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Centre for Global Studies
1000E -
Introduction to Global Studies
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An interdisciplinary course designed to introduce the student to the scope and method of global studies. The course focuses on the diversity of an increasingly interdependent world. Topics of trans-national significance which highlight contrasts and similarities among the world’s societies and cultures will be considered.
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Centre for Global Studies
1021F/G -
Introduction to Problems in Knowing the World
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This course explores how our world views are formed in terms of theories and explanations of human history, geography, and identity. Students will consider how knowing the world is caught up with problems in mapping, narration, and cultural interpretation, emphasizing critical analysis of the impacts of European colonialism on modern international divisions.
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Centre for Global Studies
1022F/G -
Introduction to Globalization
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This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the dominant material and cultural trends under the conditions of economic globalization. Key topics are labour in the global economy, the globalization of the capitalist mode of production, transnational resource flows, responses to inequality and resistance.
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Centre for Global Studies
1023F/G -
Introduction to Global Development
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This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of international development studies with the focus on investigating the notion of ‘poverty’. It will examine the roles of development organizations, states and civil society in addressing globally identified development issues through the negotiation of global development agendas.
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Centre for Global Studies
2001F/G -
Introduction to Global Development
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This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of global development studies with the focus on investigating the notion of ‘poverty’. It will examine the roles of development organizations, states and civil society in addressing globally identified development issues through the negotiation of global development agendas.
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Enrolment in the Civil Engineering and International Development Option.
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Centre for Global Studies
2002F/G -
Problems of Global Development
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This course provides a comparative and theoretical examination of societies and cultures undergoing significant change and of the complex global relations between developing and industrialized areas. It offers an interdisciplinary perspective on such issues as economic development, development indicators, gender, foreign policy, development aid, participatory development and post-development.
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The former ICS 200E.
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Centre for Global Studies
2003F/G -
Discourses of Global Studies
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This course investigates how methods and objects of inquiry in global studies are formed in the limiting and productive interplay of ideas, language, and social/political force. Students examine how our studies of global problems are made possible in systems of communication that render us responsible for their formation and address.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
2004F/G -
Critique of Capitalism
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This course explores the socio-economic form of 'capitalism', and examines the development and spread of the key features of capitalist social organization – the division of labour, private property, primitive accumulation – and examines their functioning in a rapidly globalizing world.
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0.5 course from Centre for Global Studies 1000-1999, or permission of the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
2340F/G -
Mapping the Middle East
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The complexity of the region is addressed by studying a series of mapping techniques: of the Ottoman and Persian Empires; of the economic concessions (from 1550); the dislocation of culture and religion; and the legacy of this history for the Treaty of Versailles (1919) to the present day.
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The former International and Comparative Studies 190F/G and 291F/G if taken in 2001-2007.
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Centre for Global Studies
2341F/G -
Perceptions of the Middle East
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The purpose of “Perceptions of the Middle East” is to understand the constructions which continue to prevail in the region and to understand the contemporary situation using the study of imperialism, “Orientalism”, nationalism, globalization, and religion.
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The former International and Comparative Studies 191F/G and 292F/G if taken in 2001-2007.
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Centre for Global Studies
3001F/G -
Applied Research Ethics for Global Studies
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This course explores practical ethical issues associated with major forms of qualitative research with human subjects. Special consideration is given to ethical problems in the context of inequality. Students design a project and program of research that conforms to standard ethical guidelines.
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Centre for Global Studies
3002F/G -
Participatory Research Methodologies
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This course explores connections between culturally embedded forms of collaboration and structures of public participation in decision-making. The course focuses on the critical use of participatory research methodologies and on the discourse on indigenous knowledge.
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Centre for Global Studies
3003F/G -
Gender and Development
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The course examines gender equality as a cross cutting theme of international development initiatives, and prepares students in the critical use of gender analysis methodologies to examine social diversity at community level.
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Centre for Global Studies
3004A/B -
International Development Project Management
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This course will explore and compare a variety of project cycle models including methodologies used at various stages of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation as a foundation for critical examination of the “international development” project, including its position in the relationship between the global north and the global south.
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Centre for Global Studies
3005F/G -
Contemporary Critical Theory in Global Studies
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This course provides rigorous engagement with contemporary social, cultural, geographical, and political theory pertinent to critical interdisciplinary scholarship in global studies. Emphasis is placed on close study of primary texts in relation to debates over the interpretation, theorisation, and conceptualisation of current global issues, events, and problems defying disciplinary categorization.
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Centre for Global Studies
3100E -
Independent Research
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Students will carry out an advanced and specialized research project. Approval of the program of study must be obtained in advance in writing from the faculty advisor and the Director of the Centre for Global Studies before the term in which the project is initiated.
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Centre for Global Studies
3101F/G -
Directed Studies
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Students will study topics in depth and carry out original research on a topic not covered in existing course offerings. Approval of the program of study must be obtained in advance in writing from the faculty advisor and the Director of the Centre for Global Studies before the term in which the study is undertaken.
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Centre for Global Studies
3201F/G -
Think Global, Act Local
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Students will be placed with non-governmental organisations, where they will work on globally relevant issues within a local context. Each student will develop a major critical project in support of her or his NGO's aims, expressing creatively the interrelations between scholarly study and direct involvement in international affairs.
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Centre for Global Studies
3202F/G -
Seminar in Global Studies
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This seminar course a community-based learning course structured around students' engagement with topics chosen by the instructor and elaborated by colloquia led by visiting scholars, professionals, and activists addressing global issues and problems. Students will critically engage the writings on the topics, and the work, practices, and actions of these visitors. Students will be required to write essays and/or research papers and other written works on the topics in the course. Themes connecting the colloquia will change with the schedule of visiting scholars and guests.
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Centre for Global Studies
3460F/G -
Recent World Literature
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This course explores modern literary works from Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. Texts are discussed individually but also in relation to a common concern with identifying and expressing the value of a human life in the diverse cultures which they reflect. Taught in English.
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Centre for Global Studies
3508F/G -
Africa in Transition
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An examination of how processes of change in Africa can inform understanding of development through a study of a variety of cultures and contexts within Africa. An analysis of African experiences of, and perspectives on, development.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3509F/G -
Indigenous Peoples and Development in Global Perspective
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The course considers the effects of industrial scale capitalism on the traditional economies of Indigenous Peoples in the global setting. The course examines the emerging strategies for renewing economic self-sufficiency in local settings. The question of the coexistence of the economies of Indigenous Peoples with national economies is addressed.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3510E -
Francophone Cultures and Civilisations
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A comparative study of the cultures and civilizations of France, French Canada and other francophone countries and societies around the world. Taught in French, but students doing this course for credit in the ICS program may submit assignments in English.
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Centre for Global Studies
3511F/G -
Language and Cultural Discourses
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Survey and research on language and its use from the perspective of cultural study. The course investigates the various linguistic factors that influence and shape cultural discourses, e.g., socio-economic class, gender, political discourse. Inter-cultural variations of language will be of
primary importance.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3512F/G -
Human Displacement and Refugees
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The course investigates contemporary approaches to address the plight displaced persons and studies the conditions under which displaced persons are identified as refugees, Considering the experiences
and treatment of refugees under international protection, students will critically engage the challenges of responding to the interests of persons deemed strangers in the international community.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3513F/G -
Small Scale Economies
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An examination of the social and economic form of informal, subsistence, land-based and other allied economies through case studies. Topics include: labor informalization in the context of economic development, subsistence and autonomy, cultural bases of land-based economies in multicultural states.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3514F/G -
Global Resistance Movements
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An examination of the political, social and cultural foundations of resistance movements that claim a transnational, global or international scale. Cases may include: anti-globalization, environmentalism, indigenous people’s rights, women’s rights, human rights, Fair Trade, and
alternative trade organizations.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3515F/G -
Global Cultures of Gendering
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This course analyses the functions of gender as a fundamental organizing principle in human societies. Students will examine the ways in which the disciplines, regimes, practice and institutions governing inter-human encounters in the world are also embedded in the processes of gendering.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3516F/G -
Economies of Development
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This course examines alternative tools for assessing development, such as development indicators and indices (GNP/GDP, Human Development/Poverty Indices, Physical Quality of Life Index, Gender Empowerment Measure), community-based indicators, and explanations of economic development in micro and macro contexts.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, or permission of the
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Centre for Global Studies
3523F/G -
Law in Global Relations and Languages of Power
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This course examines struggles to define subjects of law and establish just rules of behaviour between them within global contexts. Students will examine and critically evaluate often conflicting efforts of movements, actors, institutions, and social groups to make lawful specific ideals or, alternatively, to delegitimise the world views of others.
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0.5 Centre for global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level, permission of the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
3524F/G -
Postcolonial Global Studies
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This course investigates the ongoing impacts of European colonial regimes on contemporary postcolonial societies. It explores the character of and conditions underlying postcolonial challenges to modern global orders and organisations. Included are explorations of social, political, and intellectual movements to address specifically postcolonial problems of difference, inequality, and violence.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level or permission of the Centre for Global Studies
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Centre for Global Studies
3525F/G -
Community in Global Modernity
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This course provides a critical interdisciplinary study of the idea of community: how it is constructed, mobilized and contested under conditions set by modernity and current forms of globalization. Students will examine the notion of 'community' as constructed rather than given, but especially as these constructions relate to the fragmenting and deterritorializing implications of modernity and globalization.
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0.5 Centre for Global Studies course at the 1000-1099 level or permission of the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
3990F/G-3999F/G -
Selected Topics in Global Studies
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Topics selected by the instructor. Consult the Centre for Global Studies for details.
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Centre for Global Studies
4000E-4009E -
Seminars in International and comparative Studies
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Advanced topic selected by the instructor. Each student will present a major research paper exploring the interdisciplinary context of global studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4010F/G -
Honors Seminar: Poverty
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Examinations of social, environmental and political sources of structural economic inequality. For core themes and cases in the current session, please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4011F/G -
Honors Seminar: Identity/ Difference
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Examinations of the construction of identity in individuals, groups, societies, cultures, and nations as it occurs through processes of differentiation and othering. For core themes in the current session,please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4012F/G -
Honors Seminar: Ethics and Rights
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Examinations of the grounds on which persons and groups may claim rights and freedoms, the moral or ethical claims that they may appropriately make of one another, and the degrees to which responsibility underscores relationships between humans in the world. For core themes in the current session, please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4013F/G -
Honors Seminar: Place and Movement
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Examinations of the relationships between and problems regarding geography, human territories, change, and human movement. For core themes in the current session, please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4014F/G -
Honors Seminar: Gender
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Examinations of the pervasiveness of gender and gender-specific experiences in social encounters, interrelations and communal structures in the world. For core themes in the current session, please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4015F/G -
Honors Seminar: Power and Resistance
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Examination of the relations of power and resistance, including studies of forms of oppression, hegemonic structures, and forms of organizing. For core themes in the current session, please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4016F/G -
Honors Seminar: Globalization
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An examination of key trends attributed to globalization, with particular emphasis on their effects on the production of social and cultural diversity, communications, environment, social movements, economic change, human security and self-determination. For core themes in the current session, please see the Centre for Global Studies.
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4017F/G -
Honors Seminar: Narrating Cultures
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Examinations of the cultural functions and roles of artistic expression, primarily through comparative examples of literature and cinematic film. For core themes in the current session, see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4018F/G -
Honors Seminar: Postcolonial Critique
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Examinations of advanced contemporary postcolonial theory, investigating efforts to interpret global studies from perspectives and modes of inquiry not subject to the knowing rational subject formed in colonial relations and modern universalising explanations of global affairs. For core themes in the current session, see the Centre for Global Studies.
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Centre for Global Studies
4500E -
Honors Thesis
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An original research project under faculty supervision, with scheduled tutorials and class meetings held throughout the year. An oral defence of the thesis will be required.
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