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This course will examine some of the global issues in psychology that touch on the relationship between neurological mechanisms and human personhood. Students will study introductory neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, concentrating on neural and synaptic transmission and basic subdivisions of the nervous system. Building on this foundation, various topics will be discussed including lateralization of functions,
sensory systems, motivation and regulatory systems, emotional behaviour, learning and memory, and brain damage and related disorders.
This course will examine some of the global issues in psychology that touch on the relationship between neurological mechanisms and human personhood. Students will study introductory neurophysiology and neuroanatomy, concentrating on neural and synaptic transmission and basic subdivisions of the nervous system. Building on this foundation, various topics will be discussed including lateralization of functions, sensory systems, motivation and regulatory systems, emotional behaviour, learning and memory, and brain damage and related disorders.
Prerequisites:
PSY-121 or PSY-122
An examination of physiological mechanisms of plant growth and development. Topics include water relations, the movement of water and solutes, photosynthesis, nutrition, the production of plant substances, plant hormones, photomorphogenesis and periodism. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Fundamentals of Biology II
BIO‑122
This course explores the broad branches of the tree of life and how organisms interact with each other and with the environment. The structure and function of representative species of bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals are examined in lecture and laboratory. Phylogeny and the theory of evolution are covered and discussed within a Christian framework. Includes a bi-weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
BIO‑122 Fundamentals of Biology II
This course will support teaching and learning in the full day Kindergarten Program in Ontario schools. In this course students will grow in their understanding of play-based learning and learn how to organize learning around the Four Frames of the Kindergarten Program: belonging and contributing, self-regulation and well-being, demonstrating literacy and mathematics behaviours, and problem-solving and innovating. Students wishing to be in a kindergarten practicum must take this course. (1.5 credits)
This course focuses on the student’s unique voice and vision primarily expressed through the written word. Providing a forum for presenting works in progress, the course enables students to hear their words read, with feedback and discussion by the instructor and fellow playwrights. Students create scenes emphasizing dialogue and character, and participate in exercises related to narrative and the formation of dialogue.
Prerequisites:
ENG-201 or permission of the instructor
A critical look at, and discussion of, the fundamental environmental issues of global population, food production, and what it might look like to provide for our needs in a more sustainable manner.
Prerequisites:
Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change
ENV‑222
As a general introduction to environmental science, the course will deal with some of the chemical and physical processes within creation and discuss the impact of humans on the biosphere. Topics will include the following: element cycles, energy, air pollution, and climate change. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
ENV‑222 Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change Year 3 or 4 standing
A critical look at, and discussion of, the fundamental environmental issues of global population, food production, and what it might look like to provide for our needs in a more sustainable manner.
Prerequisites:
Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change
ENV‑222
As a general introduction to environmental science, the course will deal with some of the chemical and physical processes within creation and discuss the impact of humans on the biosphere. Topics will include the following: element cycles, energy, air pollution, and climate change. Includes a weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
ENV‑222 Environmental Studies II: Pollution and Climate Change Year 3 or 4 standing
Positive psychology is the scientific study of human flourishing. Exploring topics such as virtue and character, happiness and gratitude, willpower and self-control, emotion and optimism, students will be challenged to grow in their understanding and experience of human flourishing. Connections to Scripture and the long tradition of Christian reflection on flourishing will be explored.
Prerequisites:
PSY-121 or 122
An introduction to 20th-century literature in English from South Africa, West Indies, India and East and West Africa, with some links to literature in contemporary Canada.
Prerequisites:
ENG-257 or 261
This course provides students with the tools to design projects that will contribute to the well-being of the community from a uniquely Christian perspective as an essential component of an urban ministry program. Students will have the opportunity to participate in community projects.
Prerequisites:
Foundations of Mission and Ministry I
REL‑253
This course examines biblical and theological foundations for missions and ministry, historical developments in the theory and practice of missions, and issues pertaining to the contextualization of the gospel in the Western and global church.
REL‑253 Foundations of Mission and Ministry I APS-341 or GEO-214
This course provides a comprehensive study of poverty as a critical and chronic problem plaguing societies past and present. An interdisciplinary focus will highlight multiple perspectives including sociological, political, historical, environmental, economic, theological, psychological, and biological. Both Canadian and global aspects of poverty will be examined, with a particular emphasis on various approaches to solving poverty at local, national, and global levels. Students will be encouraged to develop their capacity for critical Christian reflection and response to issues of poverty.
Prerequisites:
Year 4 standing or permission of the instructor. APS-428 is the Capstone Course for the Applied Social Sciences Department and is required for all majors in the 4th year.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Practical classroom experience.
Beginning with the era of pre-history and proceeding through Greek, Roman, Christian and non-Western art, the course concludes with the Neo-Classical period. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the visual arts within their philosophical, theoretical, historical, and cultural context.
Beginning with the era of pre-history and proceeding through Greek, Roman, Christian and non-Western art, the course concludes with the Neo-Classical period. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the visual arts within their philosophical, theoretical, historical, and cultural context.
An introduction to the major principles of chemistry that explain the reactions of elements and their compounds. Topics include the structure of matter, states of matter, ideal gases, stoichiometry, the chemistry of water, energy changes of chemical reactions, atomic orbitals and electron configurations, the periodic table, chemical bonding and models to predict the shapes of molecules. Includes a bi-weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Grade 12 U Chemistry
A continuation of CHE-121. Topics include reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, strong and weak acids and bases, solubility products, electrochemistry, the direction of chemical change, and an introduction to organic chemistry. Includes a bi-weekly three hour lab. Materials fee applies.
Prerequisites:
Principles of Chemistry I
CHE‑121
An introduction to the major principles of chemistry that explain the reactions of elements and their compounds. Topics include the structure of matter, states of matter, ideal gases, stoichiometry, the chemistry of water, energy changes of chemical reactions, atomic orbitals and electron configurations, the periodic table, chemical bonding and models to predict the shapes of molecules. Includes a bi-weekly three-hour lab. Materials fee applies.
CHE‑121 Principles of Chemistry I
Epidemiology is the study of disease in human populations. In this course, students will learn about the nature and uses of epidemiology, assessments of health outcomes, and about the breadth of study designs used to address various health problems. They will explore how epidemiology can be used to determine causes of diseases, disease-related associations with various risk factors, and how this impacts the
practice of medicine. Ethical issues in epidemiology will also be discussed.
Prerequisites:
MAT/PSY-201 or MAT-215
A survey of fundamental conditioning processes based on experimental studies of human and animal behaviour. Topics covered include: habituation, sensitization, classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning and behaviour modification. The importance of these principles will be illustrated using examples from clinical, vocational and educational settings.
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Psychology: General and Experimental Psychology
PSY‑121
An introduction to those topics in psychology emphasizing an experimental approach to the discipline. Major topics covered include an overview of the discipline’s history and research methodologies, the biological roots of behaviour, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning, memory, thinking and language, emotion, motivation and social influences and relations.
PSY‑121 Introduction to Psychology: General and Experimental Psychology