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Program Requirements

Canadian Studies

Enrollment in these programs requires the completion of 4.0 full courses or their equivalent.

1
Program Type

Specialist

Must complete 11.0 FCEs in Canadian Studies approved courses with at least 3.0 FCEs at the 300+ level and 1.0 FCE at the 400+ level

11
Total FCEs Required
Year 1

Recommended

No specific first-year requirements. Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program. For example: 

ANT100Y1, ECO100Y1 (not currently offered), POL101Y1 (not currently offered), (GGR107H1 or GGR124H1)

Year 2

Required

2 FCE

(CDN267H1, CDN268H1)

Plus 1.0 FCE of the following: FAS248H1 (not currently offered)/​ DRM268H1 (not currently offered)/​ ENG215H1/​ ENG252H1/​ ENG254H1/​ FOR200H1/​ FRE210H1/​ /​ GGR246H1/​ HIS262H1/​ HIS264H1/​ INS201H1 (not currently offered)/​ INS210H1 (not currently offered)/​ INS220H1(not currently offered)/​ INS231H1/​ LIN201H1/​ POL214Y1 (not currently offered)/​ POL224Y1/​ SLA238H1/​ SOC218H1/​ SOC220H1/​ TRN235H1

Year 3

Required

1.5 FCE

(CDN367H1, CDN368H1)

Plus 0.5 FCE of any one of the following: CDN307H1/​ CDN335H1/​ CDN380H1/​ CDN390H1/​ JSU325H1

Year 4

Required

1 FCE

(CDN420Y1  / CDN435Y1 ) or another fourth-year Canadian Studies course approved by the Program Director, such as CDN406H1, CDN420Y1, CDN425H1

Upper Year

Required

6.5 FCE

6.5 other FCEs in courses offered by the Canadian Studies program. Please see the current Canadian Studies course listing.

Major

(Must complete 7.0 FCEs in Canadian Studies approved courses with 1.5 FCEs at the 300+ level and 0.5 FCE at the 400+ level)

7
Total FCEs Required
Year 1

Recommended

First year: No specific first-year requirements. Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program. For example:

ANT100Y1, ECO100Y1 (not currently offered), POL101Y1 (not currently offered), (GGR107H1, GGR124H1)

Year 2

Required

2 FCE

(CDN267H1, CDN268H1)

Plus 1.0 FCE of the following: FAS248H1 (not currently offered)/​ DRM268H1 (not currently offered)/​ ENG215H1/​ ENG252H1/​ ENG254H1/​ FOR200H1/​ FRE210H1/​ GGR240H1/​ GGR246H1/​ HIS262H1/​ HIS264H1/​ INS201H1 (not currently offered)/​ INS210H1 (not currently offered)/​ INS220H1 (not currently offered)/​ INS231H1/​ LIN201H1/​ POL214Y1 (not currently offered)/​ POL224Y1 (not currently offered)/​ SLA238H1/​ SOC218H1/​ SOC220H1/​ TRN235H1

Year 3

Required

1.5 FCE

(CDN367H1, CDN368H1)

Plus 0.5 FCE of any one of the following: CDN307H1/​ CDN335H1/​ CDN380H1/​ CDN390H1/​ JSU325H1

Year 4

Required

0.5 FCE

CDN405H1 or another fourth-year Canadian Studies course approved by the Program Director

Minor in Canadian Studies

(Must complete 4.0 FCEs in Canadian Studies approved courses with at least 1.0 FCE at the 300+ level)

4
Total FCEs Required
Year 1

Recommended

First year: No specific first-year requirements. Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program. For example

ANT100Y1, ECO100Y1 (not currently offered), POL101Y1 (not currently offered), (GGR107H1, GGR124H1)

Year 2

Required

0.5 FCE

CDN267H1 or CDN268H1

Year 3

Required

0.5 FCE

CDN367H1 or CDN368H1

Year 4

Required

1 FCE

DRM268H1 (not currently offered); JUG320H1; SOC218H1; UNI101Y1 (not currently offered); CDN201H1 (not currently offered); CDN202H1; CDN205H1; HST211H1; CDN220Y1 (not currently offered); CDN221H1; CDN267H1; CDN268H1; CDN280H1; CDN305H1; CDN307H1; CDN320Y1 (not currently offered); JSU325H1 / UNI325H1 (not currently offered); CDN367H1; CDN368H1; CDN380H1; CDN420Y1; CDN425H1; CDN430Y1

Upper Year

Required

2 FCE

2.0 additional FCEs from the Canadian Studies course listing.

Minor in Asian Canadian Studies

(Must complete 4.0 FCEs in Canadian Studies approved courses, including at least 1.0 FCEs at the 300+ level)
4
Total FCEs Required
Year 1

Recommended

First year: No specific first-year requirements. Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program.

Subsequent Years

Required

1.0 FCE

CDN230H1 / CDN307H1

Subsequent Years

Required

Additionally, 3.0 FCE from the two categories below, with at least 1.0 FCE in each category.

Students can also nominate a course not on this list, as long as they can verify that the course deals with Asian Canadian issues to a significant extent (about 30%) —which could include a First Year Foundations or Special Topics course.

3.0 FCE

Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada

CAS413H1; CAS450H1; CDN230H1; CDN305H1; CDN307H1; 
CDN390H1; CDN395H1; CDN225H1; CDN367H1; 
CDN420Y1; EAS315H1; ​ ENG268H1; ​ ENG368H1; ​ 
ENG369H1; SOC218H1; ANT477H1; SAS114H1

Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies

CDN202H1; CDN205H1; CDN218H1; CDN221H1; 
CDN267H1; CDN268H1; CDN280H1; CDN335H1; CDN355H1; CDN367H1; CDN368H1; 
CDN380H1; CDN405H1; CDN406H1; CDN420Y1; 
CDN425H1; CDN435Y1

Or any of the external courses listed below:

Indigenous Studies

INS201Y1; INS261H1; INS301Y1; INS302H1; INS350H1; INS351Y1; INS352H1; INS353H1; INS360Y1; INS403H1; INS407H1; JFP450H1

Anthropology

ANT204H1; ANT315H1; ANT322H1; ANT365H1; ANT412H1

Dr. David Chu Program In Contemporary Asian Studies

CAS201H1; CAS202H1;CAS413H1

Cinema Studies

CIN332Y1; CIN370H1

Computer Science

CSC300H1

Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies

DRM230Y1; DRM268H1

Diaspora and Transnational Studies

DTS200Y1; JQR360H1

East Asian Studies

EAS105H1; EAS210Y1, EAS211Y1, EAS212H1, EAS219H1; EAS220Y1, EAS221H1, EAS300Y1, EAS310Y1, EAS320Y1, EAS401H1, EAS402H1, EAS410Y1, EAS460H1, EAS461H1, EAS474H1

Economics

ECO321H1; ECO322H1

English

ENG215H1; ENG252Y1; ENG350H1; ENG352H1; ENG353H1; ENG354Y1; ENG55H1; ENG357H1; ENG359H1; ENG424H1; ENG425H1; ENG428H1

Art History

FAH248H1; FAH262H1; FAH345H1; FAH367H1; FAH457H1; FAH458H1; FAH482H1; FAH485H1; FAH486H1; FAH495H1

Finnish

FIN320H1

French

FRE210H1; FRE314H1; FRE379H1; FRE410H1

Geography and Planning

GGR124H1; GGR246H1; GGR320H1; GGR357H1; JGU346H1

History

HIS262H1; HIS264H1; HIS266H1; HIS283Y1; HIS307H1; HIS311Y1; HIS312H1; HIS313H1, HIS314H1, HIS318H1; HIS350H1; HIS363H1; HIS365H1; HIS366H1; HIS402H1; HIS405Y1; HIS410H1; HIS429H1; HIS420H1; HIS462H1; HIS464H1; HIS466H1; HIS469H1, HIS472H1

Hungarian

HUN355H1

Innis College

INI308H1/​ WRR308H1; INI337H1/​ URB337H1; INI385H1; INI387H1; INI437Y1/​ URB437Y1

Italian

ITA233H1; ITA334H1; ITA493H1

Linguistics

LIN201H1; LIN458H1

Music

MUS306H1

New College

NEW240Y1; NEW346H1/​ CSE346H1; NEW429H1/​ CAR429H1

Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

NMC278H1; NMC315H1, 

NML110Y1, NML210Y1, NML360Y1, NML370Y1, NML470Y1

Political Science

POL214Y1; POL224H1; POL306H1; POL308H1; POL312Y1; POL314H1; POL316Y1; POL334H1; POL336H1; POL344Y1; POL349H1; POL356H1; POL382H1; POL425Y1; POL439H1; POL462H1; POL463H1; POL467H1; POL473H1; POL474H1; POL490H1; POL490Y1; POL491H1; POL491Y1

Public Policy

PPG301H1

Religion

RLG261H1, RLG262H1, RLG308H1; RLG426H1

St. Michael's College

SMC291H1; SMC315H1; SMC320H1; SMC366H1; SMC376H1/​ CLT376H1; SMC377H1/​ CLT377H1; SMC385H1; SMC413H1/​ CLT413H1; SMC416H1/​ CLT416H1; SMC428H1; SMC466H1

Slavic Languages and Literatures

SLA238H1

Sociology

SOC220H1; SOC253H5; SOC311H1; SOC336H1; SOC383H1

Trinity College

TRN160Y1; TRN235H1; TRN419Y1

UC One

UNI101H1/​ UNI101Y1; UNI102H1/​ UNI106H1/​ UNI102Y1; UNI103H1/​ UNI103Y1; UNI104H1/​ UNI104Y1

Victoria College

VIC119H1; VIC351H1

Women and Gender Studies

WGS380H1

Certificate In Black Canadian Studies

3
Total FCEs Required
Core Course

Required

1.0 FCE

All students will be required to take one foundational course worth 1.0 FCE: HIS265Y: Black Canadian History

Other Courses

Required

Students are also required to take at least 0.5 FCE from a selection of four 3rd-year courses in Canadian Studies, Equity Studies, the English Department, or Women and Gender Studies; or one course at the 4th year, from Caribbean Studies. See the list below:

0.5 FCE

·       CAR429H1: Caribbean Diaspora in Canada
·       CDN335H1: Black Canadian Studies
·       CSE347H1: Critical Race and Anti-Racism Studies
·       ENG356Y1: African Canadian Literature
·       WGS390H1: Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces

Other Courses

Required

Students will take an additional 1.0 FCE, either drawing from the above courses in list B, or another 40-or-so courses from more than 20 units across FAS (see the list below).

Students can also nominate a course not on this list, as long as they can verify that the course deals with Black Canada or Black Canadians to a significant extent (about 30%) —which could include a First Year Foundations or Special Topics course.

1.0 FCE

AFR150Y1: Introduction to African Studies
AFR353H1: International Relations of Africa

CAR120Y1: Introduction to Caribbean Studies
CAR316H1: Caribbean Religions
CAR428H1: Caribbean Migrations and Diasporas

CIN337H1: Black Cinemas (NEW) 

CRI210H1: Criminal Justice
CRI322H1: Inequality and Criminal Justice
CRI383H1: Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime

CSE240H1: Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
CSE340H1: Abolition in the Global Context: Theorizing Uprisings and Youth Activism against Policing and Prisons (NEW)
CSE341H1: Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
CSE344H1: Body Matters: Oppression, Solidarity and Justice
CSE344Y1: Body Matters: Oppression, Solidarity and Justice
CSE447H1: Race, Ethnicity and Educational Praxis

DRM463H1: Black Playwrights: Resistance, Resilience and Transformation (NEW) 

DTS200Y1: Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies

GGR456H1: Entanglements of Power: Race, Sexuality and the City 

HIS106Y1: The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804 
HIS312H1: Immigration to Canada
HIS446H1: Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World 

JQR360H1: The Canadian Census: Populations, Migrations and Demographics 

POL467H1: The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada 

SDS382H1: Intro to Queer of Colour Critique

SOC210H1: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
SOC311H1: Immigration and Race Relations in Canada 
SOC347H1: Immigration and Race Relations in Canada 
SOC367H1: Race, Class and Gender 
SOC484H1: Children of Immigrants  

URB339H1: Divided City / United City

WGS463H1: Black Diasporic Feminist Intellectual Traditions
WGS481H1: Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter 

Notes:

An elective course (maximum of 1.0 credit) dealing with some aspect of Black Canadian Studies not captured in the above list may be accepted with approval of the Canadian Studies program director at University College.

Where applicable, students may also count up to 0.5 credit from courses at UTM and UTSC towards the certificate, in accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts & Science and those at UTM and UTSC, and with approval of the Canadian Studies program director at University College.

Effective Fall 2021, courses associated with New (NEW) College's African Studies, Caribbean Studies, and Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity programs will have the new "AFR," "CAR," and "CSE" designators respectively. In addition, courses associated with Innis (INI) College's Urban Studies program will have the new "URB" designator.