Winter Term 2024 (1860)
AUENG 207 - Aboriginal/Indigenous Literature
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Offers a critical study of literature by First Peoples, including narratives from the oral tradition, fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and personal narratives. Themes will include traditional and contemporary perspectives on gender, cultural and political identity, and spirituality. Multiple critical approaches (aesthetic, linguistic, political, historical, and cultural) will be employed in examining this literature, including selections from Native critical texts. Content, period, and national focus will vary. Prerequisites: Two of AUENG 102, 103, and 104. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in AUENG 307.
LECTURE 1B01 (17764)
2024-01-29 - 2024-04-19
TR 10:15 - 11:45 (AU LIB 2 102)
AUIND 101 - Introduction to Indigenous Studies
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
An introduction to historical and modern relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. This course investigates how Canada's history of anti-Indigenous policies (such as residential schools and the Sixties Scoop) have negatively impacted First Nations, Métis, and Inuit into the present. The course further highlights the resilience of Indigenous peoples through community organization, artistic and cultural expression, and the fight for self-determination. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUIND 101 and AUIND 201 (2023).
LECTURE 3B01 (17820)
2024-01-04 - 2024-01-23
MTWRF 14:00 - 17:00 (AU C 103)
Fall Term 2024 (1890)
AUENG 102 - Critical Reading, Critical Writing
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
English 102 has two objectives. The first is to train students in the practices of analytical reading and critical thinking. To that end, we will read engaging literary texts in several genres. The second objective is to help students develop effective communication skills, particularly their writing abilities. To develop writing techniques, we will workshop grammatical skills which will provide the necessary building blocks for university-level writing. Prerequisite: ELA 30-1 or AUENG 101.
LECTURE 1A01 (49783)
2024-09-16 - 2024-12-09
MWF 11:00 - 12:00 (AU F 1 305)
LECTURE 1A04 (50389)
2024-09-16 - 2024-12-09
MWF 09:45 - 10:45 (AU F 1 305)
AUENG 240 - Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Literature - poetry, prose, drama and fiction - of the period between 1660 and 1800. The course is taught chronologically with a focus on the major cultural shifts of that era. Topics include satire and the public sphere, print culture, consumerism, the politics of gender and ethnicity, globalization and subjectivity. Prerequisites: 3 units in English at the 100-level. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUENG 240, AUENG 241 (2018), AUENG 243 (2018), AUENG 341 (2018) and AUENG 343 (2018).
LECTURE 1A01 (53873)
2024-09-16 - 2024-12-09
MWF 08:30 - 09:30 (AU F 1 305)
Winter Term 2025 (1900)
AUIND 101 - Introduction to Indigenous Studies
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
An introduction to historical and modern relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. This course investigates how Canada's history of anti-Indigenous policies (such as residential schools and the Sixties Scoop) have negatively impacted First Nations, Métis, and Inuit into the present. The course further highlights the resilience of Indigenous peoples through community organization, artistic and cultural expression, and the fight for self-determination. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUIND 101 and AUIND 201 (2023).
LECTURE 3B01 (76099)
2025-01-06 - 2025-01-22
MTWRF 14:00 - 17:00 (AU C 014)
AUIND 399 - Theories in Indigenous Studies
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
A senior level course dealing with the theoretical basis of indigenous studies with a focus on major theories and theoreticians found and/or used in indigenous studies, postcolonial studies and subaltern studies. Credit may be obtained for only one of AUIND 399 and 499. Prerequisites: One of AUIND 101, 201.
LECTURE 1B01 (77827)
2025-01-27 - 2025-04-15
TR 14:15 - 15:45 (AU LIB 2 103)