Vertebrate Zoology - BIOL 3530

Winter 2021

Comparative survey of the morphology, evolution, classification, and natural history of the vertebrates.

Issues in Sexuality - PSYC 3845

Winter 2021

Human universals in sexuality examined within the broader context of human sexual diversity.

Race and Ethnicity - ANTH 3310

Winter 2021

Recent developments in anthropological theory and ethnography. Comparative analysis of race and ethnicity as social and cultural forms of inequality both historically and in contemporary society.

Theory of Knowledge - PHIL 3270

Winter 2021

An introduction to epistemology, focusing on the rational justification of belief, the nature of knowledge and learning (ordinary, mathematical and scientific), perception and the use and abuse of skepticism. Special topics, including epistemology of religion, scientific method and mathematics, may also be taken up.

Biomedical Ethics - PHIL 3402

Winter 2021

This course examines a number of difficult moral issues lying at the intersection of health, medicine, science and social policy. Issues to be examined may include euthanasia, abortion, genetic engineering, informed consent, patient competence, medical experimentation and the right of all citizens to an adequate and equal level of health care.