ELL010H1
Intensive Academic English
Students will learn strategies for improving high-level reading comprehension,
listening to lectures with full understanding, and giving successful oral
presentations. A series of short writing assignments will develop and apply
skills in grammar, vocabulary-building, and critical thinking. Suitable for
humanities, social science and science students. This course has no credit
value: it does not count toward degree requirements. For information, see www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/ell.htm.
NEW471H1 Interdisciplinary Special Topics [26S]
Topics vary from year to hear depending on the instructor.
This is a Humanities course
African Studies Courses
NEW150Y1 Introduction to African Studies [52L]
A multi-disciplinary study of Africa, emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis. Pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary African history, anthropology, politics, African humanism and society, religion, art, music, race, resistance, gender and Pan-Africanism.
NEW250Y1 Africa in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities [52L], 26T
An introduction to the study of Africa as a living place rather than merely a site for intellectual speculation and study. This course explores the issues that engage the attention of ordinary Africans, ranging from the dramatic to the seemingly trivial but quotidian concerns that occupy our lives. Topics covered will include urban life, family networks, kinship and social capital, religion and belief systems, indigenous government, courts and judicial processes, migration, and land tenure. Materials studied will include the various African media in Toronto radio, television, newspapers, literature, religion, politics, sports, music, film and food as well as BBC World Service, allAfrica and Panapress and several African socio-cultural journals and texts.
This is a Humanities or Social Science course.
NEW280Y1 Introductory Swahili [26L, 78T]
Introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary of Swahili. Emphasis on comprehension and oral practice. Reading of selected texts. Relation of the language to its East African cultural context. (Offered in alternate years)
NEW281Y1 Introductory Somali [104L]
Introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary of Somali. Emphasis on comprehension and oral practice. Reading of selected texts. Relation of the language to its cultural context in the Horn of Africa.
NEW296Y1 Black Freedom [52L, 26T]
People of African descent from Olaudah Equiano to Angela Davis have made profound contributions to the intellectual history and political practice of freedom in the Atlantic world. Black writers and historical actors have been at the vanguard of re-conceiving, implementing, and realizing the Enlightenment project of freedom.
Exclusion: HIS296Y1
NEW322Y1 The Contemporary African Novel [52S]
Novels written in the last forty years by English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africans. Ideological views concerning colonialism and neo-colonialism. Tradition, religious and secular; the use of African symbolism. A small number of historical and sociological texts are recommended as essential background reading. Works not written in English are read in translation. (Offered in alternate years)
NEW350H1 Special Topics: AIDS in Africa: Challenges and Successes [26L]
Explores the pandemic of AIDS in Africa through a social science lens.
Recommended preparation: NEW150Y1
NEW351Y1 African Systems of Thought (formerly NEW252Y1) [52L]
The exploration of a range of African cosmologies, epistemologies, and theologies, as well as specific case studies on justice, the moral order, and gender relations. The influence of these richly diverse traditions is traced as well in the writings of African thinkers in the Diaspora.
Recommended preparation: NEW150Y1
Exclusion: NEW252Y1, JAP256H1/JAP356H1
NEW352Y1 Cinemas and African Expressive Culture (formerly JNI388Y1) [26L, 78P]
A study of African cultures through films and production contexts. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation: INI115Y1/NEW150Y1
Exclusions: JNI388Y1/INI483H1
NEW380Y1 Intermediate Swahili [26L, 78T]
Grammar and syntax. Conversation and written composition. Reading of texts: literary, journalistic. Relation of the language to its East African context. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: NEW280Y1
NEW450H1 Advanced Topics in African Studies [26S]
A required course for all Specialists and Majors in the African Studies Program, enrolment is restricted to students enrolled in the program in their final year of study. The seminar is taught by the core faculty in the African Studies Program and is designed to build upon the accumulated knowledge of students and the interdisciplinary nature of the program. Topics vary from year to year.
Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Courses
NEW214Y1 Socially Engaged Buddhism [52L]
A comprehensive survey of socially engaged Buddhism. Particular focus on contemporary movements in Vietnam, Tibet, China & Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. The role of women in Buddhism.
NEW232Y1 Buddhist Psychology: Theories & Applications (formerly NEW402Y1, NEW432Y1) [78S]
Explores the contributions of Buddhism to the study of human consciousness and behaviour. Focus is on the expanding academic discourse on the intersection of Buddhist and Western theories of psychology, phenomenology and psychotherapy. Includes analyses of the application of Buddhist mindfulness meditation in clinical interventions for mental and physical disorders.
Exclusion: NEW402Y1, NEW432Y1
NEW331H1 Buddhism and the Science of Mindfulness Meditation [26S]
This course will examine the modern mindfulness movement from a scientific and Buddhist perspective. Emphasis will be placed on the key Buddhist sutras and commentaries related to the practice of mindfulness and their relation the mindfulness meditation practices increasingly popular in the West.
Recommended preparation: NEW232Y1
NEW332H1 Buddhism and Psychotherapy [26S]
This course will evaluate the relationship between Buddhist psychology and the practice of Western psychotherapy. Areas that will be studied include positive psychology, psychoanalysis, cognitive-behaviour therapy, mindfulness meditation and Jungian psychology. Comparisons with original Buddhist teachings and commentaries will be made.
Recommended preparation: NEW232Y1
NEW333H1 Buddhism and Cognitive Science [39L]
This course will explore some important connections between Cognitive Science and Buddhism. In particular it will examine the insights of cognitive science into central Buddhist concepts such as wisdom, mindfulness, meditation, insight and self-control, as well as related concepts such as flow and mystical experience.
Recommended preparation: NEW232Y1/RLG206Y1
NEW339H1 Special Topics in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health [26L]
Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.
Recommended preparation: NEW232Y1
NEW433H1 Advanced Special Topics in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health [26S]
An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.
Recommended preparation: NEW232Y1/RLG206Y1
Caribbean Studies Courses
NEW223Y1 Caribbean Literature and Society [52S]
A study of Caribbean writers of fiction, poetry and drama, drawn from the major linguistic and racial/cultural groups in the region. Works are analyzed as literary texts and within the contexts of social and political life in which the writing is situated.
NEW224Y1 Caribbean Thought I [52L, 26T]
A multi-disciplinary exploration of writing pertaining to culture and consciousness particularly Afro- and Indo-Caribbean thought: theoretical perspectives on the implications and consequences of slavery and indenture, the struggle for freedom from the legacy of the plantation and colonial dependence, responses to domination and exploitation, race, gender, religion and music.
Recommended preparation: HIS106Y1
NEW324Y1 Caribbean Thought II [52L]
Critical enquiry at an advanced level into the construction of society, race, language, religion, culture and gender; theories of economy, resistance, self-affirmation, continuing colonization and place of the Caribbean within the global context; internal and external theoretical perspectives on the Caribbean personality.
Prerequisite: NEW224Y1
NEW325H1 Caribbean Women Thinkers [26L]
An examination of the historical and political significance of writings (literary, political, scholarly) by Caribbean women who engage problems within Caribbean culture and provide insights into the endeavours of the peoples of the region.
NEW326Y1 Indenture, Survival, Change [52L]
Indian survival in the Caribbean despite hardships of indentured labour; social and cultural change; role of Hinduism and Islam; resistance to Colonial domination; contribution of Indo-Caribbean intellectuals to literature, politics, and education. (Offered in alternate years)
NEW327Y1 The Hispanic Caribbean: Race, Religion and Revolution in Cuban History and Culture [52L]
Examines Cubas relevance and legacy from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Explores the tensions of Cuban life in counterpoint with its creative rendering in the arts and literature, through a variety of fresh approaches in fields such as cultural studies, historical sociology, anthropology, and sociology of religion.
Recommended preparation: LAS200Y1/NEW224Y1
NEW422Y1 Performing and Transforming the Caribbean [52S, 78P]
Addresses ways in which performance can be a force for cultural resistance and social change. Examines Caribbean performances such as jonkonnu, theatre, dance hall and carnival, looking at how these forms engage questions of neo-colonialism, transculturation, gender, race and nation, community and identity and diasporic memory.
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW423H1 Special Topics in Caribbean Studies [26S]
An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1
NEW424H1 The Capitalist Press and the New Imperialism [78S]
Social analysis of the state-corporate mainstream capitalist press (print/electronic) problematically named The Free Press; its racist-sexist globalizing EuroAmerican cultural imperialism; the production of the commoditized consumer-subject and other re-conquest narratives and their implications for Caribbean and other World Majority peoples.
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1
Exclusion: NEW424Y1
NEW426H1 Special Topics in Caribbean Studies [39S]
NEW426Y1 Special Topics in Caribbean Studies [78S]
An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite: NEW324Y1
Equity Studies Courses
NEW214Y1
Socially Engaged Buddhism [52L]
See Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Courses above
NEW240Y1
Introduction to Equity Studies [52L]
An interdisciplinary study of issues of social diversity exploring debates
about the origins of inequity and the various means of addressing it. Course
readings draw from a broad range of relevant literature in the Humanities,
Social Sciences, and Natural and Medical Sciences.
NEW241Y1
Introduction to Disability Studies [52L]
Introduces students to the theory and practice of Disability Studies. Explores
the history of the development of disability studies. Examines cultural representations
of disability and critically assesses the ways disability is conceptualized
in societal institutions. Forms of disability activism are also discussed.
NEW341H1
Special Topics in Equity Studies [26S]
NEW342H1
Special Topics in Equity Studies [26S]
An upper level seminar dealing with topics related to Equity Studies.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW343H1
The Romani Diaspora in Canada [26L]
Romani history and culture through theories on the origins and diaspora of
the Roma (often misnamed “gypsies”). Historic and current equity issues facing
the Roma people (particularly newcomers) in Canada from c1890 to the present.
Recommended preparation: NEW240Y1 or a course in East European History
NEW344Y1
Selected Topics in Equity Studies [52L]
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW349H1
Selected Topics in Disability Studies [26S]
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1/366H1/SOC373H1/374H1
NEW441H1
Advanced Topics in Equity Studies [26S]
NEW442H1
Advanced Topics in Equity Studies [26S]
An advanced level seminar course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of instructor
NEW444H1
Social Change and Non-Violence [26S]
Examines theories and practices that promote the building of cooperative, non-violent
communities. Grounded in a series of historical cases studies, the course critically
considers Gandhian principles and the ways in which these have been translated
into collective action.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1 or permission of the instructor
NEW449H1
Advanced Topics in Disability Studies [26S]
An advanced level seminar course. Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: NEW240Y1/366H1/SOC373H1/374H1
Paradigms and Archetypes Courses
NEW209Y1
Stories: Constructs of Knowledge [52L, 26T]
Examines cross-disciplinary issues raised by the telling and retelling of stories:
sequence and consequence; narrative as argument and proof by scenario; construction
and deconstruction of identities; instabilities amongst “history,” “fact,”
“fiction,” “myth,” “law” and “science”. Works by Darwin, Davis, Gould, Kincaid,
Kuhn, Ondaatje, Plato, etc.
NEW301Y1
Analogy and Its Rituals [52L, 26T]
Issues of rhetorical proof, analysis and interpretation in open (alogical)
systems; mediation and the media; the scandal of chaos; motives for metaphor,
custom and culture, anatomies of reason, idea and ideology. (Offered in alternate
years)
Recommended preparation: NEW 209Y
NEW302Y1
C.G. Jung: Stories, Dilemmas, Rituals [52L]
Impact of Jung’s analytical psychology, critical methodology and interpretative
practice on issues in religion, anthropology, art and literature, popular culture,
gender studies and postmodernist critique. Theoretical studies include traditional
Jungian and contemporary post-Jungian texts together with anti-Jungian, feminist,
and non-Jungian sources.
Prerequisite: At least one course in the humanities
NEW303H1
The Hypothesis of the Unconscious [26L]
Current discussions of the hypothesis, especially Jung’s collective unconscious;
critical examination through retrospective analysis of the evolution and development
of the concept in works from philosophy, psychology, poetry, ethnology, science
and popular culture that anticipated, influenced or were influenced by the
work of Freud and Jung, post-Freudians and post-Jungians.
Recommended preparation: NEW 302Y1
NEW 304Y1
Dilemmas [52L, 26T]
Issues raised by the problem/solution paradigm and the construction of truth
as binary; strategies of paradox, aporia, paradigm anomaly, enigma, puzzlement;
mystery and mystification; crisis, crux and apocalypse. Authors studied include
Ryle, Mill, Carroll, Tolstoy. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation: NEW 209Y1
NEW306H1
Rabindranath Tagore: Paradigms of Culture
See South Asian Studies Courses below
NEW308H1
Satyajit Ray: Paradigms of Vision
See South Asian Studies Courses below
NEW402Y1
Advanced Special Topics in Paradigms and Archetypes [52S]
Topics vary from year to year, depending on the needs of the program and the
interests of students and instructors.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
NEW403H1
Advanced Special Topics in Paradigms
and Archetypes [26S]
NEW404H1
Advanced Special Topics in Paradigms and Archetypes [26S]
Topics vary from year to year depending on the needs of the program and the
interests of students and instructors. Topic for 2007-2008: Psyche Stories.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent Studies Courses
New College Independent Study courses are designed both to complement regular
offerings in New College programs and to provide an opportunity for New College
students in any program to enrich their studies. The normal expectation of
a project course is that the student, aided and advised by the supervisor,
will read relevant literature, and plan, execute, analyze and report on an
original and independent investigation of an appropriate topic. Written applications
(detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a faculty member
who is prepared to supervise) should be made through the Program Office for
approval by the College’s Committee for Academic Affairs by May 1 for the
Summer Session or by the last Friday in August for the Winter Session. Students
will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of an application. For more
information and application forms, please see the Independent Studies website:
http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/academic-programs/independent-studies/
Enquiries: New College, Room 132 (978-5404)
NEW299Y1
Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See
page 48 for details.
NEW390Y1
New College Independent Studies [TBA]
NEW490Y1
New College Independent Studies [TBA]
Prerequisite: Permission of College
NEW391H1
New College Independent Studies [TBA]
NEW491H1
New College Independent Studies [TBA]
Prerequisite: Permission of College
South Asian Studies Courses
NEW114Y1
Introduction to South Asian Studies [78L]
An interdisciplinary introduction to South Asian Studies emphasizing inquiry
and critical analysis, drawing attention to the specificities of individual
nations as well as the factors (historical, political, economic and cultural)
that define it as a region. Some attention will be paid to the South Asian
diaspora.
NEW210Y1
Introduction to Sanskrit [104L]
Intended for students with little or no knowledge of written Sanskrit. Intensive
introduction to phonology and grammar; syntax of Sanskrit; emphasis on basic
writing and reading. Enrolment may be subject to placement evaluation
Exclusion: RLG260Y1 and EAS282Y1
NEW211Y1
Introduction to Bengali [104L]
Intensive introduction to phonology, grammar, syntax of the modern Bengali
language; emphasis on basic writing and reading.
Exclusion: SAS 201Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation
NEW212Y1
Introduction to Hindi [104L]
Intensive introduction to phonology, grammar, syntax of the modern Hindi language;
emphasis on basic writing and reading.
Exclusion: SAS 202Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation
NEW213Y1Y
Introduction to Tamil [104L]
Intended for students with little or no knowledge of written Tamil. Intensive
introduction to phonology and grammar; syntax of the modern Tamil language;
emphasis on basic writing and reading.
Exclusion: High school Tamil
NEW214Y1
Socially Engaged Buddhism [52L]
See Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Courses above
NEW215H1 Colonial Thought and Postcolonial Practice in Bengal [26L]
An interdisciplinary history, beginning with colonialism as a moment of transition, of the ways in which colonial ideology and indigenous resistance shaped the contours of culture and politics in Bengal until Independence; consideration of factors that provide a sense of unity to Bengali culture while accommodating changes and transformations. (Taught in the summer program only).
NEW216H1 South Asia: Perspectives on Politics and Society [26L]
A critical overview of South Asia, considering historical and social factors that account for both distinctiveness and connections among nations and communities. Special attention to the major role played by postcolonial histories in establishing the separate trajectories of each nation while preserving the significance of the region as a whole.
NEW217H1 Tamil Studies in South Asia and the Diaspora [26L]
An interdisciplinary approach that explains the complexity and multiplicity of Tamil culture. An historical approach to the evolution of Tamil culture over the last twenty centuries. Issues of region, space, politics, and religion will aid in an understanding of contemporary Tamil culture, both in South Asia and the diaspora.
NEW306H1 Rabindranath Tagore: Paradigms of Culture [26L]
Examines Tagores concepts of humanity, art, personality, freedom, nationalism, ashram, science, education. Evaluates Tagores literary contribution, his work in rural reconstruction, and Tagore-Gandhi tensions over education and the non-cooperation movement. Reading knowledge of Bengali not presumed; however students with knowledge of language encouraged to read materials in Bengali.
NEW308H1 Satyajit Ray: Paradigms of Vision [26L]
Examines the artistic vision of Satyajit Ray as chronicler of Bengali culture and one of the greatest filmmakers of our time: his life and work; his films as expressions of his humane vision; cultural orientation and values; fictional compositions, visual and musical artistry; affinities and continuity with Rabindranath Tagore. Reading knowledge of Bengali not presumed; however students with knowledge of language encouraged to read materials in Bengali.
NEW311Y1 Readings in Bengali Literature [104L]
Readings from selected authors of modern Bengali prose and poetry; introduction to samples of pre-modern Bengali texts.:
Exclusion: SAS 301Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation.
Prerequisite: NEW211Y1/SAS 201Y1/ permission of instructor
NEW312Y1 Readings in Hindi Literature [104L]
Readings from selected authors of modern Hindi prose and poetry; introduction to samples of pre-modern Hindi texts.
Exclusion: SAS 302Y1; enrolment subject to placement evaluation
Prerequisite: NEW212Y1/SAS 202Y1/permission of instructor
NEW315Y1 Intermediate Bengali [104L]
Enables students to achieve an elevated level in Bengali in order to read on their own and compose short paragraphs. Provides the required skills to appreciate Bengali literature with comfort. Topics covered: Grammar Euphonic combination; Onomatopoetic & Compound words; Phrases & Idioms. Distinction between Chaste and Standard Colloquial styles of the language.
Prerequisite: NEW211Y1/SAS 201Y1/ permission of instructor
NEW413H1 Advanced Special Topics in South Asian Studies [26S]
NEW414H1
Advanced Special Topics in South Asian Studies [26S]
An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor
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