| Year | Course ID | Course |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | SAMC 352 | Arts, Media and Culture Field PlacementDesigned for any student seeking arts leadership skills through experience-based learning. Students work with systems and strategies applying to self promotion and production, interdisciplinary and collaborative work, and arts organizations. Working under the direction of fine arts faculty, students focus on utilizing resources for development and implementation of special projects. Course Credits: 2
Prerequisite(s): SAMC 110 or equivalent and upper level standing
NB: Pass/Fail courses.
|
| 2025-2026 | SAMC 353 | Arts, Media & Culture Field PlacementDesigned for any student seeking arts leadership skills through experience-based learning. Students work with systems and strategies applying to self promotion and production, interdisciplinary and collaborative work, and arts organizations. Working under the direction of fine arts faculty, students focus on utilizing resources for development and implementation of special projects. Course Credits: 3
NB: Pass/Fail course
|
| 2024-2025 | SAMC 353 | Arts, Media and Culture Field PlacementDesigned for any student seeking arts leadership skills through experience-based learning. Students work with systems and strategies applying to self promotion and production, interdisciplinary and collaborative work, and arts organizations. Working under the direction of fine arts faculty, students focus on utilizing resources for development and implementation of special projects. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SAMC 110 or equivalent and upper level standing
NB: Pass/Fail courses.
|
| 2024-2025 | SAMC 370 | AestheticsThis course doesn't merely explore different questions about the nature, value, and meaning of beauty, artworks, and aesthetic experience; its primary goal is to assist students in developing lifestyles that embody the values, pleasures, and risks of moving through God's creation with deep aesthetic attention coupled to an expansive imagination Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Third or fourth year standing or 6 sem. hrs. of PHIL or instructor's consent.t.
NB: Not offered every year See Department of Philosophy chair.
Cross-listed: PHIL 370. |
| 2025-2026 | SAMC 370 | AestheticsThis course doesn't merely explore different questions about the nature, value, and meaning of beauty, artworks, and aesthetic experience; its primary goal is to assist students in developing lifestyles that embody the values, pleasures, and risks of moving through God's creation with deep aesthetic attention coupled to an expansive imagination Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See Department of Philosophy chair.
|
| 2024-2025 | SAMC 420 | Arts, Media & Culture Travel StudyA three-week interdisciplinary fine arts study trip to London, England, in which students critically engage culture and the fine arts. Visits to galleries, performances, and cultural sites accompany lectures and readings to encourage students to develop and deepen their biblically-informed view of the role of fine arts. While most course activities take place in London proper, several day trips to surrounding locations are included. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion.
NB: Summer travel study course. This course is limited to students wishing to take this course for credit. No prior courses in art, theatre, or music are necessary. Another course, often MUSI 310, is offered on the travel study.
Cross-listed: IDIS 420. |
| 2025-2026 | SAMC 420 | Arts, Media & Culture Travel StudyThis multi-day study abroad trip gives students an immersive experience in culture and the fine arts. Students engage in experiential and embodied knowing by visiting galleries, performances, and cultural landmarks. Lectures and readings complement these experiences, helping students to deepen their biblically-informed understanding of the role of fine arts in society. Course Credits: 3
NB: Summer travel study course. This course is limited to students wishing to take this course for credit. No prior courses in art, theatre, or music are necessary.
|
| 2025-2026 | SAMC 470 | Applied Creative StudioA professionally-oriented studio course where students work independently and/or collaboratively on creative projects for real clients. The work produced will vary broadly depending on the needs of the clients and skills of the students involved. Students will be responsible for managing project tasks and deadlines while cultivating positive client relationships under the guidance of the course instructor. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to create work exploring the boundaries of contemporary professional and critical practices. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SAMC 480 | Christianity & the ArtsA senior seminar course designed for students in arts programs and anyone interested in the relationship between Christianity and the arts. The views of historical theoreticians and contemporary Christian thinkers about the topic will be examined. Students will develop their own perspectives on the role of the arts in faith and culture, and explore how their callings as Christians and artists can be transformative in contemporary culture. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SKLS 001 | Study SkillsA non-credit course in study skills to assist students in study habits, comprehension, and improved academic achievement. Topics addressed in the Study Skills class are: time management; note-taking; effective reading; memory techniques; test taking and stress; procrastination and goal setting; critical thinking; research & paper writing, and vocational direction. Study Skills 001 is open to all students and is offered in the fall and spring semesters in 10 one- hour sessions over 5 weeks starting Add/Drop week. This course is required for students on Academic Probation or Academic Accountability as per University policy. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2025-2026 | SKLS 001 | Study SkillsA non-credit course in study skills to assist students in study habits, comprehension, and improved academic achievement. Topics addressed in the Study Skills class are: time management; note-taking; effective reading; memory techniques; test taking and stress; procrastination and goal setting; critical thinking; research & paper writing, and vocational direction. Study Skills 001 is open to all students and is offered in the fall and spring semesters in 10 one- hour sessions over 5 weeks starting Add/Drop week. This course is required for students on Academic Probation or Academic Accountability as per University policy. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2024-2025 | SKLS 003 | Academic CoachingA non-credit course that provides organizational assistance and educational coaching designed specifically to help students improve their academic performance based on their specific needs. General topics covered in the academic coaching program are academic planning, organization and time management, exam preparation, research & writing, and procrastination. Academic Coaching is open to any student and is offered in the fall and spring. The coaching sessions occur weekly in 30 minute, one-on-one coaching sessions. This course is required for students on Academic Accountability as per university policy. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2025-2026 | SKLS 003 | Academic CoachingA non-credit course that provides organizational assistance and educational coaching designed specifically to help students improve their academic performance based on their specific needs. General topics covered in the academic coaching program are academic planning, organization and time management, exam preparation, research & writing, and procrastination. Academic Coaching is open to any student and is offered in the fall and spring. The coaching sessions occur weekly in 30 minute, one-on-one coaching sessions. This course is required for students on Academic Accountability as per university policy. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2024-2025 | SKLS 500 | Graduate Scholarly CommunicationThis course is an introduction to graduate-level scholarly communication, with a focus on academic expectations for success at the graduate level. It provides an overview of academic honesty practices, essay formats and documentation, essay organization, academic tone, scholarly identity, and genre conventions. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2025-2026 | SKLS 500 | Graduate Scholarly CommunicationThis course is an introduction to graduate-level scholarly communication, with a focus on academic expectations for success at the graduate level. It provides an overview of academic honesty practices, essay formats and documentation, essay organization, academic tone, scholarly identity, and genre conventions. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2024-2025 | SKLS 501 | Graduate Writing CoachingProvides individual academic writing consultation for students in any TWU graduate program. Focuses on developing personal and scholarly confidence through a developmental approach to writing and critical thinking. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2025-2026 | SKLS 501 | Graduate Writing CoachingProvides individual academic writing consultation for students in any TWU graduate program. Focuses on developing personal and scholarly confidence through a developmental approach to writing and critical thinking. Course Credits: 0
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 101 | Introduction to SociologyStudents are invited into using the discipline of sociology as a mode of inquiry. Through concepts like the sociological imagination, students experience the social world around them by interacting with the norms, values and beliefs of local and global cultures. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 101 | Introduction to SociologyStudents are invited into using the discipline of sociology as a mode of inquiry. Through concepts like the sociological imagination, students experience the social world around them by interacting with the norms, values and beliefs of local and global cultures. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 105 | Introduction to Gender StudiesAn introduction to Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary field that asks critical questions about the meanings of sex and gender in society. Students will examine key issues, questions and debates in Gender Studies, both historical and contemporary, and will analyze the multiple ways that sex and gender have interacted with and continue to intersect with race, class, nationality and other social identities, including religious ones. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 105 | Introduction to Gender StudiesAn introduction to Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary field that asks critical questions about the meanings of sex and gender in society. Students will examine key issues, questions and debates in Gender Studies, both historical and contemporary, and will analyze the multiple ways that sex and gender have interacted with and continue to intersect with race, class, nationality and other social identities, including religious ones. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 201 | Introduction to Human ServicesAn examination of the basic philosophies and social influences which underlie the helping professions and a brief review of the history of professional human services workers. This course must be completed successfully before a student completes a field placement. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 201 | Introduction to Human ServicesAn examination of the basic philosophies and social influences which underlie the helping professions and a brief review of the history of professional human services workers. This course must be completed successfully before a student completes a field placement. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 210 | Race & EthnicityThis course introduces students to the concept of race and ethnicity and to the major theories that the discipline employs as a means of understanding race and ethnic relations. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 210 | Race and EthnicityThis course introduces students to the concept of race and ethnicity and to the major theories that the discipline employs as a means of understanding race and ethnic relations. Course Credits: 3
Cross-listed: ANTH 205 |
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 221 | Sociology of FamilyThis course is a sociological examination of families in society. The emphasis is on the structural and cultural aspects of family life. Topics include: theories and methods for understanding families; formation of intimate relationships; mate selection processes, marriage, and parenting; families over the life course; gender issues; and transitions in families. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 221 | Sociology of FamilyThis course is a sociological examination of families in society. The emphasis is on the structural and cultural aspects of family life. Topics include: theories and methods for understanding families; formation of intimate relationships; mate selection processes, marriage, and parenting; families over the life course; gender issues; and transitions in families. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 234 | Canadian Government & Politics in Comparative PerspectiveProvides the student with an overview of the Canadian system of government in a comparative approach that includes study of British, American, and Canadian political and government institutions and practices. A comparative study of how basic concepts, principles, and institutions associated with different expressions of liberal-democratic governments highlight the diversity of political experience, reveal the interdependence of political systems and show the uniqueness of Canada's political system. Particular attention is given to the manner in which Parliament attempts to facilitate and develop public policy which reflects the diverse interests and aspirations of its citizens. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 234 | Canadian Government and Politics in Comparative PerspectiveProvides the student with an overview of the Canadian system of government in a comparative approach that includes study of British, American, and Canadian political and government institutions and practices. A comparative study of how basic concepts, principles, and institutions associated with different expressions of liberal-democratic governments highlight the diversity of political experience, reveal the interdependence of political systems and show the uniqueness of Canada's political system. Particular attention is given to the manner in which Parliament attempts to facilitate and develop public policy which reflects the diverse interests and aspirations of its citizens. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101
Cross-listed: POLS 234 |
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 240 | Individual & SocietyThis course aims to provide students with an introductory overview of the micro-level, interpretive tradition in sociology. Focusing on the everyday lived reality of human experience and interaction with social institutions, we will explore a variety of sociological topics like gender, health and illness, technology and social problems from a micro-perspective. This course will help students understand how humans engage in meaning-making activity in their day-to-day lives, and how this, in turn, contributes to the creation of broader sociological norms and institutions Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 240 | Individual and SocietyThis course aims to provide students with an introductory overview of the micro-level, interpretive tradition in sociology. Focusing on the everyday lived reality of human experience and interaction with social institutions, we will explore a variety of sociological topics like gender, health and illness, technology and social problems from a micro-perspective. This course will help students understand how humans engage in meaning-making activity in their day-to-day lives, and how this, in turn, contributes to the creation of broader sociological norms and institutions Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101 (3,0)
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 252 | Contemporary Social IssuesAn examination of the complex nature of issues confronting individuals, groups, and society at large. An examination of the various situations which produce these issues, the social symptoms that result, and an evaluation of possible solutions to social problems. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 252 | Contemporary Social IssuesAn examination of the complex nature of issues confronting individuals, groups, and society at large. An examination of the various situations which produce these issues, the social symptoms that result, and an evaluation of possible solutions to social problems. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 305 | Youth & Emerging AdulthoodThis course will offer a sociological examination of youth in society, including identity, subcultures, sexual behavior, music, consumerism, religion, schooling, work, social problems, and other issues affecting youth transitions to adulthood. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 305 | Youth and Emerging AdulthoodThis course will offer a sociological examination of youth in society, including identity, subcultures, sexual behavior, music, consumerism, religion, schooling, work, social problems, and other issues affecting youth transitions to adulthood. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of sociology including the SOCI 101. (3-0; 0-0)
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 309 | Sociological Aspects of AgingA study of human aging in its sociological, psychological, and physiological dimensions. An examination of changing social roles during the life cycle. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of sociology including the SOCI 101. (3-0; 0-0)
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 309 | Sociological Aspects of AgingA study of human aging in its sociological, psychological, and physiological dimensions. An examination of changing social roles during the life cycle. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 315 | GlobalizationThe study of culture, social institutions, and systems from a global perspective. Various sociological theories and concepts are examined. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Anthropology, Polictical Studies and/or Sociology.
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 315 | GlobalizationThe study of culture, social institutions, and systems from a global perspective. Various sociological theories and concepts are examined. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 318 | Technology & Social ChangeThis course provides an analysis of the relationship between technological advances and social change. Ideas about which technologies are to be developed, deployed, or abandoned are socially constructed. The use of all technologies has both intended and unintended social consequences. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 318 | Technology & Social ChangeThis course provides an analysis of the relationship between technological advances and social change. Ideas about which technologies are to be developed, deployed, or abandoned are socially constructed. The use of all technologies has both intended and unintended social consequences. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 320 | Human Services Field Placement IStudents are provided with an opportunity for experiential learning through a supervised practical experience with a community or social agency related to the student's interest and/or future career plans. Readings, written assignments, and group meetings invite students to discover a new synthesis of knowledge through integrating theory and practical experience. Students develop cognitive complexity as they consider how to apply the knowledge gained in the social sciences, to acquire praxis skills, and to experience personal transformation while serving and empowering others. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 320 | Practicum IStudents are provided with an opportunity for experiential learning through a supervised practical experience with a community or social agency related to the student's interest and/or future career plans. Readings, written assignments, and group meetings invite students to discover a new synthesis of knowledge through integrating theory and practical experience. Students develop cognitive complexity as they consider how to apply the knowledge gained in the social sciences, to acquire praxis skills, and to experience personal transformation while serving and empowering others. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 201
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 325 | Sociocultural Aspects of Sport & LeisureAn examination of the sociological and cultural dynamics of sport and how sport has become a socializing agent of society and culture. Topics include religion and sport, women in sport, minorities and sport, big business of sport, drugs and sport performance, and sport deviance Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 325 | Sociocultural Aspects of Sport and LeisureAn examination of the sociological and cultural dynamics of sport and how sport has become a socializing agent of society and culture. Topics include religion and sport, women in sport, minorities and sport, big business of sport, drugs and sport performance, and sport deviance Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of sociology including SOCI 101.
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 331 | Sociology of ReligionAn introduction to the theories and concepts utilized by sociologists to interpret religious behaviour and the organization of religion. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101.
Cross-listed: RELS 371 |
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 331 | Sociology of ReligionAn introduction to the theories and concepts utilized by sociologists to interpret religious behaviour and the organization of religion. Course Credits: 3
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 335 | Classical TheoryThis course explores the ideas of social theorists central to the development of sociology, the role of social theory in the social sciences, and its application to social research. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
NB: Not offered every year See department chair
|
| 2025-2026 | SOCI 335 | Classical TheoryThis course explores the ideas of social theorists central to the development of sociology, the role of social theory in the social sciences, and its application to social research. Course Credits: 3
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
|
| 2024-2025 | SOCI 336 | Contemporary TheoryAn examination of major theoretical perspectives in sociology, such as functionalism, symbolic interactionism, phenomenological sociology, ethnomethodology, neo-Marxism, critical theory, exchange theory, rational choice, postmodernity, and globalization. Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of sociology including SOCI 101
|
How can we help?
Frequently Searched Items
-
ADMISSIONS
-
PROGRAMS
-
RESOURCES
Return to Academic Calendar