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Academic Calendar 2008 AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGES AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COURSE INFORMATION Childhood and Social Institutions (AC)
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Childhood and Social Institutions (AC)

Note:  In order to find a course in the new 4 digit numbering system using an old 3 digit number, please refer to the conversion list below. Before registering for courses with the new 4 digit numbering system, please ensure that you have not previously taken the course in its 3 digit form.

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Childhood and Social Institutions 1020 - Introduction to Childhood and Social Institutions
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 focused material in the other courses.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 2200 - Contemporary Perspectives on Childhood and Social Institutions
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.
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Prerequisite(s): CSI 1020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 2291A/B-2296A/B - Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions
Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): CSI 1020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Extra Information: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 3310F/G - Representing Childhood Empirically
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.
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Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in third year or above of (old) honors or (new) Honors Specialization in CSI, or permission of the Program Coordinator.
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Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 3311F/G - Case Studies in Empirical Representations of Childhood
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 3310F/G.
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Prerequisite(s): CSI 3310F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 3391A/B-3396A/B - Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions
Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): CSI 1020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 4410F/G - Independent Study in Childhood and Social Institutions
Reading and discussion of selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
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Prerequisite(s): Must be in the 4th year of the CSI Honors program.
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Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 4411F/G - Emerging Perspectives in Childhood Studies
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.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): CSI 3311F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 4412F/G - Applying Childhood Perspectives
A selective examination of the relationships among the various emerging childhood perspectives in different academic disciplines and in policy and advocacy forums.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): CSI 4411F/G or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 4491A/B-4496A/B - Special Topics in Childhood and Social Institutions
Topic and course description will be available at time of registration.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): CSI 1020 or permission of the CSI Program Coordinator.
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Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 4498F/G - Independent Study
Reading and discussion in selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors Specialization offered in CSI or written permission of the Program Coordinator.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course.
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Childhood and Social Institutions 4499F/G - Independent Study
Reading and discussion in selected topics in Childhood and Social Institutions.
Antirequisite(s):
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors Specialization offered in CSI or written permission of the Program Coordinator.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course.
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Academic Calendar 2008 AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGES AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COURSE INFORMATION Childhood and Social Institutions (AC)
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