. | University of Toronto Scarborough | illness, health education, pedagogy, gender, invest | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG9 |
| HLTD81H3 | Health Professions Education | The quality of our health care system is dependent on initial and ongoing education supporting our health professionals. In response to ongoing and new challenges in health care, governments and institutions respond with novel ideas of enacting health care in improved ways. Health care institutions, policy makers, and the public have expectations of highly skilled, knowledgeable, and prepared individuals. As our understanding of health and health systems change, these expectations also change. Keeping up is in part the work of health professions education. Preparing individuals for these dynamic, complex, in some cases unpredictable, and everchanging health care service demands is necessary and complex. In this course, we explore the role and governance, structure, and contemporary multidisciplinary scientific advances of initial and continuing health professions education as a means of supporting the practice and quality of health care. We also explore the future of health professions and how health professions education is working to keep up. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health care, knowledge, institut, governance | SDG3,SDG4,SDG16 |
| HMB201H1 | Introduction to Genes, Genetics & Biotechnology | The course provides a comprehensive introduction to a variety of therapeutic approaches including gene therapy, CRISPR-based gene editing, epigenetic manipulations; regenerative medicine. This course consists of three parts: tools and techniques of gene; genome manipulations; medical, environmental and agricultural biotechnology applications; and ethical, legal and social aspects of modern biotechnology as it pertains to human health and wellbeing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, wellbeing, environmental | SDG2,SDG3,SDG13 |
| HMB203H1 | Introduction to Global Health | An introductory course covering the theories, operational components and strategies of implementing health care in resource-poor settings. Topics may include education, control of vector-borne diseases, essential drug provision, maternal and child health, nutrition, incorporation of alternative and complementary technologies, community participation and deployment of health service providers | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition, global health, health care, child health | SDG2,SDG3 |
| HMB204H1 | Introduction to Human Biology | An introduction to the biological, health, environmental, and sociopolitical issues that influence human health and well-being. Â Topics include genetic variation within and across human populations, biological variation related to the environment, determinants of health and disease, and human behaviour and development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well-being, environmental | SDG3,SDG13 |
| HMB303H1 | Global Health and Human Rights | The Global Health & Human Rights course uses a multidisciplinary approach to consider the theory and practice of global health as well as human rights from a global health perspective. The course has an emphasis on the social, historical, economic and political determinants of global health and human rights. The critical approach used in the course will also allow students to begin to consider the limitations and contradictions inherent in the theory and practice of global health and in human rights. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global health, human rights | SDG3,SDG16 |
| HMB306H1 | Ethical Considerations in Emerging Technology | Advancing technology increases our ability to intervene in the course of natural events involving human health and well being. Questions arise as whether we ought to and who will benefit or be harmed. This course considers the far-reaching bioethical implications of emerging bio-technology. Topics to be explored include-but are not limited to- ethical considerations in emerging reproductive technologies, genetic alteration/genetic enhancement. Use of life support technologies, synthetic life, life extension. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well being | SDG3 |
| HMB322H1 | Topics in Health & Disease | Explore the scientific basis and interdisciplinary healthcare practices of several diseases (diseases vary by year). Discuss current issues related to the biology and the impact of these diseases. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | healthcare | SDG3 |
| HMB323H1 | Global Health Research | Health is a responsibility shared worldwide. Globalization of health has impacted biomedical research. Students will explore current global health research advances and build skills in the design and conduct of global health research studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global health, globaliz | SDG3,SDG9 |
| HMB342H1 | Epidemiology of Health & Disease | This course engages students in the fundamental science of epidemiology applied to health and disease. After an introduction to various measures of health and disease, the scientific methods used to investigate, analyze, prevent and control health problems will be illustrated using social, biomedical and public health examples | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, invest | SDG3,SDG9 |
| HMB402H1 | Topics in Translational Medicine | The bridge between basic scientific research and clinical practice integrates fundamental knowledge about molecular/cellular mechanisms and clinical disorders to increase the potential for new medical treatments, therapies and interventions as well as understanding of disease processes. Specific topics vary from year to year and will be based on the instructor's area(s) of expertise. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HMB406H1 | Health Care Ethics | Since research involving human subjects lays the foundation for innovation in modern health care, this course examines health care ethics along a continuum from bench to bedside. Ethical issues are discussed in the context of specific cases involving human research, as well as contemporary clinical practice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care | SDG3 |
| HMB420H1 | Seminar in Neurobiology of Behaviour | This seminar course focuses on recent research into the neurobiology underlying human behaviour. A variety of normal and abnormal human behaviours are studied which may include: voluntary action; moral cognition; hedonism; aggression; mental health; addiction; the impact of the gut microbiome on brain development and health. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health | SDG3 |
| HMB433H1 | Topics in Global Health | Seminar and theme based course examining the opportunity to apply basic knowledge of biological determinants of disease to designing health system interventions and informatics that can have a global impact in the near term. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global health, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| HMB440H1 | Dementia | This course, featuring a service-learning component, explores dementia. In patients with dementia, intellectual, social and occupational functioning deteriorate. The course addresses the multi-disciplinary aspects of dementia (clinical, genetic, molecular, social) with a focus on the most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer's disease. Enrolment is by application. Detailed application instructions are available on the HMB Special Enrolment website: https://www.hmb.utoronto.ca/special-enrolment. The application will ask about motivation and/or relevant experience. Applications are received during priority course enrollment, and late applications considered if space remains. Specific application review and response dates will be available on the HMB Special Enrolment website. Applications will be assessed based on prerequisites, submitted answers to application prompts and cGPA. This course is open to all Human Biology students. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| HMB441H1 | Genetics of Human Disease | This advanced course aims to provide students with current, in-depth knowledge of the genetics of specific human diseases, including single gene (e.g., Huntington disease), multifactorial (e.g. Alzheimer's disease), and non-Mendelian (e.g. mitochondrial DNA-related disease) disorders, and how the use of genetics to elucidate disease mechanisms can lead to treatments and personalized medicine in order to improve healthcare. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | healthcare, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| HMB443H1 | Global Hidden Hunger | Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, termed ‘hidden hunger,’ affect about half the world’s population. Explore the global nature, catastrophic consequences, and causes of these deficiencies. Discuss formulation and implementation of international, national, and local policies to alleviate ‘hidden hunger’ especially in infants and young children. A service-learning opportunity is integrated. Students will be required to contribute to a local community organization while using course knowledge to develop a project or initiative beneficial to the organization and community. Enrolment is by application. Detailed application instructions are available on the HMB Special Enrolment website: https://www.hmb.utoronto.ca/special-enrolment. The application will ask about motivation and/or relevant experience. Applications are received during priority course enrollment, and late applications considered if space remains. Specific application review and response dates will be available on the HMB Special Enrolment website. Applications will be assessed based on prerequisites, submitted answers to application prompts and cGPA. This course is open to all Human Biology students. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| HMB452H1 | Personalized Medicine | The bridge between basic scientific research and clinical practice integrates fundamental knowledge about molecular/cellular mechanisms and clinical disorders to increase the potential for new medical treatments and technologies as well as understanding of disease processes. Specific topics vary from year to year and will be based on the course instructor's area(s) of expertise. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| HMB453H1 | AIDS: A Global Perspective | Seminars explore the global AIDS crisis. Varying epidemiological profiles of AIDS are placed in broader biological, social, and cultural frameworks. The impact of globalization and structural inequality on local cultures and lifestyles provides a backdrop to the discussions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, inequality, equalit | SDG9,SDG10 |
| HMB460H1 | Seminars in Neurobiology of Mental Health | This seminar course focuses on recent research into the neurobiology underlying mental health issues and is highly discussion-based and collaborative in nature. Specific topics are indicated by subtopic (which may vary yearly). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, health issues, labor | SDG3,SDG8 |
| HMB462H1 | Topics in Epidemiology | The focus is on the theory and application of biostatistics and epidemiology to current developments in special topics in substantive areas of epidemiology (e.g., chronic disease, environmental & occupational health, infectious disease, methods, social, etc.). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| HMB490Y1 | Health in Community | An experiential learning course exploring health-related challenges and social determinants of health in partnership with local community organizations. Lectures and tutorials will support learning of selected biological and social aspects of health and disease, neuroscience, genetics or population health, and the development of scientific knowledge translation skills relevant to the community agencies. Cannot be taken concurrently with a full year research project course. Enrolment is by application. Detailed application instructions are available on the HMB Special Enrolment website: https://www.hmb.utoronto.ca/special-enrolment. The application will ask about motivation and/or relevant experience. . Applications are received during priority course enrollment, and late applications considered if space remains. Specific application review and response dates will be available on the HMB Special Enrolment website. Applications will be assessed based on prerequisites, submitted answers to application prompts and cGPA. This course is open to all Human Biology students. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| HMB491Y1 | Project in Biotechnology Industry | Students undertake an academic internship in the biotechnology sector, in addition to meeting regularly in class to discuss and share their experiences. The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to apply academic learning in a professional context, build their network, and explore potential career paths. Students will be required to complete 200 hours with a placement partner over the duration of the course (normally 8 hours/week). The course is open to fourth year students. Students work with course staff to secure their internship with our partner organizations. Enrolment is by application. Detailed application instructions are available on the HMB Special Enrolment website: https://www.hmb.utoronto.ca/special-enrolment. Application packages will be accepted in April every year, and specific due date, course/placement information, and the application form can be found in the website. The application will ask about goals, course expectations and relevant knowledge & experience. Applications will be assessed based on prerequisites, submitted answers to application prompts and relevant knowledge. Course enrolment will be based on the number of internship opportunities available (which will vary from year-to-year), student qualifications (e.g. performance in relevant courses, qualifications related to the internship positions on offer, and interview performance). Final acceptance into the course is dependent on the official acceptance of a student as an intern with a partner organization. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| HMU333H1 | Ethnomusicology of Urban Environments:Doing Res - Sound | This course explores the intersection of sound, listening, and urban environment through a selective survey of contemporary scholarship from ethnomusicology, sound studies, anthropology of sound, cultural geography, and urban studies. Class discussions, assigned readings, audio-visual examples, and lectures will build a theoretical understanding of sound’s relation to issues of identity, culture, politics, representation, power, media, gender, race, and urban space. Students will receive hands-on research methods training as they conduct ethnomusicological research in downtown Toronto. Students will be guided in designing a research project and conduct field research, interviews and soundwalks. They will materialize research results as presentable audio(visual) media. | Music, Faculty of | gender, urban | SDG5,SDG11 |
| HMU345H1 | Global Popular Musics | Global Popular Musics is an introduction to popular music in its social and cultural context in a variety of international settings. Genres to be covered may include, but are not limited to, rock, hip-hop, country, and “world musicâ€. The course will take an issues-based approach to the study of popular music, focusing on topics such as the interplay of tradition and modernity; media and technology; race, gender, sexuality, class, and other facets of identity; urbanization and migration; and the markets and legal structures surrounding music. | Music, Faculty of | gender, urban | SDG5,SDG11 |
| HMU385H1 | Intro to Sound Studies | This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of sound studies by exploring how people perceive and engage with everyday sounds, especially in urban settings. Topics may include, but are not limited to noise, silence, acoustic communities, soundscapes, media, and various sound technologies. | Music, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| HMU435H1 | Topics in Ethnomusic:Current I ssues | An undergraduate seminar devoted to exploring an emergent sub-field of ethnomusicology. The sub-field to be explored will rotate, but some examples are: the study of music and gender, race, or class; music and language; music and violence; sociomusicology; medical ethnomusicology; the ethnomusicology of popular music and technology; analytical approaches in ethnomusicology. | Music, Faculty of | gender, violence | SDG5,SDG16 |
| HPS110H1 | The Science of Human Nature | Why do we do what we do? What factors play a role in shaping our personality? What biological and social elements help configure a person's moral and emotional character? In this course, we examine landmark studies that shook standard beliefs about human nature in their time. We analyze those studies in their historical context and discuss their relevance to social, ethical, and policy debates. The studies may include research on mother love, obedience, conformity, bystander intervention in emergencies, deception, race, and gender stereotypes. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, land | SDG5,SDG15 |
| HPS200H1 | Science and Values | An introduction to issues at the interface of science and society. Including the reciprocal influence of science and social norms, the relation of science and religion, dissemination of scientific knowledge, science and policy. Issues may include: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons; Genetic Engineering; The Human Genome Project; Climate Change. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, climate | SDG4,SDG13 |
| HPS202H1 | Technology in the Modern World | This course examines the reciprocal relationship between technology and society since 1800 from the perspectives of race, class, and gender. From the role of European imperial expansion in 19th-century industrialization and mechanization to the development of nuclear technology, smartphones, and digital computers in the 20th century, we consider cultural responses to new technologies, and the ways in which technology operates as an historical force in the history of the modern world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, industrialization | SDG5,SDG9 |
| HPS205H1 | Science, Technology, and Empire | This gateway course introduces the emergence of the modern science and technology and the rise of European mercantile and colonial empires as closely intertwined processes. Beginning with the European discovery of the Americas, this course provides a broad thematic overview of the transformation of scientific practices in imperial contexts, including but not limited to geography and cartography; medical botany and plantation agriculture; biogeography and evolutionary biology; ecology and environmentalism; and race science and anthropology. The course primarily focuses on British and French colonial contexts in South Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas, but also considers Iberian, Russian, Dutch, and other imperial formations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, environmental, ecolog | SDG2,SDG13,SDG15 |
| HPS240H1 | The Influence of the Eugenics Movement on Contemporary Society | This course explores present-day topics such as reproductive issues (including “designer babies†and genetic counselling), gender, racism/colonialism, disability and euthanasia through the lens of the history of eugenics. A “scientific†movement which became popular around the world in the early twentieth century, eugenics was based on the principle that certain undesirable human characteristics were hereditary and could be eliminated by controlled reproduction. It resulted in the enactment of laws in numerous places, including Canada, authorizing coerced reproductive sterilization of certain individuals, and other measures intended to “improve†humanity. Today, we see its influences woven through contemporary debates, a number of which we will consider. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, racism, gender, production | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG12 |
| HPS318H1 | History of Medicine I | This course explores how medicine was practiced, taught and theorized from ancient Greece to the early modern period. It focuses on the historical development of western medicine in relation to societies, politics and culture, and considers topics such as the creation of medical traditions, the transmission and communication of medical knowledge, the pluralistic world of healers, the role of religion, magic and natural philosophy, the cultural meaning of disease, and the emergence of institutions such as the hospital. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, institut | SDG4,SDG16 |
| HPS319H1 | History of Medicine II | This course examines the development of medicine from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It focuses on the historical development of western medicine in relation to societies, politics and culture and considers topics such as changing views of the body, the development of medical institutions such as hospitals, asylums and laboratories, the diversifies world of healing and the place of visual and material culture in the production and dissemination of medical knowledge. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, labor, production, institut | SDG4,SDG8,SDG12,SDG16 |
| HPS346H1 | Modifying and Optimizing Life: on the Peculiar Alliance between AI, Biology, and Engineering | Taking cue from the entanglements that historically have pervaded the relation between biology and information technology since the early 20th century, this course interrogates the sociocultural and technological conjuncture that has brought computer science, biology and engineering together into peculiar, ingenious, and often controversial alliances. What do AI, synthetic biology, and biotechnology have in common? How have they come to be associated? What are the debates and ethics emerging from such associations? The course will focus on topics such as: geoengineering and bioremediation; GMO and Robotic insects; the use of expert systems and machine learning to optimize synthetic biology; the flourishing and marketing of precision and personalized medicine/immunotherapy; and the ethics behind CRISPR babies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, remediation | SDG4,SDG6 |
| HPS444H1 | Health, Medicine, and Society in the Mediterranean World | This course examines healing practices and medical knowledge in the Mediterranean world, focusing on the early modern period. We will address topics such as the interplay between medicine and religion, the relationship between patients and practitioners, and the role of women as both healers and patients and across Mediterranean shores. We will also consider how individuals in different Mediterranean regions experienced the relationship between health and the environment, explore the bearings that medical pursuits had on the creation and consolidation of notions of sex and gender, and examine how medical knowledge shaped views of the body and informed health policies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, gender, women | SDG4,SDG5 |
| HST209H1 | Introduction to Health: Determinants of Health & Health Care | A multidisciplinary approach to understanding perspectives in health, health equity, and primary health care. Themes include critical discussion of the measurements of health outcomes and the socioeconomic and political factors that affect health, including neglected and marginalized populations in Canada and globally. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socioeconomic, health care, health equity, equity, equit, marginalized | SDG1,SDG3,SDG4,SDG10 |
| HST211H1 | Health Policy in Canada | Introduces students to health policy in Canada, with a particular focus on the social determinants of health, and on how to improve health through policy advocacy. Examines the policy making process in the Canadian context, and the development of health policy in Canada. Explores current debates about health issues. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health issues | SDG3 |
| HST305H1 | Perspectives in Health, Gender, Ethnicity and Race | This course will examine historical and contemporary health disparities with respect to gender, ethnicity, and race. Other intersectional issues such as Colonialism, class, sexuality, and the urban/rural divide will also be considered as they to social determinants of health. Attention will be focused on examples of disparities that perpetuate and exacerbate current epidemiological challenges for underrepresented populations in Canada and globally. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, urban, rural | SDG5,SDG11 |
| HST306H1 | Health, Nutrition and Food Security | This course examines the antecedents (for example: social structure, environments, human development and behaviour) that underlie nutrition-mediated aspects to human health and disease. This will include review and analysis of seminal, primary, and current research as well as contemporary issues surrounding nutritional literacy and deficits, food insecurity and access, as these relate to morbidity and pre-mature mortality. The course will also examine existing public health practices for health promotion and access, and population-level disease prevention and interventions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition, food security, food insecurity, public health | SDG2,SDG3 |
| HST310H1 | Critical Health Policy | A critical, in-depth exploration of contemporary health and social issues. Political, social and economic forces at play in Canadian society are examined in relation to specific health issues and policies, in order to understand general societal and system dynamics of evolution and change, and to identify implications for reform efforts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health issues | SDG3 |
| HST330H1 | Population Health | Extends students' understanding of population-based strategies of health promotion in Canada. Topics include: variations in health status as affected by population patterns, class, gender, ethnicity, employment, and family composition; major causes of morbidity and mortality; the concept of community health opportunities and constraints facing public policy. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, employment | SDG5,SDG8 |
| HST405H1 | Global Migration and Health | Over the past decades, economic globalization, widening socio-economic inequities, conflict, natural disasters, environmental degradation, and, more recently, climate change have combined to become increasingly significant forces shaping global migration fluxes. This course analyzes the impact of migration on the health of those who move and of individuals, communities and entire societies in countries of origin, transit, arrival, and resettlement. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating scholarly work from the fields of public health, the social sciences, law, and human rights. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, public health, globaliz, equit, transit, climate, environmental, human rights | SDG1,SDG3,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| HST411H1 | Political Economy of Health | Examines the production and distribution of health and illness within and across populations. A political economy approach is used to better understand the fundamental origins of health inequalities, the political action that is required to tackle them, and the obstacles that hinder the possibilities for such action. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | illness, equalit, production | SDG3,SDG10,SDG12 |
| HST440H1 | Health & Pharmaceuticals | A critical examination of drug development, including the role of health professionals and the pharmaceutical industry in researching, testing, marketing, licensing, and evaluating pharmaceutical drugs. Topics include the differing needs for drug development, evaluation and dispensing in lower income countries, and potential conflicts of interest in drug development. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | income | SDG3,SDG10 |
| HST464H1 | The Nature of Global Health | Explores the historical, ideological, economic, political, and organizational factors that shape the theory and practice of international health (IH). Students will be encouraged to critically examine some of the central tensions embedded in this field. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global health | SDG3 |
| IDSB01H3 | Political Economy of International Development | Introduces students to major development problems, focusing on international economic and political economy factors. Examines trade, aid, international institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO. Examines both conventional economic perspectives as well as critiques of these perspectives. This course can be counted for credit in ECM Programs. | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade, institut | SDG10,SDG16 |
| IDSB02H3 | Development and Environment | The environmental consequences of development activities with emphasis on tropical countries. Environmental change in urban, rainforest, semi-arid, wetland, and mountainous systems. The influences of development on the global environment; species extinction, loss of productive land, reduced access to resources, declining water quality and quantity, and climate change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | water, arid, urban, climate, environmental, species, forest, land | SDG6,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| IDSB04H3 | Introduction to International/Global Health | This course offers an introduction to the political, institutional, social, economic, epidemiological, and ideological forces in the field of international/global health. While considerable reference will be made to high-income countries, major emphasis will be placed on the health conditions of “low- and middle-income countries and their interaction with the development aid milieu. After setting the historical and political economy context, the course explores key topics and themes in global health including: international/global health agencies and activities; data on health; epidemiology and the global distribution of health and disease; the societal determinants of health and health equity; health economics and the organization of health care systems in comparative perspective; globalization, trade, work, and health; health humanitarianism in the context of crisis, health and the environment; the ingredients of healthy societies across the world; and social justice approaches to global health. | University of Toronto Scarborough | global health, health care, health equity, equity, globaliz, trade, equit, humanitarian, income, institut, social justice | SDG3,SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| IDSB06H3 | Equity, Ethics and Justice in International Development | What constitutes equitable, ethical as well as socially and environmentally just processes and outcomes of development? This course explores these questions with particular emphasis on their philosophical and ideological foundations and on the challenges of negotiating global differences in cultural, political and environmental values in international development. | University of Toronto Scarborough | equitable, equity, equit, environmental | SDG4,SDG10,SDG13 |
| IDSB07H3 | Confronting Developments Racist Past and Present | This course offers students an in-depth survey of the role race and racism plays in Development of Thought and Practice across the globe. Students will learn the multiple ways colonial imaginaries and classificatory schemes continue to shape International Development and Development Studies. A variety of conceptual frameworks for examining race, racism and racialization will also be introduced. | University of Toronto Scarborough | racism | SDG4,SDG10 |
| IDSB10H3 | Political Economy of Knowledge Technology and Development | Examines in-depth the roles of information and communication technology (ICT) in knowledge production and their impact on development. Do new forms of social media make communication more effective, equitable, or productive in the globalized world? How has network media changed governance, advocacy, and information flow and knowledge exchange and what do these mean for development? | University of Toronto Scarborough | equitable, knowledge, globaliz, equit, production, governance | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| IDSB11H3 | Global Development in Comparative Perspective | This course will focus on the importance of historical, socio-economic, and political context in understanding the varying development experiences of different parts of the Global South. In addition to an introductory and concluding lecture, the course will be organized around two-week modules unpacking the development experience in four different regions of the Global South & Latin America/Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and South/South East Asia. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic | SDG1 |
| IDSC07H3 | Project Management II | A case study approach building on Project Management I. Examines: the art of effective communication and negotiation, visioning, participatory and rapid rural appraisal; survey design and implementation; advanced financial management and budgeting; basic bookkeeping and spreadsheet design; results based management; environmental impact assessments; cross-cultural effectiveness; and gender and development. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, rural, environmental | SDG5,SDG11,SDG13 |
| IDSC08H3 | Media and Development | Critical perspectives on the effects of traditional and 'new' media on development policy and practice. The course examines the increasingly significant role the media plays in the development process, the ways in which media-generated images of development and developing countries affect development policy and the potential of 'new' media for those who are marginalized from the development process. | University of Toronto Scarborough | marginalized | SDG10 |
| IDSC11H3 | Issues in Global and International Health | Key global and international health issues are explored in-depth in three learning phases. We begin with a reading and discussion seminar on international/global health policy and politics. (Exact topic changes each year based on student interest and developments in the field). Next, students develop group projects designed to raise awareness around particular global and international health problems, culminating in UTSC International Health Week in the Meeting Place. The third phase --which unfolds throughout the course-- involves individual research projects and class presentations. | University of Toronto Scarborough | global health, health issues, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| IDSC14H3 | The Political Economy of Food | Examines how institutions and power relations shape the production and distribution of food, particularly in the global South. The course evaluates competing theories of hunger and malnutrition. It also explores the historical evolution of contemporary food provisioning and evaluates the viability and development potential of alternative food practices. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nutrition, malnutrition, production, institut | SDG2,SDG12,SDG16 |
| IDSC16H3 | Populism, Development, and Globalization in the Global South | The rise of populism has been widespread and often linked to processes of economic globalization. This course explores the historical and more recent economic and social factors shaping populist movements and leaderships in the Global South. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz | SDG9 |
| IDSC17H3 | Development, Citizen Action and Social Change in the Global South | Explores the question of citizenship through theories of citizen participation and action in dialogue with a wide range of recent empirical case studies from the global south. Going beyond formal rights and status, the course looks at deeper forms of political inclusion and direct participation in decision-making on political and policy issues. | University of Toronto Scarborough | citizen, social change | SDG4,SDG16 |
| IDSC19H3 | Community-driven Development: Cooperatives, Social Enterprises and the Black Social Economy | This course introduces students to alternative business institutions (including cooperatives, credit unions, worker-owned firms, mutual aid, and social enterprises) to challenge development. It investigates the history and theories of the solidarity economy as well as its potential contributions to local, regional and international socio-economic development. There will be strong experiential education aspects in the course to debate issues. Students analyze case studies with attention paid to Africa and its diaspora to combat exclusion through cooperative structures. Same as AFSC19H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, worker, invest, institut | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| IDSC20H3 | Critical Approaches to Community Engagement in Development | This course focuses on critical approaches to community engagement in international development. The first half of the course traces the history of critical and participatory approaches to community engagement in development. In the second half of the course students are trained in critical and ethical approaches to participatory community-engaged research. Students' learning will be guided by an iterative pedagogical approach aimed at facilitating dialogue between theory, practice and experience. Students taking this course will learn about the challenges faced by communities in their interactions with a range of development actors, including international development agencies, local NGOs, state actors and universities. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG4 |
| IDSD06H3 | Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectives in Development Studies | This interdisciplinary course traces the advance of feminist and postcolonial thinking in development studies. The course serves as a capstone experience for IDS students and social science majors looking to fully engage with feminist and postcolonial theories of development. This course combines short lectures with student led-discussions and critical analyses of development thought and practice. | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis | SDG5 |
| IDSD07H3 | Extractive Industries in Africa | This course examines resource extraction in African history. We examine global trade networks in precolonial Africa, and the transformations brought by colonial extractive economies. Case studies, from diamonds to uranium, demonstrate how the resource curse has affected states and economies, especially in the postcolonial period. Same as AFSD07H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade | SDG10 |
| IDSD08H3 | Community-Centered Media Tactics for Development Advocacy and Social | This course explores the intersection of community-centered research, art, media, politics, activism and how they intertwine with grass-root social change strategies. Students will learn about the multiple forms of media tactics, including alternative and tactical media (fusion of art, media, and activism) that are being used by individuals and grass-root organizations to promote public debate and advocate for changes in development-related public policies. Through case studies, hands-on workshops, community-led learning events, and a capstone project in collaboration with community organizations, students will gain practical research, media and advocacy skills in formulating and implementing strategies for mobilizing public support for social change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, labor, social change | SDG4,SDG8,SDG16 |
| IDSD19H3 | The Role of Researcher-Practitioner Engagement in Development | This course focuses on recent theories and approaches to researcher-practitioner engagement in development. Using case studies, interviews, and extensive literature review, students will explore whether such engagements offer opportunities for effective social change and improved theory. | University of Toronto Scarborough | social change | SDG16 |
| IFP090H1 | Challenges to Global Equity | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit | SDG4,SDG10 | |
| IFP100Y1 | Themes in World History | Surveys the development of human societies from their origins to the present using examples from across the world. Topics may include the environment, cultural development and interaction, the creation and nature of belief systems, political, economic and social structures, gender relations, and the relationship between global patterns and local developments. Enrolment is restricted to students registered in the International Foundation Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| IMM199H1 | Immunology in the News Today | Why do we get sick? How do vaccines work? Does our diet influence our immunity? This course is intended to inspire curiosity about questions generated by immunology concepts that are prevalent in the news today. Different topics will be explored each week including immunity worldwide, human vaccinations and the mucosal immune system. Topics will be placed in context through real-life case studies, immunology virtual laboratory simulation, interactions with faculty members and extensive coverage of the basic science underlying each topic. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | vaccine, labor | SDG3,SDG8 |
| INF302H1 | Integr Approaches Tech & Soc | This course explores how society, culture, and understanding of the human condition influence, and are influenced by, technological development. It focuses on the study of interdependent and institutionalized systems of law, economics, culture and technology, exploring the conditions of stability and instability in these systems. We will survey the available theories and methods for understanding large scale socio-technological systems. | Information, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| INF401H1 | From Classroom to Workplace | Where a university (or any formal educational setting) is student-centered and focused on facilitating student learning, a workplace is focused on its own strategic goals, stakeholders, and clients. Student learning is peripheral to the purpose of the organization. While it is assumed that any organization that engages a practicum student has a commitment to the educational value of the experience for all parties, employers are not responsible for the students' academic development. In order for learning to occur in the workplace, the processes associated with learning (cognitive, emotional, affective, etc.) must be made conscious and accessible to the learner. This is the overriding purpose of this course: to create independent, autonomous and self-directed learning professionals. | Information, Faculty of | learning, accessib | SDG4,SDG8,SDG11 |
| INF411H1 | Info in Global Economy | This course surveys how information technologies, information services, and information itself are produced, circulated, and consumed. How is information made into a commodity? How are markets for information and information services created and sustained? Students will develop a basic understanding of the political, economic, cultural, and regulatory environment in which information, culture, and technologies are produced, as well as the implications of processes such as globalization, digitization, and commodification for social life. | Information, Faculty of | globaliz, consum | SDG9,SDG12 |
| INF413H1 | Information Policy | This course provides students with an introduction to the history and development of information policy. Topics include Canadian and international regulations concerning data protection and privacy, intellectual and cultural property, and industrial organization. The course will also cover emerging models of governance and the politics of standards setting bodies and global treaty organizations. | Information, Faculty of | governance | SDG16 |
| INF453H1 | Capstone Project | A self-guided and collaborative student project. Students will identify a design problem, design a creative solution to the problem using a combination of skills from previous courses, and share their project with the class. Students will present the outcomes of their project in both visual and written formats. | Information, Faculty of | labor | SDG8,SDG9 |
| INI100H1 | The City Where Movies Are Made | In this course, first-year students will be introduced to film culture in Toronto from a variety of angles, including: a history of the city onscreen (both as itself and as a popular shooting location for American productions); an account of major Toronto filmmaking sites and institutions; introductions to local directors and producers; and overviews of contemporary local film festival culture (TIFF and beyond) as well as the city’s film-critical community. Through a combination of lectures, screenings, field trips and special guest speakers, the students will be moved to consider both the vitality of Toronto’s film scene as well as its connections to other aspects of the city. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production, institut | SDG11,SDG12,SDG16 |
| INI101H1 | Blogging the Just City | An introduction to the concept of the city as a creative environment promoting not only growth and wealth but also social justice, equality, cooperation, and civility. Students will learn to build their own blog to help them to observe, interpret, and reflect upon the process of urban interaction and the relationship between creativity and justice. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equalit, urban, social justice | SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| INI102H1 | Telling the Stories of the City: Writing Creative Non-Fiction | An introduction to creative writing techniques and the personal essay form through which students will explore and develop their conscious connection to the natural-urban landscape. The course will include activities such as field trips, readings, interviews, and journaling to generate the material for personal essays on engagement with nature in the city. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| INI196H1 | Environmental Writing | From environmental disasters and ecological collapse to climate change denial and celebrations of nature and wilderness, we will explore the diverse ways humans imagine and write about the natural world and the consequences of such writing. We will study a variety of nonfiction texts, images, and videos about ecology, the environment, nature, wilderness, and sustainability as we consider what these terms mean. From the 19th century American transcendentalists to 20th century ecologists, and 21st century scientific, Indigenous, feminist, and anti-racist perspectives, we will analyze the many ways that humans use writing to argue for certain ways of seeing and interacting with our planet and the creatures that inhabit it. Through weekly reading, written reflections, and discussion, students will hone their deep reading, research, and writing skills. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis, indigenous, anti-racist, climate, environmental, planet, ecolog | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG15 |
| INS200H1 | Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience | This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the historical and contemporary experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada, with an emphasis on local lands and peoples. The course will explore Indigenous resilience, relationships with settlers and settler states, and principles and ethics of Indigenous Knowledge. Tutorials will focus on critical discussion and experiential learning. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, settler, indigenous, resilien, resilience, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| INS201Y1 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics | This course is designed to introduce students to the ideas, methods and themes of the discipline of Indigenous Studies. The development of the field of Indigenous Studies in Canada will form an important focus in the first half. The second part of the course will address "history and politics", including an overview of the historical processes of diplomacy, alliances, and treaty-making. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS205H1 | Indigenous Worldviews, Spiritual and Healing Traditions | This course will discuss the relationship between spiritual philosophies, beliefs, traditions and practices that contribute to meaning in Indigenous communities. This course will emphasize traditions and teachings and understanding the role of spirituality historically and within contemporary Indigenous societies, including governance, treaties, environment, culture, healing and everyday life. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worldview, indigenous, governance | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS240Y1 | Ecological Interactions: Intro to Aboriginal and Western Sciences | Introduction to methodologies and applications of Indigenous and Western sciences, with an emphasis on environmental change, animal behaviour, evolution, sustainable practices, and implications of intrinsic ecological connections. Exploratory labs, often outdoors, develop literacy and skills in each paradigm as well as critical thought, creative reflection, and synthesis of knowledge. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, knowledge, indigenous, environmental, animal, ecolog | SDG2,SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| INS250H1 | Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice | This course is a study of the ecological and scientific teachings of Indigenous peoples. The course provides and overview of Indigenous peoples' relationships with the natural world in historical and contemporary environmental issues and their implications for Indigenous Peoples and others. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, environmental, ecolog | SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG15 |
| INS261H1 | Contemporary Challenges Facing Indigenous Communities | This is a survey course focusing on the contemporary challenges faced by Indigenous peoples in Canada. In this course students research specific challenges facing Indigenous communities today. This includes specific challenges that arise out of the broader topic areas of language and culture, land rights, economics, governance, youth, education, health, social services, environment, violence, healing, community development, repatriation of cultural property, and decolonization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, decolonization, land, governance, violence | SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| INS300Y1 | Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition | A study of the languages and culture of Indigenous peoples through exploration of oral histories, from creation stories until present times, including the role of oral history and methods for studying oral history through accounts told by elders. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, worldview, knowledges, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS303H1 | Indigenous Language and Indigenous Thought | Examination of original Indigenous values and philosophies as embodied in Indigenous languages through various media forms. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS322H1 | Indigenous Narratives of Empowerment | This course explores Indigenous decolonization and empowerment by analysing comparatively theoretical and literary debates that focus on issues of sovereignty, gender, grass-roots activism, and anti-racism. It analyses several emerging paradigm approaches to this set of debates including intersectional critical-race theory, Indigenous feminisms, and decolonization practices in theoretical and literary texts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | anti-racism, racism, gender, feminis, indigenous, decolonization, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS352H1 | Indigenous Leadership, Policy and Practices in Canada | A historical and contemporary overview of leadership and politics in First Nation, Inuit and Metis communities in Canada. This course will focus on pre-contact governance structures, contemporary effects of colonization, and processes and strategies for decolonization. Various policy initiatives from Indigenous organizations will be examined. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, decolonization, governance | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS380H1 | Special Topics in Indigenous Studies | This seminar provides an in-depth examination of trends and topics within Indigenous Studies. Content in any given year depends on the instructor. See Indigenous Studies website for more detail. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS390H1 | Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies | This course examines research approaches, strategies, methods and techniques used in Indigenous studies. It explores a range of topical issues including research ethics and protocols, intellectual property rights, research agreements and community-based research. This course includes the study of quantitative, qualitative and Indigenous methodologies. Critically examines research theories, methodologies and practices used by academic disciplines to study Indigenous peoples. Decolonized research methodologies will form a focus of this course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS403H1 | Indigenous Peoples and the Urban Context | Critically examines Indigenous peoples' experiences, encounters and interactions in urban areas in Canada. This course explores the historical and contemporary conditions of Indigenous peoples, including urban governance and the development of Indigenous organizations. This course will focus on youth perspectives and how traditions, cultures and knowledges are expressed in urban settings. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, knowledges, indigenous, urban, governance | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11 |
| INS460H1 | Indigenous Theory, Research and Methods (formerly Methodology in Aboriginal Studies) | This course explores the basis of Indigenous knowledge and how that translates into research theory and methodology. Students will design a research project, consider Indigenous research governance and conduct an ethics review. This is a service learning course. This course is only open to students enrolled in a Specialist or Major in Indigenous Studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, indigenous, governance | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS480H1 | Advanced Special Topics in Indigenous Studies | This seminar provides an advanced in-depth examination of trends and topics within Indigenous Studies. Content in any given year depends on the instructor. See Indigenous Studies website for more detail. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS492H1 | Topics in International Indigenous Studies | This seminar provides an in-depth examination of Indigenous studies in international contexts. Content in any given year depends on the instructors. See Indigenous Studies website for more detail. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS493H1 | Independent Experiential Studies | Students design and implement an independent experiential Indigenous studies research project in consultation with an Indigenous organization and a faculty supervisor. Students must be enrolled in a major or specialist program in Indigenous Studies, and require written permission from a faculty supervisor and the Director of Indigenous Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INS494Y1 | Independent Experiential Studies | Students design and implement an independent experiential Indigenous studies research project in consultation with an Indigenous organization and a faculty supervisor. Students must be enrolled in a major or specialist program in Indigenous Studies, and requires written permission from a faculty supervisor and the Director of Indigenous Studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| INT300H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student's program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student's progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 2. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT301H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student’s program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student’s progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 3. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT400H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student's program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student's progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 2. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT401H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student’s program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student’s progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 3. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT450H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student’s program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student’s progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 2. This course does not carry credit weight, is evaluated as Credit/No Credit, and no tuition fee is associated. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT451H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student’s program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student’s progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 3. This course does not carry credit weight, is evaluated as Credit/No Credit, and no tuition fee is associated. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT470H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student’s program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student’s progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 2. This course does not carry credit weight, is evaluated as Credit/No Credit, and no tuition fee is associated. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| INT471H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Professional Work Term | Students participate in a full-time, paid, career-related work experience totalling at least 420 hours within a 4-month period. Students compete for employment within the public, not-for-profit, or for-profit sectors. Students will be enrolled into the course once hired for an ASIP work term and the work experience must be approved by the Experiential Learning & Outreach Support (ELOS) Office. Student performance while on the work term will be monitored through a site visit and/or student and employer check-in. Students will be required to submit a learning plan at the start of each work term opportunity, reflective reports at regular intervals during the work period, a work term evaluation, and a final work term assignment (which may have different formats depending on the student’s program). Employers will also be asked to submit a final evaluation of the student’s progress and performance. This course is only open to students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program of study for Year 3. This course does not carry credit weight, is evaluated as Credit/No Credit, and no tuition fee is associated. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG4,SDG8 |
| IRE199H1 | Why We Work: Understanding Work Through the Prism of Art & Culture | Why do we work? What does work mean to the average person? These questions are not as straightforward as they appear. We work for the bulk of our lives and most of our days are spent with coworkers who are neither family nor our closest friends, but we often fail to realize how self-defining work really is. This speaks to work's centrality but also to its invisibility in reflective discourse. However, through “popular†representations of work (e.g., such as in story-telling, cave drawings, hieroglyphs, music, writing, painting, television, film, video games, etc.,) we can begin to better understand the meaning of work and how this has changed over time. Readings in anthropology, history, economics, sociology and employment relations plus film and art criticism will help us explore these questions from an interdisciplinary perspective; assignments will encourage students to reflect on their own experience of work. Developing strong analytical and communication skills is an important goal of the course. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, worker | SDG8 |
| IRE242H1 | HRM for Industrial Relations and HR Professionals | This course explores the relationship between human resource management, employment relations, and industrial relations. Extensive practical course work will expose students to the functions human resource professionals execute to recruit, select, compensate, train, and evaluate the performance of employees. The course prepares students for advanced HR topics in upper level IRE courses. Note: Course will not count towards Rotman Commerce program requirements. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment | SDG8,SDG9 |
| IRE244H1 | Labour Relations | Introduction to the institutions, issues and legislation affecting the employment relationship in the public and private sectors in Canada, with emphasis on collective bargaining. The economic and political environment, history of the labour movement, union organization, certification, contract negotiation, strikes, dispute resolution, contract administration and grievances. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, labour, institut | SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| IRE339H1 | Labour Markets and Public Policy | This course is designed to provide students in the IRHR program with knowledge of how the labour market affects the employment relationship. The basic tools of labour economics are developed and applied to various issues of organizational and government policy such as: the incentive effects of compensation arrangements, government income support programs, and minimum wage policy; the determinants of preferences for hours of work including job-sharing, overtime and retirement; the impacts of unions on compensation and productivity; public-sector employment and alternatives to the right to strike; discrimination in employment on the basis of gender and race as well as related government policies such as pay and employment equity. Note: IRE339H1 will not count towards an ECO program. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, equity, gender, employment, labour, wage, equit, income | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG10 |
| IRE346H1 | HR Planning & Strategy | An understanding is developed of how essential elements of the human resource planning process support organizational goals and strategies. Topics such as environmental influences, job analysis, forecasting human resource needs and ascertaining supply, succession planning, downsizing and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, and strategic international issues are examined. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | outsourc, environmental | SDG10,SDG12,SDG13 |
| IRE347H1 | Training & Development | The role of training and development initiatives in organizations. Students acquire the knowledge and skills to conduct a training needs assessment, identify training objectives, explore strategies to increase the transfer of training, design and deliver a training activity using various training methodologies, and evaluate its effectiveness. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4,SDG8,SDG10 |
| IRE348H1 | Recruitment & Selection | The principles, legal issues, and emerging trends affecting the recruitment process and selection of staff in organizations. Development of recruitment strategies, assessment of applications for employment, interviewing candidates, and the role of testing and measurement of competencies in making hiring decisions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment | SDG8 |
| IRE367H1 | Compensation | The theory and process of developing and administering compensation systems. Through the core compensation principles of efficiency, equity, consistency and competitiveness we consider such topics as: job analysis, job evaluation, pay levels and structures, pay for performance, benefits, and compensating special groups of workers. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, worker, equit | SDG4,SDG8,SDG10 |
| IRE378H1 | Employment Health | The influence of legislation, the labour market and collective bargaining on health policies and programs in the workplace. The rights and responsibilities of employers, employees, unions and governments for the regulation and promotion of workplace health and safety; and the implications of evolving demographic, economic, and social factors. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, labour | SDG3,SDG8 |
| IRE430H1 | Canadian Employment Law & the Non-Union Workplace (formerly IRE340Y1) | The course will focus on the law governing employment in a non-unionized workplace. Specifically, it will cover every phase of the employment relationship from hiring to termination and beyond and the rights and obligations of employers and employees as developed by the Courts and under employment-related statutes (namely the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the Human Rights Code.) The course will also cover provisions from the Occupational Health and Safety Act. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, human rights | SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| IRE431H1 | Canadian Labour Law & the Unionized Workplace (formerly IRE340Y1) | The course will focus on the laws impacting unionized workplaces. It will cover every phase of the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the “LRAâ€) from union organizing, certification, negotiation and bargaining, collective agreement arbitration, retention of bargaining rights and decertification and termination of bargaining rights. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labour | SDG8,SDG10 |
| IRE446H1 | Working as an Internal Organizational Consultant | This course examines the various elements of the consulting process and the interpersonal skills required to build trust, influence others, contract with clients, and establish and maintain strong working relationships. This seminar may include a compulsory learning format component using a service-learning placement with a community-based agency or organization. Consult the current timetable for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4,SDG16 |
| IRW230H1 | Economics of Work and Organizations | The foundations of economic thinking as well as an introduction to economic theories that explain why organizations exist, the central economic theories of work and worker behaviour; the incentives that make workers and firms behave optimally and an introduction to the new behavioural economic theories of work and organizations are all part of this course. Note: Course will not count towards Economics program requirements. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worker | SDG8,SDG16 |
| IRW240H1 | Introduction to Work and Organizations | The study of work and the history and development of organizations, their central theories and concepts; the behaviours, outcomes, practices and institutions that emerge from or affect work and organizations; contemporary issues in work and organizations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| IRW300H1 | Effective Communication and Strategic Writing in Organizations | Focused on understanding and crafting strategic, effective, and ethical written and verbal communications in organizations. The technical components of organizational writing and persuasion, how messages are perceived from multiple stakeholders, and the conflicts that can arise over organizational miscommunications, particularly between managers and workers. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worker | SDG8 |
| IRW410H1 | Organizational Governance and Design | Governance and design refers to “who gets to decide what and how†in organizations. This course examines the development of different types of organizations and governance arrangements, and different design archetypes within organizations. Focus is placed on how different governance and design arrangements support different strategic objectives and goals and ways of coordinating work effort. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | governance | SDG16 |
| IRW432Y1 | Entrepreneurship | Students will learn about the theory and practice of entrepreneurship as well as determinants of entrepreneurial success by developing a business or organizational plan to bring their “proposed†product and service ideas to market, to achieve a local community or social development objective, to learn how to secure funding for a new venture creation through individual and/or collective entrepreneurship. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | entrepreneur | SDG8,SDG9 |
| ITA199H1 | Italian Fascism and Global Responses: The Dark Side of Italianita | After WWI, Italian society faced a political, economic, and moral crisis that resulted in the rise of fascism. Using diverse sources (media, literary texts, movies, architecture and design), this course explores various reactions in Italy and abroad to the rise of Mussolini and the totalitarian State. Why did common people, intellectuals, politicians, and business and community leaders around the globe succumb to the seduction of fascism? How did other people denounce fascist violence? After an introduction to Italian fascism, the course will consider global reactions to Italian fascism and diverse responses in Italian communities abroad (e.g. Canada, USA, Argentina). Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence | SDG16 |
| ITA315H1 | Sex and Gender in Contemporary Italy | This course will focus on theoretical and cultural productions that deal with issues of sexuality and gender in (contemporary) Italy. Based on an individual instructor’s area of expertise, themes explored may include feminism and women’s rights, sexual liberation and LGBTQ+ rights, Queer-of-Colour critique, and other topics within the study of sexual and gender diversity. Primary materials will include manifestos, theoretical essays, novels, short stories, and films that deal with gender and sexual diversity in the Italian-speaking world and from a transnational perspective. Linguistic issues will also be discussed. This course includes a component designed to enhance students’ research experience. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, queer, feminis, lgbtq, production | SDG5 |
| ITA333H1 | Identity Politics in Renaissance Italy | This course explores the intersection of religion, gender, and race in the literature and culture of Renaissance Italy. Between 1350 and 1650, constructs of identity based on these categorizations consolidated into cultural norms that influenced modern colonialism and contemporary nationalism. In this course, we will investigate how texts and ideas that we normally place at the core of the myth of the Italian Renaissance were always in dialogue with fantasies of power, exceptionalism, and orientalism. We will pair close reading of a wide range of literary genres (romance, dramaturgy, fiction, travelogues, political writing) with visual artifacts and archival materials. Authors to be studied include Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Ariosto. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, invest, nationalism | SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| ITA349H1 | Black Italian Cultural Production | This interdisciplinary course will explore the landscape of cultural production made by Italians of African descent. The course provides students with relevant historical and sociological background necessary to understand entanglements of race, gender, identity, and citizenship occurring in contemporary Italy. The analysis of cultural production includes literature, music, cinema, television, visual arts and fashion. Students read not only academic material but also short stories, novels and poems; listening to and analyzing rap, trap and hip-hop tracks; watching online exhibitions and documentaries; examining Netflix series and Instagram pages. When possible, the course will also host Italian artists and activists engaging in conversations about their work. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, gender, production, land | SDG4,SDG5,SDG12,SDG15 |
| ITA392H5 | Queer Italy: Literature and Cinema | (Offered in English) An exploration of expressions of gender diversity in Italian culture through time. Particular attention will be paid to issues of persecution, social struggle and activism, censorship, and marginalization of LGBTQ+ individuals and works. Texts will be available in Italian and English. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, queer, lgbtq | SDG5 |
| ITA455H1 | Women Writers in Italy | The course will focus on the writings of women in different periods of Italian history. Spanning a variety of genres, from the novel to autobiography, from poetry to essayism, the course will discuss various aspects of the debate regarding the changing roles of women in society. This course includes a component designed to enhance students' research experience. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women | SDG5 |
| ITA460Y1 | Internship in Italian | Opportunity to apply acquired knowledge in a work placement environment. The placement will take place in local community organizations, Private Business Associations and local media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4,SDG16 |
| JAA377H1 | Black Radical Theory from the Global South: Anthropological Perspectives | This course will survey the works of Black theorists and anthropologists from the Global South, who are shaping current debates within and beyond the discipline of Anthropology, concerning colonialism and decolonization, Marxism, indigeneity, political economy, Black radical thought, queer theory and decolonial feminism. Students will look at how these works challenge the “Northern Academy’s monoliteracy†(Musila), politics of knowledge production and construction of the Global South as primarily a site of fieldwork and research extraction. Authors will include Sylvia Tamale, Wangui Kimari, Sabelo Ndlovu-Matsheni, Ochy Curiel, Keguro Macharia, Beatriz Nascimento, Michel-Rolph Trouillot and Abdelghaffar Ahmed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, decolonial, queer, feminis, decolonization, production | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG12 |
| JAL355H1 | Language and Gender | An introduction to some of the principal questions of feminist theory, as viewed from sociolinguistics. Topics include: socialization into gendered discourse patterns, cultural and ethnic differences in gendered interactions; the role of language and gender in legal, medical and labour settings; multilingualism, migration, imperialism and nationalism; sexuality, desire and queer linguistics, language, gender and globalization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer, feminis, labour, globaliz, nationalism | SDG5,SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| JAL355H5 | Language and Gender | Ways in which gender influences the use of language and behaviour in conversational interaction: ways in which language reflects cultural beliefs about gender. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| JAV120H1 | Visual Concepts | An introduction to a wide range of topics situated in modernism and postmodernism that inform current art practice and critical discourse. The course investigates post-1970 art practice through diverse societal, cultural, and political influences of post-modernism. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | invest | SDG11,SDG16 |
| JAV151H1 | History of Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Art I | An introduction to the pre-industrial world through examples of architecture, landscape, sites, and art drawn from across the globe. The goal of this course is not only to explain the artifacts and sites under discussion but also to explain the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world through them. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| JAV152H1 | History of Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Art II | An introduction to the post-industrial world through examples of architecture, landscape, sites, and art drawn from across the globe. The goal of this course is not only to explain the artifacts and sites under discussion but also to explain the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world through them. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | urban, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| JAV303H1 | Land, Relations, Truth and Reconciliation | The course considers interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability within the built and natural environment. Through the examination of a broad set of textual and visual artifacts, students will critically examine responses to topics such as climate change, systemic inequity, and spatial justice at an individual, civic, regional, and planetary scale. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | equity, equit, cities, climate, planet | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13 |
| JBH471H5 | Worlds Colliding: The History and Ecology of Exploration, Contact, and Exchange | An examination of contact in world history through both an ecological and a historical lens. Precise topics will depend on the year, but the focus will be on the creation of global systems and ecological challenges that continue to shape our world. In some years, students may have the option of participating in an international learning experience during Reading Week that will have an additional cost and application process. Students interested in this course will need to be approved for enrollment by the department and course instructors. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, ecolog | SDG4,SDG15 |
| JCI199H1 | Italians in Canada: Histories, Journeys, Struggles, Successes | This course explores the presence of people from the Italian peninsula in what is now known as Canada. The course begins with discussions on Giovanni Caboto’s and other explorers’ journeys to then focus on contemporary Italian-Canadian communities. This course provides students with the critical tools necessary to understand various historical, linguistic, culinary, spiritual, political, and creative elements of Italian-Canadian identity and life. Students of both Italian and non-Italian heritage are most welcome in this course, which is taught in English. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | culinary | SDG4,SDG10,SDG11 |
| JCI250H1 | Italian Canadian Communities | This course examines the past and present settlement patterns of those of Italian descent in Canada, in rural areas and cities, including increasing suburbanization. Students will address issues such as work and employment and political participation. Challenges and opportunities will be examined, with respect to issues such as migration, community-building, belonging, and discrimination. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, cities, urban, rural | SDG8,SDG10,SDG11 |
| JCP221H5 | Thermodynamics | An introduction to equilibrium thermodynamics with application to ideal and non-ideal systems: covering the concepts of work and heat, the laws of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy and entropy, the chemical potential, states of matter, phase rules and phase diagrams, and chemical equilibria. Kinetics topics include rate laws, both differential and integrated, rate constants, activated complex theory, and temperature effects. | University of Toronto Mississauga | energy | SDG7 |
| JEG100H1 | Introduction to Physical Geography and Earth Science | This introduction to Physical Geography and Earth Sciences examines the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere, emphasizing processes, flows of energy and materials, and the interconnectedness of these Earth systems. Specific topics include weather and climate, earth materials, geological and geomorphic processes involved in the genesis of landforms, river systems, glaciers, soils, and biomes. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, climate, weather, land, soil | SDG7,SDG13,SDG15 |
| JEG400Y5 | Geography / Environment Science Internship | Through a part-time, unpaid work placement, students apply the natural science based environmental science/physical geography expertise gained through previous course work. Placements are made at local conservation authorities, municipalities, environmental consulting companies, corporations, provincial or federal agencies, and other organizations. Students must submit an application online. Instructions for the application can be found on the Geography Department home page: https://utm.utoronto.ca/geography/field-internship-and-thesis-courses | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, conserv | SDG8,SDG11,SDG13 |
| JEG401Y5 | Geography / Environment Social Science Internship | Through a part-time, unpaid work placement, students apply the knowledge and expertise gained through previous course work in geography. Placements may be made in a range of settings. For example, placements may include municipal government, regional government, neighbourhood organizations and centres, corporations as well as with non-governmental organizations. Admission for this course will be through an online application. Instructions for the application can be found on the Geography Department home page: https://utm.utoronto.ca/geography/field-internship-and-thesis-courses | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG4,SDG8,SDG11 |
| JEP351H5 | Comparative Environmental Policy | This course is an introduction to comparative environmental policy. The main focus of the course will be Canada-US-Mexico comparative policy around climate change, biodiversity, water resources, and pollution. Other countries may be examined as larger themes related to sustainable development and environmental justice will be covered in detail. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pollution, water, sustainable development, climate, environmental, environmental justice, pollut, biodivers | SDG3,SDG6,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| JEP356H5 | Environmental Justice | Environmental Justice is about the fair treatment of all people in the creation and implementation of environmental policies. It also provides a critical framework to analyze and understand inequalities of an environmental kind. These inequalities are often based around identities of race, class and gender, such that marginalized groups are made to bear the burden of environmental externalities like pollution. Why are First Nations in Canada less likely to have access to safe drinking water? Why are industrial plants often in low-income neighborhoods? After critical examinations of the theories and foundations of environmental justice, this course uses a case study approach to understanding the concepts and the ways in which it has shaped modern society. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | low-income, pollution, gender, water, equalit, marginalized, income, environmental, environmental justice, pollut | SDG1,SDG3,SDG5,SDG6,SDG10,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| JEP452H5 | Politics and Policy of Wildlife Conservation | This course is an in-depth analysis of conservation policy in Canada. The course begins with an overview biodiversity crisis facing the planet and then moves to an overview of Canada's approach to managing biodiversity across the country. We will carefully examine the federal Species at Risk Act as well as the provincial and territorial wildlife legislation. The remaining of the course will be aimed at making improvements to the Canadian strategy. During the course of the semester, the students will focus on the recovery of endangered species in Canada through the development of a recovery strategy for a specific species. | University of Toronto Mississauga | planet, conserv, species, biodivers, endangered species, wildlife | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| JFP450H1 | Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing | This course consists of an examination of health and healing from a holistic perspective (mental, physical, emotional, spiritual) and how colonialism, culture, and public policy have impacted the health of Indigenous peoples in the present day. This course is built around a case-based project in which students working in interdisciplinary groups take on the role of a traditional Indigenous healer, and then assess their healing strategy from a biomedical perspective. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| JGA305H1 | Environmental and Archaeological Geophysics | Application of near-surface geophysical methods to investigate environmental and archaeological sites; in particular magnetometry, resistivity, ground-probing radar, and seismic surveys. Course will cover background on the various methods, and allow students to run field surveys and present on case studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| JGC439H1 | The Problem and Promise of Caribbean Freedom | This course surveys the institutional and ideological structures that have historically internally and externally governed the Caribbean; the patterns of uneven development and crisis they have produced and the forms of agency, resistance they have produced. Centering the social, economic, and spatial inter-connectedness of the Caribbean territorial region and its increasingly de-territorialized diaspora, we explore possibilities for economic, social and climate justice for all Caribbean communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, climate justice, institut | SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| JGE321H1 | Multicultural Perspectives on Environmental Management | Diverse approaches to environmental issues in a variety of multicultural settings are introduced, compared and analyzed, using case studies. Perspectives on environmental management will be discussed as they emerge from contexts such as Latin America, Asia, or Africa. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| JGE331H1 | Resource and Environmental Theory | Introduction to and critical evaluation of major ideas and conceptual traditions underpinning environmental and natural resource politics and regulation. Topics include: parks and protected areas, market-based environmental regulation, property rights and conservation, Malthusianism, and biodiversity conservation. Emphasis is placed on critical reading of primary texts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | natural resource, environmental, conserv, biodivers | SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| JGE378H5 | Natural Hazards | Earth is a dangerous place and risk is an inherent feature of life on this planet. Some of the events and processes that we call "hazardous," such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, tsunamis, cyclones, and forest fires are natural environmental processes. We define them as hazards only when they pose a threat to human interests. In this course we will examine natural hazards as well as some technological hazards, their causes, their potential impacts on people, and their management and mitigation. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, planet, forest | SDG13,SDG15 |
| JGU216H1 | Globalization and Urban Change | Focusing on the impacts that global flows of ideas, culture, people, goods, and capital have on cities throughout the globe, this course explores some of the factors that differentiate the experiences of globalization and urban change in cities at different moments in history and in various geographic locations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, globaliz, cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| JGU346H1 | The Urban Planning Process | Overview of how planning tools and practice shape the built form of cities. This course introduces twentieth century physical planning within its historical, social, legal, and political contexts. Community and urban design issues are addressed at local and regional scales and in both central cities and suburbs. The focus is on Toronto and the Canadian experience, with comparative examples from other countries, primarily the United States. Transportation costs: $20. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban | SDG11 |
| JIG322H1 | Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment | Explores the diverse ways of understanding and responding to the world that emerge from indigenous cultures around the world. Examines how indigenous ways of being and relating to their natural environment can help us understand and address the current environmental crisis. Using examples of indigenous activism from Canada and around the world, examines how colonial histories shape dispossession and marginalization and inform visions for the future. Topics include traditional ecological knowledge, place-based social movements, environmental concerns of indigenous peoples, bio-cultural restoration and decolonization of nature-human relations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, worldview, indigenous, decolonization, environmental, ecolog | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG15 |
| JIG440H1 | Indigenous Geographies | This course draws on theoretical texts of Indigeneity, with a primary focus on Indigenous spaces in the Americas. Course participants will examine how core geographic concepts such as place, territory, land, movement and the scale of the body are sites of colonial dispossession and violence, as well as sites for decolonial and liberatory thought and practice. We will primarily engage with Indigenous-led scholarship within Geography and Indigenous Studies, and creative forms of knowledge production generated across Indigenous communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, decolonial, indigenous, production, land, violence | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| JIH366H1 | Indigenous Histories of the Great Lakes, 1815 to the Present | Explores the history of Aboriginal peoples (Indigenous and Metis) living in the Great Lakes Region after the Great Lakes were effectively split between British North America (later Canada) to the north and the united States to the south, when a rapidly increasing newcomer population on both sides of the border marginalized Indigenous peoples and settled on their land. Topics include a comparative examination of Indigenous experiences of colonialism, including treaties and land surrenders as well as the development of government policies aimed at removing and/or assimilating Great Lakes peoples. This course will also study resistance by First National and Tribal Councils to those programs over nearly two centuries and assess local strategies used for economic and cultural survival. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, marginalized, land | SDG10,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| JIH460H1 | Indigenous Histories of North America | This senior seminar takes a regional approach, featuring work written by or in collaboration with Indigenous scholars and Indigenous communities, to draw students into discussion of comparative historiographies, the role of worldview in historical writing and the significant methodological interventions made by Indigenous studies. Students explore oral history and material culture as sources for writing history and discuss ethical research practices for community-based scholarship. In addition to active participation, each student will write a major paper, approximately 15 pages in length, in the form of a review essay on the historiography of either a region or a topic. This course is a joint graduate/undergraduate seminar. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worldview, labor, indigenous | SDG4,SDG8,SDG10,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| JNS450H1 | Sexuality & Disability | An interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to the study of disability and sexuality. Students will engage with historical, mainstream and critical discourses and explore complex issues and representations pertaining to disability, sexuality, sexual practices and desire. Draws from a range of writings and cultural texts in queer, crip and sexuality studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, queer | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10 |
| JOUB02H3 | Critical Journalism | The course examines the representation of race, gender, class and power in the media, traditional journalistic practices and newsroom culture. It will prepare students who wish to work in a media-related industry with a critical perspective towards understanding the marginalization of particular groups in the media. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5 |
| JPE251H5 | Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law and Policy I | This course serves as an introduction to environmental policy and law in Canada. The primary intent is to provide an overview of the political context in which environmental policy and law is made and implemented. The emphasis in this course will be on environmental policy. The course begins with an outline of the Canadian parliamentary system and policymaking process. A series of case studies, from biodiversity to climate change, are then explored as a way to see the policy process in action. [24L][11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | climate, environmental, biodivers | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG17 |
| JPE252H5 | Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law and Policy II | This course builds on the themes and concepts introduced in JPE251H5. The primary intent is to provide an overview of the political context in which environmental policy and law is made and implemented. The emphasis in this course will be on environmental law. [24L][11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG13,SDG14,SDG17 |
| JPE395H1 | Physics of the Earth | Designed for students interested in the physics of the Earth and the planets. Study of the Earth as a unified dynamic system; determination of major internal divisions in the planet; development and evolution of the Earth's large scale surface features through plate tectonics; the age and thermal history of the planet; Earth's gravitational field and the concept of isostasy; mantle rheology and convection; Earth tides; geodetic measurement techniques, in particular modern space-based techniques. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | planet | SDG14,SDG15 |
| JPF455H1 | Conceptualizing Cities in a Global Context | With over half of the population on this planet being urban, the significance of improving our understanding of cities in a global context has never been greater. This course is designed to improve awareness of cities as approached by different disciplines and in different international contexts. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban, planet, land | SDG11,SDG12,SDG15 |
| JPF456H1 | Global Cities - Core Issues and Challenges | The core issues confronting city leaders across the globe are examined in comparative perspective and in a context of shifting global agendas. The study of cities of Latin America, Asia and Africa, are brought together in comparative context with the study of cities of Europe and North America. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, land | SDG11,SDG12,SDG16 |
| JPH441H1 | Physical Science in Contemporary Society | This course will discuss the complex, real-life, ethical, and philosophical issues behind how science gets done, including questions such as how we as scientists strive to determine the truth; who determines what science is done, and on what basis; how we as a community manage science and make decisions about education, authorship, publication, hiring, et cetera (including issues related to equity, inclusivity, and diversity); and how we as a society fund science and apply its discoveries. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, equit | SDG10,SDG16 |
| JPI201H1 | Indigenous Politics in Canada | This course explores key issues in Indigenous politics in Canada. Provides students with an overview of historical and contemporary socio-political issues in Indigenous societies and institutions such as Indigenous self-governance, land claims and treaty negotiations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, land, institut, governance | SDG10,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| JPM300H1 | Research Readiness and Advancing Biomedical Discoveries | Explore how scientists leverage their knowledge and skills to advance academic biomedical discoveries from the laboratory to improve patient health through either commercialization or not-for-profit approaches. Students will learn about innovation and develop key research and industry skills including intellectual property, ethics, budget and project management; learn how to critically evaluate scientific evidence and effectively communicate to a wide audience. This hybrid student-centered course will include interactive online modules and in-class group work. Course work will focus on developing skills and knowledge to help you be successful in diverse research courses and future careers. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, labor | SDG3,SDG8 |
| JPR364H1 | Religion and Politics in the Nation State | This course will engage with contemporary debates on religion and politics in the context of the nation-state in our post-9/11 world, and will do so comparatively across a wide range of contexts. The emphasis will be on understanding the evolving relationship between religion and politics in liberal democracies, and examining challenges facing democratic politics from the religious sphere, both in the West, where secular liberalism is the dominant framework for discussing these questions, and in Africa, India, and the Middle East, where such a framework is more likely to be contested. The themes explore will include secularization, religious pluralism and tolerance, human rights regimes, the idea of “civil religion,†the impact of religion on party politics, the formation of identity and political community, the legal regulation of sometimes-competing claims based on religious faith, gender, and sexuality, and the rise of extremist forms of religious politics, conspiracy thinking, new online communities that lead to dangerous political outcomes, such as ‘QAnon’ and ‘Plandemic’. Cases studies will include the USA, Canada, France, Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria. (Given by the Departments of Political Science and Religion) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, land, human rights, democra | SDG5,SDG15,SDG16 |
| JPR365H1 | Global Religion and Politics | This course will engage with contemporary debates on religion and politics in the international context in our post-9/11 world, and will do so comparatively across a wide range of contexts. The emphasis will be on understanding the evolving role transnational religion has played in the past three decades, where new global networks have emerged as central global actors. We will focus empirically on the rise of radical reformist Islam and evangelical Christianity, the two most dramatically successful forms of religiosity around the world today. We will study the implications for the foreign policies of key nation-states, as well as the forces that have contributed to the prevalence of contestatory religious politics and networks as new and poorly understood global actors. International religious freedom, human rights, the role of media and mediation, the place of religious or theological doctrines or imaginaries in constructing and motivating a range of political goals, many involving the use of violence. We will focus as well on the global spread of extremist forms of religious politics, conspiracy thinking, new online communities that lead to dangerous political outcomes, such as ‘QAnon’ and ‘Plandemic’. Many of the cases will focus on the non-Western world, especially the Middle East and Africa.(Given by the Departments of Political Science and Religion) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land, human rights, violence | SDG10,SDG16,SDG17 |
| JQR360H1 | The Canadian Census: Populations, Migrations and Demographics | Examines the Canadian population census through the experience of diasporic groups in Canada. Approaches the census as a statistical tool, an historical source and an ideological project of citizenship and nationalism. Uses census data to explore mathematical and statistical concepts and to integrate numerical ways of thinking with qualitative analysis. (Jointly sponsored by African Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Caribbean Studies, Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity, and Latin American Studies). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, citizen, equit, nationalism | SDG10,SDG16 |
| JRC199H1 | Truths & Reconciliations in Canada | In this course, we examine the idea of reconciliation among Indigenous and Canadian nations by considering the complicated role of religion and spirituality in truth and reconciliation. Specifically, residential schools for Indigenous children were a collaboration of church and state that violently broke the spirit and intent of the treaties or sacred promises made between the Crown and Indigenous nations. The course will set the 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada in a longer history of twentieth-century commissions, reports, and petitions in which both Indigenous and Canadian people (and some churches) named the cultural and spiritual genocide of residential schools and called for action. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, indigenous, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation | SDG8,SDG10,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| JSU237H1 | Introduction to HIV/AIDS: Health, Sexuality and Gender | A critical examination of the HIV/AIDS global pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective and with an emphasis on sexuality. The course examines the basic biology of HIV/AIDS and then covers social, historical, political, cultural, gender, and public health aspects of HIV/AIDS. Attention is given to the distinct features of vulnerable and marginalized populations, prevention, treatment, drug development, and access to medicines. JSU237H1 is particularly intended for students in the Health Studies and/or Sexual Diversity Studies programs. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, gender, marginalized | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10 |
| JSU325H1 | Queerly Canadian | This course focuses on Canadian literary and artistic productions that challenge prevailing notions of nationality and sexuality, exploring not only how artists struggle with that ongoing Canadian thematic of being and belonging, but also celebrate pleasure and desire as a way of imagining and articulating an alternative national politics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, gini, production | SDG5,SDG10 |
| KPE100H1 | Physical Cultural Studies | This course is an invitation and introduction to the social study of kinesiology, physical education, sport, health, the body and bodies, etc. The goal is to explore and discuss society and culture, particularly as it is stratified along lines of ability, race, gender, class, and sexuality, and to study social issues in kinesiology like violence and performance enhancing drugs. Overall, students are encouraged to use course concepts in developing their own assessments of the social world of kinesiology and physical education. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | gender, violence | SDG3,SDG5 |
| KPE160H1 | Fundamentals of Human Movement | This is an inter-disciplinary course introducing biomechanics and neuro-motor behaviour. It describes how humans control the position and movement of their bodies in the gravitational field of earth given the laws of motion and an understanding of how muscles generate force. This includes systems for description, measurement and development of healthy posture, movements, flexibility, and stability; and uses squatting (stance) and walking (gait) as examples of basic movements with which to explore these concepts. The central role of the nervous system in sensation, perception, and the control of motor behaviour, along with introductory principles of motor learning and motor development are also considered. This course will be integrated with KPE182H1. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| KPE162H1 | Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles | This course focuses on the central role of physical activity in combination with other lifestyle choices including nutrition, substance use, sexual practices, the use of health care services, and so on in determining health. The inter-relationships among lifestyle choices and between them and the most common major health disorders are explored, with consideration of the social context in which these choices are made. In addition to physical activity, sedentarism and fitness, topics covered include: nutrition; immunity and infectious disease; substance use and abuse; cardiovascular diseases; cancer; environmental health; trauma; and health care / self-care practices. The course will use students' lifestyles on and off campus as examples of ways in which physical activity and other determinants of health are affected by personal choices; this includes consideration of the many formal and informal opportunities for physical activity that exist on campus. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | nutrition, mental health, health care, environmental | SDG3,SDG15 |
| KPE200H1 | Physical Cultural Studies: Theories, Bodies, Politics and Praxis | This course builds on KPE 100 and examines the study of physical culture alongside social and cultural theories regarding the ways in which human life is organized, produced, reproduced and experienced. Attention is given to how studies of physical culture provide answers to questions such as what it means to live in a society structured by power relations that privilege some and form the bases of injustice for others. A range of sociological, philosophical, humanities and cultural theories are used to illustrate how physical culture, sport and kinesiology are affected by historical, political and social structures and processes of knowledge production that reproduce hegemonic systems based on normativity, colonialism and racism, patriarchal capitalism, neoliberalism, speciesism, ecocide, biopedagogies and scientization. We will discuss ways in which resistance/s to these hegemonic systems can move us towards a more equitable physical culture, sport and kinesiology. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | equitable, knowledge, racism, capital, equit, production, ecocide, species, injustice | SDG3,SDG16 |
| KPE240H1 | Indigenous & Black Histories: Health Healing and Physical Activity | This course will explore Indigenous and Black histories and experiences in Canada before and after colonization, highlighting remarkable triumphs and legacies amidst enduring, oppressive practices. The past and current impact of these histories on people, relationships, health sciences practices and the environment as related to health and physical activity will be examined. Drawing on diverse knowledge practices, this course will advance a basis for understanding how the intersections of histories, health and physical activity might support holistic healing, improved relationships and opportunities for a healthier (environmentally, physically, mentally, spiritually) society. Students will be encouraged to reflect on strategies to achieve these goals in health and physical activity settings. Course topics as related to health and physical activity may include: Indigenous and Black leaders and innovation; self-determination; intersectionality and impact of oppressive, racist practices on diverse identities; scientific racism; impact of residential schools on Indigenous Peoples, history of science and technology, and practices for reconciliation. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | knowledge, racism, indigenous, reconciliation, environmental, self-determination | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| KPE300H1 | Physical Culture and Social Inequality | The provision of opportunities for physical activity is profoundly affected by the social structures of Canadian society, and persistent inequalities. An increasing number of Canadian institutions in physical and health education have now committed themselves to policies of social equity. This course enables students to study the effects of class, gender, race, and sexuality upon opportunities, programs and practices, and the means by which social equity might be more effectively pursued. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | health education, equity, gender, inequality, equit, equalit, institut | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| KPE305H1 | Geographies of Social and Environmental Justice in Health and Physical Culture | The course will examine the importance of space, place and the environment in social life. Drawing from health, medical and socio-cultural geographies, architectural, feminist, and anti-oppression theories/film/research, as well as in-person spatial analysis of local geographies, we will identify and assess how 'place matter' physical culture, kinesiology, and health. We will examine how experiences and representations of space and place are mediated by systemic oppressions and differences in power relations. To do this, we will explore how social injustice, settler-colonial relations, environmental racism, consumption and the Anthropocence's impact physical culture, sport, and health. We will interrogate how our practices in sport, physical culture and kinesiology have profound implications for the health and ecological geographies of humans, more-than-human species, ecosystems, and all life on earth. The course takes a social and environmental justice and anti-oppressive approach towards interrogating historical, political, local and global disparities in the governance of space, place and Land. We will consider the possibilities for enacting democratic, caring, and responsible ethical relations to enact preferred futures where ecocentric, equity-based, and sustainable geographies and environment flourish. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | settler, equity, racism, anti-oppression, feminis, equit, anti-oppressive, consum, environmental, environmental racism, environmental justice, species, ecosystem, ecolog, land, governance, injustice, democra | SDG5,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| KPE321H1 | Population Health | This course explores patterns of health and illness among groups (populations) of people. Emphasis is on the determinants of health (social political, economic and environmental etc.). Students will learn about basic research methods and issues in the field. Current examples of major local and global health concerns will be used to illustrate key concepts. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | global health, illness, environmental | SDG3,SDG12 |
| KPE327H1 | Exercise and Mental Health | Mental well-being is a critical element of total health. There is a spectrum of mental states that range from clinically diagnosed psychopathologies such as depression and schizophrenia to total wellness that might be represented by constructs such as high self-esteem, subjective well-being, and life satisfaction. This module critically examines the evidence underpinning the role of physical activity in a) the avoidance of mental disorders, b) recovery from mental disorders, and c) the well-being and quality of life of those with or without mental disorders. The module will also address the definition and measurement of key psychological constructs that act as markers of psychological well-being. Initiatives to enhance mental health through physical activity will be discussed and implications for health service design and delivery will be identified. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | well-being, mental health | SDG3 |
| KPE332H1 | Innovations in Mobile Health | Mobile health or mHealth utilizes the capabilities of a mobile device such as a cellphone to provide, disseminate, and measure health interventions and physical activity. mHealth has been used for disease management and prevention, physical activity monitoring and evaluation, monitoring of health status, providing access to health care services in remote areas, and for health and physical activity promotion. This course introduces students to the concepts, definitions, advantages, and limitations of mHealth. This course will be relevant to those who wish to pursue careers as health care providers, physical educators, and those who have a future in research and critical analysis. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | health care | SDG3 |
| KPE333H1 | The Pedagogy of Playing Games | Historically educators have seen the playing of games as beneficial to the development of physical, psychological, emotional and social traits in children and adults. Recently the dropout rate of children playing organized games and the participation rate of adults playing organized sport has become a major cause for concern. This has brought into focus the traditional way that games and sport have been taught and coached. This course will enhance students knowledge and understanding of the concepts and methods of alternative games play approaches to teaching and coaching sports. Students will be introduced to the four main alternative games models of Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), Play Practice, Game Sense and Developing Thinking Players. Each of these 4 models use game centred activities to stimulate and motivate learning. The twin goals of understanding and personal satisfaction are emphasized jointly throughout the course. Students will be engaged in both practical and theory sessions to learn creative, innovative and exciting ways to teach and coach and. You will be able to design and implement learning activities that are enjoyable, challenging, inspiring and cognitively and physically demanding. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | pedagogy, knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| KPE334H1 | Adapted Physical Activity | This course combines theory and practice to introduce students to an integrated, biopsychosocial approach to physical activity participation for persons with varied abilities. Students will be introduced to fundamental principles and theories in the field of adapted physical activity. Students will learn about a broad range of abilities and will be introduced to ways of providing physical activity opportunities for individuals with varied abilities. Students will be given opportunity for active, hands-on learning of different physical activities developed for specific populations through in-class discussions, tutorials, assignments, and readings. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | learning | SDG3 |
| KPE335H1 | Sports Law | The course will be an introduction to global sports law. Students will explore how the rules and regulations of the Olympic Movement, the technical side of sport, and the anti-doping movement constitute private transnational legal systems where international sport organizations have regulatory autonomy that is often shielded from intervention by national legal systems. Students will learn how disputes involving these sport rules and regulations are resolved through private arbitration by reviewing key arbitral decisions issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, and by participating in mock arbitrations of disputes involving doping violations, team selection decisions, and competition outcomes. Finally, students will critically examine how certain sport rules relating to gender verification, out-of-competition doping testing, and doping sanctions impact the rights of athletes, and whether arbitration can provide the necessary oversight and accountability measures to protect those rights. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | gender, legal system | SDG16,SDG17 |
| KPE336H1 | Outdoor Physical Activity and Recreation | This course introduces students to the natural environment of Ontario in the context of outdoor physical activity and recreation. This course provides an overview of the field skills for the developing outdoor leader. Students are introduced to wilderness recreation and travel, outdoor living, navigation, environmental ethics, and leadership. Students will develop skills for planning and managing hiking activities to lead a one-day trip into basic hiking terrain. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| KPE340H1 | Introduction to Physical Activity Pedagogy | This course introduces pedagogical and learning methodologies of working with children and youth in a physical activity setting. It explores concepts such as current levels of physical activity in children and youth; physical literacy and assessment practices; fitness considerations for children and youth and; current best practices for teaching physical activity. Physical activity models of instruction and organization will be explored including: Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and Long-Term Development for Sport and Physical Activity (LTDSPA) as well as lesson planning and student engagement. The Ontario curriculum for physical education at the elementary and secondary levels will also be introduced. In tutorials, students will have an opportunity to experience and apply physical activity pedagogy theory in practice. Course content can be directly applied to improve physical activity instruction across a range of settings including camps, recreational physical activity programming, coaching and future health and physical education teaching. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | pedagogy, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| KPE355Y1 | Interpersonal Theory in Kinesiology and Physical Education | This course will provide students an opportunity to develop their knowledge and competencies in interpersonal theory in Kinesiology and Physical Education. Topics covered in this course include, verbal and non-verbal communication strategies, active listening with patients/clients, reflective practice, managing conflict, decision making, teamwork, and leadership. This course draws upon previous coursework and integrates theory and practice across course learning activities to apply the course content to the breadth of populations and settings within the field of Kinesiology and Physical Education. As a part of the course, students will participate in a field experience (100 hours) with a mentor observing and engaging in interpersonal relations and participating in the planning and implementation of programs as appropriate. Course evaluation activities include weekly class and tutorial sessions, written assignments, presentations, and examinations. Notes: Classroom/tutorial sessions are two hours per week in addition to field experience. Please refer to the 'Fees and Financial Requirements' section of the calendar for information on ancillary fees. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4,SDG17 |
| KPE400H1 | Ethics & Power in Kinesiology Physical Education and Health Fields | The major presupposition of this course is that graduates who pursue careers in the broad fields of kinesiology, physical education and health – teaching, fitness and lifestyle counseling, coaching, medicine, health sciences or research – will be in positions of social responsibility and leadership in society. This course will initiate discussions about developing decolonial ethics through three intersecting dimensions: (a) the importance of reflection, vulnerability, and nonjudgmental communication, (b) the necessity to resist domination and colonial forces, and (c) the work needed to create new, alternative relationships. We take up the challenge of courageously creating ethical spaces and developing an ethical self that can respond intellectually, politically and personally to ethical dilemmas in social, political and cultural life. Selected theories and case studies will be examined, analyzed, and evaluated. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | vulnerability, decolonial | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10 |
| KPE401H1 | International Development through Sport | Increasingly, sport and physical activity are recognized and utilized as tools of international development. From refugee assistance and conflict resolution to programs targeting economic growth and HIV/AIDS, a host of development initiatives use sport-based programs to meet their goals. The purpose of this course is to examine theoretically, empirically, and critically the development through sport / sport for development and peace (DTS / SDP) movement. It is important to consider these social and political issues in order both to problematize the DTS movement and to assist and challenge future DTS volunteers. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | peace, economic growth, refugee | SDG4,SDG16,SDG10 |
| KPE404H1 | Illness Disease and Physical Culture | This senior course in physical cultural studies attends to and examines the existential and cultural dimensions of illness, disease and suffering in society. Taking both the personal (i.e., embodied, emplaced and performative) experience and institutional organization of illness as its broad focus, the course theoretically and empirically interrogates how socially problematic forms of embodiment, self-constructions through disease processes, illness and individual affect, strained interpersonal relations through illness, bodies in physical and social recovery, and cultural representations of ‘bad bodies’ are poorly understood within kinesiology proper. Particular attention in this course is given to how bodies and associated selves at the fringe of medically defined ‘health’/kinesiological parameters are positioned as pathological, contra-normative, at risk or in need of repair and restitution. Central theoretical and conceptual questions regarding what constitutes health and wellbeing are addressed against the lived cultural realities of people with movement and physical activity challenges and limitations. Topics in the course may include, but are not limited to, doing physical activity as a diseased person, the social organization of rehabilitative medicine in sport and physical cultures, athletes living with/recovering from physical trauma and mental illnesses, patient-centered movement cultures, and phenomenological accounts of the illness, disease and dying processes. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | wellbeing, illness, institut | SDG3,SDG16 |
| KPE405H1 | Race Indigeneity and Physical Culture | In this course we will refer to race as a remnant of colonialism, an effect of social practices, and a shifting, performed identity. We explore the ways that fantasies of the history of Canada as a tolerant and multicultural nation hide truths about racism in this country and construct race and indigeneity in everyday life. This course examines how and why ’race’ matters so intensely and the ways ‘race’ is produced and policed, ultimately enabling and empowering some bodies and movements, while oppressing others within physical cultures. Myths of race as a biological category will be debunked. We will explore a wide range of topics including Black masculinities and Black diasporas, access to sport for Asians and anti-Asian racism, the (in)visibility of Indigenous peoples in Canadian sport; religious (in)tolerance, and White privilege. We will read theoretical and empirical chapters and articles and discuss how socio-economic, ableist, and gendered practices of differentiation produce race categories. Last, we will elaborate our roles in creating more equitable and democratic spaces for all athletes and people. KPE405H1 will not only improve engagement with social justice issues, but also ameliorate communication skills and intercultural competencies particularly related to indigeneity, diaspora, equity, and anti-racism in sport. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | socio-economic, equitable, equity, anti-racism, racism, gender, labor, equit, indigenous, social justice, democra | SDG5,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| KPE409H1 | Sport Physical Activity and Human Rights | Participants in physical education, physical activity and sport enjoy all the rights of Canadian citizens under Canadian law, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and provincial and territorial human rights legislation. They also enjoy the protections of the international system of human rights established by the United Nations, to which the Canadian government is a signatory. Although many of those documents specifically mention rights related to sports, the promised rights are not always protected in practice as evidenced in, for example, far too many recent cases of athlete abuse. This course examines the concepts, legal protections and failings of human rights in Canadian and international sports, and explores ways in which they could be strengthened. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | citizen, human rights | SDG4,SDG16 |
| KPE421H1 | The Role of Physical Activity in Girl's and Women's Health | This course draws upon previous course work in biophysical, behavioural and socio-cultural aspects of physical activity and links them together within the context of girls’ and women’s health across the lifespan. Particular attention will be given to how physical activity decreases the risk of disease in girls and women and how physical activity assumes a different role in health and well-being during different phases of the lifespan. Students will also be introduced to issues related to the promotion of physical activity for women, the importance of the inclusion of women and girls in research examining the impact of physical activity and the unique aspects of the response of girls and women to activity. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | well-being, women, girl | SDG3,SDG5 |
| KPE427H1 | Health and Physical Education in the Elementary Years | This course provides an overview of pedagogical concepts and learning methodologies specific to elementary-aged children in physical activity and health and physical education settings. It explores in-depth the pedagogy of physical activity for the development of physical literacy through topics such as developmental milestones and needs, movement domains and competencies, Daily Physical Activity (DPA) and assessment and evaluation strategies. The concept of health literacy is also explored and applied to the health education needs of elementary-aged children. Finally, the Ontario Elementary Health and Physical Education curriculum, and controversy surrounding it, is explored through the lens of physical and health literacy development. Understanding of course content will be enhanced through tutorials where students will have an opportunity to apply course concepts in practice. Course content can be directly applied to improve physical activity instruction across a range of settings including camps, recreational physical activity programming, coaching and future health and physical education teaching. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | health education, pedagogy, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| KPE428H1 | Nutrition and Ergogenic Aids in Sport and Exercise | This course investigates the influence of nutritional supplements/aids on exercise performance, recovery, and/or adaptation, with an emphasis on the underlying physiological and/or biochemical mechanisms behind the effectiveness of ergogenic compounds. Students will broaden their content comprehension on topics of interest through self-directed critical analysis of current peer reviewed literature with an emphasis on knowledge dissemination in both written and oral formats. Special topics may also be presented. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | nutrition, knowledge, invest | SDG2,SDG4,SDG9 |
| KPE432H1 | Legal Aspects of Sport Recreation and Kinesiology | The course examines Canadian law and its application to the fields of sport, recreation and kinesiology. Students will obtain a foundational knowledge of the law and the practical skills to address legal issues as future practitioners in sport, recreation, physical education, and health care. Legal topics include contracts, regulated health professions, liability and risk management, human rights and discrimination, privacy, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. Students will obtain hands-on experience by negotiating and drafting contracts and participating in mock decision-making processes that affect legal rights and interests. Finally, students will learn about contemporary and emerging legal issues relating to safe sport, social media, e-sports, and competition fixing. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | health care, knowledge, human rights | SDG3,SDG16 |
| KPE434H1 | Advanced Adapted Physical Activity | This course builds from the concepts and theories discussed in KPE334H1. Students will be given the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge taught in KPE334H1 to build instructional and leadership skills to facilitate exercise and sport programs and assessments for people with varied abilities across all age groups and environments. Students will be given opportunity for active, hands-on learning through some combination of the following: case studies, assignments, readings, field experience. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG3,SDG10 |
| KPE436H1 | Outdoor Education and Environmental Stewardship | In this course, students examine the central concept of environmental sustainability. A number of local and global dilemmas and issues are explored, with a focus on intersections with the provision of outdoor education and the natural environment. Students will gain a deeper appreciation for the relationship between individuals, society and the global Earth. By the end of the course will be able to apply considerations of environmental sustainability in the delivery of outdoor education and to outdoor recreational engagement in our day-to-day lives. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | environmental | SDG3,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| KPE455Y1 | Kinesiology and Physical Education in Society | This course builds upon KPE350Y1/KPE355Y1 to further students’ theoretical grounding in the broader practice of Kinesiology and Physical Education in society. Topics covered in this course include, but are not limited to, emotional intelligence in the workplace, integrity in community relations, performance adaptability, diversity, creativity, ethics and professionalism, and work-life balance. Adopting a values-based approach to learning and development students will be encouraged to consider strategies for enhancing the practice of Kinesiology and Physical Education within society. As a part of this course, students will spend 100 hours in the field and will work closely with a mentor. Course evaluation activities include weekly class and tutorial sessions, written assignments, presentations, and examinations. Notes: Classroom/tutorial sessions are two hours per week in addition to field experience. For more information visit the professional placement page on our website. Please refer to the 'Fees and Financial Requirements' section of the calendar for details on ancillary fees. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| KPE462H1 | Human Environmental Exercise Physiology | This course examines physiological responses, adaptations, and maladaptations of sedentary, working, and exercising humans to a variety of environmental stressors, including most or all of the following: cold and hot environments and the associated challenges to regulate body temperature; pressure changes that occur at high terrestrial altitude or underwater; acceleration forces such as the g-forces experienced by high performance aircraft pilots; air pollution; and microgravity effects experienced by those working and travelling in space. Three lecture hours per week, one laboratory exercise during regularly scheduled lecture time, and the possibility that one field trip visit may be scheduled to a research laboratory in north Toronto. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | pollution, water, labor, environmental, pollut | SDG3 |
| LCT205H1 | Empires II | This course examines the literary and non-literary representations that accompany imperial conquests and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We compare the establishment, interpretation and reinvention of cultural forms of empire (e.g. British, Japanese, Spanish) at local, national, transnational and global levels. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz | SDG9 |
| LCT305H1 | Institutions and Power | This course will consider some of the ideologies and practices of various institutions at work in the production and transmission of cultural objects and social power. These may include the family, museum, hospital, prison, university, library, and theatre, as well as fields such as publishing and religion. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production, institut | SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| LCT308H1 | Identities | Though identity might suggest sameness, it is historically unstable and has many components, including ability/disability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, health/illness, race,sexuality, and religion. This course considers the complexities of identity-formation and identity-transformation as captured in literary texts and cultural artefacts over a wide range of historical and cultural contexts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, illness, gender | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10 |
| LIN192H1 | Sustaining Indigenous Languages | There has been much publicity in recent years about language shift and language loss and, along with it, language revitalization. In this course we examine shift involving Indigenous languages and particularly those of Canada from a variety of perspectives, and looking at reasons why one might want to 'save' a language. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| LIN202H1 | Introduction to Indigenous Languages of the Americas | This is an introduction to Indigenous languages and cultures of Central, North, and South America. Students will be exposed to discussions about what is an indigenous language, social status of indigenous languages as well as indigenous movements towards language documentation and revitalization and language education in the Americas. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| LIN303H1 | Central American Indigenous Languages | This course is about indigenous languages of Central America, focusing on Mayan languages and culture. Students will be introduced to current movements in the maintenance and revitalization of indigenous languages and current strategies for empowering indigenous people (such as training indigenous linguists, music production in indigenous languages, and intercultural bilingual education). Students will also study grammatical features of indigenous languages through the analysis of small data sets, and discuss the contact between indigenous languages and Spanish. Not offered every year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, production | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| LIN380H5 | Theoretical Issues in Second Language Teaching and Learning | This course examines theoretical research on adult second language learning and the resultant implications for second language teaching. Topics include learning styles and strategies, age, affect, communicative competence, and sociolinguistics. Links are drawn to teaching practices, including error correction, materials selection, and order and method of presentation. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| LIN387H5 | Theoretical Issues in Teaching and Learning Second Language Vocabulary | This course provides an overview of second language vocabulary acquisition research and the resultant implications for second language teaching. Topics include dimensions of vocabulary knowledge, incidental and intentional vocabulary learning, textbook analysis, learning strategies, and teacher beliefs about vocabulary teaching and learning. Implications are drawn for pedagogical practices, including best vocabulary teaching practices, materials selection, and measuring vocabulary knowledge. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| LIN456H5 | Sociolinguistics and Second Language Teaching and Learning | This course considers the impact on variant use by second language learners exerted by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors, such as the surrounding linguistic context, age, sex, style, and curricular and extra-curricular exposure. Implications are drawn for second language teaching, including deciding what registers and variants to teach and what activities to employ. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| LIN458H1 | Revitalizing Languages | A study of language endangerment and language revitalization efforts, focusing on Indigenous languages of Canada. Topics include language classification and a survey of major features of the languages, what it means for a language to be endangered, the factors that contribute to language shift, and efforts to reverse language shift, including discussion of literacy, documentary linguistics and dictionaries. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG11,SDG16 |
| LIN476H5 | Language Diversity and Language Universals | This course examines cross-linguistic typological features found in the languages of the world. Special attention is given to investigating the remarkable range of phonological, morphological and syntactic diversity found in the world’s languages. One of the primary goals of the course is to examine the notion of language universals in light of such diversity. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9 |
| LIN487H5 | Second Language Pedagogy | This course offers a comprehensive survey and analysis of fundamental concepts and issues related to second, bilingual, and foreign language instruction by developing students' knowledge of second language acquisition, approaches to language teaching, computer-assisted teaching, and pedagogical design and implementation in the language classroom. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | pedagogy, knowledge | SDG4 |
| LINB20H3 | Sociolinguistics | The study of the relationship between language and society. Topics include: how language reflects and constructs aspects of social identity such as age, gender, socioeconomic class and ethnicity; ways in which social context affects speakers' use of language; and social factors which cause the spread or death of languages. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socioeconomic, gender | SDG4,SDG5 |
| LINC28H3 | Language and Gender | An introduction to the research on differences between women and men in how they use language and how they behave in conversational interaction, together with an examination of the role of language in reflecting and perpetuating cultural attitudes towards gender. Same as WSTC28H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women | SDG5 |
| LMP301H1 | Introduction to the Biochemistry of Human Disease | Introduces concepts and mechanisms of disease processes as they arise from disturbances of normal biochemical and physiological functions. The rational use of the clinical biochemistry laboratory in the diagnosis and management of disease is explained. Not intended for students in the Pathobiology Specialist program. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, urban | SDG8 |
| LTL380H5 | Theoretical Issues In Second Language Teaching and Learning | This course examines theoretical research on adult second language learning and the resultant implications for second language teaching. Topics include age, affect, communicative competence, and sociolinguistics. Links are drawn to pedagogical practices, including error correction, materials selection, and order and method of presentation. This course is taught in English and is open to students from other disciplines. Written work to be completed in French/Italian for credit towards a Specialist (French or Italian) or Major (French/Italian). [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| LTL387H5 | Theoretical Issues in Teaching and Learning Second Language Vocabulary | This course provides an overview of second language vocabulary acquisition research and the resultant implications for second language teaching. Topics include dimensions of vocabulary knowledge, incidental and intentional vocabulary learning, textbook analysis, learning strategies, and teacher beliefs about vocabulary teaching and learning. Implications are drawn for pedagogical practices, including best vocabulary teaching practices, materials selection, and measuring vocabulary knowledge. This course is taught in English and is open to students from other disciplines. Written work to be completed in French/Italian for credit towards a Specialist (French or French & Italian) or Major (French/Italian). | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| LTL456H5 | Sociolinguistics and Second Language Teaching and Learning | This course considers the impact on variant use by second language learners exerted by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors, such as the surrounding linguistic context, age, sex, style, and curricular and extra-curricular exposure. Implications are drawn for second language teaching, including deciding what registers and variants to teach and what activities to employ. Written work to be completed in French/Italian for credit towards a Specialist (French or Italian) or Major (French/Italian). [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| LTL487H5 | Second Language Pedagogy | This course offers a comprehensive survey and analysis of fundamental concepts and issues related to second, bilingual, and foreign language instruction by developing students' knowledge of second language acquisition, approaches to language teaching, computer-assisted teaching, and pedagogical design and implementation in the language classroom. Written work to be completed in French/Italian for credit towards a Specialist (French or Italian) or Major (French/Italian). [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | pedagogy, knowledge | SDG4 |
| MCS224H1 | Approaches to Material Culture | This course is about things - the everyday objects of past and present cultures. It examines the meanings people have invested in objects and how those meanings have changed over time. Using interdisciplinary approaches, students investigate objects found in homes, retail spaces, cities, art galleries and museums in order to develop new understandings of the objects that structure their daily lives and their material world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, cities | SDG8,SDG9,SDG11,SDG12 |
| MCS326H1 | The Material Culture of Food | This course explores the material cultures which form around food and foodways in contemporary culture. It looks at foods as objects of production and consumption and at the material landscapes (culinary tools, the geography of the kitchen and restaurant, the archives - recipes, cookbooks, menus - that home cooks or chefs use) in order to "expose" the social, cultural and political dimensions of cooking, entertaining and eating. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | culinary, consum, production, land | SDG2,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| MDSB03H3 | Advertising and Consumer Culture | This course introduces students to the study of advertising as social communication and provides a historical perspective on advertising's role in the emergence and perpetuation of "consumer culture". The course examines the strategies employed to promote the circulation of goods as well as the impact of advertising on the creation of new habits and expectations in everyday life. | University of Toronto Scarborough | consum | SDG12 |
| MDSB05H3 | Media and Globalization | This course examines the role of technological and cultural networks in mediating and facilitating the social, economic, and political processes of globalization. Key themes include imperialism, militarization, global political economy, activism, and emerging media technologies. Particular attention is paid to cultures of media production and reception outside of North America. Same as GASB05H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, production | SDG8,SDG9,SDG12 |
| MDSB10H3 | Technology, Culture and Society | This course considers technology as an everyday social practice. It challenges deterministic ideas of technology as a cause of social change and examines theories that understand technology and culture as mutually constituted. Perspectives include actor-network theory, critical theory of technology, feminist technology studies, media archaeology, and cyber-, post- and transhumanism. | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis, social change | SDG9,SDG16 |
| MDSC21H3 | Anthropology of Language and Media | Anthropology studies language and media in ways that show the impact of cultural context. This course introduces this approach and also considers the role of language and media with respect to intersecting themes: ritual, religion, gender, race/ethnicity, power, nationalism, and globalization. Class assignments deal with lectures, readings, and students' examples. Same as ANTC59H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, globaliz, nationalism | SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| MDSC60H3 | Diasporic Media | New media technologies enable more production and distribution of culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse voices than ever before. Who produces these diverse voices and how accessible are these media? This course explores various types of diasporic media from century-old newspapers to young and hip news and magazine blogs, produced by and for members of a multicultural society. Same as JOUC60H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | accessib, production | SDG10,SDG12 |
| MGAD45H3 | Corporate Governance and Strategy - CPA Perspective | This course examines issues in Corporate Governance in today's business environment. Through case studies of corporate ethical scandals, students will consider workplace ethical risks, opportunities and legal issues. Students will also examine professional accounting in the public interest as well as accounting and planning for sustainability. This course includes work-integrated-learning components, and satisfies the WIL requirement of the BBA degree. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, governance | SDG8,SDG16 |
| MGEC34H3 | Economics of Health Care | A study of the economic principles underlying health care and health insurance. This course is a survey of some of the major topics in health economics. Some of the topics that will be covered will include the economic determinants of health, the market for medical care, the market for health insurance, and health and safety regulation. | University of Toronto Scarborough | health care | SDG3 |
| MGEC37H3 | Law and Economics | A study of laws and legal institutions from an economic perspective. It includes the development of a positive theory of the law and suggests that laws frequently evolve so as to maximize economic efficiency. The efficiency of various legal principles is also examined. Topics covered are drawn from: externalities, property rights, contracts, torts, product liability and consumer protection, and procedure. | University of Toronto Scarborough | consum, institut | SDG8,SDG16 |
| MGEC38H3 | The Economics of Canadian Public Policy | This course provides a comprehensive study of selected Canadian public policies from an economic point of view. Topics may include environmental policy, competition policy, inflation and monetary policy, trade policy and others. We will study Canadian institutions, decision-making mechanisms, implementation procedures, policy rationales, and related issues. | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade, environmental, institut | SDG13,SDG16 |
| MGEC82H3 | International Aspects of Development Policy | This course will use the tools of economics to understand international aspects of economic development policy. Development policy will focus on understanding the engagement of developing countries in the global economy, including the benefits and challenges of that engagement. Topics to be discussed will include globalization and inequality, foreign aid, multinational corporations, foreign direct investment, productivity, regional economic integration, and the environment. | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, globaliz, inequality, equalit | SDG9,SDG10 |
| MGHC23H3 | Diversity in the Workplace | Examines the nature and effects of diversity in the workplace. Drawing on theories and research from psychology, the course will examine topics like stereotyping, harassment, discrimination, organizational climate for diversity, conflict resolution within diverse teams, and marketing to a diverse clientele. | University of Toronto Scarborough | climate | SDG8,SDG10 |
| MGHC53H3 | Introduction to Industrial Relations | An overview of the industrial system and process. The course will introduce students to: industrial relations theory, the roles of unions and management, law, strikes, grievance arbitration, occupational health and safety, and the history of the industrial relations system. Students will participate in collective bargaining simulations. This course includes work-integrated-learning components, and satisfies the WIL requirement of the BBA degree. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG2,SDG8,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| MGM465H5 | Occupational Health & Safety | As individuals spend more and more time at work, it becomes increasingly important for organizations to protect their employees from harm and to support their physical, psychological, emotional, and social welfare. Students in this course will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to design and foster healthy and safe working environments. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | welfare, knowledge | SDG3 |
| MGSC14H3 | Management Ethics | Increasingly, the marketplace has come to reward, and government regulators have come to demand a sophisticated managerial approach to the ethical problems that arise in business. Topics include ethical issues in international business, finance, accounting, advertising, intellectual property, environmental policy, product and worker safety, new technologies, affirmative action, and whistle-blowing. | University of Toronto Scarborough | worker, environmental | SDG8,SDG13 |
| MGSC20H3 | Consulting and Contracting: New Ways of Work | Tomorrow's graduates will enjoy less career stability than previous generations. Technology and demography are changing the nature of work. Instead of having secure progressive careers, you will work on contract or as consultants. You will need to think, and act like entrepreneurs. This course includes work-integrated-learning components, and satisfies the WIL requirement of the BBA degree. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| MGSC35H3 | Innovation | This course introduces students to the nature and elements of innovation and explores the application of innovation to various stages of business evolution and to different business sectors. The course has a significant practical component, as student groups will be asked to provide an innovation plan for a real company. This course includes work-integrated-learning components, and satisfies the WIL requirement of the BBA degree. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG8 |
| MGSD40H3 | Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility | This course will examine the role of business in society including stakeholder rights and responsibilities, current important environmental and social issues (e.g., climate change, ethical supply chains, etc.) and management practices for sustainable development. It is designed for students who are interested in learning how to integrate their business skills with a desire to better society. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, sustainable development, supply chain, climate, environmental | SDG8,SDG12 |
| MGT354H5 | Consumer Behaviour | Formulating successful marketing strategies requires an understanding of consumers' cultures, motivations, cognitions, and emotions. Students will learn how to use theoretical perspectives from psychology, economics, anthropology, and other disciplines to generate predictions about consumers, interpret consumer reactions to marketing stimuli, and develop rigorous skills in marketing analysis. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | consum | SDG12 |
| MGT393H5 | Legal Environment of Business I | An introduction for commerce students to the Canadian legal system focusing on business entities, the structure of the Canadian court system, the various elements of contract law and the law of negligence. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | legal system | SDG8,SDG16 |
| MGT394H5 | Legal Environment of Business II | This course builds on the legal principles developed in Legal I and canvasses other areas of law that impact a business entity. The course deals with the Sales of Goods Act and relevant consumer protection legislation, employment law, environmental law, the Personal Property Security Act and the rights of the secured creditor. | University of Toronto Mississauga | employment, consum, environmental | SDG8,SDG12,SDG13 |
| MGT437H5 | Strategy and Governance | This course covers concepts in strategic management and focuses on the role of corporate governance in formulating, implementing and monitoring a firm's strategic objectives. Although the course will cover economic foundations of strategy, market, industry and competitive analysis, the main focus will be on the internal operations of an organization. Corporate governance will be examined in the broad sense of the term and will include an overview of country-level legal environment, regulatory agencies, stock market, and the firm's board of directors. The objective of the course is to enhance students' understanding the operating tensions facing firms and the means of addressing such tensions through country-level and firm-level corporate governance systems. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | governance | SDG16 |
| MGT444H5 | FinTech, Blockchain, & Decentralized Finance | This course provides students with a solid understanding of the technologies, tools, and applications that will transform and define the financial industry over the next decade. Students will study the technological and economic mechanisms that make blockchain work, the services it hosts, how it disrupts the financial industry, the risks, how a decentralized protocol can be governed and regulated, and what problems Decentralized Finance (DeFi) solves. Students will also learn about smart contracts, types of tokens and their uses, digital money, oracles, stablecoins, DeFi-lending and DeFi-trading, crypto-regulation, and central-bank-issued digital currencies. This course is geared to Commerce and Management students and does not require engineering or computer science knowledge. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge | SDG8,SDG9 |
| MGT461H5 | Negotiations | We negotiate every day - with potential employers, coworkers, roommates, landlords, parents, bosses, merchants, service providers, and even our friends and romantic partners. Negotiation is the art and science of securing agreements between two or more interdependent parties. It is a craft that must hold cooperation and competition in creative tension. It can be very difficult to do well. Even the most experienced negotiators often fall prey to common biases and errors in judgment. This course is highly experiential - students will practice, reflect, analyze, and practice again - and draws its insights from research in the cognitive, behavioral and social sciences. | University of Toronto Mississauga | worker, land | SDG8 |
| MGT463H5 | Managing Global Organizations | Understanding the global context of organizations is essential to surviving the competitive business environment while creating value in a sustainable and responsible way. This course provides a broad overview of the global environment and introduce critical perspectives in international business, as well as the key management challenges of operating across nations and cultures. It will also consider ways in which management theories and practices should be adapted to transcend as well as be responsive to diverse business, social, and governmental settings. The course weaves together conceptual and practical considerations to create a balanced and exciting learning experience. It also includes an optional International Learning Experience component that involves travel to a country(s) outside of Canada to gain firsthand exposure to management practices in a different setting. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG9,SDG16 |
| MGT494H5 | Entrepreneurial Strategy | This course introduces students to the challenges an entrepreneur faces when starting a business: assessing his/her goals and ability, attracting financial and human resources, competing in the marketplace, and dealing with laws and regulations. Readings and discussion material will include actual business cases as well as academic articles and book chapters. The class is of relevance to students interested in starting new businesses, working in consulting or finance, and pursuing research and graduate studies. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| MGT495H5 | Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity | The primary objective of the course is to improve students’ ability to understand the concepts and institutions involved in entrepreneurial finance and private equity. Private equity firms have demonstrated an ability to create value by acting as a financial intermediary, between firms and ultimate investors. The course will provide students with skill sets so they can analyze and understand entrepreneurial financing opportunities and private equity from multiple perspectives: the perspective of the founder seeking and receiving private equity financing for their project; the perspective of the private equity fund (GP); and, the perspective of the limited partners (LP) that provide finance for private equity funds. | University of Toronto Mississauga | equity, entrepreneur, invest, equit, institut | SDG8 |
| MGY377H1 | Microbiology I: Bacteria | An in depth study of bacteria including their structure, their biology, their ability to adapt, and their effects on human health. Provides a foundation for advanced studies in bacterial physiology, bacterial genetics, molecular pathogenesis of disease, immunology, and environmental studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG14,SDG15 |
| MGY380H1 | Microbiology Laboratory I: Bacteria | A laboratory course in bacteriology. Students will perform a variety of genetic and biochemical experiments to identify and characterize unknown organisms, and learn how bacteria live together in biofilm and become resistance to antibiotics. Students will also learn important research tools and concepts including CRISPRi, transduction, and conjugation through experiments. Valuable not only for advanced work in microbiology but also in related fields that make use of bacteria and bacteriophages as research tools. (Lab Materials Fee: $25; Lab Manual Fee: $20) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG14,SDG15 |
| MGY381H1 | Microbiology Laboratory II: Viruses | Hands-on experiments provide the opportunity to develop skills in working safely with human viruses. Important concepts are learned through analysis of results. Topics include propagation and assay of viruses, examination of viruses by electron microscopy, replication kinetics, host response to infection and viral vectors. Valuable not only in microbiology but in fields using viruses as vectors. (Lab Materials Fee: $25; Lab Manual Fee: $20) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG3,SDG14,SDG15 |
| MIE221H1 | Manufacturing Engineering | Production Fundamentals: Metal casting; metal forming - rolling, forging, extrusion and drawing, and sheet-metal forming; plastic/ceramic/glass forming; metal removal - turning, drilling/ boring/reaming, milling, and grinding; non-traditional machining - ECM, EDM and laser cutting; welding; surface treatment; metrology. Environmental issues in manufacturing processes, recycling of materials. Automation Fundamentals: Automation in material processing and handling - NC, robotics and automatically-guided vehicles; flexible manufacturing - group technology, cellular manufacturing and FMS; and computer-aided design - geometric modelling, computer graphics, concurrent engineering and rapid prototyping. Instruction and assessment of communication centered around course deliverables that will form part of an ongoing design portfolio. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | metro, production, recycl, environmental | SDG9,SDG12 |
| MIE240H1 | Human Factors Engineering | Introduction to principles, methods, and tools for the analysis, design, and evaluation of human-centred systems. Consideration of impacts of human physical, physiological, perceptual, and cognitive factors on the design and use of engineered systems. Basic concepts of anthropometrics, work-related hazards, shiftwork, workload, human error and reliability, system complexity, and human factors standards. The human-centred systems design process, including task analysis, user requirements generation, prototyping, and usability evaluation. Design of work/rest schedules, procedures, displays and controls, and information and training systems; design for error prevention and human-computer interaction; design for accessibility and aging populations. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | accessib | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| MIE303H1 | Mechanical and Thermal Energy Conversion Processes | Engineering applications of thermodynamics in the analysis and design of heat engines and other thermal energy conversion processes within an environmental framework; Steam power plants, gas cycles in internal combustion engines, gas turbines and jet engines. Fossil fuel combustion, Alternative fuel combustions, fusion processes and introduction to advanced systems of fuel cells. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, environmental, fossil fuel | SDG7,SDG13 |
| MIE311H1 | THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION | Engineering applications of thermodynamics in the analysis and design of heat engines and other thermal energy conversion processes within an environmental framework. Steam power plants, gas cycles in internal combustion engines, gas turbines and jet engines. Refrigeration, psychrometry and air conditioning. Fossil fuel combustion and advanced systems includes fuel cells. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, environmental, fossil fuel | SDG7,SDG13 |
| MIE315H1 | Design for the Environment | Life Cycle Assessment for the measurement of environmental impacts of existing products and processes. Design for Environment principles for the reduction of environmental impacts in new product and process designs. Functional, economic, and societal analysis taught for use in a major team-written project to compare and contrast two product or process alternatives for a client. Instruction and assessment of communication centered around course deliverables that will form part of an ongoing design portfolio. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | environmental | SDG11,SDG12,SDG13,SDG17 |
| MIE354H1 | Business Process Engineering | This course focuses on understanding multiple perspectives for grouping, assessing, designing and implementing appropriately integrated and distributed information systems to support enterprise objectives. The emphasis is on understanding how Business Process Management techniques and tools can contribute to align an organization's business and information technology perspectives, as well as the characteristics of application and system types and the implications for their design, operation and support of information needs, including those associated with different platforms and technology infrastructure e.g., legacy systems, client/server, the Internet and World Wide Web including the emergence of a web-service-based service oriented architecture. Students will work in the laboratory to develop business processes that can be specified and executed by information systems supporting BPEL, a widely supported standard for describing web-service-based business process. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor, infrastructure, internet | SDG8,SDG9 |
| MIE363H1 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | This course focuses on features of production/service systems and methods of modelling their operation; the material flow, information flow and control systems. Topics include demand forecasting, inventory management, supply chain management, capacity planning, and lot size planning. Emphasis will be placed on the modelling aspects of operations management, as well as the application of analytical methods in the design of production/service systems. Students will be asked to address open-ended design problems in various activities of the course. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | production, supply chain | SDG8,SDG9,SDG12 |
| MIE440H1 | * Design of Innovative Products | Recently developed methods applied at different stages of the design process include: Identification of unmet/underserved user needs through a modified definition of lead users (those who experience needs in advance of the mainstream population) including identifying/studying lead users, identifying which lead-user needs are relevant to the general population; Roles of function and affordance in successful products; Obstacles of fixation and cognitive bias to creativity; Concept generation methods including TRIZ/TIPS (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, use of unrelated stimuli and analogy (e.g., from biology); Configuration design methods including design for transformation, design for assembly and end-of-life, e.g., reuse, repair and recycling. Hands-on experience of these topics in lectures, tutorials, and labs support successful application of the methods for the course project, as well as future design activities. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | ABS, underserved, recycl, reuse | SDG10,SDG12 |
| MIE459H1 | Organization Design | Study of work systems design in new and existing organizations. Consideration will be given to sociotechnical systems design methodology, division of labour, change management, teams, incentives, project management, safety culture, automation, equity and union-management relations. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | equity, labour, equit | SDG4,SDG8,SDG10 |
| MIE469H1 | Reliability and Maintainability Engineering | An introduction to the life-cycle costing concept for equipment acquisition, operation, and replacement decision-making. Designing for reliability and determination of optimal maintenance and replacement policies for both capital equipment and components. Topics include: identification of an items failure distribution and reliability function, reliability of series, parallel, and redundant systems design configurations, time-to-repair and maintainability function, age and block replacement policies for components, the economic life model for capital equipment, provisioning of spare parts. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | capital | SDG9 |
| MIE490Y1 | Capstone Design | An experience in engineering practice through a significant design project whereby student teams meet specific client needs through a creative, iterative, and open-ended design process. The project must include: • The application of disciplinary knowledge and skills to conduct engineering analysis and design, • The demonstration of engineering judgment in integrating economic, health, safety, environmental, social or other pertinent interdisciplinary factors, • Elements of teamwork, project management and client interaction, and • A demonstration of proof of the design concept. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, environmental | SDG4,SDG13 |
| MIE491Y1 | Capstone Design | An experience in engineering practice through a significant design project whereby students teams meet specific client needs or the requirements of a recognized design competition through a creative, iterative, and open-ended design process. The project must include:The application of disciplinary knowledge and skills to conduct engineering analysis and design,The demonstration of engineering judgement in integrating economic, health, safety, environmental, social or other pertinent interdisciplinary factors,Elements of teamwork, project management and client interaction, andA demonstration of proof of the design concept. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, environmental | SDG4,SDG13 |
| MIE507H1 | HVAC Fundamentals | Introduction to the fundamentals of HVAC system operation and the relationship between these systems, building occupants and the building envelope. Fundamentals of psychrometrics, heat transfer and refrigeration; determination of heating and cooling loads driven by occupant requirements and the building envelope; heating and cooling equipment types and HVAC system configurations; controls and maintenance issues that influence performance; evaluation of various HVAC systems with respect to energy and indoor environmental quality performance. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, environmental | SDG7,SDG12 |
| MIE515H1 | Alternative Energy Systems | This course covers the basic principles, current technologies and applications of selected alternative energy systems. Specific topics include solar thermal systems, solar photovoltaic systems, wind, wave, and tidal energy, energy storage, and grid connections issues. Limited enrolment. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, wind, solar | SDG7 |
| MIE516H1 | Combustion and Fuels | Introduction to combustion theory. Chemical equilibrium and the products of combustion. Combustion kinetics and types of combustion. Pollutant formation. Design of combustion systems for gaseous, liquid and solid fuels. The use of alternative fuels (hydrogen, biofuels, etc.) and their effect on combustion systems. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | biofuel, pollut | SDG7,SDG14,SDG15 |
| MIE523H1 | ENG. PSYCHOLOGY & HUMAN PERFOR | An examination of the relation between behavioural science and the design of human-machine systems, with special attention to advanced control room design. Human limitations on perception, attention, memory and decision making, and the design of displays and intelligent machines to supplement them. The human operator in process control and the supervisory control of automated and robotic systems. Laboratory exercises to introduce techniques of evaluating human performance. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | labor | SDG8 |
| MIE535H1 | Electrification Through Electricity Markets | Challenges of meeting net-zero, fundamentals of markets, structures and participants, spot markets, economic dispatch, day-ahead markets, optimal unit commitment, forward markets, settlement process, storage and demand management, renewable and distributed energy resources, trading over transmission networks, nodal pricing, reliability resources, generation and transmission capacity investment models, capacity markets. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, renewabl, invest, net-zero | SDG7,SDG9,SDG13 |
| MIE561H1 | Healthcare Systems | MIE 561 is a "cap-stone" course. Its purpose is to give students an opportunity to integrate the Industrial Engineering tools learned in previous courses by applying them to real world problems. While the specific focus of the case studies used to illustrate the application of Industrial Engineering will be the Canadian health care system, the approach to problem solving adopted in this course will be applicable to any setting. This course will provide a framework for identifying and resolving problems in a complex, unstructured decision-making environment. It will give students the opportunity to apply a problem identification framework through real world case studies. The case studies will involve people from the health care industry bringing current practical problems to the class. Students work in small groups preparing a feasibility study discussing potential approaches. Although the course is directed at Industrial Engineering fourth year and graduate students, it does not assume specific previous knowledge, and the course is open to students in other disciplines. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | health care, healthcare, knowledge | SDG3 |
| MIJ485H1 | Vaccines and Immunity | Analysis of the strategies used by pathogenic microbes to evade specific and innate immune responses, and the strategies used to combat infectious disease using vaccines, with an emphasis on molecular and immunological aspects. Special topics include: molecular basis of pathogenicity and immune-evasion strategies; vaccination strategies; challenges to vaccine implementation (given jointly by the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Immunology). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | vaccine | SDG3 |
| MIN466H1 | Mineral Project Design I | Mineral Project Design is a two-part capstone course that draws on all course materials developed in the first three years of the Mineral Engineering Curriculum. The course will culminate in the design of a mining or civil rock engineering project. In the first half of the course (F) students perform individual detailed case history analyses. Additional instruction in technical aspects of communication is provided during both semesters (preparing and writing technical reports, industry research and analysis, presentation skills, as well as other technical elements as required). These skills will form a foundation for students to use in industry. Critical non-technical aspects of rock engineering projects will also be examined, and guest speakers will present on specialized topics such as: cultural and social effects of rock engineering projects on communities and the environment; economic planning and impact; ethical considerations; aboriginal land claims, etc.. The social license to operate will be emphasized. Students will receive a final grade at the end of each term course, but both courses must be taken in sequence. (MIN 467H1 S cannot be taken without successful completion of MIN 466H1 F) | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | land | SDG7,SDG14,SDG15 |
| MIN467H1 | Mineral Project Design II | Mineral Project Design is a two-part capstone course that draws on all course materials developed in the first three years of the Mineral Engineering Curriculum. Part II (S) focuses on the design of a mining or civil rock engineering project. Students will be grouped into teams and provided with one or more data sets and a design problem to solve. The end product is a major engineering design report and oral presentation (including several interim reports and presentations). Technical aspects will serve to examine a "cradle to grave" view of a project, from initial planning through to final closure and site remediation. The course will include an intensive two-day Professional Supervisors Short Course. Topics include: Discovering a commonality among supervisors and their key role in maintaining standards. The importance of sharing information and expectations about costs, production goals and business objectives are explored in the context of motivation. The necessity of successful communication skills and techniques are discussed and demonstrated to achieve behaviours on the job, producing consistent results. A reliable methodology for handling difficult situations is provided. The fundamental rationale for safety and loss control is presented as well as a relevant perspective on management structure. A workable code of conduct that is a guide to professional behaviour is developed. Students will receive a final grade at the end of each term course, but both courses must be taken in sequence (MIN 467H1 S cannot be taken without successful completion of MIN 466H1 F) | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | remediation, production | SDG7,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| MIN511H1 | Integrated Mine Waste Engineering | The engineering design of conventional mine waste management systems, including tailings ponds, rock dumps, and underground mine backfill systems, is considered first. Emerging trends in integrated mine waste management systems, including paste stacking and "paste rock" on surface, and cemented paste backfill forunderground mining will then be covered. Engineering case studies will be used throughout, and each case study will be evaluated in terms of how the mine waste systems used contribute to the economic and environmental sustainability of the mining operation. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | waste, environmental | SDG12,SDG13 |
| MSE355H1 | Materials Production | Materials life cycle, primary and secondary resources, resource life and sustainability. Technologies and unit operations used in the production of light metals, non-ferrous and ferrous metals. Energy use and conservation in production of materials. Benefits and technologies of recycling. Treatment of waste streams for value recovery and safe disposal | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, production, waste, recycl, conserv | SDG7,SDG12,SDG14,SDG15 |
| MSE458H1 | Nanotech in Alt Energy Systems | The unique surface properties and the ability to surface engineer nanocrystalline structures renders these materials to be ideal candidates for use in corrosion, catalysis and energy conversion devices. This course deals with the fabrication of materials suitable for use as protective coatings, and their specific exploitation in fields of hydrogen technologies (electrolysis, storage, and fuel cells) linked to renewables. These new devices are poised to have major impacts on power generation utilities, the automotive sector, and society at large. The differences in observed electrochemical behavior between amorphous, nanocrystalline and polycrystalline solid materials will be discussed in terms of their surface structure and surface chemistry. A major team design project along with demonstrative laboratory exercises constitutes a major portion of this course. Limited Enrolment. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, renewabl, labor, exploitation | SDG7,SDG8,SDG9 |
| MSE498Y1 | Design of Materials Processes | The students, working in small groups complete a project involving design of a materials processing plant, leading to a design report delivered at the conclusion of the course. The topics covered in the lectures and design process include basic materials processing flowsheet for primary processing and recycling of materials, materials and energy balance of individual units and of overall process flowsheets, use of computer software for flowsheet evaluation, translating process flowsheets to resource and utility requirements, energy analysis, capital/operating cost, basics of equipment sizing, operation scheduling, safety and HAZOP, plant layout, and design for sustainability. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | energy, capital, recycl | SDG7,SDG9,SDG12 |
| MST234H1 | Women's Lives in Mediaeval Europe | Using an interdisciplinary lens, this course explores the experiences of Mediaeval women. Some attention will be given to subjects such as the idea of the Mediaeval feminine, holiness and femininity, and appropriate feminine behaviour. At the same time, we will look at the social and cultural roles of women in society for instance the gendered ideals of marriage, guild structures, and childrearing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| MUN101H1 | Global Innovation I: Issues and Perspectives | Innovation has always been a key driver of economic growth, population health, and societal success. Transformative change has historically been linked to major innovations such as urban sanitation, pasteurization, the printing press and the industrial revolution. Currently, the opportunity to enhance life chances worldwide relies on innovating for the poor, social innovation, and the ability to harness scientific and technological knowledge. What precisely is innovation? When does innovation happen? Who benefits from innovation? How can innovation be fostered, and how do innovations spread? Relying on major global transformations and country-specific case studies (for example, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel and India), this course examines the drivers of innovation, the political, social, economic, and scientific and technological factors that are critical to promoting innovation and addressing current global challenges, and the consequences of innovation. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, sanita, economic growth, urban | SDG6,SDG9,SDG11 |
| MUN102H1 | Global Innovation II: Challenges and Solutions | Governing public goods has been an age-old concern for social scientists and policymakers alike. This is not surprising since the provision of global public goods is riddled by problems of collective action. In this course, we focus on how to implement solutions through states, markets and communities. The first objective is to familiarize students with the concept of global public goods, the different mechanisms that can provide these goods and the challenges that emerge from lacking incentives to secure their provision. To this end, the course will introduce theories from sociology, political science, philosophy, and history to help us understand different types of governance mechanisms and how they may be used to scale global solutions. Theories can help us explain the tensions between cooperating for the public good at the expense of sacrificing individual goals, or why certain areas of our lives, like the Internet, seem to produce public goods without any formal mechanism of cooperation. The second objective is to use the class and subject of study as an arena to model and practice the kind of learning that is expected of university students. The main skills that the course will help students target and develop are: research (finding, evaluating and assimilating reliable information); writing (developing ideas into logically written arguments); and critical analysis of arguments presented in the readings and debated in class (this includes identifying the key assumptions that are implicit in different theories as well as inherent in our own positions on various questions related to governance). Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, internet, governance | SDG9,SDG16 |
| MUN105Y1 | Global Problem-Solving: Laboratory Opportunities | This course teaches students how to conduct analytically rigorous social science research to improve their insights into complex global problems and devise innovative solutions to address them. A unique feature of this class is that students have the opportunity to learn by doing. Students work hands-on in one of several labs dealing with some of the most intractable global problems of our time in the areas of the environment, health, digital governance, security and the gap between rich and poor. By the end of this course students will be able to:
| Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, knowledge, labor, governance | SDG8,SDG16 |
| MUN195H1 | The Economics of Birth, Death and Everything in Between | Does welfare really encourage people to have more kids? How do contraception bans affect women's work? Do new immigrants create competition that makes wages drop? Economic demography and applying economic analysis to the study of populations can help us understand all these questions and more. Among other topics, this class will examine how pension systems, health care, immigration policy and economic growth, marriage and divorce laws and women's labor force participation relate to public policy. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | welfare, health care, women, economic growth, labor, wage | SDG1,SDG3,SDG5,SDG8 |
| MUN196H1 | Somebody's Watching Me: The Global Politics of Surveillance | From security cameras and cell phones, to drones and social media, our data are collected in countless ways. But who controls our data? Do we have a right to privacy? Does mass surveillance make us safer? This course invites students to explore the global politics of mass surveillance, and the role played by states, big tech, police, activists, and ordinary people. Through in-class discussion and analytical writing assignments, students will engage with surveillance studies through many dimensions, including public policy, human rights, international relations, economics, technological development, and race, class, and gender. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, human rights | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| MUN198H1 | Digital Technologies and Human Rights | What are digital technologies, exactly? How do we govern them? Do they threaten or protect human rights? In this course, we’ll look at the Internet, advanced computing, ‘Big Data’ analytics, and artificial intelligence – the technologies which form the basis of everything from facial recognition software to home appliances to social media. We’ll consider how to govern and use these technologies, and the consequences of those choices for global human rights. Evaluation is based on essays, a presentation, and class participation. There is no exam. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | internet, human rights | SDG9,SDG16 |
| MUN200H1 | Understanding Global Controversies | This course provides students from different programs with a forum to discuss and engage with major global issues within the framework of thematic and regional studies and with comparative and multidisciplinary perspectives. Because this course will be team-taught by Munk faculty from the Humanities and Social Sciences, it will provide students with an introduction to interdisciplinary studies. The course envisions examining several topics which will be based on current global controversies including climate change, sustainability, inequality, democracy, migration and conflict. This course is restricted to second-year students who have either completed MUN105Y1 or enrolled in one of the following programs: American Studies Major; American Studies Minor; Contemporary Asian Studies Major; Contemporary Asian Studies Minor; European Affairs Major (formerly European Studies Major); European Affairs Minor (formerly European Union Studies Minor); Peace, Conflict and Justice Major; Peace, Conflict and Justice Specialist; Major in Public Policy; South Asian Studies Minor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace, inequality, equalit, climate, democra | SDG16,SDG10,SDG13 |
| NEW101H1 | The Everyday Politics of Food | How often do we reflect on the environmental, social and economic impact of our everyday food choices? This course offers an introduction to the key concepts, terms and theories that underlie our current food system. The course links the food we eat to global forces and considers how these forces affect food distribution, access and consumption. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food system, consum, environmental | SDG2,SDG12,SDG13 |
| NEW102H1 | Exploring Multilingual Toronto | How does language connect and divide people, places and communities? This course considers how interactions between people in Toronto are shaped by language as well as history, economy, architecture and urban landscapes. Students engage with the city both in and out of class to think about a range of questions linked to gender and sexuality, indigeneity, migration, race, ethnicity, and public/private space. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, urban, land | SDG5,SDG11 |
| NEW103H1 | Digital Technology and Society | While the internet and other forms of digital technology have created new forms of social relationships and widened access to information, they have also raised concerns. This course explores issues such as surveillance, addiction and bullying as well as the potential of digital technologies (e.g. smart cities, Big Data, and the internet of things). The course engages students' own experience of digital technology. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | internet, cities | SDG9 |
| NEW106H1 | Science, Health and Social Justice | How can scientific knowledge and research be mobilized to impact individual and global health? How is health impacted by social, racial and economic inequalities? This course explores scientific research and practice with special attention to the translation of scientific knowledge in the public sphere, and its ability to inform policies, practices and laws. Students have the opportunity to meet with clinician-scientists, policy-makers, and other professionals connected to the health care system. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | global health, health care, knowledge, equalit, social justice | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| NEW111H1 | Food, Ethics and Sustainability | How do we produce and ensure access to nutritious and environmentally sustainable food for all? This course explores what is involved in achieving ethical food production and food security, examining topics such as: the paradox of food waste amidst scarcity, the relationship between food production and climate change, community-led alternatives to dominant food systems, and the role of biotechnology. Research projects allow students to focus on an issue of particular interest. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food security, food system, production, waste, food waste, climate, environmental | SDG2,SDG12 |
| NEW116H1 | Science and Global Threats | What is the role of science in addressing current global threats? What are the possibilities and the limitations of scientific research and knowledge in tackling complex problems such as climate change, pandemics and pollution? In this course, students explore these questions by examining case studies, meeting with specialists in various scientific fields, and engaging in research on a topic of their own choice. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | pollution, knowledge, climate, pollut | SDG3,SDG13 |
| NEW495Y1 | Community Engaged Learning: Critical and Creative Perspectives on the Non-Profit Sector | A placement-based course in which students develop knowledge, practice and professional skills appropriate to the social purpose sector while working to support programming for community partners. The accompanying seminar considers critical social justice issues and creative models of community-engagement practice from grassroots, community and non-profit organizations and other perspectives that support students’ experiential, participatory and reflective learning. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Enrolment is by application. Detailed application instructions are available on the CEL website. There are 3 enrolment application options:
| Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, social justice | SDG16 |
| NFS284H1 | Basic Human Nutrition | An introductory course to provide the fundamentals of human nutrition to enable students to understand and think critically about the complex interrelationships between food, nutrition, health and the environment. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2,SDG12 |
| NFS301H1 | Nutrition Literacy: Sorting Science from Snake Oil | This course will help students learn how to recognize the strengths and limitations of various nutrition research methods, find reliable nutrition information on the Internet and develop systematic thinking skills to critically evaluate the quality of nutrition information in both the scientific literature and popular media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition, internet | SDG2,SDG9 |
| NFS302H1 | Nutrition, Athletics, Performance and Behaviour | This course will give an overview of the emerging and advancing role of chronic diet and supplements in athletics, performance and behavior. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS386H1 | Food Chemistry | Structure, composition and chemical and biochemical reactions in foods during postharvest/postmortem, processing, storage and utilization. Implications for organoleptic properties, nutritional value, toxicity and human health. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS394Y1 | Research Course in Nutritional Science | Research experience under the supervision of a Departmental staff member. The course entails designing and carrying out a small research project and the preparation and presentation of both a research proposal and a final report. Note that the research project NFS394Y1 requires the prior consent of a staff member who will supervise the project and departmental approval before enrolment. The student is responsible for locating a supervisor. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS400H1 | Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Human Nutrition | This course will demonstrate the rationale, including health benefits, development and marketing of functional foods and nutraceuticals. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS484H1 | Advanced Nutrition | Physiological and biochemical features of nutrient needs. The roles of nutrients in the development and adaptability of the whole body, organs and cells. Interpretation of current research data. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS487H1 | Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition | The impact of the human genome on nutrition research. Experimental approaches to investigating gene-diet interactions. Understanding how genetic variability affects nutrient response, and how dietary factors regulate gene expression. Application of the various ‘omics’ technologies to nutrition research as well as exploring the social, legal and ethical issues associated with direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests for personalized nutrition. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition, invest, consum | SDG2,SDG12 |
| NFS488H1 | Nutritional Toxicology | Occurrence, mechanism of action, safety and health implications of chemicals naturally present in or added to foods. Interactions of nutrients and toxicants and the effects on their metabolism and utilization. Food safety evaluation and regulatory control. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS489H1 | Nutritional Neurosciences | This course provides an integrated approach to how brain function regulates and in turn is regulated by nutrition from a biochemical perspective. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NFS490H1 | International and Community Nutrition | This course focuses on current issues in international and community nutrition including global and domestic food security, micronutrient deficiencies and other forms of undernutrition, maternal and infant/child nutrition, dietary guidance, and food and nutrition policy. The course will consider the environmental, sociopolitical, cultural and biosocial contexts of nutrition. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition, food security, environmental | SDG2,SDG13 |
| NFS494Y1 | Research Projects in Nutritional Sciences | Research experience under the supervision of a Departmental staff member. The course entails designing and carrying out a small research project and the preparation and presentation of both a research proposal and a final report. Note that the research project NFS494Y1 requires the prior consent of a staff member who will supervise the project and departmental approval before enrolment. The student is responsible for locating a supervisor. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| NMC103H1 | The Islamic World | A broad introduction to Islam, including the history, culture, and religion of the people and places that came to be influenced by Islam and that constitute a world civilization. What makes something (an empire or state, or a work of art or music) Islamic? When and how did that which we think of today as Islamic come about? How has “the Islamic†changed over time? With these questions in mind, this course introduces students to major figures, events, themes, institutions, and intellectual currents in Islamic history, from its beginnings in the 7th century to the modern period. Key topics to be covered include the rise and spread of Islam, the Qur’an and the role of Arabic, political thought, law and society, and literary and artistic expressions. Attention is paid to the geographical and ethno-linguistic scope of the Muslim world, demonstrating the diversity of peoples and traditions that make up Islamic civilizations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| NMC198H1 | Iranian Women Reveal their Lives: the First Generation | Persian women born in the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century were products of a period of major social and cultural change. For the first time, an educated female could envision a life beyond the conservative ideal of a woman's proper place in the home. We will use memoirs of women who were able to contribute to Iranian society and interviews with women whose ambitions were inhibited or repressed by the dominance of patriarchal culture. Poems by women of this early generation vividly reveal both anger and hopes for the future. Memories of a Persian Childhood helps us to appreciate the important role of the family and childhood experience in the lives and ambitions of the first generation of Persian women to be unveiled and have access to a modern education. Both the Course Readings and Seminar Discussions are crucial to this course for exploring Persian women as individuals who grappled with the challenge of government initiatives and social conservatism. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, female, conserv | SDG5,SDG14,SDG15 |
| NMC241H1 | Anthropology of the Middle East | This course aims to familiarize students with the anthropological study of the contemporary Middle East. It introduces key questions and concepts for anthropological study: who speaks for the Middle East? What is culture? What is ethnography? It analyzes systems of power and exclusion, and everyday life and relations in countries like Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Kuwait. The course will provide critical perspectives on gender, religion, family relations, national belonging, migrant workers, and refugees. Students will apply anthropological methods learned in class to do an independent project. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, worker, refugee | SDG5,SDG10 |
| NMC248H1 | Ancient Bureaucracies | Where were taxes first collected? When was the first receipt issued? What did the first account ledgers look like? This course offers an introduction to the development of early bureaucracies in ancient Mesopotamia (Iraq), Iran and Syria. Find out how accounting procedures evolved after 6,500 BC, from closing storage containers in Neolithic villages with seals and sealings to complex recording procedures in urban settings that ultimately led to the development of writing on clay tablets around 3,100 BC. Learn how different patterns of irrigation in river-based agricultural societies such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China led to similar yet distinct systems of resource management and administration, using different writing materials (e.g. clay tablets, papyrus) based on available raw materials. And see how bureaucratic procedures, while helping to maximize efficiency in an ancient society, could also create a lack of flexibility, ultimately leading to political decline or collapse. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, urban | SDG11 |
| NMC267H1 | Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt | The course focuses on lived experience for people from many different socio-economic levels in ancient Egypt. Through the analysis of archaeological and mortuary evidence, artifacts, and human, animal, and plant remains we will explore the daily lives of Egyptians over time as the natural, social and technological landscape changed, posing questions such as what they ate, how they made things, what kinds of social connections they formed, how they defined their identities, what kind of houses and village, town, or urban settings they lived in, what things they feared, how they died, and what they might have believed. We will look at remains from settlements like Hierakonpolis, Abydos, Giza, Kahun, Tell el-Dab'a, Amarna, Deir el-Medina, and Thebes in detail to understand aspects of the lives of the people who inhabited them. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, urban, animal, land | SDG11 |
| NMC284H1 | Judaism and Feminism: Legal Issues from Menstruation to Ordination | Agitation for change exists in religious practice worldwide in areas of access, status, inclusion, and egalitarianism. Traditional religion is often in conflict with egalitarian modernity. This sometimes results in difficulties with religious identification. This course will explore the interaction between feminism and Judaism. We will examine how Jewish law (halakhah) sometimes conflicts with ideas of egalitarianism particularly in legal disabilities for women such as divorce, lack of access to high-level Torah study, and discrimination in public religious roles. The traditional exemption of women from the obligation of Torah study had great impact on women’s religious responsibility and status. Various movements within Judaism competed in efforts to resolve these difficulties. In this course we will consider to what extent inclusion and egalitarianism have become complementary to traditional Judaism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, women, feminis | SDG5 |
| NMC357H1 | Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Arabic Literature | Students read translations of Arabic literary texts composed by women or dealing with gender and sexuality. Class discussion considers debates in the field about how to analyze these texts in their historical context and in a theoretically grounded manner. Topics addressed include: popular and elite narrative representations of gender and sexuality; pre-Islamic and Abbasid poetry and remarks composed by women, and their transmission in male-authored anthologies; hetero- and homoerotic obscenity and eroticism in Arabic poetry, epistles, and scientific texts; and literary representations of sexual minorities like eunuchs, intersex people, and mukhannathūn (people with apparently male biology who dressed and behaved as women, and had a specific social position at certain times). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, minorit | SDG5,SDG10 |
| NMC358H1 | Gender and Sexuality in Modern Middle Eastern Cultures | This course examines questions of gender and sexuality in the broader Middle East (Iran, Turkey, and the Arab world) from the colonial period (19th to early 20th centuries) to the present through readings of religious, cultural, historical, visual, and literary texts. We will begin the course by thinking critically about colonial and Orientalist legacies that continue to structure contemporary debates on representations of women, gender, and sexuality in the Middle East and North Africa. Students will read and analyze a range of primary historical texts written by Middle Eastern women reflecting the ways in which women of different backgrounds (religious, class, urban/rural) and generations have conceptualized and inhabited their gendered and sexual identities. Topics students will explore include the development of modern secular and religious feminist thought; cultural representations of gender, sexuality, and queerness; fictional texts that represent non-normative expressions of gender and sexuality; and critical approaches to theorizing gender and sexuality in the Middle East. All readings are in English translation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, queer, feminis, urban, rural | SDG5,SDG10 |
| NMC372H1 | Islam and Muslims in the Balkans | The Balkans has been in contact with Islam and inhabited by Muslims for six centuries. Nowadays it is the home of over eight million Muslims of various ethnic backgrounds who constitute the second largest religious group in the region. This course examines the history of Islam, Muslims, and Muslim culture in the Balkans from the Ottoman conquest in the fourteenth century until the present day while placing it in a wider transregional context. Topics covered include formation of Muslim communities, Sufi groups, the Muslims and the Balkan national imagination, responses to modernity, Muslims as minorities, Muslim experiences in communist states, and the breakup of Yugoslavia. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | minorit | SDG10 |
| NMC375H1 | Conversion to Islam in Medieval History | How did Islam spread in the world? The question has puzzled historians for years. For centuries after the rise of Islam, much of the Middle East was still largely comprised of diverse communities of non-Muslims. This course on the complex history of “Islamization†examines when, how, and why various societies became majority Muslim, through a close look at case studies and sources from across the medieval world including Spain, North Africa, Central Asia and India. Topics covered include religious tolerance, polemic, cultural assimilation, minority identities, interreligious marriages, children of mixed families, and the contentious issues of apostasy and forced conversion. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | minorit | SDG10 |
| NMC379H1 | Capital, Technology, and Utopia in the Modern Middle East | How does the workings of capital intersect with technological innovation and political visions in the modern Middle East? This course approaches this question through critical reading in the histories of capitalism, crisis, science, politics, and intersections between cultural history and technology studies using the Middle East as a starting point for the study of global phenomena. We will examine the ways in which constructions like race and ethnicity, gender, and the human/non-human divide have mediated the social and spatial expansion of capital in the region, especially through technological infrastructure and utopias between the late 18th and the 21st centuries. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, infrastructure, capital | SDG5,SDG10 |
| NMC388H1 | The Rise of the Ottomans | A survey of the Ottoman Turks from their late 13th–early 14th century origins on the frontiers of the Seljuk, Mongol, and Byzantine empires to their establishment of an Islamic empire. Topics include the principalities known as beyliks that came into being in Anatolia as the above empires declined, the nature of the early Ottoman beylik, conquests in the Balkans, the destruction of the early Ottoman state by Timur and its rebirth, and Mehmed II’s conquest of Constantinople. Coverage includes Ottoman institutions, economy, society, and culture. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| NMC389H1 | The Ottoman Empire in its Classical Age | A survey of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. From the victory by Selim I the Grim over Safavid Iran and conquest of Syria and Egypt to the resplendent age of Süleyman the Magnificent to the internal and external challenges that forced transformation or decline. Topics include wars in Europe, the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and with Iran; internally, the rise of the harem and “sultanate of the women,†rebellions in Anatolia, military reform, religious controversies, and art and architecture. The endpoint is the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699) when the expansion of the empire ended. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women | SDG5 |
| NMC447H1 | The Neo-Assyrian Empire | The course offers a detailed introduction to the Neo-Assyrian empire and how it functioned, based on study of a representative selection of written sources (in translation). It examines Assyrian kingship, imperial administration, and daily life as reflected in the texts, including the royal inscriptions, official correspondence, astrological reports, and everyday legal and administrative documents. The course studies a cross-section of Assyrian society taking into account various perspectives, from the king and his highest officials and court scholars to the lowest-ranking subjects and deportees. It also investigates the economic basis of the Assyrian empire, including taxation and tribute, booty from military conquest, specialist craft production, and agriculture. The course emphasizes the historical evaluation and interpretation of the primary written sources. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | agricultur, invest, taxation, production | SDG10 |
| NMC467H1 | Seminar in Egyptian Archaeology I | Seminar focuses on the social and cultural development of Egypt from the Predynastic Period through the Middle Kingdom, engaging with major theories regarding social complexity, state formation, urbanism, social organization, and regionalism. An independent research project and hands-on experience with artifacts at the ROM are important features of the course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| NMC477H1 | Modern Turkey | The course examines the history of modern Turkey from the beginning of the 20th century until the present day. Topics include transition from empire to nation-state; the establishment of the Turkish republic; the Kemalist reforms and legacy; nationalism and nation-building; Islam and politics; gender and sexuality; as well as recent political, social, and cultural developments. The course seeks to situate the history of Turkey in a broader regional context and introduces students to some historiographical debates. In seminar discussions, students are encouraged to explore topics from a critical post-nationalist perspective and to think about current events in a historical context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, transit, nationalism | SDG5,SDG16 |
| NMC484H1 | Gender Issues in Jewish Law | Among the topics addressed in this course in various years are the requirement for women divorced or widowed (either from betrothal or marriage) to wait three months before remarriage to determine paternity or for pregnant or nursing women to protect the fetus or infant; legal disabilities for women in marriage and divorce (consent, unilateral acquisition, power differentials, exit options); legal status according to age (fetus, infant, before and after age six, approaching legal majority, legal majority, anomalies); sexuality (age, sexual acts and their legal repercussions, prohibitions, consent, intergenerational sexual connections, homosexuality); rabbinic ordination of women in the various streams of Judaism; and abortion (contraception, status of embryo or fetus, viability, reasons). These issues will be discussed in terms of gender and modern law. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, gender, women | SDG5,SDG10 |
| NMEB06H3 | Project Development and Presentation | This course enables the participant to understand the new media production process. Learners will develop the skills to conduct benchmarking, scoping and testing exercises that lead to meaningful project planning documents. Learners will develop and manage production schedules for their group projects that support the development efforts using the project planning documents. | University of Toronto Scarborough | production | SDG12 |
| NMEB09H3 | Sound Design | This course introduces students to the scope of sound design - creative audio for new media applications. Students will work with audio applications software to sample, create and compress files, and in the planning and post-production of new media. Students will also learn to use audio in interactive ways such as soundscapes. | University of Toronto Scarborough | production | SDG12 |
| NMEC01H3 | Theory and Practice of New Media | This seminar examines the ideological, political, structural, and representational assumptions underlying new media production and consumption from both theoretical and practice-based perspectives. Students critically reflect on and analyze digital media applications and artefacts in contemporary life, including business, information, communication, entertainment, and creative practices. | University of Toronto Scarborough | consum, production | SDG12 |
| NMED10Y3 | New Media Senior Project | Students develop a new media project that furthers their research into theoretical issues around digital media practices and artefacts. Projects may focus on digital media ranging from the internet to gaming, to social networking and the Web, to CD-ROMS, DVDs, mobile apps, and Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | internet | SDG12 |
| NROC61H3 | Learning and Motivation | This course will explore the neural and neurochemical bases of learning and motivation. Topics covered under the category of learning include: Pavlovian learning, instrumental learning, multiple memory systems, and topics covered under motivation include: regulation of eating, drinking, reward, stress and sleep. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG4 |
| ODP100H1 | Outdoor Project I | The student will be introduced to the many forms of outdoor recreation. Emphasis will be placed on acquiring the skills for various watercraft. In addition, activities related to cooperation and leadership will be experienced. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | water | SDG6 |
| ODP301H1 | White Water Canoeing | The experience provided in this project is focused upon white water canoeing skills and leadership. Participants are guided through manageable steps from calm waters to rapids, with careful attention to accident prevention and emergency management. Fulfils third year requirement. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | water | SDG6 |
| ODP302H1 | Fundamentals of Winter Camping | Through this optional project, the student will develop an appreciation of the winter environment through such pursuits as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, etc. Special consideration will be given to heat and water loss, proper clothing, construction of winter shelters, survival methods, and improvisation of equipment. The winter experience will be three days in length, and will include an expedition and overnight stay at a carefully planned site. Fulfils third year requirement. | Kinesiology and Physical Education, Faculty of | water | SDG6 |
| PCJ260H1 | Introduction to Peace, Conflict and Justice I | This course introduces students to reading, interpreting, and communicating data relevant to issues in peace, conflict and justice. Students will develop concrete skills such as understanding data sources in conflict and justice, exploring applications of data, and methods of data collection. They will reflect on how social constructs can be operationalized into variables that can be employed for qualitative and quantitative analysis in research and policy, and learn how to use visualizations and descriptive statistics to support arguments and research. Through this course, students will develop a set of essential skills to work on real-world questions related to issues in peace, conflict and justice, while engaging with existing data and their applied research findings to understand their policy relevance. Students must be enrolled in either the PCJ Major or PCJ Specialist program to take this course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ261H1 | Introduction to Peace, Conflict and Justice II | The course reviews theories exploring the causes of conflict, the possibilities for the pursuit of peace, and the role of justice in both. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, it offers an introduction to diverse approaches to conflict resolution and peace-building. Case studies and examples are used to help students apply the conceptual tools they acquire to prominent world conflicts. Students must be enrolled in either the PCJ Major or PCJ Specialist program to take this course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ360H1 | Topics in Peace, Conflict and Justice | This course explores selected issues in the field of Peace, Conflict ands Justice. Topics may vary from year to year. Through a suite of recent readings, students will strive to critically examine implications and challenges of, and solutions to the issues being studied. Please visit the Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice website for current offering information. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ362H1 | Service Learning | Students are given a service learning placement in the GTA in partnership with local, national, or international not-for-profits or governmental organizations. Students work in teams of 2-7 students, and help partner organizations solve important problems. Student teams mostly work independently of the organization, while receiving some mentoring, critique, and advice from the organizations. Students are expected to invest 5-7 hours per week in course projects, in addition to class time. In this non-competitive course, students are asked to engage in deep personal reflection, help teammates, advise other teams, and contribute their skills and talents to their community partners. The course will emphasize how groups work to achieve community goals, how grassroots politics works, the power of social capital, and how these topics link to questions of conflict resolution, brokering peace, and achieving justice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, peace, capital, invest | SDG4,SDG9,SDG17 |
| PCJ444H1 | Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies | Topics vary annually. The objective of the course is to explore emerging issues in Peace and Conflict Studies. The focus of the course will be on a specific topic, rather than a broad survey of the field. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ460H1 | Advanced Topics in Peace, Conflict and Justice | This course explores selected issues in the field of Peace, Conflict and Justice. Topics may vary from year to year. Through a suite of recent readings, students will strive to critically examine implications and challenges of, and solutions to the issues being studied. Please visit the Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice website for current offering information. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ461H1 | Research Methods in Peace, Conflict and Justice | This course guides each student through their own individual research project, embedded in an interactive group learning process, in order to offer an applied introduction to research methods for peace, conflict and justice studies. Students work through the full research process, including: identifying a research question, learning how to conduct effective literature reviews, developing a rigorous research design, and applying quantitative and qualitative methods to answering questions. Rather than conducting research independently or studying research methods in isolation, the course combines the two: students learn collectively about the different steps in the research process while simultaneously applying those steps to their own research project. This is then complemented by presenting that research and discussing different research projects in class, so as to receive continuous feedback and be exposed to a variety of research methods and approaches. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ499H1 | Peace and Conflict Studies Independent Study Course | This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore topics not covered in the curriculum, or to develop a more detailed focus on topics covered. Approval of the program director is required. The student must obtain written agreement of the instructor who will supervise the independent study, submit the proposal to and obtain approval from the director and program administrator, who will then add the student to the course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Applications are due two weeks before course enrolment deadlines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCJ499Y1 | Peace and Conflict Studies Independent Study Course | This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore topics not covered in the curriculum, or to develop a more detailed focus on topics covered. Approval of the program director is required. The student must obtain written agreement of the instructor who will supervise the independent study, submit the proposal to and obtain approval from the director and program administrator, who will then add the student to the course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Applications are due two weeks before course enrolment deadlines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG16 |
| PCL200H1 | Drugs & the Brain | Lectures introduce students to prescribed and illicit drugs that affect the brain. Lectures cover drug pharmacology and explain how drugs alter mood, perception, cognition, and arousal by affecting different aspects of brain function. The societal impact of these prescribed and illicit drugs is also discussed. Note: This course is not intended for upper-year students who have already completed BCH210H1 or other exclusion courses. Upper-year Life Science students who are excluded and are interested in this content should look into PCL475H1 and/or PCL476H1 as the more appropriate choice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | illicit | SDG3 |
| PCL201H1 | Introduction to Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetic Principles | A general introduction to the principles of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics. Topics include chemical (drug) absorption, distribution, biotransformation, elimination; the calculation of dosages and pharmacokinetic parameters, variability in drug response, adverse drug reactions and special interest topics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS | SDG3 |
| PCL218H1 | Cannabis the Drug | There is a critical need for a breadth of understanding regarding its mechanism of action, pharmacological effects and its potential benefits and harms (short- and long-term). Students will gain a breadth of understanding in cannabis-related topics including pharmacology and toxicology, its role in mental health and addictions, medical use, drug policy and new drug development that stems from increased access to cannabis constituents. They will learn to differentiate myths and anecdotes from evidence-based knowledge. Going forward it is imperative that students spanning basic sciences through business, arts and engineering have a comprehensive understanding of these topics. PCL218H1 will give students for a variety of academic backgrounds a basic understanding of the health implications of cannabis which have broad implications for both our professional and personal lives. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, knowledge | SDG3 |
| PCL297H1 | Research Experience in Pharmacology & Toxicology | A formal opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop their skills within a research laboratory setting. Students will have a chance to become familiar and efficient at good lab practices, develop critical thinking and evaluation skills while applying their knowledge and developing trouble shooting skills to practical research questions. Students are required to participate in active research for the equivalent of a minimum of 60 hours of laboratory time. This course is Pass/Fail. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. NOTE: students are required to secure their own supervisor for the course. Permission of Faculty Supervisor and Department required. Additional student information resources and enrollment form for the course can be found on the Pharmacology & Toxicology website here: https://pharmtox.utoronto.ca/undergraduate-courses | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, labor | SDG3 |
| PCL362H1 | Introductory Toxicology | Toxicological problems encountered in animals and humans; biochemical mechanisms and clinical factors of toxicological significance; models of drug-related diseases. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | animal | SDG3 |
| PCL367H1 | Drug Development Pipeline I: In vitro | This course will provide a learning experience that simulates the process, techniques, analysis and evaluation methods used for early-stage in vitro drug development. Modules will build on the student’s fundamental knowledge and will simulate and illustrate the thought processes and techniques that are used during new drug development in academic research institutes, clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. Modules include target screening, cytotoxicity assays, transcriptional activation testing and metabolizing enzyme identification experiments. This experience will allow students to leverage their learned knowledge to improve their employability in this area, while honing their critical thinking and analytical skills. (Lab Materials Fee: $25) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, institut | SDG3 |
| PCL368H1 | Drug Development Pipeline II: In vivo | This course will provide a learning experience that parallels and simulates the process, protocols, methods and evaluation tools used for later-stage in vivo drug development. Modules will build on the student’s fundamental knowledge and simulate the thought processes and techniques used during drug development in research institutes, clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. Modules will include pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analyses and pharmacogenetic screening approaches in model systems and humans. This experience will allow students to leverage their learned skills and knowledge to improve their comprehension and employability in this area, while honing critical thinking and analytical skills. (Lab Materials Fee: $25) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, learning, institut | SDG3 |
| PCL386H1 | Pharmacology of Cancer Signaling | This course will expand on both classical and cutting edge pharmacological strategies proposed to mitigate the consequences of altered signal transduction in cancer. Students will have the opportunity to develop knowledge on these molecular events and how they can be targeted to improve clinical outcomes. Students will integrate lecture material with assigned readings and assignments. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG3 |
| PCL389H1 | Understanding the Role of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Society | This service learning course explores issues surrounding the effects that pharmaceuticals and chemicals have in society. Specifically, it integrates pharmacology and toxicology with social, health and political issues as they relate to drug abuse and addiction. Students are required to interact and work with community partners during the semester (approx. 20hrs). Classroom discussions will integrate community experiences with lecture material. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG3 |
| PCL402H1 | Pharmacology and Toxicology in Drug Development | This course provides the basic principles of drug development, with a primary focus on the application of fundamental principles of pharmacology and toxicology to the design of preclinical assays and early phase clinical trials. Students in the course will have the opportunity to engage in experiential learning in drug development projects for rare diseases. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG3 |
| PCL472Y1 | Project in Pharmacology | This course affords students an opportunity for hands-on research experience in a laboratory or applied pharmacology setting. Students will work under the supervision of a faculty member and will submit a final written report and oral presentation. Enrollment is limited to students in ASSPE2340/ASSPE2082 programs and requires permission from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. It is the student’s responsibility to secure a placement with an approved supervisor before the course begins (a list of potential supervisors will be provided by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology). Students will be registered in the course once their ballot form (obtained from the Department) is signed by an approved supervisor and approved by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Eligible students will be contacted by the Department during the Winter term, occurring prior to their final year of study (i.e. 3rd year of study for most), with details and instructions to apply. Students are expected to spend approximately 200 hours towards this project but this will be project/supervisor dependent. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG3 |
| PCL474Y1 | Project in Toxicology | This course affords students an opportunity for hands-on research experience in a laboratory or applied toxicology setting. Students will work under the supervision of a staff member and will submit a final written report and oral presentation. Enrollment is limited to students in ASSPE2340/ASSPE2573/ASSPE0605 programs and requires permission from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. It is the student’s responsibility to secure a placement with an approved supervisor before the course begins (a list of potential supervisors will be provided by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology). Students will be registered in the course once their ballot form (obtained from the Department) is signed by an approved supervisor and approved by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Eligible students will be contacted by the Department during the Winter term, occurring prior to their final year of study (i.e. 3rd year of study for most), with details and instructions to apply. Students are expected to spend approximately 200 hours towards this project but this will be project/supervisor dependent. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG3 |
| PCL477H1 | The DNA Damage Response in Pharmacology and Toxicology | Many anticancer drugs and environmental agents exert their cytotoxic effects through DNA damage. This course explores specific pharmacological and toxicological agents that damage DNA and discusses how mammalian cells respond to this DNA damage. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG3 |
| PCL482H1 | Biomedical Toxicology | This course explores several contemporary topics in biomedical toxicology with emphasis on how chemicals affect human health. Lectures cover principles of toxicology, the mechanisms of toxicity of a wide variety of toxic agents and the associated toxicities, methodologies used to examine chemical toxicities, risk assessment, and the applications of toxicology. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities | SDG3 |
| PCL483H1 | Interdisciplinary Toxicology | This course explores several contemporary topics in biomedical and environmental toxicology with emphasis on how chemicals affect human health. Lectures cover principles of toxicology, the mechanisms of toxicity of a wide variety of toxic agents and the associated toxicities, methodologies used to examine chemical toxicities, risk assessment, and the applications of toxicology. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, environmental | SDG3 |
| PDC220H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Maximizing Your Experience | This course is a mandatory component of the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) for students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program for Year 2, and students admitted for Year 2 must successfully complete this course and receive a passing grade to gain access to the ASIP job board. The course will provide an opportunity for students to prepare for and maximize their learning and personal development through ASIP. Topics may include: self-assessment – skills, values, interests; building a career and co-op plan; skills articulation – how to identify, articulate and apply skills gained through courses and other life experiences; personal marketing documents; guided self-reflection on barriers to employment; resources and toolkits to support access for all; and co-op student panels. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. Students who enrolled in the ASIP stream of their program in Year 3 should enrol in PDC230H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG8 |
| PDC221H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Essential Skills for ASIP Success | This course is a mandatory component of the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) for students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program for Year 2, and students admitted for Year 2 must successfully complete this course and receive a passing grade before starting their first work term. The course will help students prepare for their first work term and optimize their chances of success in the first recruitment cycle. Topics may include: ASIP guidelines and requirements, resume and cover letter tailoring, professionalism essentials, job search essentials, interview preparation, workplace rights, health and wellbeing while in ASIP, and accessibility and EDI considerations. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. Students who enrolled in the ASIP stream of their program in Year 3 should enrol in PDC231H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | wellbeing, accessib | SDG3,SDG8,SDG11 |
| PDC230H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Maximizing Your Experience | This course is a mandatory component of the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) for students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program for Year 3, and students admitted for Year 3 must successfully complete this course and receive a passing grade to gain access to the ASIP job board. The course will provide an opportunity for students to prepare for and maximize their learning and personal development through ASIP. Topics may include: self-assessment – skills, values, interests; building a career and co-op plan; skills articulation – how to identify, articulate and apply skills gained through courses and other life experiences; personal marketing documents; guided self-reflection on barriers to employment; resources and toolkits to support access for all; and co-op student panels. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. Students who enrolled in the ASIP stream of their program in Year 2 should enrol in PDC220H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, employment | SDG8 |
| PDC231H1 | Arts & Science Internship Program - Essential Skills for ASIP Success | This course is a mandatory component of the Arts & Science Internship Program (ASIP) for students admitted to the ASIP stream of their program for Year 3, and students admitted for Year 3 must successfully complete this course and receive a passing grade before starting their first work term. The course will help students prepare for their first work term and optimize their chances of success in the first recruitment cycle. Topics may include: ASIP guidelines and requirements, resume and cover letter tailoring, professionalism essentials, job search essentials, interview preparation, workplace rights, health and wellbeing while in ASIP, and accessibility and EDI considerations. This course does not carry credit weight and is evaluated as Credit/No Credit. No tuition fee is associated, however an ancillary fee will be assessed. Refer to the ASIP Fees & Financial Aid website for further details. Students who enrolled in the ASIP stream of their program in Year 2 should enrol in PDC221H1. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | wellbeing, accessib | SDG3,SDG8,SDG11 |
| PHC340Y1 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory | The scientific basis and practical techniques relevant to modern pharmaceutical development. This course is restricted to Pharmaceutical Chemistry Specialist program students. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor | SDG3 |
| PHC401H1 | Drug Transport across Biological Membranes | The goal of this course is to provide students with knowledge of the molecular processes involved in drug transport across biological cell membranes with emphasis on their physiological and clinical significance. This course is restricted to Pharmaceutical Chemistry Specialist program students. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG3 |
| PHC470H1 | Global Pharmaceutical Policy | This course is designed for students who are interested in the critical analysis of global health policy and the interrelationship between global and domestic policy issues. The course will introduce students generally to the basic concepts and issues in global health with a particular focus on pharmaceutical policy. We will address key issues in health and discuss core institutional and transnational actors, how governments in different jurisdictions manage public health responsibilities, the tension between economic imperatives and health objectives, global obligations, and pressure from special interest groups. More narrowly, we will analyze a breadth of complex policies questions. Examples include: the research and development global divide, policial issues influences on pharmaceutical policy, how global commitments, such as membership in the World Trade Organization, conflict with or correspond to domestic policy directions and national sovereignty. Guest speakers will lead some sessions. This course will consist of lectures, guest discussions, case studies and student-led presentations. This is restricted to students in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry specialist program. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, global health, trade, institut, sovereignty | SDG3,SDG16 |
| PHL199H1 | Ethics and Fiction | The goal of this seminar is to investigate selected ethical questions via works of fiction, considering how, and with what effect, fiction functions as an ethical medium. We will reflect on what fiction can teach us about pressing challenges of the human condition; themes to be discussed will vary from year to year, but may include choice and responsibility, freedom, friendship, empathy, integrity, and our relation to the divine and to death. Genres studied may range over novels, short stories, plays, and narrative poetry. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest | SDG9 |
| PHL243H1 | Philosophy of Human Sexuality | Philosophical issues about sex and sexual identity in the light of biological, psychological and ethical theories of sex and gender; the concept of gender; male and female sex roles; perverse sex; sexual liberation; love and sexuality. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, female | SDG5 |
| PHL244H5 | Human Nature | Theories of human nature, e.g., psychoanalysis, behaviourism, sociobiology. Current issues, e.g., egoism and altruism, instincts, I.Q., rationality, sanity and mental illness. | University of Toronto Mississauga | illness | SDG3 |
| PHL265H1 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | An introduction to central issues in political philosophy, e.g., political and social justice, liberty and the criteria of good government. The writings of contemporary political philosophers, as well as major figures in the history of philosophy, may be considered. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social justice | SDG16 |
| PHL269H1 | Philosophy of Race | What is the meaning of race? How does it affect political philosophy? Is there an ethics of race? These are some of the questions that will be covered in this course on the critical philosophy of race. Students will be introduced to problems concerning the metaphysics of race, race and political injustice, ethics and recognition, race and aesthetic critique, and others. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | injustice | SDG16 |
| PHL271H1 | Law and Morality | Justifications for the legal enforcement of morality; particular ethical issues arising out of the intersection of law and morality, such as punishment, freedom of expression and censorship, autonomy and paternalism, constitutional protection of human rights. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | human rights | SDG16 |
| PHL273H1 | Environmental Ethics | A study of environmental issues raising questions of concern to moral and political philosophers, such as property rights, responsibility for future generations, and the interaction of human beings with the rest of nature. Typical issues: sustainable development, alternative energy, the preservation of wilderness areas, animal rights. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, sustainable development, environmental, animal | SDG7,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PHL273H5 | Environmental Ethics | Environmental ethics is a relatively new development in philosophical thinking which focuses on the ethical and value questions arising from our relation to nature. Focal question of the area asks: Is the non-human world of ethical significance only insofar as it is connected with human well-being, or is ethically significant in itself? This course investigates and evaluates anthropocentrim, ecofeminism and radical biocentric theories of the deep ecologists. | University of Toronto Mississauga | well-being, feminis, invest, environmental, ecolog | SDG3,SDG5,SDG9,SDG13,SDG15 |
| PHL274H5 | Ethics and Society | The course explores ethical problems posed by social issues such as inequality, poverty, war, corporate responsibility, the treatment of animals, and social media, against the background of major ethical and political theories. | University of Toronto Mississauga | poverty, inequality, equalit, animal | SDG1,SDG10,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PHL276H1 | Philosophy of Sports | Sports play a complex role in contemporary society. They offer recreational participants a source of meaning in life and professional participants a livelihood. They inspire intense devotion from fans. They are a crucible for debates about fair play, medical enhancement, sex, gender, race, and sexuality. This course will explore the nature and ethics of sports. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| PHL281H1 | Bioethics | An introduction to the study of moral and legal problems in medical practice and in biomedical research; the development of health policy. Topics include: concepts of health and disease, patient rights, informed consent, allocation of scarce resources, euthanasia, abortion, genetic and reproductive technologies, human research, and mental health. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health | SDG3 |
| PHL295H1 | Business Ethics | Philosophical issues in ethics, social theory, and theories of human nature insofar as they bear on contemporary conduct of business. Issues include: Does business have moral responsibilities? Can social costs and benefits be calculated? Does modern business life determine human nature or the other way around? Do political ideas and institutions such as democracy have a role within business? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, democra | SDG16 |
| PHL329H1 | Topics in 20th Century Continental Philosophy | Selected topics and themes in continental philosophy of the 20th century, drawing on such approaches as hermeneutics, phenomenology, critical theory, structuralism, deconstruction, feminism, psychoanalysis, and post-colonial theory. Authors and texts will vary, but may include such authors as: Adorno, Arendt, Benjamin, Bloch, Deleuze, Derrida, Fanon, Foucault, Freud, Gadamer, Habermas, Heidegger, Irigaray, Kristeva, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis | SDG5 |
| PHL342H1 | Minds and Machines | An investigation of philosophical questions raised by contemporary cognitive science and artificial intelligence (AI). Possible topics to be addressed: whether machines could think and be conscious; the computational theory of mind; embodied cognition and the extended mind hypothesis; the “singularityâ€; and moral and political implications of machine learning research. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, invest | SDG4,SDG9 |
| PHL365H5 | Issues in Political Philosophy | A study of some of the best recent work by political philosophers on topics such as justice, rights, welfare and political authority. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | welfare | SDG1 |
| PHL367H1 | Philosophy of Feminism | Selected issues and topics in the philosophy of feminism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis | SDG5 |
| PHL367H5 | Issues in Philosophy and Feminism | This course will examine selected philosophical topics in feminism, such as multiculturalism and women's rights, feminist epistemologies, ethics of care, the intersection between sexism and other forms of oppression, pornography. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | women, feminis | SDG5 |
| PHL369H1 | Philosophy of Race, Gender, and Capitalism | How should our understanding of capitalism be shaped by the realities of racial domination and gender oppression? What are the different accounts of justice and injustice that would emerge from trying to think through these three phenomena together? Or are they really one phenomenon? This course will survey the complex philosophical debates, both historical and contemporary, concerning the specificities and interrelationships between race, gender, and capitalism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, capital, cities, injustice | SDG5,SDG9,SDG11,SDG16 |
| PHL370H1 | Issues in Philosophy of Law | Major issues in philosophy of law, such as legal positivism and its critics, law and liberalism, feminist critiques of law, punishment and responsibility. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis | SDG5 |
| PHL373H1 | Issues in Environmental Ethics | An intermediate-level examination of key issues in environmental philosophy, such as the ethics of animal welfare, duties to future generations, deep ecology, ecofeminism, sustainable development and international justice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | welfare, feminis, sustainable development, environmental, animal, ecolog | SDG1,SDG5,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PHL382H1 | Ethics: Death and Dying | An intermediate-level study of moral and legal problems, including the philosophical significance of death, the high-tech prolongation of life, definition and determination of death, suicide, active and passive euthanasia, the withholding of treatment, palliative care and the control of pain, living wills; recent judicial decisions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | judic | SDG16 |
| PHL383H1 | Ethics and Mental Health | An intermediate-level study of moral and legal problems, including the concepts of mental health and illness, mental competence, dangerousness and psychiatric confidentiality, mental institutionalization, involuntary treatment and behaviour control, controversial therapies; legal issues: the Mental Health Act, involuntary commitment, the insanity defence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, illness, institut | SDG3,SDG16 |
| PHL384H1 | Ethics, Genetics and Reproduction | An intermediate-level study of moral and legal problems, including the ontological and moral status of the human embryo and fetus; human newborn, carrier and prenatal genetic screening for genetic defect, genetic therapy; the reproductive technologies (e.g., artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization); recent legislative proposals and judicial decisions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production, judic | SDG12,SDG16 |
| PHL440H1 | Clinical Bioethics | Advanced study of topics in bioethics, taught in conjunction with clinical bioethicists associated with the health care organization partners of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care | SDG3 |
| PHL489Y5 | Socrates Project | The Socrates Project (PHL489Y) is a full-year course with 3 components. First, you will serve as a TA for a section of PHL103H/PHL113H during the Fall and Winter terms. During the Fall semester, you will attend two 1-hour PHL103H/PHL113H lectures each week, and teach one tutorial of 20-25 students, meeting with them for 1 hour each week. You will grade their papers, hold office hours, and meet with the relevant professor as needed. You will be paid for approximately 100 hours of work each semester, for a total of 200 hours, at the current hourly wage for CUPE Unit 1. The second component of the course is a seminar that meets once per week for 3 hours each time, during the fall term. Most of the seminar will be devoted to more in-depth study of the topics taken up in the PHL103H/PHL113H; but you will also discuss the methods and challenges of teaching philosophy-grading papers, prompting and guiding discussion, and so forth. Third, during the winter term you will write a seminar paper, on a topic of your choosing, under the supervision of a UTM Philosophy faculty member working in the relevant area. You will also present your work orally at an undergraduate research conference held jointly with the Socrates students from the St. George campus. Admittance to the Socrates Project is by application only. Instructions and the application form are available on the web at: http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/employment/cupe-3902-unit-1 | University of Toronto Mississauga | employment, wage | SDG8 |
| PHLB02H3 | Environmental Ethics | This course examines ethical issues raised by our actions and our policies for the environment. Do human beings stand in a moral relationship to the environment? Does the environment have moral value and do non-human animals have moral status? These fundamental questions underlie more specific contemporary issues such as sustainable development, alternative energy, and animal rights. | University of Toronto Scarborough | energy, sustainable development, environmental, animal | SDG7,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PHLB05H3 | Social Issues | An examination of contemporary or historical issues that force us to consider and articulate our values and commitments. The course will select issues from a range of possible topics, which may include globalization, medical ethics, war and terrorism, the role of government in a free society, equality and discrimination. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, equalit, terroris | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| PHLB07H3 | Ethics | What is the difference between right and wrong? What is 'the good life'? What is well-being? What is autonomy? These notions are central in ethical theory, law, bioethics, and in the popular imagination. In this course we will explore these concepts in greater depth, and then consider how our views about them shape our views about ethics. | University of Toronto Scarborough | well-being | SDG3 |
| PHLB13H3 | Philosophy and Feminism | What is feminism? What is a woman? Or a man? Are gender relations natural or inevitable? Why do gender relations exist in virtually every society? How do gender relations intersect with other social relations, such as economic class, culture, race, sexual orientation, etc.? | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, feminis | SDG5 |
| PHLB17H3 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | This course will introduce some important concepts of and thinkers in political philosophy from the history of political philosophy to the present. These may include Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G.W.F. Hegel, John Stuart Mill, or Karl Marx. Topics discussed may include political and social justice, liberty and the criteria of good government. | University of Toronto Scarborough | social justice | SDG16 |
| PHLC10H3 | Topics in Bioethics | An intermediate-level study of bioethical issues. This course will address particular issues in bioethics in detail. Topics will vary from year to year, but may include such topics as reproductive ethics, healthcare and global justice, ethics and mental health, the patient-physician relationship, or research on human subjects. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health, healthcare | SDG3 |
| PHLD09H3 | Advanced Seminar in Bioethics | This advanced seminar will delve deeply into an important topic in bioethics. The topics will vary from year to year. Possible topics include: a detailed study of sperm and ovum donation; human medical research in developing nations; informed consent; classification of mental illness. | University of Toronto Scarborough | illness | SDG3 |
| PHLD78H3 | Advanced Seminar in Political Philosophy | This advanced seminar will delve more deeply into an issue in political philosophy. Topics will vary from year to year, but some examples include: distributive justice, human rights, and the political morality of freedom. Students will be required to present material to the class at least once during the semester. | University of Toronto Scarborough | human rights | SDG16 |
| PHM101H1 | Pharmacotherapy 1: Foundations & General Medicine | This is the first of a series of courses taught over three years of the program which will provide the required knowledge and skills to effectively manage patients’ drug therapy. In addition to covering selected therapeutic topics, the course will integrate relevant pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics, selected pharmaceutics and principles of evidence-based pharmacotherapy. Principles of drug therapy in geriatrics, pediatrics and other special populations will be addressed. Various learning and teaching methodologies will be used including didactic teaching, small group case discussions, and in-depth discussions of cases in small case study seminar groups. This course will help students prepare for the Medication Therapy Management course and the other Pharmacotherapy courses. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| PHM105H1 | Medication Therapy Management 1 | Medication Therapy Management (MTM) involves a partnership between the patient, pharmacist, and other healthcare providers to promote safe and effective medication use so that desirable patient outcomes are attained. It is founded on the philosophy of Pharmaceutical Care, and may encompass an array of services, whereby the pharmacist employs a systematic patient-centered approach to define and achieve goals related to optimal pharmacotherapy. The MTM series of courses will be delivered longitudinally over three years of the undergraduate program, with MTM 1 being the first of the four-part course series. MTM 1 will allow students to begin to apply knowledge and develop skills needed to undertake MTM, with content drawn from co-requisite and pre-requisite courses. Lecture and laboratory sessions will be designed to facilitate guided, independent, and collaborative learning. A key element of MTM 1 is that students will have the opportunity to undertake the role of a pharmacist in a simulated community practice and will be responsible for various tasks such as conducting patient interviews, assessing the appropriateness of pharmacotherapy, providing medication-related patient education, actively participating in the medication-dispensing process, responding to drug information queries from patients and health care providers, documenting pharmacotherapeutic recommendations, and interpreting the pharmacist’s ethical and legal obligations within provincial and federal regulatory frameworks. This course will introduce and develop fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes intrinsic to the pharmacy student’s professional identity development; these attributes will be transferable to diverse practice settings, and prepare students for their first year early experiential rotation. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, healthcare, knowledge, learning, labor | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM110H1 | Health Systems | This course introduces pharmacy students to Canada’s health care system, including the structures, functions and the policies that underpin health care services. Students will learn about the roles and responsibilities of the key health care providers in a variety of health care settings. Students will gain insight into how and where pharmacy and medications fit within the larger system of care. Historical context will be used to explain why the health care system exists and critical reflection will be encouraged to explore how and why the system may be evolving, especially with respect to the roles that pharmacists and other professionals play within the system. The course provides an introduction to essential management, communication, leadership, and interprofessional skills that are required by health care professionals. Interprofessional collaboration is a key component to optimal patient care and an efficient health care system. Students will participate in small groups with other health professional students to explore team work, roles and team dynamics. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor | SDG3,SDG8 |
| PHM113H1 | Pharmacy Informatics | Pharmacy informatics introduces students to two core types of information: 1) patient-specific information created in the care of patients and 2) knowledge-based information, which includes the scientific literature of health care. Informatics also implies the use of technology in managing information and knowledge. Students will develop the introductory knowledge and skills to assume responsibility for identifying, accessing, retrieving, creating and exchanging relevant information to ensure safe and effective patient care throughout the medication use process. This course will utilize an innovative e-Resource and ample opportunity to develop skills in this emerging area. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM114H1 | Social & Behavioural Health | This course is composed of three components: 1) introduction to sociological theories and concepts that impact health and health care; 2) introduction to professionalism and ethics and 3) introduction to the ways in which individual psychology shapes and affects health and health care. Topics such as the social determinants of health and related ethical issues; the social construction of disease; and the exploration of when and why people seek health care services will be used to stimulate discussion about how social forces impact pharmacy practice. Codes of ethics and other ethical principles for guiding professional practice in pharmacy will be discussed through the analysis of ethics cases. Behaviouralist, cognitivist, developmentalist, and psychoanalytic theories will be used to help students understand the range of responses and behaviours individuals may demonstrate when dealing with health-related issues. Students will apply these theories to discussion of different patient education (counselling) approaches designed to optimize personal and health-related outcomes. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care | SDG3 |
| PHM130H1 | Pharmaceutical Calculations | As pharmacists, you are expected to integrate your knowledge and skills gained throughout the pharmacy curriculum to provide direct patient care. Pharmacy practice is calculations intensive and accuracy is critically important to safe and effective patient care. As medication therapy experts, patients and other health care providers value and depend on pharmacists’ expertise and accuracy in pharmaceutical calculations. Throughout the course, students will be required to complete pharmaceutical calculations with a focus on accuracy. A case based approach will be taken to familiarize students with real life examples of common calculations required to practice in community and hospital settings. The objective of this course is to prepare the student to apply knowledge and skills gained to other courses in the program, such as the early practice experience (EPE 1). | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM151H1 | Early Practice Experience 1 | This course is the first of two early experiential rotations. Students will undertake this first EPE-1 during the summer following Year 1 (sometime between May and August). Each student will actively participate in day-to-day services within a community pharmacy practice setting, thus enabling application of knowledge, skills and values introduced in faculty-based courses and simulated practice environments (laboratories). Required activities include prescription/medication order processing, patient education, drug information provision, medication history taking, and observation of/participation in patient safety processes in the practice setting. Students also need to demonstrate effective communication skills, professionalism and teamwork during the rotation. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM201H1 | Pharmacotherapy 2: Self-Care Perspectives and Pharmacotherapy | Self-care perspectives and pharmacotherapy is the second in a series of Pharmacotherapy courses taught over three years. In addition to covering selected therapeutic topics relating to self-care, (primarily dermatology and EENT) the course will address principles of drug therapy in the practice context of self-care in which pharmacists work unsupervised as the primary health professional contact. It will build and enhance students’ knowledge and skills in the management of minor, self-limiting and self-diagnosed ailments, which is within the scope of practice for pharmacists. Special contextual issues relating to the pharmacist’s role in self-care, particularly communicating with patients; and the pharmacist’s responsibility in accurately assessing and triaging patients, developing care plans and monitoring for this patient population, including special populations of concern. Issues of preventing drug therapy problems related to patient self-selection will be part of patient safety concerns. This course will build on content and skills from PHM101H1 and PHM105H1. The course will be aligned to the other Pharmacotherapy modules and will provide the required knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to effectively manage patients’ drug therapy in incorporating relevant schema recognition, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutics and evidence-based authoritative sources of best practice pharmacotherapy. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| PHM203H1 | Pharmacotherapy 4: Infectious Diseases | This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge in pathobiology, pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, clinical pharmacokinetics and relevant pharmaceutics required to be a practitioner in infectious diseases therapeutics. The course will be taught using a variety of techniques including on-line lectures, case-based learning and small interactive group learning. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| PHM204H1 | Pharmacotherapy 5: Cardiovascular Diseases | This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge in pathobiology, pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, and clinical pharmacokinetics required to be a practitioner in cardiovascular therapeutics. The course will be taught using a variety of techniques including lectures and team-based learning. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| PHM205H1 | Medication Therapy Management 2 | This Medication Therapy Management (MTM) course is the second of the four-part series of simulated pharmacy practice courses. MTM 2 will enable a student to continue to apply knowledge and develop skills needed by a pharmacist to provide patient care, using a systematic patient-care process to define and achieve the goals of optimizing safe, effective pharmacotherapy. MTM 2 course content is drawn from relevant co- and pre-requisite courses. Lectures and simulated practice sessions are designed to facilitate independent and collaborative learning that will be transferrable to diverse practice settings and prepare a student for early experiential learning. Students will be responsible to perform and document a comprehensive patient assessment to identify, resolve and prevent drug therapy problems, and educate patients on the appropriate use of medications. Students will be required to assess a patient’s health status; integrate relevant information to recommend appropriate therapy, determine efficacy and safety endpoints for monitoring therapy, document a care plan, and appropriate follow-up parameters with patients to evaluate their response to therapy, in a simulated practice environment. Students will also actively participate in the medication dispensing process, prepare extemporaneously compounded pharmaceutical products and interpret the pharmacist’s professional, ethical and legal obligation within provincial and federal frameworks. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM206H1 | Medication Therapy Management 3 | Medication Therapy Management 3 (MTM 3) is the third of a four-part series of simulated pharmacy practice courses that is delivered longitudinally over three years of the undergraduate program. MTM 3 builds on the skills developed in MTM 1 and MTM 2, focusing on more comprehensive, integrated patient centred care. MTM is founded on the philosophy of Pharmaceutical Care and involves a partnership between the patient, pharmacist, and other health care providers to promote safe and effective medication use to achieve desirable patient outcomes. MTM 3 provides students learning opportunities to apply and integrate materials learned through all courses in the curriculum to date, using simulated practice-based interactions to enhance their patient-care skills. Lectures will provide foundational material and skills which will be applied in the simulated interactions. Simulated interactions will focus on developing effective patient-centered management of multidimensional drug-therapy anchored in a professional context, in preparation for the student’s second year practice experiential course. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM212H1 | Research Methods for Pharmacy | Pharmacists are required to apply research evidence in practice. As health care providers, pharmacists discern and translate both the quality and relevance of health information with the goal of optimizing patient outcomes. This course introduces students to clinical trial designs typically used in health care. The course will explore core principles in experimental and non-experimental research designs. The focus will be on randomized controlled trials as they are the primary method of generating evidence for therapeutic interventions. Students will learn how various research approaches are selected, designed, executed, analyzed, published and applied (including critical appraisal). The course covers a broad range of research topics at the introductory to intermediate level. Students will develop foundational knowledge and skills in research methods, statistics and ethics that will be applied in pharmacotherapy modules. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM213H1 | Health Economics & Pharmacoeconomics | This course surveys the economic aspects of the pharmaceutical sector. The course will use the methods of economic analysis to investigate how markets allocate resources, when they work well and the role for government when they do not work well. Specific topics include the economics of the development of new drugs; economic aspects of drug insurance, economic appraisal of new drugs (“pharmacoeconomicsâ€); and economic models of the pharmacist labour market. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | labour, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| PHM215H1 | Management: Skills, Communication & Collaboration | Management skills and related communication and collaboration skills are essential for success in any field of pharmacy practice. This course will provide students with an introduction to basic concepts in management, communication and collaboration with other health and business professionals, and will culminate with the development of a business plan that enables students to apply knowledge and skills. This course is also designed to give students a broad overview in collaborative leadership theory so that they are better prepared to work effectively in their chosen field. Students will learn how pharmacy practice in different settings has evolved from 1985 to 2000 to 2015 as well as how practice may evolve in the future. In doing so students will develop a greater appreciation of the skills required to deliver effective patient care-focused services. Overall, the aim of this course is to equip students with the ability to apply their clinical, pharmaceutical and management skills to provide high quality services that are patient focused and demonstrate value for money. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM230H1 | Physical Assessment & Injection Techniques | This course will provide an introduction to physical assessment of patients. Students will engage in lectures, on-line activities, and skills practice in a laboratory setting. This course includes a module pertaining to the administration of substances by injection that allows students to meet the competencies required by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Ontario College of Pharmacists. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | public health, labor | SDG3,SDG8 |
| PHM241H1 | Topics in Pharmaceutical Quality & Clinical Laboratory Medicine | This course will provide an introduction to pharmaceutical analysis and discuss the importance of assuring the pharmaceutical quality of medicinal products with an emphasis on establishment of quality control assays and specifications, bioequivalence testing of generic drugs, special considerations for biopharmaceutical products, and the regulatory process in Canada. In addition, the course will discuss the application of analytic techniques in clinical laboratory medicine with a focus on commonly used tests to monitor patient health and the therapeutic use of drugs, including tests for personalized drug therapy. The course includes a laboratory component which will present drug formulation and related quality control issues. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | labor | SDG8 |
| PHM251H1 | Early Practice Experience 2 | This course is the second of two early experiential rotations. Students will undertake EPE-2 during the summer following Year 2 (sometime between May and August). Each student will actively participate in day-to-day services within an institutional pharmacy practice setting, thus enabling application of knowledge, skills and values introduced in faculty-based courses and simulated practice environments (laboratories). Required activities include prescription/medication order processing, patient education, drug information provision, medication history taking, and observation of/participation in patient safety processes in the practice setting. Students also need to demonstrate effective communication skills, professionalism and teamwork during the rotation. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, labor, institut | SDG4,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM302H1 | Pharmacotherapy 7: Neuropsychiatry | This course is designed to provide pharmacy students with the knowledge in pathobiology, pharmacology, pharmacotherapy and clinical pharmacokinetics required to be a practitioner in neuropsychiatric therapeutics. The course may be taught using a variety of techniques including on-line lectures, case-based learning and small interactive group learning. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| PHM305H1 | Medication Therapy Management 4 | Medication Therapy Management 4 (MTM 4) is the final course in a four-part course series that is delivered longitudinally over three years of the undergraduate program. MTM 4 builds on the skills developed in previous MTM courses, offering students opportunities to apply and integrate materials learned through all courses in the curriculum to date. This course focuses on the development of skills required for Expanded Scope of Practice (renewing, modifying and initiating pharmacotherapy) and specifically medication reconciliation. Lectures and applied Simulated Practice Sessions emphasize the pharmacists’ role and responsibilities as a communicator, care provider, collaborator and advocate, to prepare students for their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience rotations. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | labor, reconciliation | SDG8,SDG10 |
| PHM310H1 | Pharm. Modern Hlth Care System | This course will take an issues-oriented, critical-thinking approach to the healthcare system, with a particular emphasis on pharmacy practice. The course will build on the material from PHM110H1, PHM114H1 and PHM215H1, and will allow a deeper look into areas such as quality and patient safety, e-health technology and the health care needs of diverse populations, including Indigenous peoples. Students will also have an opportunity to explore the role of interprofessional collaboration in health care delivery. Week by week students will examine issues with drug supply and access, pharmacy practice reform, expanded services, collaborative care and reimbursement models, and the interconnectivity of the disparate parts of the health care system. By participating in class discussions, reading course reference materials and completing assignments, students will learn to identify and analyze current and emerging health system issues. In the course of doing so, they will also become aware of, understand and appreciate: factors internal and external to pharmacy and medication use that drive change in practice current strategies for evaluating and improving health care and pharmacy practice the role of interprofessional collaboration in the delivery of healthcare emerging roles and opportunities in pharmacy. This course will help students complement their thinking about medications, individual patients, and the clinical encounter with an orientation to the healthcare system as a whole: how it functions, what are some of its key issues, and how do we tackle them. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, healthcare, labor, indigenous | SDG3,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| PHM320H1 | Global Pharmacy Policy | This course is designed for students who are curious to learn about pharmaceutical public policy at the global level and also to explore the interrelationship between global and domestic health public policy issues, particularly those related to political economy and the governance of the pharmaceutical system. There are no prerequisites required but students are strongly recommended to have taken at least one social science or public health course given the ample reading and research requirements. Particular emphasis will be placed on how governments in different jurisdictions manage their public health responsibilities, particularly in terms of providing access to essential medicines and human development objectives, the tension between economic and health objectives, global trade obligations and their impact on access to medicines, and how pressure from special interest groups are relevant to pharmaceutical policy. Corruption issues will also be addressed. This course encourages a large amount of student participation through group work, discussion, presentations, and debate. Accordingly, students will need to keep up with the weekly readings in order to ensure that they are prepared for the class. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | public health, trade, governance, corrupt | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| PHM322H1 | Patient/Medication Safety | This course will look at patient safety and the potential for medication incidents from two aspects: (1) the medication-use system (e.g., prescribing, order entry, dispensing, administration, and monitoring of drug therapy); and (2) professional practice (e.g., preventable adverse drug events). It will build on topics previously covered in the curriculum, as well as additional materials related to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, and the concept of continuous quality improvement in pharmacy practice. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PHM325H1 | Indigenous Issues in Health & Healing | This course examines the many issues surrounding the health of Indigenous people living in Canada. During the 13 weeks of class, students will come to understand the present day health issues of Indigenous peoples from the perspective of their historical and political context and the effects of health care policy. The many highly qualified speakers from the Indigenous community and its focus on health and the healing process make this course unique in the university. Optional, but strongly recommended, field trips include a “medicine walk†on the Six Nations reserve in which students will be able to see firsthand the source of some of the herbal preparations that are used in healing, and a purification (sweat) lodge ceremony outside the city. The course is enriched by its association between students of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and the Indigenous Studies program in the Faculty of Arts, and Science, many of whom are of Indigenous origin. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, health issues, indigenous | SDG3,SDG10,SDG16 |
| PHM330H1 | Preparation for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience | The Preparation for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) course is designed to strengthen and integrate students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in preparation for, and make the transition to, APPE rotations. This course, via lectures, workshops, case-based role play activities and related assignments and assessments, will enable students to review, build on, consolidate and apply previous knowledge, skills and behaviours acquired throughout the curriculum in academic courses and in earlier experiential rotations in the areas of patient care provision, communication, collaboration, management, advocacy, scholarship, and professionalism. (CanMEDS, 2005, AFPC, 2010). The goal of this course is to engender students’ practical skills and strategies to help prepare them for the role of advanced pharmacy practice students. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, gender, labor, transit | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG11 |
| PHM350H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Ambulatory Care | Ambulatory care pharmacists are accountable for addressing drug therapy needs and developing sustained partnerships with patients in an outpatient environment. They practice in primary care, family health teams, community pharmacies and specialty clinics. This practice can be independent or in a collaboration with other health care providers. Ambulatory care pharmacists require the knowledge and skills to triage, prescribe, administer and monitor medication therapies. They provide pharmaceutical care to patients with a variety of medical conditions and levels of acuity. This course will provide students with the knowledge, skills, and values to be a contemporary ambulatory care practitioner with an emphasis on ambulatory care sensitive conditions, preventative care, minor ailments and natural health products. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge, labor | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM351H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Institutional Care | Institutional pharmacists are accountable for addressing drug therapy needs with patients in an inpatient environment. Students will learn to apply therapeutics that are commonly seen when caring for a hospitalized patient. Some of the topics included are: IV therapeutics (fluid and electrolytes), acute pain management, VTE prophylaxis, diabetic ketoacidosis and in-hospital management of diabetes, perioperative medication management. Topics may include a brief introduction to critical care and some aspects of emergency medicine. Aspects of patient and medication safety will be integrated into the course. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PHM352H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Older Adults | Growth in the proportion of the population over age 65 is expected to place significant demands on the health care system. Pharmacists must be prepared to manage the pharmacotherapy of older patients in order to achieve optimal individual and health system outcomes. This 26-hour selective course will prepare students for their future roles in geriatric practice through the development of specific competencies in the knowledge and application of pharmaceutical care for older adults. This course will cover demographics, biology and pathophysiology of aging, socioeconomics, ethical issues, and beliefs and barriers regarding health care and medication use in older individuals. Communication issues, unique needs of caring for seniors, and barriers to medication taking will also be addressed. Specific pharmacotherapy of conditions prevalent in the elderly, including movement disorders, dementia, urinary incontinence, and specific drug-induced illnesses and adverse events will be covered. This course will rely on both didactic and case-based discussions to demonstrate and enable students to develop skills integral to patient assessment and optimizing drug therapy in the older adult with complicated diseases and medication history. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | socioeconomic, health care, illness, knowledge | SDG1,SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM353H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Critical Care | This course is designed to expose students to hospital-based clinical pharmacy practice, with a focus on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Various topics that encompass commonly encountered clinical conditions of patients in the ICU will be discussed, with an emphasis on the role of pharmacotherapy. Students will also be introduced to the role of multidisciplinary team members integral to the ICU including the respiratory therapist, nurse, ethicist and intensivist (pending availability). The course will be taught using traditional classroom lectures, case-based discussions, small-group learning projects, and self-directed learning. Student participation both within the classroom and online, and in group work assignments is expected. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| PHM354H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Pediatrics | This course builds on general knowledge and skills gained in the first three years of pharmacotherapy courses. It allows students to gain the fundamental pharmacotherapeutic knowledge and practice skills to care for patients from the neonatal period to the adolescent years. In addition to covering evidence-based pharmacotherapy of several pediatric conditions, the course integrates relevant normal development and physiology (fetal, neonatal, infant, child and adolescent), pathophysiology, clinical pharmacokinetics, medication safety, poison prevention, and patient (through the ages) and caregiver education. Each week the course will consist of two hours of lectures and group case discussions primarily presented by pediatric clinicians from Sick Kids Hospital. The course allows students to effectively manage pediatric patients’ medication therapy in selected pediatric conditions, prepares the student for pediatric direct patient care (DPC) and non-direct patient care (NDPC) rotations, and encourages a career in pediatric pharmacy practice. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| PHM355H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Women's Health | Medications used in the care of Canadian women are amongst the most commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals. This course is designed to allow the student to obtain fundamental pharmacotherapeutic knowledge of medications used from menarche to menopause. This course will encourage students to develop a practice that provides quality care to women. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, women | SDG4,SDG5 |
| PHM360H1 | Personalized Medicine | This course builds upon fundamental pharmacokinetic concepts taught in the first and second years in order to understand, describe and predict the sources of intra- and inter-individual variability in drug disposition and response in different patient population groups. The course is designed for students to understand the underlying basic principles used to individualize drug and dosage regimens for patients based on genetic, physiological and environmental factors. Critical evaluation of evidence and review of current guidelines for dose or drug adjustments based on genetic factors and the potential for drugdiet, drug-drug or drug-disease interactions will be covered. Recent advances in pharmacogenomics and targeted drug therapy will also be covered. The format of the course to address these issues will be student presentations and in-class discussion of specific questions that are designed to illustrate these points. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| PHM370H1 | Community Pharmacy Management | A comprehensive program outlining the issues and topics which are critical in the successful operation of a community pharmacy practice including: selection of organizational structures, demographic review, financial analysis, business plan development, purchasing and financing a community pharmacy, operational workflow, financial management, risk management and insurance, inventory purchasing procedures and inventory management, pricing decisions, marketing strategy, advertising, sales promotion and salesmanship, ethics, security and general business policies. Building on the basic principles taught in PHM215H1, this course expands into a case based learning application of business administration which offer students exposure to Finance, Operations, Organizational Behaviour, Innovation and General Management as applied to the field of Pharmacy and Healthcare. The cases will provide students with the opportunity to develop skills for effective analysis, evaluation and problem-solving. To do this, students will learn about basic analytical tools (e.g., projections, break-evens, communication, organization theory) and will then be required to apply these tools using case methodology. Students will be given the opportunity to practice decision-making with imperfect information under time constraints and develop business writing skills. Preparation of a detailed business plan will also be a mandatory component for this course. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | healthcare, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM371H1 | Institutional Pharmacy Practice Management | This course builds on the principles taught in PHM215H1 Management: Skills, Communication and Collaboration with specific application to an institutional setting. By means of lectures and case discussions, students will gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are required to successfully practice in a hospital environment. A focus of the course will be on critical thinking, problem solving and project management. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, labor, institut | SDG4,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM383H1 | Antimicrobial Stewardship | Antimicrobial Stewardship is an inter-disciplinary, multi-faceted approach to optimize antimicrobial use. While the ultimate goal of Antimicrobial Stewardship is to improve patient outcome, appropriate and effective use of antimicrobials is an important component to control antimicrobial resistance, minimize unintended consequences such as C. difficile infections, and to contain health care costs. As of 2013, presence of an active Antimicrobial Stewardship Program has been made a Required Operating Practice for acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities by Accreditation Canada. This course expands and deepens knowledge gained from the Year 2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy and Microbiology courses, with an emphasis on clinical application within the antimicrobial stewardship context. It will introduce students to the principles of antimicrobial stewardship to facilitate rational selection of antimicrobial regimens; stewardship interventions; quality improvement methods; as well as program development, implementation and evaluation. The course culminates to a team proposal presentation for an antimicrobial stewardship program based on a fictitious institution’s profile. Each team is tasked with convincing a panel of judges, who in practice are antimicrobial stewardship clinicians or program executives, to support their proposed program. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge, institut | SDG3,SDG4,SDG16 |
| PHM384H1 | Teaching & Learning | The educator role for pharmacists is broad and involves diverse roles, including teaching patients, designing and delivering continuing education, mentoring/precepting students, and educating other care professionals in small and large group settings. In order to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to fulfill this mandate, a course in educational theories and methods is important. Material from this course will be applied in a practical sense to pharmacy practice courses and experiential learning activities. Specific topics to be covered in the course will include: development of behavioural learning objectives, learning theories, teaching techniques for various audiences, assessment tools, methods, and techniques and educational practice as a professional. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| PHM385H1 | Diabetes Care | This course provides many of the theoretical and practical aspects of diabetes management needed in providing comprehensive diabetes care. The goals and objectives of the course are modeled on the requirements for the Certified Diabetes Educator Exam and will provide much of the background needed in preparation for writing this exam. Topics covered in the course include (but are not limited to): review of the diabetes disease processes, nutrition and exercise management of diabetes, self-care strategies and strategies to reduce the risk of complications due to diabetes, management of hypo- and hyperglycemia, appropriate blood glucose monitoring, management of diabetes in special situations such as diabetes in pregnancy, in children, adolescents and the elderly, and management of complex patients. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | nutrition | SDG2 |
| PHM386H1 | Mental Health & Addictions | This course is designed to provide students interested in mental health and addictions with a broader knowledge base in the field. It will introduce students to the mental health and addiction system in Canada, the role of stigma in accessing and providing care, the role of psychotherapy and the evidence base for specific modalities, including cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), mindfulness therapy, and motivational interviewing. The course will also address issues such as medication adherence and mental health first aid. Students will also be taught how to use validated scales to assess for psychotropic-induced movement disorders. The course will introduce additional mental health disorders/issues, not covered in PHM302H1 including psychotropic medication use in pregnancy and lactation and child and adolescent psychiatry. It will also cover key substance use disorders/issues in more depth than was possible in PHM302H1, including harm reduction principles, cannabis use (recreational and medicinal), recreational drugs and anabolic steroids. The course will be taught using a variety of techniques including didactic lectures, observed patient interviews (video-simulation), case-based learning and interactive group learning. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | mental health, mindfulness, knowledge, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM387H1 | Global Health | Global Health is defined as an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide by reducing avoidable diseases, disabilities, and deaths. This elective will introduce students to selected foundational competencies in global health education such as the global burden of disease, social and economic determinants of health, the globalization of health and healthcare, global health governance, human rights and equity. Students will discuss practical and ethical challenges in delivering care in low-resource settings, describe tools and strategies to address the needs of specific vulnerable populations and examine cultural awareness and its importance in caring for diverse vulnerable populations. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | global health, healthcare, disabilit, health education, equity, globaliz, equit, vulnerable population, governance, human rights | SDG3,SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| PHM388H1 | PCT for Minor Ailments | The management of minor, self-limiting and self-diagnosed ailments such as rashes, cold sores and hay fever is within the scope of practice for pharmacists. This course is designed to build and enhance students’ knowledge and skills necessary for contemporary and future pharmacy practice in the area of self-care and minor ailments. This course will cover the management of conditions not covered in other courses and will provide the students’ with a comprehensive understanding of non-prescription and prescription therapeutics as they relate to patient self-medication and minor ailments. Emphasis will be placed on the role and responsibility of the pharmacist in accurately assessing and triaging patients, determining the appropriate use of non-prescription and prescription drugs, by determining when to follow-up, refer, and how to document the patient’s care. The student will be equipped with the clinical skills, confidence, and tools needed to gather and convey reliable minor ailment information to patients and healthcare providers in an effort to effectively and confidently assess and treat patients. With this knowledge and a structured framework for conducting a minor ailments assessment, students will be able to help patients make appropriate decisions and achieve optimal outcomes from their selected, evidence-based therapy. The main course material will be presented as case-based didactic lectures; student participation in class discussions and interactive classroom activities will be expected. There will be an opportunity for application of the concepts discussed in lectures via simulated patient counselling activities, case-based group learning, and self-directed activities. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | healthcare, knowledge, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM400H1 | Transition to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience | The Transition to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) course is designed to strengthen and integrate students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in preparation for, and make the transition to, APPE rotations. This course, via lectures, workshops, case-based role play activities and related assignments and assessments, will enable students to review, build on, consolidate and apply previous knowledge, skills and behaviours acquired throughout the curriculum in academic courses and in earlier experiential rotations in the areas of patient care provision, communication, collaboration, management, advocacy, scholarship, and professionalism. (CanMEDS, 2005, AFPC, 2010). The goal of this course is to engender students’ practical skills and strategies to help prepare them for the role of advanced pharmacy practice students. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, gender, labor, transit | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG11 |
| PHM401H1 | Institutional Practice Direct Patient Care 1 | All students will be required to complete two 5-week institutional rotations. At least five weeks will be in an adult in-patient service; the other five weeks may be in any area of the institution (including ambulatory clinics and pediatric populations). These rotations will ideally occur within academic health care institutions. The emphasis for all direct patient care rotations is for the student to be immersed in the responsibility of providing pharmaceutical care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, direct patient care activities including: patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems, development of care plans that address desired patient outcomes, and patient monitoring including physical and laboratory assessment, and where feasible, carry out a follow-up evaluation and appropriate documentation. Students will communicate effectively with patients and care givers to monitor patient parameters, determine and assess target outcomes, and provide education. Students will work closely with members of the health care team in providing collaborative care, engaging in regular communication and documenting their assessment of patients’ medication related needs and recommendations to address those needs. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor, institut | SDG3,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM402H1 | Institutional Practice Direct Patient Care 2 | All students will be required to complete two 5-week institutional rotations. At least five weeks will be in an adult in-patient service; the other five weeks may be in any area of the institution (including ambulatory clinics and pediatric populations). These rotations will ideally occur within academic health care institutions. The emphasis for all direct patient care rotations is for the student to be immersed in the responsibility of providing pharmaceutical care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, direct patient care activities including: patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems, development of care plans that address desired patient outcomes, and patient monitoring including physical and laboratory assessment, and where feasible, carry out a follow-up evaluation and appropriate documentation. Students will communicate effectively with patients and care givers to monitor patient parameters, determine and assess target outcomes, and provide education. Students will work closely with members of the health care team in providing collaborative care, engaging in regular communication and documenting their assessment of patients’ medication related needs and recommendations to address those needs. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor, institut | SDG3,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM414Y1 | Community Practice Direct Patient Care | All students will be required to complete a 10-week rotation in a community pharmacy setting. This type of rotation will ideally be held at an academic community pharmacy, with an emphasis on the provision of pharmaceutical care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, direct patient care activities including: patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems, development of care plans that address desired patient outcomes, patient monitoring including physical and laboratory assessment, and carry out a follow-up evaluation and appropriate documentation. Students will educate and communicate effectively with patients and other health care providers, thereby providing medication therapy management, promoting health and wellness, and ensuring patient safety. The collaboration with other health care disciplines and acting as a member of a patient care team will be vital in providing optimum patient care. Students will manage safe and effective drug distribution under the guidance and supervision of the pharmacist as appropriate, and will participate in the full scope of pharmacy practice. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor | SDG3,SDG8 |
| PHM424H1 | Selective Direct Patient Care | These rotations will occur in sites serving a variety of health care needs, including, for example, acute care, rehabilitation, pediatric, geriatric, chronic care and specialty populations. Care may be provided in an institution, family health team, community pharmacy, ambulatory clinic or other types of patient care practices, with an emphasis on the provision of pharmaceutical care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, direct patient care activities including: patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems, development of care plans that address desired patient outcomes, and patient monitoring including physical and laboratory assessment, and where feasible, carry out a follow- up evaluation and appropriate documentation. Students will communicate regularly with patients and care givers to monitor patient parameters, determine and assess target outcomes, and provide education. Students will work closely with members of the health care team in providing collaborative care, engaging in regular communication and documenting their assessment of patients’ medication related needs and recommendations to address those needs. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor, institut | SDG3,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM451H1 | Elective Direct Patient Care 1 | These rotations will occur in sites serving a variety of health care needs, including, for example, acute care, rehabilitation, pediatric, geriatric, chronic care and specialty populations. Care may be provided in an institution, family health team, community pharmacy, ambulatory clinic or other types of patient care practices, with an emphasis on the provision of pharmaceutical care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, direct patient care activities including: patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems, development of care plans that address desired patient outcomes, and patient monitoring including physical and laboratory assessment, and where feasible, carry out a follow- up evaluation and appropriate documentation. Students will communicate regularly with patients and care givers to monitor patient parameters, determine and assess target outcomes, and provide education. Students will work closely with members of the health care team in providing collaborative care, engaging in regular communication and documenting their assessment of patients’ medication related needs and recommendations to address those needs. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor, institut | SDG3,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM452H1 | Elective Direct Patient Care 2 | These rotations will occur in sites serving a variety of health care needs, including, for example, acute care, rehabilitation, pediatric, geriatric, chronic care and specialty populations. Care may be provided in an institution, family health team, community pharmacy, ambulatory clinic or other types of patient care practices, with an emphasis on the provision of pharmaceutical care. Students will participate in, and take responsibility for, direct patient care activities including: patient assessment to identify and prioritize drug therapy problems, development of care plans that address desired patient outcomes, and patient monitoring including physical and laboratory assessment, and where feasible, carry out a follow- up evaluation and appropriate documentation. Students will communicate regularly with patients and care givers to monitor patient parameters, determine and assess target outcomes, and provide education. Students will work closely with members of the health care team in providing collaborative care, engaging in regular communication and documenting their assessment of patients’ medication related needs and recommendations to address those needs. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, labor, institut | SDG3,SDG8,SDG16 |
| PHM461H1 | Elective Non Direct Patient Care 1 | These 5-week elective rotations are designed for the student to gain insight into the structure and functions of various areas of pharmacy practice and/or the health care system, which may require a diversity of knowledge or skills (e.g., pharmacy administration, policy development, drug utilization review, research, etc.). Such rotations enable students to gain awareness of a variety of roles for pharmacists and enhance the student’s understanding of the broader scope within which pharmacists work. The rotation will build on the knowledge, skills and behaviours acquired in earlier academic courses and other experiential rotations. The specific focus of the student’s activities and rotation-specific learning objectives will be determined through a collaborative discussion between the preceptor and student, taking into account the needs of the site and student interest. Each student may complete a maximum of two 5-week NDPC rotations. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge, learning, labor | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM462H1 | Elective Non Direct Patient Care 2 | These 5-week elective rotations are designed for the student to gain insight into the structure and functions of various areas of pharmacy practice and/or the health care system, which may require a diversity of knowledge or skills (e.g., pharmacy administration, policy development, drug utilization review, research, etc.). Such rotations enable students to gain awareness of a variety of roles for pharmacists and enhance the student’s understanding of the broader scope within which pharmacists work. The rotation will build on the knowledge, skills and behaviours acquired in earlier academic courses and other experiential rotations. The specific focus of the student’s activities and rotation-specific learning objectives will be determined through a collaborative discussion between the preceptor and student, taking into account the needs of the site and student interest. Each student may complete a maximum of two 5-week NDPC rotations. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge, learning, labor | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| PHM551H1 | Pharmacotherapy in Institutional Care | Please refer to PHM351H1 Pharmacotherapy in Institutional Care | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PHM587H1 | Global Health | Please refer to PHM387H1 Global Health | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | global health | SDG3 |
| PHM651H1 | Contemporary Topics in Infectious Diseases | This course is designed to advance the student’s knowledge and skills in the management of infectious diseases through a focus on selected infection syndromes and their management. The course will be case- based with topics representing commonly encountered infections allowing the student to further develop their pharmacotherapy knowledge to be able to manage complex patients. Students will demonstrate their pharmaceutical care skills as they progress through the course. All material will be delivered on- line with opportunities for the student to pose questions for additional learning to an expert in the field. Each lesson will incorporate active learning activities for the students to complete in order to facilitate knowledge and skill development. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | knowledge, learning | SDG4 |
| PHM751H1 | Direct Patient Care Rot. I | Students will have the ability to select from a variety of DPC rotations, including different specialties in institutional and community settings. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PHM752H1 | Direct Patient Care Rot. II | Students will have the ability to select from a variety of DPC rotations, including different specialties in institutional and community settings. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PHM753H1 | Direct Patient Care Rot. III | Students will have the ability to select from a variety of DPC rotations, including different specialties in institutional and community settings. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PHM761H1 | Elective Rotation I | The rotation is designed to allow student to acquire insight into the structure and functions of various areas of pharmacy practice or the health care system, which may require different knowledge or skills (e.g. pharmacy administration, policy development, drug utilization review, research, etc.). The rotations build on knowledge, skills, and behaviours acquired in earlier academic courses and experiential rotations. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHM762H1 | Elective Rotation II | The rotation is designed to allow student to acquire insight into the structure and functions of various areas of pharmacy practice or the health care system, which may require different knowledge or skills (e.g. pharmacy administration, policy development, drug utilization review, research, etc.). The rotations build on knowledge, skills, and behaviours acquired in earlier academic courses and experiential rotations. | Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of | health care, knowledge | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PHS100H1 | Discovering Global Health | This course introduces students to basic public health-related concepts, significant aspects of the historical development of global health, and a selection of topics illustrating the broad and evolving nature of this field. In addition, it helps students explore the contributions that various disciplines/fields offer to global health. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, global health | SDG3 |
| PHY100H1 | The Magic of Physics | This course provides a survey of Physics, including both Classical and Modern Physics. It is designed for non-scientists, and assumes no background in either science or mathematics. The approach to the course is broad rather than deep. We will concentrate on the concepts underlying such fascinating topics as planetary motion, chaos, the nature of light, time travel, black holes, matter waves, Schrodinger's cat, quarks, and climate change. We will uncover the wonders of the classical and the quantum worlds courtesy of Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, Heisenberg and many others. (PHY100H1 is primarily intended as a Breadth Requirement course for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences with no university-level background in physics. Any student with university-level credit in physics, including students with secondary school transfer credits in physics is ineligible to take this course). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, planet | SDG13 |
| PHY198H1 | Physics at the Cutting Edge | A limited enrollment seminar course for First Year Science students interested in current research in Physics. Students will meet active researchers studying the universe from the centre of the earth to the edge of the cosmos. Topics may range from string theory to experimental biological physics, from climate change to quantum computing, from superconductivity to earthquakes. The course may involve both individual and group work, essays and oral presentations. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate | SDG13 |
| PHY205H1 | The Physics of Everyday Life | An introduction to the physics of everyday life. This conceptual course looks at everyday objects to learn about the basis for our modern technological world. Topics may include anything from automobiles to weather. (PHY205H1 is primarily intended as a Breadth Requirement course for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences with no university-level background in physics. Any student with university-level credit in physics, including students with secondary school transfer credits in physics is ineligible to take this course). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | weather | SDG13 |
| PHY351H5 | Climate Physics | This course presents the physics of Earth’s climate. Emphasis will be placed on the basic principles and processes involved in physical and dynamic climatology and the physical interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and land surface. Topics may include components of the climate system and global energy balance, atmospheric radiative transfer, surface energy balance, the hydrological cycle, general circulation of the atmosphere, ocean circulation and climate, climate modeling, and climate change. In the lab practicals, students will gain hands-on experience in analyzing climate data and simple climate modeling. [24L, 24P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | hydrological cycle, energy, climate, ocean, land | SDG6,SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PHY392H1 | Physics of Climate | This course provides an introduction to climate physics and the earth-atmosphere-ocean system. Topics include solar and terrestrial radiation; global energy balance; radiation laws; radiative transfer; atmospheric structure; convection; the meridional structure of the atmosphere; the general circulation of the atmosphere; the ocean and its circulation; and climate variability. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, solar, climate, ocean | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14 |
| PHY492H1 | Advanced Atmospheric Physics | A preparatory course for research in experimental and theoretical atmospheric physics. Content will vary from year to year. Themes may include techniques for remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere and surface; theoretical atmosphere-ocean dynamics; the physics of clouds, precipitation, and convection in the Earth's atmosphere. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ocean | SDG14 |
| PLIC75H3 | Language and the Brain | An introduction to neurolinguistics, emphasizing aphasias and healthy individuals. We will introduce recent results understanding how the brain supports language comprehension and production. Students will be equipped with necessary tools to critically evaluate the primary literature. No prior knowledge of brain imaging is necessary. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, production | SDG4,SDG12 |
| PLID74H3 | Language and Aging | A seminar-style course on language and communication in healthy and language-impaired older adults. The course covers normal age-related neurological, cognitive, and perceptual changes impacting language, as well as language impairments resulting from dementia, strokes, etc. Also discussed are the positive aspects of aging, bilingualism, ecologically valid experimentation, and clinical interventions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | ecolog | SDG15 |
| PMA445Y1 | Oratorio Ensemble | This course focuses on the study and performance of solo arias, duets, trios, and quartets of the oratorio genre. It has a thematic trajectory from its European Christian origins to its present-day empowerment in cultural and secular determinations, and across world religions. The course takes an activist’s eye to acknowledging, re-examining, and renewing the storytelling prominence of oratorio through lenses of decolonization, survivorship bias, intentionality, universality, and dedicated authenticity. The repertoire will include traditional masterworks, new works, and genre-bending concepts, with an orientation to professional engagement. | Music, Faculty of | decolonization | SDG10 |
| PMDB36H3 | Pharmacology for Allied Health | Introduces principles of Pharmacology, essential knowledge for paramedics who are expected to administer medications in Pre-hospital care. Classifications of drugs will be discussed in an organized manner according to their characteristics, purpose, physiologic action, adverse effects, precautions, interactions and Pre-hospital applications. Students will use a step-by-step process to calculate drug dosages. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge | SDG4 |
| PMDB41H3 | Professional and Legal Issues, Research, Responsibilities and Leadership | Discusses the changing role of the paramedic and introduces the student to the non-technical professional expectations of the profession. Introduces fundamental principles of medical research and professional principles. Topics covered include the role of professional organizations, the role of relevant legislation, the labour/management environment, the field of injury prevention, and basic concepts of medical research. This course is taught at the Centennial HP Science and Technology Centre. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour | SDG8 |
| PMU401H1 | Business of Music | A study of the strategies and tools used by performers to refine and realize their career goals. Students develop publicity materials, meet with music industry professionals and investigate a variety of performance career paths. | Music, Faculty of | invest | SDG9 |
| PMU445Y1 | Oratorio Ensemble | This course focuses on the study and performance of solo arias, duets, trios, and quartets of the oratorio genre. It has a thematic trajectory from its European Christian origins to its present-day empowerment in cultural and secular determinations, and across world religions. The course takes an activist’s eye to acknowledging, re-examining, and renewing the storytelling prominence of oratorio through lenses of decolonization, survivorship bias, intentionality, universality, and dedicated authenticity. The repertoire will include traditional masterworks, new works, and genre-bending concepts, with an orientation to professional engagement. | Music, Faculty of | decolonization | SDG10 |
| POL101H1 | The Real World of Politics: An Introduction | This course introduces students to compelling issues of contemporary politics through the lens of classic and important texts in political science. The course covers the politics of climate change, Indigenous rights, elections and electoral systems, terrorism, social movements and political activism, voting, democracy, and power. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, climate, democra, indigenous rights, terroris | SDG10,SDG16,SDG13 |
| POL106H1 | Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age | This course examines the latest evidence-based research on the effects of social media on democracy. We cover surveillance capitalism, privacy, disinformation, and the often-overlooked ecological implications of data consumption. We also examine targeted digital espionage against civil society, Citizen Lab research reports, and explore solutions and alternatives to social media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, capital, consum, ecolog, democra | SDG4,SDG9,SDG12,SDG15,SDG16 |
| POL109H1 | Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations | This course explores the relationship between justice, power, and interests in the works of prominent ancient, modern, and contemporary thinkers. It adopts a problem-driven approach and engages with current controversies in international relations in light of insights from classic books. Special attention is paid to the prospects of a just world order, the causes and justifications of war, the construction of images of citizens and enemies, and the nature of duties to outsiders. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen | SDG4 |
| POL112H5 | Democracy in Theory and Practice | Examines current ideas about what constitutes 'democracy' and how real-world political systems measure up to democratic ideals. Through examination of formal government institutions and informal political practices, assessments will be made of the strengths and weaknesses in modern democracies. Case studies may be drawn from Canada or from other countries which claim to be democratic. [24L, 11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut, democra | SDG16 |
| POL113H5 | Ideas and Ideologies | In this course students are introduced to basic concepts in politics such as authority, sovereignty, legitimacy, citizenship, jurisdiction, civil rights and civil liberties. These concepts are then used to examine the fundamental differences between major political ideologies, such as democracy, liberalism, socialism, fascism, conservatism, anarchism and communism. [24L, 11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | citizen, conserv, democra, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| POL114H5 | Politics in a Global World | Examines the politics of globalization in its various forms (economics, cultures, environmental and military) as well as the consequences of, management of and resistance to, globalization. Address topics such as whether globalization challenges the capacity of national societies and their governments to deal with global issues such as the environment, redistribution of wealth, security and human rights, both within countries and across borders. | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz, environmental, human rights | SDG9,SDG13,SDG16 |
| POL115H5 | Evidence and Argument in the Study of Politics | To understand politics in our information-abundant world, we need ways to make sense of the political information that surrounds us. In this course, we ask what makes for good evidence and what makes for convincing argument. We do so by raising a series of weekly topics on which there is a mass of available information - topics like climate change, political correctness, populism, and democracy promotion, among others - and discussing fundamentally different perspectives on each topic. In the end, students will develop a fuller sense of what constitutes a well-argued and evidence-supported analysis of the political. [24L, 11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | climate, democra | SDG13,SDG16 |
| POL116H5 | Politics & Social Justice | ​In this course students are introduced to the concept of social justice as a political issue. The course is designed to develop modes of analysis that focus on human rights, economic and social (in)equity, fairness and inclusion. Key concepts may include power, identity, conflict, community, consent, advocacy, inequality, solitary, structural racism, and intersectionality. Specific issues to be considered may include gender equality, racism, justice between generations, spatial inclusion, wealth distribution, and equity in the international realm. The substantive themes and perspective may vary from year to year. | University of Toronto Mississauga | wealth distribution, equity, racism, gender, gender equality, inequality, equit, equalit, social justice, human rights | SDG1,SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| POL197H1 | First-Year Foundation Seminar: Politics and Sports: Identity, Activism, and Political Economy | The course aims to introduce first year students to key themes in political science – power, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, nationalism, social movements, activism, and political economy – through the lens of sports and those who participate in them. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, nationalism | SDG5,SDG16 |
| POL201H1 | Politics of Development | This course offers an introduction to the history and politics of economic and political development, starting with the Industrial Revolution and then turning to a critical analysis of the politics of economic growth, international trade, debt, state intervention, protectionism, and neo-liberalism in the global periphery, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth, trade | SDG8,SDG10 |
| POL208H1 | Introduction to International Relations | This introductory course examines some key themes and issues in global politics, including interstate war, human rights, international institutions, and the evolution of the global order. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, human rights | SDG16 |
| POL214H1 | Canadian Government | An introduction to the study of Canadian government. Topics include institutions of governance: the constitution, machinery of government, charter of rights and freedom, and the electoral system. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, governance | SDG16 |
| POL215H5 | Canadian Government | This course will focus on Canadian Institutions, the Constitution, Federalism, the Courts, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, etc. This course will contribute to the students' understanding of their immediate political surroundings. This course will enhance the students' ability to engage and participate in the democratic system by teaching them about the foundations of the Canadian system of government. | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut, democra | SDG16 |
| POL216H5 | Canadian Politics | This course will focus on political parties, elections, gender, cleavages, etc. This course will enhance the knowledge of the Canadian system of politics to give students better skills and objectives. [24L, 11T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, gender | SDG4,SDG5 |
| POL218H1 | State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective | This course is designed to introduce students to major issues and challenges that shape states, determine how they are governed, and how they change. The course helps to explain major events such as state transformation, democratization, authoritarian rule, civil conflict and social mobilization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra, authoritarian | SDG16 |
| POL218H5 | Introduction to Comparative Politics: Institutions | Comparative politics compares the ways people and institutions interact, in different countries and regions of the world (including both developing and developed), to produce what we call "politics." This course focuses on political institutions. Topics include: the formation, development and eventual decay of political institutions such as the nation-state, political regimes, parties, party systems and local governments; the power of the state; the emergence and dynamics of democratic and authoritarian institutions; the emergence and dynamics of capitalist institutions. | University of Toronto Mississauga | capital, institut, democra, authoritarian | SDG9,SDG16 |
| POL219H1 | Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behavior in Comparative Perspective | This course aims to unpack the institutional and behavioral variation within political systems. The goal is to expose students to the key questions and theories in comparative politics around three themes: a) the origins and effects of political institutions (federalism, electoral rules, bicameralism, courts…); b) party and electoral behavior across democracies and authoritarian regimes; and c) explaining quality of governance (issues of representation, accountability, trust, corruption). We will draw on cutting edge research and touch on current events and a variety of cases. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, governance, corrupt, democra, authoritarian | SDG16 |
| POL219H5 | Introduction to Comparative Politics: Processes and Identities | Comparative politics compares the ways people and institutions interact, in different countries and regions of the world (including both developing and developed), to produce what we call "politics." This course focuses on political processes and identities. Topics include: the ideas and interests shaping political behaviour; the causes of and dynamics of political mobilization, social mobilization, and revolution; the relationship between identity categories such as ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class and political processes. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, institut | SDG5,SDG16 |
| POL220H1 | Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship in Canada | This course deals with three inter-related themes – immigration, multiculturalism, and citizenship – by focusing on a single unifying question: What does it mean to “belong†to the Canadian political community? Who belongs, on what terms, and to what ends? A range of materials – normative, empirical, historical, and contemporary – will be used. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen | SDG4 |
| POL223H1 | Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges | This course examines how globalization creates opportunities and challenges to development in the Global South. Key issues considered include globalization and dynamics of inequality amongst and within nations, human rights and democratic struggles, environmental sustainability and justice, gender and racialized patterns of inequality, trade, foreign aid and poverty alleviation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, gender, globaliz, trade, inequality, equalit, environmental, human rights, democra | SDG1,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| POL224H1 | Canada in Comparative Perspective | This course introduces students to aspects of Canadian political life by comparing them with those that prevail in other advanced democracies. Themes covered will include the Canadian constitution, federalism, parties and elections, political culture and social and economic institutions and policies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, democra | SDG16 |
| POL304Y5 | Politics of South Asia | This course surveys systems of government and political processes across South Asia, with attention to state formation, nationalism, ethnicity, democracy vs. authoritarian forms of governance, social movements, political violence, insurgencies, political economy, corruption, and other important issues affection South Asian states currently. The focus will be mostly on India and Pakistan and possibly some of the other countries in South Asia. | University of Toronto Mississauga | governance, corrupt, nationalism, democra, authoritarian, violence | SDG16 |
| POL305H1 | Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies | This course introduces students to histories and concepts necessary to understand developments in Latin American politics. Substantive issues will include the changing face of state sovereignty; human rights and social movements; the legacies of (neo)colonialism and indigenous resistance; neoliberalism, 21st century socialism, and beyond. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, human rights, sovereignty | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POL307H1 | Japanese Politics | The politics, political economy, and international relations of Japan. The role of political parties, the bureaucracy, and private actors; economic development and stagnation; relations with the USA and regional neighbors. Contemporary challenges facing Japan, including energy policy and climate change, contributions to the liberal order, and response to geopolitical challenges. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, climate | SDG7,SDG13 |
| POL309H1 | Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges | This course explores main drivers of political organization and change in contemporary Africa, focusing on how national, regional, and international factors shape institutions, patterns of participation and political change. It considers major scholarly debates in the study of African politics and political economy and develops analytical skills for comparative study of this diverse continent. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| POL309Y5 | The State, Planning and Markets | A study of the political economy of planning and markets, the history of both forms of organization, the political philosophies of liberalism and Marxism upon which they have been based, and the issues of economic efficiency, justice and democratic control in capitalism and socialism. [48L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | capital, democra | SDG9,SDG16 |
| POL310H1 | Nationality Building in Central Europe | This course is a case study of nationalism based on the experience of a stateless people in Europe called Carpatho-Rusyns. Emphasis is on how factors such as historical ideology, language, education, religion, and politics are used by the intelligentsia to create a national consciousness among the inhabitants. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | nationalism | SDG16 |
| POL312H5 | Managing Military Conflict | Analysis of different aspects of conflict management, including security regimes, U.N. peacekeeping, mediation, bilateral as well as multilateral techniques. | University of Toronto Mississauga | peace | SDG4,SDG16 |
| POL314H1 | Public Opinion and Voting | This course introduces students to the attitudes and behaviours of the mass public in Canada and other western democracies and how they shape elections and policy making. Themes include political participation, the mass media, and the nature of social, psychological, and economic, and elite-driven forces on public opinion and voting. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra | SDG16 |
| POL318H5 | Power and Conflict in Federalism | This course looks at how Canadian federalism has evolved and adapted to policy-making challenges, including urbanization, regionalism, and demographic changes among the Canadian population. In additional to the Constitution and the role of federal and provincial governments, we also examine the involvement of municipalities, First nations, and non-governmental actors including private and third sector groups. | University of Toronto Mississauga | urban | SDG11 |
| POL320H1 | Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality | An exploration of ideas of freedom in the rise of the modern age from the 18th and 19th centuries, from the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Democratic Revolutions. Thinkers studied include Rousseau, Burke, and Wollstonecraft. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equalit, democra | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POL324H1 | European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society | The course provides an in-depth understanding of the history, political institutions, and policies of the European Union. It also explores the key contemporary social and political debates facing the European Union today such as the eurozone crisis, the rise of Euroskepticism, issues of democratic legitimacy, Brexit, issues of enlargement, immigration and the recent migrant crisis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, democra | SDG16 |
| POL326H1 | The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy | This course explores the making of foreign policy in the U.S. through a detailed examination of the institutions of the U.S. government involved, as well as the forces acting upon them to shape policy. After exploring theoretical approaches to the subject, it examines the evolution of the constitutional context within which U.S. foreign policy has been articulated, the bureaucracies involved in shaping policy, the impact of elections, groups and the mass media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| POL327H1 | U.S. Foreign Policy in a Complex World | This course explores the foreign policy of the U.S. through a series of regional and thematic case studies. It begins with a historical review of U.S. foreign policy in the evolution of the U.S. as a major global power, prior to WWII. Among the case studies of U.S. foreign policy included are international organization and law, terrorism, environment (climate), Latin America, Europe, Middle East, China/East Asia, Africa and Russia. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate, terroris | SDG13,SDG16 |
| POL329H1 | Experiences of Conflict | The course reviews selected novels that deal with personal and collective experiences of conflict. It focuses on representations of how conflict is experienced. It gives students a practical understanding of the human dimension of selected major conflicts and explores possibilities for personal and social resistance to injustice and violence. Special attention is paid to questions of identity formation and moral choice in contexts of war and nationalism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | injustice, nationalism, violence | SDG16 |
| POL337H1 | The Canadian Constitution | The moral foundations, historical events, political forces and legal ideas that have shaped the Canadian constitution; the roots, legacies, and judicial interpretation of the Constitution Act 1867, the Constitution Act 1982, and in particular the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the constitutional framework of federalism; the politics of constitutional change; multiculturalism, 'rights talk', and the judicialization of politics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | judic | SDG16 |
| POL340H1 | International Law: Foundations | This course will introduce students to the primary sources of international law (treaties and customary international law) and the legal attributes of the core actors in the international system, including states, international organizations and individuals. Related topics will include governance of territory and the seas. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | governance | SDG16 |
| POL341H1 | International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order | This course will expose students to the operation of international legal order with respect to the use of armed force, the law of armed conflict, and the protection of human rights. Students will also be introduced to how dispute settlement works between states. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | human rights | SDG16 |
| POL344H5 | Concepts, Actors, & Challenges in Global Governance | An introduction to the study of Global Governance. It presents Global Governance both as an area of study within International Relations theory, and as a set of norms and procedures that guide ongoing practices within international politics. The course will take students through the early development of the concept in the 1990s to present times. It will also cover key challenges to Global Governance. | University of Toronto Mississauga | governance | SDG16 |
| POL345H5 | Global Governance in Practice | This course builds on earlier conceptual discussions in POL344H5, to illustrate how Global Governance is practiced within specific empirical contexts. Students will take a deep dive into pressing examples of Global Governance practices and challenges (e.g., the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the global political economy). | University of Toronto Mississauga | governance | SDG16 |
| POL346Y5 | Urban Politics | This course examines urban politics and policy problems in both a Canadian and comparative context. Students will be introduced to the key theories and concepts of urban politics scholarship as well as the important policy issues facing contemporary cities such as globalization, sustainability, immigration, and regionalism. | University of Toronto Mississauga | globaliz, cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| POL349H1 | Global Urban Politics | An examination of how political life is being transformed in the global urban age. Concepts such as territory, the state, citizenship, agency, sovereignty, and power will be reconsidered through a particularly urban lens. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, urban, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG11,SDG16 |
| POL351H1 | Gender, Politics and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective | An introduction to gender and politics that examines women as political actors and their activities in formal and grassroots politics. The course also explores the impact of gender in public policy and how public policies shape gender relations. Cases to be drawn on include Canada, other countries in North America and Europe, and the developing world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| POL354H1 | Politics and Society in Russia | Explores tensions between democracy and authoritarianism after communist rule. Topics include: legacy of Soviet Union; political leadership; presidential power and executive - legislative conflict; federalism; elections and parties; civil society; ethnonationalism; corruption and organized crime. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | corrupt, nationalism, democra, authoritarian, organized crime | SDG16 |
| POL354H5 | Russian Politics | After covering crucial background on tsarist Russia and the Soviet system, the course considers the legacies of Soviet rule. We then address questions of identity politics in Russia, the country’s changing political economy, the shape of authoritarian institutions, the dynamics of protest and repression, how the authoritarian regime in Russia manages flows of information, and the nature of colonialism in the Russian context. | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut, authoritarian | SDG16 |
| POL356H1 | Canadian Political Parties and Elections | The evolution and setting of Canada's federal party system and Canadian elections. Topics include historical and theoretical perspectives, the Liberal, Conservative and New Democratic parties, third parties, leadership selection and local nominations, the representation of women and minorities in Parliament, electoral systems and election rules, campaigns, and voter behaviour. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, minorit, conserv, democra | SDG5,SDG10,SDG14,SDG15,SDG16 |
| POL362H1 | Global Political Economy: Policy and Analysis | This course focuses on key aspects of world economic order, like policies governing trade, capital flows, migration, development, and telecommunications. Methods for analyzing the background and implications of such policies are introduced. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, trade | SDG9,SDG10 |
| POL362H5 | Borders, Migrants and Refugees | This course exposes students to the tensions between the mobility of people across international borders, and the hardening regimes of governance facing migrants. The course pays special attention to the intersections of class, race and gender at stake in the politics of migration. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, refugee, governance | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| POL367H5 | Feminist Political Theory | This course examines the various interventions that have marked the development of feminist political thought from the mid-20th century onward. These include efforts to complicate the category 'woman', to understand gender in its intersections with race and class, to develop queer feminist accounts of ‘sex’ and ‘sexuality’, and to investigate the meaning of 'feminism' as a political project in and of itself. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, queer, feminis, invest | SDG5,SDG9 |
| POL373H5 | Introduction to Politics of the Middle East and North Africa | Students will examine the political dynamics of selected states in the Middle East and North Africa. Issues to be covered include: state-building; Arab nationalism; Zionism; Islamism; tribalism; gender; the politics of oil. Specific themes relevant to contemporary politics will vary from year to year. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, nationalism | SDG5,SDG16 |
| POL384H1 | Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up | This course focuses on non-state actors in global environmental governance, considering the motivations, actions, and strategies of non-governmental organizations, grassroots communities, and corporations. The course uses analytic tools from international relations and comparative politics to understand patterns of environmental protest, resistance, and change over time. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, governance | SDG13,SDG16 |
| POL386H1 | U.S. Government and Politics | Who rules the United State of America? This course will investigate this question by examining how power is attained and how power is exercised in American elections, the legislative process, the bureaucracy, and the federal courts. Particular attention will be paid to the role of national interest groups, regional economic interests, and new modes of political mobilization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest | SDG9 |
| POL387H1 | Politics in Europe | This course applies the basic concepts in comparative politics to the political systems of Europe. We will cover theories of transitions to democracy, formation and development of the nation-state, political institutions and their effects, parties and party systems and elections and electoral behaviour. We will use these theories to gain a better understanding of politics in Europe. We will also address some of the major challenges that Europe and the EU have recently faced such as the eurozone crisis, Brexit, the rise of populism and extreme right parties and the challenges of immigration and incorporation of minorities. The goal is for students to become familiar with the politics and governments of contemporary Europe through the lens of current and classic themes in comparative politics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | minorit, transit, institut, democra | SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| POL388H1 | Politics and Government of Southeast Asia | This course provides an overview of political regimes in Southeast Asia, as well as some of the main issues that shape its political life. It includes legacies of colonial rule, nationalist struggles, democratization, ethnic and secessionist conflict, as well as social movement. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra | SDG16 |
| POL407H5 | The Politics of Oil & Mining Extraction: Contracts, Conflict, Consent | What can we learn about global politics from an oil or a mining contract? Who are the main actors in such contracts? What are key differences between oil and mining contracts? What is the future of oil and mining contracts? This course addresses these questions, by examining the complex politics of oil and mining contracts. Key theoretical concepts and themes explored in this course are sovereignty, ownership, resistance, and the future of resource extraction. | University of Toronto Mississauga | sovereignty | SDG16 |
| POL412H1 | Human Rights and International Relations | Human rights have become dominant in international politics since the end of World War II. The process of creating and implementing human rights is political. We explore historical, philosophical, and empirical explanations of the roots, effects, and implications of human rights today through a variety of topics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | human rights | SDG16 |
| POL414H5 | The Future of Work | This course is a critical study of the meaning and value of work in social and political life. Sources include both historical and contemporary political theories of work and labour. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour | SDG8 |
| POL417H1 | Politics of North-South Relations | This course explores the complex relations between the developed world and Global South in historical and contemporary settings. It engages critical scholarship within International Politics and International Political Economy to examine salient factors in North-South relations such as dependency and interdependence, trade, development aid, global governance architecture, and South-South cooperation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade, governance | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POL418H1 | Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South | What are the underlying causes of insecurity and instability, and what factors support or undermine attainment of durable peace after episodes of violent conflict in the Global South? This course explores these questions by focusing on identity-based conflicts and through comparative case studies and theoretical perspectives from political science and related disciplines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace | SDG4,SDG16 |
| POL428H1 | Federalism and Diversity in Canada (and Beyond) | Canada as a key case in comparative federalism studies, with a particular focus on the management of diversity and conflict. Federal theory is applied to analyze federal institutions and dynamics in Canada (and other cases). Topics include the distribution of power, the judiciary’s role and group representation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, judic | SDG16 |
| POL432H1 | Feminist Political Thought | Feminist theory offers basic challenges to the foundations of modern political and legal thought. It suggests a different conception of human nature and a different model of epistemology and of appropriate forms of argument about the traditional issues of legal and political theory: justice, power, equality and freedom. Introduction to the foundations of feminist theory, an analysis of its implications for traditional liberal theory, and an application of feminist theory to law. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis, equalit | SDG5,SDG10 |
| POL442H1 | Topics in Latin American Politics | The seminar focuses on five countries in the Andean region of Latin America: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. First part deals with the challenges to democracy in the region. Second part explores potential solutions - in particular the drafting of new constitutions by popularly elected constituent assemblies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra | SDG16 |
| POL444H1 | Land and Indigenous Politics | This seminar examines Indigenous politics through land. We explore transnational Indigenous politics by focusing on global struggles over land. The course considers how Indigenous land-based movements, connected across territories and oceans, are constituted through and cultivate relations between Indigenous peoples and their social ecologies and more-than-human existents. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, ocean, ecolog, land | SDG10,SDG16,SDG14,SDG15 |
| POL447H1 | Political Economy of Development (formerly POL447Y1) | The course explores the rise, evolution, and performance of the dominant neoliberal approach to development and poverty reduction. It also assesses the feasibility and efficacy of alternative development strategies. Case studies are drawn from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty | SDG1 |
| POL448H5 | Protest and Social Movements in Comparative and Transnational Perspective | This course focuses on key threads of subaltern collective action in comparative and transnational perspective, with a focus on Latin America. It delves into revolutionary, feminist, solidarity, decolonial, anti-racist, body-centered, anti-extractivist struggles, among others, from the late 20th Century to the present day. | University of Toronto Mississauga | decolonial, feminis, anti-racist | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| POL454H1 | Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in City Regions | This course surveys two of the key themes related to the process of innovation in a knowledge-based economy: the process by which new knowledge is generated and effectively transferred to those organizations with the potential to commercialize it; and secondly, the paradoxical relationship between knowledge creation and proximity in a modern global economy. (Offered in alternate years) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| POL456H1 | Global Summit Governance and Diplomacy | The development, participants and performance of global summit governance, focusing on the Group of Seven and Group of Twenty as “soft law†plurilateral summit institutions and their relationship with the “hard law†multilateral organizations of the United Nations and Bretton Woods bodies in a globalizing world. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, institut, governance | SDG9,SDG16 |
| POL469H1 | Ethics and International Relations | The course aims to explore the requirements of justice and fairness in international affairs. It is common to theorize international relations in terms of interests and power. But even the most cursory look at what important actors actually do in their international interactions reveals that they use normative language all the time. This has not gone unnoticed, with investigations of ethics in the international arena multiplying in recent years. Drawing on readings from political philosophy, legal theory, and normative international relations theory, the course will take up practical ethical dilemmas encountered in world affairs. The main focus of the course will be on institutions. Examples will be drawn from the issue areas of trade, health, and the environment, among others. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, trade, institut | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| POL470H1 | Media & Politics | Technological change transformed the way politics is reported by journalists. This course introduces students to debates at the intersection of media and politics in Western democracies. Topics include the changing information environment, framing and priming effects, agenda setting, media bias, and the rise of social and partisan media, and misinformation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra | SDG16 |
| POL475H5 | Global Environmental and Sustainability Politics | This course examines the challenges faced by humanity in dealing with global environmental and sustainability problems and the politics of addressing them. Focuses on both the underlying factors that shape the politics of these problems - such as scientific uncertainty, North-South conflict, equity concerns, globalization and production and consumption patterns - and explores attempts at the governance of specific global or transnational environmental and sustainability issues by state and non-state actors. | University of Toronto Mississauga | equity, globaliz, equit, consum, production, environmental, governance | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13,SDG16 |
| POL479H1 | Topics in Middle East Politics | The course examines the contemporary politics of the Middle East and North Africa. It seeks to examine the relative importance of political, socio-economic and ideological factors in the context of such issues as the resilience of authoritarianism, the rise of civil society, and the resurgence of Islamic activism. Theoretical discussion is followed by case studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socio-economic, resilien, resilience, authoritarian | SDG1,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| POLA01H3 | Critical Issues in Politics I | An introduction to crucial political issues of the day (e.g. globalization, migration, political violence, corruption, democracy, global justice, climate change, human rights, revolution, terrorism) and key concepts in Political Science. Students will be introduced to and practice techniques of critical reading and analytic essay writing. Topics will vary by semester and professor. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, climate, human rights, corrupt, democra, violence, terroris | SDG9,SDG13,SDG16 |
| POLA02H3 | Critical Issues in Politics II | An introduction to crucial political issues of the day (e.g. globalization, migration, political violence, corruption, democracy, global justice, climate change, human rights, revolution, terrorism) and key concepts in Political Science. Students will develop techniques of critical reading and analytic essay writing. Topics will vary by semester and professor. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, climate, human rights, corrupt, democra, violence, terroris | SDG9,SDG13,SDG16 |
| POLB30H3 | Law, Justice and Rights | This is a lecture course that helps students understand the theoretical justifications for the rule of law. We will study different arguments about the source and limitations of law: natural law, legal positivism, normative jurisprudence and critical theories. The course will also examine some key court cases in order to explore the connection between theory and practice. This is the foundation course for the Minor program in Public Law. Area of Focus: Political Theory | University of Toronto Scarborough | rule of law | SDG16 |
| POLB56H3 | Critical Issues in Canadian Politics | The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of the Canadian political system and the methods by which it is studied. Students will learn about the importance of Parliament, the role of the courts in Canada’s democracy, federalism, and the basics of the constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and other concepts and institutions basic to the functioning of the Canadian state. Students will also learn about the major political cleavages in Canada such as those arising from French-English relations, multiculturalism, the urban-rural divide, as well as being introduced to settler-Indigenous relations. Students will be expected to think critically about the methods that are used to approach the study of Canada along with their strengths and limitations. | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, indigenous, urban, rural, institut, democra | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11 |
| POLB57H3 | The Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights | This class will introduce students to the Canadian constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Students will learn the history of and constitutional basis for parliamentary democracy, Canadian federalism, judicial independence, the role of the monarchy, and the origins and foundations of Indigenous rights. The course will also focus specifically on the role of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and students will learn about the constitutional rights to expression, equality, assembly, free practice of religion, the different official language guarantees, and the democratic rights to vote and run for office. Special attention will also be paid to how rights can be constitutionally limited through an examination of the notwithstanding clause and the Charter’s reasonable limits clause. | University of Toronto Scarborough | equalit, indigenous, democratic rights, democra, judic, indigenous rights | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLB72H3 | Introduction to Political Theory | This course presents a general introduction to political theory and investigates central concepts in political theory, such as liberty, equality, democracy, and the state. Course readings will include classic texts such as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Marx, as well as contemporary readings. Area of Focus: Political Theory | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, equalit, democra | SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLB81H3 | Introduction to International Relations II | This course examines how the global system is organized and how issues of international concern like conflict, human rights, the environment, trade, and finance are governed. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade, human rights | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLB90H3 | Comparative Development in International Perspective | This course examines the historical and current impact of the international order on the development prospects and politics of less developed countries. Topics include colonial conquest, multi-national investment, the debt crisis and globalization. The course focuses on the effects of these international factors on domestic power structures, the urban and rural poor, and the environment. Area of Focus: Comparative Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | invest, globaliz, urban, rural | SDG9,SDG11 |
| POLC12H3 | Global Public Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) | This course will introduce students to the global policymaking process, with an emphasis on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Students will make practical contributions to the policy areas under the SDGs through partnerships with community not-for-profit organizations, international not-for-profit organizations, or international governmental organizations. Students will learn about problem definition and the emergence of global policy positions in the SDG policy areas. They will assess the roles of non-state actors in achieving the SDGs and analyze the mechanisms that drive the global partnership between developing countries and developed countries. | University of Toronto Scarborough | sustainable development | SDG8,SDG11 |
| POLC32H3 | The Canadian Judicial System | This course explores the structure, role and key issues associated with the Canadian judicial system. The first section provides the key context and history associated with Canada’s court system. The second section discusses the role the courts have played in the evolution of the Canadian constitution and politics – with a particular focus on the Supreme Court of Canada. The final section analyzes some of the key debates and issues related to the courts in Canada, including their democratic nature, function in establishing public policy and protection of civil liberties. Area of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | democra, judic | SDG16 |
| POLC33H3 | Politics of International Human Rights | This course aims to provide students with an overview of the way human rights laws, norms, and institutions have evolved. In the first half of the class, we will examine the legal institutions and human rights regimes around the world, both global and regional. In the second half, we will take a bottom-up view by exploring how human rights become part of contentious politics. Special attention will be given to how human rights law transform with mobilization from below and how it is used to contest, challenge and change hierarchical power relationships. The case studies from the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the US aim at placing human rights concerns in a broader sociopolitical context. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut, human rights | SDG16 |
| POLC34H3 | The Politics of Crime | This course will explore how the world of criminal justice intersects with the world of politics. Beginning with a history of the “punitive turn†in the criminal justice policy of the late 1970s, this course will look at the major political issues in criminal justice today. Topics studied will include the constitutional context for legislating the criminal and quasi-criminal law, race and class in criminal justice, Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the criminal justice system, the growth of restorative justice, drug prohibition and reform, the value of incarceration, and white-collar crime and organizational liability. More broadly, the class aims to cover why crime continues to be a major political issue in Canada and the different approaches to addressing its control. Area of focus: Comparative Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | indigenous, criminal justice | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLC37H3 | Global Justice | This course examines theoretical debates about the extent of moral and political obligations to non-citizens. Topics include human rights, immigration, global poverty, development, terrorism, and just war. Area of Focus: Political Theory | University of Toronto Scarborough | poverty, citizen, human rights, terroris | SDG1,SDG4,SDG16 |
| POLC38H3 | International Law | This course introduces students to the foundations of international law, its sources, its rationale, and challenges to its effectiveness and implementation. Areas of international law discussed include the conduct of war, trade, and diplomacy, as well as the protection of human rights and the environment. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade, human rights | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLC39H3 | Comparative Law and Politics | This course examines the interaction between law, courts, and politics in countries throughout the world. We begin by critically examining the (alleged) functions of courts: to provide for “order,†resolve disputes, and to enforce legal norms. We then turn to examine the conditions under which high courts have expand their powers by weighing into contentious policy areas and sometimes empower individuals with new rights. We analyze case studies from democracies, transitioning regimes, and authoritarian states. | University of Toronto Scarborough | transit, democra, authoritarian | SDG11,SDG16 |
| POLC52H3 | Indigenous Nations and the Canadian State | This course is an introduction to Indigenous/Canadian relations and will give students a chance to begin learning and understanding an important component of Canadian politics and Canadian political science. A vast majority of topics in Canadian politics and Canadian political science can, and do, have a caveat and component that reflects, or should reflect, Indigenous nations and peoples that share territory with the Canadian state. Both Indigenous and Settler contexts will be used to guide class discussion. The course readings will also delve into Canadian/Indigenous relationships, their development, histories, contemporary existence, and potential futures. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, settler, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLC54H3 | Intergovernmental Relations in Canada | This course examines relations between provincial and federal governments in Canada, and how they have been shaped by the nature of Canada's society and economy, judicial review, constitutional amendment, and regionalisation and globalization. The legitimacy and performance of the federal system are appraised. Lecture-seminar format. Areas of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics; Public Policy | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, judic | SDG9,SDG16 |
| POLC56H3 | Indigenous Politics and Law | This course explores key historical and contemporary issues in indigenous politics. Focusing on the contemporary political and legal mobilization of Indigenous peoples, it will examine their pursuit of self-government, land claims and resource development, treaty negotiations indigenous rights, and reconciliation. A primary focus will be the role of Canada’s courts, its political institutions, and federal and provincial political leaders in affecting the capacity of indigenous communities to realize their goals. Area of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | indigenous, reconciliation, land, institut, indigenous rights | SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| POLC57H3 | Intergovernmental Relations and Public Policy | This course examines intergovernmental relations in various areas of public policy and their effects on policy outcomes. It evaluates how federalism affects the capacity of Canadians to secure desirable social, economic, environmental and trade policies. Lecture-seminar format. Areas of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics; Public Policy | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade, environmental | SDG10,SDG13 |
| POLC69H3 | Political Economy: International and Comparative Perspectives | This course provides an introduction to the field of political economy from an international and comparative perspective. The course explores the globalization of the economy, discusses traditional and contemporary theories of political economy, and examines issues such as trade, production, development, and environmental change. Areas of Focus: Comparative Politics; International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, trade, production, environmental | SDG9,SDG10,SDG12,SDG13 |
| POLC70H3 | Political Thought: Democracy, Justice and Power | This course introduces students to central concepts in political theory. Readings will include classical and contemporary works that examine the meaning and justification of democracy as well as the different forms it can take. Students will also explore democracy in practice in the classroom and/or in the local community. Area of Focus: Political Theory | University of Toronto Scarborough | democra | SDG16 |
| POLC87H3 | International Cooperation and Institutions | This course explores the possibilities and limits for international cooperation in different areas and an examination of how institutions and the distribution of power shape bargained outcomes. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut | SDG16 |
| POLC88H3 | The New International Agenda | Traditional International Relations Theory has concentrated on relations between states, either failing to discuss, or missing the complexities of important issues such as terrorism, the role of women, proliferation, globalization of the world economy, and many others. This course serves as an introduction to these issues - and how international relations theory is adapting in order to cover them. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | women, globaliz, terroris | SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| POLC94H3 | Globalization, Gender and Development | This course explores the gendered impact of economic Globalization and the various forms of resistance and mobilization that women of the global south have engaged in their efforts to cope with that impact. The course pays particular attention to regional contextual differences (Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East) and to the perspectives of global south women, both academic and activist, on major development issues. Area of Focus: Comparative Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women, globaliz | SDG5,SDG9 |
| POLC96H3 | State Formation and Authoritarianism in the Middle East | This course examines the origins of, and political dynamics within, states in the contemporary Middle East. The first part of the course analyses states and state formation in historical perspective - examining the legacies of the late Ottoman and, in particular, the colonial period, the rise of monarchical states, the emergence of various forms of "ethnic" and/or "quasi" democracies, the onset of "revolutions from above", and the consolidation of populist authoritarian states. The second part of the course examines the resilience of the predominantly authoritarian state system in the wake of socio-economic and political reform processes. Area of Focus: Comparative Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, resilien, resilience, democra, authoritarian | SDG1,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| POLC98H3 | International Political Economy of Finance | The course explains why financial markets exist, and their evolution, by looking at the agents, actors and institutions which generate demand for them. We also consider the consequences of increasingly integrated markets, the causes of systemic financial crises, as well as the implications and feasibility of regulation. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | financial market, institut | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLD30H3 | Legal Reasoning | This course will introduce students to the ideas and methods that guide judges and lawyers in their work. How does the abstract world of the law get translated into predictable, concrete decisions? How do judges decide what is the “correct†decision in a given case? The class will begin with an overview of the legal system before delving into the ideas guiding statute drafting and interpretation, judicial review and administrative discretion, the meaning of “evidence†and “proof,†constitutionalism, and appellate review. Time will also be spent exploring the ways that foreign law can impact and be reconciled with Canadian law in a globalizing world. Area of focus: Political Theory | University of Toronto Scarborough | ABS, globaliz, legal system, judic | SDG2,SDG9,SDG16 |
| POLD44H3 | Comparative Law and Social Change | This seminar examines how legal institutions and legal ideologies influence efforts to produce or prevent social change. The course will analyze court-initiated action as well as social actions “from below†(social movements) with comparative case studies. Area of Focus: Comparative Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut, social change | SDG16 |
| POLD45H3 | Constitutionalism | This course studies the theory of constitutionalism through a detailed study of its major idioms such as the rule of law, the separation of powers, sovereignty, rights, and limited government. Area of Focus: Political Theory | University of Toronto Scarborough | sovereignty, rule of law | SDG16 |
| POLD54H3 | Michi-Saagiig Nishnaabeg Nation Governance and Politics | The campuses of the University of Toronto are situated on the territory of the Michi-Saagiig Nation (one of the nations that are a part of the Nishnaabeg). This course will introduce students to the legal, political, and socio-economic structures of the Michi-Saagiig Nishnaabeg Nation and discuss its relations with other Indigenous nations and confederacies, and with the Settler societies with whom the Michi-Saagiig Nishnaabeg have had contact since 1492. In an era of reconciliation, it is imperative for students to learn and understand the Indigenous nation upon whose territory we are meeting and learning. Therefore, course readings will address both Michi-Saagiig Nishnaabeg and Settler contexts. In addition to literature, there will be guest speakers from the current six (6) Michi-Saagiig Nishnaabeg communities that exist: Alderville, Mississaugas of the Credit, Mississaugi 8, Oshkigamig (Curve Lake), Pamitaashkodeyong (Burns/Hiawatha), and Scugog. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, learning, settler, indigenous, reconciliation, governance | SDG1,SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLD58H3 | The New Nationalism in Liberal Democracies | This course examines the recent rise of ethnic nationalism in western liberal democracies, with a particular focus on the US, Canada, UK and France. It discusses the different perspectives on what is behind the rise of nationalism and populism, including economic inequality, antipathy with government, immigration, the role of political culture and social media. Areas of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | inequality, equalit, nationalism, democra | SDG10,SDG16 |
| POLD59H3 | Politics of Disability | An in-depth analysis of the place and rights of disabled persons in contemporary society. Course topics include historic, contemporary, and religious perspectives on persons with disabilities; the political organization of persons with disabilities; media presentation of persons with disabilities; and the role of legislatures and courts in the provision of rights of labour force equality and social service accessibility for persons with disabilities. Area of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, labour, equalit, accessib | SDG3,SDG8,SDG10,SDG11 |
| POLD75H3 | Property and Power | This course examines the concept of property as an enduring theme and object of debate in the history of political thought and contemporary political theory. Defining property and justifying its distribution has a significant impact on how citizens experience authority, equality, freedom, and justice. The course will analyze different theoretical approaches to property in light of how they shape and/or challenge relations of class, race, gender, and other lines of difference and inequality. | University of Toronto Scarborough | citizen, gender, inequality, equalit | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| POLD89H3 | Global Environmental Politics | Examines the challenges faced by humanity in dealing with global environmental problems and the politics of addressing them. Focuses on both the underlying factors that shape the politics of global environmental problems - such as scientific uncertainty, North-South conflict, and globalization - and explores attempts at the governance of specific environmental issues. Area of Focus: International Relations | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, environmental, governance | SDG9,SDG13,SDG16 |
| PPG200H1 | Microeconomics for Policy Analysis | The objectives are: (1) To provide students with a foundation in microeconomic analysis and; (2) To demonstrate how this foundation can be applied to design, predict the effects of and evaluate public policies. Students will be equipped to understand the main issues on a range of policy topics such as taxation, social insurance, welfare and income support programs. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | welfare, taxation, income | SDG1,SDG10 |
| PPG201H1 | Microeconomics for Engineers | An introduction to microeconomics, for application in public policy analysis. Designed specifically for students with training in calculus and linear algebra, and who are pursuing a certificate in public policy, the course will explore preference and choice, classical demand theory and the utility maximization problem as well as expenditure minimization problem, welfare evaluation of economic changes, regression analysis and ordinary least squares. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | welfare | SDG1 |
| PPG301H1 | Introduction to Public Policy | The course introduces students to the study of public policy, the policy process and our policy institutions in Canada. The course examines how issues emerge, how important ideas are framed, priorities are established, and agendas are set and managed. It explores how institutions – formal and informal rules which enable and constrain actors – shape policy-making in Canada. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PPG401H1 | The Role of Government | This course explores the government’s role in promoting efficiency and equity in both the financing and delivery of public policy goals. It explores the conditions when government involvement is important, the policy levers available to government in promoting social policy, market failures, and conditions for efficiency. It examines the role of government in many of the major areas of social policy such as health care, education, redistribution, the environment, financial regulations and other important issues. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, equity, equit | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10 |
| PPGB66H3 | Public Policy Making | This course provides an introduction to the study of public policy. The course will address theories of how policy is made and the influence of key actors and institutions. Topics include the policy cycle (agenda setting, policy information, decision making, implementation, and evaluation), policy durability and change, and globalization and policy making. Areas of Focus: Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Canadian Government and Politics | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, institut | SDG9,SDG16 |
| PPGC67H3 | Public Policy in Canada | This course is a survey of contemporary patterns of public policy in Canada. Selected policy studies including managing the economy from post-war stabilization policies to the rise of global capitalism, developments in the Canadian welfare state and approaches to external relations and national security in the new international order. Areas of Focus: Canadian Government and Politics; Public Policy | University of Toronto Scarborough | welfare, capital | SDG1,SDG9 |
| PPGD64H3 | Comparative Public Policy | This seminar course explores some of the major theoretical approaches to the comparative analysis of public policies across countries. The course explores factors that influence a country’s policy-making process and why countries’ policies diverge or converge. Empirically, the course examines several contemporary issue areas, such as economic, social or environmental policies. Areas of Focus: Comparative Politics; Public Policy | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental | SDG13 |
| PRT275H1 | Contemporary Brazilian Cinema | This course covers aesthetic, cultural, and social aspects of contemporary Brazilian cinema. The course examines both works of fiction and documentaries from emerging voices as well as world renowned filmmakers, spanning from Cinema Novo to the present. Topics include: music and urban culture, violence, inequality, environmental justice, and gender and sexuality. Lecture time is divided between film screening and class discussion held in English. Students choose tutorials in Portuguese (necessary for this course to be considered towards credit in Portuguese programs) or English. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, inequality, equalit, urban, environmental, environmental justice, violence | SDG5,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| PSL280H1 | Introduction to Physiologic Adaptations of Marine Mammals | Systems approach to physiology of marine mammals in their aquatic environment. Highlights unique features of cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, urinary, and reproductive systems. Introduces relevant physiology, and makes comparisons to human condition and disease. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | marine | SDG14 |
| PSL480H1 | Diving Physiology of Marine Mammals | This course compares and contrasts the physiological and anatomical adaptations exhibited by the different species of marine mammals in relationship to humans, with respect to diving. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | marine, species | SDG14,SDG15 |
| PSY204H1 | Psychology Careers and Applications | Psychology has been identified as a hub science, a discipline whose research influences the work of scientists in many other fields. This course will provide students with a broad introduction to the application of the psychological sciences across various clinical, academic, and industry contexts. Students will gain valuable insight into the broad range of careers that are relevant to psychology, while also investigating barriers to rigorous application of psychological science in applied settings. Students will also learn how the skills and knowledge gained in an undergraduate psychology program can be applied to a broad range of careers and fields/sectors. Students will gain significant exposure to career and education planning considerations within the psychological sciences and will participate in at least one experiential career exploration activity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, invest | SDG4,SDG9 |
| PSY230H5 | Introduction to Personality Science | Personality science examines human diversity in behaviours, thoughts, and emotions. A primary learning objective is for students to think scientifically about human diversity in personality traits. The course focuses primarily on empirical results that have accumulated since the 1970s. Students learn about the measurement of personality, biological and social causes of human diversity, and the influence of personality on major life outcomes. The course focuses on variation in personality that is normal, although the relationship between personality and health – both physical and mental – is examined. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| PSY320H5 | Social Psychology: Attitudes | Attitudes are persistent evaluations (preferences, likes and dislikes). This course examines the measurement of attitudes, the formation of attitudes to new objects, and the change of existing attitudes. General principles are illustrated with examples from various domains, such as propaganda and advertising, stereotyping and prejudice, attitudes towards health behaviours, and self-evaluations (self-esteem, life-satisfaction) | University of Toronto Mississauga | judic | SDG16 |
| PSY323H1 | Sex Roles and Behaviour | The effect of sex-role expectations on how men and women behave and perceive the world: theories of sex-role development, physiological and cultural determinants of sex differences, power relationships between men and women. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women | SDG5 |
| PSY324H5 | The Science of Wellbeing | What makes people happy? Does money buy happiness or do unhappy people not know where to shop? Are people in California happier than people in Ontario? Does marriage make men happier and women unhappier? This course reviews the scientific evidence regarding these and other questions about the determinants of happiness from an interdisciplinary perspective (psychology, economics, sociology, philosophy, & biology) that ranges from molecular genetics to cross-national comparisons. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | wellbeing, women | SDG3,SDG5 |
| PSY328H5 | Psychology and the Law | An examination of relevant research and contemporary methodologies examining phenomena encountered in the justice system. Topics include jury decision-making, violence and risk assessment, eye-witness evidence, insanity, psychopathy and anti-social personality disorder, sentencing, treatment of special offender groups, and criminal profiling. Students will learn how to apply the scientific method to examine behaviours that occur in a legal context. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | violence | SDG16 |
| PSY332H1 | Organizational Behaviour | An analysis of the individual, group, and institutional structures and processes that influence behaviour within organizations. Topics may include motivation, leadership, communication, group processes and teamwork, and organizational culture. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| PSY333H1 | Health Psychology | Examines research evidence concerning the impact of psychological factors on physical health and illness. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | illness | SDG3 |
| PSY333H5 | Health Psychology | Examines research evidence concerning the impact of psychological factors on physical health and illness. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | illness | SDG3 |
| PSY336H1 | Positive Psychology | A review of the field of positive psychology, which is the study of happiness and fulfillment. Topics include personal growth, meaning, hedonic and eudaimonic approaches to well-being, gratitude, awe, flow states, mindfulness and meditation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well-being, mindfulness | SDG3 |
| PSY341H5 | Abnormal Psychology: Disorders of Children and Adolescents | Considers concepts of normal, abnormal and delayed development. Schemes of classification and diagnosis, approaches to identification of causes, antecedents, and consequences, as well as contemporary treatment methods are critically evaluated. In addition, resilience in the face of adversity will be addressed, since risk and traumatic events often do not lead to disorders. The emphasis is on rigorous research as a primary source of knowledge about psychological disorders and empirically supported treatment. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, resilien, resilience | SDG4,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| PSY344H5 | Forensic Psychology | An exploration of the role of psychology in forensic science (the application of scientific inquiry into criminal investigation). Topics, which will vary from year to year, could include the assessment of criminal responsibility, competency issues, psychiatric disorders associated with crime, criminal profiling, behavioural analysis of a crime scene, prediction of dangerousness, workplace and family violence, sexual assault/abuse/rape, recovered memories, detection of malingering and deception, deindividuation and bystander intervention, social psychology of the jury, use of psychological tests in legal cases, witness preparation/interrogation, and the psychologist as expert witness. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest, violence | SDG9,SDG16 |
| PSY345H5 | Exceptionality: Disability and Giftedness | A survey of contemporary theory and research related to exceptionality with a special emphasis on disability and educational issues. Topics include controversial psychosocial issues, legal, family, and multicultural issues, disability across the lifespan, communication disorders, hearing and visual impairment, autism, and acquired brain injury. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | disabilit | SDG3 |
| PSY362H5 | Animal Cognition | A comparative survey of cognitive processes in animals from an ecological and evolutionary perspective. The course will examine topics including perception, working and reference memory, simple associative and complex relational learning, and concept formation. [36L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, animal, ecolog | SDG4,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PSY401H5 | Knowledge Translation: Delivering Scientific Discovery to the Real-World | As a science, psychology investigates why and how humans and nonhuman animals feel, think, and behave in the ways they do. Our discoveries can be harnessed for societal good when the insights gained from psychological research are communicated accurately to the public. In this course, students will participate in seminars to learn to communicate effectively about scientific discoveries and engage in the process of knowledge translation. Students will also work with a Psychology faculty supervisor to create and deliver knowledge translation products. Note: To register in the course, students must obtain approval from a faculty supervisor, and apply for and obtain approval from the Department of Psychology (see the Psychology department website for details). | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, invest, animal | SDG4,SDG9,SDG14,SDG15 |
| PSY422H1 | Community Psychology & Advocacy | This course is designed for students who are eager to apply their knowledge of psychological science to social problems. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of community psychology while also examining how social psychological theory and research can be applied to understand and address issues that affect communities. This course will help students develop the skills and confidence necessary to advocate successfully on public interest issues relevant to psychology. Students will also work in partners/teams with a community advocacy group to collaboratively address a specific problem or need of the organization. Through a guided process of practice and reflection, students will increase their self-efficacy and come to recognize their ability to use their psychological knowledge and skills to make change in the world. Classroom discussions will integrate community experiences with lecture material. Enrolment is by application (see psychology department website or contact the department for more information at psy.undergrad@utoronto.ca). Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, labor | SDG4,SDG8 |
| PSY435H1 | Environmental Psychology | This lecture course explores how psychologists can contribute to finding solutions to today's pressing environmental challenges. Topics include persuasion, community-based social marketing, social influence, social capital, and the many ways in which the physical environment affects psychological processes. The course takes a multi-scalar approach to the human-environment relationship, covering individual, community, cultural and global levels of scale, through the lens of complex dynamic systems theories. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, environmental | SDG9,SDG13 |
| PSY442Y5 | Practicum in Exceptionality in Human Learning | Seminar and practicum on issues relating to the life-long development of individuals with disabilities. Seminar at UTM; practicum involves supervised placements in schools or social service agencies (80 hours). Course is required for students enrolled in the Exceptionality in Human Learning Specialist program and is available to Psychology Specialists, Majors and Minors on a competitive basis. Course fulfills the 400-level seminar requirement for the Psychology Specialist Program. Admission by academic merit. Interested students should submit an application to the Psychology office by mid-April. Application procedures: http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/psychology/undergraduate-studies/course-information/courses-requiring-application. | University of Toronto Mississauga | disabilit, learning | SDG3,SDG4 |
| PSYC15H3 | Foundations in Community Psychology | Community psychology is an area of psychology that examines the social, cultural, and structural influences that promote positive change, health, and empowerment among communities and community members. This course will offer an overview of the foundational components of community psychology including its theories, research methods, and applications to topics such as community mental health, prevention programs, interventions, the community practitioner as social change agent, and applications of community psychology to other settings and situations. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health, social change | SDG3,SDG16 |
| PSYC23H3 | Developmental Psychobiology | A review of the interplay of psychosocial and biological processes in the development of stress and emotion regulation. Theory and research on infant attachment, mutual regulation, gender differences in emotionality, neurobiology of the parent-infant relationship, and the impact of socialization and parenting on the development of infant stress and emotion. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5 |
| PSYC28H3 | Emotional Development | This course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the biological, cognitive, and social factors that shape emotional development in infancy and childhood. Topics covered will include theories of emotional development, the acquisition of emotion concepts, the role of family and culture in emotional development, the development of emotion regulation, and atypical emotional development. Through learning influential theories, cutting-edge methods, and the latest research findings, students will gain an in-depth understanding of the fundamental aspects of emotional development. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG4 |
| PSYC33H3 | Neuropsychological Rehabilitation | An examination of the therapeutic methods used to improve the capacity of a brain damaged individual to process and use incoming information, enhancing functioning in everyday life. Students will be introduced to methods that aim to restore cognitive function by compensatory techniques. Neuropsychological rehabilitation problems caused by deficits in attention, visual processing, language, memory, reasoning/problem solving, and executive functioning will be stressed. Lectures and demonstrations. Students in the Specialist (Co-operative) Program in Mental Health Studies will have priority for entry to the course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health | SDG3 |
| PSYC34H3 | The Psychology of Happiness and Meaning | The philosopher Aristotle proposed long ago that a good life consists of two core elements: happiness (hedonia) and a sense of meaning (eudaimonia). What is happiness and meaning, and how do they relate to psychological wellbeing? How do these desired states or traits change across life, and can they be developed with specific interventions? What roles do self-perception and social relationships play in these phenomena? We will focus on the conceptual, methodological, and philosophical issues underlying these questions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | wellbeing | SDG3 |
| PSYC37H3 | Psychological Assessment | This course deals with conceptual issues and practical problems of identification, assessment, and treatment of mental disorders and their psychological symptomatology. Students have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the psychological tests and the normative data used in mental health assessments. Lectures and demonstrations on test administration and interpretation will be provided. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health | SDG3 |
| PSYC58H3 | Psychology and Climate Change | This course will introduce students to a variety of topics in psychology as they relate to climate change. Topics covered will include the threats of a changing environment to mental health and wellbeing; the development of coping mechanisms and resilience for individuals and communities affected negatively by climate change; perceptions of risk, and how beliefs and attitudes are developed, maintained, and updated; effective principles for communicating about climate change; how social identity affects experiences and perceptions of climate change; empirically validated methods for promoting pro-environmental behaviour; and how, when required, we can best motivate people to action. Special focus will be placed on the cognitive mechanisms underlying risk perception, beliefs, and attitudes, and the roles they play in shaping behaviour. | University of Toronto Scarborough | wellbeing, mental health, resilien, climate, environmental, resilience | SDG3,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| PSYC73H3 | Wellness and Resilience Laboratory | A widespread survey on techniques derived from clinical psychology interventions and wellness and resilience research paired with the applied practice and implementation of those techniques designed specifically for students in the Specialist (Co-op) program in Mental Health Studies. Students will attend a lecture reviewing the research and details of each technique/topic. The laboratory component will consist of interactive, hands-on experience in close group settings with a number of techniques related to emotion, stress, wellness, and resilience. These are specifically tailored for university student populations. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health, labor, resilien, resilience | SDG3,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| PSYD23H3 | Dyadic Processes in Psychological Development | Mutual recognition is one of the hallmarks of human consciousness and psychological development. This course explores mutual recognition as a dyadic and regulatory process in development, drawing on diverse theories from developmental science, social psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, literature, psychoanalysis, and gender studies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5 |
| PSYD31H3 | Cultural-Clinical Psychology | This course provides an in-depth introduction to the field of cultural-clinical psychology. We examine theoretical and empirical advances in understanding the complex interplay between culture and mental health, focusing on implications for the study and treatment of psychopathology. Topics include cultural variations in the experience and expression of mental illness. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health, illness | SDG3 |
| PSYD35H3 | Clinical Psychopharmacology | This course reviews the psychopharmacological strategies used for addressing a variety of mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, psychosis, impulsivity, and dementia. It will also address the effects of psychotropic drugs on patients or clients referred to mental health professionals for intellectual, neuropsychological and personality testing. Limitations of pharmacotherapy and its combinations with psychotherapy will be discussed. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health | SDG3 |
| PSYD37H3 | Social Context of Mental Health and Illness | This course is an opportunity to explore how social practices and ideas contribute to the ways in which society, families and individuals are affected by mental health and mental illness. | University of Toronto Scarborough | mental health, illness | SDG3 |
| REN240Y1 | The Civilization of Renaissance Europe | An interdisciplinary introduction to the civilization of the Renaissance illustrated by a study of the institutions, thought, politics, society and culture of both Italy and Northern Europe. Italian city states such as Florence, Urbino and Venice, Papal Rome and despotic Milan are compared with the northern dynastic monarchies of France and England. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land, institut | SDG15,SDG16 |
| REN338H1 | Renaissance in the City | An interdisciplinary course exploring the history, art, architecture, literature, and music of the Renaissance in one or more cities from ca. 1400-1650. The course will investigate how local political and social-historical contexts shape ideas and cultural forms, and so illustrate the process and effects of cross-fertilization in the Renaissance period. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, cities | SDG9,SDG11 |
| REN340H1 | The Global Renaissance | The Renaissance is when the world became truly global. In this course, we examine how the production of stories, knowledge, and ideas was affected by early globalization. In particular, we explore cross-cultural encounters and exchanges established between early modern Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe along networks of trade, imperialistic expansion, and oppression. We will pay particular attention to how early globalization was shaped by power structures and by the intersection of race, class, religion, and gender. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, gender, globaliz, trade, production | SDG4,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG12 |
| REN342H1 | Women and Writing in the Renaissance | Focusing on writers from various geographical areas, the course examines a variety of texts by early modern women (for example, treatises, letters, and poetry) so as to explore the female experience in a literate society, with particular attention to how women constructed a gendered identity for themselves against the backdrop of the cultural debates of the time. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, female | SDG5 |
| REN343H1 | Sex and Gender | An interdisciplinary approach to questions of gender and sexuality in early modern Europe, with special focus on the representations of the sexual drive, the gender roles of men and women, and varieties of sexual experience in the literature and art of the period. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| REN346H1 | The Idea of the Renaissance | This course examines the changing views of the Renaissance, from the earliest definitions by poets and painters to the different understandings of contemporary historians. We will pay attention to the interests and biases that have informed the idea of the Renaissance as an aesthetic, social, political, gendered, and Eurocentric phenomenon. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| RLG101H5 | Introduction to the Study of Religion | Theories about the variety and nature of religious experience, personal and collective. How religious life is expressed in such forms as myth, narrative and ritual, systems of belief and value, morality and social institutions. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut | SDG16 |
| RLG105H1 | Spirituality, Religion, and the Environment | Humans, in diverse cultures and throughout history, have felt a deep connection to their environments. This search for a feeling of connection and oneness has led humans into canyons and caves, up mountains and rock faces, and across deserts and oceans. Sometimes this nature spirituality occurs within religious traditions, sometimes outside of them, and sometimes even in opposition to ‘religion.’ This course will explore the phenomenon of nature spirituality, and the wonder often associated with it. Readings will engage mystics and mountaineers, poets and painters, and farmers and foresters, all exploring nature connection in the context of the environmental crisis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental, ocean, forest | SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| RLG196H1 | Goddess Lessons: Gender, Religion and Pop | Is God a woman? How can we get to heaven without losing a piece of ourselves? What does it mean to follow Lesbian Jesus? Pop music provides us with some important – if often surprising – opportunities to think through deep questions. Increasingly, these questions tie together two of our most powerful human categories: gender and religion. This course will consider the diverse interactions between pop, gender, and religion. Examples might include Beyonce’s self-representation as the Yoruba goddess Oshun and Lil Nas X’s reinterpretation of the Garden of Eden in Montero. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| RLG198H1 | Dystopia: Religion & Gender in Science Fiction | This course will examine the “what ifs†and imagined worlds of ideal utopias and oppressive dystopias through the lens of religion and gender in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland. Because science fiction and utopian/dystopian literature expresses what an author sees as possible or hopes is possible, but also fears is possible, we will consider science fiction as a political and social critique. Themes to be covered include fundamentalism, totalitarianism, the relationship between technology and religion, religion and reproductive rights, and the potential relationship between religion, gender and oppression. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, land | SDG5,SDG15 |
| RLG203H1 | Christianity | We explore the multiple religious traditions of Christianity and follow key themes as they have changed throughout the last two millennia. The themes might include: the Bible and its translation; missionizing and colonial practices; belief and conversion; authority and power; capitalism and Christianity. The course will equip students to understand how and why Christianity has come to exert such influence around the globe. No familiarity with the Bible, Christianity, or the academic study of religion is assumed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital | SDG9 |
| RLG206H1 | Buddhism | This course traces the socio-historical development of Buddhist traditions across the diverse regions of South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia from their foundations in early India to their transmission in the contemporary West. Although much of our time will be spent reading, grappling with, and discussing Buddhist literary works (premodern, modern), we will also consider the institutional and practical dimensions of Buddhism as a lived tradition. To that end, weekly readings and lectures will be supplemented with maps, images, and videos to highlight the vast geographical range and significance of Buddhist traditions over time, as well as their rich visual and material cultures. By the end of the course students are expected to have a solid understanding of the basic timeline of Buddhist history in Asia, together with the major figures, key concepts, central texts, and ritual practices comprising Buddhist traditions. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| RLG206H5 | Introduction to Buddhism | Philosophy of peaceful meditation or ideology of late capitalism? Both or neither? In this course you will learn through texts, images, objects, voices, and events how Buddhists through history have expressed their aspirations and anxieties, their thoughts and devotion, to find out what this religion may mean to us. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | peace, capital | SDG4,SDG16,SDG9 |
| RLG207H5 | Introduction to Sikhism | This course surveys the history of Sikhism from its beginnings as a devotional movement in late medieval Punjab to its transformation during the colonial period. Students will learn about the historical development of core Sikh doctrines, practices, and institutions. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut | SDG16 |
| RLG211H1 | Psychology of Religion | The psychoanalytic study of religion examines the nature of religious beliefs, experiences and practices as creations of mind and culture. What is the nature of and relationship between belief and knowledge, subjective and objective experience/reality, phantasy, dreams and reality? How do the individual and social unconscious create and shape religious beliefs, experiences and practices? These and other questions are explored in order to understand the ways in which psychoanalysis, as a critical theory of religion, contributes to theorizing the ways in which individual psychology is also social psychology. Included in our focus is a consideration of mystical, visionary, esoteric and paranormal experiences in the psychoanalytic study of religion. Insights from evolutionary and cognitive psychology and neuroscience will be considered as well in our discussions of psychology and religion. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| RLG217H1 | Black Diaspora Religions | This course critically examines the intersection of religion and cultural expressions in the African Diaspora, with a particular emphasis on the Canadian landscape. The importance of religion in the Black Diaspora's experience of both oppression and liberation will be a key component of our analytic framework in explaining and understanding the Black/African experience and culture in the diaspora. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land | SDG15 |
| RLG222H1 | Witchcraft, Religion and the Powers of the Occult | Picture a witch in your mind’s eye. Do you see them as male, female, or somewhere between the two? Young or old? Good or evil? This course goes beyond common Western assumptions about the character and morality of witchcraft to show how its study, its representation and its practice contribute in vital ways to our understandings of religion, the occult, morality, gender, sexuality and science. We move across Europe, Africa, Melanesia and North America to shed light on a controversial figure in numerous societies and literary traditions, past and present. Depictions of witches, wiccans, sorcerers and magicians are analyzed and compared. At the same time, the course should make you ask yourself: What is rational, what is ethical—and ultimately, what is human? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, female | SDG5 |
| RLG230H1 | Religion, Law and Society | The course examines various issues, including: Canadian society and secularization; religious pluralism and legal pluralism; the role of religions in public contexts; land and property; marriage and women’s rights; and the place of minority religious communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, minorit, land | SDG5,SDG10,SDG15 |
| RLG235H1 | Religion, Gender, and Sexuality | This course equips students to understand how norms and practices of gender and sexuality are deeply entangled with religious imaginations and traditions. We will examine how ritual, scriptural, and legal traditions enable and constrain embodied and political power. Readings will draw from feminist, womanist, queer, and other perspectives. With a combination of in-class discussions, critical reading exercises, and short essay assignments, students will strengthen their awareness of transnational intersections of religion, gender, and "religio-racial" formations. You will develop skills in analyzing the role of popular culture and legal and religious texts in shaping norms and experiences of gender and embodiment. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer, feminis | SDG5 |
| RLG236H1 | Material Religion | Religions are more than beliefs or sacred texts. They are also formed through buildings, bodies, objects of devotion, images, websites. We examine how religion is embodied, circulated, built, played, displayed, and painted. We ask why religions are often constituted through feasting or fasting, excess or asceticism, abundance of objects or destruction of icons. Religious activity is explored through its connections with objects of wealth and consumption--not just great art, but items common within popular culture. The overall aim is to ‘see’ religion in a new way—and to understand the role of the senses in the formation of religious experience. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | buildings, consum | SDG9,SDG12 |
| RLG302H5 | Sufism | This course focuses on the history, institutions, and practices of Sufism, popularly referred to as Islam’s “mystical†dimension. This course will examine the origins of Sufism, the development of metaphysical and theoretical thought, poetry, the emergence of Sufi orders, and shrine-based practices from the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, China, and the West. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | institut | SDG16 |
| RLG308H1 | Migration, Religion and City Spaces | Immigrants have transformed cities through religious practices. Explore how transnational migration has affected religious diversity and vitality in metropolitan areas. Through discussion, site visits and analysis, students will examine the ways that immigrants use religion to make home, challenges around the establishment of new religious structures, and policy designed to accommodate new religious practices and communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, metro | SDG11 |
| RLG309H1 | Religion and Human Rights | We will explore the dynamic inter-relations of women, ethnicities and minorities, among others, within the context of religion in this age of human rights, focusing on the contemporary global context. Our aim will be to include both theory and praxis. The approach will be intersectional, cross-cultural, inter-religious and inter-disciplinary. We will do this by drawing on both academic and non-academic resources, grassroots movements as well as global initiatives to approach these issues. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, minorit, cities, human rights | SDG5,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| RLG312H1 | Gender, Body and Sexuality in Islam | This course focuses on constructions of sexuality, gender, and embodiment in Islamic texts and contexts across time and space. Drawing from historical texts, ethnographic research, and feminist and queer theory, we will examine how norms of gender and sexuality are constructed and contested through practices such as marriage and divorce, dress, and inheritance. Students will strengthen their literacy on global gender issues, historicize religious ideas on gender, and analyze the role of culture, legal and religious texts in shaping norms and experiences of gender, sexuality, and embodiment. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer, feminis | SDG5 |
| RLG315H1 | Rites of Passage | We examine rituals of transition from one social status to another (such as childbirth, coming of age, marriage) from theoretical, historical and ethnographic perspectives. We pay particular attention to the importance of rites of passage in the construction of gendered identities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, transit | SDG5,SDG11 |
| RLG317H1 | Religion, Violence, and Non-Violence | People acting in the name of religion(s) have incited violence and worked for peace. How can we understand this tension both today and in the past? Through examination of the power of authoritative tradition, collective solidarity, charisma, and acts of resistance, this course addresses religious justifications of violence and non-violence across varied historical and geographical contexts. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | peace, violence | SDG4,SDG16 |
| RLG318H1 | Sacred & Secular Nature in the Christian West | How did we get to where we are now? How did humans come to be so alienated from nature? This course will examine how religion, particularly that of the Christian West, has shaped the understanding of, and interaction with, nature on a global level. It examines the complex shift from understanding nature as sacred and revelatory, to its conceptualization as a commodity and resource. Students will explore the ethical and cultural consequences of this shift for the human-nature relationship, and contemporary attempts to recover a notion of sacred nature in the context of the environmental crisis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| RLG321H1 | Women and the Hebrew Bible | This course provides a critical examination of the Hebrew Bible (sometimes called the Old Testament) with an emphasis on women characters. It examines the historical and literary contexts of Hebrew Bible texts and engages diverse methods of contemporary biblical scholarship with particular attention to issues of gender. All readings will be in English. No knowledge of Hebrew is required. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, gender, women | SDG4,SDG5 |
| RLG327H1 | Hospitality and Ethics in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | Refugee crises in modern times have raised questions concerning what degree of hospitality is owed the stranger or foreigner whose motivation is a new, safe, and secure home rather than being treated as a guest passing through on a time-limited visa. Jacques Derrida’s ideas of both conditional hospitality (e.g., tourists) and unconditional hospitality (e.g., strangers) need to be explored from the perspective of philosophical and ethical traditions including Jewish, Christian, and Muslim ethics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | refugee | SDG10 |
| RLG328H1 | Religion, Race, and the Legacy of Cain and Abel | Cain's killing of his brother Abel is one of the best known but least understood stories in the Bible. For thousands of years, interpreters have puzzled over the gaps and ambiguities of the story in order to piece together the how, what, where and why of this violent incident. This course explores the legacies of Cain and Abel across various religious traditions and in art, literature, and popular culture. It considers the surprising roles that this biblical story has played in modern ideas about religion, politics, and race. All readings will be in English. No knowledge of Hebrew is required. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| RLG332H5 | Reel Religion | This course uses theories and methods from the study of religion to understand narrative and visual aspects of films that are not explicitly religious. Genres of films may include comedy, horror, action, drama, and sci-fi. Approaches may include the tudy of rituals, symbols, myth, gender, politics, sacred figures, and psychology. [24L, 24P] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| RLG338H1 | Religion and Religiosity in Israel/Palestine | Focusing on present-day Israel/Palestine, this interdisciplinary course is intended for students interested in exploring a wide range of theoretical questions and examining their applicability to the study of sites, texts, rituals, and politics in the region. We will address the history of the land's consecration from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives. Students will analyze specific sites associated with religious congregations and ritual practices, and study them within their local and regional contexts. Looking at the complex relationships between religious-political movements and institutions within Jewish and Muslim societies, we will delve into various attempts to secularize (and theologize) Jewish and Palestinian communities and their discontents. Rather than providing the typical emphasis on conflict, the course is a journey into the history and present of the land and its diverse communities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | land, institut | SDG15,SDG16 |
| RLG346H1 | Time and Place in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each have their own sets of prayer times, frequency of prayers and their locations such as home, synagogue, temple, church or mosque. They have completely different calendrical systems. Holiness is also connected to geographical locations, which often serve as destinations of pilgrimage. This course will examine linear and cyclical times and the concepts of holiness in time and place by looking at primary sources in translation. We will investigate the persistence of holy places, how their names continue, and how gender issues are part of the jurisdictional politics of disputes over place and time. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, invest | SDG5,SDG9 |
| RLG371H1 | Interdependence | An exploration of the Buddhist concept of interdependence, or interdependent origination, from doctrinal and contemplative perspectives, as presented in classic Buddhist texts and as used in contemporary environmental and activist movements globally. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| RLG372H1 | Tibetan Buddhism | This course examines the history of global engagement with Tibetan religions, including contemporary adoptions of Tibetan religious identities outside the Tibetan plateau. The course begins in the Buddhist past by examining some of the earliest recorded Tibetan debates on religious identity and authority. It then moves to the modern period to compare non-Tibetan depictions of Tibetan religious traditions with indigenous Tibetan forms of self-representation. The course thus addresses questions regarding the plurality of Tibetan religious identities from Buddhist to Bön to Islamic and the ways that these identities interact with historical romanticizations of Tibet. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous | SDG10,SDG16 |
| RLG374H5 | Buddhist Literatures | The course looks at popular Buddhist educational storytelling, courtly dramas, Buddhist poetry or the life-histories of the buddhas, bodhisattvas and Buddhist holy men and women. It reflects on how popular motifs, aesthetic styles and literary media have helped transport Buddhist doctrines across various times, regions and languages. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | women | SDG5 |
| RLG376H1 | Touching the Earth | A study of Buddhist relationships with the earth, including “earth touching†contemplative practices, ritual ceremonies for land spirits or sacred sites, geomantic and cosmographic traditions, the use of landscape imagery to depict enlightenment, contrasts between wilderness and urban spaces, and contemporary ecological movements in Buddhist communities and their responses to climate disruption. The course combines experiential learning approaches and outdoor excursions with reading and written work. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, urban, climate, ecolog, land | SDG4,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| RLG392H1 | The European Enlightenment and Religion | This course explores some of the major thinkers of the European Enlightenment and their philosophical inquiries into the meaning and significance of religion as a set of cultural institutions. Special attention is paid to the analysis of religious concepts and institutions along epistemological, ethical, and political lines. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| RLG416H1 | Topics in Religion and Gender | Advanced study in specialized topics focusing on the intersection of religion and gender. If the course is offered during the year, a detailed course description of the topic will be available under current courses in the undergraduate section of the Department’s website. As these courses are offered simultaneously as graduate level courses, students interested in taking them are encouraged to contact the instructor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| RLG461H1 | Buddhism and Indigeneity | In dominant discourse, Buddhism travels and, upon its arrival, enlightens, reforms, improves, or civilizes whoever was there before. In this course we will ask how that view disagrees with people for whom Buddhism is not something that comes later but something that comes first, who say: “We have always been Buddhists.†Such an alternative vision of Buddhism is shared by communities who fight against caste discrimination, occupation by foreign powers, or the destruction of their world. In conversation with members of Indigenous communities visiting our class, we will ask what Buddhist Studies can contribute towards decolonization and Indigenous empowerment, particularly for Indigenous people in Canada. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, decolonization | SDG10,SDG16 |
| RSM100H1 | Introduction to Management | Introduction to management and its subdisciplines. Themes include business in a Canadian context, the nature of corporations, corporate governance, organizational behavior, operations, and strategy. Enrolment limited to students entering the University with an expressed interest in studying at Rotman Commerce. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | governance | SDG16 |
| RSM221H1 | Intermediate Financial Accounting II | Covers topics such as income statement and balance sheet topics with an emphasis on quality of earnings. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | income | SDG10 |
| RSM230H1 | Financial Markets | Introduction to Canadian and international financial markets. This course provides an overview of the major financial institutions, financial markets, financial securities, and an introduction to valuation and trading of securities. Securities discussed include stocks and bonds, as well as some content on derivatives. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. Note: This course is normally taken in first year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | financial market, institut | SDG10,SDG16 |
| RSM250H1 | Principles of Marketing | Students receive an introduction to the basic concepts, theories, and methods of contemporary marketing. The course offers a comprehensive framework to develop successful marketing efforts and allows students to create a marketing plan. Specific topics examined: market research, consumer behaviour, segmentation, product policy, pricing, distribution, communications, sales, and direct marketing. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. Note: This course is normally taken in first year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | consum | SDG12 |
| RSM320H1 | Intermediate Financial Accounting III | Covers broader areas in financial reporting, drawing upon regulatory documents and corporate communications. Topics include corporate reporting quality, employee future benefits, employee compensation disclosure and analysis, income tax accounting, narrative reporting. Emphasis on the context of financial reporting including an organization’s ‘tone at the top’ and the adoption of international standards. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | income | SDG10 |
| RSM321H1 | Advanced Financial Accounting Topics | This course covers accounting issues and practices relating to long-term investments, consolidations, foreign transactions and foreign investments. International accounting issues are also introduced. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest | SDG9 |
| RSM324H1 | Canadian Income Taxation I | This course emphasises the fundamentals of the Canadian tax system. Included are topics, such as, residence of corporations and individuals, effective tax rates for corporations and individuals, business income, integration, capital gains and losses, to name a few.   A key objective of this course is to assist students in learning to read, interpret and apply provisions of the Income Tax Act to practical problems and cases. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, capital, taxation, income | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10 |
| RSM325H1 | Legal Environment of Business II | This course canvasses several areas of law that impact a business entity. Topics dealt with include agency law, employment law, the Personal Property Security Act and the rights of the secured creditor, bankruptcy law, relevant consumer protection legislation, intellectual property and other specific legal topics. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, consum | SDG8,SDG12 |
| RSM353H1 | Consumer Behaviour (formerly RSM451H1) | Formulating successful marketing strategies requires an understanding of consumers’ cultures, motivations, cognitions, and emotions. Students will learn how to use theoretical perspectives from psychology, economics, anthropology, and other disciplines to generate predictions about consumers, interpret consumer reactions to marketing stimuli, and develop rigorous skills in marketing analysis. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | consum | SDG12 |
| RSM362H1 | Leading Across Differences | There is enormous buzz about leadership competencies that reflect the evolving nature of both the corporate culture as well as the disparate expectations of stakeholders. One leadership competency is the ability to navigate differences within the organization effectively. Through a series of thought provoking and experiential sessions, this course will make linkages between one’s individual leadership stance and tools for leveraging differences for impact. There will be constant focus upon uncovering innovative frames around diversity and inclusion that directly impact organizational strategy across sectors. Thought leaders, executives and practitioners from various organizations will bring their insights to deepen the learning experience. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| RSM370H1 | Supply Chain Management | Globalization increasingly intertwines the Canadian and world economies. Understanding how firms can successfully link with worldwide suppliers and markets is central to growth. Supply chain management issues covered include: advanced inventory and production models; supply contracts; the bullwhip effect; vendor-managed inventories; distribution strategies; third-party logistics; product variety; current information technology. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, production, supply chain | SDG9,SDG12 |
| RSM391H1 | Creative Destruction Lab - Introductory Course | This course is suitable for students interested in pursuing careers in strategy, innovation, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, new product development, and economic development policy. The course will introduce students to a framework for developing an entrepreneurial strategy. This involves the key choices of customer, competition, technology and identity as well as whether ventures pursue a control versus execution focus. The course will also provide a discussion of intellectual property strategies for technology entrepreneurs. As part of the preparation for the CDL Advanced course, this course will also introduce you to the business of artificial intelligence. You will explore what machine learning is, what its economic properties are, how it impacts on strategy, its risks and legal implications. As most ventures in the Toronto CDL have AI cores, this will be essential preparation for that as well as an introduction to AI in the real business world. This course is a prerequisite for students wanting to apply for the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Advanced Course RSM2013Y/RSM498Y1 where students will have the opportunity to work directly with a CDL venture. Interested students should familiarize themselves with the Creative Destruction Lab and its various activities prior to registering for this course. You can find more information from our website at www.creativedestructionlab.com. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, entrepreneur | SDG4,SDG8 |
| RSM393H1 | Strategic Case Analysis | This course provides students with the opportunity to hone the critical skills of effective presentation, decisiveness and business acumen with a focus on learning-by-doing. Students will analyze and recommend solutions to business problems and develop abilities to present and defend recommendations in an impactful and effective manner. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| RSM394H1 | Social Entrepreneurship | In this course, students will learn how entrepreneurs create organizations that address social problems using innovative, sustainable approaches. Students will examine a variety of social venture forms and consider how such ventures can be evaluated, managed, and financed. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| RSM424H1 | Canadian Income Taxation II | This course is designed to give the student an understanding of more complex issues of Canadian income tax law and tax planning. Included are topics, such as, computation of taxes, corporate reorganizations, business acquisitions and divestitures, partnerships, joint ventures and trusts, to name a few. The two course sequence (RSM324H1 and RSM424H1) has been designed to provide coverage of the tax content required by the professional accounting bodies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | taxation, income | SDG10 |
| RSM432H1 | Risk Management for Financial Managers | This course examines the ways in which risks are quantified and managed by financial institutions. The principal risks considered include market risk, credit risk and operational risk. The course also covers the evolution of bank regulation and the regulatory limits on risk taking. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| RSM434H1 | Financial Trading Strategies | This course will use finance theory applied with Excel applications to understand potential returns and risks inherent in particular investment/trading strategies. Learning-by-doing will be facilitated by simulation-based Rotman Interactive Trader cases focused on particular risks. This training will be analogous to using a flight simulator for learning to fly. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, invest, trade | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10 |
| RSM435H1 | Futures and Options Markets | This course covers the analysis of derivative instruments such as forwards, futures, swaps and options. By the end of the course, students will have good knowledge of how these contracts work, how they are used and how they are priced. A fee of approximately $36 will be charged to your student account for software purchase. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| RSM436H1 | Sustainable Finance | This course teaches students how to apply financial tools and models to the understanding of and to developing solutions for sustainability challenges as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Particular emphasis is on understanding the role of financial markets and financial constraints and incentives as a source of problems and to understanding the role of financial markets and financial tools as a source of solutions in the areas of climate change, environmental stresses, as well as social inequity and economic development across the world. Corporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ratings and financial ESG investment tools are prominently discussed. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, sustainable development, invest, financial market, equit, climate, environmental, governance | SDG4,SDG8,SDG11,SDG9,SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| RSM437H1 | International Finance | International financial markets, exchange rates, forward markets, interest rate parity. International dimensions of investment, including both portfolio and foreign direct investment. International dimensions of corporate finance, including valuation and the cost of capital of foreign investments. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, invest, financial market | SDG9,SDG10 |
| RSM439H1 | Private Equity and Entrepreneurial Finance | The primary objective of the course is to improve students’ ability to understand the concepts and institutions involved in private equity. The course will provide students with skill sets so they can analyze and understand private equity from multiple perspectives: the perspective of the individual/firm seeking and receiving private equity finance; the perspective of the private equity fund; and, the perspective of the limited partners that provide finance for private equity funds. Students will also learn how to build Leverage Buyout (LBO) models. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, entrepreneur, equit, institut | SDG4,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| RSM450H1 | Marketing and Behavioural Economics | What motivates consumers, investors, employees, and managers? In this highly interdisciplinary course, we will examine topics such as the role of emotions in decision-making, “irrational†patterns of how people think about products, money, or investments, and how expectations shape perceptions. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, consum | SDG9,SDG12 |
| RSM455H1 | Pricing | Approaches pricing decision as an intersection of economics and psychology. Using product categories as diverse as financial services, healthcare, industrial products and consumer packaged goods, students study dynamic pricing, value pricing, price customization, price bundling and multi-part tariffs, menu costs and price stickiness, sales promotions, and pricing in two-sided markets. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | healthcare, consum | SDG3,SDG12 |
| RSM457H1 | Strategic Marketing Communication | This course covers how marketers communicate with customers - knowledge that is useful to students both as a manager and a consumer. The course will introduce the foundation knowledge of marketing communications as well as new trends in non-traditional media including sponsorships, social media, and digital marketing. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, consum | SDG4,SDG12 |
| RSM459H1 | Business Design | What are the principles and practices that drive innovation in organizations? Create breakthrough solutions and businesses? This course teaches students how to identify customer needs, prototype new solutions and design business strategies to create competitive advantage. Students will apply the learning in real time and on real world challenges. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| RSM462H1 | Managing People in the Context of Globalization | This course introduces students to the impact of globalization on managing people. Understanding how organizational behaviour and human resource management processes work in the international context is essential for business success. This course helps students to develop a better understanding of how effective people management can create a competitive advantage in the international context. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz | SDG9 |
| RSM463H1 | The Socially Intelligent Manager | One of the most critical skills in leadership is the ability to manage social relationships. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the science of social intelligence so that you are knowledgeable and confident about how to handle interpersonal issues when you enter the business world. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| RSM464H1 | Organization Theory and Its Applications | Organization theory is an evidence-based approach that allows managers to analyze and design organizations more effectively. Focusing on organizations as social systems, the course emphasizes practical implications in topics that are essential to business success, including strategy implementation, organizational structure and culture, change management, globalization, and the organizational sources of enduring competitive advantage. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz | SDG9 |
| RSM466H1 | Environmental and Social Responsibility | This course examines how corporations engage in the social economy through corporate social responsibility work and how corporations are increasingly "going green." It will cover current thinking and practice on corporate social responsibility and emphasize sustainability in business practices while allowing students to give voice to their own values. This course is open to students enrolled in the Environmental Studies Major and Minor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | environmental | SDG13 |
| RSM480H1 | Business in a Global Economy | Application of the analytic framework of international trade, foreign investment and exchange rate economics to management of business. Special topics include the industrial effects of trade liberalization, the role of the World Trade Organization, foreign exchange risk management, competition policy and international taxation. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, trade, taxation | SDG9,SDG10 |
| RSM483H1 | Real Estate Markets | This course uses economic methods to analyze real estate markets. Topics covered include the determinants of real estate values, the location decisions of households and firms, land use, urban growth and agglomeration, behavioural real estate economics and real options. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, land use, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| RSM491H1 | Global Capital Market Strategy | This course exposes students to the intersection of global political economy and investment strategies, with particular emphasis on current global economic trends. The last 15 years have seen a dramatic expansion in the geographic scope for private equity investments, and in the risk involved in such investments. RSM491H1 will teach students to think through the issues facing executives, investors and policy makers considering investments. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, capital, invest, equit | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10 |
| RSM493H1 | Entrepreneurship | Introduces essentials of starting a new business: how to evaluate new opportunities, craft strategy, obtain resources, manage growth, and distribute ownership. Applies concepts from strategic management to challenges facing new/small businesses. Examines the role of entrepreneurs in spurring technological innovation and economic growth, and the effect of government policy on entrepreneurial activity. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. Contact Rotman Commerce for details. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth, entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| RSM498Y1 | Creative Destruction Lab - Advanced Course | CDL Advanced is a hands-on, theory-guided course about commercializing technological innovation. Students learn the theory of startup strategy, pricing, scaling, and financing, and then apply this theory by working closely with early-stage technology ventures in the CDL program. In addition to their direct work with a CDL venture, students participate in CDL-Toronto meetings which offers them the opportunity to observe and interact with CDL’s network of experienced entrepreneurs and investors. Enrolment in this course is by application. Students who have completed the CDL introductory course (RSM391H1) may apply. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | entrepreneur, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| SAS114H1 | Introduction to South Asian Studies | An interdisciplinary introduction to South Asian Studies emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis, drawing attention to the specificities of individual nations as well as the factors (historical, political, economic and cultural) that define South Asia as a region. Some attention will be paid to the South Asian Diaspora. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities | SDG11 |
| SDS199H1 | Sexuality at the Intersections | This First-Year Foundations seminar will explore sexuality at the intersections of race, gender, class, disability, citizenship status, and geography, among other social relations and processes as a foundational practice in Sexual Diversity Studies. In an intimate seminar setting, students will develop reading, writing, and presentation skills necessary for engaging in Sexual Diversity Studies across a wide array of disciplinary traditions. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, citizen, gender | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5 |
| SDS246H1 | Queer Digital Media Studies | What does sexuality have to do with digital technologies and cultures? What could queer theory tell us about digital archives, data infrastructure, and histories of technology? How do race and sexuality shape our experiences of digital cultures and what do the histories of colonialism have to do with digital design and networks? This course considers queer and feminist perspectives and approaches to the study of digital media including social networks, digital archives, data infrastructures, participatory media, and digital activism. Drawing from queer digital studies, feminist media studies, digital humanities, Indigenous and postcolonial data studies, this course asks how the politics of sexuality, race, and gender shape our digital lives in the 21st century. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer, feminis, infrastructure, indigenous | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SDS255H1 | History of Sexuality | An interdisciplinary examination of sexuality across cultures and periods. How are sexualities represented? How are they suppressed or celebrated? How and why are they labeled as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or perverse? How do sexualities change with race/ethnicity, class, gender, and geographies? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer | SDG5 |
| SDS256H1 | Methods in Queer and Trans Studies | This course examines a variety of methodological approaches used in humanities and humanist social sciences concerning sexuality and gendered diversity. Students will explore some of the popular methods in sexuality studies including ethnography, archival research, visual cultural studies, oral history, and media and discourse analysis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer | SDG5 |
| SDS279H1 | Queer Popular Culture | This introductory course examines the critical relationship between popular culture and queer sexualities in historical and contemporary contexts. The course will draw upon literature from performance studies, media studies, and queer of colour cultural productions. Students will engage with a range of queer public cultures and arts, including drag performance, queer musics, social media networks, and popular media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, of colour, production | SDG5,SDG10,SDG12 |
| SDS345H1 | Sex and the Epidemic: Social Work, HIV, and Human Sexuality | HIV has forever changed the way human beings understand sexuality. Through a social justice lens, this course examines the nature of community norms, laws, popular media, and the academy to explore how the epidemic has impacted the provision of social services in relation to the diversity of human sexuality. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social justice | SDG16 |
| SDS355H1 | Theories of Sexuality | This course introduces students to key theories of sexuality and sexual diversity. The main goal is to create a framework for understanding sexuality at its intersections with race, gender, class, disability, citizenship status, and geography among other social relations and processes at an advanced level. Closely tracing sexuality’s intersections, course readings will draw upon critical race theory, postcolonial critique and decolonizing movements, women of colour feminisms, trans studies, and transnational sexuality and gender studies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, citizen, gender, women, feminis, of colour | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| SDS378H1 | Queer Youth Studies in Education | Experiences of queer youth are explored in various education settings through academic research, personal essays, and visual and performing arts to investigate how queer youth define themselves, what they are learning, the curriculum and pedagogy used in the learning process and the possibilities of said learning for social change, individual and community well-being. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well-being, pedagogy, learning, queer, invest, social change | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| SDS380H1 | Sexual Diversity in a Global Context | An exploration of LGBTQ rights and changes in social and cultural responses to sexual diversity in varied regional, national, and cultural contexts, potentially including Africa, Latin America, South and East Asia, and Eastern Europe. The role of transnational linkages and networks will also be considered in effecting change. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | lgbtq | SDG5 |
| SDS381H1 | Intro to Trans Studies | This course examines current and historical transgender issues by exploring legal and health care issues, politics, mainstream and other media representations (including films, interviews, and other genres), as well as current and historical advocacy and community work in relation to power structures such as the nation-state, race, disability, and sexuality. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, disabilit, gender, transgender | SDG3,SDG5 |
| SDS382H1 | Intro to Queer of Colour Critique | This course provides an introduction to the intersections between race, gender and sexuality through an exploration of the political theories, activisms and cultural forms of LGBTQ people of colour. It examines the emergence of queer of colour theory and critiques, and the ways in which the intersections of race, gender and sexuality figure in national, global, economic, & cultural structures. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer, lgbtq, of colour | SDG5,SDG10 |
| SDS385H1 | Queer Indigenous Politics and Cultures | This upper level course introduces students to questions of gender, sexuality, two-spirit, and same-sex desire at the intersections of race, indigeneity, and the violences of settler colonialism. Students will engage with work by scholars, activists, and artists in the fields of indigenous and queer studies, decolonizing activism, and cultural production. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, gender, queer, two-spirit, indigenous, production, violence | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG12 |
| SDS460Y1 | Advanced Research in Sexual Diversity Studies | A capstone for majors and specialists who will work closely with SDS faculty in developing their own research project while participating in this seminar and learning about key debates, methodologies, and ethical issues in conducting research in SDS. Students will learn to write proposals, ethics reviews, grants and other relevant documents. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| SDS465H1 | Queer Migrations and Refugee Politics | This interdisciplinary course will explore the politics of migration and border-crossing from queer, feminist, and trans perspectives. Drawing upon contemporary North American and transnational research, students will engage with critical literatures on citizenship and the state, mobility, belonging, and kinship and how these processes intersect with sexuality in the context of immigration and refugee systems. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, queer, feminis, refugee | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| SDS490Y1 | Engaging Our Communities | A service learning course with student placements in various LGBT community organizations alongside regular classroom seminars to look at the politics of engagement, active citizenship, mobilization, archiving community histories, accessibility, belonging, activism, and philanthropy. For students in the Sexual Diversity Studies Major or Specialist. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, citizen, accessib | SDG4,SDG11 |
| SLA266H1 | War and Culture | Poland and Europe 1914-1945. As we commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, this cataclysmic event that launched the 20th century and was followed by another total war soon after still defines our view of the world and understanding of it. It may be time now to look anew at how various forms of expression, including literature, film, theatre, painting and sculpture produced during the two wars, between them or many decades later deal with the extreme and everyday experiences, with shattered worlds of individuals, ethnicities, and nations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, land | SDG11,SDG15 |
| SLA310H1 | Russian Literature Between Tradition and Modernity | Survey of major movements and institutions, genres, familiar and less studied writers and intellectuals of the second half of the nineteenth century. Imperial culture in the reform era. Realism as literary movement, professionalization of literature and criticism, the novel and serialization, the short story and drama. Taught in English, all readings in English. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| SLA435H1 | Contemporary East European Cinemas | This course will examine stylistic innovations and production practices in contemporary national cinemas of Eastern Europe through the framework of film theory and critical writing concerned with cinema's audiovisual appeal to viewers, as well as questions of nationalism, historical memory, and the transitions to democracy and capitalism in the region. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | capital, transit, production, nationalism, democra | SDG9,SDG11,SDG12,SDG16 |
| SLA492H1 | Race, Empire, Gender in Eastern Europe and Russia | This course examines recent scholarship dedicated to race, empire, and gender in Eastern Europe and Russia. The course will explore theoretical texts (e.g. decolonial criticism, “second world†feminisms), scholarship on particular case studies (e.g. Catherine Baker’s 2018 Race and the Yugoslav Region), and literature and art that speaks to these issues from the perspective of the East European, Russian, and Soviet experience. We will explore oft-sidelined topics, such as ideologies of race and historicizing whiteness as a colonial formation. The aim of the course is to address some of the silences within Slavic studies by foregrounding the complicated political legacies of the region. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, gender, feminis | SDG4,SDG5 |
| SMC185H1 | SMC One: The Christianity, Truth and Reconciliation Seminar | This seminar critically explores the complex relations of Christianity and Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, with a special focus on education. Sample topics include: settler colonialism and treaty relationships; prominent Indigenous Christians, critics and reformers; the residential school system; the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; recent initiatives in ecclesial repentance, dialogue, and enculturation. The course includes guest speakers and compulsory co-curricular activities, including travel to residential school site(s) and archives in Ontario during the fall reading week. The costs of these activities are supported by the University of St. Michael’s College. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. This course is restricted to newly admitted Faculty of Arts and Science students accepted to SMC One. Applications are due before the end of April (deadline subject to change). Apply via the JOIN U of T website. https://stmikes.utoronto.ca/program/smc-one-christianity-truth-reconciliation-seminar | Arts and Science, Faculty of | settler, indigenous, reconciliation, truth and reconciliation, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| SMC199H1 | Intelligence, Artificial and Human | What is human intelligence? How close are we to replicating it? How productive/reductive is the brain-computer analogy? What ethical challenges are posed by AI on workers, society, and the environment? Can we put a hold on "progress"? Is Silicon Valley the seat of a new techno-religion? What can they teach us about today's research priorities? What insight (or inspiration) can we get from works of science fiction about the future of human-AI interaction? Through reading discussion, written assignment, and workshops, this seminar will present students with the opportunity to integrate their computer science interests with philosophy, history, and literature. There is an equivalent course offered by the Department of Computer Science. Students may take one or the other but not both. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | worker | SDG8 |
| SMU200H1 | Healthy Prac-Healthy Musicians | This course introduces students to the field of musicians' health through a blend of physical practices and theoretical discussions. Each class includes a yoga-based movement practice and a discussions of relevant concepts including basic anatomy for musicians, motor learning techniques, and strategies for addressing performance anxiety and achieving peak performance. Students will leave the course with a repertoire of stretches and exercises to counterbalance strains associated with playing their instruments, strategies to make effective use of practice time, and an awareness of available health resources in the community and online. | Music, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| SMU400H1 | Intro to Music Health | This course provides an overview of music approaches in health care contexts including: music therapy, music and medicine, community music and artists working in interdisciplinary teams. Lectures, guest speakers, video-clips, and collaborative learning experiences will enhance student knowledge with a focus on critical issues, current research and evidence based practices. | Music, Faculty of | health care, knowledge, learning, labor | SDG3,SDG4,SDG8 |
| SOC100H1 | Introduction to Sociology | This course will challenge your views on a wide range of issues that affect us all. It will also excite your interest in a unique sociological way of understanding your world. We will analyze the globalization of culture, emerging patterns of class, race, and gender inequality in Canada and internationally, criminal and deviant behaviour, and so on. You will learn to understand these and other pressing social issues by analyzing the way the social world is organized. These topics are further taken up in the sequel to this course, SOC150: Introduction to Sociology II: Sociological Inquiries. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, globaliz, inequality, equalit | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10 |
| SOC109H5 | Introduction to Criminology, Law & Society | This course provides an introduction to the overlapping areas of “criminology†and “law and society†within the Criminology, Law & Society (CLS) stream. The goal of the course is to provide a sociological foundation for subsequent CLS courses. In addition to a criminological/socio-legal introduction to theory and methods, topics may include law, inequality, intersectionality, legal institutions, legal professions, crime, criminal justice, and punishment. Note: This course is required for Criminology, Law and Society Major and Specialist programs. | University of Toronto Mississauga | inequality, equalit, institut, criminal justice | SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC150H1 | Sociological Inquiries | In the sequel to SOC100H1: Introduction to Sociology I: Sociological Perspectives, this course will explore in more depth the topic of social inequality and the contemporary debates that animate sociology. We may like to think of ourselves as perfectly free but powerful social forces open up some opportunities and close off others, constraining our freedom and helping to make us what we are. By examining the operation of these social forces, sociology can help us know ourselves. The course is also about skills-building, skills useful not only for success at U of T, but beyond the walls of the university. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit | SDG10 |
| SOC196H1 | Stress and Health in Young Adulthood | This seminar is designed to provide first-year students with an in-depth understanding of the critical period of young adulthood and its implications for health and well-being. Throughout the course, students will read and discuss scholarly articles related to the various changes and transitions that young adults experience, including education, work, and relationships. The seminar will also explore the impact of stressors such as food insecurity and social isolation on health and well-being outcomes during this period. Students will engage in critical thinking and writing exercises, culminating in a final paper that they will present in class. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | food insecurity, well-being, transit | SDG2,SDG3,SDG11 |
| SOC197H1 | The Courses of Lives, Histories, & Futures | This course will explore how changes in technology, economy, ecology, culture, and other factors shape how individual lives and social relations tend to unfold. Much of the research and theory that social scientists have produced on the “life course†has focused on how historical events and trends, such as war, economic depression, and trends in family-life have re-shaped life transitions and aging. Those latter changes in turn lead to broad social changes that influence subsequent generations in new ways. In this course we will not be solely concerned with changes in and from the past. We will also keep an eye on the future, and ask how technological changes related to bodies, such as genetic engineering and bioelectric implants, might alter the trajectory of lives and social relations of future generations. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | transit, ecolog, social change | SDG11,SDG15,SDG16 |
| SOC198H1 | Explaining the Persistence of Racialized Inequalities | Why are Black and other racialized groups comparatively more disadvantaged than people racialized as White? Although race is a social category, it has profound effects on our life chances and opportunities. Explanations for and strategies to address racialized inequalities have long been debated. Emphasizing sociological perspectives, this course highlights and presents explanations for ongoing racialized inequalities across various social institutions, in opportunities for advancement, and in everyday social interactions. More specifically, this course will discuss racialized inequalities in the following areas: poverty and wealth, the labor market, the educational system, the criminal justice system, health, neighborhoods and housing, the political process and representation, and social interactions and relationships. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, labor, equalit, housing, institut, criminal justice | SDG1,SDG8,SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| SOC199H1 | Living Together Differently in the 21st Century: Israel as a case study | How can people with different worldviews and dissimilar moral visions live together? Liberal philosophers have grappled with this question offering solutions including tolerance, peace, and multiculturalism. However, many people today, particularly in the West, oppose liberalism as a cultural message and a political goal. Powerful evidence can be found in the rise of "populist" backlash movements and the sharp polarization between liberals and conservatives. Can Western democracies overcome this crisis? This seminar explores this question from a sociological perspective with Israel as a case study. We will probe the efforts of Israeli activists and professionals to instill non-liberal peace among Jews and Arabs, to bridge the chasm between liberals and conservatives, and to include LGBTs and people with disabilities as equal members of society while surpassing liberal principles. By analyzing their work, we will broaden our understanding about living together differently in the 21st century. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, disabilit, worldview, peace, conserv, democra | SDG2,SDG3,SDG4,SDG16,SDG14,SDG15 |
| SOC205H1 | Urban Sociology (formerly SOC205Y1) | This course reviews theories of urban genesis and urban form; the interrelationship of urbanization, industrialization and modernization, issues in urban living (housing, transportation, urban-renewal, poverty, unemployment, etc.); urban social networks (ethnic and cultural heterogeneity, neighbourhood, community and other voluntary associations). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, employment, industrialization, urban, housing | SDG1,SDG8,SDG9,SDG11 |
| SOC205H5 | Theories in Criminology | This course will cover major theoretical paradigms in the field of criminology included, among others, classical, positivist, strain, control, social learning, critical, feminist, postmodern and critical race theories. Students are required to take this course upon entry to the Criminology, Law and Society Major and Specialist programs. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, feminis | SDG4,SDG5 |
| SOC210H5 | Canadian Criminal Justice | This course provides an introduction to sociological and criminological analyses of crime, law, and the operation of the Canadian criminal justice system, with emphasis on how law and criminal justice are shaped by social, political and economic considerations. It will also consider how social identities such as race, class and gender influence individuals' perceptions of, and experiences in, the Canadian criminal justice system. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, criminal justice | SDG5,SDG16 |
| SOC213H1 | Sociological Social Psychology | This course provides an introduction to the systematic study of the influence of individuals, groups, and society on individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviours from a sociological perspective. The course emphasizes interaction among individuals, between an individual and a group, or among groups, all situated within particular social contexts. One core emphasis involves the ways that individual-level processes contribute to explaining social inequality in social groups and organizations. Topics include identity processes, social cognitions, attitudes, emotions, status processes, power relations, legitimacy, and justice. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit | SDG10 |
| SOC214H1 | Sociology of the Family | This course examines diverse family patterns, to show the economic, political and cultural factors that influence families. A brief social history of family paves the way for an examination of the various family patterns common in Canada today. Special attention is paid to the gender relations at the heart of family. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| SOC216H5 | Sociology of Law | Major theoretical and substantive debates in the sociology of law. How race, gender and social inequality shape legal institutions, the law and the broader social context. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, inequality, equalit, institut | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC220H1 | Social Stratification | This course is concerned with the causes and consequences of economic inequality. More specifically, it explores how achieved and ascribed characteristics are related to social class and related economic outcomes. Although some of the material will be comparative and pertain to modern Democracies generally, emphasis will be on Canadian society. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit, democra | SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC224H5 | Sociology of Education | This course examines what some of our key sociological thinkers have said about the role of education in society, from socialization to sorting students into different opportunities, including along the lines of race, class and gender. The course also covers the development of the education system in Canada, the career of teaching, curriculum development, and standardized testing. Students will have the opportunity to apply sociological insights to contemporary issues in education. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| SOC225H1 | Canadian Society | This course uses a sociological approach to understand current Canadian society, Canada’s role in global politics, and how Canadian social policies compare to the policies of other countries around the world. The topics considered in the course include economics, politics, happiness, health and mental health care, crime and punishment, tolerance for diversity, education, and more. The most current Canadian research and global comparative research are explored to ensure students leave with a thorough scientific awareness of where Canada is, where it is going, and what they think the best policies for Canada are moving forward. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, health care | SDG3 |
| SOC228H5 | Introduction to Indigenous Studies | This survey course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Indigenous Studies. Students will explore the themes, theories and methods of the discipline,and develop a foundational knowledge about Indigenous history, peoples, cultures and societies in Canada. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC240H1 | Sociology of Law | This course asks students to think critically about the role of law in society, and to develop a sociological understanding of law and legal institutions. The course will include theoretical approaches to understanding the role of law and legal authority, and the constitutive ways in which law affects, shapes, and is negotiated in everyday life. In addition, attention will be paid to the legal profession, including empirical research on lawyers, legal careers, and their relationship to fields of practice, with an emphasis on the relationship between the structure of the legal profession and law as a democratic institution. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut, democra | SDG16 |
| SOC243H1 | Sociology of Health and Illness (formerly 242Y1) | This course examines (1) the social causes of illness and disease, (2) the experience of illness, and social processes that shape both of these issues, including medicalization. It focuses on population health, the relation between agency and structure, and macro-micro connections. Professional health care is discussed to the extent that it provides context for analyses of illness patterns and experiences. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, illness | SDG3 |
| SOC253H5 | Social History of Race and Ethnicity | This course examines how ideas about "race" and "ethnicity" evolved and became institutionalized on a global scale, as well as systems of exploitation, exclusion and inequality that have given rise to today's patterns of racial and ethnic inequality in the world. We focus on examples from different regions of the world, as well as examine large-scale historical events such as colonialism, slavery and immigration. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | inequality, equalit, institut, exploitation | SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC256H1 | Lives and Societies (formerly SOC255Y1) | Characteristics of very different kinds of societies, from hunters and gatherers to modern postindustrial countries, and how these affect features of individual lives including: life stages, their status, and transitions between them; the variety of possible life courses; rates of birth and death, and their implications for people, their kin, and their societies. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | transit | SDG11 |
| SOC260H1 | Introduction to Political Sociology | An introduction to key topics in political sociology such as social movements, electoral alignments, parties as organizations, the welfare state, revolution, policymaking, state formation, nationalism and imperialism. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | welfare, nationalism | SDG1,SDG16 |
| SOC275H5 | Sociology of Gender | This course introduces students to the sociology of gender showing how gender is a relationship of power that structures our everyday lives from intimate relationships through global political and economic forces. We will focus on gender and gender differences as produced in historically and locally specific ways where gender differences intersect with those of race, ethnicity, class, religion, sexuality and other structures of inequality. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, inequality, equalit | SDG5,SDG10 |
| SOC280H1 | Sociology of Culture | The course examines the social origins of culture, the cultural patterns found in various groups and institutions, and the influence culture has on important aspects of society. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| SOC301H5 | Canadian Prisons | This course will examine trends and approaches within the correctional system in Canada. It will explore the historical and contemporary context of correctional practices. Attention will be paid to the differential impact of Canadian corrections on Aboriginal people and other minority groups. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | minorit | SDG10 |
| SOC303H5 | White-collar and Corporate Crime | This course explores the individual, organizational, and ecological dimensions of white-collar and corporate crime. Topics generally include financial and environmental crime, workplace safety, and organizational deviance. As well, the social, political, and criminal justice responses to these crimes will be examined. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, ecolog, criminal justice | SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| SOC304H5 | Environmental Sociology | This course focuses on human-nature interactions, and the social processes that modify and threaten the natural world.Students develop a better understanding of environmental issues, the interrelationship between social problems and environmental problems, as well as the ways that humans themselves are part of nature. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental | SDG13 |
| SOC310H5 | Youth Justice | The youth criminal justice system in Canada. Topics include historical and contemporary shifts in the youth justice system, young offender legislation, public perceptions and media representations of juvenile delinquency, current research and theories on youth crime and crime prevention strategies. Particular attention is paid to the treatment of specific groups. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | criminal justice | SDG16 |
| SOC312H1 | Population and Society (formerly SOC312Y1) | This introductory course examines Canada's population in a global context, covering a broad range of population issues and perspectives. Topics include (a) demographic data and methods, (b) population composition in terms of age, sex, and nuptiality, (c) demographic processes of fertility, mortality, internal and international migration, (d) the relationship between population change and urbanization, and (e) the role of social policy on population change. For all course topics, the instructor will examine historical and cross-national trends and review proposed explanations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| SOC312H5 | Law, Race and Racism | The course investigates the relationship between law, race, and racism and the societal implications. Students will gain a stronger understanding of how law creates race for the purposes of legitimating and perpetuating racism and the ways that law can, under some conditions, generate social change that reduces racial inequality. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | racism, invest, inequality, equalit, social change | SDG4,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC313H1 | Social Control (formerly SOC212Y1) | This course examines how society has gone about controlling specific types of deviants (e.g., gang members, sex and drug offenders) and acts of deviance (e.g., organized crime, the deviance of social control agents). In examining these individuals and acts, attention is also directed to why they are defined as deviant and sanctioned, and why some types of deviance are less likely to be detected and sanctioned than others. Finally, consideration is also given to a range of sanctions that have been used to control deviance and the empirical evidence on their effectiveness. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | organized crime | SDG16 |
| SOC315H1 | Domestic Violence | This course will provide an overview of the different forms of domestic criminal violence, concentrating primarily on intimate partner violence and child abuse. We will focus on the methodological problems in assessing the nature and extent of these types of violence, the risk factors and correlates of both offending and victimization and the theoretical explanations that have been offered for these crimes. We also consider the social and legal responses to intimate partner violence and child abuse. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence | SDG16 |
| SOC317H1 | Urban Policy | Urban policies reflect how cities and urban areas are designed, built, and managed. They actively shape the ways in which people live. From transportation to housing, crime prevention to climate change, urban policies cover a number of areas of great concern. While cities are heralded as sites of innovation and economic activity, they are also sites of deep inequality. Cities across the world have produced different responses to address these issues. However, urban policy is not only shaped by policymakers; rather, many different institutions shape public policymaking. Given the range of issues facing urban areas, it is important to understand the policies are designed and implemented, and the multiple actors engaged. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | inequality, equalit, cities, urban, housing, climate, institut | SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG16 |
| SOC317H5 | Shopping and Society | This course provides an overview of the Sociology of Consumption. The study of consumption provides an entry point for examining the intersection between culture, economics, and the environment. Potential topics include the following: the shopping experience, consumption as status, the environmental impact of consumerism, fashion cycles, and identity construction through consumption. | University of Toronto Mississauga | consum, environmental | SDG12,SDG13 |
| SOC318H1 | Theories of Stratification | Why do some people have more resources than others? Who winds up at the top of economic hierarchies, and who winds up at the bottom? These are the primary questions for the study of stratification. In this course, we focus primarily on the most influential contemporary sociological theories of status attainment and gender inequality, with additional but briefer treatments of the central theories on other topics (e.g., poverty and the welfare state, networks, rents, racial inequality). This is a program-only course and is restricted to Sociology Majors and Specialists. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, welfare, gender, wind, inequality, equalit | SDG1,SDG5,SDG7,SDG10 |
| SOC318H5 | Sociology of Mental Health and Mental Disorders | An overview of the link between social inequality and inequality in distress, focusing on differences in mental health across social groups and the role of stress and coping resources in explaining group differences. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | mental health, inequality, equalit | SDG3,SDG10 |
| SOC321H5 | Law & Rights | This course investigates the promise and limitations of rights as a legal framework to safeguard citizens and residents of Canada and abroad. Topics include the framing and implementation of novel rights claims, the relationship between formal rights and social norms, and the impact of rights frameworks on civic and community ties. | University of Toronto Mississauga | citizen, invest | SDG4,SDG9 |
| SOC322H5 | Criminal Justice & Inequality | This course examines the intersections between social inequality and the criminal justice system in Canada and internationally. The course will explore the impact of practices and policies on race, class, gender and other forms of social inequality. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, inequality, equalit, criminal justice | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC327H5 | Drugs and the Modern World | The course examines how "drugs", as well as attempts to police and control their use, have been implicated in the making of the modern world. Instead of taking drugs as inherently criminal and deviant, the course will look at how drugs have played a central role in the development of capitalism, colonialism and global inequality in the past 200 years. | University of Toronto Mississauga | capital, inequality, equalit | SDG9,SDG10 |
| SOC334H5 | Aging and Society | This course will examine (1) theoretical and empirical issues regarding demographic, economic, and social processes of aging as they affect individuals, families, and societies; (2) the variations in the process and meaning of aging across gender, ethnicity, and class; and (3) public policy issues concerning aging with regard to the process of public policy-making and effectiveness of relevant programs and services. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| SOC335H1 | Urban Health | Cities are home to particular populations (the poor, the homeless, racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and the young and old) and have distinct risks and protections relevant to health. Patterns of health in cities, historical developments, and emerging literature and methodology are used to uncover how everyday settings influence health. This is a program-only course and is restricted to sociology majors and specialists. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | homeless, minorit, cities, urban | SDG1,SDG10,SDG11 |
| SOC339H5 | The Indian Act: Canadian Law, Sovereignty and Indigenous Womxn | In discussions about Indigenous Peoples and law, the Indian Act is one of the most cited pieces of Canadian legislation. From explaining the history of residential schooling to violence against Indigenous womxn, critical and Indigenous scholars turn to the Indian Act as a key source and problem space. We will center the work of Indigenous feminist scholarship to understand why scholars argue that the act is still both required and a site of contestation, violence, and genocide, and how we are each affected by its governance. | University of Toronto Mississauga | feminis, indigenous, governance, sovereignty, violence | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC344H5 | Sociological Approaches to Social Psychology | This course provides an overview of sociological approaches to social psychology, with an emphasis on how individuals' thoughts, behaviors, and emotions are influenced by both situations and larger social structures. Theoretical perspectives including symbolic interaction, group processes, and social structure and personality will be examined in depth and applied to understanding various topics; these may include self and identities, socialization, attitudes, emotions, deviance, mental health, and collective behavior. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | mental health | SDG3 |
| SOC345H1 | Global Inequality | This course examines the social processes that characterize stratification and social inequality across the globe, by looking at whether global inequality is growing, shrinking or stagnant and the impact of globalization on global inequality, with particular emphasis on examining disparities over time in education, income/wealth and health. This is a program-only course and is restricted to sociology majors and specialists. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, inequality, equalit, income | SDG9,SDG10 |
| SOC347H5 | Sociology of Masculinities | In this course students will engage with foundational material on the intersections of gender, sex, and sexuality as they relate to masculinity. This includes foundational work on hegemonic masculinity and multiple masculinities. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| SOC348H1 | Culture and Inequality | How location in socioeconomic, ethnic, gender, and generational groups shapes individual cultural repertories; how culture affects individual positions in stratification hierarchies; and the role of culture in group boundaries and struggles. This is a program-only course and is restricted to sociology majors and specialists. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | socioeconomic, gender, inequality, equalit | SDG1,SDG5,SDG10 |
| SOC349H5 | Sociology of Food | Sociological analysis of food in global, regional and intimate contexts. It links cultural and structural aspects of the food system, historically and in the present. Students will investigate and report on inter-cultural food practices in Canada. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | food system, invest | SDG2,SDG9 |
| SOC356H5 | Population and Society | This course will discuss interrelationship between human population and societal issues such as aging, reproductive health, gender, environment, and social policy. It will examine population structure and dynamics in relation to social, economic, political, and cultural elements of change in both developing and developed world. It will also examine historical population policy developments and the diversified national policies in relation to policy formulation, implementation, and effectiveness. | University of Toronto Mississauga | reproductive health, gender | SDG3,SDG5 |
| SOC358H5 | Indigenous People: Legal Orders & Law | This course examines Indigenous people's traditional and contemporary legal orders and confrontations and interactions with non-Indigenous legal systems. Topics may include: treaties; land and resource rights and laws; rights; self-government; governance; restorative justice; colonial legal systems; criminalization and criminal law; and/or international law. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | indigenous, land, governance, legal system | SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| SOC360H1 | Social Movements | This course examines the sociological study of collective action. Students will explore how movements in a variety of historical and global contexts endeavor to produce social change. In this process, we will examine political and cultural opportunities and obstacles, organizational dynamics, resources, collective action frames, strategies and tactics. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social change | SDG16 |
| SOC363H1 | Sociology of Mental Health and Mental Disorders | An overview of the link between social inequality and emotional inequality, focusing on differences in mental health across social groups and the role of stress and coping resources in explaining group differences. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, inequality, equalit | SDG3,SDG10 |
| SOC363H5 | Sexuality and Crime | This course focuses on the socio-legal origins, regulations,and consequences of sexuality, reproduction, and sexual violence. Possible topics may include historical and contemporary sexual and reproductive regulations, sexual violence, sex offenders, sex work, pornography, trafficking, and hate crimes against sexual minorities. | University of Toronto Mississauga | trafficking, minorit, production, violence | SDG5,SDG16,SDG10,SDG12 |
| SOC367H1 | Race, Class, and Gender | In this class, we analyze the ways in which race, class, gender and sexuality interact and shape communities, life opportunities, perspectives and politics. We will read contemporary ethnographies concerning work, socialization, and urban life against current sociological theories about inequality and intersectionality, and identity. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, inequality, equalit, urban | SDG5,SDG10,SDG11 |
| SOC370H1 | Immigration and Employment | This course examines the labour market and employment situation of immigrants emphasizing recent Canadian experience in comparative context. Topics include immigrant human capital, declining immigrant earnings, immigrant skill-underutilization, impact of the knowledge economy, racial discrimination, labour market structure and unionization, immigrant entrepreneurship and experiences of the Canadian-born second generation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, employment, labour, entrepreneur, capital | SDG4,SDG8,SDG9 |
| SOC375H1 | Sociology of the City | Cities have played a vital role in the global economy, but within the past decade, their importance has increased. From issues of housing affordability to homelessness, from debt crises to energy usage, from insufficient water to the outbreak of diseases, name a problem that concerns any aspect of social life, and the city is the crucible of where you will find it. On the other hand, cities represent our best hope for finding solutions to these enormous problems since they also serve as incubators of innovation, ideas and wealth creation. It is for these reasons that understanding cities become an important frame for understanding the joys and perils of social life. For over a century, sociologists have focused on understanding different issues related to cities and their urbanization processes. However, in investigating the city, there have been several debates about their futures. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | homeless, affordab, water, energy, invest, cities, urban, housing | SDG1,SDG10,SDG6,SDG7,SDG9,SDG11 |
| SOC379H5 | Criminology, Urban Life, and Social Policy | The city is an important site of human interaction, characterized by crisis and promise. Through the lens of the city, this course will examine the nature of various social problems, including their causes and impacts. In particular, we will consider how criminological scholarship can analyze and inform policy responses to these issues. Course topics will include a diverse array of issues related to criminalization, youth justice, neighbourhood-level inequality, violence, and the criminal justice system. | University of Toronto Mississauga | inequality, equalit, urban, criminal justice, violence | SDG10,SDG11,SDG16 |
| SOC384H5 | Media Ethics and Policy: Controversies in Mass Communication | This course examines conflicts and controversies in the media. The goal of the course is to analyze power struggles within the realm of the media in order to understand how they both reflect and can reinforce broader social inequalities. Special emphasis is paid to the role of media policies and regulations. Topics include censorship, violence, pornography, marketing, social media and privacy. | University of Toronto Mississauga | equalit, violence | SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC388H5 | Race and Indigeneity | This course examines how the concept of race, and the ideologies that inform it, impacts identity politics for Indigenous peoples. Special attention will be paid to the socio-cultural and legal effects of racialized knowledge production. Topics may include: human genome projects, museums, recognition politics, legal definitions, criminalization, access to resources, stereotypes and personhood. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, indigenous, production | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG12 |
| SOC405H5 | Surveillance in a Digital World | This course introduces students to theories of surveillance and risk in the digital era. The era of big data has given rise to smart policing, preventative security measures, and data driven solutions which are producing new knowledge about risk. It focuses on how surveillance is shifting institutional risk practices within law and criminal justice systems and how marginalized populations and particular geographical spaces are constructed as security risks. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, marginalized, institut, criminal justice | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC407H5 | Development and Social Change: The Case of China | This course introduces concepts, theories, and policies of development and underdevelopment. With China as a case, it focuses on social, economic, political, and cultural factors shaping the nature and meaning of social change. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | social change | SDG16 |
| SOC408H5 | The Sociology of Anti-Muslim Racism | This reading-intensive course explores historical and contemporary manifestations of anti-Muslim racism through a transnational lens, while paying special attention to scholarship from and about Canada and the United States. Issues related to gender and sexuality, race, citizenship status, Orientalism, colonialism, and military intervention cut across the readings. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | racism, citizen, gender | SDG4,SDG5 |
| SOC409H5 | Masculinity and the Internet | In this course we will take an in-depth look at a number of topics related broadly to masculinity and the internet, including such things as the “manosphereâ€, incels, and representations of masculinity on social media. These topics will be examined through the lens of the sociological literature on gender and masculinities. A recurring theme relates to the questions: “Is masculinity changing?†Students will be encouraged to critically examine and evaluate these topics and the sociological literature in multiple ways. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, internet | SDG5,SDG9 |
| SOC423H5 | Identity Crime | This interactive course concentrates on identity theft and fraud. It provides a critical examination of definitions of, sociological explanations for, and responses to identity crime. Identity crime is examined in the broader context of privacy, national security and organized crime. | University of Toronto Mississauga | organized crime | SDG16 |
| SOC424H5 | Law, Emotions and Justice | This course investigates emotional dynamics in law and justice. Topics will include public attitudes towards crime and punishment, the rights of victims in criminal proceedings, and restorative justice. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9 |
| SOC425H5 | Gender in Global Contexts | This lecture course looks at gender relations from a global perspective, focusing on how the social, political and economic aspects of globalization affect gender relations within various (local) contexts. Possible topics include gender and international migration, women's activism in local/global perspective and post-colonialism. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, globaliz | SDG5,SDG9 |
| SOC429H5 | Disability, Politics & Society | This course situates disability within a social and political context. We focus on how disability serves as a basis for exclusion from social, legal, political and economic institutions as well as the ways in which actors (policymakers, activists, etc.) have sought to undermine this system of discrimination. We will investigate a variety of related themes including the “social model of disability,†policy and judicial transformations, the evolution of the disability rights movement (including the use of legal mobilization), disability identity, intersectionality, and the future of disability politics and the law. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | disabilit, invest, institut, judic | SDG3,SDG9,SDG16 |
| SOC431H5 | Museums & Indigenous Peoples | This seminar in Indigenous Studies focuses on the evolving relationship between Indigenous peoples and museums. It explores changes to museum policy and practice, the repatriation of Indigenous bodies, objects, and knowledges, the development of Indigenous museums, and the contributions of Indigenous artists to a new museology. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, knowledges, indigenous | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOC435H5 | Sociology of Environmental Health | This course will examine environmental health with an emphasis on environmental justice, contested illness, and the politics of scientific knowledge production. We will study the politics of environmental health through case studies on activism in response to hazards, the tactics of corporate “product defense,†and the challenges of policy response. | University of Toronto Mississauga | mental health, illness, knowledge, production, environmental, environmental justice | SDG3,SDG4,SDG12,SDG13 |
| SOC455H5 | Comparative Indigenous Politics | Using a comparative approach, this course explores the politics of Indigeneity in settler colonial contexts. It centers critical analyses of settler colonialism and decolonization, and focuses on examples from Canada, the USA, New Zealand, and Australia to examine the differences and similarities between Indigenous peoples and politics in these places. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | settler, indigenous, decolonization, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| SOC459H5 | Science, Technology and Society | The focus of this lecture course will be on the varied social contexts of the emergence, development and consequences of science and technology in the modern world. In addition to critical sociological perspectives on science and technology, possible topics could include genomics, reproductive technologies, surveillance, the internet and social media, domestic technology, warfare, nuclear technologies, etc. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | internet | SDG9 |
| SOC463H5 | The Sociology of Disasters | The modern world leans heavily on the assumption that organizations run smoothly, but often they do not and sometimes the consequences are disastrous. This course draws on a variety of sociological theories and explanatory frameworks to better understand how any why large scale disasters occur. The class will investigate high risk technologies, issues and problems related to organizational culture, deviance and misconduct, community dynamics and resilience, environmental justice, and social problems related to racialization, gender, class, and other inequalities. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, invest, equalit, resilien, environmental, resilience, environmental justice | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13,SDG15 |
| SOC465H5 | Climate Change and Society | In this course a variety of classical and contemporary sociological perspectives will be deployed to understand the social context, factors and consequences of climate change. Possible topics include the political economy of the environment, environmental refugees, environmental movements, media representations of climate change, the social context and consequences of fracking, the politics of global protocols on carbon emissions, climate justice and social inequality, etc. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | emission, inequality, equalit, refugee, climate, environmental, emissions, climate justice | SDG7,SDG10,SDG13 |
| SOC475H5 | Sociology of Legal Careers | This course examines legal careers from the sociological perspective. As one of the most elite and influential professions, lawyers are key players in economic, political, and social life. This course traces the various careers of lawyers from their experiences in law school to their jobs in law firms, courts, and other professional settings. In so doing the course will also focus on structures of inequality, such as gender, race and class. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, inequality, equalit | SDG5,SDG10 |
| SOC480Y5 | Internship in Sociology, Criminology, Law and Society | Through a part-time, unpaid, 200-hour internship, students apply sociological knowledge gained primarily through previous coursework. Students can seek internship opportunities at municipal social service departments or non-profit agencies providing social services, social movement or community-based organizations working for social change, courts or parole offices, for-profit workplaces, or other organizations. This experiential learning course also includes class meetings, written assignments and oral presentations, as well as an assessment by the internship employer. An application/interview may be required (see Department of Sociology website for details). Note: International students should visit the International Education Centre to ensure they have the appropriate documentation required to work in Canada well before the start of the course/internship. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, learning, social change | SDG4,SDG16 |
| SOCA03Y3 | Introduction to Sociology | Sociology focuses on explaining social patterns and how they impact individual lives. This course teaches students how to think sociologically, using empirical research methods and theories to make sense of society. Students will learn about the causes and consequences of inequalities, the ways in which our social worlds are constructed rather than natural, and the role of institutions in shaping our lives. A selection of subfields within the discipline will also be introduced, which may include culture, gender, sexualities, race and ethnicity, education, religion, families, crime, law, health, mass media, social change, and globalization. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, globaliz, equalit, institut, social change | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOCB22H3 | Sociology of Gender | This course examines gender as a sociological category that organizes and, at the same time, is organized by, micro and macro forces. By examining how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and other dimensions, we analyze the constitution and evolution of gendered ideology and practice. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5 |
| SOCB26H3 | Sociology of Education | This course offers a sociological perspective on a familiar experience: attending school. It examines the stated and hidden purposes of schooling; explores how learning in schools is organized; evaluates the drop-out problem; the determinants of educational success and failure; and, it looks at connections between school and work. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG4 |
| SOCB42H3 | Theory I: Discovering the Social | This course examines a group of theorists whose work provided key intellectual resources for articulating the basic concepts and tasks of sociology. Central topics include: the consequences of the division of labour, sources and dynamics of class conflict in commercial societies, the social effects of industrial production, the causes and directions of social progress, the foundations of feminism, linkages between belief systems and social structures, and the promises and pathologies of democratic societies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis, labour, production, democra | SDG5,SDG8,SDG12,SDG16 |
| SOCB43H3 | Theory II: Big Ideas in Sociology | This course studies a group of writers who in the early 20th century were pivotal in theoretically grounding sociology as a scientific discipline. Central topics include: the types and sources of social authority; the genesis and ethos of capitalism; the moral consequences of the division of labour; the nature of social facts; the origins of collective moral values; the relationship between social theory and social reform; the nature of social problems and the personal experience of being perceived as a social problem; the formal features of association; the social function of conflict; the social and personal consequences of urbanization. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour, capital, urban | SDG8,SDG9,SDG11 |
| SOCB47H3 | Social Inequality | A sociological examination of the ways in which individuals and groups have been differentiated and ranked historically and cross-culturally. Systems of differentiation and devaluation examined may include gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, citizenship/legal status, and ability/disability. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, citizen, gender, inequality, equalit | SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| SOCB49H3 | Sociology of Family | This course explores the family as a social institution, which shapes and at the same time is shaped by, the society in North America. Specific attention will be paid to family patterns in relation to class, gender, and racial/ethnic stratifications. Selected focuses include: socialization; courtship; heterosexual, gay and lesbian relations; gender division of labour; immigrant families; childbearing and childrearing; divorce; domestic violence; elderly care. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, labour, institut, violence | SDG5,SDG8,SDG16 |
| SOCB50H3 | Deviance and Normality I | This course explores how deviance and normality is constructed and contested in everyday life. The course revolves around the themes of sexuality, gender, poverty, race and intoxication. Particular attention will be paid to the role of official knowledge in policing social norms. | University of Toronto Scarborough | poverty, knowledge, gender | SDG1,SDG4,SDG5 |
| SOCB54H3 | Sociology of Work | Economic activity drives human society. This course explores the nature of work, how it is changing, and the impact of changes on the transition from youth to adult life. It also examines racism in the workplace, female labour force participation, and why we call some jobs 'professions', but not others. | University of Toronto Scarborough | racism, female, labour, transit | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG11 |
| SOCB59H3 | Sociology of Law | This course examines the character, authority, and processes of law in contemporary liberal democracies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | democra | SDG16 |
| SOCB60H3 | Issues in Critical Migration Studies | What are the causes and consequences of migration in today's world? This course will explore this question in two parts. First, we will examine how although people decide to migrate, they make these decisions under circumstances which are not of their own making. Then, we will focus specifically on the experiences of racialized and immigrant groups in Canada, with a particular focus on the repercussions of Black enslavement and ongoing settler-colonialism. As we explore these questions, we will also critically interrogate the primary response of the Canadian government to questions around racial and class inequality: multiculturalism. What is multiculturalism? Is it enough? Does it make matters worse? Students will come away from this course having critically thought about what types of social change would bring about a freer and more humane society. | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, inequality, equalit, social change | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOCC03H3 | Collective Behaviour | The study of uninstitutionalized group behaviour - crowds, panics, crazes, riots and the genesis of social movements. This course has been designated an Applied Writing Skills Course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut | SDG16 |
| SOCC11H3 | Policing and Security | This course examines the character of policing and security programs in advanced liberal democracies. Attention will be paid to the nature and enforcement of modern law by both state and private agents of order, as well as the dynamics of the institutions of the criminal justice system. This course has been designated an Applied Writing Skills Course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | institut, criminal justice, democra | SDG16 |
| SOCC24H3 | Special Topics In Gender and Family | A theoretical and empirical examination of different forms of family and gender relations. Of special interest is the way in which the institution of the family produces and reflects gendered inequalities in society. Themes covered include changes and continuities in family and gender relations, micro-level dynamics and macro-level trends in family and gender, as well as the interplay of structure and agency. This course has been designated an Applied Writing Skills Course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, equalit, institut | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOCC27H3 | Sociology of Suburbs and Suburbanization | This course examines the political economy of suburban development, the myth and reality of suburbanism as a way of life, the working class suburb, the increasing diversity of suburban communities, suburbia and social exclusion, and the growth of contemporary suburban forms such as gated communities and lifestyle shopping malls. | University of Toronto Scarborough | urban | SDG11 |
| SOCC34H3 | Migrations & Transnationalisms | Examines the relationship between contemporary modes of international migration and the formation of transnational social relations and social formations. Considers the impact of trans-nationalisms on families, communities, nation-states, etc. This course has been designated an Applied Writing Skills Course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nationalism | SDG16 |
| SOCC37H3 | Environment and Society | This course links studies in the classical sociology of resources and territory (as in the works of Harold Innis, S.D. Clark, and the Chicago School), with modern topics in ecology and environmentalism. The course will use empirical research and theoretical issues to explore the relationship between various social systems and their natural environments. | University of Toronto Scarborough | environmental, ecolog | SDG13,SDG15 |
| SOCC38H3 | Gender and Education | An examination of a number of key issues in the sociology of education, focusing particularly upon gender and higher education. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5 |
| SOCC49H3 | Indigenous Health | This course will examine the healh and well-being of Indigenous peoples, given historic and contemporary issues. A critical examination of the social determinants of health, including the cultural, socioeconomic and political landscape, as well as the legacy of colonialism, will be emphasized. An overview of methodologies and ethical issues working with Indigenous communities in health research and developing programs and policies will be provided. The focus will be on the Canadian context, but students will be exposed to the issues of Indigenous peoples worldwide. Same as HLTC49H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | socioeconomic, well-being, indigenous, land | SDG1,SDG3,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| SOCC55H3 | Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity | This course addresses key concepts and debates in the research on race and ethnicity. Topics covered may include historical and global approaches to: assimilation, ethnic relations, intersectionality, racialization, and scientific racism. | University of Toronto Scarborough | racism | SDG4 |
| SOCC58H3 | Global Transformations: Politics, Economy and Society | A sociological examination of contemporary global transformations including changing social, economic, and political conditions. Topics examined may include the shifting nature of state-society relations in a global context; the emergence of globally-integrated production, trade and financial systems; and the dynamics of local and transnational movements for global social change. This course has been designated as a Writing Skills course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | trade, production, social change | SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| SOCC59H3 | Special Topics in Social Inequality | Sociological analyses of stratification processes and the production of social inequality with a focus on economy and politics. Topics covered may include work and labour markets, the state and political processes. Attention is given to grassroots mobilization, social movements, and contestatory politics. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour, inequality, equalit, production | SDG8,SDG10,SDG12 |
| SOCC61H3 | The Sociology of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is an historic process that now directs a core area of Canadian politics and governance. This course examines the institutional and legal history, precedents, contradictions and consequences of the commission from a sociological perspective. | University of Toronto Scarborough | reconciliation, truth and reconciliation, institut, governance | SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOCC70H3 | Models of the Social World | This course examines how quantitative models can be used to understand the social world with a focus on social inequality and social change. Students will learn the fundamentals of modern computational techniques and data analysis, including how to effectively communicate findings using narratives and visualizations. Topics covered include data wrangling, graphic design, regression analysis, interactive modelling, and categorical data analysis. Methods will be taught using real-world examples in sociology with an emphasis on understanding key concepts rather than mathematical formulas. | University of Toronto Scarborough | inequality, equalit, social change | SDG10,SDG16 |
| SOCD01H3 | Advanced Seminar in Culture and Cities | This course offers an in-depth examination of selected topics in Culture and Cities. Check the department website for more details. This course has been designated a Research Skills Course | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities | SDG11 |
| SOCD08H3 | Scarborough Place-Making: Indigenous Sovereignty and Settler Landholding | This course charts the legal norms and social relations that, from the 1700s to the present, have turned land into a place and an idea called Scarborough. Students work with a diversity of sources and artifacts such as crown patents, government reports and Indigenous legal challenges, historical and contemporary maps and land surveys, family letters, historical plaques, and Indigenous artists’ original works to trace the conflicts and dialogues between Indigenous and settler place-making in Scarborough. This course has been designated a Research Skills Course. | University of Toronto Scarborough | settler, indigenous, land, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| SOCD12H3 | Sociology of Art | An examination of sociological approaches to the study of visual art. Topics include the social arrangements and institutional processes involved in producing, consecrating, distributing, and marketing art as well as artistic consumption practices. | University of Toronto Scarborough | consum, institut | SDG12,SDG16 |
| SOCD20H3 | Advanced Seminar: Social Change and Gender Relations in Chinese Societies | This seminar examines the transformation and perpetuation of gender relations in contemporary Chinese societies. It pays specific attention to gender politics at the micro level and structural changes at the macro level through in-depth readings and research. Same as GASD20H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, social change | SDG5,SDG16 |
| SOCD21H3 | Immigrant Scarborough | This course will teach students how to conduct in-depth, community-based research on the social, political, cultural and economic lives of immigrants. Students will learn how to conduct qualitative research including participant observation, semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Students will also gain valuable experience linking hands-on research to theoretical debates about migration, transnationalism and multicultural communities. Check the Department of Sociology website for more details. | University of Toronto Scarborough | nationalism | SDG16 |
| SOCD51H3 | Capstone Seminar in Culture, Creativity, and Cities | This course provides a hands-on learning experience with data collection, analysis, and dissemination on topics discussed in the Minor in Culture, Creativity, and Cities. It involves substantial group and individual-based learning, and may cover topics as diverse as the role of cultural fairs and festivals in the city of Toronto, the efficacy of arts organizations, current trends in local cultural labour markets, artistic markets inside and outside of the downtown core, food culture, and analysis of governmental datasets on arts participation in the city. | University of Toronto Scarborough | food culture, learning, labour, cities | SDG2,SDG4,SDG8,SDG11 |
| SPA196H1 | Class and Work in the Americas | This course examines economic and social inequalities in the contemporary Americas. We look at the ways in which class divisions are represented in academic studies, literature, film, and television. From Mexican maquiladoras to indigenous reservations, we consider the global poor and how recent changes in the character of work (automation, outsourcing, free trade zones) have had an impact on class divisions, especially for younger members of society. Can a renewed understanding of class and work help us to negotiate power, privilege, and inequality in this century? Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | trade, inequality, equalit, indigenous, outsourc | SDG10,SDG16,SDG12 |
| SPA198H1 | A Brief History of Love in the Western World | This course introduces students to the ways in which the foremost thinkers in the history of the Western world (Plato, Ovid, St. Augustine, Ficino, Ebreo) conceived the idea of love; how did the notions of sexuality and gender play into that idea, and how did these notions carry on – or not – into our present understanding of love, sexuality and gender. While the background readings pertain to the general Western cultural heritage, the literary texts through which we will observe particular applications of the theories of love were produced by some of the outstanding 16th and 17th century Spanish authors (for ex. RodrÃguez de Montalvo; Jorge de Montemayor; Miguel de Cervantes; Tirso de Molina, MarÃa de Zayas, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz). All the readings will be in English. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| SPA199H1 | More than Nachos and Tequila: Mexican History and Culture | This course aims at studying the rich history of Mexico from an interdisciplinary perspective. We will cover a wide range of issues, such as identity, modernity race, immigration, gender, sexuality, globalization, and iconic figures. The issue of identity as construed from the inside, but also from the outside and particularly from the English-speaking world (i.e. current US presidential views on the wall), will be widely examined. Course materials will range from chronicles of conquest to modern reflections and representations by historians, philosophers, filmmakers, musicians, writers and artist, among others. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, globaliz | SDG5,SDG9 |
| SPA259H1 | Introduction to Hispanic Cultural Studies | Forms of cultural expression in Spain, Latin America and Spanish-speaking North America, with study of representative media, including literature, journalism, film, visual art, and the urban environment. Introduction to methods of cultural analysis. (Offered in alternate years). | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| SPA275H1 | 21st Century Latin American Cinema | This online course examines the social, political, and cultural contexts of recent Latin American Hispanic cinema. Topics include race and indigeneity; poverty, precarity, and inequality; gender and sexuality; and memory and trauma. The representation of these themes in Latin American cinema of the 21st century has contributed to an increase in its transnational and cosmopolitan reception. Lectures in English. Students choose tutorials in Spanish or English. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, precarity, gender, inequality, equalit | SDG1,SDG5,SDG10 |
| SPA323H1 | Business Spanish | Practical uses of spoken and written Spanish for business contexts, with an emphasis on culturally appropriate ways of communication in a Spanish-language work environment. This course builds on grammar and vocabulary knowledge already acquired at the intermediate level. As a part of the course, students will participate in an internship with Spanish-speaking businesses and institutions in the Toronto area. The placements are designed to deepen linguistic, cultural, and analytical skills acquired in the classroom in work-related environments, promote intercultural competency, and foster links to the community. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, institut | SDG4,SDG16 |
| SPA378H1 | Central America Postwar Narrative | The end of civil and military conflicts in the last decade of the 20th century reshapes the political landscape of Central America. Through selected readings of novels and short stories from representative writers, issues of immigration, displacement, and globalization are discussed to understand these changes in the region. (Offered every three years) | Arts and Science, Faculty of | globaliz, land | SDG9,SDG15 |
| SPA383H1 | Disability and Embodiment in Spanish American Cultures | This course approaches literary, visual, and multi-media texts of twentieth-century and contemporary Spanish America, focusing on the body as site of multiple differences, lived experience, exploitation, and creative expression. We will consider the roles of disability through cultural production and activism, particularly in the Mexican context, the histories that have shaped ongoing inequalities, and relationships between disability, gender, and race in these histories. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, gender, equalit, production, exploitation | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| SPA489H1 | Latin American Transculturations | This course integrates a series of contemporary debates in Latin American cultural studies with analysis of its transdisciplinary history and global permutations. Key topics of investigation within these debates may include indigeneity; coloniality, transculturation, and subalternity; empire, nation, and globalism; revolution, state discourse, and the popular; gender and sexuality; and the production of race. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, invest, globalis, production | SDG5,SDG9,SDG12 |
| STA130H1 | An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning and Data Science | This course, intended for students considering a program in Statistical Sciences, discusses the crucial role played by statistical reasoning in solving challenging problems from natural science, social science, technology, health care, and public policy, using a combination of logical thinking, mathematics, computer simulation, and oral and written discussion and analysis. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care | SDG3 |
| STA197H1 | Thinking Better with Statistics | This course explores how our statistical intuitions and ways of thinking can let us down. There’s no need to be a math whiz to be a better statistical thinker. Everyone can become a more critical consumer of claims presented in media, advertisements and by politicians—especially those relevant to our own health and wealth. This course uses real-world examples and tours common and avoidable statistical traps and tricks. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | consum | SDG12 |
| STA305H5 | Experimental Design | This course covers topics in the design and analysis of experiments. The topics covered include analysis of variance, randomization, confounding, block designs, factorial designs, orthogonal polynomials and response surface methods. Applications include agricultural experiments, laboratory experiments, and industrial experiments, including quality control techniques. | University of Toronto Mississauga | agricultur, labor | SDG2,SDG8 |
| STA315H5 | Advanced Statistical Learning | The second part of the course will focus on basic ideas in classification problems including discriminant analysis and support vector machine, and unsupervised learning techniques such as clustering, principal component analysis, independent component analysis and multidimensional scaling. The course will also cover the modern statistics in the "big data" area. The high dimensional problems when p >> n and n >> p will be introduced. In addition, the students will be formed as groups to do data analysis projects on statistical machine learning and present their findings in class. This will prepare them for future careers in industry or academia. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| TEP234H1 | ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUS | Complementary Studies elective Part 1 of the 2 Part Entrepreneurship Program The age of enterprise has arrived. Strategic use of technology in all sorts of businesses makes the difference between success and failure for these firms. Wealth creation is a real option for many and the business atmosphere is ready for you! Increasingly, people are seeing the advantages of doing their own thing, in their own way, in their own time. Entrepreneurs can control their own lives, structure their own progress and be accountable for their own success - they can fail, but they cannot be fired! After all, engineers are the most capable people to be in the forefront of this drive to the business life of the 21st century. This course is the first of a series of two dealing with entrepreneurship and management of a small company. It is intended the student would take the follow-up course TEP432 as they progress toward their engineering degree. Therefore, it is advisable that the descriptions of both courses be studied, prior enrolling in this one. This is a limited enrolment course. If the number of students electing to take the course exceeds the class size limit, selection of the final group will be made on the basis of the "Entrepreneur's Test". A certificate will be awarded upon the successful completion of both courses, attesting to the student having passed this Entrepreneurial Course Series at the University of Toronto. The course is based on real life issues, not theoretical developments or untried options. Topics covered include: Who is an entrepreneur; Canadian business environment; Acquisitions; Different business types (retail, wholesale, manufacturing, and services); Franchising; Human resources, Leadership, Business Law; and many others. Several invited visitors provide the student with the opportunity to meet real entrepreneurs. There will be several assignments and a session project. Please note, the 5 hours per week would be used for whatever is needed at the time. Tutorials will not normally happen as the calendar indicates them. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | entrepreneur | SDG8 |
| TEP321H1 | INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | Humanities and Social Science elective Introduces students to the history, theory and practice of communicating science to the public. We first establish a theoretical foundation for understanding the complex relationship between science, scientists, and the public, closely examining techniques and strategies for communicating about science to non-technical readers with a variety of backgrounds and ideological perspectives. We apply these concepts to contemporary case studies in multiple media, focusing on (mis)representations of climate, environmental, and biomedical sciences, breakthroughs in engineering. In doing so, we explore how the shift from traditional news to new media – including videos, podcasts, and social media – has changed how science is communicated to the public, plus the implications of this shift for scientists and engineers. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | climate, environmental | SDG13 |
| TEP324H1 | ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | The purpose of this course is to enable future engineers to initiate, facilitate and moderate discussion between stakeholders with differing and/or opposing values and ideologies. The relationship between engineering and the concepts of social justice to develop the skills needed to take practical action in a complex world is explored. This course facilitates building personal responses to ideas of justice, bias and marginalization. These ideas affect Engineers and Engineering in general, domestically and globally, in projects and in contexts, such as the workplace and academic environment. Readings will be drawn from current writers on Engineering and Social Justice. Students will rehearse action through theatre techniques, developed to enable communities to practice and critique action. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | social justice | SDG16 |
| TEP447H1 | ETHICAL & EQUIT. DECISIONS | The primary objective of this course is to help engineering students navigate the ambiguous world of engineering ethics and equity using case studies drawn from the careers of Canadian engineers. This course tackles complex ethics and equity challenges by focusing on multiple levels of practice: from design work to organizational practice and governance. By applying a systems lens, students will learn to develop the knowledge and skills needed for short-term and long-term action strategies. In addition to being exposed to a range of ethical theories, the PEO code of ethics, and the legal context of engineering ethics, students enrolled in this course will engage in ethical decision-making on a weekly basis. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | knowledge, equity, equit, governance | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| TEP448H1 | System Mapping | Engineers are taught to think in systems, but often these are limited in scope to the technical realm. Yet, many of today’s “wicked problems†are as much dictated by social and environmental considerations as by any technical considerations. System mapping is a system thinking tool frequently used in fields such as public health and environmental policy to describe complex, multi-stakeholder problems. Students will apply system mapping techniques to describe complex problems with technical, social and environmental aspects. Students will explore fields outside of engineering critical to these challenges, including: public policy, sociology, and law. Students will complete a team project to develop a system map of a complex problem. The emphasis will be on problem definition, not problem solution, though it is expected maps will point to potential paths for solution. | Applied Science & Engineering, Faculty of | public health, environmental | SDG3,SDG13 |
| THRA10H3 | Introduction to Theatre | A general introduction to theatre as a social institution and collaborative performing art. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, class exercises, and excursions to see theatre together throughout Toronto, this course will investigate why and how people commit their lives to make theatre. It will also orient students to the four areas of focus in the Theatre and Performance program's curriculum, providing a background for further theatre studies. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, invest, institut | SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| THRC20H3 | Theatre and Social Justice | An examination of theatre and performance in relation to social justice. Building an understanding of power in relation to culture, the course looks at historical and contemporary examples to see the many ways performance may confront issues of social inequality and in justice. | University of Toronto Scarborough | inequality, equalit, social justice | SDG10,SDG16 |
| THRC41H3 | Theatre in Education | This course introduces students to the principles and creative processes of integrating theatre into K-12 classrooms and other learning environments. Lectures, readings, discussions, and field trips complement active experimentation as students learn the pedagogical value of this active, creative, imaginative, kinesthetic approach to education. | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning | SDG4 |
| TRN135Y1 | Science and Social Choice | Many of the decisions we make as a society rely on advances in scientific knowledge. In this course, we will discuss a number of contemporary medical topics that involve complex scientific discoveries about health, the human body, disease, and infection. We will consider genes and study the medical implications of our growing understanding of the human genome. We will study a number of recent cases in order to explore how scientific findings influence decision-making in hospitals and the selection of social policies. We will also discuss the background forces that shape medical research and how this affects the kinds of health problems that are prioritized. The objective of this course is to develop a solid understanding of biological concepts related to human health and consider them in their wider social and ethical contexts. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge | SDG4 |
| TRN136Y1 | Canadian Health Policy in the Global Context | In this course we consider when our health policies support the highest standards of medical care, consistent with the latest discoveries in medical research. We examine the ways in which debates around ethics, effectiveness and efficiency shape global and national health policy. We begin by exploring the most important advancements in global health policy over the past two decades. We then assess Canada’s experience in providing health care, identifying lessons for national policy reform and for Canada’s role as a leader in global health research and policy. We explore a range of health challenges including universal health care, anti-microbial drug resistance, HIV AIDS, tuberculosis, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, cardiovascular care, oncology, environmental health, indigenous health, violence against women and mental health. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | mental health, global health, health care, child health, women, violence against women, indigenous, environmental, violence | SDG3,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13 |
| TRN140Y1 | Ethics, Humans, and Nature | This course introduces students to ethical issues arising from the way humans interact with nature. Students will study some theoretical approaches for evaluating how human society affects the planet, ecosystems, and the other animals. Theories will be drawn from philosophy, theology, and ecology, and will include Western and non-Western approaches to living in harmony with one’s environment. Key themes may include speciesism – the idea that human needs are the most important – as well as overpopulation, extinction, vegetarianism, and responsible resource management. The course will also look at how social policy shapes human choices and whether sustainability initiatives should be pursued through the public or private sector. The course will also discuss the spiritual connection between humans and the environment and how society can be organized to promote access to nature in urban communities. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, planet, vegetarian, species, animal, ecosystem, ecolog | SDG11,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| TRN141Y1 | Environmental Science and Pathways to Sustainability | This course introduces students to fundamental issues in environmental science with a multi-disciplinary focus on human impacts on physical and biological systems, and on identifying pathways to sustainability. Key themes will include energy and resources, climate change, land use, contaminants and protecting biodiversity in the context of the Anthropocene. The course challenges students to apply the scientific method to environmental monitoring, research and problem solving through project design, data collection and analysis. The course also emphases information literacy, skills to distinguish science from pseudo-science, and considerations around representation of environmental science in the media. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | energy, climate, environmental, anthropocene, biodivers, land use, land | SDG7,SDG13,SDG14,SDG15 |
| TRN151Y1 | Global Governance | Terrorism, the proliferation of arms (including weapons of mass destruction), environmental degradation, globalization, technological change, and the rise of non-state actors all pose challenges to statecraft and the management of global order. This seminar course explores the changing dynamics of global politics and the responses to them by states (and others). Topics will include an examination of new forms of international collaboration that have developed in the wake of crises in the years following the Second World War. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | labor, globaliz, environmental, governance, terroris | SDG8,SDG9,SDG13,SDG16 |
| TRN152Y1 | Justice & Global Conflict | Modern states face both new and familiar challenges to protecting national security. National insecurity threatens a country’s capacity to protect the well-being of its citizens while at the same time participating in international organizations and treaties. This course explores the origins and management of international conflict from the 17th to the 21st century, focusing on the precursors to war and the markers of peace. We will also consider the ways in which our current global world order promotes and preserves justice between and within nations. Students will consider different theoretical approaches to justice between nations, and apply them to recent security issues. By studying the history of conflict and the difference between justice and injustice students will gain a deeper understanding of how current geopolitical actors can structure and affect the prospects for security policy reform moving forward. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | well-being, peace, citizen, injustice | SDG3,SDG4,SDG16 |
| TRN160Y1 | Public Policy and the Public Good | This course examines the sense of the public good that undergirds Canada's domestic and international obligations. We examine the notion of the “public†through investigating possible answers to a central political question: what is the purpose of government? Drawing on readings in philosophy and political theory, the course considers a variety of approaches to defining the nature of the public good and how policy makers should respond when competing goods (e.g., freedom and security) clash with each other. In addition, the course looks at the treaties and conventions that articulate the responsibilities of signatory nations regarding challenges such as climate change mitigation, refugee resettlement, and foreign aid. Students will learn how international agreements either compel or encourage participation and multilateral cooperation in the absence of robust enforcement mechanisms. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | ABS, invest, refugee, climate change mitigation, climate | SDG2,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG13 |
| TRN162Y1 | Political Economy and Social Inequality | What is the relationship between capitalism and democracy? How can understanding rational choice theory inform public policy? This course will introduce students to the methods of studying the interplay between economics and politics. We will focus on specific topics to guide our quantitative analysis, which may include intergenerational poverty, the transfer of wealth, efficiency, and social stratification. We will analyse empirical results while developing critical skills for interpreting economic data and research. The course also considers global economic dynamics, transnational governance regimes, as well as the political-economic dimensions of setting global policies. By the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of global political economy, and its connection the fields of international relations and public policy. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, capital, inequality, equalit, governance, democra | SDG1,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16 |
| TRN172Y1 | Ethics and the Law | What is the relationship between moral values and the law? What role does the law play in enabling people to live better lives? Are legal institutions and actors subject to higher ethical standards? In this course we will read texts from legal theory and political philosophy to try to explain the connection between ethics and the law. This will provide the basis for thinking about some historical and contemporary legal cases, as well as ethical issues judges, lawyers, and lawmakers face in their professional roles. Restricted to first-year students admitted to the Trinity One Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| TRN191H1 | Disaster and Terrorism: Religion and Ethics at Ground Zero | In response to contemporary terrorist attacks and natural disasters, many are led to cry, “The world will never be the same!†How should such statements be evaluated? What impact do they have on social and political life? This course explores religious and cultural responses to human tragedy and cultural shock. Discussion will attend to debates over the meaning of suffering, public reactions to terrorism, the traumas of natural disasters, and the role of media in covering such events. These themes are engaged from the perspectives of ethics, cultural theory, religious studies, and theology. The course focuses on popular responses to events that include: the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, the First World War, the Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, the Japanese experiences of Hiroshima and Fukushima, 9/11, and more recent examples of terrorism and disaster. Attention will be given to concerns such as the impact of trauma on social and political debate, the function of religious discourse in the face of tragedy, the nature of ideology, and the relationship between religion and violence. A thematic concern throughout the course will be the nature of ethical commitment in the midst of confusion and social disruption. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | violence, terroris | SDG16 |
| TRN192H1 | Public Health in Canada: Health for the 21st Century | This course deals with preventive care and population health. It will also move into new areas like healthcare and the environment (climate change) and the greening of healthcare. It will look at health as an extension of democracy – of how health extends individual rights beyond the political realm to the social realm, of how it can build social capital and knit populations together. It will look at areas inimical to health, ‘detriments to health’ and how economic inequality can lead to health inequality. Along with this it will look at ways of empowering the individual, the public as agent and a role of public engagement by major institutions. It will also push beyond the popular determinants of health to engage students in a paradigm on next steps, the future challenges in population health. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | public health, healthcare, capital, inequality, equalit, climate, institut, democra | SDG3,SDG9,SDG10,SDG13,SDG16 |
| TRN193H1 | Canadian Health Policy: Past, Present and Future | This is a health systems course. It deals with illness care, individual health, and health insurance. It will take a comparative and historical approach. We will look at the genesis of Canadian healthcare, our benefits and those other countries provide (e.g., pharmacare, dental care). We will look at indirect contributors like childcare and basic income. We will examine the public-private debate. We will also take some novel approaches. One is that the university has an expanded role in the 21st century, one that involves public outreach, a role that includes healthcare. Recent academic literature on healthcare notes that it is nation-building. We will look at why. We will examine some cutting-edge ideas, like integrated care, the learning health system, the concept of customer-owners. We will explore whether our healthcare system needs to be anchored by ‘institutions of excellence’ and identify these. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | healthcare, illness, learning, income, institut | SDG3,SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| TRN194H1 | Literature and Wicked Problems | This course explores contemporary literature in relation to the interdisciplinary framework of “wicked problems.†Research emphasizes that complex, entrenched problems, like government relations with Indigenous peoples or human impacts on the climate, involve interconnected systems and require approaches that cross disciplines and types of knowledge. The course examines the role of literary works (mostly 21st-century fiction) in addressing these issues of pressing concern to students as global citizens. Critical thinking, scholarly reading and database research are foundational skills that this course strengthens in order to prepare students for their writing in disciplines across the university. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, citizen, indigenous, climate | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13 |
| TRN203H1 | Society, its Limits and Possibilities | 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. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| TRN250Y1 | Empire, Nationalism, and the History of International Relations | Our modern world has its foundations in the development of a complex and changing system of international behaviours, customs, and rules. This course explores the global and often difficult transition from a world of empires to our contemporary world of nation-states, spanning the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. Using a global lens, this course offers an introductory historical survey using multiple perspectives and diverse settings, paying special attention to the dissolution of empire, popular revolution and mass movements, and the creation of international order. How global transformations were experienced, not only at the highest levels of power, but also by the people living amidst such change, will be an abiding concern of this course. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | transit, nationalism | SDG11,SDG16 |
| TRN304Y1 | Law and Social Issues | 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. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social justice | SDG16 |
| TRN350H1 | Scarcity, Sustainability, and the Future of International Relations | International Relations are changing, and changing quickly. Major challenges in global affairs, including the interrelated problems of climate change, resource scarcity, great power competition, and changes in mass politics will shape our future in uncertain and possibly dangerous ways. This course seeks to evaluate the effect of these interconnected issues on our world today, and their implications for the future. Through a series of case studies, students will be encouraged to identify future international challenges and work to develop sustainable and innovative solutions to the problems that will confront our world in the next decades and beyond. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | climate | SDG13 |
| UNI101H1 | Citizenship in the Canadian City | Who belongs? Who governs? Who decides? In this course, you will examine the concepts of citizenship, public space, political membership, civic responsibility, and belonging. You will address topics such as Indigenous sovereignty claims, urban multiculturalism, public housing, and greening the city. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, indigenous, urban, housing, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11 |
| UNI102H1 | Performing the City I | In this course we learn about different practices of performative engagement with the city and experiment with them through exercises and creative activities. The goal is to gain, through this mode of embodied engagement with the city, a critical understanding of urban space as a diverse social, cultural, and physical environment. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| UNI103H1 | Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic | 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. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, urban | SDG3,SDG11 |
| UNI104H1 | Sex in the City | You will learn about the sexual politics of the city and how cities and their neighbourhoods become sexualized and desexualized spaces. In Sex in the City, you will examine what “sex†means to Toronto’s varied, multicultural communities by looking at urban space, cultural productions, law enforcement, safety and health resources and more. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban, production | SDG11,SDG12 |
| UNI198H1 | Why Go to University? The Changing Role and Purpose of Higher Education | 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 contemporary arguments about citizenship. We explore the impact on higher education of globalization and what some call the “corporatization†of universities. Students will be encouraged to think, read, research and write about various models of higher education and explore questions suggested by these debates. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, globaliz | SDG4,SDG9 |
| UNI199H1 | The Construction of Race in America: A History | 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 will consider such contradictory developments as the accelerating influence of Black Lives Matter and the headline-grabbing white nationalism on display at the “Unite the Right†rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August, 2017. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gini, nationalism | SDG10,SDG16 |
| URB234H1 | Cities in Popular Culture | By exploring different popular culture phenomena such as the emergence of hip-hop in the Bronx, Batman's Gotham, and Nollywood, this course works to examine the contributions of popular culture in shaping our understandings of cities (as well as providing different perspectives of the city and the urban experience than is generally captured in scholarly/academic literature). Popular culture becomes a vehicle by which we will explore different aspects of urban life and urban representation. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | cities, urban | SDG11 |
| URB235H1 | A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Urban Studies I: Theoretical Foundations of City Building | Focuses on the theoretical foundations of urbanization, urban change, and city building, with particular attention on global urban growth, history of contemporary urbanization, urban planning, governance, built form, and economic development. These topics are explored through a multidisciplinary lens, with an emphasis on understanding urban transitions over time and their meaning for contemporary urban experience. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban, transit, governance | SDG11,SDG16 |
| URB236H1 | A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Urban Studies II: Urban Challenges and Theoretical Application | Cities are centres of innovation and creative energy, but they also face significant and pressing challenges. This course explores various urban issues including inequality, eroding infrastructure, and concerns arising from globalization, while also examining the ways in which municipal governments and urban citizens are imagining and implementing potential solutions to these challenges. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, energy, infrastructure, globaliz, inequality, equalit, gini, cities, urban | SDG4,SDG7,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11 |
| URB333H1 | Social Justice in the City | How do power and dominance consolidate in urban settings? How do individuals and communities contest this consolidation, and claim spaces and rights in the city? These questions will be taken up through a range of critical approaches, including Indigenous, critical race feminist, political economy, queer, and anarchist perspectives. Students will have the opportunity to carry out interview-based research on an issue of equality and social justice that matters to them. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | queer, feminis, equalit, indigenous, urban, social justice | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11 |
| URB335H1 | City Challenges, City Opportunities in a 21st Century Toronto | Over the last 50+ years, Toronto has become a national and international centre of economic activity, with a vibrant arts and culture scene and world-renowned research, educational, and health institutions. Additionally, the City has become one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. That said, Toronto also struggles with deep inequalities along many different axes, an affordable housing crisis, underfunded infrastructure needs, and many other challenges. This course provides a window into how the leadership at the City of Toronto think and approach these and other issues as the City works to plan for the recovery from COVID-19. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | affordab, wind, infrastructure, equalit, cities, housing, affordable housing, institut | SDG1,SDG10,SDG7,SDG9,SDG11,SDG16 |
| URB336H1 | Creative Cities | A prominent thesis in the fields of planning and economic geography is that the presence of creative occupations in a city correlates positively with the overall health of urban regions. This course will investigate the nature of this link from theoretical and empirical perspectives and examine its potential usefulness in a planning/policy context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, cities, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| URB337H1 | Housing and Homelessness | Toronto, like other global cities, is characterized by a stark dichotomy: upscale residential and commercial development transforms the landscape, even while increasing numbers of residents are forced to live on the streets, in encampments, in shelters, or crowded into unaffordable and substandard housing. This course will examine that paradox and activism that is trying to achieve the federal government’s stated goal: “By 2030, everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and that meets their needsâ€. Through readings, discussions, guest presenters, and activities, we will trace the links between housing, homelessness, and urban politics; review policies and trends at the municipal, provincial/territorial and national levels; and connect with urban movements to contest displacement. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | homeless, affordab, cities, urban, housing, land | SDG1,SDG10,SDG11,SDG15 |
| URB342H1 | Qualitative Research in Urban Studies | This course provides students an opportunity to craft and initiate an Urban Studies capstone research project. Students will gain knowledge, experience and insight in utilizing qualitative research methods including interviewing, focus groups, observational analysis and other techniques. Seminars and assignments focus on the application of qualitative methods to each student’s selected urban research question. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, urban | SDG4,SDG11 |
| URB430H1 | Advanced Topics in Urban Studies II | This course is meant to be a senior complement to URB338H1 whereby important theoretical, analytical and/or policy debates are addressed in a research seminar format. Students in URB430H1 will be expected to extend, or refine research topics identified and explored in URB338H1 in a major independent research project. Students will present their proposals, their progress reports, and their final results to the instructor and the class. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| URB431Y1 | Special Topics in Urban Studies | From time to time, the Urban Studies Program organizes community outreach and information sessions. At the discretion of the Director, students may enroll in a special topics course and investigate these issues more deeply under the supervision of an agreeable faculty member. Proposals including a letter from an agreeable faculty member should be submitted to the Director by June 1 for a Fall or Year-long course, or by November 1 for a Spring course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, urban | SDG9,SDG11 |
| URB433H1 | Special Topics in Urban Studies | 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. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| URB436H1 | Independent Research in Urban Studies | Designed to allow strong students in the Major and Specialist programs to extend a piece of urban research under the supervision of a faculty member from any aligned department. Choice of ‘H’ or ‘Y’ session pursuant to the scope of the research envisioned, the proposed supervisor’s assessment of depth of the inquiry, and the approval of the program director. Proposals, including a letter from an agreeable supervisor should be submitted to the program director by June 1 for a Fall or Year session course and by November 1 for a Spring session course. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | urban | SDG11 |
| URB437Y1 | Urban Experiential Learning in Toronto & the GTA | A method of studying city issues that combines readings, seminar discussions, and field trips with an 8 hour / week internship in the office of a municipal politician, local government, or non-profit organization. Readings focus on community development, urban planning, economic development and local governance. Students must fill out a ballot for the course (available by contacting the Urban Studies Program Office) by June 1st. Enrolment in this course is competitive and at the discretion of the Urban Studies Director and/or course instructor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, urban, governance | SDG4,SDG11,SDG16 |
| URB439H1 | Cities and Mega-events: Place-making, Contestation and Urban Citizenship | Mega-events, like the Olympics, give cities the opportunity to showcase themselves to the world, but the production of television-friendly urban images do much to obscure the processes, compromises and social consequences in host cities. These events are powerful tools for city branding. They are also potential opportunities for social movements and other groups and individuals to highlight their own sets of concerns. This course will explore the challenges and opportunities that cities face in hosting such events. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, cities, urban, production | SDG4,SDG11,SDG12 |
| UTM118H5 | utmONE: Science of Learning | This interdisciplinary course encourages students to take ownership of their education through a focus on the process of learning how to learn and by cultivating the habits of mind for lifelong achievement and success. Students will explore theories of learning and research on the strategies students should employ to reach deep understanding. "Science of Learning" is designed to help students develop their critical thinking, university-level oral and written communication, critical reading, and other foundational academic skills. Students participate in a series of tutorials that will help them build foundational skills for academic success such as creating study plans, taking notes, reading critically, and developing a growth mindset. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning | SDG4 |
| VCC207H5 | Urban Sites and Sounds | Introduces students to histories and theories of urban spaces emphasizing the modern city. Drawing from history, architecture, geography, and media studies, the course explores how urban change is evident in the spaces, forms, and sounds of the modern city. Case studies of specific urban environments depending on instructor's research emphasis. | University of Toronto Mississauga | urban | SDG11 |
| VCC236H5 | North American Consumer Culture: 1890-Present | Examines the history and theoretical treatments of mass consumerism in North American society. We will look at the relationship between the market and cultural politics, cultural production, and mass consumption. Specific topics include: the shift from mass production to mass consumption; the growth of department stores; the rise of advertising; the relationship of race, class, and gender to consumer capitalism; the development of product brands; and the emergence of global marketing. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, capital, consum, production | SDG5,SDG9,SDG12 |
| VCC304H5 | Visual Culture and the Politics of Identity | Examines the ways in which social-cultural identities are constructed by, and at times disrupt, various visual technologies, logics, and representational strategies. Issues and problems to be addressed include nationality, stereotyping, invisibility, and surveillance. Course materials will be drawn from modern and contemporary art and visual culture, and will also include readings from the fields of feminism, race studies, queer theory, and performance studies. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | queer, feminis | SDG5 |
| VIC108H1 | Belonging, Imagination, and Indigenous Identity | This course will examine a number of questions related to Indigenous identities as they have been constituted through collective belonging and cultural representation. Topics covered may include: language, the arts, cinema, ecology, religion, ritual, and the enduring legacy of colonialism. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | indigenous, ecolog | SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| VIC110H1 | Critical Perspectives on Society | By means of short texts, film or art works this course explores such themes as the effect of technology on the political, the nature of democracy, the question of resistance through art and the role of violence in the social. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | democra, violence | SDG16 |
| VIC134H1 | Globalization | This interdisciplinary course explores the contemporary character of globalization. The world is shrinking as money, goods, people, ideas, weapons, and information flow across national boundaries. Some commentators assert that a more tightly interconnected world can exacerbate financial disruptions, worsen the gap between rich and poor nations, undermine democracy, imperil national cultures, harm the environment, and give unconstrained freedom to predatory corporations. Others proclaim that globalization - understood as capitalism and free markets - fosters economic growth, encourages creative collaboration, inspires technological breakthroughs, and enhances human prospects for a better life, in rich and poor countries alike, in unprecedented ways. Our task is to evaluate the evidence and draw our own conclusions. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | economic growth, labor, capital, globaliz, democra | SDG8,SDG9,SDG16 |
| VIC136H1 | How to Study Everyday Life | An introduction to the academic study of everyday life. A cross-disciplinary discussion class drawing on a wide variety of examples from ordinary life, fantasy, and culture. We situate the apparently innocuous within larger patterns of social relations and social change. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social change | SDG16 |
| VIC150Y1 | School and Society | This course will be about the social and historical role of the school. The course will examine schools and learning as social, political, intellectual, and economic phenomena. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| VIC168H1 | Identity and Equality in the Public Sphere | This course explores current legal and philosophical debates around equality, discrimination, and the shaping of individual and group identities. It addresses the way values, affiliation, and identities have an impact on the public sphere of law and policy-making – and the ways in which law and policy, in turn, shape our conceptions (and misconceptions) of people's identities. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equalit | SDG10 |
| VIC171Y1 | Methodology, Theory and Practice in the Natural Sciences | An examination of scientific theories and their logic in life and physical sciences. Experimental design, novel device production, data analysis and modeling will be discussed using examples drawn from primary source material in the natural sciences. Students will prepare a research paper on a topic designed in consultation with the instructor. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | production | SDG12 |
| VIC181H1 | Events in the Public Sphere: World Affairs | This course will review issues in contemporary world affairs, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present day. The course will examine the politics and practice of foreign policy decision making. Issues to be covered include the collapse of the Soviet Union, intervention in humanitarian crises, and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | humanitarian | SDG10 |
| VIC183H1 | Individuals and the Public Sphere: Shaping Memory | This course explores how public service and citizenship are developed. Topics may include the role of law and government, civil liberties, rights and responsibilities, and the creation of policy, as well as how these factors shape collective memory. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen | SDG4 |
| VIC185H1 | Events in the Public Sphere: Social Justice | This course uses events to discuss the nature of society including major revolutions, economic crises, and the impact of significant artistic, cultural and technological developments. Emphasis on our responsibilities towards social justice. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | social justice | SDG16 |
| VIC186H1 | The Art and Literature of Leadership 1 | What is a leader? Are leaders born or are they made, and if they are made is there a craft to being able to lead others? Through works of art, film, and literature, this course examines the various types of men and women who become leaders from natural-born talents to statesmen and state-crafters and individual entrepreneurs with the purpose of defining those qualities that make for the leaders of tomorrow. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, entrepreneur | SDG5,SDG8 |
| VIC187H1 | Prosperity, Justice, and Sustainability: Introduction to Public Policy | This course introduces policy applications of measurement tools and economic concepts by analyzing current issues in the news, such as public spending and debt, health care, social security, energy, climate change, innovation, and education. Concepts from the philosophy and history of economic thought will be used to address such questions as: What is the nature of economic explanations? Do they tell us the truth about reality? Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | health care, energy, social security, climate | SDG3,SDG7,SDG10,SDG13 |
| VIC188H1 | Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability, and Ethics | Drawing together philosophical background readings with contemporary applications, this course addresses issues of corporate social responsibility, business ethics, human rights, diversity, and equity, and considers how these topics intersect with a wide range of global practices. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | equity, citizen, equit, human rights | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16 |
| VIC189H1 | The Art and Literature of Leadership 2 | What is a leader? Are leaders born or are they made, and if they are made is there a craft to being able to lead others? Through works of art, film, and literature, this course examines the various types of men and women who become leaders from natural-born talents to statesmen and state-crafters and individual entrepreneurs with the purpose of defining those qualities that make for the leaders of tomorrow. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, entrepreneur | SDG5,SDG8 |
| VIC196H1 | Renaissance Queens | This course examines Renaissance queens and queenship by exploring historical and fictional queens and empresses. Topics may include the varied roles queens played within their societies, their relationship with religious and political institutions, the ways in which they negotiated sovereignty vis-a-vis the gender they embodied, and all the ways in which queens were celebrated, criticized, and imagined by artists, writers, and communities of their time and today. Discussion will delve into broad questions around identity and politics and feature a broad range of case studies from Europe to colonial America and beyond. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, institut, sovereignty | SDG5,SDG16 |
| VIC199H1 | The Secret Life of Objects: Analyzing the Culture of Things | This course will examine the materiality of objects with a view to understanding how artefacts are made, their circulation, consumption, and the importance of things to social and cultural life. An investigation of artefacts from various collections in and around the university will be undertaken to develop basic methods for the study, description and analysis of material culture. In addition to hands-on exploration of objects, topics may include antiquarians and their methods, material culture in colonial contexts, and materials in contemporary user-friendly design. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | invest, consum | SDG9,SDG12 |
| VIC207H1 | Genetic Technologies: Scientific Promises and ethical Dilemmas | This course examines the ethical dilemmas raised by new genetic technologies. It explores the scientific possibilities they open as well as the moral questions they raise. The topics covered might include: Eugenics, the human genome project, behavioral genetics, genetics and race, genetic screening, gene editing and therapy, gene doping in sports, animal and human cloning, and genetic enhancement. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | animal | SDG14,SDG15 |
| VIC435H1 | Capstone Seminar: Community-Engaged Research | This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity in community-engaged research combined with critical reflection and academic discussion within a seminar setting. Through a placement in social enterprise organizations, students develop research-based approaches to support their organization in assessing needs, impact, and resources. Alongside this hands-on experience, interdisciplinary seminar discussions will help students understand how research methodologies, standards, and protocols are deployed in community settings. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| VIC451H1 | Capstone: Learning Communities and Higher Education | This course examines higher education in Canada using Victoria University and Victoria's affiliates as a case study. Topics covered include learning communities, mentoring, experiential learning, and international contexts of education. Students gain practical mentorship experience through placement in first-year Victoria College courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| VIC452H1 | Work-Integrated Capstone Course | This seminar provides academic support for individual work placements in a specific sector of employment, through interdisciplinary readings, integrative discussion, and critical reflection on the culture of labour and the acquisition of workplace skills and experience. Assignments will include reflective exercises and critical analyses, leading to participation in a capstone seminar. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | employment, labour | SDG8 |
| VIS310H1 | Imaging the Political | Studio projects complemented by seminars and readings examine plastic, social, and gender politics in contemporary visual art. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| VIS313H1 | The Body | 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. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | gender | SDG5 |
| VIS332H1 | Advanced Critical Theory | A continuation of philosophic and theoretical writings first introduced in JAV200. Concepts in epistemology, psychoanalysis, socio-political thought, economic theory, visual culture, semiotics, material culture, feminism, queer studies, postcolonial theory, critical race theory, and indigenous studies are explored through primary texts. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | queer, feminis, indigenous | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| VIS406H1 | Interventions: Art in Public Spaces | This course is an introduction into the complex process of public art. Through lectures, projects, seminars and field trips the student will develop a clearer understanding of the collaborative nature of public production around key issues such as advocacy, environmental ethics, and the sensual nature of space. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | labor, production, environmental | SDG8,SDG12,SDG13 |
| VIS421H1 | Institutions and Exhibitions | A course in which students engage a variety of exhibition types in their institutional context: government museums, artist-run centres (ARC), cultural non-profits, media distribution centres, tourist museums, commercial galleries, private museums, collectives, pop-ups, community centres, etc. Students conduct site visits and analyze the architecture, economic models, audience, and content of various institutions. | Architecture, Landscape, and Design, John H. Daniels Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| VPAB10H3 | Equity and Inclusivity in Arts and Media Organizations | An introduction to equity, inclusivity and diversity as it relates to organizational development and cultural policymaking in arts and media management. This course will take students through an overview of critical theories of systemic power and privilege, including those of race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or identity, age, ability/disability and religion and examine how these impact varied creative working environments and institutions. | University of Toronto Scarborough | socio-economic, disabilit, equity, gender, equit, institut | SDG1,SDG3,SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| VPAB18H3 | Becoming a Producer | This course introduces students to the producing functions in the arts and media management. The course will cover the genesis of creative and managing producers in the media and hybrid or emergent creative environments, exploring the basis of being a producer for media programs and companies (e.g., internet, television, radio and some music industry and social media environments), for arts and media creative hubs, and for primarily non-profit performing arts sites in Canada (e.g., presenting producers for multi-disciplinary arts venues that host touring companies). | University of Toronto Scarborough | internet | SDG9 |
| VPHB39H3 | Ten Key Words in Art History: Unpacking Methodology | Key concepts in art history, including intention, meaning, style, materiality, identity, production, reception, gender, visuality, and history. Students will explore critical questions such as whether and how to read artist's biographies into their art. This course helps students understand the discipline and develops critical thinking and research skills required in advanced courses. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, production | SDG5,SDG12 |
| VPHB58H3 | Modern Art and Culture | A study of nineteenth and twentieth-century arts and visual media, across genres and cultures. What did modernity mean in different cultural contexts? How is 'modern' art or 'modernism' defined? How did the dynamic cultural, economic, and socio-political shifts of the globalizing and industrializing modern world affect the visual ars and their framing? | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz | SDG9 |
| VPHB59H3 | Current Art Practices | Shifts in theory and practice in art of the past fifty years. Studying selected artists' works from around the world, we explore how notions of modern art gave way to new ideas about media, patterns of practice, and the relations of art and artists to the public, to their institutional contexts, and to globalized cultures. | University of Toronto Scarborough | globaliz, institut | SDG9,SDG16 |
| VPHC72H3 | Art, the Museum, and the Gallery | Art and the settings in which it is seen in cities today. Some mandatory classes to be held in Toronto museums and galleries, giving direct insight into current exhibition practices and their effects on viewer's experiences of art; students must be prepared to attend these classes. Same as CRTC72H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | cities | SDG11 |
| VPSB01H3 | The Artist | The figure of the artist is distorted in the popular imagination by stereotypes around individualism, heroism, genius, mastery, suffering, and poverty. This lecture course will examine these gendered, colonial mythologies and offer a more complex picture of the artist as a craftsperson, professional, entrepreneur, researcher, public intellectual and dissident. We will consider diverse artistic models such as artist collectives and anonymous practitioners that challenge the idea of the individual male genius and examine artists’ complex relationship with elitism, the art market, arts institutions, and gentrification. This course will be supplemented by visiting artist lectures that will offer students insight into the day-to-day reality of the practicing artist. | University of Toronto Scarborough | poverty, gender, entrepreneur, institut | SDG1,SDG5,SDG8,SDG16 |
| VPSB02H3 | Image Culture | How should artists make pictures in a world inundated with a relentless flow of digital images? Can pictures shape our understanding of the social world and influence mainstream culture? Through the perspective of contemporary artmaking, this lecture course will explore ways that artists decentre and decolonize the image and concepts of authorship, representation, truth, and the gaze. The course will also examine the role of visual technologies (cameras, screens, microscopes), distribution formats (the photographic print, mobile devices, the Internet), and picture making (ubiquitous capture, synthetic media, artificial intelligence) to consider how artists respond to changing ideas about the visible world. | University of Toronto Scarborough | internet | SDG9 |
| VPSC85H3 | Essential Skills for Emerging Artists | The studio-seminar course will provide students with discipline-specific historical, theoretical, professional, and practical knowledge for maintaining a sustainable art practice. Students will gain an understanding of how to navigate the cultural, social, political, and financial demands of the professional art world. Topics will include professional ethics, equity and diversity in the art world, understanding career paths, developing writing and presentation skills relevant to the artist, familiarity with grants, contracts and copyright, and acquiring hands-on skills related to the physical handling and maintenance of art objects. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, equity, equit | SDG4,SDG10 |
| VPSC91H3 | Theory and Practice: Art and the Body | This open-media studio seminar will examine the relationship between art and the body, focusing on key topics such as identity (gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation), intersectionality, subjectivity, representation, and the gaze. Students will explore artistic methods that are performative, experiential, sensory, and interactive. This course will also examine approaches to the body that consider accessibility, aging, healing, and care. Students will conceive, research, and develop art projects that address contemporary issues related to the body. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, accessib | SDG5,SDG11 |
| VPSC92H3 | Theory and Practice: Art and Materials | This open-media studio-seminar will focus on material-based art practices and critical approaches to the material world. This course will explore topics such as sustainability and Indigenous reciprocity, feminist understanding of materials, the politics of labour, and the role of technology. This course will also examine key concepts such as craft, form, process, time, and dematerialization and consider the role that technique, touch, and participation play in the transformation of material. Students will conceive, research, and develop art projects that address contemporary approaches to material-based art making. | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis, labour, indigenous | SDG5,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| VPSC93H3 | Theory and Practice: Art and the Everyday | This open-media studio-seminar will examine contemporary artists’ fascination with the everyday, focusing on art practices invested in observation, time, the ephemeral, the domestic, labour, humour, boredom, and failure. This course will also explore critical approaches to found materials and artistic strategies that intervene into everyday environments. Students will conceive, research, and develop art projects that explore the critical and poetic potential of everyday subject matter. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labour, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| VPSC94H3 | Theory and Practice: Art and Place | This open-media studio-seminar will focus on contemporary art practices that are invested in the relationship of art to place, exploring topics such as Indigenous land-based knowledges; feminist and anti-racist approaches to geography; ecology and sustainability; accessibility, community, and placemaking; public and site-specific art, and the gallery and museum as context. This course will also take a critical look at systems that organize space including mapping, navigation, land use, public and private property, and institution spaces. Students will conceive, research, and develop art projects that address place and land-based subject matter. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, knowledges, land-based knowledge, feminis, invest, indigenous, anti-racist, accessib, ecolog, land use, land, institut | SDG4,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11,SDG15 |
| VPSC95H3 | Theory and Practice: Art and Social Justice | This open-media studio-seminar will explore contemporary art practices that are invested in the relationship between art, activism, and social change. Students will examine how artists address social, economic, environmental, and political issues and the techniques they use to engage different types of collaborators and audiences. Students will conceive, research and develop collaborative art projects that address current social issues on a local or global scale. This course will place a strong emphasis collaborative work and community engagement. | University of Toronto Scarborough | labor, invest, environmental, social justice, social change | SDG8,SDG9,SDG13,SDG16 |
| WDW199H1 | Indigenous Knowledge and Storytelling in Toronto | The land now known as Toronto has a 13,000+ year old history of Indigenous presence that is still unfolding. This history is inscribed in the land – it is visible in the geographical features, place names, and contemporary urban form of the city and is represented through stories (oral and written) told by diverse members of Toronto’s Indigenous community. This course engages with stories of Indigenous history and presence in Toronto through a selection of Indigenous literary works about Toronto, Indigenous guest speakers, and a series of experiential Indigenous storytelling tours of significant locations across the city. Students will be introduced to Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing and will learn why storytelling remains a significant and culturally-appropriate means for keeping and sharing land-based Indigenous Knowledge. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the city as a traditional Indigenous territory and will reflect on their own relationships and responsibilities within these lands. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, worldview, indigenous, urban, land | SDG4,SDG10,SDG16,SDG11,SDG15 |
| WGS101H5 | Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | This foundation course introduces the core ideas students will explore throughout their studies in Women and Gender Studies. It immerses students in a highly participatory and provocative encounter with history, social theory, politics, policy, art and culture seen through a gender lens. It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the historical 'waves' of women's movements for equality in a global context and background to the development of Women/Gender Studies as a site of learning and feminist inquiry. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, gender, women, feminis, equalit | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10 |
| WGS102H5 | Reading and Writing in Women and Gender Studies | Using key feminist texts, this course advances students thinking, reading and writing in the discipline of Women and Gender Studies. The emphasis is placed on the development and application of interdisciplinary skills in the interpretation, analysis, criticism, and advocacy of ideas encountered in Women and Gender Studies. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS160Y1 | Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | An integrated and historical approach to social relations of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, particularly as they relate to women's lives and struggles across different locales, including Canada. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, gender, women | SDG3,SDG5 |
| WGS200Y5 | Theories in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | This course provides an opportunity to engage in an in-depth examination of specialized and scholarly work within women, gender, and sexuality studies with a focus on the diverse and multidisciplinary expressions of feminist thought from the perspective of postcolonial, transnational, intersectional, diasporic, Black feminist, indigenous, and queer theories. This course situates the importance of praxis, the relationship between theory and social practice, to women, gender, and sexuality studies. Students will engage throughout with the relationship between theories of gender and sexuality as they relate to, and are inseparable from, an understanding of race and racial formations. It incorporates study of the themes and debates concerning the socially constructed categories of gender and sexuality in historical and contemporary contexts. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, queer, feminis, indigenous | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| WGS202H5 | Fundamentals of Research in Women and Gender Studies | This interdisciplinary course focuses on the visions and methods that feminist scholars use to study women's and gender issues within and across a range of traditional disciplines. The course explores feminist epistemologies and research methods to understand how to carry out feminist research. We will focus on how feminist scholars challenge dominant theories of knowledge and the major methodologies employed in the social sciences and humanities. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, gender, women, feminis | SDG4,SDG5 |
| WGS211H5 | Gender, Technology and the Body | This course engages with feminist theories of embodiment to explore the body’s intersections with gender and technology. Drawing on the interdisciplinary fields of feminist studies, science and technology studies and disability studies, it explores a range of technological and scientific policies and processes that shape and affect bodies in transnational contexts. | University of Toronto Mississauga | disabilit, gender, feminis | SDG3,SDG5 |
| WGS215H5 | Introduction to Women, Public Policy and the Law | This course introduces students to women's position in Canada as political actors and provides gender-based analysis in relation to public policy and law in Canada. Students will study women's historical participation in and exclusion from policy decision-making processes, and evaluate the impact of feminism and women's activism on Canadian public policies. Using intersectional framework, the course will also examine different ways in which public policies can be made more responsive to gender and diversity concerns as well as the role public policy can play in overcoming gender inequalities. We will investigate key historical changes in public policies affecting Canadian women in such areas as family, workplace, education, poverty-welfare, sexuality and reproductive laws, immigration and refugee laws, and global issues. The course concludes with women's achievements in this area. [24L, 12T] | University of Toronto Mississauga | poverty, welfare, gender, women, feminis, invest, equalit, refugee | SDG1,SDG5,SDG9,SDG10 |
| WGS260H1 | Texts, Theories, Histories | Examines modes of theories that shaped feminist thought and situates them historically and transnationally so as to emphasize the social conditions and conflicts in which ideas and politics arise, change and circulate. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS271Y1 | Gender in Popular Culture | A critical examination of institutions, representations and practices associated with contemporary popular culture, mass-produced, local and alternative. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, institut | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS273H1 | Gender & Environmental (In)Justice | Using a transnational, feminist framework, this course examines material and conceptual interrelations between gendered human and non-human nature, ecological crises, political economies and environmental movements in a variety of geographical, historical and cultural contexts. Does environmental justice include social justice, or are they in conflict? What might environmental justice and activism involve? | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis, environmental, environmental justice, ecolog, social justice | SDG5,SDG13,SDG15,SDG16 |
| WGS275H1 | Men and Masculinities | Examines how masculinities shape the lives of men, women, transgender people. Effects of construction, reproduction and impact of masculinities on institutions such as education, work, religion, sports, family, medicine, military and the media are explored. Provides critical analysis of how masculinities shape individual lives, groups, organizations and social movements. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, transgender, production, institut | SDG5,SDG12,SDG16 |
| WGS301H5 | Representing Islam | The course explores historical and contemporary debates regarding the construction of gender in Islam. It examines historic and literary representations, ethnographic narratives, legal and human rights discourses, the politics of veiling, and Islamic feminism. This course situates Muslim women as complex, multidimensional actors engaged in knowledge production and political and feminist struggles, as opposed to the static, victim-centered, Orientalist images that have regained currency in the representation of Muslim women in the post 9/11 era. | University of Toronto Mississauga | knowledge, gender, women, feminis, production, human rights | SDG4,SDG5,SDG12,SDG16 |
| WGS331H1 | Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies | An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS332H1 | Special Topic in Women and Gender Studies | An upper level seminar. Subjects of study vary from year to year. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS335H5 | Women, Migration and Diaspora | This course examines the process of migration to Canada from a gender perspective, noting the interplay between structural impediments and women's own agency. Historical perspectives on migration and government policy, and on ways women have rebuilt lives and shaped communities. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS337H5 | Special Topics in Women and Gender Studies | A special topic by guest instructor. Topics vary from year to year. Check the web site for current offerings. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS340H1 | Women and Revolution in the Middle East | This course examines the complex and conflictual relations between women and revolutionary struggles and focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical issues relevant to the Middle East and North Africa context. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women | SDG5 |
| WGS345H5 | Genealogies of South Asian Feminisms | This course examines the histories of activism for and by women in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) from the colonial period to the present. Topics include colonialism, the Partition of 1947, war, religion, development, labour, nationalism, and the family/reproductive rights. | University of Toronto Mississauga | women, feminis, labour, nationalism | SDG5,SDG8,SDG16 |
| WGS347H5 | Indigenous Feminisms and Decolonization | This course explores themes related to Indigenous feminist scholarship and activism in North America. The course centres on how Indigenous women engage in decolonial practices as a response to histories of colonialism and genocide. Themes include status and tribal nations; oral history and narrative; violence and resistance, knowledge construction and pedagogy, community, self-governance and freedom. | University of Toronto Mississauga | pedagogy, knowledge, decolonial, women, feminis, indigenous, decolonization, governance, violence | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| WGS354H5 | Gender, Sexuality and Sport | This course explores how gender, sexuality and other intersectional identity markers work within and against structures of privilege and oppression in the world of sport. It takes up topics and themes that inform popular culture and influence the construction of social norms. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender | SDG5 |
| WGS355H1 | Gendered Labour Around the World | This course will focus on masculinities and femininities in workplace settings, with an emphasis on service work around the world. We will discuss workers' lived experiences of gender regimes which are embedded within the dynamics of class, race and nation. The relationships between gender processes and workplace hierarchies will be explored. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, labour, worker | SDG5,SDG8 |
| WGS360H1 | Making Knowledge in a World that Matters | Teaches skills in feminist approaches to making knowledge. Introduces feminist practices for doing research and navigating the politics of production and exchange. Develops skills for conveying knowledge to the wider world, such as through research papers, reports, performance, new media, art. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, feminis, production | SDG4,SDG5,SDG12 |
| WGS365H1 | Gender Issues in the Law | Examines the operation of the law as it affects women, the construction and representation of women within the legal system, and the scope for feminist and intersectional analyses of law. Includes an analysis of specific legal issues such as sexuality and reproduction, equality, employment, violence and immigration. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, feminis, employment, equalit, production, legal system, violence | SDG5,SDG8,SDG10,SDG12,SDG16 |
| WGS367H1 | The Politics of Gender and Health | Examines diverse traditions and normative models of health (e.g. biomedicine, social constructionist, indigenous health) in conjunction with analyses of the origin, politics, and theoretical perspectives of contemporary Women's Health Movements. Topics may include fertility, sexuality, poverty, violence, labour, aging, (dis)ability, and health care provision. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | poverty, health care, gender, women, labour, indigenous, violence | SDG1,SDG3,SDG5,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| WGS367H5 | Women and Health | Feminist theories and frameworks examining the interconnections between women, health and biomedicine in North America and transnationally. | University of Toronto Mississauga | women, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS368H5 | Women in World Cultures | Examines the diversity and shared experiences of women in western and non-western societies. This is primarily a history course, supplemented with some contemporary perspectives. It compares women in diverse economic, cultural and religious settings. As part of this course, students may have the option of participating in an international learning experience that will have an additional cost and application process. | University of Toronto Mississauga | learning, women | SDG4,SDG5 |
| WGS369H1 | Studies in Post-Colonialism | Examines gendered representations of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and disability in a variety of colonial, neo-colonial, and post-colonial contexts. Topics may include the emergence of racialist, feminist, liberatory and neoconservative discourses as inscribed in literary texts, historical documents, cultural artifacts and mass media. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | disabilit, gender, feminis, conserv | SDG3,SDG5,SDG14,SDG15 |
| WGS370H1 | Utopian Visions, Activist Realities | Drawing on diversely situated case-studies, this course focuses on the ideals that inform struggles for social justice, and the mechanisms activists have employed to produce the change. Foci include the gendered implications of movement participation, local and transnational coalition, alternative community formation, and encounters with the state and inter/supra/transnational organizations. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, social justice | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS372H5 | Theories of Sexuality | This course offers a critical overview of contemporary theories of sexuality, focusing on transnational discussions by feminists and queer theorists. | University of Toronto Mississauga | queer, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS373H1 | Gender and Violence | An interdisciplinary study of gendered violence in both historical and contemporary contexts including topics such as textual and visual representations; legal and theoretical analyses; structural violence; war and militarization; sexual violence; and resistance and community mobilization. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, violence | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS373H5 | Gender, Violence and Resistance | This course will focus on how gender and violence shapes and impacts the lives of women and LGBT persons. The course will explore the concept of gender and the myriad of ways in which it has been shaped by historical, and contextual relations of power and privilege. The course will explore how scholars in the feminist/women's movement have defined the concept of violence as it impacts women and girls. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, girl, feminis, violence | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS374H1 | Feminist Studies in Sexuality | Sexual agency as understood and enacted by women in diverse cultural and historical contexts. An exploration of the ways in which women have theorized and experienced sexual expectations, practices and identities. This course will be offered every three years. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | women, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS376H1 | Studies in Queer and Trans | Takes up conversations in queer and trans studies as separate and entangled fields. It explores how queer and trans people have experienced and theorized gender and sexuality. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer | SDG5 |
| WGS380H1 | Feminist Graphic Novels | Comics aren't new, and graphic novels aren't either, but feminists have built a rich array of stories about consciousness, resistance, and coming of age in this genre that warrant scholarly attention. In this case, we will read graphic novels for their subtleties, thinking about what picture and text make possible in the exploration of emotion, interconnection, and identity. Reading about resistance to marriage in Aya of Yop City, a child's view of revolution in Persepolis, parent child reckoning in Fun Home, and loneliness in Skim will advance students' understandings of the of the power of narrative and the pictorial displacement of innocence. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS385H1 | Gender and Neoliberalism | Reviews major feminist transnational, Marxist and Foucauldian approaches to the study of neoliberalism. Adopts a comparative, historical and global approach to the ways that gender is implicated in state restructuring, changing roles for corporations and non-governmental organizations, changing norms for personhood, sovereignty and citizenship, and changing ideas about time/space. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | citizen, gender, feminis, sovereignty | SDG4,SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS390H1 | Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces | Students are invited to think through the relationships between Indigenous and Afro-futurist concepts of land. This class will engage Indigenous feminist and Black queer and feminist theories of land and space, linking them to Afrofuturist and Indigenous futurist thought. We explore various texts in relation to emergent methodologies, decolonial desires, and love and radical relationalities. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, queer, feminis, indigenous, land | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG15 |
| WGS410H5 | Independent Project in Study of Women & Gender | An opportunity to carry out an extended research project under the supervision of a faculty member. A proposal must be presented to the faculty member and consent obtained before the end of the July registration period. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS411Y5 | Independent Project in Study of Women & Gender | An opportunity to carry out an extended research project under the supervision of a faculty member. A proposal must be presented to the faculty member and consent obtained before the end of the July registration. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS415H5 | Black Feminist Performance in Popular Culture and Everyday Life | This course provides students with an understanding of how Black Feminist Performance is read, interpreted and experienced in popular culture and everyday life. The course focuses on texts and cultural work produced by feminist scholars, critics and artists who engage with race, gender and sexuality across multiple sites. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS421H5 | Engendering Ethics | This course situates feminist ethics within the context of Western moral theories, and will consider the challenges that have been posed to this tradition from careful consideration of the category of women's experience. It will examine foundational texts in the history of ethics as well as more recent feminist interventions in such paradigms. The course complements the study of the theoretical texts with analysis and discussion of contemporary social and political issues pertaining to gendered selves. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS425H5 | Decolonial Feminist Archival Practices | This course challenges the notion of the archives as institutions and repositories of historical truths. It develops students’ archival analytical skills using critical feminist intersectional, decolonial, diasporic, and queer approaches. Students learn to reimagine and rethink archival spaces. | University of Toronto Mississauga | decolonial, queer, feminis, institut | SDG4,SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS426H1 | Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives | Critically examines current interdisciplinary scholarship on globalization, its intersections with gender, power structures, and feminized economies. Related socio-spatial reconfigurations, ‘glocal’ convergences, and tensions are explored, with emphasis on feminist counter-narratives and theorizing of globalization, theoretical debates on the meanings and impacts of globalization, and possibilities of resistance, agency, and change. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis, globaliz | SDG5,SDG9 |
| WGS430H5 | Diasporic Sexualities | What can diaspora studies teach us about sexuality studies? And, what can sexuality studies teach us about diaspora studies? This class examines the relationship between diaspora studies, sexuality studies, and feminist studies by focusing on how diasporic movements of bodies have altered and transformed modern conceptualizations of gender and sexuality. It will investigate how diasporic subjects negotiate their relationship to constructs of home and (un)belonging. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, feminis, invest | SDG5,SDG9 |
| WGS434H1 | Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies | An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. Please consult the Women & Gender Studies Institute's website for more information. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women, institut | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS435H1 | Advanced Topics in Women and Gender Studies | An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS435Y5 | Women and Gender Studies Practicum | The practicum allows advanced WGS students to combine theory and practice through part-time unpaid placement with a community agency, government body, educational or social change organization. | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, women, social change | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WGS442H1 | Toxic Worlds, Decolonial Futures | This course explores the ways environmental violence is an integral practice of settler colonialism that affects human and non-human life, disrupts Indigenous sovereignty, and enacts ongoing racism. A typical way of addressing environmental violence is to document the harm done to bodies and communities. This class asks, how might we also refuse environmental violence and enact better obligations to land/body relations? What kind of decolonial futures can be summoned in the aftermath of environmental violence? Our readings will bring Indigenous feminist approaches together with Black feminist, queer, and feminist environmental justice approaches. Participants will build upon the readings to create their own decolonial environmental justice future projects. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | decolonial, settler, racism, queer, feminis, indigenous, environmental, environmental justice, land, sovereignty, violence | SDG4,SDG5,SDG10,SDG16,SDG13,SDG15 |
| WGS451H1 | Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies Issues | Under supervision, students pursue topics in Women and Gender Studies not currently part of the curriculum. For students in the Women and Gender Studies Specialist or Major. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS451Y1 | Independent Study in Women and Gender Studies | Under faculty supervision, students pursue topics in Women and Gender Studies that are not currently part of the curriculum. For students in the Women and Gender Studies Specialist or Major. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WGS463H1 | Advanced Topics in Gender Theory | Senior students may pursue more advanced study in feminist theory. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, feminis | SDG5 |
| WGS470Y1 | Community Engagement | The application of theoretical study to practical community experience. Advanced Women and Gender Studies students have the opportunity to apply knowledge acquired in the Women and Gender Studies curriculum through a practicum placement within a community organization. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | knowledge, gender, women | SDG4,SDG5 |
| WGS481H1 | Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter | This course maps genealogies of black insurgency and transnational itineraries of intersectional theorizing, organizing, and praxis from the 20th century to our present moment. Through close study of works by and about black revolutionary migrants, exiles, intellectuals, fugitives, and so-called terrorists, participants will critique and create radical visions for emancipation. Major topics and themes may include black feminisms; queer insurgencies; transnational imaginaries and solidarities; silence and intracommunal violence; accountability and transformative justice. Through collective discussion, writing, and reflection we interrogate visions and strategies of emancipation, and imagine radical futures historically and in our own times. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | gender, queer, feminis, violence, terroris | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WRI293H5 | Introduction to Technical Communication | Introduction to Technical Communication serves as an introduction to the academic and professional fields of technical writing and communication. It explores strategies for analyzing organizational contexts, including professional audiences, professional purposes for writing, and organizational cultures. Assignments will build skills in technical writing, document design, documentation, accessibility, and ethical considerations for communication in professional settings. | University of Toronto Mississauga | accessib | SDG11 |
| WRI310H5 | Social and Professional Languages | Examines language by approaching it through its social users -- ethnic groups, genders, and social classes -- and its contextualized usages -- the languages of publishing, advertising, law, technical communications, academe and the electronic media. The course explores the functions of these languages and the roles of such forces as dictionaries, social change, and new communications technologies in the evolution of these languages. [24L] | University of Toronto Mississauga | gender, social change | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WRI375H5 | Writing about Environment and Ecology | Examines the evolving rhetoric of scientific, journalistic, legal and political writing about environmental issues. The course will consider eco-linguistic theory and eco-critical discourse analysis. Through theory and applied research, including primary research, and writing, students will consider protocols, research standards, and ethics in writing about environment and appraise current issues around the emerging language of sustainability. | University of Toronto Mississauga | environmental, ecolog | SDG13,SDG15 |
| WRI430H5 | Journalistic Investigation | This course examines principles and practices in journalistic investigation and writing, and provides an introduction to the main socio-political issues related to contemporary journalism. The course will consider various models and formats of journalistic writing. Students will design and carry out investigative projects that culminate in a series of journalistic articles. The course will also analyze the Canadian media industry and its evolving labour market. | University of Toronto Mississauga | labour, invest | SDG8,SDG9 |
| WRI488H5 | Food and Writing | This course examines narrative approaches to researching and writing about food-related topics. Students will design and carry out research projects that culminate in a series of life stories, narrative articles/chapters, or personal essays that investigate complex relationships surrounding food in society. | University of Toronto Mississauga | invest | SDG9 |
| WRR201H1 | Theories of Rhetoric: A Brief History of Persuasion | This course introduces students to the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasion. Students will learn about the roots of rhetoric in empire, science, and political, legal, and educational institutions and how rhetoric intersects with other disciplines. Through analyzing a variety of texts and performances for rhetorical structure and style students will learn how speakers and writers persuade audiences to adopt their point of view. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | institut | SDG16 |
| WRR300H1 | Strategic Writing in Business and the Professions: Theory and Practice | Students learn the theory and practice of effective and ethical communication in the workplace, including business, government, and non-profit organizations. Students apply ethical reasoning models to case studies. Students have an opportunity to work directly with a community partner, helping them to solve an industry-specific problem or concern. This experiential learning enables students to work together as a team to develop relevant solutions as they strengthen their written and verbal communication skills. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning | SDG4 |
| WRR314H1 | Writing for Social Change: A Community-Engaged Learning Experience | How might we write to empower individuals and their communities to act towards social change? This community-engaged learning course uses theories of social change and persuasion to examine a variety of genres. Through collaboration with a campus or other community partner, students will apply their academic learning and skills to writing-related projects that address human and community needs in a reciprocal manner. Activities and reflections will provide opportunities for students to strengthen critical thinking and communicative competencies. Writing projects may involve composing texts in multimodal and/or digital forms. | Arts and Science, Faculty of | learning, labor, social change | SDG4,SDG8,SDG16 |
| WSTA01H3 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | This course explores the intersection of social relations of power including gender, race, class, sexuality and disability, and provides an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to the study of women’s lives in Canadian and global contexts. There is a strong focus on the development of critical reading and analytic skills. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, gender, women | SDG3,SDG5 |
| WSTA03H3 | Introduction to Feminist Theories and Thought | An introduction to feminist theories and thoughts with a focus on diverse, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives. An overview of the major themes, concepts and terminologies in feminist thinking and an exploration of their meanings. | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis | SDG5 |
| WSTB05H3 | Understanding Power and Knowledge in Research | Using a feminist and intersectional lens, this course will critically analyze dominant and alternative paradigms of knowledge production including research and social media. Concepts of objectivity, bias, and ethics will be explored. There is an experiential learning component. | University of Toronto Scarborough | knowledge, learning, feminis, production | SDG4,SDG5,SDG12 |
| WSTB09H3 | Gender, Race, and Colonialism | This course is an introduction to how the history of colonialism and the power relations of the colonial world have shaped the historical and social constructions of race and gender. The course considers political, legal, economic, and cultural realms through which colonialism produced new gendered and racial social relationships across different societies and communities. The ways in which colonial power was challenged and resisted will also be explored. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender | SDG5 |
| WSTB10H3 | Women, Power and Protest | An examination of local and global movements for change, past and current, which address issues concerning women. This course will survey initiatives from the individual and community to the national and international levels to bring about change for women in a variety of spheres. | University of Toronto Scarborough | women | SDG5 |
| WSTB11H3 | Intersections of Inequality | An overview of the complex interactions among race, class, gender and sexuality in traditional and modern societies. Drawing on both historical and contemporary patterns in diverse societies, the course offers feminist perspectives on the ways in which race, class, gender, and sexual orientation have shaped the lives of women and men. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women, feminis, inequality, equalit | SDG5,SDG10 |
| WSTB12H3 | Women, Violence and Resistance | An analysis of violence against women and recent forms of resistance to violence. A historical, cultural, and structural approach to studying gender-based violence. Family, state, economic and ideological aspects will be addressed. Initiatives toward making communities safer, including strategies for prevention and education will be examined.   | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women, violence against women, violence | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WSTB20H3 | Women, the Environment, and Change | Issues related to women, gender and the environment will be addressed through current, historical and transnational perspectives. Topics include: the impact of climate change on gendered and racialized bodies; planning for safer places; global sustainable development; ecofeminism and activism for change. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women, feminis, sustainable development, climate | SDG5,SDG8,SDG11,SDG13 |
| WSTB22H3 | Histories of Black Feminism Canada: From Runaway Slaves to #BlackLivesMatter | This introductory survey course connects the rich histories of Black radical women’s acts, deeds, and words in Canada. It traces the lives and political thought of Black women and gender-non-conforming people who refused and fled enslavement, took part in individual and collective struggles against segregated labour, education, and immigration practices; providing a historical context for the emergence of the contemporary queer-led #BlackLivesMatter movement. Students will be introduced, through histories of activism, resistance, and refusal, to multiple concepts and currents in Black feminist studies. This includes, for example, theories of power, race, and gender, transnational/diasporic Black feminisms, Black-Indigenous solidarities, abolition and decolonization. Students will participate in experiential learning and engage an interdisciplinary array of key texts and readings including primary and secondary sources, oral histories, and online archives. Same as HISB22H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | learning, gender, women, queer, feminis, labour, indigenous, decolonization | SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG10,SDG16 |
| WSTB25H3 | LGBTQ History, Theory and Activism | This course introduces students to current discussions, debates and theories in LGBT and queer studies and activism. It will critically examine terms such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, heterosexual, and ally, and explore how class, race, culture, ability, and history of colonization impact the experience of LGBTQ-identified people. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, queer, lgbtq, transgender | SDG5 |
| WSTC02H3 | Feminist Qualitative Research in Action | Students will design and conduct a qualitative research project in the community on an issue related to women and/or gender. The course will also include an overview of the various phases of carrying out research: planning the research project, choosing appropriate methods for data collection, analyzing the data and reporting the results. Students should expect to spend approximately 10 hours conducting their research in the community over the course of the semester. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women, feminis | SDG5 |
| WSTC12H3 | Writing the Self: Global Women's Autobiographies | An exploration of the ways in which women from different countries construct the gendered subject in their representations of childhood, sexuality, work, maternity and illness. Texts will be read in English and an emphasis will be placed on the cultural contexts of gender, ethnicity, sexuality and class. | University of Toronto Scarborough | illness, gender, women | SDG3,SDG5 |
| WSTC24H3 | Gender in the Kitchen | Across cultures, women are the main preparers and servers of food in domestic settings; in commercial food production and in restaurants, and especially in elite dining establishments, males dominate. Using agricultural histories, recipes, cookbooks, memoirs, and restaurant reviews and through the exploration of students’ own domestic culinary knowledge, students will analyze the origins, practices, and consequences of such deeply gendered patterns of food labour and consumption. Same as FSTC24H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | agricultur, culinary, knowledge, gender, women, labour, consum, production | SDG2,SDG4,SDG5,SDG8,SDG12 |
| WSTC25H3 | Transnational Sexuality | This course examines how sexuality and gender are shaped and redefined by cultural, economic, and political globalization. We will examine concepts of identity, sexual practices and queerness, as well as sexuality/gender inequality in relation to formulations of the local-global, nations, the transnational, family, homeland, diaspora, community, borders, margins, and urban-rural. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, queer, globaliz, inequality, equalit, urban, rural, land | SDG5,SDG9,SDG10,SDG11,SDG15 |
| WSTC26H3 | Critical Race and Black Feminist Theories | This course focuses on the theoretical approaches of critical race theory and black feminist thought this course examines how race and racism are represented and enacted across dominant cultural modes of expression and the ideas, actions, and resistances produced by Black women. The course will analyze intersections of gender subordination, homophobia, systems and institutions of colonialism, slavery and capitalism historically and in the contemporary period. | University of Toronto Scarborough | racism, gender, women, feminis, capital, institut | SDG4,SDG5,SDG9,SDG16 |
| WSTC28H3 | Language and Gender | An introduction to the research on differences between women and men in how they use language and how they behave in conversational interaction, together with an examination of the role of language in reflecting and perpetuating cultural attitudes towards gender. Same as LINC28H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WSTC40H3 | Gender and Disability | This course introduces debates and approaches to the intersection of disability with social determinants of gender, sexuality, class, race and ethnicity. Students will examine international human rights for persons with disabilities, images and representations of gender and the body, research questions for political activism, and social injustice. | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, gender, injustice, human rights | SDG3,SDG5,SDG16 |
| WSTD01H3 | Independent Project in Women's and Gender Studies | An opportunity to undertake an in-depth research topic under the supervision of a Women's and Gender Studies faculty member. Students will work with their supervisor to finalize the course content and methods of approach; assessment will be based on an advanced essay/project on the approved topic, which will be evaluated by the supervising faculty member and program coordinator. The material studied will differ significantly in content and/or concentration from topics offered in regular courses. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WSTD03H3 | Senior Seminar in Sex, Gender and the Body | An advanced and in-depth examination of selected topics related to health, sexualities, the gendered body, and the representations and constructions of women and gender. The course will be in a seminar format with student participation expected. It is writing intensive and involves a major research project. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women | SDG5 |
| WSTD08H3 | Abolition Feminisms | During the historic protests of 2020, “Abolition Now†was a central demand forwarded by Black and queer-led social movements. But what is abolition? What is its significance as a theory of change, a body of scholarship, and as a practice? This course explores how leading abolitionist and feminist thinkers theorize the state, punishment, criminalization, the root causes of violence, and the meaning of safety. It explores the historical genealogies of abolitionist thought and practice in relation to shifting forms of racial, gendered and economic violence. Students will analyze the works of formerly enslaved and free Black abolitionists, prison writings during the Black Power Era as well as canonical scholarly texts in the field. A central focus of the course is contemporary abolitionist feminist thought. The course is conceptually grounded in Black and queer feminisms, and features works by Indigenous, South Asian women and other women of colour. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, women, queer, feminis, of colour, indigenous, violence | SDG5,SDG10,SDG16 |
| WSTD09H3 | Race, Gender, and Islamophobia | An in-depth examination of Islamophobic discourses, practices and institutionalized discriminatory policies, and their impact on Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. Themes include the relationship between Islamophobia, gender orientalism and empire; Islamophobic violence; Islamophobia in the media; the Islamophobia industry; the mobilization of feminism and human rights in the mainstreaming of Islamophobia. Equal attention will be paid to resisting Islamophobia through art, advocacy, and education. | University of Toronto Scarborough | gender, feminis, institut, human rights, violence | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WSTD10H3 | The Power of Story for Social Change | With a focus on collecting and retelling complex stories of life in Scarborough and beyond, this applied research course introduces students to the theory, methods and practice of feminist oral history. This course involves conducting research in the community and the final project includes a digital component. | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis, social change | SDG5,SDG16 |
| WSTD16H3 | Socialist Feminism in Global Context | A comparative exploration of socialist feminism, encompassing its diverse histories in different locations, particularly China, Russia, Germany and Canada. Primary documents, including literary texts, magazines, political pamphlets and group manifestos that constitute socialist feminist ideas, practices and imaginaries in different times and places will be central. We will also seek to understand socialist feminism and its legacies in relation to other contemporary stands of feminism. Same as HISD16H3 Transnational Area | University of Toronto Scarborough | feminis | SDG5 |
| WSTD30H3 | Gender and Techno-Orientalism | This course examines how popular culture projects its fantasies and fears about the future onto Asia through sexualized and racialized technology. Through the lens of techno-Orientalism this course explores questions of colonialism, imperialism and globalization in relation to cyborgs, digital industry, high-tech labor, and internet/media economics. Topics include the hyper-sexuality of Asian women, racialized and sexualized trauma and disability. This course requires student engagement and participation. Students are required to watch films in class and creative assignments such as filmmaking and digital projects are encouraged. Same as GASD30H3 | University of Toronto Scarborough | disabilit, gender, women, labor, internet, globaliz | SDG3,SDG5,SDG8,SDG9 |