Current Courses

Course

Time & Day

Course Description

HMRT-1003-A Intro to Human Rights

T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

This course will introduce students to the study of human rights by investigating the question "What are human rights?" The course will proceed primarily through a number of examples and case studies. Students will also be given an overview of the basic instruments, institutions, and ideas relevant to human rights.

HMRT-1003-B Intro to Human Rights

T/TH 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

This course will introduce students to the study of human rights by investigating the question "What are human rights?" The course will proceed primarily through a number of examples and case studies. Students will also be given an overview of the basic instruments, institutions, and ideas relevant to human rights.

HMRT-1003-C Intro to Human Rights

T/TH 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

This course will introduce students to the study of human rights by investigating the question "What are human rights?" The course will proceed primarily through a number of examples and case studies. Students will also be given an overview of the basic instruments, institutions, and ideas relevant to human rights.

GERO-1013-A Intro to Gerontology

W/F 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM

This course introduces students to the field of Gerontology. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the course examines the study of aging from a social, psychological, and physical perspective. Topics to be studied include ageism, population aging, physical and psychological aspects of aging and gerontological theory.

GERO-1013-B Intro to Gerontology

T/TH 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

This course introduces students to the field of Gerontology. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the course examines the study of aging from a social, psychological, and physical perspective. Topics to be studied include ageism, population aging, physical and psychological aspects of aging and gerontological theory.

GERO-1023-A Aging in Canada

TBD

This course examines the experiences of growing older in Canada. This includes a review of Canada's healthcare, pension systems and other social structures and policies which directly impact older adults in Canadian society.

ENGL-2053-A Growing Up Neurodivergent

M/W/F 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM

This course focuses on how different forms of neurodivergence (such as autism, ADHD, OCD, etc.) are portrayed narratively and visually in children's picture books, novels, and resource texts. It examines different understandings of neurodivergence, such as the medical model and the neurodiversity paradigm, in relation to disability studies. It asks central questions about agency, power, and knowledge. Who gets to shape epistemological discourse about neurodivergence within children's literature? Equally importantly, it contemplates the narrative and rhetorical strategies neurodivergent writers and characters employ both to exert their own agency and to challenge literary form itself.

HMRT-2113-A Exploring Disability

T/TH 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

This course is an introduction to disability studies using a human rights framework, but also examining the issues from a multidisciplinary approach. The course starts by examining the history of disability and societal constructions of disability, including in media, workplaces, family, and environmental barriers. We will examine ableism and ageism in society and how invisible and physical disabilities, including mental health and neurodiversity intersect with our culture and institutions. Ultimately, this course will challenge cultural representations of disability in society by reframing disability as an issue of oppression, access, inclusion, and equality. Prerequisite: HMRT 1003.

GERO-2403-A Aging and Care

M 4:00 PM - 6:50 PM

In this course we will learn from rich traditions of feminist scholarship about what care is and how we can better provide it to support people as they age (e.g. these traditions may include feminist political economy, care ethics, and the logic of care). This course will be delivered in both a lecture format addressing key perspectives on care as well as in a seminar style allowing for discussions about the material which may include readings, podcasts, webinars and videos. Students will learn to apply their new understandings to real world situations (e.g., through the evaluation of policy reviews and reports).

SOCI-2653-A Sociology of Health

T/TH 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

This course explores health from a sociological perspective. The course focuses on the social determinants of health, inequalities in health and illness, health care provision, and the social construction of health and health practices.

PSYC-3223-A Health Psychology

T/TH 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

This course will review a variety of topics within health psychology, including stress, coping and health, pain, chronic illness, the physician-patient relationship and health care, as well as the impact of various health behaviours such as smoking, drinking, and exercise on health status.

GERO-4013-A Seminar in Gerontology

W 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM

This seminar course consists of an in-depth analysis of a specific problem or issue in the field of aging. Students have their chosen topic area approved and supervised by the course instructor. The purpose of this course is to integrate a student's theoretical and practical understanding of a specific area by way of a combination of a major paper, presentations, and/or other research. Prerequisites: GERO 1013 + 1023.

PSYC-4453-B Seminar in Stress and Health

T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

This seminar focuses on an advanced understanding of stress and health. Students will be exposed to the theories, research methods, and findings related to stress, as well as the relationship of stress to health and health behaviour, and coping. Topics may include the measurement of stress and health, as well as academic, workplace and relationship stress. Other topics may be explored. This course will focus on the biopsychosocial aspects of stress and health. Prerequisites: Psychology 2013, 2023, or permission of the instructor.

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Time & Day

Course Description

HMRT-1003-D Intro to Human Rights

TBD

This course will introduce students to the study of human rights by investigating the question "What are human rights?" The course will proceed primarily through a number of examples and case studies. Students will also be given an overview of the basic instruments, institutions, and ideas relevant to human rights.

HMRT-1003-E Intro to Human Rights

T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

This course will introduce students to the study of human rights by investigating the question "What are human rights?" The course will proceed primarily through a number of examples and case studies. Students will also be given an overview of the basic instruments, institutions, and ideas relevant to human rights.

GERO-1023-B Aging in Canada

T/TH 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM

This course examines the experiences of growing older in Canada. This includes a review of Canada's healthcare, pension systems and other social structures and policies which directly impact older adults in Canadian society.

HMRT-3013-A Discrimination and the Law

T/TH 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM

This course will focus on domestic human rights codes and human rights commissions. Special attention will be given to the New Brunswick Human Rights Code and the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission.

GERO-3023-A Aging and Health

M/W 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Various aspects of aging and health are addressed in this course. Topics considered include: theories of biological aging; normal vs. pathological physical changes that accompany the aging process; various chronic conditions that affect quality of life in later life; the implications of physical aging for medication use and nutritional status among older adults; and the impact of an aging population on the provision of acute care, long-term care, and home care for older adults. Prerequisite: GERO 1013 and GERO 1023.

GERO-3053-A Qualitative Research Methods in Gero

T/TH 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

This course will introduce students to qualitative research methods used in social science, with an emphasis on gerontology. It will address theoretical foundations of qualitative analysis, ethical considerations involving older adults, and provide hands-on experience in developing a research question, and collecting and analyzing data using basic qualitative techniques in gerontology. It will also prepare students in writing a qualitative research proposal. Prerequisite: GERO 1013 OR GERO 1023, OR permission from the instructor.

HIST-3053-A Disability in History

T/TH 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM

This course treats disability as a historical subject. It explores questions such as what it means to be disabled in various times and places, how people with disability lived their lives, how society at large conceptualized differences in physical ability and mental capacity, when and how disability intersected with other identity constructs, and the roles myth and religion played in all this.

GERO-3263-A Understanding Dementia

T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

As the proportion of older people increases, so will the prevalence of dementia-related neurocognitive disorders in this population. This course will examine the various types of Dementia, how they are assessed and the evidence based practices used to enhance the lives of individuals with this disorder.

SEST-3243-A Healthy Planet, Healthy People

T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

In recent years, public health and health promotion experts have introduced the concept of Planetary Health which stresses the crucial links between physical and mental wellbeing and the state of the planet. Building on concepts learned in SEST 2243, this course introduces students to the planetary health framework for health promotion and advocacy. This framework provides a systems-based analysis of the environmental drivers of mental and physical illness and proposes system changes that would result in healthy people and a healthy planet. Prerequisite: ENVS/SEST 2243.

PSYC-4453-A Seminar in Stress and Health

T/TH 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

This seminar focuses on an advanced understanding of stress and health. Students will be exposed to the theories, research methods, and findings related to stress, as well as the relationship of stress to health and health behaviour, and coping. Topics may include the measurement of stress and health, as well as academic, workplace and relationship stress. Other topics may be explored. This course will focus on the biopsychosocial aspects of stress and health. Prerequisites: Psychology 2013, 2023, or permission of the instructor.