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Year 1 course offerings The Year 1 Course Offerings Timetable, complete with days and times, can be found at wlu.ca/brantford/timetable.
Course descriptions HEALTH STUDIES
JN201 Reporting and Writing II
HS101 Physical Determinants of Health (0.5 credit) For students with little or no background in human biology, this course is a basic introduction to biological concepts related to human health and disease. Topics include a review of anatomy, physiology and the pathology of selected organ systems and their associated diseases. Exclusions: SC103.
HS200 Social Determinants of Health (0.5 credit)
find a definition LAURIER LINGO, a glossary of terms for planning your timetable can be found on page 20.
This course is an introduction to the study of health and illness, and the social determinants of health. What is health and what does it mean to be sick? How do social and cultural factors influence ideas about “health” and “sickness”? Topics may include: individual and population health, gender, health and the environment, the social construction of health and illness, and cross-cultural ideas of health. Prerequisite: BF190 or CT121 to HS200
ITALIAN IT101 Introduction to Italian I
(0.5 credit)
A continuation of IT101. Prerequisites: IT101, Grade 11 Italian or equivalent, (or permission of the department). Exclusions: Grade 12U (or above) Italian, IT131, or equivalent (except with permission of the department).
JOURNALISM JN/MX101 Reporting and Writing I (0.5 credit)
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Students will develop practical skills in the basics of reporting and writing for print news while also reflecting upon how the professional practices and structures of the news media are one of many forms of public communication. They will examine how news media practices both reflect and contribute to broader socio-political forces, thus developing their skills in a context of critical reflection. Writing skills are honed through online lab work. Students will be assigned media writing tutors and will submit weekly lab assignments electronically to them for critique. 2 hour lecture.
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Prerequisites: JN101. 2 hour lecture, 3 hour lab.
JN/MX207 Journalism and Democracy (0.5 credit) This course probes the historical, social and political foundations of journalism’s democratic mission with special attention to contemporary challenges facing the medium and its democratic goals. Students will read key texts in political theory, political economy and communications studies, and debate what “democracy” means, and deliberate what constitutes a free and democratic press.
(0.5 credit)
Exclusions: Grade 11 (or above) Italian, IT130, or equivalent (except with permission of the department).
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A continuation of JN101. Students in this course will further explore the theory and practice of storytelling, with an emphasis on radio journalism. Students will produce radio newscasts and current affairs programming. In relation to broadcast new, students will examine how news media practices both reflect and contribute to broader socio-political forces, thus developing their skills in a context of critical reflection. Course subject to a technology access fee.
Prerequisites: JN101 or 2 - 100 level CT courses.
An introduction to the structure, phonology and semantics of Italian. Oral and written practice will focus on basic grammar, practical vocabulary and pronunciation. The course is designed for students with little or no knowledge of Italian.
IT102 Introduction to Italian II
(0.5 credit)
LAW AND SOCIETY LY100 Law and Society I: Are There Windows In Law Schools? ( 0.5 credit) Can we really speak of law as an independent social phenomenon, or must we ‘put windows in law schools’ in order to understand why the law is the way it is? This course will provide an introduction to understanding law as an interactive part of society, and not simply as a self-enforcing system of rules. The course will focus on considering some of those social forces that influence, and are influenced by, law.
LY200 Law and Society II: Are There Doors In Law Schools?
(0.5 credit)
Is it enough simply ‘to look through the windows’ at society to understand the law, or must we ‘walk through the doors’ into an experience of the world to consider whether law and society affect one another? This course will explore in greater detail those issues glimpsed in Part One. Potential topics include, on the one hand, judicial discretion, legal positivism, and the rule of law, and on the other hand, the role of class, race, gender, and politics, insofar as they affect the formation and enforcement of law. Prerequisites: LY100.