Each term, a variety of new courses are offered for the first time. Below is a centrally-maintained list of such courses, submitted by various academic units on campus.
Click the course link to see the full course description in the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar. Browse through the list for course details and check back often for updates.
Winter 2025
Last updated: September 27, 2024
PACS290: Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies I
Topic title: Mathematics and Peace: Decoding the Social Implications of Mathematics
Topic details: This course examines topics at the intersection of math and peace – such as poverty reduction, climate justice, predatory lending, predictive policing software, public health, racial bias in artificial intelligence, deepfakes and echo chambers. It involves sharpen an analysis of how both math and peace studies contribute to creating a stable and peaceful society. It engages with the material through reading, writing, discussion, presentations and group work; no computation is involved. Open to students from first year up, from all faculties and levels of comfort (or discomfort) with mathematics.
Additional information:
- Held with MTHEL 298.
- Instructor: Professor Judith Koeller
- Class size: 30 students
PACS301: Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies I
Topic title: The Future of War: Arms Control and Peace Research
Topic details: Advances in technology and the increasing use of drones, robots, AI, and cyberwarfare
are transforming warfare and shaping future war trends. This will require a new set of
responses from peace advocates, and peace research will play an increasingly important
role. The multilateral arena where many of these responses will play out, as well as
previous and ongoing efforts to respond to armed conflict, will be key factors that will
shape peace research and advocacy going forward.
Additional information:
- Prerequisites: Students must be in level 2A or higher
- Instructors: Cesar Jaramillo and Branka Marijan
