An extensive examination of selected topics in human brain and behaviour. The neural bases of mental functions such as language, learning, memory, emotion, motivation and addiction are examples of the topics that may be included.

This course offers the opportunity to engage in a year-long research project under the supervision of an interested member of the faculty in Psychology. The project will culminate in a written report in the form of a thesis and a poster presentation. During the course of the year, at appropriate times, students will meet to present their own research proposals, to appraise the proposals of others, and to discuss the results of their investigation. Students must first find a supervisor, which is usually confirmed before the start of the academic term in which the project will be initiated. Students will meet as a group with the coordinator as well as individually with their supervisor. This course is restricted to Majors and Specialists in Psychology and Mental Health Studies with a GPA of 3.3 or higher over the last 5.0 credit equivalents completed. Students planning to pursue graduate studies are especially encouraged to enroll in the course. Students must obtain a permission form from the Department of Psychology website that is to be completed and signed by the intended supervisor and submitted to the Psychology Office. Students seeking supervision off campus will need to arrange co-supervision with a faculty member in Psychology at this campus.

An introduction to major religious traditions of the world. This course emphasizes the history, beliefs, practices and writings of Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto.

An introduction to major religious traditions of the world. This course emphasizes the history, beliefs, practices and writings of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Critical comparative study of the major Indian religious traditions.

An introduction to the academic study of religion, with special attention to method and theory.

An exploration of the origins, content, interpretation, and significance of the Qur'an, with a particular emphasis on its relationship to the scriptural tradition of the Abrahamic faiths. No knowledge of Arabic is required.

Comparative study of the Madhyamaka and Yogacara traditions, and doctrines such as emptiness (sunyata), Buddha-nature (tathagatagarbha), cognitive-representation only (vijnaptimatrata), the three natures (trisvabhava).

Buddhism is a response to what is fundamentally an ethical problem - the perennial problem of the best kind of life for us to lead. Gotama was driven to seek the solution to this problem and the associated ethical issues it raises. This course discusses the aspects of sila, ethics and psychology, nirvana; ethics in Mahayana; Buddhism, utilitarianism, and Aristotle.

The course examines the development of Islam in the contexts of Asian religions and cultures, and the portrayal of the Muslim world in Asian popular culture.

An examination of Hinduism in its contemporary diasporic and transnational modes in South Asia. Attention is also paid to the development of Hinduism in the context of colonialism.

Philosophical, anthropological, historical, and linguistic discussions about language use in a variety of religious contexts. The course examines the function of language through an analysis of its use in both oral and written form.

The course cultivates an appreciation of the global perspective of religions in the contemporary world and how religious frameworks of interpretation interact with modern social and political realities. It provides a viewpoint of religion through ideas and issues related to globalization, syncretism, and modernity.

Intensive study of selected topics discussed in RLGA01H3 (World Religions I) that will vary with each offering of the course.

Intensive study of selected topics discussed in RLGA02H3 (World Religions II) that will vary with each offering of the course.

A student-initiated research project to be approved by the Department and supervised by one of the faculty members.

A seminar in which students have the opportunity, under the supervision of a member of the Religion faculty, to develop and present independent research projects focused around a set of texts, topics, and/or problems relevant to the study of religion.

Sociology focuses on explaining social patterns and how they impact individual lives. This course teaches students how to think sociologically, using empirical research methods and theories to make sense of society. Students will learn about the causes and consequences of inequalities, the ways in which our social worlds are constructed rather than natural, and the role of institutions in shaping our lives.

This course explores real-world uses of Sociology, including the preparation Sociology provides for professional schools, and the advantages of Sociology training for serving communities, governments, and the voluntary and private sectors. This course focuses in particular on the unique skills Sociologists have, including data generation and interpretation, communication and analysis techniques, and the evaluation of social processes and outcomes.

This course introduces the logic of sociological research and surveys the major quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Students learn to evaluate the validity of research findings, develop research questions and select appropriate research designs.

This course examines gender as a sociological category that organizes and, at the same time, is organized by, micro and macro forces. By examining how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, and other dimensions, we analyze the constitution and evolution of gendered ideology and practice.

This course offers a sociological perspective on a familiar experience: attending school. It examines the stated and hidden purposes of schooling; explores how learning in schools is organized; evaluates the drop-out problem; the determinants of educational success and failure; and, it looks at connections between school and work.

This course will engage evidence-based sociological findings that are often related to how individuals make decisions in everyday life. Special attention will be paid to how empirical findings in sociology are used as evidence in different social contexts and decision making processes. The course should enable students to make direct connections between the insights of sociology and their own lives.

An examination of power in its social context. Specific attention is devoted to how and under what conditions power is exercised, reproduced and transformed, as well as the social relations of domination, oppression, resistance and solidarity. Selected topics may include: nations, states, parties, institutions, citizenship, and social movements.

This course introduces the basic concepts and assumptions of quantitative reasoning, with a focus on using modern data science techniques and real-world data to answer key questions in sociology. It examines how numbers, counting, and statistics produce expertise, authority, and the social categories through which we define social reality. This course avoids advanced mathematical concepts and proofs.

This course offers a sociological account of economic phenomena. The central focus is to examine how economic activities are shaped, facilitated, or even impeded by cultural values and social relations, and show that economic life cannot be fully understood outside of its social context. The course will focus on economic activities of production, consumption, and exchange in a wide range of settings including labor and financial markets, corporations, household and intimate economies, informal and illegal economies, and markets of human goods.

This course builds on SOCA05H3 through a deep engagement with 4-5 significant new publications in Sociology, typically books by department faculty and visiting scholars. By developing reading and writing skills through a variety of assignments, and participating in classroom visits with the researchers who produced the publications, students will learn to "think like a sociologist." Possible topics covered include culture, gender, health, immigration/race/ethnicity, political sociology, social networks, theory, sociology of crime and law, and work/stratification/markets.

This course examines a group of theorists whose work provided key intellectual resources for articulating the basic concepts and tasks of sociology. Central topics include: the consequences of the division of labour, sources and dynamics of class conflict in commercial societies, the social effects of industrial production, the causes and directions of social progress, the foundations of feminism, linkages between belief systems and social structures, and the promises and pathologies of democratic societies.

This course studies a group of writers who in the early 20th century were pivotal in theoretically grounding sociology as a scientific discipline. Central topics include: the types and sources of social authority; the genesis and ethos of capitalism; the moral consequences of the division of labour; the nature of social facts; the origins of collective moral values; the relationship between social theory and social reform; the nature of social problems and the personal experience of being perceived as a social problem; the formal features of association; the social function of conflict; the social and personal consequences of urbanization.

A theoretical and empirical examination of the processes of urbanization and suburbanization. Considers classic and contemporary approaches to the ecology and social organization of the pre-industrial, industrial, corporate and postmodern cities.