Please note the courses listed on this website are only the courses offered by Campion College. U of R, Luther College, and First Nations University courses are also available to Campion students. For a complete listing of all Spring/Summer 2010 courses please refer to UR Self Service.
20931 CATH 390AA – C01 Matthew Livingstone, SJ
Renaissance, Humanism, and the Jesuits MWR 1500 – 1800
(Plus 3 hour practicum TBA) May 3 - 31
This course seeks to elucidate the historic contributions of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to the greater movement of humanism, and to illustrate how that contribution has since helped to ground its participation within the ongoing discourse of philosophy. Areas of examination are: the ‘Ignatian worldview,’ the soul, beauty, politics, totalitarianism, modernism, secularism, and social justice.
20639 CLAS 200 – C70 Darca Tkach
Greek Mythology MTWR 1100 – 1215
Are the myths of the ancient Greeks “true” in any way? Why are we still fascinated by them? In this course we will study many of the most famous stories from antiquity, with a focus on learning the myths from original source material where possible; understanding the different forms of myth; recognizing recurring motifs and themes; exploring the relationship of myth to culture, religion, history, archeology, and art; and observing how myths have evolved and how they have been reinterpreted up to the present day.
20928 ENGL 100 – C40 Kathryn MacLennan
Critical Reading and Writing I MTWR 0930 – 1045
An introduction to poetry and at least one of prose fiction or drama, in conjunction with an introduction to some basic principles of writing.
20929 ENGL 222 – C70 Susan Bauman
Fiction MTWR 0930 – 1045
This course offers practice in the analysis of fiction. The emphasis is on the critical analysis of the genre as well as of a variety of fictional types from different historical periods up to the present day. Through the study of a wide range of fictional genres, such as the short story, the novella, and the novel, this course provides students with methods and a vocabulary for the formal, stylistic, cultural and historical study of both individual texts and the traditions of fiction. The course also examines how such narrative strategies as plot, character, point of view, and language construct meaning. The intent of this course is not only to survey types of fiction, but also to provide students with strategies for reading fiction, in order to help them become better readers of fictional narratives.
20229 HIST 290AB – C20 Joseph Gavin, SJ
20187 RLST 290AD – C20 MTWR 1800 – 2040
Modern Christian Social Thought
This course traces historically the various important events and persons—Catholic, Anglican, Protestant—from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, which helped formulate and put into action a contemporary Christian social teaching in Europe and Canada. Special reference will be made, among others, to the Social Gospel, to several papal social encyclicals since Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum through to the present, to Liberation Theology, labour and working conditions, poverty, war and peace, human rights, as well as to the special role Saskatchewan and western Canada have played in the Canadian social context.
20924 HIST 317 – C40 Marcia McGovern
The Prairies to 1896 MTWR 1100 – 1215
The fur trade and Native-European contact; the acquisition of Rupert’s Land by Canada; Indian policy after 1870; developments in transportation, settlement and politics.
20404 PHIL 100 – C40 Anna Mudde
Introduction to Philosophy MTWR 0930 – 1045
This course is an introduction to theories of morality, knowledge, and metaphysics through a critical examination of historically significant problems in Western philosophy: the nature and justification of value judgments, the possibility of knowledge, the existence of God, the nature of political authority.
20516 PHIL 150 – C40 John Funelas
Critical Thinking MTWR 1100 – 1215
As logic is innate to “rational animals” (human beings), critical thinking is an indispensable tool to educated persons. It sharpens that innate logic and specifically enhances the person’s capability to enunciate judgments and reason correctly. It is also hoped that through this course, students will recognize common fallacies in reasoning, making this course applicable to ordinary and everyday activities.
20560 PSYC 101 – C30 Robert Moore
Introductory Psychology A MTWR 0800 – 1040
This course offers an introduction to the psychology of the human individual and focuses on topics having to do with adjustment, disorders, development, personality, and social environment of the person. This course also provides an overview of the history of the development of psychology and the research methods used in psychology. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of human behaviour and will learn to become critical consumers of information that is available to them through media and other sources.
20911 PSYC 210 – C30 Susan Weir
Developmental Psychology MTWR 0800 – 1040
This course discusses the developmental processes across the lifespan from the prenatal period to death. Domains of development studied in this course include physical, cognitive, emotional, and social behaviour. Students will study these domains in the following developmental periods: prenatal, infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. Topics of death and bereavement are also discussed. The course emphasizes the interaction between environmental and biological processes and between maturational and learning factors. Students will also study research methods used in developmental psychology and will receive a brief introduction to the role of statistics and ethical standards in psychological research.
20925 PSYC 270 – C30 Tom Phenix
Human Information Processing MTWR 1100 – 1345
The objectives of this course are to introduce the student to important concepts, phenomena, experimental techniques, and theoretical issues in the field of cognitive psychology. As cognitive psychology is the scientific study of how people think, this course will cover how people attend, encode, represent and understand, as well as solve problems, make decisions, and communicate their thoughts. The course will involve an assessment of current theoretical issues and experimental methodology. Whenever possible, links to real-life situations will be considered. An additional objective is to enhance your ability to critically evaluate and critique published research.
20187 RLST 290AD – C20 Joseph Gavin, SJ
20229 HIST 290AB – C20 MTWR 1800 – 2040
Modern Christian Social Thought
This course traces historically the various important events and persons—Catholic, Anglican, Protestant—from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century which helped formulate and put into action a contemporary Christian social teaching in Europe and Canada. Special reference will be made, among others, to the Social Gospel, to several papal social encyclicals since Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum through to the present, to Liberation Theology, labour and working conditions, poverty, war and peace, human rights, as well as to the special role Saskatchewan and western Canada have played in the Canadian social context.
20926 STAT 100 – C40 Leigh Ann MacKnight
Elementary Statistics for Applications MTWR 1100 – 1215
An introduction to statistical methods; descriptive statistics; the normal distribution; basic techniques of statistical inference; confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for population means and proportions; simple linear regression. *** Prerequisite: Mathematics A30 *** * Note: STAT 100 and STAT 200 are designed to provide a year-long introduction to statistical methodology with a view towards applications and are not intended for majors in statistics, actuarial science, or any other program requiring a detailed knowledge of statistics. Students who receive credit for STAT 100 may not receive credit for STAT 160 or STAT 289.
20927 STAT 200 – C50 Leigh Ann MacKnight
Intermediate Statistics for Applications MTWR 1100 – 1340
A continuation of STAT 100; inference for two categorical variables; basic multiple linear regression; one-way and two-way analysis of variance; introduction to nonparametric methods; statistical process control; introduction to survey design. *** Prerequisite: STAT 100 *** * Note: STAT 100 and STAT 200 are designed to provide a year-long introduction to statistical methodology with a view towards applications and are not intended for majors in statistics, actuarial science, or any other program requiring a detailed knowledge of statistics. Students who receive credit for STAT 200 may not receive credit for STAT 160 or STAT 289.