Ethology

Using an ethological approach, this course examines the mechanistic and evolutionary causes of animal behaviour, including social behaviour (competition, cooperation), communication, foraging, anti-predator behaviour, habitat selection, reproduction & mating systems, and parental care. 

Introduction aux sciences biologiques

Ce cours est une introduction aux concepts biologiques fondamentaux de la science. Les sujets abordés comprendront la structure et la fonction des molécules biologiques, la biologie cellulaire et physiologie des membranes, les gènes, la génétique, la biologie développementale, la biologie évolutive, le comportement des animaux et l'histoire de la vie. 

Introduction aux sciences biologiques

Principles of Business

This course provides an overview of the context within which modern organizations operate. It will examine the development of organizational and managerial theories. A number of contemporary issues and the organizational responses will be discussed.

Understanding Contemporary Canada

This course examines the geographical, political, social, historical and cultural contexts for key current issues facing Canadians today

Introduction to Communication Studies

This course introduces the main sub-fields in communication studies and the approaches to studying them from the perspective of the individual, organizations, and society.

Les médias sociaux, La publicité et le marketing

Ce cours initie les étudiants à l'étude des modes de communication interactifs, mobiles et intermédiaires (Twitter, Youtube, blogs, etc.) au service du marketing et de la production de matériel de promotion.

Economics of the Public Sector: Taxation

This course presents the theory of public goods and provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of taxation, tax incidence, tax efficiency and the Canadian tax system

Game Theory and Economics

Game theory is the analysis of decision making by individuals, businesses and governments where the outcomes of these decisions are affected by the actions of other decision makers and where that interdependence is recognized and taken into account by all the decision makers

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

A study of the literature of the 18th century. Students have the opportunity to select authors for study in depth.

Pratiques phonétiques, auditives et orales

Ce cours propose un entraînement intensif au français oral. Il vise à développer la compétence orale des étudiants en leur faisant faire des exercices de discrimination auditive, des exercices d'écoute et de transcription phonétique. Il cherche aussi à améliorer la qualité de la prononciation et du débit ainsi que la correction grammaticale et la précision lexicale des productions orales. 

Théories psycholinguistiques

Ce cours compare l'acquisition de L1 et de L2 et étudie les facteurs psychologiques et cognitifs individuels (personnalité, attitude, motivation, anxiété, intelligence, mémoire...) qui influencent l'apprentissage des L2. Il examine les théories de la période critique et celles des styles/stratégies d'apprentissage.

Femmes et conflits armés

Ce cours présente une analyse féministe des violences contre les femmes en temps de guerre dans les sociétés contemporaines en considérant le genre, la race, l'ethnicité, la classe.

Food: A Social and Cultural Journey

This course explores the cultural history of food. The scope is global, covering African, American, Asian and European civilizations and focussing on the relationship between foodstuffs, culture, and technology. Students will actively analyse their modern consumption habits via historical pathways.

Forging the American Dream: U.S. History from 1788-1900

This multi-disciplinary course examines the expansion of the American nation from an infant post-revolutionary country to a trans-continental one based on industrial capitalism. The impact of the Civil War on the nation's development is awarded special attention.

Histoire de l'Amérique latine

Ce cours introduit l'histoire de l'Amérique latine depuis le premier contact entre l'Europe et les Amériques jusqu'à la fin du vingtième siècle. Après un bref résumé de l'époque coloniale, il analysera l'histoire de plusieurs républiques du sud en comparaison avec l'Amérique du Nord. 

History of Northern Canada: A Circumpolar World

This course examines the history of Northern Canada (76% of its total land mass) in terms of the Circumpolar World, employing a multidisciplinary approach centered on its unique landscape, aboriginal civilizations and relation to "cores" of dominant world powers.

Economie Internationale et Developpement

Ce cours s'adresse surtout aux étudiants qui ne spécialisent pas en économie. Il met l'accent sur l'interdépendance entre l'économie politique et internationale, y compris la relation existante entre l'efficacité et équité. On y examine les principaux facteurs, problèmes, théories, politiques et institutions concernant l'économie internationale et le développement.

Global Geography

An introduction to the main geographical concepts of and approaches to the study of humans-nature relationship, notably humans and the biosphere, the spatial dimension of the development of societies, cultures and civilizations and the multilevel management of space (local, national, global). 

Introduction au marketing

Ce cours initie les étudiants aux modes d’enquête en marketing - à la façon dont les mercaticiens voient le monde. Les étudiants apprennent à comprendre les marchés, ressortir l’information pertinente des données, élaborer un plan et gérer un programme de marketing.

Research in International Studies

This course consolidates students' research and analysis skills in International Studies. It introduces key principles of academic research, as well as the ethical, methodological and epistemological issues.

Analyse réelle

Ce cours propose une étude rigoureuse de l'analyse réelle. Parmi les sujets traités figureront les notions de base de topologie; limite et continuité, fonctions à variations bornées, l'intégrale de Riemann-Stieltjes, les suites et séries de fonctions, l'intégrale de Lebesgue; et eventuellement des séries de Fourier. 

Calculus I (Differential Calculus)

This is a basic course in university calculus. Topics covered are functions, limits, continuity, differentiation, curve sketching, maximization and minimization problems for functions of one variable, the Riemann integral and antiderivatives. Prerequisite: At least one OAC mathematics credit or permission of the department

Calculus II (Integral Calculus)

A continuation of Calculus I. Topics covered are logarithms and exponentials, trigonometry including inverse trigonometric functions, hyperbolic trigonometry, the techniques of integration, indeterminate forms and l'Hôpital Rule, an introduction to sequences and series. Applications of the integral to the calculation of areas, volumes, work. 

Fonctions de plusieurs variables

Les sujects traités incluent le calcul vectoriel en Rn, les dérivés partielles des fonctions de plusieurs variables, les suites et les séries numériques, les séries de Taylor, l'optimisation des fonctions de plusieurs variables, les intégrales doubles et triples et le théorème de Green. 

Truth, Mind, and Reality

This course is an introduction to three core areas of Philosophy. It deals with epistemology (the nature and scope of human knowledge); metaphysics (categories of being; freedom and fatalism); and philosophy of mind (personal identity, knowledge of other minds).

Intermediate Experimental Psychology

This is a continuation of GL/PSYC 2520 3.00. It focuses on applications of research principles. Published research articles are evaluated; students execute an empirical study involving a factorial design. Students learn which particular statistical analyses are appropriate for various different experimental designs.

Introduction to Psychology

An overview of the discipline of psychology, which includes sensation and perception, learning and behaviour modification, social psychology, developmental psychology, personality, motivation, abnormal psychology and psychobiology

Introduction à l'étude de la sexualité

Ce cours propose une introduction à la sexualité à partir d'une perspective interdisciplinaire, transnationale et intersectionelle dans le contexte culturel contemporain. Diverses analyses et grilles théoriques feront l'examen des divers axes de pouvoir, d'identité et des différences incluant la classe, la race, l'in/capacité, l'âge, la sexualité, le nationalisme, etc., en les insérant dans leur contexte canadien et transnational.

Perspectives on Human Nature

A multidisciplinary study of a range of influential yet contrasting images of man or models of human nature encountered in the contemporary humanities and social sciences. Perspectives surveyed include those of such 19th- and 20th-century thinkers as Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Sartre, and De Beauvoir.

Sociology of Everyday Life

The course analyzes questions of familiar and seemingly ordinary activities at home, work, and in public spaces and considers how the study of everyday life provides insight into our identities and the social forces that shape our everyday lives

History Societies Translation II 

The evolution of Western civilization is explored from early Christianity to the Industrial Revolution from a cross-cultural perspective, with special emphasis on societies and languages in contact, and the dissemination of knowledge and cultural exchange through translation. 

Ideas through Time and Space: Knowledge Transfer across Languages and Cultures

This course investigates the movement of ideas and knowledge across time, cultures, and languages through translated texts. Canonic texts are examined with a focus on identifying linguistic, religious, political and social factors involved when ideas cross language barriers and cultural boundaries.

Introduction to Translation into English II

Students build on their understanding of translation in specialized fields. They continue to acquire specialized translation strategies. They increase and apply their knowledge of research tools and resources, learn techniques for resolving translation problems, and practice appropriate English usage.