This course will focus on material technical properties and construction methods and systems, incorporating expressive and sustainable design objectives. Students will explore the ways building materials are manufactured and the ways in which their intrinsic qualities influence the process of design and construction. Students will be introduced to the ways in which materials and construction methods hold and develop meaning: as a site of mediation, as a tool for communication, and as a historically charged social and cultural apparatus.

Both the ancient and the modern world are unimaginable without sport or, more generally speaking, "activit[ies] involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others (for entertainment)." From the classical Greek pankration (an ancient martial art combining wrestling and boxing) via medieval jousting all the way to modern soccer, the study of sporting activities affords us revealing insights into cultures around the globe and across the ages.

This course explores trends and topics found in Japanese fiction since 2000.

This course will study features of contemporary Japanese popular culture, examining ways in which tradition is re-worked and re-invented in contemporary works such as anime, manga, film, and popular fiction. All texts are in English translation.

Study of contemporary Japanese fiction of the 21st century.

This course tracks discourses and representations of racial, ethnic, and oppressed minorities that emerged in modern Japan for the purpose of debunking the myth of the homogeneous nation.

Social Justice in Sport takes the subject of sport as a lens through which to better understand the issues of social justice, identity and inclusion in our modern world. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the curriculum sets out to reconnect individual, communal, and institutional approaches to contemporary sport and the social justice issues that have emerged. Students will explore the topics of social justice, including intersectionality, and advocacy, and the intersecting identities between privilege and oppression.

This course focuses on gaining practical experience in strength and conditioning coaching that is relevant to the Kinesiology degree under the direct supervision of a field supervisor that maintains the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) credential. The practicum field experience allows the student to apply the knowledge, skills, and abilities learned though didactic and laboratory classes to a strength and conditioning setting. It also provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate professional and ethical standards within the field of strength and conditioning.