495-2 (D100)
HUM 495-2 Humanities Graduating Seminar:
Charles Taylor on Modernity
Department
of Humanities, AQ 5115, 778-782-3689, www.sfu.ca/humanities
Semester: Spring
2010 (1101) -
D100, Burnaby Campus
Instructor: Chris Jones, AQ 5110, 778-782-5516, cjones2@sfu.ca
Prerequisites:
16 units in
upper-division humanities courses (or permission of the department).
This course is
restricted to major and joint-major students in humanities only.
Grading will
be on a pass/fail basis.
NB: To register for
HUM 495, you need to fill out the
attached form and submit it to Christine
Prisland. Once the form has been completed and approved by the course
instructor, students will be enrolled in the class. On-line registration for
this course is not available.
Course Description:
In this course we shall examine Charles Taylor's theory of modernity,
with particular reference to his recent work A Secular Age.
Required
Texts:
Charles Taylor, A Secular Age
Course Requirements:
Weekly
presentations
Participation in
discussion
This
is a required course for a Humanities major/joint major/minor or extended minor
program.
Note:
Though the University will be open, all
classes will be cancelled during the Olympics (February 15-26, 2010).