For a full list of courses, please refer to the Graduate Calendar.
Courses for 2023-2024
Fall Semester
HUMA 7P56 – Consumerism as Worldview
Explores the origins, nature and implications of consumerism as a worldview from historical, philosophical, political, cultural and ecological perspectives. Themes to be examined include: commodification; branding; ‘McDonaldization’; citizen/consumer and modern/postmodern divide; historical progress; and technology and ideology. Authors may include Marx, Arendt, Heidegger, Baudrillard.
Instructor: Dr. Trevor Norris
HUMA 7P58 – Thinking and Representing the Anthropocene and Extinction
An interdisciplinary examination of the philosophical and cultural meanings of the Anthropocene and extinction.
Instructor: Dr. Lynn Arner
HUMA 7P58 – Thinking and Representing The Anthropocene and Extinction
An interdisciplinary examination of the philosophical and cultural meanings of the Anthropocene and extinction.
Instructor: Dr. Christine Daigle
HUMA 7P90 – Directed Reading
Research course with directed study and regular meetings with a faculty member, covering topics not offered in a designated course, and with permission of the Graduate Program Director.
HUMA 7F90 – PhD Thesis
Preparation, public defence, and examination of a thesis that is interdisciplinary in approach and that demonstrates the candidate’s capacity for independent thought and study.
HUMA 7N07 – Professionalization and Research Seminar
Non-credit compulsory research seminar for first and second-year students. Forum to develop thesis research topics and academic skills.
Winter Semester
HUMA 7P02 – Fields of Interdisciplinary Study
Introduction to the four fields of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Humanities: 1) Ways of Knowing; 2) Critique and Social Transformation; 3) Culture and Aesthetics; 4) Digital Humanities.
Instructor: Dr. Lissa Paul
HUMA 7P90 – Directed Reading
Research course with directed study and regular meetings with a faculty member, covering topics not offered in a designated course, and with permission of the Graduate Program Director.
HUMA 7F90 – PhD Thesis
Preparation, public defence, and examination of a thesis that is interdisciplinary in approach and that demonstrates the candidate’s capacity for independent thought and study.
HUMA 7N07 – Professionalization and Research Seminar
Non-credit compulsory research seminar for first and second-year students. Forum to develop thesis research topics and academic skills.