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Arts & Sciences

At Capilano, Academic students can take courses equivalent to the first year or two of most “professional” university ¢
Biochemistry, Agricultural Science or Engineering, or can take the first two years of a General Arts or Science degree.

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Anthropology

120

introduction to Social
Anthropology

A survey of the discipline to
include a brief introduction to
human evolution and our place
among the primates; structure and
organization of society; social
institutions of non-Western
cultures.

latreduction to Archaeology and
the Prehistoric Past

A survey of the goals of
Archaeology, its theoretical
framework, and the methods and
techniques to treat material.
Relationships with other
disciplines, both in social and
natural sciences.

Intermediate Social
Anthropology

A study of the social structure and
organization of various cultures of
the world. Emphasis on the
dynamics of culture, the cross-
cultural approach, the theoretical
issues in Anthropology.

Commerce

210

Quantitative Methods |
Applications of basic mathematics
to commerce and business. Topics
include cost/benefit analysis,
discounted cash flow,
transportation problems, linear
prograraming. The use of
computers to solve these
problems will be included
extensively.

Principies of Organizational
Behaviour

An introduction to the study of
organizations — what they are,
how they function, how individuals
behave within them. Topics
include formal structures, the role
of groups within organizations,
motivated work effort, leadership,
change.

Fundamentals of Accounting

An introduction to the fundamental
principles behind the preparation
of financial reports and
statements. Topics include generai
financial statement structure,
revenue recognition, valuation of
receivables, inventory, assets and
liabilities.

Economics

100

Introduction to Economics

The development of conflicting
views about the nature of the
capitalist economic system will be
traced, and this course will focus
on the historical development of
capitalist society and on the
divergent interpretations of the
operation of capitalism as found in
the writings of such economists as
Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl
Marx, J.M. Keynes and Milton
Friedman. Contemporary
government economic policies and
such basic concepts as supply
and demand are dealt with.

Canadian Economics —

Macro and Micro
Considerations

An examination of the
contemporary structure of the
Canadian economy of international
trade and tariffs, the effects of
foreign investment and ownership;
the problems of regional
disparities and poverty; the
interplay of business, government
and unions and federai-provincial
relations and taxation policies are
considered. Focus is on the hard
economic choices the people of
Canada now face.

Economic History of the Pre-
industrial Era

Taking a broad sweep of economic
history from man's eariest

200 Fr

beginnings to the Industria!
Revolution, this course siudies the
ecenomics of prehistoric man, the
River Civilizations, Greece, Rome,
and Europe in the Middle Ages,
with emphasis on the transition
from European Feudalism to early
forms of capitalism.

Principles of Macroeconomic
jeory

The formal Keynesian theory of
national income determination and
some contemporary critiques of
this theory are considered.
Inciuded is the study of the
possible causes and solutions to
unemployment and inflation and
the importance of international
trade. Government fiscal and
monetary policies are examined in
detail.

Principtes of Micrioconomic
Thoo

A study of the theoretical
constructs of consumer behaviour
and the operation of business
firms in the market economy
under conditions of perfect
competition, oligopoly, monopoly
and monopoiistic competition.

Intermediate Microeconomic
Analysis ,

Consumer behaviour, production,
exchange, equilibrium of the firm
under different market structures,
factor markets, economic welfare.

Geography

100

Human Geography

Ari examination of human cultural
characteristics and activities in
different environmental situations.
The distribution and
characteristics of human
populations are examined in both
global and contemporary North
American context.

Environmental Geography:
Perception & Change

This course introduces the student
to environmental issues and
concerns through examining the
conflicts between our lifestyles
and attitudes, and the physical
environment.

British Columbia: A Regional
Analysis

This course is based on a
geographic background to many
historical and contemporary issues
in this province. It deals with
physical. regions in B.C. and
discusses the relationship between
physical systems and human use
systems.

Introduction to Earth
Environments

Some of the environments to be
considered are: glacial, volcanic,
coastal, arid and fluvial. Maps and
aerial photographs will be used to
illustrate the various features. Em-
phasis will be placed on Canadian
examples and the interactions bet-
ween people and their physical
environment.

Weather and Climate

A course introducing students to
the study of cur atmospheric en-
vironment. Principles of
climatology and meteorology will
be exolained to permit a basic
understanding of the weather we
experience daily.

History

102

Europe from the Reformation to
the French Revolution

A general survey of European
history which begins with the
sixteenth century Protestant
Reformation and includes
absolutism, the scientific
revolution, the Enlightenment, the
old regime and the French
Revolution.

108

issues and Themes in U.S.
History

A study of American history from
1607 to 4877 which analyses the
social and political development of
that nation from early settiernent
through the Civil War era.
Emphasis is placed on the
development of an-‘American”
culture, and appropriate
comparisons are made with the
development of Canada.

Canada Before Confederation
An overview of New France and
British North America. with special
emphasis given to the making of
Canadian society.

British Cotumbia

This course will provide an
overview of British Columbia,
emphasizing its social and political
development from the 18th
century to recent times. The
course will also exarnine some
aspects of the development of the
North Shore.

Women’s Studies

120

Women and the Past: An
Historical Survey

A survey of women from the
Ancient World to 20th century
North America. An uncovering of
women's participation in and
contribution to the making of
hisiory. Private lives as well as
public and political activities will
be studied. The course will
examine reasons behind the extent
to which women have been
“hidden from history".

Political Studies

7100

101

102

104

201

207

An Introduction to Political
Thought - Plato io Hegel

The purpose of the course is to
introduce students to the tradition
of Western political inquiry from
the Ancient Greeks to the liberal
and democratic revolution of the
18th Century. Elements within this
tradition will be approached from
an historical and philosopnical
perspective.

Contemporary Ideologies

An introduction to the historical
development of contemporary
ideologies with an examination of
the ideas expressed in the political
process. The course includes a
critical analysis of Liberalism,
Conservatism, Fascism, Social
Democracy and Marxism
Leninisrn. .

Comparative Government

This course will take two or more
political cultures and examine the
formal and informal political
structures and processes in each.
A variety of states/countries are
selected each semester to use as
“case” studies; e.g., U.S. and
Latin America; Western Europe
and the Soviet Union; New States,
Old Probiems.

Canadian Government

A study of the processes,
ideologies and government
structures which make up the
Canadian political reality. This
course will examine the role of the
prime minister's office, the
bureaucracy, political parties,
federal-provincial relations, and
Canadian foreign policy.

Internationa! Relations

A study of aspects of global
conflict and world politics. The
course will examine the origins of
the Cold War, !mperiatism, loca!
and globa: wars, detente, and
problems of mititarism and
disarmament.

Selected Issues in
Contemporary Social and
Political Theory

An examination of some of the
major contributions to social and

political thought from the rise of
the Welfare State to current
problems with the structure and
organization of late capitalism.
Topics will include the role of the
state, the Frankfurt School, Neo-
Marxism, Cultural Theory, the
fate of Liberal Democracy, Civil
Society vs. the State, Neo-
Conservatism, Militarism, and the
question of Power. Theorists who
have responded to these
developments will be covered
including Keynes, Arent,
Gramsci, Althusser, Poulantzas,
Bahro, Foucault, Habermas, Offe,
Friedman, Marcuse, and Williams.

Psychology

100

Introduction to Psychology

A course designed to introduce
the beginning psychology student
to some of the major concepts
and approaches necessary to an
understanding of human behaviour
from a psychological perspective.

Behavioural Theory

The course covers such topics as
Statistics, experimental design,
psychological assessment,
learning theory, memory and
cognition, physiological
psychology, sensation and
perception, altered states of
consciousness, and the
therapeutic process.

Social Psychology

A study of the dynamics and effect
of social influence on individual
human behaviour. The course
entails a look at such topics as
attitudes and attitude-change,
group processes, leadership,

- prejudice, impression formation,

conformity, altruism and
interpersonal attraction.

Group Dyramics

This course provides an
intellectual and experiential
approach to small group theory
and allows the student to practice
constructive interpersonal skills in
a supportive, small group setting.

Developmental Psychology
A study of the child’s development
from infancy to adolescence,
including the development of
social behaviour, personality, -
language and cognitive processes.

Abnormal Psychology

A study of the various models and
perspectives for viewing patterns
and treatment of abnormal
behaviour Included will be an
examinaticn of the research as to
how the medical model,
behaviouristic school, humanistic
schocel and interpersonal school
view normal and abnormal
behaviour. This course will also
focus on the historical and
contemporary approaches to
treatment.

Socicicgy

100

Social Structures

The basic theme of the course is
that we are produced, structured
and run by the ‘social machine’.
This ‘‘social machine’ comprises
institutions such as the family,
religion, inequality, mass media,
education as well as rules,
customs, laws, etc. This course
looks at how we are influenced by
this ‘machine’ and, in turn, how
we react to that influence.

Concepts of Theories of Society
With current social conditions in
mind, this course analyses the
genera} development of
sociological thought in the 19th
and 20th centuries. The course
will examine three major
approaches to understanding
society (furctionalism, conflict
theory and symbolic
interactionism) and employ these