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Childhood and Social Institutions

Childhood and Social Institutions Courses
 
020200291a/b-296a/b310F/G311F/G391a/b-396a/b410F/G
411F/G412F/G491a/b-496a/b498F/G499F/G

Childhood and Social Institutions 020, Introduction to Childhood and Social Institutions.
Description: An overview of the perspectives on childhood and family found in the various disciplines constituting the Childhood and Social Institutions program. Childhood is emphasized to complement the more adult focussed material in the other courses.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 200, Contemporary Perspectives on Childhood and Social Institutions.
Description: The course focuses on recent approaches to studying childhood and their possible implications for a variety of settings such as families, child care organizations and educational institutions.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in the second year of the Childhood and Social Institutions Program or permission of the Dean's Office.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 291a/b-296a/b, Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Description: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 310F/G, Representing Childhood Empirically.
Description: An examination of the representation of childhood in different methodological procedures such as national statistical accounts, surveys, experiments, ethnographies using interviews and direct observations, document based studies, and unobtrusive measures.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in third year or above of (old) honors or (new) Honors Specialization in CSI, or permission of the program coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 311F/G, Case Studies in Empirical Representations of Childhood.
Description: An analysis of the presentation of childhood in specific research studies. Each student will be responsible for a detailed examination of a specific study in accordance with the considerations developed in CSI 310F/G.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 310F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 391a/b-396a/b, Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Description: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 410F/G, Independent Study in Childhood and Social Institutions
Description: Reading and discussion of selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Prerequisite(s): Must be in the 4th year of the CSI Honors program.
3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 411F/G, Emerging Perspectives in Childhood Studies
Description: An examination of emerging cross-disciplinary presentations of childhood such as the social structural child; the socially constructed child; the tribal child; the minority rights child; the bilateral family; and the bio-structural child. Particular attention is paid to how different perspectives present the connections among human agency, social structures, and biological structures.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 311F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 412F/G, Applying Childhood Perspectives
Description: A selective examination of the relationships among the various emerging childhood perspectives in different academic disciplines and in policy and advocacy forums.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 411a/b or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 491a/b-496a/b, Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Description: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
Prerequisite(s): CSI 020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 498F/G, Independent Study
Description: Reading and discussion in selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors Specialization offered in CSI or written permission of the Program Coordinator.
3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 499F/G, Independent Study
Description: Reading and discussion in selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors Specialization offered in CSI or written permission of the Program Coordinator.
3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course.
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