Arabic 1030 aims to develop students' proficiency and communication skills in Modern Standard Arabic. It brings students to a good mastery of the Arabic sounds and writing system, and expands insights into the culture of the Arabic-speaking countries. Students will have the ability to read and write the Arabic alphabet, individual words and numbers, and short sentences. View Syllabus
Arabic 1035 is designed for students who have some previous background in Arabic, but not sufficient to allow them to register for Intermediate Arabic 2250. The course aims to further the development of the ability to use Modern Standard Arabic in reading and writing, and makes available a significant set of essential vocabulary needed for basic conversation and reading. View Syllabus
Arabic 2250 aims to build upon students' proficiency and communication in Modern Standard Arabic in the language skills developed in earlier courses. It introduces students to a wide variety of styles and genres from the various periods through authentic texts and focuses on the acquisition of more complex grammatical structures, and on expanding vocabulary and discourse skills. View Syllabus
Arabic 3300 aims to consolidate material learned in Arabic 2250, and introduce more advanced and more challenging linguistic and cultural material. The students demonstrate a good understanding of Arabic Syntax and morphology, and comprehend more complex Arabic grammatical structures along with their contexts. They write a coherent essay on argumentative issues discussed in class. View Syllabus
Gain an edge by devoting one credit to the greatest game changing ideas ever – the ones that made our culture what it is. Explore the ground-breaking ideas that revolutionized societies and cultures. Identify their application in our public and private lives through textual and visual material. Trust the Comparative Literature multicultural and multilingual approach to engage you with inspiring analysis of ideas and terms such as paradox, platonic love, ideology, the unconscious, canon, gender, social media, simulacra, postmodernity, censorship, dystopia …This course will change your mind. View Syllabus
Discover how writers and artists have shaped, challenged and connected civilizations, from antiquity to the present. Explore the roots of today's global world and think outside the box of your cultural environment. Join this course! It will take you on a journey into some of the wonders of world cultures: from the Middle East of The Epic of Gilgamesh to the ancient Greece of Homer’s Odyssey; from the age-old, ingenious stories of The Arabian Nights to the modern dazzling fiction of J. L. Borges; from Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterworks to Andy Warhol’s pop art. View Syllabus
In this course we will examine the unique film style, genre history, ideological implications, and cultural anxieties expressed by a selection of different Italian Westerns. Come learn about the most successful Spaghetti Western subgenres while we trace their origins in the Hollywood Western, the Sword and Sandal Film, and the Samurai film, and as we explore their legacy, from Sam Peckinpah to Quentin Tarantino! This course is cross listed with Italian 2280B & Film 2197B Film ScheduleView Syllabus
“No Fats, No Fems, No Rice, No Chocolate, No Spice”—so go numerous profiles by ‘masculine, White dudes’ on various online gay dating sites. What does it mean to be doubly marginalized, first as a queer and second as a person of colour? And what are the ramifications of these reverberating marginalizations on the queer solidarity project? Highlighting the intersections and indiscretions of queer theory and postcolonialism, this course focuses on the stigmatization and the further ‘othering' of those already considered Other—LGTBQIA+ people of colour—as represented in literature and mixed media. View Syllabus
Welcome to the megalopolis! 25 Million inhabitants; 7 centuries of history and culture. Examine Mexico City through its history of continuous transformations from the Aztec capital up to today. Identify traces of various pasts in the city's contemporary urban landscape and daily life, through art, film, and literature. Taught in English. This course is cross listed with Spanish 2102 View Syllabus
Come learn to trace the past in the city's contemporary urban landscape and daily life from a cross discipline perspective! On our virtual journey we will explore artistic masterpieces, and architectural must sees, we will view cinematic representations of the city, and we will take virtual tours of the Vatican's main museums. Along the way we will read accounts, chronicles, and verses written by citizens, and amazed travellers, from Belli to Pasolini, and from Goethe to Stendhal. All roads lead to Rome! This course is cross listed with Italian 2242A View Syllabus
What do fairy tales have to do with you? Find out what these familiar stories tell us about human psychology, society, anxiety, bonding, decision-making, and life - your life! Cross listed with German 2251G View Syllabus
Would you like to acquire lifelong competences that will allow you to build (self)-cultural awareness and interact meaningfully with other cultures in today's globalized world? Then Bridging Classroom and Community is your course! We will explore issues of identity, memory, immigration, prejudice, stereotype, and intercultural dialogue, while building a connection with our own London community, and its wealth of languages and cultures via collaborative projects between students and members of this community. This course is cross listed with GER/ITA/SPA 2500F View Syllabus
If you have ever wondered how aristocrats, peasants, and the emerging urban middle class in medieval Europe built, dressed, ate, healed, travelled, worshipped, loved, hunted, waged war, and entertained guests, and the way their lifestyles are reflected in the heroic and courtly literature of the time, this course is for you. This course is cross listed with German 3341F View Syllabus
Chicken soup for a cold or flu is not a recent concept but an age-old remedy. Centred on the theme “Food and Medicine in the Middle Ages” develop your own research project. Avenues to explore may range from medieval ideas about nutrition, sick-dishes, foodstuffs and drugs, to cooking and dining practices, regional preferences and intercultural influences. Choose the medium of presentation that best suits your topic. This course is cross listed with GER/ITA/SPA 4500G View Syllabus
In DH1011B we write real-time, interactive applications for a variety of different kinds of sources including graphics, animation, image processing, maps, data and audio. View Syllabus
Have you ever wondered if something you're about to do online is right or wrong? When does downloading count as theft? Is cyber sex cheating? Does a hacker’s code of ethics make any sense? Is online bullying worse than other forms of bullying? Students will explore these questions and others through a study of both ethical theory and a series of cases in the burgeoning and important field of digital ethics. You'll learn what traditional ethics has to say about these questions and also learn about the ways in which life online is stretching and changing our moral concepts. View Syllabus
In this course students will learn how historical content is produced, presented and published online; how to find and evaluate digital primary and secondary sources; and how to use computational techniques to work with digital resources. No previous background in the subject area is required. Cross listed with History 2816A View Syllabus
A comprehensive and interdisciplinary introduction to data analytics using modern computing systems, with equal attention to fundamentals and practical aspects. Topics include sources of data, data formats and transformation, usage of spreadsheets and databases, statistical analysis, pattern recognition, data mining, big data, and methods for data presentation and visualization Cross listed with CS 2034B View Syllabus
It's 2016 do you know how to code yet? We live in an era of unprecedented data generation and nowhere is that more apparent than in the life sciences. Without automated tools to help us process, format and mine our data, we are essentially helpless, buried by sheer volume.This course will teach you the basics of computer programming, oriented completely towards helping make you a 21st century scientist. Even if you end up choosing a career path outside of science, basic programming skills will enable you to grapple with problems and datasets that are inaccessible to those without these skills. Cross listed with CS 2120A View Syllabus
A continuation of DH 2220A with a deeper exploration of organizing and manipulating large data sets. Project-based course. Cross listed with CS 2121B View Syllabus
This course provides a critical examination of the complex interrelationship between society and technology. The course makes students aware of the pervasiveness of technology in our everyday lives, creating and encouraging an understanding of how technology interacts with and is embodied in society. Technology is both the driving force behind societal change as well as the output of our technological imagination. It is this dichotomy that will be examined in this course. Students will learn about how digital tools have led to the development of a high-tech society characterized by customization, individualism, and privatization.The course covers topics such as innovation in the technology sector, Facebook, online surveillance, digital inequality, and immaterial labour. Cross listed with Sociology 2106A View Syllabus
A study of modern database systems and their applications to and use in humanities and social science projects. Topics include database design, querying, administration, security, and privacy.. Cross listed with CS 3319A/CS 3120A View Syllabus
Practice speaking, understanding, reading and writing German in a dynamic class setting. Develop your communicative skills while learning interesting and useful things about the German-speaking countries. Consider taking part in one of our many study-abroad or exchange opportunities. View Syllabus
Improve your speaking, reading and writing skills in a small class setting. Find out more about the culture of the German-speaking countries through authentic readings, short films, songs, interviews and biographies, while building your vocabulary and reviewing all major areas of German grammar. View Syllabus
Navigate your way among landmark works of literature, visual art, and cinema, while developing the reading, writing, conversation, and research skills needed for this journey of exploration. Along the way you will discover works from the middle ages to the present and learn about their significance within the history and culture of the German-speaking countries. View Syllabus
What do fairy tales have to do with you? Find out what these familiar stories tell us about human psychology, society, anxiety, bonding, decision-making, and life - your life! Cross listed with CLC 2137B View Syllabus
This course introduces students to the history of Contemporary German Cinema after unification. Topics include the "Berlin School" and transnational film production, Ostalgie, European identity, migration, and historical memory. The relationship to the auteurism of post-war New German Cinema will also be examined. By the end of this course, you will be able to identify major trends and tendencies in Contemporary German Cinema and situate them in their historical, cultural and aesthetic contexts. This course is cross listed with Film 2242G View Syllabus
Would you like to acquire lifelong competences that will allow you to build (self)-cultural awareness and interact meaningfully with other cultures in today's globalized world? Then Bridging Classroom and Community is your course! We will explore issues of identity, memory, immigration, prejudice, stereotype, and intercultural dialogue, while building a connection with our own London community, and its wealth of languages and cultures via collaborative projects between students and members of this community. This course is cross listed with CLC/ITA/SPA 2500F View Syllabus
Take your German to the next level while exploring topics such as travel, politics, history, film, music, fine art, literature, technology and the environment. Learn to speak and write more fluently, express yourself more idiomatically, and master the more challenging points of German grammar. View Syllabus
Learn about the culture and history of Germany through recent German films. Improve your speaking and writing skills through pre-and post-viewing activities, class discussion and writing assignments. Taught in German. View Syllabus
If you have ever wondered how aristocrats, peasants, and the emerging urban middle class in medieval Europe built, dressed, ate, healed, travelled, worshipped, loved, hunted, waged war, and entertained guests, and the way their lifestyles are reflected in the heroic and courtly literature of the time, this course is for you. Cross listed with CLC 3340F View Syllabus
Chicken soup for a cold or flu is not a recent concept but an age-old remedy. Centred on the theme “Food and Medicine in the Middle Ages” develop your own research project. Avenues to explore may range from medieval ideas about nutrition, sick-dishes, foodstuffs and drugs, to cooking and dining practices, regional preferences and intercultural influences. Choose the medium of presentation that best suits your topic. Cross listed with CLC/Italian/Spanish 4500G View Syllabus
Hindi is the language of one of the greatest civilizations in the history of the world. Besides its incredible ties to history, philosophy, science and art, the vibrant culture that uses it as the means of communication has far reaching influence in all our societies, from food to music and literature, from painting and sculpture to film. Canada, in particular, has a long history of close ties to India, and many of our artists are Indo-Canadian. Come and learn Hindi and savor the rich culture that it represents. View Syllabus
Do you ever say ‘espresso’, ‘martini’, ‘cappuccino’, ‘al dente’, ‘pizza’, ‘bruschetta’, patio, ‘paparazzi’, ‘vendetta’, ‘stiletto’, adagio, ‘cantato’? Then you already know some Italian! And did you know that words such as ‘management’ and ‘bank’ derive from Italian? Join IT 1030, and have fun learning in class and online the language of Dante, Fellini, Bocelli, Pavarotti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Prada, Versace and the famous bankers from Florence, the Medici family! View Syllabus
Next to a trip on the Italian Riviera, what could possibly be better than learning Italian while interacting with a paesano from London? Join Italian 1033! Through in-class/online course work and a community based project, you will learn the language of music, cuisine, sport, art, science and culture and develop the skills that facilitate community engagement while actively immersed in the vibrant local Italian community. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the building of a digital archive of stories collected through interviews with the local Italian-Canadian community or your own family. Note: Italian 1033 can replace Italian 1030 as the prerequisite for Italian courses/modules. View Syllabus
Do you already have a basic proficiency in Italian language? Would you like to keep feeding your passion for all things Italian? This is your course. Taught by native speakers, the course is designed to help you improve your vocabulary and develop your conversational and written skills using a variety of authentic materials, such as websites, songs, short stories, and films. Through these materials you will be constantly immersed in the language and culture of Italy, in class and online! View Syllabus
Want to travel through Italian culture and fully understand its unique place in the global context? You need to take this course. You will discover the exciting richness of the language, arts, food, and pop culture of Italy, while also exploring the extraordinary contribution that Italian-Canadians have given to their new home. Exposure to guest speakers on a variety of topics and a broad range of activities will create the ideal learning environment for you to develop your conversation and writing skills in Italian. View Syllabus
Come learn to trace the past in the city's contemporary urban landscape and daily life from a cross discipline perspective! On our virtual journey we will explore artistic masterpieces, and architectural must sees, we will view cinematic representations of the city, and we will take virtual tours of the Vatican's main museums. Along the way we will read accounts, chronicles, and verses written by citizens, and amazed travellers, from Belli to Pasolini, and from Goethe to Stendhal. All roads lead to Rome! This course is cross listed with CLC2131A View Syllabus
In this course we will examine the unique film style, genre history, ideological implications, and cultural anxieties expressed by a selection of different Italian Westerns. Come learn about the most successful Spaghetti Western subgenres while we trace their origins in the Hollywood Western, the Sword and Sandal Film, and the Samurai film, and as we explore their legacy, from Sam Peckinpah to Quentin Tarantino! This course is cross listed with CLC 2105B and Film 2197B View Syllabus
Would you like to acquire lifelong competences that will allow you to build (self)-cultural awareness and interact meaningfully with other cultures in today's globalized world? Then Bridging Classroom and Community is your course! We will explore issues of identity, memory, immigration, prejudice, stereotype, and intercultural dialogue, while building a connection with our own London community, and its wealth of languages and cultures via collaborative projects between students and members of this community. This course is cross listed with CLC/GER/SPA 2500F View Syllabus
Explore the Italian theatrical tradition through a selection of texts that may range from Commedia dell’Arte to modern and contemporary performances. Engage with a number of theatrical techniques and consider the style, characters and themes of Italian performance art. Taught in English. Tutorial in Italian for Italian program students. View Syllabus
Chicken soup for a cold or flu is not a recent concept but an age-old remedy. Centred on the theme “Food and Medicine in the Middle Ages” develop your own research project. Avenues to explore may range from medieval ideas about nutrition, sick-dishes, foodstuffs and drugs, to cooking and dining practices, regional preferences and intercultural influences. Choose the medium of presentation that best suits your topic. Cross listed with CLC/GER/SPA 4500G View Syllabus
By having knowledge of Japanese language, you will be able to enjoy and experience many aspects of Japanese culture - sushi, Anime, and Japanese technology, to name a few – so why not start now? This course is designed to build basic Japanese language ability by developing grammatical accuracy, comprehension and communicative ability in the four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), and also to encourage awareness and understanding of Japanese culture. View Syllabus
This is a continuation of Japanese 1036. This course is designed to expand your basic communicative abilities in the four basic language skills, emphasizing the practical use of the language, and also to further enhance general knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and social appropriateness. For instance, when do we use casual form and polite form? In this course, the students will strengthen their Japanese skills by taking into account factors such as the proper time, place and occasion to use a certain form and will put this into practice. View Syllabus
Persian or Farsi, the language spoken in present day Iran, has roots that go back thousands of years. Canada has been enriched by the many contributions of Persian speakers who have immigrated to this country, contributions not only in the realm of business and entrepreneurship but also in art, film, culture and thought. Learning Persian will put you in contact with an ancient civilization and a present day vibrant and diverse society. View Syllabus
Portuguese, its sounds and cadences make one think of music and poetry! It is the language spoken in the ancient cities of Portugal and the vibrant cities of Brazil. Live the diversity that is Portuguese, the excitement of one of the most important emerging economies, the beauty of a culture that combines the rhythms of Africa with the dances of Europe and the poetry of the indigenous people of the America. Learn Portuguese! View Syllabus
Speak the language of the biggest country in the world! This course offers an introduction to spoken and written Russian for students with no previous knowledge of Russian. Offers a basis for further work in commercial and scientific fields, political science, and foreign affairs, as well as the study of Russian literature in the original. View Syllabus
More than 400 million people speak Spanish. Why don't you? Learning to speak Spanish opens the door to a broad and exciting world. Spanish 1030 is an elementary course for students who have never studied Spanish. You will learn basic vocabulary and grammar that will allow you to communicate with Spanish speakers about everyday matters. View Syllabus
Welcome to the megalopolis! 25 million inhabitants; 7 centuries of history and culture. Examine Mexico City through its history of continuous transformations from the Aztex capital up to today. Identify traces of the various pasts in the city's contemporary urban landscape and daily life through art, film, and literature. Taught in English. Cross listed with CLC 2129 View Syllabus
Spoken worldwide, Spanish is the official language of 21 countries. Taught by native-speaking instructors, Intermediate Spanish will prepare you and will braoden your linguistic scope so you can make connections with local residents and deepen your experiences in Spanish-speaking countries. The primary emphasis of this course is on effective oral and written expression, so as to permit students who have completed this course to communicate their ideas and opinions with clarity in a variety of academic and social settings. View Syllabus
Is Spanish easier to learn than English? In this course you will compare the structure of both. You will learn, for example, that Spanish has more verb forms, and English has a simpler word order. Exploring the contrasts will lead to a deeper understanding of grammar. View Syllabus
This course is an introduction to reading, writing and researching in Hispanic visual, performing, literary, and cultural production. The course also includes considerations of Hispanic socio-linguistics, as seen over time in a variety of texts. We will explore culture from the Hispanic world including Europe, North Africa and the Americas. The course´s objectives are, through the realization of individual projects, to improve research abilities and Spanish language skills in conversation, reading and writing. This year, we will be focusing on the Hispanic world at war. Students will be doing research on major cultural figures and the impact of their work on their communities. This course will be taught in Spanish. View Syllabus
We will use social media tools to learn, exchange, share, and create current information about Hispanic Culture. What Spanish terms are useful to talk about social media and current events? Which social media sites related to Hispanic culture should you follow? From President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, World Poetry Day in Latin America, to the latest music, books, art, and food– What is showing up in newsfeeds? Come explore Hispanic Culture in the information age. View Syllabus
This course will entail a variety of guided conversations in Spanish dealing with a selection of issues in contemporary Hispanic World (Spain, North America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Central and South America). Students will develop their communicative skills in Spanish through discussions of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, films, music, fashion, food, and sports. Note: This course is offered in both the fall and winter terms View Syllabus
Do you have a basis in Spanish and want to improve your oral fluency? Develop your communicative skills in Spanish through discussion of a number of topics, ranging from social and political issues to TV and pop culture, films, music, fashion, food, and sports in the Hispanic World. Note: This course is offered in both the fall and winter terms View Syllabus
Would you like to acquire lifelong competences that will allow you to build (self)-cultural awareness and interact meaningfully with other cultures in today's globalized world? Then Bridging Classroom and Community is your course! We will explore issues of identity, memory, immigration, prejudice, stereotype, and intercultural dialogue, while building a connection with our own London community, and its wealth of languages and cultures via collaborative projects between students and members of this community. This course is cross listed with CLC/GER/ITA 2500F View Syllabus
Are you interested in improving your oral and written abilities in Spanish? Whether you're working, traveling, or reconnecting with your family and heritage in a Spanish speaking country, this course, taught by natve speakers, will help you to achieve your objective. Would you like to express yourself fluently, read newspapers, editorials, professional interviews, and literary articles as well as listen to the radio and watch television and movies? After this course you will. Although grammar is not the major emphasis at this level, you will improve your grammar and vocabulary through interesting activities such as: debates, cultural discussions, and presentations. View Syllabus
This course will introduce students to basic concepts in linguistics from a Spanish perspective. It examines the different levels of structure, including the Spanish sound system (phonology), word formation (morphology), and sentence formation (syntax). It will also examine the relationships between form and meaning. View Syllabus
Why are phrases such as the tall rose grower ambiguous? Why can you say there is a wocket in my pocket but not *there is the wocket in my pocket? Engage in the puzzle of how phrases and sentences are built and how structure relates to meaning, develop your intuitions about grammar, and learn how they have always been a part of you. View Syllabus
This course examines how myths and legends —whether religious, political or cultural, European and pre-Hispanic— are represented in different forms of texts and cultural artifacts in the Hispanic world. The course has a double objective. First, to study how myths and legends have been and still are very important for the formation of identity discourses, cultural and artistic productions. Secondly, to improve the Spanish language conversation, reading and writing skills of all students. The course examines theoretical texts as well literary, films, songs, and paintings, cartoons and other forms of popular expressions. View Syllabus
This course will study some of the principal literary works written throughout the Hispanic world within a socio-cultural context from the fifteenth century to the present both in Spain and Latin America. The course will include the study of Hispano-Canadian writers. Special attention will be given to how these works were adapted to other genres and received by a variety of audiences over time. View Syllabus
Have you ever been in a museum, standing in front of a painting, not knowing exactly what to look for? This course is an introduction to visual arts through case studies, from the pre-Columbian civilizations up to the actual artistic expressions in the Hispanic world. View Syllabus
This course will consider three topics in the performing and performance art of the Hispanic world that have generated global debate. We will begin with music and music education to change lives in Venezuela; continue with flamenco dance – declared a Masterpiece of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO by 2010 – from Spain; and, finally, end with a travelling performance tour and video documentary created five-hundred years after Columbus’ arrival in the Americas by two border-crossing, US-based artists. View Syllabus
Throughout its history, Spanish has come into contact with many other languages: Arabic in the Iberian Peninsula, indigenous languages in the Americas, and more recently - English. This course examines how such contact has influenced Spanish and the contact languages. View Syllabus
Chicken soup for a cold or flu is not a recent concept but an age-old remedy. Centred on the theme “Food and Medicine in the Middle Ages” develop your own research project. Avenues to explore may range from medieval ideas about nutrition, sick-dishes, foodstuffs and drugs, to cooking and dining practices, regional preferences and intercultural influences. Choose the medium of presentation that best suits your topic. Cross listed with CLC/GER/ITA 4500G View Syllabus
