ANT204Y1: Social and Cultural Anthropology: Basic approaches to the understanding of social and cultural organization in societies of varying complexity. Comparative social institutions: economic, political, familial, and ritual. Belief systems and symbolic thought, the individual in society, sources of stability and change in socio-cultural systems. Anthropological perspectives on current social issues.
PHL220H1(S): Existentialism: This influential way of thinking in philosophy, theology, psychotherapy, and literature became prominent with such 20-century authors as Jaspers, Heidegger, Buber, Camus, and Sartre, [what was it? "Sartre is smartre but Camus...?" Oh dear. Sabrina. Antie. oh dear.] but had its roots in the 19th-century, especially in the writings of Keirkegaard. Principle themes: nature and predicament of the self, self-deception, and freedom of choice.
PHL255H1(F): Science and Pseudo-Science: An examination of (e.g.) ESP, astrology, race and I.Q., scientific creationism, psychoanalysis, sociobiology; the principles of good science as opposed to pseudo-science, especially in "borderline" cases; misuses on science.
RLG211Y1: Introduction to the Psychology of Religion: A survey of the various psychological approaches to aspects of religion such as religious experience, doctrine, myth, ritual, community, ethics and human transformation. The historical place of introspective, psychoanalytic, humanistic and transpersonal methods in the psychology of religion.
JPU200Y1 [J'POO 200...]: The Way of Physics: A general, non-mathematical introduction to many of the most interesting concepts of modern Physics. It focuses on basic changes in our view of the universe that are needed to accomodate important discoveries of the 20th-century Physics, and introduces some of the striking parallels to ideas of Eastern mysticism. Topics include space-time, relativity, curvature of space, quantum physics, chaos, quarks and big bang cosmology.
VIC220Y1: Post-Structuralism/Post-Modernism: Studies the international culture emerging in media and literature and examines recent communication theory as it applies to literary, social and cultural issues.
:) And there, ladies and gents, my 2000-2001 school year :)
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