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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

Liberal Studies 111: Ways of Knowing I: February 10, 2025 - 12:18pm

Love and Friendship

Course Outline, Fall 2012

 

Senior Project in Liberal Studies January 31, 2022 - 2:23pm

Course Outline: Fall and Spring Semester 2012-13

LBST 400 Y12N01 (Nanaimo) & Y12X01 (Courtenay)

A. Introduction

LBST 203/303: The Highest Things August 3, 2016 - 4:54pm

LBST 421 Special Topics in Western Culture: The Twentieth Century October 1, 2019 - 12:49pm

Course Outline, Courtenay, Spring 2013

Jim Anderson

A. Introduction

The following pages provide details about the curriculum of LBST 421. This Course Outline consists of two parts: the first describes the various aspects of the course (the assignments, seminars, and so on), and the second part, two appendixes, outlines the specific policies we will use for different aspects of the course.

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

Fall 2013: "The Highest Things"
Section F13X01: Jim Anderson
Thursday, 6:30-9:30, Room TBA
Course Overview:
Senior Project in Liberal Studies January 31, 2022 - 2:23pm

Course Outline: Fall and Spring Semester 2011-12

LBST 400 Y11N01 (Nanaimo) & Y11X01 (Courtenay)

A. Introduction

LBST 420 The Modern Experience and Beyond Course Outline - Spring 2014 January 31, 2022 - 1:37pm

  "The noble and the necessary"

Synopsis

Introduction January 28, 2022 - 9:50am

Liberal Studies Abroad

England - 2001

 

Course Outline

Schedule of Events

 

 

 
LBST 411: Special Topics in Western Culture: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries January 28, 2022 - 9:50am

Course Outline: 2012 Autumn Session

Jim Anderson


A. Introduction

The following pages provide details about the curriculum of LBST 411. This Course Outline consists of two parts: the first describes the various aspects of the program (the assignments, seminars, and so on), and the second part, two appendixes, outlines the specific policies we will use for different aspects of the course.

Liberal Studies 321 February 10, 2025 - 12:18pm

The Emergence of European Culture:

Humanity's Place in the Cosmos

Spring 2014 M. Okun

 

Course Description

Liberal Studies 321 takes a multi-disciplinary look at topics of interest concerning the European middle ages and renaissance. This particular section of LBST 321 will focus on a prevalent concern of the period: determining humanity's place in the cosmos.

Turkey 2010: Course Outline February 10, 2025 - 12:27pm

Liberal Studies Abroad

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

Liberal Studies 112: Ways of Knowing II: Knowledge, Good, and Evil February 10, 2025 - 12:18pm

Course Outline, Spring 2013

 

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 2013 January 31, 2022 - 1:37pm

  Looking, Thinking, Feeling:

Reason and Imagination in the Enlightenment