Arts and Humanities Course Reviews
2200 Classical Mythology
1.0
Difficulty 4
Enjoyment 3
Professor Suksi
2 Lecture hours
30% term test Multiple choice (one each term)
40% final exam, cumulative Multiple choice
This course covers the well-known Classical Greek and Roman epics from Homer, Virgil, Ovid and Euripides. Though tests are multiple choice, the professor uses a variety of lecture and reading material to formulate the exams making it necessary to attend all of the classes and keep up with readings. This course places the myths within their cultural and historical contexts and also introduces the theoretical approach to the study of myths.
2300 Sports and Recreation in the Ancient World
1.0
Difficulty 4
Enjoyment 4
Professor Lamari
2 Lecture hours
30% term test Multiple choice (one each term)
40% Final exam, non-cumulative
This course explores ancient sports in their historical and cultural perspectives and the challenges of interpreting ancient archeological evidence. The history of the Olympics, gladiatorial events as well as symposiums and social activities and many others are just a few of the topics studied. The course is supplemented with both literary and artistic resources. Tests are based upon all material learned in class and in readings. Students should be prepared for a great deal of reading but of an interesting nature.
2200 Classical Mythology1.0
Difficulty 4
Enjoyment 3
Professor Suksi
2 Lecture hours
30% term test Multiple choice (one each term)
40% final exam, cumulative Multiple choice
This course covers the well-known Classical Greek and Roman epics from Homer, Virgil, Ovid and Euripides. Though tests are multiple choice, the professor uses a variety of lecture and reading material to formulate the exams making it necessary to attend all of the classes and keep up with readings. This course places the myths within their cultural and historical contexts and also introduces the theoretical approach to the study of myths.
2300 Sports and Recreation in the Ancient World
1.0
Difficulty 4
Enjoyment 4
Professor Lamari
2 Lecture hours
30% term test Multiple choice (one each term)
40% Final exam, non-cumulative
This course explores ancient sports in their historical and cultural perspectives and the challenges of interpreting ancient archeological evidence. The history of the Olympics, gladiatorial events as well as symposiums and social activities and many others are just a few of the topics studied. The course is supplemented with both literary and artistic resources. Tests are based upon all material learned in class and in readings. Students should be prepared for a great deal of reading but of an interesting nature.
Philosophy 2200F/G– Ancient Philosophy
Level of Enjoyment: 4/5
Level of Difficulty: 3/5
Alright, they may be old, but you must begin, well, at the beginning: with the ancients. So, I find that this material is the easiest to understand and it doesn't have a lot of the technical jargon that some more contemporary philosophy courses have, so it'll be much easier to understand. Plus, since they are so old, you often don't need to worry about finding lots of helpful support/supplementary material, summaries and commentaries online and in the library if needs be. You'll be looking at two or more essays, a mid-term and an exam; or course that can shift relative to the professor of course; for example, I've had courses with simply two essays each worth 50% before, so any course structure is really possible.
Evaluation (will change depending on the professor and whether she/he wants online WebCT posts or multiple essays; and whether they have a participation mark):
Exam: 40%
Essays: 20% X 2
Mid-Term: 20%
Philosophy 2400F/G – Introduction to Philosophy of Mind
Level of Enjoyment: 3/5
Level of Difficulty: 4/5
Now this course—along with intro to theory of knowledge—will be the back bone of any contemporary analytic philosophy you do; sure early modern and ancient philosophy are still very very important, but where everything is moving in modern 21st century philosophy will be opened up in this course and the introduction to knowledge course. Of course this doesn't mean that everything modern is contained in these courses, but it will give you the core ways of thinking and theories that will be important in modern analytic philosophy. Now, some of these theories are more difficult and there will be more technical language in the readings than most other courses, but once you have it under your belt, you're good to go.
Evaluation:
Exam: 40%
Essay: 30% X 2
Philosophy 2500F/G – Introduction to Theory of Knowledge
Level of Enjoyment: 4/5
Level of Difficulty: 3/5
This is another key course for getting oriented in philosophy; shouldn't be terrible if you keep up with those readings; and here's a free tit-bit to start you off, the philo-speak word for theory of knowledge is Epistemology; e-p-i-s-t-e-m-o-l-o-g-y, get acquainted with it, become close friends because if you take this course you will hear it a lot. You'll be looking at an essay or two with a final exam; now with some first year philosophy under your belt you'll have a bit more leeway on essays—depending on the professor of course. The key for this course is to learn the main theories, once you have a grasp of them you'll be able to navigate this courses readings and lectures like a breeze—because breezes are very good at navigation as you know.
Evaluation:
Exam: 40%
Mid-Term: 20%
Essay: 40%
Philosophy 2250 – Introduction to Logic
Level of Enjoyment: 3/5
Level of Difficulty: Heavily depends on the person, but on average 4/5
If you are doing a major or a minor you must take this course—if you're doing a minor, you can substitute it with the 2020 Basic Logic course. This is the fabled logic course, it's as close to mathematics that philosophy gets, it can be brutal, especially if you get behind, you're getting into pretty advanced symbolic logic, but it is fine if you stay on top of it—just stay on top of it and go to lecture; seriously this is the one class that I actually would never skip—ahem, not that I your LAMP peer mentor ever skip classes, no, no. Also, when you get the textbook, maybe don't immediately flip through and look at the later chapters unless you want to find out what fainting feels like. I say don't look—or if you do, don't stress too much--because I swear you can learn the alien, symbolic language starring back at you; it just takes time. Another thing is that everything builds on everything, so really try to stay on top of doing problems, going to class and going to your professor for help if you need it and you'll get through it fine! You'll probably be looking at a bunch of little assignments and a few midterms weighted differently depending on the professor. But there is some silver lining, no essays!
Evaluation:
30% Exam (Cumulative)
20% Mid-Term
10% X 5 Little Quizzes
Philosophy 2700F/G – Introduction to Ethics and Value Theory
Level of Enjoyment: 3/5
Level of Difficulty: 3/5
This course is gonna be the opening of ethical philosophy obviously. It'll cover a large swatch of theory: ancient, early modern and modern—maybe even a little post-modern in there. I've found ethics the easiest to grasp, yet the hardest to write about since there's so many hard tensions involved; so it is difficult depending on where your strengths are. As with any philosophy course, you'll have plenty of readings, possibly an essay or two and a final exam at the least.
Evaluation:
Exam: 40%
Mid-Term: 20%
Essay: 20% X 2
Philosophy 2202F/G – Early Modern Philosophy
Level of Enjoyment: 3/5
Level of Difficult: 4/5
Oddly enough I find early modern philosophy very difficult; this largely has to do with the fact that much of it is done in a Old English type dialect which makes is extra-hard to decipher; however, like with the Ancient Philosophy course, these writers are hundreds of years old and so they have a lot of supplemental material in libraries and online which can help you out, so that makes it much easier—but reading the texts is still difficult. I might have well just not beat around the bush in the past few sentences by saying: these philosophers Wikipedia articles will be much longer and more comprehensive—and less likely to be in error. Actually just a quick tip, for researching things, Wikipedia isn't all that bad, just look up the sources and find those books in the library and there, less time spent looking through indexes for you! As always, you'll probably encounter lots of reading and some essays, but also as always, just keep up with the readings—and more importantly lectures—and you will be fine.
Evaluation:
Exam: 40%
Mid-Term: 20%
Essay: 20% X 2
Philosophy 2555F/G – Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Level of Enjoyment: 5/5
Level of Difficulty: 4/5
This is not a core course as you may have noticed. It is a very interesting course and I've included it to show that there is another type of philosophy which you should be aware of; it's called, continental or post-modern philosophy, as opposed to analytic philosophy which is largely what you will be dealing with in many main campus philosophy courses. This type of philosophy is very different but equally useful, and it is good to know it exists. This course gives you a good entry into this other world of philosophy. If you were to get more interested in this sort of philosophy after taking this course for example, you can always take more of these type of courses over at Kings—and some at Huron. Another plus to these classes is that some of them are really small (20-30 people).
Evaluation:
Exam: 40%
Textual Criticism (mini-essay): 20%
Essay: 30%
Participation: 10%
English 2200F/G- History of Theory and Criticism
0.5 course
0.5 course
Prerequisite: At least 60% in one of English 1020E or 1022E or 1024E or 1035E or 1036E or both of 1027F/G and 1028F/G or permission of the Department
G. Donaldson:
Essay-40%
Participation-10%
Exam-50%
Participation-10%
Exam-50%
Difficulty: 4
Enjoyment: 4
Enjoyment: 4
This course offers a general overview of the prevalent theories on aesthetics, the purpose of art and perspectives on the role/place of the artist. Although the readings are substantial, they are interesting and very instructive covering theorists from Plato to Freud. Furthermore, this course touches upon many theories that are central to studying literary texts. It will prepare you for upper year courses.
This course is part of the required theory component of the Major and Specialization modules for English. It can be combined with other theory courses such as Contemporary Theory and Criticism, or Narrative Theory (2210F/G and 2220F/G respectively).
This course is part of the required theory component of the Major and Specialization modules for English. It can be combined with other theory courses such as Contemporary Theory and Criticism, or Narrative Theory (2210F/G and 2220F/G respectively).
English 2430E-Shakespeare and Drama
1.0 course
Prerequisite: At least 60% in one of English 1020E or 1022E or 1024E or 1035E or 1036E or both of 1027F/G and 1028F/G or permission of the Department
Prerequisite: At least 60% in one of English 1020E or 1022E or 1024E or 1035E or 1036E or both of 1027F/G and 1028F/G or permission of the Department
J. Devereux
Essays-15%, 30%
Performance and Participation-20%
Performance and Participation-20%
Exam-35%
M. Stephenson
Essays-15%, 25%
Performance-10%
Attendance-5%
Mid-term-10%
Exam-35%
Essays-15%, 25%
Performance-10%
Attendance-5%
Mid-term-10%
Exam-35%
J. Johnston
Essays-15%, 25%
Seminar Presentation-10%
Midterm Test-10%
5 Quizzes-5%
Final Exam-35%
Difficulty: 3
Enjoyment: 4
Enjoyment: 4
This is one of the more popular 2000 level English courses. It covers a minimum of ten Shakespearean works and offers students the opportunity to engage with these on a performative as well as textual basis. The course often covers Shakespeare’s most notable works such as King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as some lesser known works such as Titus Andronicus and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Although it is a full year course, the professors do move through the plays rather quickly so it is important to keep up with readings.
English 2460F-American Drama
0.5 course
Prerequisite: At least 60% in one of English 1020E or 1022E or 1024E or 1035E or 1036E or both of 1027F/G and 1028F/G or permission of the Department
Prerequisite: At least 60% in one of English 1020E or 1022E or 1024E or 1035E or 1036E or both of 1027F/G and 1028F/G or permission of the Department
D. Dryden
Group Performance-15%
Performance Response-15%
Research Paper-25%
Participation-10%
Exam-35%
Group Performance-15%
Performance Response-15%
Research Paper-25%
Participation-10%
Exam-35%
Difficulty: 3
Enjoyment: 5
With great emphasis on the performance aspect of studying literature, this course is recommended for students who want to expand beyond merely reading a text to truly engaging with it. This is a class where participation is expected and encouraged, giving students a chance to truly interact with the material as well as their peers. Most importantly, the texts are a selection of some of the best American plays written in the 20th century. Can be coupled with Canadian Drama (2470G).
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