Archived Course Outlines
Archived Course Outlines (Fall 2008-Spring 2024)
Course Outlines for 2023-2024
Course outlines will be available in mid-August and posted as they become available.
Please refer to course descriptions and archived course outlines.
1000 Level Courses
HUMS 1000A Foundational Myths and Histories
HUMS 1200A Humanities and Classical Civilization
HUMS 1200B Humanities and Classical Civilization
HUMS 1300A Classical Literature and Its Reception
RELI 1731A Varieties of Religious Experience
2000 Level Courses
HUMS 2000A Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102A Modern European Art 1527-2000
RELI 2710A Maccabees to Muhammad
3000 Level Courses
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination
HUMS 3102A Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200 European Literature
HUMS 3200A European Literature
4000 Level Courses
HUMS 4000A Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4103A Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4500A Modern Intellectual History
HUMS 4901B Plato and the Sophists
HUMS 4903A Hermeneutics: Interpreting Texts
Course Outlines 2022-2023
1000 Level Courses
HUMS 1000A Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005A Early Human Cultures
HUMS 1200A Humanities and Classical Civilisation
HUMS 1200B Humanities and Classical Civilisation
2000 Level Courses
HUMS 2000A Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102A Modern European Art 1527-2000
3000 Level Courses
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination
HUMS 3102A Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200A European Literature
HUMS 3500A Ancient and Medieval Intellectual History
4000 Level Courses
HUMS 4000A Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4000A Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4103A Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4500A Modern Intellectual History
HUMS 4901B Dante’s Divine Comedy
HUMS 4902A Studies in Renaissance Literature
Course Outlines 2021-2022
1000 Level Courses
HUMS 1000A Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005A Early Human Culture
HUMS 1200 (A and B) Humanities and Classical Civilisation
2000 Level Courses
HUMS 2000A Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102A Modern European Art 1527-2000
3000 Level Courses
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination
HUMS 3102A Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200A European Literature
4000 Level Courses
HUMS 4000A Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4103A Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4500A Modern Intellectual History
HUMS 4902A Studies in Renaissance Literature
HUMS 4903A The Conservative Intellectual Tradition
Course Outlines for 2020-2021
1000 Level Courses
HUMS 1000A Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005A Early Human Cultures
HUMS 1200A Humanities and Classical Civilization
HUMS 1200B Humanities and Classical Civilization
2000 Level Courses
HUMS 2000A Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102A Modern European Art 1527-2000
3000 Level Courses
HUMS 3000A Renaissance to Romanticism
HUMS 3102A Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200A European Literature
HUMS 3500A Ancient and Medieval Intellectual History
4000 Level Courses
HUMS 4000A Politics Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4103A Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4500A Modern Intellectual History
HUMS 4901B Dante’s Divine Comedy
HUMS 4902B Tudor Queens: Sex, Power, and Writing in the Lives of Katherine Parr, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, and Mary Queen of Scots
HUMS 4903A The Conservative Intellectual Tradition
Course Outlines for 2019-2020
1000 Level Courses
HUMS 1000A Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005A Early Human Cultures
HUMS 1200 Section A: Humanities and Classical Civilisation
HUMS 1200 Section B: Humanities and Classical Civilisation
2000 Level Courses
HUMS 2000A Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102A Modern European Art 1527-2000
3000 Level Courses
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination Winter Term
HUMS 3102A Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200A European Literature
4000 Level Courses
HUMS 4000A Politics Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4103A Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4500A Modern Intellectual History
HUMS 4901A Dante’s Divine Comedy
HUMS 4903A Advanced Research Seminar in Vladimir Nabokov and Marcel Proust
Course Outlines for 2018-2019
First Year
CLCV 2008A Greek and Roman Epic
HUMS 1000A Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005A Early Human Cultures
HUMS 1200A Humanities and Classical Civilization
HUMS 1200A Lectures and Readings
HUMS 1200B Humanities and Classical Civilization
Second Year
CLCV 2008A Greek and Roman Epic
HUMS 2000A Lectures and Readings
HUMS 2000A Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art From Antiquity to The Medieval World
HUMS 2102A Modern European Art 1527-2000
Third Year
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination
HUMS 3102A Western Music 1000-1850
Hums 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200A European Literature
HUMS 3200A Learning Objectives
HUMS 3500A Ancient and Medieval Intellectual History
Course Outlines for 2017-2018
1000 Level
HUMS 1000 Schedule for Winter 2018
HUMS 1000A Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005A Early Human Cultures
HUMS 1200 A and B Humanities and Classical Civilisation
RELI 1731A Varieties of Religious Experience
RELI 1731A Varieties of Religious Experience
2000 Level
CLCV 2008A Greek and Roman Literary Genres
HUMS 2000 Reason and Revelation
HUMS 2101A Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102A European Early Modern Art
RELI 2710A Maccabees to Muhammad
RELI 2710A Maccabees to Muhammad (Winter)
3000 Level
HUMS 3000A Culture and Imagination
HUMS 3102 Western Music 1000-1850
HUMS 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
Hums 3103A Western Music 1850-2000
HUMS 3200A European Literature
4000 Level
HUMS 4000 Fall Reading List and Weekly Topics
HUMS 4000A Politics, Modernity and the Common Good
HUMS 4000A Politics, Modernity and the Common Good – Winter 2019
HUMS 4000A Winter Term (Politics, Modernity and the Common Good)
HUMS 4103 Winter Schedule
HUMS 4103A Science in the Modern World
Fourth Year – Research Seminars
- HUMS 4902A Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment-Spinoza’s Ethics (F)
- HUMS 4902A Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment-Tudor Queens: Sex, Power and Writing in the Lives of Katherine Parr, Elizabeth I, and Mary Queen of Scots(W)
- HUMS 4904A Research Seminar: Non-Western Traditions-The Philosophy of Avicenna (W)
Course Outlines for 2016-2017
1000 Level
- HUMS 1000 Myth and Symbol (F/W) Winter 2017 Schedule
- HUMS 1005 Early Human Cultures Resource Page (W)
- RELI 1731 Varieties of Religious Experience (W)
- HUMS 1200 Humanities and Classical Civilization (F)
HUMS 1500 Introduction to Humanities — Five Books that Changed the World (W). Note: Open to students in the Bachelor of Arts program. B.Hum students may not take this course. *Not offered F/W 2016-2017.
2000 Level
- CLCV 2008 Greek and Roman Epic (F)
- CLCV 2010 Greek and Roman Drama (W)
- HUMS 2000 Reason and Revelation (F/W)
- RELI 2710 Maccabees to Muhammad (F/W)
- HUMS 2101 Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World (F)
- HUMS 2102 Modern European Art (W)
3000 Level
- HUMS 3000 Culture and Imagination (F/W) Winter schedule of lectures
- HUMS 3200 European Literature (F/W) Course Objectives
- HUMS 3102 Western Music 1000-1850 (F)
- HUMS 3103 Western Music 1850-2000 (W)
4000 Level
- HUMS 4000 Politics, Modernity and the Common Good (F/W)
- HUMS 4103 Science in the Modern World (W)
- HUMS 4104 Modern Intellectual History (F)
Fourth Year – Research Seminars
- HUMS 4902A Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment-Spinoza’s Ethics (F)
- HUMS 4902A Research Seminar: Renaissance to Enlightenment-Tudor Queens: Sex, Power and Writing in the Lives of Katherine Parr, Elizabeth I, and Mary Queen of Scots(W)
- HUMS 4904A Research Seminar: Non-Western Traditions-The Philosophy of Avicenna (W)
First Year
HUMS 1000 — Myth and Symbol
HUMS 1005 — Early Human Cultures
RELI 1731 — Varieties of Religious Experience
HUMS 1200 — Humanities and Classical Civilisation
CLCV 2008 — Greek and Roman Epic
- 2015-16
- 2014-2015
- 2013-14 (first year offered)
CLCV 2010 — Greek and Roman Drama
HUMS 1500 — Introduction to Humanities — Five Books that Changed the World
Second Year
HUMS 2000 — Reason and Revelation
RELI 2710 — Maccabees to Muhammad
- 2015-16
- 2014-2015
- 2013-14 Winter Term
- 2012-13
- 2011-12
- 2010-11
- 2009-10
- 2008-09
HUMS 2101 — Art from Antiquity to the Medieval World
HUMS 2102 — Modern European Art
Third Year
HUMS 3000 — Culture and Imagination
- 2015-16
- 2014-15
- 2013-14
- 2012-13
- 2011-12 (Supplement)
- 2010-11
- 2009-10 (Supplement)
- 2008-09 (Supplement)
HUMS 3200 — European Literature
HUMS 3102 — Western Music 1000-1850 & HUMS 3103 — Western Music 1850-2000
- HUMS 3102 Fall 2015
- HUMS 3103 Winter 2016
- HUMS 3102 Fall 2014
- HUMS 3103 Winter 2015
- HUMS 3102 Fall 2013
- HUMS 3103 Winter 2014
- 2012-13
- 2011-12
- 2010-11
- 2009-10
- 2008-09
Fourth Year
HUMS 4000 — Politics, Modernity & the Common Good
- 2015-16
- 2014-201 Full Outline Fall 2014 Detailed Outline
Winter 2015 Detailed Outline - 2013-14 (Winter Term)
- 2011-12
- 2010-11 (Supplement) (Winter Term)
- 2009-10
- 2008-09 (Winter Term)
HUMS 4103 — Science in the Modern World
HUMS 4104 — Modern Intellectual History
Fourth Year – Research Seminars
2015-2016
2014-2015
- HUMS 4901 The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas — Erik Stephenson
- HUMS 4902 Studies in Renaissance Literature On the Paradoxes of Human Nature: Shakespeare’s Problem Comedies and The Discomposure of a Genre— Donald Beecher
2013-14
- HUMS 4901 Utopian USA: A Survey of the Utopian Impulse Within American Culture — Brian Greenspan
- HUMS 4903 Witchcraft, Crime & Social Disorder in Early Modern England — David Dean
2012-13
- HUMS 4901 — Plato’s Later Dialogues: Theaetetus, Parmenides, Sophist, Statesman — Gregory MacIsaac
HUMS 4903 — Revolutions in Romantic Literature — Paul Keen
HUMS 4904 — The History of Satan — Kimberly Stratton
2011-12
- HUMS 4901 — Saints and Pilgrims — John Osborne
- HUMS 4904 — Being and Imagination in Medieval Thought: The Metaphysics of Ibn Arabi — Mohammed Rustom
2010-11
- HUMS 4901 — The History of Satan — Kimberly Stratton
- HUMS 4902 — The School of Sentiments: Emile and the Theory of Moral Sentiments — Geoffrey Kellow
- HUMS 4903 — The Galileo Affair — W.R. Laird
- HUMS 4904 — Mahatma Gandhi Across Cultures — Noel Salmond
2009-10
- HUMS 4901 — The History of Satan — Kimberly Stratton
- HUMS 4903 — Justice and the Public Good in the Literature of Renaissance England — Donald Beecher
- HUMS 4904 — Plato’s Theaetetus — Gregory MacIsaac