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Libby McGrattan August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm
  • BA (Victoria)
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  • Field Manager, Liberal Studies Abroad
Ian C. Johnston August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm
  • BSc (McGill)
  • BA (Bristol)
  • MA (Toronto)
  • University College Professor (retd.)
  • Honorary Research Associate
Janina Hornosty August 3, 2016 - 4:55pm
  • BA, MA, PhD (McMaster)
  • University College Professor
W. Russell McNeil August 3, 2016 - 4:52pm
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  • MSc (Dalhousie)
  • PhD (York)
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Maureen Okun August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm
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  • MA (British Columbia)
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David Livingstone August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm
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  • MA, PhD (Dallas)
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Lisa MacLean August 3, 2016 - 4:55pm
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LBST 311 Ancient Times, Ancient Ways August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm

Fall 2011Course Outlines

Follow these links to the appropriate section:

Nanaimo and Courtenay Sections: F11N01 (Janina Hornosty) and F11X01 (Dan Hinman-Smith)

Liberal Studies 112:  Ways of Knowing II: Knowledge, Good, and Evil January 31, 2022 - 2:23pm

Course Outline, Spring 2014 

Introductory Comments

LBST 112 is a team-taught course, in which students and instructors together read and discuss a series of texts and work to improve written and oral communication skills. The emphasis throughout is on developing general skills essential for later college work and on introducing students to some important texts and ways of thinking that they will encounter in their university careers.

LBST 310/210 December 7, 2022 - 3:08pm

Modern Culture's Ancient Sources

(The Greek, Roman, and Biblical Worlds)

Course Outline - Fall 2013

Welcome to the Liberal Studies program. This outline will tell you most of the basic things you need to know in order to get started. Please read it carefully. If you have any questions, please consult your seminar leader.

Liberal Studies Abroad - Greece 2004 August 3, 2016 - 4:52pm

LBST 290/390; LBST 291/391; LBST 292/392

Course Outline

LBST 311 Ancient Times, Ancient Ways August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm

Fall 2011: "The Highest Things"

Section F11N01: Janina Hornosty
(Nanaimo; Thurs. 10-12:30 355-108)

Section F11X01: Dan Hinman-Smith
(Courtenay; Wed. 6:30-9:30 Tyee 204)

Course Overview:

LBST 310/210 December 7, 2022 - 3:08pm

Modern Culture's Ancient Sources

(The Greek, Roman, and Biblical Worlds)

Course Outline - Fall 2012

Welcome to the Liberal Studies program. This outline will tell you most of the basic things you need to know in order to get started. Please read it carefully. If you have any questions, please consult your seminar leader.

LBST 320: Medieval and Renaissance Thought: Imagination, Reason, Faith January 31, 2022 - 2:23pm

Course Outline (Spring 2012): Medieval and Renaissance Transformations and Journeys
Liberal Studies 111: Ways of Knowing I: February 10, 2025 - 12:18pm

Love and Friendship

Course Outline, Fall 2013

 

LBST 231/331 Strangers and Friends in Western Culture Spring 2013 August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm

Instructor : Janina Hornosty (email: Janina.Hornosty@viu.ca ; phone local 2169)

Class : Fridays 11:30-2:00 (355-108)

Office Hours : M/W 1:00-2:30 (355-324)

Italy 2012 – Course Outline February 10, 2025 - 12:27pm

Liberal Studies Abroad

LBST 290/390; LBST 291/322; LBST 292/323 

These courses will be offered on a cost-recovery basis during Intersession. Preparatory sessions in Nanaimo will be followed by a month-long trip to Florence, Italy, for intensive study. On return from Europe, students will complete projects and assignments under faculty supervision.

Each course may be taken at the second- or third-year level, according to the pairings above. The performance demands for the upper-level courses are greater than those at the lower level.
August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm

Liberal Studies Abroad: Prague 2004
 A Short Guide to Architectural Styles

[The following notes, which have been prepared by Ian Johnston of Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, are in the public realm and may be used, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged--released March 2004]
Liberal Studies 112: Ways of Knowing II: Knowledge, Good, and Evil January 31, 2022 - 2:23pm

Course Outline, Spring 2012

 

Introductory Comments

LBST 112 is a team-taught course, in which students and instructors together read and discuss a series of texts and work to improve written and oral communication skills. The emphasis throughout is on developing general skills essential for later college work and on introducing students to some important texts and ways of thinking that they will encounter in their university careers.

LBST 410: Course Outline - Fall 2012 January 31, 2022 - 1:37pm

The Enlightenment and its Aftermath:

The Making of the Social Self