Registration Guide for Year 1 Students - Wilfrid Laurier University

Course descriptionsMU171 Music History I(0.5 credit)Music in Western civilization from ancienttimes through the Renaissance.Prerequisites: Admission to the BMus program orpermission of the instructorMU181 Ensemble(0.5 credit)Refer to Ensemble Policy in the Faculty ofMusic chapter.MU190A* Practical Study(1.0 credit)Individual tuition in voice or instrument;weekly master class.Prerequisites: Registration in BMus program andpermission of the dean.NEAR EASTERNNE101 First Civilizations: Mesopotamiaand Egypt(0.5 credit)An introduction to two major cultures ofthe ancient world with emphasis on theirreligious traditions and worldviews. Thecourse will focus primarily on Egypt andMesopotamia, but one or more of the Phoenicians,Canaanites, Hittites and Persians maybe treated as well.Exclusions: RE107, RE207NE102 Myth, Epic and Poetry of the AncientNear East and Egypt(0.5 credit)An examination of significant literary compositions.This may include creation myths, heroictales, fables, hymns, prayers, and rituals andincantations. Emphasis will be upon Egypt andMesopotamia, but compositions from othercultures such as those of the Hittites or peopleof Ugarit may be discussed as well.Exclusions: HI308/RE308, HI309/RE309 taken prior toSept. 2004NE111 Introductory Biblical Hebrew I(0.5 credit)A beginning study of the fundamentalsof the language, including the alphabet,Tiberian vowel system, grammar and syntaxof Biblical narrative, and acquisition of a basicvocabulary and rudimentary reading skills.Students will learn to interpret and analysesimple selections of Biblical Hebrew, but areadvised that achieving a minimal generalreading competence in most cases requiressuccessful completion of HB102 as well.Exclusions: HB101, RE140*NE112 Introductory Biblical Hebrew II(0.5 credit)A continuation of HB101. Most remainingfundamentals of grammar and syntax willbe covered, the vocabulary base will beexpanded, and students will read, interpretand analyse selected passages of Biblicalnarrative with the help of a lexicon.Prerequisites: HB101 or permission of the departmentExclusions: HB102, RE140*NORTH AMERICAN STUDIESNO101 Introduction to North American Studies (0.5 credit)This course provides an interdisciplinaryintroduction to key themes in the sharedhistories, politics and cultures of Canada, theUnited States and Mexico. Topics may include:how revolutions and political models haveshaped national identity; contact and conflictacross border zones; and patterns of settlementand immigration. By comparing the threecountries, the course will help students to lookcritically at the North American experience.NO110 Canadian Studies: Global Perspectives (0.5 credit)This lecture tutorial course examinesattempts to develop a distinctive Canadianapproach to international relations. Keythemes addressed include multilateralism;Canada in the Cold War; foreign aid; peacekeeping;the role of provinces, especiallyQuébec, in the shaping of Canadian foreignpolicy; refugee and immigration policy;globalization, and North American securityand defence.Exclusions: CA100*, CA102, CA200*NO120 Introduction to American Studies (0.5 credit)This course addresses three important topicsin the history of the United States. Avoidinga survey approach. Students will be giventhe opportunity to read in detail and toacquire more specific knowledge of the threeselected topics. During this course studentswill also be introduced to the wide-rangeof materials used in American Studies,including primary documents, historicalmonographs, novels, autobiographies,essay collections and films. Students willalso learn to develop their skills in criticalanalysis, argumentation (oral and written)research (individual and group) and goodwriting.Exclusion: HI114*.PHILOSOPHYPP110 Values and Society(0.5 credit)An introductory course that criticallyanalyzes philosophical problems implicit inour moral, political and social attitudes, witha view to assisting the student in formulatingreasonable responses to a diversity ofcurrent issues. It considers such questionsas: Are there objective standards for valuejudgements or are they merely matters ofsubjective taste? What is morally right? Howis justice related to law or custom? (Alsooffered through Online Learning OC)Exclusions: PP/PY100*PP111 Knowledge and Reality(0.5 credit)This course critically analyzes philosophicalproblems implicit in our understandingof reality and quest for knowledge, with aview to assisting the student in formulatingreasonable responses to a diversity ofcurrent issues. It considers such questionsas: Can we ever be certain of anythingthrough experience, reason, or faith? Isreality ultimately material, and is the minddistinct from matter? Does God exist? (Alsooffered through Online Learning OC)Exclusions: PP/PY100*PP201 Reasoning and Argumentation(0.5 credit)The course provides tools for the analysisof reasoning and the construction andevaluation of arguments. Examples fromnewspaper articles and theoretical discussionsof science and social policy will bediscussed. (Also offered through OnlineLearning OC)Exclusions: CS201PHYSICSPC/CP120 Digital Electronics(0.5 credit)Introduction to digital logic: logic gates,combinational circuit analysis using booleanalgebra and Karnaugh maps, number systemsand codes, minimization techniques appliedto combinational logic systems; flip-flops,multivibrators, counters and shift registers.(Cross-listed as CP120.)Notes: 3 lecture hours, 1.5 lab hoursPC131 Mechanics(0.5 credit)Calculus-based course, which introducesbasic principles of physics. Detailed topicswww.wlu.ca | 33