DRAM 181/6.0

Introduction to Current Theatre

An exploration of stage production, acting, directing, playwriting, theatre history, dramatic analysis and criticism through use of plays chosen from various periods and representing different styles and genres. Opportunities given for practical projects.

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Art & Architecture in Britain from the Classical Period to c. 1700

A chronological survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in western culture from Greece and Rome through to the early modern period. The art works will be studied at British galleries, museums and architectural monuments.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

ARTH 223/3.0

Art in Europe c 1800-1850

A comparative study of English and Continental European art in the first half of the 19th century. Topics will include landscape as an expression of class and power, art and politics in French Romanticism, gender roles in Pre-Raphaelite painting and the rhetoric of Realism.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

DRAM 289/3.0

Special Studies in British and European Theatre

INTS 323/3.0

International Perspectives in the Creative Arts I: Trends in Global Contemporary Art

MUSC 171/3.0

Social History of Popular Music

A survey of important trends in 20th century Western popular music. Topics include genres, individual artists and groups, record labels and stylistic trends, and sociological issues.

Introductory Mandarin Chinese I

For students with no previous knowledge of Chinese. Students familiar with Cantonese or Mandarin will not be permitted to enrol. Introduction to the basic structural patterns and functional usage of the language including an emphasis on oral communication (both listening and speaking), reading and writing basic Chinese characters, as well as Chinese culture.
 

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Introductory Arabic (Modern Standard)

Français intermédiaire I

Practice in reading, writing, grammar review and literary analysis.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Beginning Spanish I

Offers a basic level of Spanish understanding, speaking, reading and writing for students who have no knowledge of Spanish whatsoever.

World Religions/Religious Worlds

Introduces religion in India, China and Japan; also the movements of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Humanism.
 

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Great Works of Philosophy

An introduction to philosophy through the examination of a number of classic philosophical works, with an evaluation of the positions and arguments offered in each.
 

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Introduction to the Study of Literature in English

An introduction to literary study, with an emphasis on the formal analysis of a diverse range of poetry and prose. Specific content and approach vary from section to section, but all sections share the goals of developing sensitivity to genre, cultivating writing skills, and providing students with a set of literary terms and critical techniques as a foundation for further literary study.
 

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

The Evolution of Modern Europe

A survey of Western and Central Europe and Great Britain from about 1750 to 1950. The focus is on the revolutions which produced modern Europe, notably the political revolutions (1789 and 1848), industrialization, urbanization, population growth, secularization, the rise of new classes, and changes in ideologies and popular attitudes.
 

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Critical Thinking

A discussion of the general principles of reasonable discourse, with a focus on persuasive and cogent writing.

Special Topics in Genre I

Elizabethan Shakespeare

A study of eight of Shakespeare’s plays in relation to the social, intellectual, and political climate of the Elizabethan period and with reference to theatrical production. 

New Imperialism

Early Modern England

A survey of English history during the early modern period (16th- and 17th-centuries), with a thematic focus on the formative political, religious, and intellectual upheavals of the age. 

Special Studies in Britain and Europe ina Global Context I: Global Detective Fiction

This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Britain and Europe in a global context. Topics will vary each term, and the course may not be offered every year.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

PREREQUISITE Level 2 or permission of the Instructor.

Special Studies in Britain and Europe in a Global Context: The Norman World

This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Britain and Europe in a global context. Topics will vary each term, and the course may not be offered every year.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

PREREQUISITE Level 2 or permission of the Instructor.

Effective Writing II

Français intermédiaire I

Practice in reading, writing, grammar review and literary analysis.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Art & Architecture in Britain from the Classical Period to c. 1700

A chronological survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in western culture from Greece and Rome through to the early modern period. The art works will be studied at British galleries, museums and architectural monuments.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Special Studies in British and European Theatre

Early Modern England

A survey of English history during the early modern period (16th- and 17th-centuries), with a thematic focus on the formative political, religious, and intellectual upheavals of the age.

Special Studies in Britain and Europe in a Global Context II: The Norman World

This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Britain and Europe in a global context. Topics will vary each term, and the course may not be offered every year.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Film Form and Modern Culture to 1970

National and International Cinema

Seminar in Modern European Studies I: Journalism in the 21st Century

This course will offer a unique opportunity to study a special topic in Modern European Studies. Topics will vary each term.

PREREQUISITE Level 2 or permission of the instructor.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Canada and the "Third World"

Introduces basic theoretical concepts of development studies, the history of global inequality, and short histories of alternative development strategies. Case studies of Canada’s ties to the so-called third world will include missionaries, military, business, and aid. Canadian colonialism over First Nations peoples will introduce basic issues in Aboriginal Studies.

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Introduction to Politics and Government

An introduction to political science that provides both a framework for thinking about politics and the institutions of governance, and some of the vocabulary necessary for political analysis.

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Principles of Psychology

An introductory survey of basic areas of psychology including perception, cognition, learning and motivation and their biological substrata. Also reviewed are child development, individual differences, social psychology and abnormal psychology. Research participation experience is provided for students on an individual voluntary basis. Students are encouraged to participate in up to five hours of research experimentation. The course is based on a blended model where on-line learning is supplemented with weekly lecture and small-group tutorial.

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Introductory Microeconomics

An introduction to microeconomic analysis of a modern mixed economy. The course analyzes the behaviour of individual consumers and producers, the determination of market prices for commodities and resources, and the role of government policy in the functioning of the market system.

ECON 111/3.0 and ECON 112/3.0 are together equivalent to ECON 110/6.0.

Human Geography

The fundamentals of human geography including the meanings of place, the impacts of globalization, multiculturalism, population change and movement, environmental history and politics, cultural geography, issues of uneven resource distribution, the role of colonialism in the modern shape of the world, agricultural geography, and urban geography.

Feminism, the Body and Visual Culture

Differential and Integral Calculus

Differentiation and integration of the elementary functions, with applications to physical and social sciences; Taylor polynomials; multivariable differential calculus.
 

NOTE: This is a year-long program and only available to students attending for the full year (fall and winter term).

Surficial Processes, Sedimentation, and Stratigraphy

A variety of intellectual approaches will be integrated in an interdisciplinary exploration of some of the major challenges facing the world community. Examination of such issues as the environment, poverty, disease, human rights, cultural identity or armed conflict will be used to stimulate discovery of what constitutes ‘global engagement’. Topics will vary and the course may not be offered in every term.

British Studies I

An interdisciplinary introduction to the broad development of British life and culture, focusing on British national identity. The course usually combines British art history, history, literature and geography.

NOTE: Only offered at the Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux

Introductory Microeconomics 

An introduction to microeconomic analysis of a modern mixed economy. The course analyzes the behaviour of individual consumers and producers, the determination of market prices for commodities and resources, and the role of government policy in the functioning of the market system. ECON 111 and ECON 112 are together equivalent for ECON 110

International Finance

This course focuses on the financial issues that managers confront in an international setting and develops a framework for evaluating the many opportunities, costs, and risks associated with multinational operations. The course employs cases extensively to provide students with a detailed and analytic look at investment and financial decisions undertaken by multinational firms. Topics covered include: determination of exchange rates; foreign exchange market; relationships among inflation rates, interest rates & exchange rates; currency futures, options & swaps; international investing; foreign exchange exposure; hedging exchange risk; and cross-border valuation.

Channels and Internet Marketing

Marketing using the Internet channel, has forever changed how businesses, public sector agencies, and not-for-profit organizations can interact with their various stakeholders and channel players. This course exposes students to materials and issues including Internet retailing, B2C marketing tactics, Internet consumer behavior, site design and management, integrating Internet channel tactics into the overall strategic marketing plan, international Internet marketing issues, and Internet promotion and advertising.

Queen's Prerequisite:COMM-132*

This course is restricted to students enrolled in the 3rd or 4th year of the Commerce Program.

International Business Strategy

International Business Strategy explores some of the central strategic questions firms face in a globally integrated economy, and the organizational and managerial challenges of implementing different international strategies. We will focus on both how globalization affects the strategic management of organizations, and what you as managers need to do to compete successfully in the international environment. This course combines theory and practical cases, using a wide range of international business situations across a variety of regions and industrial sectors to stimulate discussion.

A variety of intellectual approaches will be integrated in an interdisciplinary exploration of some of the major challenges facing the world community. Examination of such issues as the environment, poverty, disease, human rights, cultural identity or armed conflict will be used to stimulate discovery of what constitutes ‘global engagement’. Topics will vary and the course may not be offered in every term.