Arts disciplines
Included in this section are
disciplines in which you can earn a major, minor, or extended
minor within the Bachelor of Arts degree program, or from which
you can apply courses toward the Bachelor of Arts and/or
Associate of Arts degree, the General Studies diploma, the
Liberal Arts diploma, or the Visual Arts and Theatre diplomas.
Courses from these disciplines also transfer to many other
post-secondary institutions.
Anthropology invites you to learn more
about other ways of life, and its study gives you a framework
for looking critically at your own. A look at life in a Pygmy
band or a Pueblo village helps bring life in our cities into
focus. Looking in depth at the challenges facing indigenous and
Third World peoples can help you become a better world citizen.
Cultural anthropology investigates the lore and logic of other
cultures.
Anthropology means not only looking
out at other cultures, but looking back at our origins and what
it means to be human. What needs, urges and patterns have been
built into us? How and why did we change from being scavengers
to hunter-gatherers to farmers to “city-zens”? Can
we create a global village or are we driving to a world-long
strip mall interrupted by occasional theme parks and game
reserves? Physical anthropologists and archaeologists join
cultural anthropologists in answering these questions.
UCFV offers a minor in anthropology as
well as a combined major in sociology/anthropology as part of
its Bachelor of Arts program. Requirements for the combined
major in sociology/anthropology can be found
here.
Students cannot combine an
anthropology minor with the sociology/anthropology major.
This section specifies minor discipline
requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts
requirements begins in
this section.
Lower-level requirements: nine credits
Nine lower-level credits, as follows:
• Anthropology 102
• any other lower-level
Anthropology course
• any lower-level
Anthropology or Sociology course or SCMS 255.
Upper-level requirements: 16 credits
• Sixteen
credits in upper-level Anthropology courses or SCMS courses
with an anthropology focus (see
Anthropology or
SCMS course descriptions).
Lower-level requirements: 19 credits
• Sociology 101
• Anthropology 102
• One of SOC 201, 210, 215,
220, 250, ANTH 220 or MACS 240*
• SCMS 255
• One Sociology or
Anthropology 100/200 level course
• Mathematics 104 or
Mathematics 106
* Students are advised to select
lower-level courses which are prerequisites (or recommended)
courses for the upper-level courses of interest to them. See the
Course
Descriptions section for
more information
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
Thirty-two credits of 300- and
400-level sociology and anthropology as follows:
• SCMS 355* or SCMS 356
• Sociology 350**
• 12 additional upper-level
credits in anthropology or in SCMS courses with an
anthropology focus (see
SCMS section)
• 12 additional upper-level
credits in sociology or in SCMS courses with a sociology focus
(see
SCMS section)
*Criminology/Criminal
Justice 320 or Geography 352 may be substituted for
SCMS 355.
SCMS 355.
** Students who are focusing on
anthropology, and particularly those considering graduate work
in anthropology, may use ANTH 301 to fulfill the theory
requirement instead of SOC 350, with permission of the
department head. Students wishing to take ANTH 301 are advised
that this course is generally offered every other year.
Faculty
Elizabeth Dennis, BA, MA, PhD
(Toronto), Department Head
Kevin Busswood, BA (Hons) (UBC)
Christine Elsey, BA, MA, PhD (SFU)
Douglas R. Hudson, BA (Hons) (UVic),
MA (McMaster), PhD (Alberta)
Stephen Piper, BA (Sask), MA
(Queen’s)
Colin Ridgewell, BSc (Hons)
(Southampton), MA (SFU)
David Wyatt, BA (Washington), MA, PhD
(Brown)
Luanne Yellowfly, BA (Calgary), MA
(UBC)
Staff
Lesley Poh, Department Assistant
Websites:
www.ufv.ca/philosophy
www.ufv.ca/politicalscience
www.ufv.ca/politicalscience
History is not over. We still have important choices to make about how to live with each other.
Students in the applied ethical and
political philosophy program will develop their capacities for
creative and critical thinking. They will acquire an
understanding of the social and political institutions that
govern our communities, our country, and the world. They will
increase their sensitivity to the ethical and political
dimensions of our lives as individuals, as members of families,
communities, interest groups, professions and nations, and as
citizens of the world.
The Philosophy and Politics department
offers a minor in applied ethical and political philosophy that
continues the long-standing traditions of philosophy and
political studies by developing one’s ability to think
critically and imaginatively in one’s role as a
responsible person. Completion of the minor would indicate that
the student has developed skills, knowledge, values, and
sensitivities that will complement most career paths, including
advanced studies in applied ethics, where career opportunities
are expanding.
The lower-level minor requirements are
selected to provide a foundation in:
• political thought
• political institutions and
structures
• metaphysics and
epistemology
• empirical political content
• ethics.
This section specifies the minor
discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor
of Arts requirements begins in
this section.
Lower-level requirements: 15 credits
• One of: Philosophy 110,
210, 230, Political Science 120, 270
• One of: Political Science
110, 190, 230
• One of: Philosophy 120,
220, 250, 251, 252
• One of: Anthropology 112,
Business 261, Criminology 109, 135, Social Services &
Social Work 210, 261, Media and Communication Studies 240,
Political Science 110, 190, 230, 290 (or an upper-level course
which, on the discretion of the program head, has significant
empirical political content)
• One additional lower-division
course in philosophy or political science.
Note: A single course cannot be used to
satisfy more than one criterion.
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
• two political science
courses, including at least one of Political Science 311 or 312
• two of Philosophy 305, 310,
315
• one additional philosophy
or political science course
Certificate in Extended Studies
in Arts:
Applied Ethical and Political Philosophy
Applied Ethical and Political Philosophy
The Extended Studies certificate is
designed for students who have baccalaureate degrees, who wish
to complete the equivalent of a minor in applied ethical and
political philosophy. For details about entrance requirements
and program requirements, please contact the department.
Faculty
Glen Baier, BA (Hons) (UBC), MA, PhD
(McMaster), Department Head
Anastasia Anderson, BA (UBC), MA
(Toronto)
H.A. Bassford, BA (Reed College), MA
(Hawaii), PhD (UBC)
Ron Dart, BA (Lethbridge), DCS, MCS
(Regent College), MA (UBC)
Scott Fast, BA (Washington), MA (UBC)
Moira Gutteridge Kloster, BA (York),
MA, PDP (SFU)
Paul Herman, BA (UC–Santa
Barbara)
Jeffrey Morgan, BA, MA (EDUC), PhD
(SFU)
Peter B. Raabe, BA (Hons), MA, PhD
(UBC)
Hamish Telford, BA (Toronto), MA
(McGill), PhD (UBC)
Staff
Julie Laursen, BA (UCFV), Departmental
Assistant
Note: See the
Visual Arts section.
“Artistic activity begins when
people find themselves face to face with the visible world as
with something immensely enigmatical....In the creation of a
work of art, people engage in a struggle with nature not for
their physical but for their mental existence.”
— Conrad Reidler
Too often people feel distanced from
the “fine arts” due to the social mystique that has
grown around them. Art, however, is a visual language that
surrounds us daily in the gas station or in the gallery. In
modern images we embody our present understanding of the world;
in the past other cultures used images in this same way. The
visual arts are not meant to be obscure; their meaning is not
intentionally hidden.
We need to become familiar with its
vocabulary before we can fully appreciate what art says. It is
not necessary to be an artist in order to enjoy and appreciate
art. Appreciation is contingent only upon an interest, a
willingness to participate, and a wish to understand.
The Art History courses offered at
UCFV are designed to foster among both studio and general arts
students an understanding and appreciation of the visual arts,
especially in their social context.
Faculty
Jacqueline Nolte, BFA, BA (Hons),
HED (UNISA), MA, PhD (UCT)
Jill Bain, BA (Hons), MA (UVic)
Aleksandra Idzior, MA (AWF-Poznan), MA
(UAM-Poznan), MA (Toronto), PhD (UBC)
Phil Smith, BA (SFU)
The Canadian criminal justice system
includes law enforcement agencies (public and private), the
court systems, corrections (public and private), as well as
related domains such as Customs and Excise, Immigration, and
Social Services. Curriculum content also includes the law
itself and the politics of its definition, enforcement and
reform; the interplay between the governed and those who
govern, and how these dynamics influence the components of the
justice system. Also included are the shaping of public policy
and the roles of economics, ideology, and the media in these
processes.
While the object of our focus is
criminal and social justice issues, the lens is a critical one.
Students are encouraged to read, think, and write critically;
they are challenged to examine and question their own beliefs
and values, to locate them in the same conceptual space as
professional ethics and personal integrity. We expect our
students to be as articulate about other points of view as they
are about their own. It is impressed upon our students that the
system will always be in a state of change and that they, as
educated citizens or as workers within that system, have a
responsibility to be actively involved, perhaps as leaders, in
the process.
We believe our students need to
appreciate their own responsibility to work for change from
within, and to ensure that the system remains open to the
possibility of change from without. We want our students to
understand that the system is not a monolithic entity which
they must be molded to fit, but rather a product of people
whose activities continue to redefine its uses, abuses,
dimensions, and performance specifications.
UCFV offers an extended minor and minor
in criminal justice as part of its Bachelor of Arts within the
Arts division program. A formal request for approval must be
made to the Criminology/Criminal Justice department and to the
Bachelor of Arts advisor. Students in the Bachelor of Arts
program requesting an extended minor or minor must have
completed all of the lower-level requirements for the criminal
justice extended minor or minor with a minimum GPA of 2.67.
Please submit a copy of your UCFV transcript to the
Criminology/Criminal Justice department showing completion of
the lower-level courses to be reviewed. The number of
declarations may be limited by seat availability. (See the
Criminology/Criminal Justice
section for more
details.)
This section specifies the major or
extended minor or minor discipline requirements only.
Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins
in this
section.
Criminal Justice extended minor
requirements
Lower-level requirements: 18 credits
• Criminology 100
• Criminology 103
• Criminology 104 or
Criminology 105
• Criminology 220
• Criminology 230
• One other 100- or 200-level
Criminology course (excluding Criminology 201/202/203)
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
Fifteen credits in 300- and 400-level
Criminology as follows:
• Two of Criminology 310,
311, 330, 335
• Criminology 450
• Criminology 460
• One other 300- or 400-level
Criminology course
Criminal Justice minor
requirements
Lower-level requirements: 12 credits
• Criminology 100
• Criminology 103
• Criminology 104 or
Criminology 105
• Criminology 230
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
Fifteen credits in 300- and 400-level
Criminology as follows:
• Two of Criminology 310,
311, 330, 335
• Criminology 450
• Criminology 460
• One other 300- or 400-level
Criminology course
Note: Students must complete at least
50 percent of the upper-level Criminology credits required for
the minor or extended minor at UCFV (subject to final
approval).
Full-time faculty
Darryl Plecas, BA, MA (SFU), EdD
(UBC), Chair
Terry Anderson, BA, MA (Cal State),
PhD (CPU)
Irwin Cohen, BA (Concordia), MA
(Toronto), MCA (Ottawa), PhD (SFU)
Martha Dow, BA, MA (UWO), PhD (UBC)
Aili Malm, BA, MA (SFU)
John Martin, Dip. Crim Justice (UCFV),
BA, MA (SFU)
Kim Polowek, BA, MA (SFU)
Martin Silverstein, BA (Toronto), BA
(Queen’s), MA (Ottawa),
PhD (Arizona State)
PhD (Arizona State)
Paul Tinsley, BA, MA (SFU), EdD (UBC)
Terry Waterhouse, BEd (UBC), MA (Royal
Roads)
Part-time faculty
Yvon Dandurand, BA (Ph), BPh, MA
(Ottawa)
Scott Fast, BA (Wash), MA (UBC)
Peter German, BA (Hons), (Mt.
Allison), MA (SFU), LLB (NB), LLM (UBC)
Jay Jones, BA (UCFV), MA (SFU)
Ian MacKenzie, LLB (UBC)
Alard Malek, PhD (UBC)
Tim Segger, BA, MA (UVic)
Allan Speevak, BA, MSc, (Michigan
State)
Wendy Van Tongeren, BA (UBC), LLB
(Queen’s)
Staff
Lori Moren, Program Advisor
Kim Nickel, BA (SFU), Career
Development Coordinator
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