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First-Year Program, Fall/Winter 2013-14

The BISC offers full-year 6.0 unit courses extending throughout the Fall-Winter session and 3.0 unit courses offered within the Fall or Winter terms.
F= offered during Fall term (September - December)
W = offered during Winter term (January - April)
FW = Full-year course (6 unit course), offered over Fall and Winter terms

Want to get a sense of the field studies for each course? See our Winter 2013 Field Study Schedule here.

MAD (Music, Art and Drama) Offerings

ARTH 116/3.0	Art and Architecture in Britain from the Classical Period to c.1700
F	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.
ARTH 117/3.0	Art & Architecture in Britain from c1700 to the Present
W	A chronological survey of painting, sculpture and architecture in western culture from c.1700 to the present day. The art works will be studied at British galleries, museums and architectural monuments.
DRAM 181/6.0	Introduction to Current Theatre
FW	An examination of the elements of theatrical production through the use of text, live and videotaped performances. Opportunity given for practical projects. While content varies from year to year, the course draws upon students’ access to theatre in the United Kingdom and Europe.
MUSC 171/3.0	Social History of Popular Music
F	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.

Humanities Offerings

ARAB 100/6.0	Introductory Arabic (Modern Standard)
FW	Introduction to the basic structures of Modern Standard Arabic. This course gives intensive training equally in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In addition to three hours of classroom work and one hour tutorial, extensive use of audio-visual materials on CD-ROM is expected.
CHIN 100/6.0	Introductory Mandarin Chinese I
FW	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.
ENGL 100/6.0	Introduction to the Study of Literature in English
FW	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.
FILM 104/3.0	Film Form & Modern Culture to 1970
F	Introduction to tools and methods of visual and aural analysis and to historical and social methods, with examples primarily from the history of cinema and other moving-image media to 1970.
FILM 106/3.0	Film Form and Modern Culture from 1970
W	Introduction to tools and methods of visual and aural analysis and to historical and social methods, with examples primarily from cinema and other moving-image media dating from 1970to the present.
FREN 101/3.0	Français intermédiaire I
F	Practice in reading, writing, grammar review and literary analysis.
FREN 102/3.0	Français intermédiaire II
W	Practice in reading, writing, grammar review and literary analysis.
HIST 125/6.0	The Evolution of Modern Europe
FW	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.
PHIL 111/6.0	Great Works of Philosophy
FW	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.
RELS 131/6.0	World Religions/Religious Worlds
FW	Introduces religion in India, China and Japan; also the movements of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Humanism.
SPAN P10/3.0	Beginning Spanish I
F	Offers a basic level of Spanish understanding, speaking, reading and writing for students who have no knowledge of Spanish whatsoever.
SPAN 112/3.0	Beginning Spanish II
W	The continuation of SPAN P10/3.0. Also for students entering the University who have some knowledge of Spanish but have not completed 4U Spanish or equivalent. For these students an assessment exam or interview with an academic adviser is required before registration. Contact the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures for details.
WRIT 175/3.0	Effective Writing II
F	An intensive study of the essay-writing process, from techniques of prewriting and outlining through revising for grammatical correctness and argumentative clarity, with particular emphasis on critical reading skills. Enrolment is limited. NOTE A student with a 100-level course with a writing component, such as DRAM, ENGL, FILM, HIST, PHIL, POLS, SOCY may alternatively use this as a prerequisite and should contact the instructor for permission to register in the course. PREREQUISITE (3.0 units from WRIT 125/3.0 or WRIT P75/3.0) or permission of the instructor.

Social Science Offerings

DEVS 100/6.0	Canada and the “Third World”
FW	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.
ECON 111/3.0	Introductory Microeconomics
F	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.
ECON 112/3.0	Introductory Macroeconomics
W	An introduction to macroeconomic analysis of the economy as a whole, including the determination of national income, the price level, interest rates, the money supply, and the balance of payments. The principles of monetary and fiscal policy are also examined. ECON 111/3.0and ECON 112/3.0 are together equivalent to ECON 110/6.0.
GPHY 101/3.0	Human Geography
F	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.
GPHY 102/3.0	Earth System Science
W	This course introduces the major concepts studied in Earth System Science. The fundamental processes and interrelationships between the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere and the lithosphere are investigated to serve as a basis for understanding natural systems, particularly at or near the Earth’s surface.
POLS 110/6.0	Introduction to Politics & Government
FW	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.
PSYC 100/6.0	Principles of Psychology
FW	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.

Science Offerings

MATH 121/6.0	Differential & Integral Calculus
FW	Differentiation and integration of the elementary functions, with applications to physical and social sciences; Taylor polynomials; multivariable differential calculus. NOTE Intended for students planning to pursue subjects other than Biochemistry, Biology, Life Sciences, Mathematics or Statistics.
PHYS P15/3.0	Astronomy I: The Solar System
W	A non mathematical introduction to the science of astronomy for non specialist students. Topics to be covered include the fundamentals of astronomy; an introduction to the tools and techniques of modern observational astronomy; the historical development of our understanding of the Earth, Moon and Solar System; space exploration of Mars, Jupiter, and other planets; the nature of the Sun; and the origin and uniqueness of our Solar System.