2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

Committee of InstructionChair'Stephen Streeter(History), Virginia Aksan (History)James Alsop (History)Martin Horn (History)Joanna Santa-Barbara (Health Sciences)CoursesIf no p'rer~quisitei~ listed, the course is open.PEACE ST 1 A03 INTRODUCTION TO PEACE STUDIESAn introduction ,to the discipline of peace research, focusing on the conceptsof peace, war,security, conflict, violence and nonviolence, and,examining the roles of values and Jdeologies in the attainment of peace.Three hours (two lectures, one tutorial); one term ' ,PEACE ST 1 B03 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF WARA Peace Studies approach to the study of war~ including the effects ofwar on people, societies and the earth. War prevention processes willDe examined at the levels of interstate and state politics, social movements,and individual peace. ' ,Three hours (two lectures, one tutorial); one term 'PEACE ST 2A03 CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION: ,THEORY AND PRACTICE-An examination 0.1 ways of preventing, resolving and' transforming conflictsin everyday life, in our own culture and others, and in the arenas off~mily, business, the law, schools and large-scale political conflicts.Three hours (lectures and discussion); ,one termPrerequ'isite: Registration in Level II or above or permission of the Directorof Peace Studies "Cross-list: CMST 2V03,PEACE ST 2AA3 THE MODERN CAR1BBEANAn examination, of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Caribbean,focusingon the end ,of slavery; the arrival of indentured Asian immigrants''pan-African,ism; anti-colonial movements and revolution.' ,Three hours (Iecturesarld distussi,on); one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: HISrORY 2AA3This course is adminIstered by the Department of History.PEACE ST 2G03 MODERN LATIN AMERICA SINCE 1820 'Liberalism, nationalism, militarism and the various:revolutions will be coveredas well as theIJ.S. role in Latin America and the Caribbean~, Three lectures; one"term ' ,Prerequisite: 'Registration in Level'll or aboveCross-list: HISTORY 2G03Antirequisite: HISTORY 3YY3, PEACE ST 3J03This course is administered by the Department of History.PEACE ST 2103 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES lA philosophi~al examination of some contemporary issues in public policy,such as environmental problems, the question of a just distribution ofsociety's goods and services, and problems of liberty and coercion."Two lectures, one tutorial; one term ' , ,Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: PHILOS 2G03'This course is administered by the Department of Philosophy.PEACEST2S03 WAR.IN THE WEST, 1789-1945A survey of the development of warfare in the Western- world from 1789t61945. Particular attention is paid to the French Revolutionary and NapoleonicWars, and the two !World Wars in the twentieth century.Three hours; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCros~-Iist:' HISTORY 2S03This course is administered by the Department of History.PEACE ST 3A03 CRITICAL RACE STUDIESThis course examines contemporary debates in critical race theory in anattempt to critically decode the operations Of ra,ce in literary and cultural texts.Three hours; one term ",Prerequisite: 'Registration in a program in Comparative Literature, CulturalStudies and Critical Theory, English, Peace Studies, Women's Studies or" permission 0f the Departmental Counsellor for English arid Cultural StudiesCross-list: COMP LIT 3RR3, CSCT 3A03" ENGLISH 3A03, WOMEN ST 3H03Thjs course is administered by the Department of English and CulturalStudies. "PEACE STUDIES 275,PEACE ST 3803 PEACE-BUILDING THROUGHHEALTH INITIATIVESAn examination of the multiple links between health and peace, conceri~trating on the strategic use ,of health initiatives to encourage peace inzones ofpotenti~1 or existing armed conflict.Three hours (lectures and discussion); one termPrerequisite: Registration in LeveJ II or abovePEACE ST 3E06 POSTCOLONIAL CUI,. TURES:THEORY AND PRACTICE 'A~udy of contemporary texts including literature, film, art and'other forms,of popular, culture that engage the i~plications of 'living in 'a postcolonialwo~ld. Close consideration will be given to issues of imperiplism, globalization,race, gender, ethnicity" nation, language' and representation.Three hours; two terms'Prerequisite:"Registrationinthe Combined Honours in Peace Studies Pro7,gram or permission of the Departmental Counsellor for English and CulturalStudis's ' . .Cross-list: COMP LIT 3R06, CSCT 3R06, ENGLISH 3R06This course is administered by the Department of English and CulturalStudies. ' .',PEACE ST 3F03 THE MODERN MIDDLE EASTA survey of the political and social history of the Middle East ,from 1800to the present, with an emphasis on contemporary issues, such as the, Islamic impulse and the' Arab-Israeli conflict ' 'Three hours (lectures and discussion); one'termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: HISTORY 3AA3This ,course is administered by the Department of History.PEACE ST 3G03 . HISTORY OF MODERN GERMANY ,This cou'rse examihes the complexities of,Gennan social and political historysince 1890, including World War One, Third Reich, cold war division,questions, of national identity, and the peaceful revolution of 1989. 'Three, hours (lectures and discussion groups); one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: HISTORY 3003This course is' administered' by the Department of History.PEACEST 3103 THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF, THE EUROPEAN POWERS, 1870-1945An examination of the origins and course of the, First World War; the'failure of post-war stabilization; and the origins and course of-the SecondWorld War. ' ' ", Three lectures; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross-list: HISTORY 3103This course is administered by the Department 'of History.PEACEST 3113 HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOREIGNRELATIONS SINCE 1898~urvey of major events and turning poil)ts of U.S. diplomatic historysince the late 19th century. Emphasis on cultural dimensions of the Americanempire and selected historiographical controversies.Three hours (lecture and discussion); one term,:Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCr;.oss-Iist: HISTORY 3113'This course is administered by the Department of History.PEACE ST3KK3 HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WARThe history of the First and Second Indochina Wars (1945-1973) is examinedfrom multiple perspectives. Explores how and why the war wasfought, as well as its global legacy.Prer~quisite:' Registration (n Level II or aboveCross-list:' HISTORY3KK3Antirequisite: GSCHE 4H03This course is, administered 'by the Department of History.PEACE ST 3L03, THE HISTORY OF SOCIALACTIVISM, 1500-2000A thematic study of community activism in Europe and North America.'Students will be exposed to the religious, socio"-economic and politicalcontexts of social ,activism, a(ld the historical theory and practice ofcommunity-based actions:Three hours; one term 'Prerequisite: Registration in Levell! or aboveCross-list: HISTORY 3L03, Thi~ course is administered by the Department of History.'