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CIV ENG 798 / Uncertainty Analysis in Water Resources Engineering 3 unit(s)
Y. Guo
This course introduces a variety of methods that can be used for environmental and water resources decision-making under various kinds of uncertainties. Following a brief review of probability and statistics, the focus of the course is on selected uncertainty analysis methods that can be used to assess the statistical properties of system outputs as a function of its stochastic inputs and parameters. Example water resources engineering problems are used in introducing the various methods.
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CIV ENG 799 / Stormwater Management Modeling and Analyses 3 unit(s)
Y. Guo
The course introduces various structural and non-structural stormwater management measures. The design and performance of some of the structural stormwater management measures are examined in detail. Modeling and analyses conducted for the planning, design and operation of stormwater management systems are the focus of this course.
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ECE 713 / Multimodal Video Tracking and Fusion 3 unit(s)
This course presents advanced algorithms for multimodal image and video processing for object tracking in surveillance systems and autonomous vehicles. Starting with multimodal imaging sensor models, this course will present algorithms for feature extraction, object (or target) modeling, background modeling, object localization in video data and multitarget tracking. Algorithms to address challenges specific to video data from maritime, ground and air surveillance, and autonomous vehicles will be discussed, along with fusion or combination of data from multiple heterogeneous imaging sensors for object tracking, and performance evaluation for video tracking.
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CLASSICS 714 / Origins of the Polis 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 715 / Speech, Performance, and Power in the Athenian Democracy 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 721 / Greek Epic Poetry 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 722 / Greek Tragedy 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 723 / Greek Comedy 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 724 / Hellenistic Poetry 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 725 / Topics in the Art and Archaeology of Antiquity 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 728 / Greek Historical Writers 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 732 / Reading in a Selected Greek Author 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 733 / Greek Lyric Poetry 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 734 / Latin Epigraphy 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 735 / Topics in Greek Art and Archaeology 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 736 / Topography of Athens 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 738 / Greek Colonization 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 739 / Topics in Late Roman Republican and Early Imperial History 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 742 / Tacitus and Tiberius 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 743 / Roman Slavery 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 744 / Death and Commemoration in the Roman World 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 747 / Topics in Classical Literature 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 751 / Roman Satire 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 752 / Roman Comedy 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 753 / The City of Rome 3 unit(s)
This seminar will explore the topography and history of the city of Rome. Students will become familiar with the most important surviving structures and the ancient written sources that illuminate them, and with recent archaeological discoveries in the city and different scholarly approaches to the study of Rome’s remains.
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CLASSICS 754 / Vergil 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 755 / Horace 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 756 / Cicero 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 757 / Roman Historical Writers 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 758 / Sallust, Cicero, and Catiline 3 unit(s)
The objective of this course is to investigate the events leading up to and following from Cicero’s consulship in 63 BC and to read and understand some of the more important texts from the late Roman Republican Period.
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CLASSICS 759 / Ancient Historiography 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 760 / Catullus 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 761 / Roman Elegy 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 763 / Reading in a Selected Latin Author 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 764 / Topics in Greek History 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 765 / Ancient Numismatics 3 unit(s)
This seminar investigates the development and use of coinage in the ancient Greek and Roman Worlds. The course will trace the development of coinage and the monetization of Greece and Rome with special consideration of the civic and economic roles that coins played across antiquity. Additionally, coinage will be explored as an artistic medium for the dissemination of political imagery and as a reflection of the community that issued them.
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CLASSICS 766 / Studies in the Social and Cultural Life of Antiquity 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 767 / Roman Campania 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 770 / Topics in Roman Art and Archaeology 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 771 / Augustus and Rome 3 unit(s)
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CLASSICS 780 / Independent Study in Classical Archaeology 3 unit(s)
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CBS 700 / Indepdent Study Course 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the program.
This course is an independent study course that is designed to allow CBS Diploma Students to develop a course that is tailored to their specific learning objectives. Students will work independently under the guidance of a faculty member. Students will select the topic of interest, with support from the faculty member, and together they will develop a course outline that will meet the student’s particular requirements. Program approval is required to register in this course.
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CBS 704 / Selected Studies in Acquired Brain Injury 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of Certificate Series 703 - Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Therapy is recommended.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course is for Health care professionals working in the hospital and/or community based Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) programs. This interprofessional course exposes students to selected topics in ABI.
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CBS 706 / Clinical Supervision 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Students should have five years of post graduate clinical experience acquired while on the job in a mental health, counselling, child or family, or specialty treatment setting and possess an interest in developing clinical supervisory skills.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course provides participants with an introduction to the basic principles and techniques of clinical supervision, including theories, models of supervision, legal, ethical and professional issues. Theory and skills are geared to individuals who provide therapy supervision in a clinical setting and want to further their development as supervisors.
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CBS 708 / Mindfulness Applications for Health Care 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
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CBS 709 / Understanding Organizations, Building Leadership from Within 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
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CBS 710 / Understanding Organizations, Leading Change & Transition 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 709
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Building on the concepts, theories and themes introduced in Level I, students will research and apply a change management methodology to formulate a planned change project that is relevant and applicable to their organization.
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CBS 715 / Introduction to Applied Behavioural Analysis and Therapy 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate degree in Psychology or related health discipline.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
An Introduction to the learning and conditioning principles of respondent conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory and cognitive psychology upon which behavioural and cognitive behavioural assessment, formulation and therapy is based . Students will be introduced to basic assessment and formulation skills.
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CBS 716 / Advanced Applied Behavioural Analysis and Therapy 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate degree in Psychology or related health discipline and successful completion of CBS 715 .
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
An introduction to the basic principles and techniques of Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) and Behaviour Therapy as applied to various clinical populations, including, for example, autism spectrum disorder, developmental disability and acquired brain injury. Its application to major diagnostic categories such as anxiety and depression as well as problems of everyday life such as stress, anger and social skills will be explored.
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CBS 717 / Applied Behavioural Analysis and Therapy Consultation 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 716
Enrollment in the course is dependent on approval from the course instructor.
This course content is negotiated based on faculty and student interest. Content areas may include but are not limited to, Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) in autism spectrum disorder, developmental disability and brain injury rehabilitation. Clinical case consultation will be provided on an individual basis and during regularly scheduled sessions. Summative evaluations of the sudent’s clinical work will constitute the final grade.
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CBS 718 / Introduction to Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 715, CBS 716
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course is designed to teach the basic philosophy, behaviour change procedures and techniques of ACT with a focus on the core therapeutic processes of ACT. Upon successful completion of the course students will acquire a working knowledge and the skills of ACT as applied to individuals, couples and families.
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CBS 720 / Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Mental Health Professionals.
The student will acquire the basic knowledge and skill that will prepare them to train as an independent Cognitive Behavioural therapist. In addition, the student will be exposed to basic learning and behavioural change principles in order to develop case formulations and develop a treatment plan.
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CBS 722 / Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Consultation 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of CBS 720 and CBS 721 and assessment of eligibility from the course instructor is required.
Students must have their own clients, two cases, 10 weeks each (consecutively), and bring their own course material.
Individually tutored application of 720 Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 721 Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy knowledge and skills, plus introduction of more specialized concepts and methods for the disorder that the student has chosen to focus. This course will focus on only one disorder for which the treatment will be repeated.
Clinical case consultation is offered for Depression (adolescent and adult population) and Anxiety Disorders (adolescents and adult population social phobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, only). Prerequisite *721 and assessment of eligibility (Students must have their own clients, two cases, 10 weeks each (consecutively), and bring their own course material).
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CBS 723 / Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Chronic Pain 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of 720, or equivalent experience. This course is designed for students who are experienced clinical therapists.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair
Understanding the experience and impact of chronic pain through use of the cognitive behavioural model in addition to other empirically supported theoretical models (e.g., biopsychosocial model, gate-control theoretical model). In-depth learning/understanding of assessment techniques and cognitive and behavioural treatment strategies for the management of chronic pain as well as mood disturbances (e.g., depression, anxiety, anger) that often result from pain conditions, in both adults and seniors.
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CBS 724 / Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Chronic Pain 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 723. This course is designed for students who are experienced clinical therapists. Prescreening by the course coordinator will be conducted.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Application of CBS 723 knowledge and skills in the implementation of chronic pain management. Students will provide treatment both in the form of a group and individual therapy to patients who have chronic pain conditions that are interfering with their functioning (e.g., pain from an injury, arthritis, chronic regional pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, etc.). The student will participate in one CBT group for pain management (lasting 6 sessions/weeks in duration) and then be supervised on one individual case lasting 6 sessions/consecutively.
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CBS 728 / Prolonged Exposure for PTSD Consultation 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of CBS 726, CBS 727and/or equivalent experience. This course is designed for students who are experienced therapists. Enrollment in the course is dependent on approval from the course instructor.
Individually tutored application of 726, 727 knowledge and skills in the implementation of Prolonged Exposure for the treatment of Postraumatic Stress Disorder. Students will provide treatment to an individual who ahs experienced a single-incident traumatic stressor (e.g. sexual assault, traumatic injury within the workplace, motor vehicle accident, etc). The student will receive consultation on two clinical treatment cases.
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CBS 730 / Introduction to Family Assessment Concepts 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): An asset to have CBS 770 or to have some exposure to developmental theories.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course serves as an introduction to understanding family systems and learning the relevant concepts to assess family functioning. The development of the family and models of understanding the family system (culture, structure, communication, intergenerational issues) will be reviewed. Students will learn the patterns to look for in family assessment and through role-plays and case examples will develop their perceptual and conceptual skills.
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CBS 731 / Advanced Family Therapy Formulation 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 730
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course extends the knowledge and skills of the Family Concepts course. Students will learn to integrate the concepts learned in the previous course to formulating functioning and problems in families. Students will identify the processes and transactional patterns within a family system to complete a full family assessment and formulation using a systems perspective. Students will consider the impact of various factors on the family system (the family’s strengths, changes in the family system, illness, violence), recognize when family therapy is needed, and begin to identify family therapy treatment goals.
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CBS 732 / Family Therapy Treatment Consultation 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 730 and CBS 731
Enrollment in the course is dependent on approval from the course instructor.
Building on the foundations of assessing family systems, this course will help students to improve their skills in recognizing and describing patterns in the family and facilitating family interventions. With the aid of clinical case consultation, students will consider family member interactions and transactions, the impact of the family on the therapist, the experience of being drawn into the family system. Readings on special topics in working with families will be integrated into the didactic portions of the course concurrent with the practical experiences of working with families.
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CBS 740 / Introduction to Senior’s Mental Health 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Students should have a basic understanding of mental health issues in order to participate in this skills base course.
Students should be actively involved in working with older adults and mental health issues
This course is designed to enhance the students’ skills to communicate with and support Seniors with mental health issues including emotional distress and behavioural challenges. Students will gain knowledge and the application of this knowledge including the limits of as it related to areas of Seniors Mental Health. The students will increase will enhance their assessment skills related to Seniors mental health
conditions including symptoms, risk and treatment options. Students will enhance communication skills with clients and other health care providers. Students will gain knowledge and skills related to interpersonal communication including self-awareness, therapeutic relationships, and the essential of skilled helping.
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CBS 741 / Seniors Mental Health Level II 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 740
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course is designed to teach student’s the basic principles of supportive psychotherapy as specifically applied to the problems of the older adult. The course will use analysis of case transcripts/case studies, role playing, critical reflective practices and assignments.
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CBS 750 / Introduction to Group Facilitation 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Exposure to Groups within community agencies or healthcare settings.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Group work has been demonstrated to be an effective way of providing service to clients. This course examines group work practice by exploring a range of theoretical concepts and frame-works.
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CBS 751 / Advanced Group Facilitation
Prerequisite(s): CBS 750
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
The course will focus on the development and practice of group leadership skills through lectures and the provision of opportunities for in-class, experiential learning. Students will participate in small groups to develop specific skills for effective group leadership.
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CBS 760 / Introduction to Motivational Interviewing 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Appropriate client counselling experience and an understanding of the Stages of Change model as determined by the Study Area Chair.
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing will focus on understanding the theoretical underpinnings and evidence supporting the use of this integrated set of interviewing skills for clients who are ambivalent about change. Students will participate in pairs and small interprofessional groups to develop and practice beginning and advanced motivational interviewing skills through discussion, case studies and practice in class.
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CBS 761 / Advanced Motivational Interviewing 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 760
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
This course will expect that learners understand the theoretical underpinnings and evidence supporting the use of this therapeutic approach for clients who are ambivalent about change. Students will further develop advanced practice and motivational interviewing skills through discussion, case studies and practice in class.
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CBS 770 / Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Understanding and Using the Therapeutic Relationship 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Study Area Chair.
This is an introductory course to key concepts in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and the Psychotherapeutic relationship. The overall objective is for students to gain a basic understanding of key concepts and clinical techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy. This includes the examination of the effects that early experience has in shaping who we are and impacting our interpersonal relationships. Students will become familiar with the features of conducting a psychodynamic assessment with an emphasis on the centrality of the therapeutic relationship.
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CBS 771 / Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Understanding and Using the Therapeutic Relationship 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 770
Registration in the program or permission of the Study Area Chair.
Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy focuses on assessment and case formulation. Clinical material provided by the tutor may be drawn from movies and TV. The psychodynamic formulation links the theory
of psychodynamics with the client’s material. The student groups discuss the clinical material presented and create possible formulations. Material covered in a psychodynamic formulation may include: factors
bringing a client to therapy, symptoms the client is experiencing, the client’s current reality (living, social, psychiatric, medical) and attendant problems, important relationships in the here and now, family history, past relationships and attachment patterns, client’s coping strategies and defence mechanisms, plus the relationship with the therapist.
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CBS 772 / Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Consultation 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 770 and CBS 771 . A student must have at least one long-term clinical case where there is ongoing weekly counselling for the twenty-week duration. Enrollment in the course is dependent on approval from the course instructor.
The objective is for the student to enhance their clinical skills. Weekly clinical case consultation is provided. Attention is paid to assessment, formulation, therapeutic relationship, transference, counter-transference and use of self.
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CBS 773 / Interpersonal Psychotherapy Consultation 6 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): CBS 770 and CBS 771 . Students must have their own clients, 2 cases for 24 weeks of supervision.
Enrollment in the course is dependent on permission from the course instructor.
Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) is a short term contractual “here and now” focused psychotherapy that focuses on two main goals 1) the relief of depressive symptoms and 2) the individuals adaptation to the social and interpersonal circumstances associated with the onset of the depression. The emphasis of IPT is to facilitate restoration of the client’s previous level of functioning.
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COGSCIL 6AS3 / Topics in Advanced Semantics 3 unit(s)
This course examines advanced issues in formal semantics, seeking to evaluate the current formal semantics theory and to address the data that fall beyond the basic theory.
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COGSCIL 6D03 / Computers and Linguistic Analysis 3 unit(s)
This course studies the linguistic applications of computer technology in general, and language processing in particular, including parsers and machine translation.
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COGSCIL 6EL3 / Laboratory in Experimental Linguistics 3 unit(s)
Students will collaborate to plan, carry out, analyse and report an experiment addressing a cognitive aspect of language processing or acquisition.
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COGSCIL 6LB3 / Advanced Phonetics and Phonology 3 unit(s)
This course examines advanced issues in phonetics and phonology, seeking to evaluate current theory and to address data that fall beyond the explanatory capacities of those paradigms. The course is data oriented, with material taken from several languages.
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COGSCIL 6LC3 / Advanced Morphology and Syntax 3 unit(s)
This course examines advanced issues in morphology and syntax, seeking to evaluate current theory and to address data that fall beyond the explanatory capacities of those paradigms. The course is data oriented, with material taken from several languages.
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COGSCIL 6NN3 / Cognitive Nuerolinguistics Laboratory 3 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Completed BA or BSc plus enrollment in Cognitive Science of Language graduate program or similar graduate program at McMaster University with the instructor’s permission.
Introduces cognitive neuroscience methods used to study basic and applied language topics. Emphasis in readings and in-class discussions includes the roles of attention and memory in supporting language function. The course also emphasizes applications of a broadly-defined neurolinguistic knowledge base in areas including acquired brain injury and neurodevelopmental disorders. Provision is made for lab-based exposure to electrophysiological recording methods and EEG/ERP analysis techniques. Opportunities to engage in data processing and analysis with actual laboratory data sets is provided.
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COGSCIL 6R03 / Cross-Cultural Communication
Students will explore the links between language and culture and learn skills necessary to be intermediaries between cultures. Topics include: communication between genders, the cognitive role of metaphor, language and perception, emotions across cultures, culture and advertising, body language and cultural stereotyping.
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COGSCIL 6S03 / Interpersonal Communication 3 unit(s)
This course offers an introduction to contemporary interpersonal communication theories and research. Topics include: small group communication, persuasive communication, argumentation strategies, conflict resolution and computer mediated, intercultural, international and political communication.
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COGSCIL 6XX3 / Topics in Linguistic Theory 3 unit(s)
issues in different aspects of Linguistic Theory and Advanced Philology. Consult the Department for the topic to be offered.
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COGSCIL 712 / Reading Course (Linguistics) 1.5 unit(s)
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Directed reading course or intensive research module on advanced level topics in Linguistics. The course may be repeated once on a different topic or module or a combination of reading course and module.
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COGSCIL 713 / Reading Course (Cognitive Science) 1.5 unit(s)
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Directed reading course or intensive research module on advanced level topics in Cognitive Science. The course may be repeated once on a different topic or module or a combination of reading course and module.
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COGSCIL 714 / Directed Reading in Clinical and Applied Linguistics 1.5 unit(s)
Directed reading course or intensive research module on advanced-level topics in Clinical and Applied Linguistics. The course may be repeated once on a different topic or module.
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COGSCIL 721 / Fundamentals of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language 3 unit(s)
The course will examine a range of linguistic topics from the cognitive and cognitive neuroscience perspectives. Linguistic topics will include but not be limited to: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The course will emphasize cognitive processing mechanisms for typical language as well as a range of developmental and acquired disorders of language processing. No single text will be used but rather selected readings that will include current research articles and book chapters.
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COGSCIL 722 / Contemporary Issues in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language 3 unit(s)
The course is a continuation of COGSCIL 721 and will examine current issues and controversies in the cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience of language areas. Linguistic topics will include but not be limited to: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The course will emphasize cognitive processing mechanisms for typical language as well as a range of developmental and acquired disorders of language processing. No single text will be used but rather selected readings that will include current research articles and book chapters.
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COGSCIL 723 / Bilingual Language Processing 3 unit(s)
C. Anderson, E. Service
The course studies the psycholinguistic research on the processes and mental representations involved in language processing in bilinguals. The central question is the extent to which a bilingual’s two languages influence each other at the levels of phonological, lexical, syntactic and semantic processing.
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COGSCIL 724 / Human Sentence Processing 3 unit(s)
C. Anderson
The course studies current theories of how the human mind parses and interprets sentences in real-time, contrasting symbolic computation models with non-symbolic connectionist accounts. Readings are drawn from the primary literature investigating linguistic and psychological factors that play a role in real-time comprehension.
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COGSCIL 725 / The Cognitive Science of Language Master’s Lecture Series 1.5 unit(s)
The course is comprised of a series of one-hour lectures by established researchers in areas encompassed by the Cognitive Science of Language program, and in-class discussion meetings associated with the talks. Masters students are expected to attend the class discussions and the talks.
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COGSCIL 726 / The Cognitive Science of Language Ph.D. Lecture Series 1.5 unit(s)
The course is comprised of a series of one-hour lectures by established researchers in areas encompassed by the Cognitive Science of Language program, and in-class discussion meetings associated with the talks. Doctoral students are expected to attend the class discussions, the talks, and to present their research in a departmental forum. Students with credit in COGSCIL 725 are expected to attend the lectures and give a presentation in a department forum, but their class attendance is optional.
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COGSCIL 727 / Visual Language Processing 3 unit(s)
V. Kuperman
This course will provide a critical overview of current theories and models of visual recognition of words and continuous texts, as well as introduce students to the experimental technique of eye-tracking. The extensive discussion of visual, cognitive and linguistic processes implicated in reading will be complemented by the hands-on experience of planning and conducting eyetracking experiments and analyzing eye-movement data.
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COGSCIL 730 / Language Analysis Methods: Phonology and Morphology 3 unit(s)
This course is a foundational course whose aims is to ensure that students are familiar with current approaches and issues in the areas of phonology and morphology. Students will work through complex cross-linguistic data from a variety of approaches in order to evaluate the effectiveness of particular theoretical models in handling phonological, morphological and morphophonological phenomena. Particular attention will be paid to phonological phenomena that are sensitive to morphological (morpheme) structure.
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COGSCIL 731 / Language Analysis Methods: Syntax and Semantics 3 unit(s)
This course is a fundamental course whose aim is to ensure that students are familiar with current approaches and issues in the areas of syntax and semantics. Students will work through complex cross-linguistic data from a variety of approaches in order to evaluate the effectiveness of particular theoretical models in handling syntactic phenomena and in how meaning is derived at the word, sentence or discourse level.
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COGSCIL 732 / Contemporary Issues in Semantics and Pragmatics 3 unit(s)
The course elaborates on the foundations of formal semantics and pragmatics introduced in COGSCIL 731 . It introduces intentional semantics and investigates the relation between formal semantics and formal pragmatics.
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COGSCIL 734 / Contemporary Issues in Syntax 3 unit(s)
The course extends the basics of syntactic theory introduced in LING 3I03 and COGSCIL 731 . The course uses detailed investigation of topics in syntactic theory to familiarize students with tools and methods used in current syntactic frameworks, such as Minimalist Program.
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COGSCIL 735 / Contemporary Issues in Linguistic Theory 3 unit(s)
I. Kucerova, A. Moro
The course offers a detailed investigation of current topics in linguistic theory. The class will concentrate on current research issues related to Spell-out interfaces (syntax-semantics, syntax-morphology, phonology-morphology, syntax-phonology). Students will critically evaluate current open research question related to inter-modular interactions. Offered topics will include Analogy in the grammar (phonology, morphology, syntax), Markedness in the grammar (morphology, syntax, semantics), and Information structure (syntax, semantics, phonology).
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COGSCIL 736 / Cognitive Aspects of Thought Manipulation 3 unit(s)
M. Stroinska
The course offers an in-depth review of lingistic and psychological mechanisms of argumentation and persuasion and thought manipulation used in politics, science and advertising. A historical and sociological perspective helps to appreciate the role of context, in a very broad sense, in the formation and maintenance of beliefs.
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COGSCIL 737 / The Evolution of Language and Cognition 3 unit(s)
J. Colarusso
This course will examine the theories of the phylogenetic origin of language and its accompanying cognition, covering the recent works of Bickerton, Jackendoff, Pinker, Hauser, Chomsky, Fitch, Lieberman and Colarusso.
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