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EU Modules | Recognised
Modules | Language Modules
MODULES OFFERED - RECOGNISED MODULES
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EL4200: Research Workshop |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
0-3-0-3-4 |
| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of which at least 28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules. |
| Preclusion: |
EN4271 |
As part of the preparation for writing research
papers or Honours Theses in language studies, this
module aims to help students understand the methodological
strategies, modes of justification and argumentation,
criteria for evaluating claims, analyses and theories,
as well as expectations and conventions governing
research in diverse fields of inquiry in the area.
The major topics will include research questions;
research claims; methodologies, evidence and argumentation;
critical evaluation of claims, evidence, and argumentation;
and rhetorical conventions and strategies. |
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EN3267: Modern Drama |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-2-5 |
| Pre-Requisite: |
EN1101
or EN1102 or EN1101E or EN2101 or EN2101E or GEM1000K
or GEK1000 |
| Preclusion: |
EN3208, TS3241 |
| Cross-Listing: |
TS3241 |
This module, intended for advanced undergraduate
students, is meant to provide a survey introduction
to Modern European drama from the late 19 th C.
to the present. The plays chosen reflect dramaturgical
and theatrical reflections on the modern, on class
and gender relations (and breakdowns) and form part
of a tradition of innovation in which later dram
is formed, partially at least, in response to earlier.
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EN3268: Tragedy |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-1-0-1-5 |
| Pre-Requisite: |
EN1101
or EN1102 or EN1101E or EN2101 or EN2101E or GEM1000K
or GEK1000 |
Tragedy is one of the oldest and most pow er ful
forms of writing in the West er n cultural tradition.
This module will off er students the opportunity
for a historical, analytic and comparative p er
spective on tragedy as a lit er ary genre through
a chronological approach to key texts from the Classical
through the Renaissance and Neo-classical p er iods
to the twentieth century. |
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EN4224: Topics in the Twentieth Century |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
0-3-0-0-7 |
| Pre-Requisite: |
Completed at least 80 MC of which at least 28 MC must be
EU / LA [French/German] / recognised modules. |
| Preclusion: |
EN3204 |
The course provides students with knowledge of modernist
texts, which they will analyse for their aesthetic,
political and ideological strategies. Students will
examine modernism as both a reaction to and a constituent
part of modernity and will produce informed critical
arguments about the historical, economic and technological
developments that constitute modernity. Lectures
will examine relationships that existed between
literature and other cultural forms, like painting,
architecture, music, and contemporary intellectual
movements such as existential philosophy and psychoanalytic
theory. The module is targeted at students interested
in modern literature, art and thought, with at least
28 MC in literature. |
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EN4271: Research Workshop |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-0-0-3-4 |
| Pre-Requisite: |
For
EU students: Completed 28 MC in EL, EN, or TS modules,
or a combination from the three. Literary and/or
linguistic modules
from other departments may also contribute towards
the
28 MC total at the module chair's discretion. |
| Preclusion: |
EL4200, EN4209 |
As part of the preparation for writing research
papers or Honours Theses, this module aims to help
students understand the interpretative strategies,
modes of argumentation, criteria for evaluating
claims, analyses and theories, as well as expectations
and conventions governing research in diverse areas
of literary studies. The major topics will include
research areas and questions; research claims; interpretative
methods; evidence and argumentation; critical evaluation
of academic argument; and rhetorical conventions
and strategies. |
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HY2210: State and Society in Early-Modern
Europe |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-2-5 |
This module deals with cultural, economic, political,
intellectual and religious movements in continental
Europe from an urban perspective. The objective
is to enable students to appreciate essential patterns
and ideas which have shaped the European cultural
and historical inheritance that remain relevant
today. This course is open to all students who take
an interest in history, culture and questions pertaining
to societal development. |
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HY4101: Historiography and Historical Method |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-0-0-2-5
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of
which at least
28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules. |
The objective of this module is to introduce Honours
students to the emergence of the discipline of history.
The history of history will also be used to convey
some of the key historiographic and theoretical
issues which shape contemporary historical writing.
Major topics will include: philosophies of history,
professionalization, traditional history, metahistory
and postmodernism. Finally, Honours students will
explore different methodologies. |
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PH2206: Founders of Modern Philosophy |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-0-7
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This module looks at the beginnings of modern Western
philosophy in the seventeenth century, when philosophers
conceived of themselves as breaking away from authority
and tradition. It will deal with central themes
from the thought of Descartes, Locke, Berkeley,
Leibniz and Spinoza; in particular, the attempt
to provide foundations for knowledge and science.
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PH2207: Hume and Kant |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-0-7
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Two major philosophers are studied in this module:
David Hume, in the first half, and Immanuel Kant,
in the second. We will try to determine what each
philosopher's fundamental approach to philosophy
consists in, and how it gives rise to his views
on the nature of causation, the external world,
the self, and the limits of knowledge. As Kant's
first Critique was a response to Hume's philosophical
scepticism, we will pay close attention to his diagnoses
of Hume's difficulties and his proposed solutions.
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PH4206: A Major Philosopher |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-0-7
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of
which at least
28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules (must have read at least one PH module). |
A study of the work of a major figure in philosophy.
The philosopher studied may be from the Asian or
Western tradition, from any period up to the present
day. The philosopher selected may be someone important
who has not been given much coverage in other courses.
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PH4207: Phenomenology |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-0-7
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of
which at least
28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules (must have read at least one PH module). |
This course will deal with the thought of the four
major classical phenomenologists: Edmund Husserl,
Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Jean
Paul Sartre. Readings will be selected from Husserl's
Ideas and Cartesian Meditations, Heidegger's Being
and Time, Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception
and Sartre's Being and Nothingness. |
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PH4210: Topics in Western Philosophy |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-0-7
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of
which at least
28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules (must have read at least one PH module). |
This module deals with specific topics of current
interest and controversy in Western philosophy.
The topics to be discussed may be in, but are not
limited to, philosophy of science, philosophy of
language, philosophy of psychology, epistemology,
metaphysics, ethics, or social and political philosophy.
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PH4213: Comparative Philosophy |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-0-7
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of which at least 28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules (must have read at least one PH module). |
This module identifies and compares the philosophical
traditions generally labelled Eastern and Western.
Aspects of comparative analysis include philosophical
reasoning, linguistic style, logic of arguments,
and substantive content. Comparison between traditions
is cross-cultural and can result in dialogues across
boundaries of space and time, and can also provide
a forum to demonstrate the universality of human
thought. Possible topics include, for example, Wittgenstein
and Daoist philosophy, Nietzsche and Buddhism. |
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PS4201: Contemporary Issues in Political
Theory |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-0-0-2-5
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of which at least 28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules. |
The aim of this module is to introduce honours students
to the main debates in contemporary political theory.
The topics that will be covered include modernity,
formal political theory, public and private space,
social and political classes, neoliberalism, the
legal system and the law, and languages of terror.
The writers covered include Nietzsche, Arendt, Tocqueville,
Kariel, Neubauer, and Marx. Although designed for
political science honours students, this module
also admits foreign and special students interested
in studying contemporary political theory. |
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PS4213: Justice, Community and the State |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-0-0-2-5
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of which at least 28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules. |
| Preclusion: |
PS3203B |
The issue of morality in international politics
is frequently treated as marginal to the contemporary
concerns of states in their international relations.
Developments such as the Nuremberg Trials, the Cold
War, the African Famines of the 1980s, the Genocides
in ex-Yugoslavia and the emergence of wrangles over
resource exploitation and environmental pollution
call attention otherwise. This module equips the
student with the conceptual tools and frameworks
with which to comprehend and make informed decisions
about these cross-boundary ethical complexities.
Both Political Science majors and non-Political
Science students will find this a useful supplement
to studies of international politics and philosophy.
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SC4213: Qualitative Methodology |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-0-0-2-5
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| Pre-Requisite: |
For EU students only: Completed at least 80 MC of
which at least
28MC must be EU/LA [French/German]/ recognised modules. |
| Preclusion: |
SC5103 |
This is a seminar and workshop course that provides
an understanding of the value of qualitative research
as well as a practical grasp of a variety of qualitative
research strategies adopted by researchers in the
social sciences. While the focus of the course is
intended to allow the student to understand and
appreciate key theoretical issues that confront
qualitative research, it will also provide the space
for learning, experiencing and practising actual
research. The course is meant for students who are
interested in the use of qualitative research methods
in relation to the particular study they undertake.
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TS2231: History and Theory of Western Theatre
1 |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
3-0-0-2-5
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| Pre-Requisite: |
TS1101
or TS1102 or TS1101E or GEM1003M |
| Preclusion: |
TS2201 |
This module provides a broad historical overview
of Western theatrical conventions beginning with
the Ancient Greeks, continuing through the Medieval
period and the Renaissance era to Neoclassicism.
Representative plays will be studied in detail,
and dramatic theory and criticism, from Plato and
Aristotle to Hédelin d'Aubignac and Boileau will
be placed against historical contexts, thus enabling
students to see the tripartite relationship between
history, theory and praxis. The module is targeted
at Theatre majors and other students interested
in the foundations and early history of Western
Theatre. |
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TS3231: History and Theory of Western Theatre
2 |
Modular Credits: |
4 |
| Workload: |
2-1-0-2-5
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| Pre-Requisite: |
TS1101
or TS1102 or TS1101E or GEM1003M |
| Preclusion: |
TS3201 |
This module interrelates Western history and theatre
practice from approximately 1800 to the present,
and constitutes a continuation of the theoretical,
literary, technological, and historical roots of
Western theatre begun in TS2231; it serves as an
overview primarily for accessible both to Theatre
Studies majors and to others interested. The approach
for the module draws from multiple disciplines and
perspectives. It stresses the relationship of historical
forces, ideological movements, and theatre practice
in Europe and the Americas . Seminal play texts
are discussed in detail, and, as appropriate, in
a background of interdisciplinary material, including
intercultural, filmic and cybernetic perspectives. |
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