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World Literature and International Studies Joint Major
This inter-departmental program explores various relationships between world literature and international studies. Interested students must plan their program in consultation with both department advisors, and should consult guidelines for course selection which are available from each department.
Required Grades
Students must obtain C- or higher in all courses used toward the program.
Program Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
World Literature
Students complete a total of 15 units, including
Explores how texts travel beyond their cultures of origin, influence other cultural contexts and ideas, and become works of world literature. Introduces the concepts of cross-cultural literary criticism and translation. Breadth-Humanities.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mark Deggan |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
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| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
one 100-level WL Writing course
and
Introduces major theoretical approaches to literature and fundamental techniques of literary analysis. Develops students' critical skills for analytical writing about literature in comparative, cross-cultural contexts. Prerequisite: six units in World Literature, including one W course.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mark Deggan |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
plus 6 additional lower division WL units.
*Students may count one 2nd year language course (3 units) toward their lower division WL units.
International Studies
Students complete 15 lower division units including
Introduces the interdisciplinary field of International Studies to all undergraduates and IS majors. Examines the major global challenges of our time, including poverty and inequality, environmental degradation, nationalism, civil war, and armed conflict. Explores the challenge of global governance and global citizenship. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Brenda Lyshaug |
TBD | ||
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 5:30–6:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D104 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D105 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 5:30–6:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D107 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
|
Brenda Lyshaug |
TBD | ||
| D701 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D702 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D703 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 5:30–6:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
plus a minimum of 12 lower division units chosen from one of three concentrations.
International Security and Conflict Concentration
Examines contemporary security and governance challenges by drawing on insights from across the social sciences. Includes such topics as: war, nuclear proliferation, genocide, human trafficking, and global health threats. Explores the role of international organizations (the UN, EU, NATO and others) in addressing security challenges and advancing global governance. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
plus three of
Introduces students to the variety of systems of governance in the world today, examines the historical and cultural sources of their different developmental trajectories, and assesses the challenges they face in the future. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
Analyzes some of the historical reasons for the great divergence in world economic development, and undertakes a cross-country, cross-regional perspective of world economic development using a historical approach to long-run economic growth. Breadth-Social Sciences.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sumercan Bozkurt-Gungen |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D103 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D104 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
This course surveys the diverse ways people have fashioned identities and social relations that do not easily conform to the boundaries of nation-states. Explores how, in the context of transnational movements of people and ideas, individuals and communities construct and contest new identities, aspirations, and forms of belonging. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
An introduction to Global History, beginning in the 1780s and ending in the present day. Key topics include the first Age of Revolution (US, Haiti, Latin America), the post-colonial experience, and the modern world economy. Students with credit for HIST 265 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anushay Malik |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
Comparative World Politics, Culture and Society Concentration
Introduces students to the variety of systems of governance in the world today, examines the historical and cultural sources of their different developmental trajectories, and assesses the challenges they face in the future. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
plus three of
Examines contemporary security and governance challenges by drawing on insights from across the social sciences. Includes such topics as: war, nuclear proliferation, genocide, human trafficking, and global health threats. Explores the role of international organizations (the UN, EU, NATO and others) in addressing security challenges and advancing global governance. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
Analyzes some of the historical reasons for the great divergence in world economic development, and undertakes a cross-country, cross-regional perspective of world economic development using a historical approach to long-run economic growth. Breadth-Social Sciences.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sumercan Bozkurt-Gungen |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D103 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D104 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
This course surveys the diverse ways people have fashioned identities and social relations that do not easily conform to the boundaries of nation-states. Explores how, in the context of transnational movements of people and ideas, individuals and communities construct and contest new identities, aspirations, and forms of belonging. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
An introduction to Global History, beginning in the 1780s and ending in the present day. Key topics include the first Age of Revolution (US, Haiti, Latin America), the post-colonial experience, and the modern world economy. Students with credit for HIST 265 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anushay Malik |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
International Development, Economic, and Environmental Issues Concentraton
The principal elements of theory concerning money and income, distribution, social accounts, public finance, international trade, comparative systems, and development and growth. Students with credit for ECON 205 cannot take ECON 105 for further credit. Quantitative/Breadth-Soc.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Martin Santamaria |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 12:30–1:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
|
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D103 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D104 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D105 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D106 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D107 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D109 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D110 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D111 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D113 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D115 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D116 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D117 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D118 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D119 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D120 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D121 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D122 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
|
Seong Choi |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D201 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 5:30–6:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D202 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 5:30–6:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D204 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 6:30–7:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D205 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 6:30–7:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D209 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D211 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D215 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D220 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
|
Vasyl Golovetskyy |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, Fri, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Surrey |
Analyzes some of the historical reasons for the great divergence in world economic development, and undertakes a cross-country, cross-regional perspective of world economic development using a historical approach to long-run economic growth. Breadth-Social Sciences.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sumercan Bozkurt-Gungen |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D103 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D104 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
plus two of
The principal elements of theory concerning utility and value, price and costs, factor analysis, productivity, labor organization, competition and monopoly, and the theory of the firm. Students with credit for ECON 200 cannot take ECON 103 for further credit. Quantitative/Breadth-Soc.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Douglas Allen |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 12:30–1:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
|
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D102 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D103 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D104 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D105 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 3:30–4:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D106 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D107 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D108 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D109 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D111 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D112 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 4:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D113 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D114 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D115 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D116 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D117 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D118 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D119 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D120 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D121 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D122 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D123 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
|
Marie Rekkas |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m. |
Burnaby Burnaby |
|
| D201 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D202 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D203 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 11:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D204 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D205 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D206 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D208 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 2:30–3:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D210 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D212 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 1:30–2:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D214 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D215 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D218 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D219 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D220 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
|
Rabia Aziz |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, Thu, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
|
Surrey |
The fundamentals of economics geography, the study of the forces that shape the arrangement of economic activity in the real world. Prerequisite: GEOG 100. Breadth-Social Sciences.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Leanne Roderick |
TBD |
Examines contemporary security and governance challenges by drawing on insights from across the social sciences. Includes such topics as: war, nuclear proliferation, genocide, human trafficking, and global health threats. Explores the role of international organizations (the UN, EU, NATO and others) in addressing security challenges and advancing global governance. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
Introduces students to the variety of systems of governance in the world today, examines the historical and cultural sources of their different developmental trajectories, and assesses the challenges they face in the future. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
This course surveys the diverse ways people have fashioned identities and social relations that do not easily conform to the boundaries of nation-states. Explores how, in the context of transnational movements of people and ideas, individuals and communities construct and contest new identities, aspirations, and forms of belonging. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
An introduction to Global History, beginning in the 1780s and ending in the present day. Key topics include the first Age of Revolution (US, Haiti, Latin America), the post-colonial experience, and the modern world economy. Students with credit for HIST 265 may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Anushay Malik |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
Upper Division Requirements
World Literature
Students complete a minimum total of 20 upper division WL units including both of
Explores the counterpoint of Western and non-Western approaches to world literature. May draw from disciplines including comparative literature, history, anthropology, and semiotics to focus on how concepts of world literature are imported and transformed in new cultural contexts. Builds on the skills and knowledge acquired in WL 200. Prerequisite: 45 units, including WL 200.
Helps students develop more advanced critical thinking and writing skills through a selected topic in world literature. Explores specific literary research methods such as formulating a research question, engaging with secondary sources, and creating a strong authorial voice. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units in World Literature. Writing.
plus 12 additional upper division WL units, of which at least four must be taken at the 400 level
International Studies
Students complete 24 upper division units including
Introduces the research enterprise in International Studies. Prerequisite: IS 101 and 45 units.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Joseph Dasovic |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Vancouver |
An interdisciplinary course which aims to bring together different disciplinary perspectives on international affairs through the study of influential texts which, between them, involve study of core themes to the program: development, governance and civil society, war and peace, human rights and questions of culture and ethnicity. Prerequisite: 90 units. International Studies major or honours students.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Amyn Sajoo |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Vancouver |
The remaining 16 units are chosen from one of the three concentrations. At least 12 out of the 16 upper division concentration units must be completed from International Studies course offerings at 911³Ô¹Ï. Up to a maximum of 4 upper division units may be chosen from non-IS course offerings.*
International Security and Conflict
A seminar-based, interdisciplinary course providing a gendered analysis of violence and resistance, to violence, focusing on political states, conflict and war, individual experiences, and institutional situations through feminist and critical masculinities lenses. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units in GSWS or WS or GDST. Students with credit for special temporary topics (STT) course GDST 303 Gender, Violence and Resistance may not complete this course for further credit.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Jen Marchbank |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 4:30–8:20 p.m.
|
Surrey |
An examination of major themes in German history from the establishment of a united German Empire in 1871 to the reunification of Germany in 1990. Emphasis will be placed on issues related to the formation of German national identity and the problems associated with modernization and militarism. Attention will be given to the difficulties of Weimar democracy, the nature of the Third Reich, and contrasting developments in East and West Germany after 1949. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history.
An examination of the history of the Soviet Union from its creation to its collapse, emphasizing its ideology, culture, role in global politics, and social and economic transformations. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history.
An introduction to the history of the origins and course of the second world war. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 225.
| Section | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Distance Education |
A study of Ottoman society and the impact of Ottoman rule in the Middle East from the conquest of Constantinople to the death of Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. Emphasis will be on the conflict between preservation and reform in the nineteenth century and on the significance of the Ottoman legacy for twentieth century Turkey and the Arab world. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249.
The intellectual and social history of greater Iran from the Safavids to the twentieth century. Emphasis will be on the relationship between religion and politics. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AR Rezamand |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
|
| D101 |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 5:30–6:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
This course examines the role of imperialism in the transformation of societies in the Middle East and North Africa over the last two centuries. Focusing mainly on the cases of Ottoman, British and French empire building, the course discusses the socio-economic, cultural and political changes brought about by the interaction of various segments of local societies with these imperial powers. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249.
An examination of this century's major themes in the history of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as other states of the Arabian peninsula. Topics to be investigated include the origins of Arab nationalism and Islamic reformism; the origins and development of the Lebanese question; the emergence of the politics of the military in Iraq and Syria, and the special role of the Jordanian and Arabian monarchies. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 151, 249.
Covers the period in Japan from the 1930s to the 1950s and will introduce students to topics such as wartime atrocities, the dropping of the atomic bombs and the prosecution of war criminals. It will also attempt to explain why so much controversy surrounds interpretations of events arising from Japan's last war, the Asia-Pacific War. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Recommended: at least one course on modern Japan.
An examination of major debates concerning the history of late-nineteenth and twentieth century Germany. Themes may include the nature of German modernity, interpretations of the Third Reich, or German memory after the Second World War. Content may vary from offering to offering; see course outline for further information. HIST 401 may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units, including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 224, 225, 332 or permission of the department.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lauren Rossi |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
Advanced analysis of specific problems in social, intellectual, and political history of modern Russia. Content may vary from offering to offering; see course outline for further information. HIST 419W may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 224 or 225. Writing.
Examines the cycle of violence that followed the Axis occupation of Greece and created a political schism that lasted until the 1980s. The course will focus on Greek resistance, foreign relations and relations with the British intelligence services. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for HS 422 may not take this course for further credit.
Examines topics in the social, political, and cultural history of Italy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Content may vary from offering to offering. See course outline for further information. HIST 445 may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Paul Garfinkel |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
Focuses on major issues and trends in the history of the Ottoman Empire from the mid-eighteenth century to its demise in the aftermath of World War I. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: HIST 151 and 249.
| Section | Instructor | Day/Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Thomas Kuehn |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
|
Burnaby |
Advanced concepts and methodology applied to the study of one or more Latin American regions. Examples are: pre-Columbian and colonial Middle America; revolutionary Mexico 1910-1970, Brazil from Slavery to Militarism, frontier society to hyper-urbanism in the La Plata countries. Content may vary from offering to offering; see course outline for further information. HIST 458W may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 104, 208, 209W. Writing.
Advanced concepts and methodology applied to the study of traditional and contemporary institutions (the church, the great estate, the peasantry, elite structures) and/or political movements (agrarian revolution, populism, the modernizing military). Emphasis placed on changing historiographical interpretations. Content may vary from offering to offering; see course outline for further information. HIST 459W may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Recommended: one of HIST 104, 208, 209W. Writing.
Explores ideas, people, and movements of social criticism and social justice, stressing history as a way to understand and engage the present. Content may vary from offering to offering; see course outline for further information. HIST 463W may be repeated for credit only when a different topic is taught. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history. Students with credit for HIST 412 or HIST 412W cannot take HIST 463W for further credit when offered with the course topic "Marxism.". Writing.
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Stevan Bozanich |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
A discussion of the modern history of nation-building in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The topics discussed include Zionism, the British Mandate in Palestine, the creation of the state of Israel, the rise of modern Palestinian nationalism, and the role of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute in regional and international affairs. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 151, 249, 350, 354, 355 or permission of the department.
An interpretive discussion of the course of modern Egyptian history. This may range from the advent to power of Muhammed Ali Pasha until recent times, or may focus on specific periods of revolutionary change. Prerequisite: 45 units including nine units of lower division history and one of HIST 151, 249, 350, 354, 355 or permission of the department.
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Paul Sedra |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 8:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
Provides an opportunity to examine social, cultural, and political challenges involved in working or living abroad. Students reflect on the knowledge, skills, and values gained while abroad, with attention to career-related pathways and possibilities. Topics include the complexities of cross-cultural engagement and ethical aspects of experiential learning in international settings. Graded as Pass/Fail (P/F). Prerequisite: This course will be open to any 911³Ô¹Ï student who has completed an international study, research, internship, or volunteership program.
Explores how international actors respond to humanitarian emergencies, such as famine, displacement, and genocide. Examines the political, legal, and ethical challenges of humanitarian action by focusing on contemporary cases and on key types of response, from the delivery of aid to sanctions and the use of military force. Prerequisite: 45 units. Breadth-Humanities/Social Sciences.
Surveys the ethnic minorities of Southeast Asia, focusing on their relations with other ethnic groups, especially majority populations, and governments. Examines the treatment of ethnic minorities and the responses of the minorities, including ethnic-based secession movements. Reviews cross-border and broader international issues relating to minorities, such as their status as refugees and cross-border support for insurgencies. Prerequisite: 45 units.
Introduces the Russian Federation's foreign and security policies. Reviews key actors, institutions, and stages in the development of Russian foreign policy development as well as the gap between rhetoric and realities in Russian foreign policy. Prerequisite: 45 units. Recommended: IS 200 and HIST 335.
Examines the causes of state fragility and collapse, and assesses the challenges of reconstruction. Focusing on cases from different regions, we will explore the security dimensions of state fragility; the role of humanitarian intervention; the challenge of building democratic institutions in divided societies; and, the relationship between statebuilding and peacebuilding. Prerequisite: 45 units. Students who have taken IS 409 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.
Examines ethical issues of global concern, with a focus on debates about poverty, environmental change, and armed conflict. Introduces students to relevant political and ethical theories, such as cosmopolitanism and nationalism, utilitarianism, theories of human rights, and ethics of care. Assesses various policy responses to these global challenges. Prerequisite: 45 units. Students who have taken IS 319 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.
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David Matijasevich |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
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Vancouver |
Specific details of courses to be offered will be published prior to enrollment each term. Prerequisite: 45 units.
Examines security issues and events with attention to gender. Focuses on themes related to war, political violence, post-war reconstruction, militarism, military culture, and peace activism with attention to women and marginalised communities, gender norms, and feminist and queer approaches to rethinking security and imagining peace. Prerequisite: 45 units.
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Megan MacKenzie |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
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Vancouver |
Provides an overview of national and political issues in Southeast Asia. Surveying politics in individual countries and regional political institutions, focus is given to particular themes such as democratization and civil society, communism and other forms of authoritarianism, the role of the military, decentralization, religion and politics, the impact of China on the region, and security concerns. Prerequisite: 45 units.
Introduces the political, economic, and ideological dynamics of contemporary Middle Eastern states. Examines the legacy of colonialism, state formation, central ideological trends such as Arab nationalism and political Islam, the dynamics of state-society contention, and the challenges of economic development. Prerequisite: 45 units.
Examines the new states of post-Soviet Central Asia, with particular reference to the relationship among democratization, development, autocracy and conflict, and the role of external actors in transnational security issues in the region. Prerequisite: 45 units. Recommended: IS 200. Students with credit for IS 412 may not take this course for further credit.
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Nicole Jackson |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
Survey course of major contemporary issues relevant to people's lives in Sub-Saharan Africa as well as major debates about these. Study of the historic, economic, political, social and cultural factors contributing to contemporary realities and perspectives. Relevant for students with little to significant familiarity with life in Africa. Prerequisite: 45 units.
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Elizabeth Cooper |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
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Vancouver |
From peasant uprisings and student protests to armed insurrections, this course explores the range of African social movements and assesses their role in shaping Africa's future. Key themes include the role of ethnicity and religion, the impact of urbanization, economic inequality, gender politics, and trends in international solidarity and engagement. Prerequisite: 45 units. Students who have taken IS 319 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.
Examines ideas and practices that affect experiences of forced migration and responses to these situations. What does it mean to live as a refugee? And what needs to change to alleviate the hardships and suffering of so many displaced people? Prerequisite: 45 units. Students who have taken IS 329 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.
Examines how states engage with the global security architecture to address a range of contemporary security challenges. Taking a comparative perspective, we investigate key actors’ involvement with regional and international institutions such as the UN, NATO, and the EU. Issues may include disinformation, cybersecurity, outer space security, trafficking, and terrorism. Prerequisite: 45 units. Students who have taken IS 409 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.
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Nicole Jackson |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
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Burnaby |
Reviews important current regional issues in Southeast Asia with particular attention to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Prerequisite: 45 units.
Focuses upon the political Islamist movements that have swept much of the Middle East and North Africa since the mid-1970s. Examines a broad range of movements, from liberal to militant trends, drawing on the experiences of countries throughout the region. Prerequisite: 45 units. Recommended: HIST 151 or IS 315.
An examination of Latin America through historical, literary, and social scientific approaches. Prerequisite: 45 units. Recommended: IS 209W or HIST 209W.
Explores diplomacy in its bilateral and multilateral forms, from the perspective of practitioners. Examines how diplomatic principles and procedures have been applied in various areas of global policy (e.g. human rights, peacemaking, climate change, and disarmament). Focuses on the development of diplomatic skills, such as analysis, reporting, and negotiation. Prerequisite: 45 units. Students who have taken IS 409 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.
Problems arising from the disparities in power and wealth between the highly industrialized countries of Europe and North America, and the under-industrialized countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Prerequisite: Six lower division units in political science or permission of the department.
Sovereignty, nationality, jurisdiction, arbitration. Examination of selected cases exemplifying present trends in the international legal order. Prerequisite: Six lower division units in political science or permission of the department.
An examination of the structures and processes and the main substantive decisions of the United Nations and related international organizations. Based upon in-depth study of the UN Charter, the Security Council, General Assembly, Secretary-general and Secretariat and their constitutional and political interactions since 1945, with special attention to the theory and practice of international organization advanced by the principal Western countries, the Soviet Union and Soviet bloc, the People's Republic of China and leading Third World countries. Prerequisite: Six lower division units in political science or permission of the department.
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Tyler Chamberlain |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
Examines the origins and causes of several major conflicts during the last century. This course reviews various theories on the causes of conflict and war in the international system. It also examines the techniques of preventive diplomacy, peacekeeping, crisis management and coercive diplomacy as they have been used to try to forestall open warfare and maximize the opportunities for peaceful change and the negotiated resolution of international disputes. Both documentary and feature films will be used to illustrate many types of conflict and warfare in the international system. Course simulations, when employed, will concentrate on the problems and risks that are involved in international efforts to contain and reverse the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Prerequisite: POL 141 and three lower division units in political science or permission of the department.
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Elis Vllasi |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Mon, Wed, 3:30–4:50 p.m.
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Burnaby |
Explores what is involved in shifting the focus in the security realm from 'national interest' to the safety and needs of humans. Addresses several contemporary issues of human insecurity such as genocide, terrorism, civil wars and other complex emergencies; the political economy of conflict (small arms, "blood" diamonds); 'new' inequalities (economic, gender, class, ethnicity); and new health risks (e.g. HIV/AIDS, SARS, ecological degradation). Considers recent initiatives and trends that have emerged to deal with these issues (e.g. humanitarian intervention, International Criminal Court, new coalitions of state and non-state actors such as the Ottawa Process on anti-personnel mines). Prerequisite: Six lower division units in Political Science or permission of the department. Students with credit for POL 349 'Special Topics' for credit under this title may not take this course for further credit.
The political system of Japan, including an analysis of political culture, political institutions, political behavior and both formal and informal political processes. Emphasis will be placed on the pre-World War II political development of Japan. Prerequisite: Six lower division units in political science or permission of the department. Students with credit for POL 381W may not take this course for further credit.
This course introduces students to the problems involved in the assertion of universal moral standards across political and cultural divides. These issues will be explored at a theoretical level, and in the context of specific human rights controversies. Prerequisite: Eight upper division units in political science or permission of the department.
The course traces the evolution of Canadian thinking on national international security issues through an examination of pre-World War II isolationism, elite attitudes during the Cold War, the formative period of NATO, as well as Canadian involvement in the Korean and Indochina conflicts. More recent policies concerning ALCM testings, NORAD, and nuclear non-proliferation will also be explored in detail. Prerequisite: Eight upper division units in political science or permission of the department.
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Elis Vllasi |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
Provides an overview of the evolution of US and Soviet strategic policies since World War II. The political and doctrinal bases of national strategic debates are closely examined, as are the various obstacles to a more stable international arms control regime for nuclear weapons. Prerequisite: Eight upper division units in Political Science or permission of the department.
Examines US foreign policy in the post World War II era. Topics to be covered will include the formation of foreign policy, 20th century American security issues, alliance relations, crisis management and international economic relations. Prerequisite: Eight upper division units in Political Science or permission of the department. Writing.
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Aaron Hoffman |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
Prerequisite: Eight upper division units in political science or permission of the department.
Prerequisite: Eight upper division units in Political Science or permission of the department .
Students investigate dimensions of the global environmental crisis related to water security, including: human rights, political science, development economics, gender policies, geopolitics, regional integration and security, international law, national legislation, public health, trade, agriculture, energy generation, and water resources management. Prerequisite: 75 units and REM 100 or EVSC 100 or GEOG 100.
Explores the interplay between global Islamic politics and European modernity, including the neoliberal remaking of citizens, societies and states. Historical, comparative and global perspectives address the limitations of conventional approaches that situate Islam within dichotomous models of what is western and what is eastern, and modern versus non-modern. Prerequisite: SA 101 or SA 150 or SA 201W.
Comparative World Politics, Culture and Society
Examines the global division of labor where migrant women as well as immigrant women tend to be exploited in numerous forms, ranging from lack of citizenship rights and erosion of skills to the risk of sexual assault, due to immigration/migration and social policies of various countries. Prerequisite: 15 units. Students with credit for WS 320 Special Topics: Immigrant Women and Economic Security may not complete this course for further credit.
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May Farrales |
Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
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Burnaby |
A study of British and Irish society, culture and politics from the accession of George III to the present. Prerequisite: 45 units, including six units of lower division history. Students who have taken HIST 316 cannot take 314 for additional credit.