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School of Graduate Studies Calendar, 2014-2015 [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]
Collaborative Courses
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Courses marked with a pound sign (#) are modules; those marked with an asterisk (*) are half courses. Courses marked with a plus sign (+) may be taken twice for credit either because their content varies from year to year or because “introductory” material presented as one module is a prerequisite for more advanced material. All of the courses may not be offered every year. Students should contact the Department concerned.
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Physics and Astronomy Courses
Environmental Studies
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are half courses. The following environmental science course is offered for graduate credit:
- *701 / Problems in Restoring and Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems / B. White, B. McCarry, D. Feeny, M. Sproule-Jones, M. Daly, M. Wilson, E. Boetzkes
This course is designed to allow students from different disciplines to define problems in case studies of specific ecosystems. The background of the ecosystem situation will be presented by faculty and outside speakers. Students will define the problems they wish to discuss based on the presentation and literature provided. Each discussion will be led by students from different disciplines and the team will be responsible for preparing and submitting a report on the discussions.
Molecular Biology
600-level courses are offered for graduate credit and are available to senior undergraduate students at the 400-level. 700-level courses are restricted to graduate students. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are half courses. Not all courses are offered every year. Students should check with the Department concerned regarding course requirements. The following relevant courses are offered by other departments:
Peace Studies
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are half courses. The following courses are offered for graduate credit: Relevant to Peace Studies
The following courses are also relevant to Peace Studies. All courses may not be offered every year. Students should contact the Department. Political Science Courses
Regional Science
Available 600- and 700-level graduate courses appropriate for Regional Science include the following list. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are half courses. All courses may not be offered every year. Students should contact the Department concerned. School of Geography and Earth Sciences Courses
Science and Religion
Science and religion are often thought to be necessarily in conflict, with mutually incompatible approaches to method and discordant meanings of truth. In fact, the relationships between science and religion can indeed be modeled in terms of conflict; however, they can also be seen as mutually independent or even offering fruitful engagement. In the first half of the last century A.N. Whitehead wrote, “When we consider what religion is for [humanity] and what science is, it is no exaggeration to say that the future of history depends upon the decision of this generation as to the relation between them.” The generation that Whitehead was addressing has passed, but the relation between religion and science remains fluid and, in many respects, unresolved. The aim here is to draw together intellectual resources and traditions of understanding from different Faculties in order to explore if there are ways in which science and religion can work together constructively. At present one graduate seminar course is offered. Courses
- *760 / Science and Faith Interactions / J.C. Robertson, D.R. Chettle
Do science and faith function in such different spheres as to make meaningful conversation impossible? Need they be in conflict in seeking to understand and in their pursuit of truth? Perspectives from both Religious Studies (JCR) and Science (DRC) are brought together firstly to explore whether analogies can be found in methods of enquiry and whether similarities can be identified between knowledge and underlying truth perceived to be the goals of these different disciplines. In the first part of the seminar course readings will be taken from Thomas S. Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” and Ian G. Barbour’s “Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues”. The second part of the course consists of investigations of issues in the science-religion dialogue of special interest to individual members of the seminar. For example: Is personhood reducible to biological and chemical fundamentals? Can a single account of origins satisfy both scientific and religious quests?
Urban Studies
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are half courses. Courses marked with a pound sign (#) are quarter courses or modules. Not all of the courses are offered every year. Students should contact the Department. School of Geography and Earth Sciences Courses
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