Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

Humanities (continued)
345-101-MQ
Knowledge, Science, and Philosophy
(Humanities – Knowledge)
All humans seek to understand the world and their own
individual existence. It has long been believed that
philosophy could offer us knowledge in such matters,
knowledge of the "highest kind" known as wisdom. Does
philosophy truly offer knowledge? If so, what kind of
knowledge would wisdom be? How can we achieve it?
This course will attempt to answer these questions by
considering the nature of knowledge itself and by
examining the origin, historical development, and
methods of Science, and by comparing and contrasting
scientific knowledge with philosophy in order to
determine whether indeed there is such a thing as
"philosophical knowledge".
4 hours/week Units: 2.33
345-101-MQ
Gender and Knowledge
(Humanities – Knowledge)
This course explores the relationship between gender
and what we know. It will examine how nature (the
biological make-up of an individual) and nurture (the
environment) affect gender definition and gender roles,
as well as how we acquire, transmit and shape
information and ideas.
4 hours/week Units: 2.33
345-101-MQ
The Development of Knowledge
(Humanities – Knowledge)
This course explores how humans have developed
explanations of the world and how fundamental
elements of knowledge continue to undergo change,
often through contributions from the humanities.
Students will undertake an analysis of the development
of one or more different fields of knowledge and
consider how and why the fields have evolved through
the years.
4 hours/week Units: 2.33
345-101-MQ
Knowledge and Media
(Humanities – Knowledge)
This course explores the role of the media in the
acquisition of knowledge, particularly as a means of
transmitting and shaping information and ideas. Media
forms to be addressed range from the print medium to
the electronic media. Student will analyse and assess the
impact of various media upon the individual's claim of
knowledge.
4 hours/week Units: 2.33
345-101-MQ
Ancient World Knowledge
(Humanities – Knowledge)
Students will study the nature, scope, and development of
fields such as science, religion and the arts in the ancient
world. These developments will be examined for their
contributions to different ways of knowing the world based
on their distinct principles, assumptions and methods of
explaining reality.
4 hours/week Units: 2.33
345-101-MQ
Education and Social Change
(Humanities – Knowledge)
As a student you have probably asked yourself if the
knowledge you are pursuing is worthwhile. What kinds of
knowledge are valued by our society and how is it reflected
in education systems? How does schooling take into
account differences in how people learn? This course will
look at various educational approaches, or ways of
organizing knowledge, in relation to social values. We will
start with a historical overview of key educational thinkers
and movements, including the emergence of mass
education in the 19 th century. We will then study critiques of
traditional schooling as well as alternative movements, such
as free schooling and popular education. Students will apply
theories of critical pedagogy, addressing issues of equity in
the context of increasingly diverse classrooms, technological
change and the ascendancy of media culture.
4 hours/week Units: 2.33
345-101-MQ
Knowledge and Forms of Knowledge in the Ancient World
(Humanities - Knowledge for Liberal Arts students only)
In this course, the first of three courses in the Liberal Arts
Humanities sequence, students will first examine the
various components of knowledge: beliefs, truth claims,
views of truth, and the processes of justification and
validation. The nature and impact of language on beliefs
and the view of knowledge will also be examined. This
will be followed by a consideration of the development
of various forms of knowledge in the Ancient and the
Classical World: notably astronomy, mathematics,
biology and philosophy. Throughout the semester
students will be encouraged to relate the topics studied
to material covered in their other courses, notably to
philosophy, and to their own experiences in acquiring
knowledge.
4 hours/week Units: 2.33