Courses

An interdisciplinary study of best practice, politics, and ethics associated with technical solutions to humanitarian assistance within Canada and abroad; examines policies used in aid and development contexts with emphasis on the application of engineering. [3-0-0]. Prerequisite: Restricted to students with a Major, Combined Major, Honours, Honours with, or Minor specialization in Political Science or International Relations, or at least 3rd year standing in any B.A.Sc. program. Credit will be granted for only one of POLI_V 371 or APSC_V 367. Equivalency: POLI_V 371.

A broad introduction to the entrepreneurial process, for engineers who would like to form or grow a technology company, and those with a general interest in the field. Key factors of new venture creation are identified and evaluated.

Analysis and design of advanced assemblies. Integration of multiple building systems within a wide range of construction types, and more complex enclosures in a variety of climatic conditions. Emphasis on technical performance, durability and sustainability. Prerequisite: ARCH_V 511.

Enhanced building environmental performance and the integration of green building principles, strategies and technologies. Equivalency: HPB_V 501.

Current theoretical developments explored through the practice of archaeology. Examples drawn from a range of times and places focusing on emerging technologies, food production, colonial encounters and culture contact, materiality and symbolic systems, social inequality and complexity, and human-environmental interactions.

A survey of the artistic production by Indigenous peoples of North America from pre-contact times to the present.

Reparative possibilities of art and art history as ways of sensing and responding to human impact on planetary life.

History, culture, values, and sociopolitical movements of the Islamic world from 1500 to the modern day; interconnections between power, politics, gender, and the arts in modern Islamic societies. Recommended as a basis for all other Islamic studies courses.

The construction of gender in literary writings by and about women in select areas of premodern East Asia.

History and culture, values, and achievements of Islamic societies from 700-1500; interconnections between power, politics, gender, and the arts in Islamic societies. Recommended as a basis for all other Islamic studies courses.

Examines the material foundations of Indian history. Considers India's place in the premodern world, different phases of globalization, processes and legacies of European colonial rule, and the development of India's modern economy.

Women's voices and issues in the Korean literary tradition, from earliest times to the new millennium, in translation. Recommended pre-requisites: one of ASIA 347, ASIA 357. Permission of instructor is also acceptable.

Literary, cinematic, folk, and/or popular culture texts from modern Iran. Emphasis on constructions and contestations of masculinities and femininities, as they intersect with sexuality, race, ethnicity, ability, and/or religion.

Sustainability examined from scientific, economic, and societal perspectives. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: Second-year standing.

The meteorology of hydro, wind, and solar power. Atmospheric processes affecting renewable energy on global, regional & local weather scales. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: One of MATH 101, MATH 103, MATH 105, MATH 121 and one of PHYS 101, PHYS 106, PHYS 107, PHYS 117, PHYS 131, PHYS 157 and one of APSC 160, CPSC 103, CPSC 110, DSCI 100, EOSC 211.

Prerequisite: BA_V 502.

Introduction to plant biology, with special emphasis on growth and development, highlighting the biological mechanisms of radiation energy capture, and water and nutrient acquisition in the production of plant biomass. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: BIOL_V 112 and BIOL _V 121

Provides a foundation in managed ecosystems and community ecology. Includes material on forest ecology and agricultural ecosystems as managed environments. [3-2-0] Prerequisite: BEST 201 and one of BIOL 112, BIOL 121.

Use of microbiology and enzymology for processing and enhancing value of forest and agro-based bioproducts; saccharification of biomass, fermentation, and product upgrading with biocatalysts. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: BEST 300.

Concepts in sustainability around technology and material use; relevance of biological ecology to industrial ecology; life cycle analysis: components and applications; and approaches to design. [3-0-2] Prerequisite: BEST 200.

Principles of storage and transmission of genetic variation; origin and evolution of species and their ecological interactions. Credit will be granted for only one of BIOL 121 or BIOL 344. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: One of BIOL 11, BIOL 12, BIOL 111.

A comparative study of pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms, integrating form, function and ecology. [3-3-0] Prerequisite: One of BIOL 121, SCIE 001. or 8 transfer credits of first-year biology. Equivalency: APBI 210