St. Michael's College

This seminar considers the ethical, political, and spiritual questions arising from the existence of wealth and poverty in medieval European culture. With readings from Dante, Chaucer, Thomas Aquinas and others, the course will examine how the interaction of spiritual ideals and material realities shaped cultural developments from late antiquity to the Protestant Reformation. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

What is beauty? A quality of fragile things? Or a manifestation of something transcendent? Is beauty human, divine—or both? This seminar will take up these questions by exploring the great works—and intense debates—inspired by the encounter between Christianity and beauty. We will consider the tensions and paradoxes that arise when artists work with religious subject matter, how Christianity’s central claims expand conventional aesthetics categories, and how secular artists respond to these expressions and developments. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

The Sistine Chapel in Rome is a historical artifact, an artistic monument, and a house of worship—at once recognizable and mystifying. This seminar explores fifteenth-century origins, decoration by some of the most accomplished artists of the Italian renaissance, and continuing use (especially the election of popes). Topics will include: art and patronage, rhetoric and ritual, controversial restoration, and the Sistine Chapel in popular culture—with an emphasis on the close analysis of the major frescoes. The seminar will develop the academic skills needed for the analysis and discussion of texts, paintings, and ritual events. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Games and play are a fundamental part of human society, and today digital games occupy a central place in popular culture, media industries, and the imaginations of players around the world. This seminar introduces students to the growing academic field of game studies, with an emphasis on close analysis of specific games as cultural objects. Through lectures, discussions, and in-class play sessions, students will build a critical vocabulary and toolbox of techniques for understanding the unique formal, aesthetic, narrative, and thematic properties of games in a variety of platforms and genres, and develop basic academic reading, writing, and research skills. No previous experience or expertise with video games is required to take this course. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

What is human intelligence? How close are we to replicating it? How productive/reductive is the brain-computer analogy? What ethical challenges are posed by AI on workers, society, and the environment? Can we put a hold on "progress"? Is Silicon Valley the seat of a new techno-religion? What can they teach us about today's research priorities? What insight (or inspiration) can we get from works of science fiction about the future of human-AI interaction? Through reading discussion, written assignment, and workshops, this seminar will present students with the opportunity to integrate their computer science interests with philosophy, history, and literature. There is an equivalent course offered by the Department of Computer Science. Students may take one or the other but not both. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

This seminar is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between creativity and technology. Inspired by the innovative thinking of Marshall McLuhan, it explores how the humanities relate to other fields of thought and research in addressing the individual, social and cultural experiences and effects of technological innovation. This course includes a mandatory travel component opportunity to Silicon Valley, California. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. (An ancillary fee of $1,000 is required to help cover some of the travel costs.)

This seminar introduces students to university-level studies through an interdisciplinary exploration of Celtic influences in the mediaeval world, with a particular focus on early books and historical artifacts as physical objects and bearers of meaning. Students will learn how to read and analyse these books and artifacts to decode their meanings, and, in support of that, take introductory language instruction in Latin or Irish. Subjects discussed will include intercultural encounter and dialogue, research methods with historical sources, and the relationship between the written word and lived experience, then and now. There is a co-curricular travel opportunity to Dublin, Ireland associated with this course which takes place following the Winter term exam period. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. (If you choose to go on the trip to Ireland, an ancillary fee of $1,000 is required to help cover some of the travel costs.)

This seminar critically explores the complex relations of Christianity and Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, with a special focus on education. Sample topics include: settler colonialism and treaty relationships; prominent Indigenous Christians, critics and reformers; the residential school system; the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; recent initiatives in ecclesial repentance, dialogue and enculturation. The course includes guest speakers and mandatory co-curricular activities, including travel to residential school site(s) and archives in Ontario during reading week. The costs of these activities are supported by the University of St. Michael’s College. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

This seminar is an interdisciplinary exploration of leading scholarly, intellectual and public questions related to ecology, science, literature, and public life. From a variety of perspectives, the seminar considers how religion, and how different kinds of religious experience, figure in the broader context of human affairs. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

This course provides an intensive international learning experience in Rome, Italy. It offers contemporary and historical models of integrating faith with reason, and religious practice with intellectual, creative, and public engagement, specifically the roles that the Catholic Church and Vatican play in Rome, in ecology, science, literature, and public life. This course includes a mandatory travel component to Rome, Italy, which takes place following the Winter term exam period. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option. (An ancillary fee of $2,000 is required to help cover some of the travel costs.)

Designed to acquaint students with the essential notions of media studies, and to promote a conscious utilization of contemporary media. Starting with the preliminary definitions of media, mass, and communications, the student is invited to consider critically the cultural constructs created by modern media, from print to photography, filming, TV, computer and Internet.

An historical introduction to the evolution of printing processes since Gutenberg. Attention is given to topics such as the mechanization of printing, the industrialization of the book chain since the nineteenth century, typography and publishing. Visits to rare book collections are an integral part of the course. Note: this course is not intended as a guide to self-publishing nor as a workshop on book making.

An introduction to the history of reading in western culture, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century. Attention is given to topics such as the causes and effects of different modes of reading (silent or vocalized, intensive or extensive, educational or escapist), book clubs, censorship, and the ways in which readers have influenced cultural production.

This course provides students the opportunity to explore the concepts of critical information literacy and critical media literacy in order to develop practical techniques for analyzing media messages and understanding implications of information production, distribution and ownership.

A survey of historical and contemporary developments in radio, television, and the internet, and their impact on culture. Lectures examine technological innovations, commercialization, nationalization of the airwaves, government regulation, censorship, ratings & viewership, broadcasting and popular culture, propaganda, and the evolution of the radio-television personality. Examples from Canadian and international media.

Designed to provide for individual half-courses not already covered in the listed range of the Book and Media Studies Program offerings.  Students should check the college website for details.

Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. Students should check the college website for details.

A deeper examination of key cases in the development of media, such as the invention of movable type, the mechanization of the printing press, standardization of call number systems (Dewey, LC, etc.), the advent of radio, television and internet. Topics vary from year to year, according to the instructor.

Through lectures, field trips and encounters with major personalities in the print media industry, this course examines the past, present and future of Canadian newspapers at a time when the survival of the industry is at stake.  Research projects will focus on the enormous influence of newspapers in Canada's formation, how newspapers are adapting to today's on-line, social media and revenue challenges and how the future might lie with the past.

Social media tools and platforms are deeply embedded in our contemporary lives. But what consequences do they have for how we think, how we feel, how we socialize, how we understand ourselves, and how our networked society and culture functions? Students in this course will explore, examine, and debate these questions with reference to their everyday experiences and current examples.

Applying the thought of key media theorists (Innis, McLuhan, Habermas, Fiske, etc.) to the historical symbiosis between music and media, students in this course explore communications from oral storytelling to YouTube, as well as examine the relationship between music and other arts.

An exploration of early television programming in the light of critical media theory.

Provides students with a theoretical foundation that enables them to identify and analyze ethical issues in mainstream and non-mainstream media.  Traditional principles of journalistic truth-seeking, objectivity, and minimizing harm are revisited in the light of global, interactive media, produced by both citizens and professionals. 

Credit is offered to a student doing an internship with a media organization formally recognized as a partner of St. Michael's College and the Book and Media Studies Program. A faculty supervisor assesses and assigns the necessary written component cognate to the internship.

An introduction to advertising and its use in global media.  Emphasis is placed on the creative and manipulative character of contemporary advertising, the specialized messaging employed in public life and politics, and the growth of modern agencies for marketing and product promotion.

An independent research project to be proposed by the student and supervised by a full-time faculty member affiliated with the Book and Media Studies Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An exploration of media’s relation to constructions and representations of identity and power across race, gender and class in private and social spheres. Applies a social justice framework to media technologies and industries as mechanisms for socio-political influence on identity and potential vehicles for restoration and evolution of identity.

An overview of how religious groups use print and broadcast media to advance their theological, political, social, and economic views. An encounter with Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and South Asian faith groups and their use of newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the internet. Emphasis on North American religious media, with reference to broadcasting elsewhere.

An independent research project to be proposed by the student and supervised by a full-time faculty member affiliated with the Book and Media Studies Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

A course/seminar on a topic to be determined annually.

A course/seminar on a topic to be determined annually.

This seminar explores the digital revolution in music—innovation in production and distribution, mobile devices and changing patterns of listening, and the role of digital media in teaching and learning (secondary orality)—as well as elements of resistance, e.g., the rise of small performance venues, and the revival of vinyl.  

A senior seminar which examines various theories of education to create critical discourse on the role of media in the classroom.

This advanced seminar explores the Catholic Church's use of and reflection on the media of social communication since Vatican II.  It brings the key Vatican teaching documents into dialogue with contemporary media ethical theory, and roots the discussion in specific issues and case studies.

An advanced seminar on McLuhan's theory of technology, perception, and social media.

This research seminar focuses on Canadian media and cultural industries and the institutions that shape them. Industries, institutions, and issues to be discussed may include film, television, music, radio, digital games, publishing, social media, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, cultural policy and regulation, public and private funding structures, changing conceptions of Canadian content, the influence of American media, digitization, and media labour organizing.

What is information? – The relativistic nature of information. Information as a process, a verb and not a noun. Role of information in the digital age. Information overload and how to deal with it. Shannon information and the relationship of information to meaning.

This course assesses way in which governments, political parties, news agencies and other groups and institutions use media to shape particular messages or describe current events. Each week the seminar will focus on a major historical event, the manner in which it was reported and interpreted, and principal challenges to that interpretation. A wide variety of media will be analyzed including: books, newspapers, film, radio, television, and the internet. Events such as the War on Terror, the Great War, the Dreyfus Affair, the Irish Famine, and the “Red Scare” are among some of the topics that will be discussed. Students will prepare unique assignments akin to the work done by communications officers.

This course in Modern Irish Language is designed for learners with no prior knowledge of the language. The course is intended to introduce students to and provide practice in the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

An introduction to the culture and literature of the Celtic peoples in pre-history and in the Middle Ages.

An introduction to the culture and literature of the modern Celtic nations from 1600 to the present.

An introduction to Scottish Gaelic language and culture. Students will master fundamentals of reading, writing, and the basics of grammar and will begin to speak Gaelic. Proverbs, poetry, songs and folktales introduce students to the language, literature and folklore of Gaelic Scotland and immigrant North America. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

An introductory course intended to provide a basic speaking and reading knowledge of Modern Welsh. Open to students with no prior experience of Welsh.

This course covers the range of the Celtic mythological record from all the Celtic areas through an examination of the archaeological, inscriptional and textual sources. A critical evaluation is offered of various relevant mythic approaches.

This course builds on SMC141Y1 Introduction to the Irish Language. It will provide further expansion of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

This course is a continuation of SMC251H1 Intermediate Irish Language I. It will provide further expansion of language skills. We will examine literary texts, both prose and poetry.

An advanced course in the Irish language, this builds on the speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies developed in SMC251H1 and SMC252H1 (Intermediate Irish Language I and II).

An advanced course in the Irish language, this builds on the speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies developed in SMC331H1 (Advanced Irish Language I).

Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. Students should check the college web site for details.

Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. Students should check the college web site for details.

Topic varies from year to year, depending on the instructor. Students should check the college web site for details.

The history of the insular Celtic nation groups from the post-Roman period to the end of the first millennium, the course will trace settlement history and social organization, the making of Celtic nations, the process of Christianization, the impact of the Vikings, and the rise of paramount kings (offered every three years).

Later medieval development of Ireland, Scotland and Wales: development of kingship, trade and urban settlement, arrival and colonizing patterns of the Normans, role of English administration and aggression, resurgence of native elites, development of frontier zones, beginning of the more complete English conquest of Ireland and Wales (offered every three years)

Over 70 million people in the world can claim Irish descent. Since the 17th century, Irish people have voluntarily migrated and have been forcibly transported to a variety of global destinations. This course explores the "push and pull" factors that prompted these migrations and focuses on the diasporic communities created by Irish Catholics and Protestants in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Continental Europe, the Caribbean, Argentina, South Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand.

This course examines the way in which modern Irish, Scottish and Welsh writers have responded to the pressures of anglicization and modernization, and discusses literary reactions to social, ethnic and gender issues in contemporary culture.(Offered every three years)

Course explores the full range of Celtic narratives, mythic, heroic, romantic, and voyage lore from medieval Ireland and Wales.

The archaeology of the Celtic peoples, with special reference to settlement patterns and material culture in Great Britain and Ireland.(offered every three years) 

This course looks at some of the major literary figures of Ireland in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, writing in both Irish and English. Authors examined may include W. B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Seán Ó Riordáin, Seamus Heaney and Claire Keegan. Through a close reading of poetry, prose and critical texts, students will examine how Ireland's past, present and future are variously figured in its greatest modern literature. All Irish-language works will be read in English translation.

This course examines the relationship between folklore and national identity in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with special emphasis on storytelling traditions.

From Medieval harp playing to the emergence of reels and jigs during the eighteenth century, this course explores the changes and continuities in traditional music, and its place in contemporary culture.

This course focuses on Irish history from the early seventeenth century to the Great Famine of the mid nineteenth century. Topics include the Ulster plantation, Catholic resistance, the Penal Laws, the United Irishmen, the Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation and the Famine.

The religious culture of the early and mediaeval Celtic Church as manifested in the material and written record, and its significance for contemporary religious movements. Texts studied include the Patrician dossier, early monastic Rules and Liturgies, selected hagiographical, homiletic, devotional and lyric texts.

The Blasket Islands lie off the southwest coast of Ireland. This course will examine the important library of books written and orally recorded by the islanders from the 1920s onwards. Special attention will be paid to The Island Man, Peig and Twenty Years a Growing. Texts studied in translation (offered every three years).

An exploration of contemporary films of Ireland, Scotland and Wales from 1980 to the present, as they relate to representations of Celtic identity and the formation of national cinema.

The course examines the early history of the Celtic peoples in Europe from their first appearance in the material culture of prehistoric Europe to their eventual disappearance as a political power in the first century of Roman conquest (offered every three years; will be offered in 2014-2015).

A comparative study of medieval Irish and Welsh poetry - lyric, courtly, saga, bardic, romantic, erotic, monastic, and comedic - from the late sixth century to the end of the Middle Ages.  All works will be read in translation.

A study of the production of manuscripts, books and tracts that played a crucial role in the historical evolution of a national culture or cultures in the Celtic world.

This course examines the Irish novel after Joyce. Particular attention is paid to writers such as Molly Keane, Edna O’Brien, Anne Enright, John Banville, Patrick McCabe and Roddy Doyle

This course examines the ways their Irish background and Canadian experiences influenced Irish writers in Canada, and discusses their impact on Canadian literature.  Figures to be studied include nineteenth-century writers such as Isabella Valancy Crawford and Thomas D’Arcy McGee, and more recent writers such as Brian Moore and Emma Donoghue.

An examination of the ways in which Scottish, Irish, Newfoundlander, and other Celtic immigrants shaped the culture of Cape Breton and by extension Canada, with particular reference to language, literature, music and folklore.

This course examines the relationship between nationalism and unionism in post-Famine Ireland, with particular emphasis on the debates over Home Rule, the Irish Revolution and Civil War of 1916-23, the effects of partition, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

A research project chosen by the student in consultation with an instructor and approved by the Program Co-ordinator. Arrangements for the choice of topic and supervisor must be completed by the student before registration. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

A research project chosen by the student in consultation with an instructor and approved by the Program Co-ordinator. Arrangements for the choice of topic and supervisor must be completed by the student before registration. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. Students should check the college web site for details.

Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor. Students should check the college web site for details.

This course explores the history of Irish migration and settlement in Canada with a special emphasis on political, social, economic and religious themes.

An in-depth examination of the Fenian underground in Canada during the 1860s, using primary sources to examine such issues as ethno-religious conflict, the relationship between Catholicism and Irish nationalism, and the efforts of the secret police force to infiltrate and undermine the Fenian Brotherhood.  Special attention is paid to the ways in which the state responded to the threat posed by Irish revolutionaries who supported an Irish-American invasion of Canada as a means to hit back at the British Empire and pave the way for Irish independence.

Middle Welsh, the native Celtic language of medieval Wales, was for centuries the language in which the Welsh celebrated their medieval princes and ancestral heroes, was the medium for the preservation of native British legend and Welsh law, and was the vehicle for the earliest narratives of Arthur. Students will be introduced to reading and translating Middle Welsh, and by the course’s end will have read one complete text of Middle Welsh literature in the original. Students will learn Welsh specifically but will also learn the characteristic linguistic features of a Celtic language. No prior knowledge of Welsh or any other Celtic language is assumed.

An introduction to Old and Middle Irish language and literature from the 7th to the 11th century.

An examination of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1851, in its economic, political, social, demographic and religious dimensions and issues of collective and created memory.  By use of manuscript and routinely generated records students will explore mass migration from Ireland to Britain, the Americas, and the Antipodes.

In this course the student will gain practical experience assisting the instructor on an original research project in Middle Welsh. The course is designed to follow on SMC440H1 and will involve transcribing and translating a Middle Welsh text from a facsimile of a Middle Welsh manuscript. The student will gain experience in reading and transcribing from a medieval manuscript, in preparing original translations from a medieval Welsh text and in working with the principal scholarly aids used by professional researchers in the field.

A scholarly project chosen by the student in consultation with an instructor and approved by the Program Co-ordinator. Arrangements for the choice of topic must be completed by the student before registration.

What is Catholicism, as an idea, as a social movement, as an object of scorn, devotion or delight? What meaning does Catholic tradition have in the contemporary world? This seminar explores these and similar questions through lectures and conversations with diverse scholars—faculty, fellows and friends—of the St. Michael’s College community.

This course introduces students to creative works from throughout the global Christian tradition. The course explores the complex relationships that exist between religious and aesthetic imperatives, between theological and material sources, between beauty and suffering, and between artists and their patrons and audiences.

This course explores the historical engagement of various Christian traditions with the prevailing political, social, and ethnic cultures in the western world and beyond. Students will also examine the development of Christianity as it confronts changes in the symbolic and intellectual universes from antiquity to post-modernity.

Christian history has been characterized by an enduring and fruitful search for forms of religious community. This course surveys some communal attempts to express Christianity, monasticism, forms of common life for clerics, the Mendicants, lay confraternities, religious orders, and contemporary lay movements.

An exploration of pedagogy and child development theory, with a particular focus on the way Christians have employed these educational techniques historically. Attention will be given to the diversity of institutions and approaches to curriculum development across Christian history.

This course examines different models of relating Christianity and Science. Beginning with the biblical view on the natural world and moving to the present, the lectures develop a wide range of approaches.

An advanced introduction to the diverse traditions and movements of contemporary Christianity, with special emphasis on the global South. Sample topics include new ecclesial communities, the rise of Pentecostalism and independent churches, liberation and indigenized theologies, and new forms of martyrdom in the 21st century.

An examination of Canon Law; the process by which it came into being, and its impact on contemporary culture. Premises and techniques of ecclesial law-making are compared to those of other systems of legislation. Specific sections of the Code of Canon Law are examined.

An examination of both overt and covert representations of Christian ideas in contemporary popular media. We examine the ways in which Christian themes have been appropriated and subverted in mass media, while also examining the innovative ways these themes, such as redemption, sacrifice, vocation, and hope, are presented anew.

Introduces students to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994) and its antecedents. After an historical survey of religious instruction in the Church, the students will engage in a close reading of selected sections of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The formation and content of the Christian Bible; an introduction to the history of its interpretation and of the role it has played and continues to play in Christian life and culture.

A close reading of the Code of Canon Law touching on the themes of marriage and the family; relationship to other fundamental Church statements (e.g. Familiaris Consortio); examination of issues raised by opposition between church teaching and other views.

This course explores developments in the relations between the Catholic Church and the states of Western Europe and America from the Enlightenment to the present. Of particular concern is Catholicism's response to the political theories of the Enlightenment, the secularization of the state and social justice issues.

The Catholic Church claims to be the continuation of the event of Christ in history, the guarantor of the authenticity of each person's encounter with Christ, and the means by which His memory may be cultivated. The course examines the reasons for these claims and the forms they have taken.

The Catholic Church has developed a distinctive approach to the pedagogical enterprise. This course explores aspects of this approach by an examination of canonical legislation and other texts published by ecclesiastical authorities and their application in Canada.

An historical appraisal of the evolution of Catholic schools, universities, and catechetical education in Ontario. Special emphasis is placed on the evolution of Ontario's separate school system.

An exploration of what Pope John Paul II, among others, called the "feminine tradition" in Christian life and thought. Possible topics include women's roles in the early church, Marian dogmas and devotions, women mystics and Doctors of the Church, and Christian feminisms and New Feminisms in the contemporary period.

An introduction to Christian ritual and worship, in cross-cultural and ecumenical perspective. Biblical roots, historical development and diverse adaptions of Christian worship in Europe, North America and the global South.

Faith in Christ is central to Christianity. This course offers an advanced introduction to classical debates about the person and work of Christ, the modern Quest of the Historical Jesus, and selected feminist, liberationist and indigenized perspectives on Christ from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

This seminar raises critical questions of social justice and international development from diverse religious and disciplinary perspectives. It is required preparation for the international community-engaged learning course, SMC453H1 Development and Justice Internship.

An interdisciplinary examination of the Bible as artifact and as an index of culture, art, and language. Topics include: the mediaeval giant Bibles, illuminated and illustrated Bibles, the Gutenberg Bible, The King James Bible, the Bible industry, the Bible online, the Bible as sacred object, sacred language and vernacular.

An exploration of visual arts and architecture as mediums for expressing Christian faith. The course will examine notable developments in Christian history, the proliferation of new forms in the contemporary period, and important local works, such as the Donovan Collection and/or the rich legacy of church architecture in the GTA.

This course introduces students to works of literary and dramatic arts from throughout the global Christian tradition. The course explores the complex relationships that exist between religious, narrative, and performative imperatives; between theological and cultural sources; between authority and experience; and between writers, playwrights, and their readerships and audiences.

Exploration of the variety of forms which Christian personal experience has taken in the course of history (martyrdom, mysticism, monasticism, sanctification of ordinary life, etc.) in order to appreciate their variety, complexity, and deep unity.

The various roles given music in Christian tradition and the impact of Christianity on Western music. Case studies from Gregorian chant to the present illustrate major issues (sacred vs. profane, acceptable styles or instruments, text and music, emotion and rationalism) to provide a critical vocabulary applicable to present works. Some background in music is required.

Episodes and issues in the development of biology, genetics and evolutionary theory in relation to Christian understandings of the natural world, the human person, and God. Possible topics include genetic determinism, mind and intelligence, gender, reproductive technologies, cosmology and ecology.

The complex interplay between religious belief, culture, and the emergence of modern physical theory: rise and fall of mechanistic theories, relativity, particle physics and models of the Universe, Big Bang theory and Black Holes, etc.

An exploration of the historical development of Catholic communities and institutions in all regions of Canada since the 16th century. Emphasis placed on themes of mission, church-state relations, ethnicity, belief and practice, social justice, gender, and secularization.

An advanced introduction to the Christian intellectual tradition through a study of key figures from several different historical periods and cultural contexts. Selected authors discuss a range of religious, intellectual and social issues, from foundational Christian beliefs to the challenges of modern, post-modern and secular cultures.

An exploration of connections between a child's moral development and literature in Christian traditions. We examine literary, historical and philosophical developments appropriate to the child's imagination. The course will include the study of poems, catechetical materials, novels and other texts written for children.

This course engages controversial issues in the natural sciences of importance to Christian faith, with particular emphases on their ancient and the medieval origins and enactments. Examples include: Harmony vs. Chaos, Creation vs. Evolution, Free Will vs. Determinism, Reason vs. Revelation, Miraculous vs. Natural Causation.

An exploration of the place of music in Christian worship, with a focus on contemporary Eucharist. Examination of the development of liturgico-musical principles and their practical implementation. Topics may include styles and repertoires, singing liturgical texts, hymnody and other forms of congregational singing, choirs and cantors, the use of instruments.

A concluding course in Christianity and Culture, providing an opportunity to synthesize insights acquired during the course of the program (enrolment subject to availability of a supervisor). Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Independent Studies in Christianity and Culture. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An independent research project to be proposed by the student and supervised by a Christianity and Culture faculty member. The student, in consultation with the faculty member, may choose either a one-term (H) or a two-term (Y) project. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An independent research project to be proposed by the student and supervised by a Christianity and Culture faculty member. The student, in consultation with the faculty member, may choose either a one-term (H) or a two-term (Y) project. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An advanced study of the historical development, major theological writings and contemporary ethnographic studies of diverse Christian traditions in South Asia. Topics to be covered include the legacy of Thomas Christianity, Hindu-Christian dialogue, the Christian ashram movement, liturgical inculturation and religious hybridity.

The seminar provides majors in their final year of study with the opportunity to pursue advanced research projects in Christianity and Culture.

An introduction to the thought and culture of early mediaeval Europe. Students are introduced to important monuments of early mediaeval History, Thought, Literature, and Art. They follow some of the common threads that run through these disciplines and explore chief expressions of early mediaeval life and thought.

This course examines the ways mediaeval themes have been presented in the cinema over the last century by taking exemplary films from different countries and epochs. The purpose is to explore each on three levels: the mediaeval reality, the subsequent legendary or literary elaboration, and the twentieth-century film rendition, regarded equally as work of art, ideology and economic product.

An introduction to the thought and culture of later mediaeval Europe. Students are introduced to important monuments of later mediaeval History, Thought, Literature, and Art. They follow some of the common threads that run through these disciplines and explore chief expressions of later mediaeval life and thought.

A study of selections from various works by Dante as an expression of the medieval imagination, viewed against the background of medieval Christian doctrine and psychology and in relation to various contemporary approaches to the study of medieval Christian culture.

This course studies a selection of Mediaeval Latin prose and poetry. Emphasis is on the linguistic differences between Mediaeval Latin and its classical antecedent, especially in regard to vocabulary, grammar and orthography. A review of Latin grammar is part of the course.

A survey of the Arthurian legends from the earliest Latin histories through selected Welsh, French and German Romances to the English-language classic, Morte d’Arthur of Malory. Emphasis will be on reading the primary sources (in translation).

Comprising an immersion in Mediaeval Latin prose texts, this course gives students a deepened acquaintance with the linguistic features of Mediaeval Latin, as well as with its literature, and generic and stylistic conventions. A solid foundation in basic Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary is assumed.

This course explores mediaeval biblical commentary and the various approaches taken by the exegetes to uncover the secrets of the sacred page, for instance through the four senses of Scripture: history, allegory, tropology, and anagogy.

An introduction to musical theory and practice in the middle ages: sacred and secular music, monophony and polyphony, performers and patrons, notation and orality.  No prior background in music or ability to read music is required.

This course studies selections from the rich variety of Mediaeval Latin poetry, rhymed as well as rhythmic, and provides a survey of prosody and metrics. A solid foundation in basic Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary is assumed.

This course examines the most salient aspects of mediaeval manuscript culture. We will study, first, how the parchment for books was folded, pricked, ruled and bound, and second, what scripts were employed in the different codices. We will also examine the various types of books made in the Middle Ages and the challenges they pose to modern scholars.

An introduction to the discipline of theology as taught in the mediaeval schools. Building on a basic knowledge of Christian scriptures and of philosophical argument, this course will offer an organic exposition of mediaeval theology, together with an introduction into the scientific method of theological investigation as practised in the Middle ages.

Mediaeval jurisprudence combines the high technical quality of Roman law with the requirements of Christianity. The seminar provides an overview of the development of mediaeval learned jurisprudence; select texts from Roman and canon law, with their glosses, are read in order to explore more specifically the methods and concerns of mediaeval jurists.

A fourth-year seminar on a topic to be determined annually.

A fourth-year seminar on a topic to be determined annually.

An independent research project to be proposed by the student and supervised by a member of faculty affiliated with the Mediaeval Studies Program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

This seminar is devoted to the in-depth study of one or a number of related Mediaeval Latin text(s) in their linguistic, historical, and intellectual context. Readings in the original Latin will be discussed and commented upon by students.

A scholarly project chosen by the student in consultation with an instructor and approved by the Program Co-ordinator. Arrangements for the choice of topic and supervisor must be completed by the student before registration. The project will be accompanied by a research seminar component. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Arranged by each student in consultation with faculty, the internship enables teacher candidates to integrate, extend and deepen their learning experiences in a way not otherwise available in the program. Those wishing to take this course must have their program approved by the Program Director. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An opportunity for students to pursue an independent course of study not otherwise available in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An opportunity for students to pursue an independent course of study not otherwise available in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An introduction to research methods in the Humanities focusing on quantification, the use of routinely generated records, forensic analysis, and data collection and analysis. Critique of these methods. The course focuses on multiculturalism and ethnicity in Toronto. Students will reconstruct the life of immigrant, religious, and occupational groups in the city by use of municipal assessment records, the censuses of 1901 and 1911, church records, newspapers, maps, city directories, and online databases.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Based on a professor's research project currently in progress, this course will enable an undergraduate student to play a useful role in the project while receiving hands-on training in research. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An opportunity for students to pursue an independent course of study not otherwise available in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An opportunity for students to pursue an independent course of study not otherwise available in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.