Leo A. Groarke, PhD, Dean, Brantford Campus, (519) 756-8228

General BA Contemporary Studies

The General BA in Contemporary Studies and the Primary/Junior Education Preparatory option are available only at the Brantford Campus.

CT100* The World in the 20th Century ,

CT110* Regional Ecosystems: Issues and Responses ,

CT200* Science and its Critics ,

CT210* Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Societies ,

CT320* Culture and Representation (Planned for 2001-2002) , and

CT330* Independent Studies .

CT333 Primary/Junior Education Practicum ;

PS100* Introduction to Psychology or

SY100* Introduction to Sociology

Three additional credits from the courses listed below, including at least one half-credit from each of lists (a) and (b), and one half-credit from either (c) or (d). No more than two credits from any one discipline designation may be completed for this option.

1. EN200 The Experience of Poetry

   EN201 Children's Literature

   EN210 Literature and Social Change

   EN226 Women in Fiction

   EN267 Canadian Fiction in English

   EN300 Narrative Forms

   EN310 The Politics of Transgression and Desire

2. FI100* Visual Expression in Art

   FI104 Photography as a Form of Visual Expression and Communication /CS104

   FI106* Mark and Image

   FI314 French Impressionism: Light on Modern Life

   FI215 Aesthetics /PY215

   MU115 Basic Materials in Music Theory I

   MU275 Music of the World

   PS288 Drama and Human Development

   PY111 Knowledge and Reality

   TR111 Theory and Practice of Public Performance

   TR234 Social Action Theatre

3. PS260 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

   PS261 Introduction to Learning

   PS270 Social Psychology

   PS271 Personality

   PS275 Developmental Psychology I: Infancy and Childhood

   PS276 Developmental Psychology II: Adolescence and Young Adulthood

   PS280 Abnormal Psychology (or

   PS204* Abnormal Psychology )

   PS283 Educational Psychology

   PS379 Psychology of Exceptional Children, Youth and Adults

4. PY223 Contemporary Moral Issues

   PY239 Explorations of the Self

   SY201* Sociology of the Family

   SY204* Social Inequality

   SY216 Sociology of Aging

   SY308 Sociology of Mass Communication /CS308

   SY316* Sociology of Education

   SY332 Race and Ethnic Relations

   SY334 Sociology of Gender

Faculty of Arts Faculty of Arts – Programs

Official electronic version updated on November 17, 2000

M. Watson, Editor