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ENGLISH COURSES DIRECTLY USED IN DEGREE
ENG-101-K Mark: 94%
Academic Writing: An introduction to university writing and rhetoric, aimed at the development of clear, critical thinking and an effective prose style.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write eight brief essays 300-500 words in length.
Write one research paper 1000-2000 words in length (on the comparative sociolinguistics of the Irish and Welsh languages).
ENG-192-A Mark: 90%
Introduction to Literature: An introduction to the major literary genres, focusing upon a selection of representative works of poetry, fiction, and drama.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one in-class essay 500 words in length (on Gwendolyn MacEwen‘s poetry).
Write two essays 500-1000 words in length (on Nadine Gordimer‘s “Africa Ascendant“ and John Murrell‘s Waiting for the Parade).
ENG-201-A Mark: 78%
Survey of Literature from its Beginnings to 1785: An introduction to English literature beginning with the Old English period continuing to the late eighteenth century.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two term papers (on Pepys’ reaction to the Great Fire of 1666 and More’s Utopia).
ENG-202-B Mark: 80%
Survey of Literature from 1785 to the Present: An introduction to English literature from the Romantic period to the present day.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one poetry analysis 500 words in length (on Tennyson‘s “The Lady of Shalott“).
Write one summary of a research article 500 words in length.
Write a final prose analysis 1500 words in length (on Gordimer‘s “The Farmer and His Boy“).
ENG-204 Mark: 88%
Research Methods in English: A course dealing with practical and theoretical issues surrounding scholarly research in English literature and language and related disciplines.
ENG-302 Mark: 88%
The New English Literatures of Australia, New Zealand, and the Indian Subcontinent: A course exploring the development of post-colonial national and regional literary cultures in Australia, New Zealand, and the Indian subcontinent in their historical contexts.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write four essays under 1000 words in length (on the concept of the sacred cow, pregnancy in Heat and Dust, visions and mechanisms of doom in Dr Wooreddy, and linguistic apocalypse in The Carpathians).
Write and present a seminar essay (on Western elements in indigenous Pacific islands literature).
ENG-304 Mark: 86%
Contemporary Fiction: A study of trends and techniques in fiction--both short stories and novels--written in the English language from the Second World War.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one comparative essay 2000 words in length (on conspiracies in Eco‘s Foucault‘s Pendulum and Pynchon‘s The Crying of Lot 49).
Participate in individual and group CRITs.
ENG-311 Mark: 88%
Studies in Literary Theory I: A course exploring the classical, medieval, and early modern statements about the purpose, scope, and methods of literary criticism and the nature of literature.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one term paper 1500 words in length (on the evolution of thought on the role of literature from Classical to 19th century times).
Write and present an oral presentation, with handout (on Horace).
ENG-321 Mark: 84%
English-Canadian Prose: A course studying English-Canadian prose with emphasis on twentieth century fiction.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one comparative essay 2000 words in length (comparing minority dynamics in Kogawa’s Obasan and Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz).
Participate in individual and group CRITs.
ENG-351 Mark: 86%
American Literature from World War I to World War II: A survey course with directed readings from such authors as Robinson, Frost, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write an essay 2500 words in length with an abstract (on Glassco’s Memoirs of Montparnasse as a reflection of emerging Canadian modernity).
Participate in a team presentation (on Hemingway as witness to Fitzgerald’s decline).
ENG-372 Mark: 80%
Chaucer: A course providing an introduction to the works of Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales, The Parliament of Fowls, and the Legend of Good Women.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one term paper between 1500 and 2000 words in length (comparing romantic love in The Knight’s Tale and the Wife of Bath’s Tale).
Write one bibliographic essay (on The Knight’s Tale).
Do a presentation (on Chaucer’s The Romance of the Rose).
ENG-392 Mark: 86%
Advanced Creative Writing I: An advanced workshop in creating writing providing students with the opportunity to refine their proficiency in writing fiction, poetry, or drama.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Complete a longer story 15-20 pages in length.
Submit a review of a literary reading.
ENG-401 Mark: 81%
Linguistics I: The Sound System of English: A course introducing students to the phonetics and phonology of contemporary English, with applications to language application and dialects of English.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Collect ten linguistics-related articles for a journal.
Research, present, and write an article on English dialectal origins of spoken Prince Edward Island English.
ENG-421 Mark: 85%
The Victorian Novel: A course examining the English novel from the early to the late 19th century, focusing on works by Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and present a presentation (on mobility and identity in Dickens).
ENG-422 Mark: 78%
The Early English Novel: A course examining the development of the English novel in the 18th century in its broader cultural context, including works by Defoe, Richardson, Smollett, and Austen.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one research essay between 2500 and 3000 words in length (on Francophobia in Sterne’s A Sentimental Journal and Brooke’s The History of Emily Montague).
Write article reviews (on Chibka's "Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction in Oroonoko" and McMaster’s “The Equation of Love and Money in Moll Flanders”).
Do one presentation (on Frank’s “’A Man Who Laughs is Never Dangerous‘: Character and Class in Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey“).
ENG-431 Mark: 80%
The English Romantic Writers: A course focusing upon the major literary movements in the period from 1790 to 1830, with emphasis on the works of writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, and Keats.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two term papers 2000 words in length (on the conscious revolutionary potential of Blake and Frankenstein as a conscious allegory of the progress and decline of the Enlightenment).
ENG-442 Mark: 82%
Seventeenth-Century Literature: A course examining the poetry and prose of the seventeenth century, by writers such as Milton, Bacon, Donne, and Jonson.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one research essay.
Write one bibliographic essay.
Do one presentation (on the thought and writing of Bacon as a precursor to Cartesian thought).
ENG-461 Mark: 87%
Shakespeare I: A course examining Shakespeare's plays before 1600 with special focus on the comedies and histories.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write three 1000 word essays (on national chauvinism in Henry V, wit contrasted in Love’s Labor Lost and As You Like It, and a fictional condemnation of Falstaff in Henry V).
Perform one cue script reading (of Love’s Labor Lost).
ENG-491-B Mark: 87%
American Literature in the 1920's and All That Jazz: A survey course on culture and literature in the United States in the 1920's.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Do two seminars (on Mrs. Dalloway and the poetry of Archibald MacLeish).
Do one presentation (on race in the 1920’s).
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on the role of the Bakhtinian carnival in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby).
Contribute ten entries to an annotated bibliography on the literature of the 1920’s.
FR-232 Mark: 87%
Intensive French Grammar II: A course designed for fluent speakers in French concentrated upon grammar.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Contribute to a dictionary of Canadianisms in French.
Write four brief essays on topics of general concern.
OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
ENG-211 Mark: 83%
Continental Literature in Translation: A course introducing students to a variety of poems, plays, novels, and short stories taken from continental European literatures in a variety of eras from the ancient to the contemporary, including authors such as Homer, Dante, Kafka, and Mann.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (Homer’s Odyssey and Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” as allegories of cultural decline).
ENG-212 Mark: 85%
Creative Writing: A workshop in creative writing providing students with the initial opportunity to develop their proficiency in creative writing. A portfolio and permission of the instructor is required to enter the class.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two short stories at minimum of 20 pages in length.
Write two poems in the different styles of Goyette and Lymes
Write one review of a poetry reading (Jeffrey Donaldson and Thomas O’Grady in October 2001).
ENG-221 Mark: 81%
Writing by Women: A course exposing students to a wide range of writing by women, ranging from essays to novels, in the context of historical and social concerns, concentrating particularly on women in English-speaking countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one major paper 1000-1500 words in length, including a one-page plot summary and accompanying questionnaire.
Write one short paper (a feminist retelling of a fairy tale).
Maintain one journal.
ENG-341 Mark: 84%
Modern Drama: A course exploring late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century drama, moving from Victorian melodrama and sentimental comedy to works of major English-speaking writers such as Shaw, Synge, and O'Neill, and influential foreign authors such as Ibsen, Chekhov, and Brecht.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write an essay and do a presentation on a writer and his work (Maeterlinck’s The Intruder).
Review live dramatic performance (of Sartre’s No Exit).
Participate in individual and group CRITs.
ENG-343 Mark: 84%
Poetry and Drama from Ireland: A course examining the development of poetry and drama in the Irish Literary Revival of the twentieth century.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write and perform presentation, and compose accompanying essay (on Friel’s Translations and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot on the linguistic interface).
ENG-412 Mark: 83%
Advanced Creative Writing II: A master-class workshop for students who have demonstrated discipline, ability, and professionalism in previous seminars (ENG-212 and ENG-392).
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and edit four short stories.
ENG-493 Mark: 84%
Advanced Technical Writing: A course providing students with practical suggestions and techniques for improving the clarity of their academic and other professional writing.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and present a seminar (on Hegelian dialectics as applied to Carolyn Eriksen Hill’s “Students: At the Edges Looking In”).
Write an essay on why writing is important.
Maintain a journal of my experiencing writing and helping others to write.
ANTHROPOLOGY AND RELATED COURSES DIRECTLY USED IN DEGREE
ANTH-101-B Mark: 93%
Introduction to Anthropology I: An introductory course to the various subfields of anthropology: physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology.
ANTH-102-B Mark: 93%
Introduction to Anthropology II: An introductory course to the field of cultural anthropology.
ANTH-201 Mark: 87%
Cultural Anthropology: A course exploring models and theories in cultural anthropology, including a survey and analysis of culture, comparative study of primitive cultures, and processes of social change.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two term papers 1000 to 1500 words in length (on unilineal evolutionism contrasted to historical particularism, and religion as problems in anthropological definition and in relation to science).
ANTH-321 Mark: 95%
Field Methods: A course exploring the different research methods used in cultural anthropology, combining readings with field experience.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and present a fieldwork report (on student interactions in the English Lounge).
Write and present a book report (on Alland’s The Dance of the Spider).
Write one ethnographic report (on the dynamics of migration to and from Prince Edward Island).
ANTH-332 Mark: 86%
Social Organization: An advanced course on structure and organization in human society from the perspective of social anthropology.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on resource-gathering institutions and political implications compared in Navajo and Sami cultures).
ANTH-361 Mark: 93%
Anthropological Theory: A course exploring the history, construction, and evaluation of anthropological theory in the context of a response to changing social-cultural traditions.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write and perform presentation (on the Huron as an early subject for ethnographic study and their later influence on anthropology).
SAN-212 Mark: 87%
Peoples of South Asia: A survey course of the peoples of south Asia, with emphasis on cultural history, present-day economics, and modern ways of life.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper at least 2000 words in length (on Bhutanese-Nepali relations in Bhutan).
SAN-222 Mark: 99%
Native Canadians: A survey of the major cultural areas of the aboriginal North Americans, including detailed description and analysis in detail of selected cultures.
ASSIGNMENT:
Do a fieldwork assignment on native culture on Prince Edward Island (on the role of the sweat lodge in the context of a Christianized Mi’kMaq culture).
SAN-232 Mark: 97%
Black Society in the Americas: A course introducing the social history and culture of Black societies in the Americas, with special emphasis on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
ASSIGNMENT:
Prepare a seminar, with accompanying essay, on an element of black society in the Americas (on black-indigenous interactions).
SAN-262 Mark: 99%
Minority and Ethnic Groups in Canada: An analysis of minority and ethnic groups within Canadian plural society from a comparative and theoretical perspective, including groups such as French-Canadians, First Nations, and various immigrant groups.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper 2000 words in length (on Québécois, Inuit, and Cree dynamics of ethnic identity and nationalism).
SAN-312 Mark: 86%
Rural Society: A basic course in the sociology of rural life, with the social system concept as a theoretical framework, concentrated upon Canadian rural society.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper at least 2000 words in length (on comparative Scottish and Canadian rural-to-urban migration).
SAN-412 Mark: 98%
Globalization: A course surveying globalization as an ongoing, dynamic process as it affects individuals and collectivities worldwide, addressed from various theoretical perspectives.
ASSIGNMENT
Write and present a seminar, with essay, reviewing one book (Harris’ The New Untouchables).
Write a term paper at least 15-20 pages in length (on Poland’s relationship with its eastern periphery in the context of European integration).
SOC-101-D Mark: 92%
Introduction to Sociology I: A course introducing many of the main concepts within the field of sociology, and providing information
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper 1500 to 2000 words in length (on the dynamics of formal debating).
SOC-301 Mark: 88%
Sociological Theory I: A course examining the social and political contexts in which sociology developed as an academic discipline, offering interpretive analysis of some major early sociologists.
SOC-372 Mark: 90%
Collective Behaviour and Social Movements: A sociological analysis of the various forms of collective norm-challenging social action, their structural sources, their political content, and their implications for social change.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and perform two seminars, with essays to be handed in later (on different theories of collective behaviour, and on the Paris mob in the 1790’s, 1848, and 1870-71).
OTHER COURSES
HIST-101-B Mark: 90%
Canadian History–Pre-Confederation: A survey course of Canadian history up to and including the attainment of Confederation.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write two essays (a comparative essay of two history texts written a century apart, and an analytic essay on the effect of American privateers in Nova Scotia during the War of American Independence).
HIST-201 Mark: 86%
European Civilization 500-1648: An introductory course examining the history of European civilization from the fall of Rome in the West to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 1500 to 2000 words in length (on the origins and course of the Albigensian Crusade).
HIST-202 Mark: 90%
European Civilization 1648 to the Present: An introductory course examining the history of European civilization from the end of the Thirty Years= War to the present.
HIST-261 Mark: 86%
Modern British History I: A survey course covering the major political, social, and cultural developments in British history from the late seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper a minimum of 12 pages in length (on early nineteenth century British medical policies as a form of Foucauldian social control).
HIST-391 Mark: 90%
The United States Since World War II: A course examining developments in American society and politics from the turn of the century through World War II.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two essays a minumum of 2000 words in length (one on early twentieth century American progressivism as an expression of middle-class concerns, one on the New Deal as a conservative measure).
HIST-403 Mark: 90%
The Micmac: A course examining the culture of the Micmac First Nation as it existed at the time of the arrival of the Europeans, and the changes produced as a consequence of that arrival.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on the Navajo cultural renaissance and implications for other indigenous peoples).
PHIL-101-A Mark: 92%
Introduction to Philosophy: A course introducing philosophical inquiry and philosophical questions about the nature of knowledge and inquiry.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on contrasting Cartesian and Tolstoyan notions of the self).
PHIL-102-A Mark: 92%
Introduction to Ethics and Social Philosophy: A general course exploring the introduction of values in personal situations and community conflicts, emphasizing classical sources such as Plato.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on natural law as an existing irrelevancy).
PST-202 Mark: 84%
Politics and the Government of Prince Edward Island: A course examining the evolution of Prince Edward Island=s political parties, electoral system, pressure groups, and political culture.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on the pros and cons of Maritime union).
ENGLISH COURSES DIRECTLY USED IN DEGREE
ENG-101-K Mark: 94%
Academic Writing: An introduction to university writing and rhetoric, aimed at the development of clear, critical thinking and an effective prose style.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write eight brief essays 300-500 words in length.
Write one research paper 1000-2000 words in length (on the comparative sociolinguistics of the Irish and Welsh languages).
ENG-192-A Mark: 90%
Introduction to Literature: An introduction to the major literary genres, focusing upon a selection of representative works of poetry, fiction, and drama.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one in-class essay 500 words in length (on Gwendolyn MacEwen‘s poetry).
Write two essays 500-1000 words in length (on Nadine Gordimer‘s “Africa Ascendant“ and John Murrell‘s Waiting for the Parade).
ENG-201-A Mark: 78%
Survey of Literature from its Beginnings to 1785: An introduction to English literature beginning with the Old English period continuing to the late eighteenth century.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two term papers (on Pepys’ reaction to the Great Fire of 1666 and More’s Utopia).
ENG-202-B Mark: 80%
Survey of Literature from 1785 to the Present: An introduction to English literature from the Romantic period to the present day.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one poetry analysis 500 words in length (on Tennyson‘s “The Lady of Shalott“).
Write one summary of a research article 500 words in length.
Write a final prose analysis 1500 words in length (on Gordimer‘s “The Farmer and His Boy“).
ENG-204 Mark: 88%
Research Methods in English: A course dealing with practical and theoretical issues surrounding scholarly research in English literature and language and related disciplines.
ENG-302 Mark: 88%
The New English Literatures of Australia, New Zealand, and the Indian Subcontinent: A course exploring the development of post-colonial national and regional literary cultures in Australia, New Zealand, and the Indian subcontinent in their historical contexts.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write four essays under 1000 words in length (on the concept of the sacred cow, pregnancy in Heat and Dust, visions and mechanisms of doom in Dr Wooreddy, and linguistic apocalypse in The Carpathians).
Write and present a seminar essay (on Western elements in indigenous Pacific islands literature).
ENG-304 Mark: 86%
Contemporary Fiction: A study of trends and techniques in fiction--both short stories and novels--written in the English language from the Second World War.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one comparative essay 2000 words in length (on conspiracies in Eco‘s Foucault‘s Pendulum and Pynchon‘s The Crying of Lot 49).
Participate in individual and group CRITs.
ENG-311 Mark: 88%
Studies in Literary Theory I: A course exploring the classical, medieval, and early modern statements about the purpose, scope, and methods of literary criticism and the nature of literature.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one term paper 1500 words in length (on the evolution of thought on the role of literature from Classical to 19th century times).
Write and present an oral presentation, with handout (on Horace).
ENG-321 Mark: 84%
English-Canadian Prose: A course studying English-Canadian prose with emphasis on twentieth century fiction.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one comparative essay 2000 words in length (comparing minority dynamics in Kogawa’s Obasan and Richler’s The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz).
Participate in individual and group CRITs.
ENG-351 Mark: 86%
American Literature from World War I to World War II: A survey course with directed readings from such authors as Robinson, Frost, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Hemingway.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write an essay 2500 words in length with an abstract (on Glassco’s Memoirs of Montparnasse as a reflection of emerging Canadian modernity).
Participate in a team presentation (on Hemingway as witness to Fitzgerald’s decline).
ENG-372 Mark: 80%
Chaucer: A course providing an introduction to the works of Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales, The Parliament of Fowls, and the Legend of Good Women.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one term paper between 1500 and 2000 words in length (comparing romantic love in The Knight’s Tale and the Wife of Bath’s Tale).
Write one bibliographic essay (on The Knight’s Tale).
Do a presentation (on Chaucer’s The Romance of the Rose).
ENG-392 Mark: 86%
Advanced Creative Writing I: An advanced workshop in creating writing providing students with the opportunity to refine their proficiency in writing fiction, poetry, or drama.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Complete a longer story 15-20 pages in length.
Submit a review of a literary reading.
ENG-401 Mark: 81%
Linguistics I: The Sound System of English: A course introducing students to the phonetics and phonology of contemporary English, with applications to language application and dialects of English.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Collect ten linguistics-related articles for a journal.
Research, present, and write an article on English dialectal origins of spoken Prince Edward Island English.
ENG-421 Mark: 85%
The Victorian Novel: A course examining the English novel from the early to the late 19th century, focusing on works by Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and present a presentation (on mobility and identity in Dickens).
ENG-422 Mark: 78%
The Early English Novel: A course examining the development of the English novel in the 18th century in its broader cultural context, including works by Defoe, Richardson, Smollett, and Austen.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one research essay between 2500 and 3000 words in length (on Francophobia in Sterne’s A Sentimental Journal and Brooke’s The History of Emily Montague).
Write article reviews (on Chibka's "Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction in Oroonoko" and McMaster’s “The Equation of Love and Money in Moll Flanders”).
Do one presentation (on Frank’s “’A Man Who Laughs is Never Dangerous‘: Character and Class in Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey“).
ENG-431 Mark: 80%
The English Romantic Writers: A course focusing upon the major literary movements in the period from 1790 to 1830, with emphasis on the works of writers such as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, and Keats.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two term papers 2000 words in length (on the conscious revolutionary potential of Blake and Frankenstein as a conscious allegory of the progress and decline of the Enlightenment).
ENG-442 Mark: 82%
Seventeenth-Century Literature: A course examining the poetry and prose of the seventeenth century, by writers such as Milton, Bacon, Donne, and Jonson.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one research essay.
Write one bibliographic essay.
Do one presentation (on the thought and writing of Bacon as a precursor to Cartesian thought).
ENG-461 Mark: 87%
Shakespeare I: A course examining Shakespeare's plays before 1600 with special focus on the comedies and histories.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write three 1000 word essays (on national chauvinism in Henry V, wit contrasted in Love’s Labor Lost and As You Like It, and a fictional condemnation of Falstaff in Henry V).
Perform one cue script reading (of Love’s Labor Lost).
ENG-491-B Mark: 87%
American Literature in the 1920's and All That Jazz: A survey course on culture and literature in the United States in the 1920's.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Do two seminars (on Mrs. Dalloway and the poetry of Archibald MacLeish).
Do one presentation (on race in the 1920’s).
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on the role of the Bakhtinian carnival in Mrs. Dalloway and The Great Gatsby).
Contribute ten entries to an annotated bibliography on the literature of the 1920’s.
FR-232 Mark: 87%
Intensive French Grammar II: A course designed for fluent speakers in French concentrated upon grammar.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Contribute to a dictionary of Canadianisms in French.
Write four brief essays on topics of general concern.
OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
ENG-211 Mark: 83%
Continental Literature in Translation: A course introducing students to a variety of poems, plays, novels, and short stories taken from continental European literatures in a variety of eras from the ancient to the contemporary, including authors such as Homer, Dante, Kafka, and Mann.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (Homer’s Odyssey and Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” as allegories of cultural decline).
ENG-212 Mark: 85%
Creative Writing: A workshop in creative writing providing students with the initial opportunity to develop their proficiency in creative writing. A portfolio and permission of the instructor is required to enter the class.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two short stories at minimum of 20 pages in length.
Write two poems in the different styles of Goyette and Lymes
Write one review of a poetry reading (Jeffrey Donaldson and Thomas O’Grady in October 2001).
ENG-221 Mark: 81%
Writing by Women: A course exposing students to a wide range of writing by women, ranging from essays to novels, in the context of historical and social concerns, concentrating particularly on women in English-speaking countries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one major paper 1000-1500 words in length, including a one-page plot summary and accompanying questionnaire.
Write one short paper (a feminist retelling of a fairy tale).
Maintain one journal.
ENG-341 Mark: 84%
Modern Drama: A course exploring late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century drama, moving from Victorian melodrama and sentimental comedy to works of major English-speaking writers such as Shaw, Synge, and O'Neill, and influential foreign authors such as Ibsen, Chekhov, and Brecht.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write an essay and do a presentation on a writer and his work (Maeterlinck’s The Intruder).
Review live dramatic performance (of Sartre’s No Exit).
Participate in individual and group CRITs.
ENG-343 Mark: 84%
Poetry and Drama from Ireland: A course examining the development of poetry and drama in the Irish Literary Revival of the twentieth century.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write and perform presentation, and compose accompanying essay (on Friel’s Translations and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot on the linguistic interface).
ENG-412 Mark: 83%
Advanced Creative Writing II: A master-class workshop for students who have demonstrated discipline, ability, and professionalism in previous seminars (ENG-212 and ENG-392).
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and edit four short stories.
ENG-493 Mark: 84%
Advanced Technical Writing: A course providing students with practical suggestions and techniques for improving the clarity of their academic and other professional writing.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and present a seminar (on Hegelian dialectics as applied to Carolyn Eriksen Hill’s “Students: At the Edges Looking In”).
Write an essay on why writing is important.
Maintain a journal of my experiencing writing and helping others to write.
ANTHROPOLOGY AND RELATED COURSES DIRECTLY USED IN DEGREE
ANTH-101-B Mark: 93%
Introduction to Anthropology I: An introductory course to the various subfields of anthropology: physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology.
ANTH-102-B Mark: 93%
Introduction to Anthropology II: An introductory course to the field of cultural anthropology.
ANTH-201 Mark: 87%
Cultural Anthropology: A course exploring models and theories in cultural anthropology, including a survey and analysis of culture, comparative study of primitive cultures, and processes of social change.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two term papers 1000 to 1500 words in length (on unilineal evolutionism contrasted to historical particularism, and religion as problems in anthropological definition and in relation to science).
ANTH-321 Mark: 95%
Field Methods: A course exploring the different research methods used in cultural anthropology, combining readings with field experience.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and present a fieldwork report (on student interactions in the English Lounge).
Write and present a book report (on Alland’s The Dance of the Spider).
Write one ethnographic report (on the dynamics of migration to and from Prince Edward Island).
ANTH-332 Mark: 86%
Social Organization: An advanced course on structure and organization in human society from the perspective of social anthropology.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on resource-gathering institutions and political implications compared in Navajo and Sami cultures).
ANTH-361 Mark: 93%
Anthropological Theory: A course exploring the history, construction, and evaluation of anthropological theory in the context of a response to changing social-cultural traditions.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write and perform presentation (on the Huron as an early subject for ethnographic study and their later influence on anthropology).
SAN-212 Mark: 87%
Peoples of South Asia: A survey course of the peoples of south Asia, with emphasis on cultural history, present-day economics, and modern ways of life.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper at least 2000 words in length (on Bhutanese-Nepali relations in Bhutan).
SAN-222 Mark: 99%
Native Canadians: A survey of the major cultural areas of the aboriginal North Americans, including detailed description and analysis in detail of selected cultures.
ASSIGNMENT:
Do a fieldwork assignment on native culture on Prince Edward Island (on the role of the sweat lodge in the context of a Christianized Mi’kMaq culture).
SAN-232 Mark: 97%
Black Society in the Americas: A course introducing the social history and culture of Black societies in the Americas, with special emphasis on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
ASSIGNMENT:
Prepare a seminar, with accompanying essay, on an element of black society in the Americas (on black-indigenous interactions).
SAN-262 Mark: 99%
Minority and Ethnic Groups in Canada: An analysis of minority and ethnic groups within Canadian plural society from a comparative and theoretical perspective, including groups such as French-Canadians, First Nations, and various immigrant groups.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper 2000 words in length (on Québécois, Inuit, and Cree dynamics of ethnic identity and nationalism).
SAN-312 Mark: 86%
Rural Society: A basic course in the sociology of rural life, with the social system concept as a theoretical framework, concentrated upon Canadian rural society.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper at least 2000 words in length (on comparative Scottish and Canadian rural-to-urban migration).
SAN-412 Mark: 98%
Globalization: A course surveying globalization as an ongoing, dynamic process as it affects individuals and collectivities worldwide, addressed from various theoretical perspectives.
ASSIGNMENT
Write and present a seminar, with essay, reviewing one book (Harris’ The New Untouchables).
Write a term paper at least 15-20 pages in length (on Poland’s relationship with its eastern periphery in the context of European integration).
SOC-101-D Mark: 92%
Introduction to Sociology I: A course introducing many of the main concepts within the field of sociology, and providing information
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper 1500 to 2000 words in length (on the dynamics of formal debating).
SOC-301 Mark: 88%
Sociological Theory I: A course examining the social and political contexts in which sociology developed as an academic discipline, offering interpretive analysis of some major early sociologists.
SOC-372 Mark: 90%
Collective Behaviour and Social Movements: A sociological analysis of the various forms of collective norm-challenging social action, their structural sources, their political content, and their implications for social change.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write and perform two seminars, with essays to be handed in later (on different theories of collective behaviour, and on the Paris mob in the 1790’s, 1848, and 1870-71).
OTHER COURSES
HIST-101-B Mark: 90%
Canadian History–Pre-Confederation: A survey course of Canadian history up to and including the attainment of Confederation.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write two essays (a comparative essay of two history texts written a century apart, and an analytic essay on the effect of American privateers in Nova Scotia during the War of American Independence).
HIST-201 Mark: 86%
European Civilization 500-1648: An introductory course examining the history of European civilization from the fall of Rome in the West to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 1500 to 2000 words in length (on the origins and course of the Albigensian Crusade).
HIST-202 Mark: 90%
European Civilization 1648 to the Present: An introductory course examining the history of European civilization from the end of the Thirty Years= War to the present.
HIST-261 Mark: 86%
Modern British History I: A survey course covering the major political, social, and cultural developments in British history from the late seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a term paper a minimum of 12 pages in length (on early nineteenth century British medical policies as a form of Foucauldian social control).
HIST-391 Mark: 90%
The United States Since World War II: A course examining developments in American society and politics from the turn of the century through World War II.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write two essays a minumum of 2000 words in length (one on early twentieth century American progressivism as an expression of middle-class concerns, one on the New Deal as a conservative measure).
HIST-403 Mark: 90%
The Micmac: A course examining the culture of the Micmac First Nation as it existed at the time of the arrival of the Europeans, and the changes produced as a consequence of that arrival.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on the Navajo cultural renaissance and implications for other indigenous peoples).
PHIL-101-A Mark: 92%
Introduction to Philosophy: A course introducing philosophical inquiry and philosophical questions about the nature of knowledge and inquiry.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on contrasting Cartesian and Tolstoyan notions of the self).
PHIL-102-A Mark: 92%
Introduction to Ethics and Social Philosophy: A general course exploring the introduction of values in personal situations and community conflicts, emphasizing classical sources such as Plato.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on natural law as an existing irrelevancy).
PST-202 Mark: 84%
Politics and the Government of Prince Edward Island: A course examining the evolution of Prince Edward Island=s political parties, electoral system, pressure groups, and political culture.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write one term paper 2000 words in length (on the pros and cons of Maritime union).
