A total of 12 courses is required from Table I.
Students are
not required to complete an Option in order to graduate. Students who do not choose an Option may select any 12 courses from any of the eight Options listed throughout this Table, with the following qualification: Students must complete
at least one of ACS 800 or ACS 900 in order to graduate.
If an Option is chosen, students must select it by the end of first year in order to make the appropriate Option's course intentions. A total of eight Options is available, and each Option's requirements are identified below. Once an Option is selected, students must complete all the requirements of that Option to graduate.
CULTURE STUDIES OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below†.
REQUIRED:
ACS 302 |
Introduction to Culture Studies |
Eleven courses from the following:
ACS 800* |
Senior Group Project |
ACS 900* |
Senior Seminar |
ACS 950 |
Directed Research Course |
ENG 705
|
Reading Visual Cultures |
ENG 921 |
Narrative in a Digital Age |
ENG 930 |
High and Low Culture |
FRS 502 |
Feminism and French Literature |
HIS 615 |
Film, Television and 20th-C History |
HIS 742 |
Canadian Cultural Industries
|
HST 119 |
Fact and Fiction: History Through Film I |
HST 219 |
Fact and Fiction: History Through Film II |
HST 657 |
Culture/Politics of Difference in the U.S. |
HST 658 |
Sex in the American City |
IRL 100 |
Intro to World Art I: Pictorial Arts |
IRL 500 |
Contemporary Art and Art of the Recent Past |
MUS 110 |
Music and Film |
MUS 211 |
Music Cultures of the City |
MUS 401 |
Music, Religion and Spirituality |
MUS 501 |
Traditional Musics of the World |
MUS 505 |
Popular Music and Culture |
PHL 365 |
Philosophy of Beauty |
PHL 366 |
Existentialism and Art and Culture |
PHL 401 |
Philosophy and Mass Culture |
PHL 504 |
Philosophy of Art |
PHL 530 |
Media Ethics |
PHL 621 |
Beyond the Western Academic Tradition |
PHL 710 |
Philosophy and Film |
PHL 810 |
Philosophy of Cinema |
PHL 921 |
Intellectual Property and Technology |
SEM 101 |
Sign, Sense and Meaning |
SEM 201 |
Visual Semiotics |
SOC 202 |
Popular Culture |
SOC 479 |
Social Networks and the World Wide Web |
SOC 902 |
Hollywood and Society |
SOC 903 |
Action Cinema and Modernity |
SOC 932 |
The Entertainment Industry |
* All students must complete a minimum of one of the following:
ACS 800 or ACS 900.
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below†.
REQUIRED:
ACS 403 |
Introduction to Diversity and Equity |
Eleven courses from the following:
ACS 800* |
Senior Group Project |
ACS 900* |
Senior Seminar |
ACS 950* |
Directed Research Course |
CRB 100 |
Introduction to the Caribbean |
CRB 500 |
Families in the Caribbean |
CRB 501 |
Caribbean Peoples and Racism in Canada |
CRB 502 |
Cultural Traditions in the Caribbean |
CRB 614 |
Caribbean Critical Thought |
ENG 204 |
Literatures of Immigration |
ENG 621 |
Women's Texts: Global Contexts |
ENG 413
|
Colonial and Post-Colonial Literatures |
ENG 940 |
Discourses of Difference and Diversity |
ENG 941 |
Gender and Sex in Literature/Culture |
ENG 942 |
Postcolonial Interventions |
FRS 502 |
Feminism and French Literature |
HIS 400 |
Reading, Writing and Using History |
HIS 854 |
African-American History |
HST 112 |
East Meets West: Asia in the World |
HST 301 |
Human Rights and the Canadian State |
HST 328 |
Multiple Ontario's:1784 to the Present |
HST 526 |
Women and Gender in U.S. History |
HST 580 |
Natives and Newcomers to 1763 |
HST 657 |
Culture/Politics of Difference in the U.S. |
HST 680 |
Natives and Newcomers from 1763 |
HST 807 |
The Canadian Revolution: Canada 1968-2000 |
MUS 211 |
Music Cultures of the City |
MUS 401 |
Music, Religion and Spirituality |
MUS 406 |
Chinese Instrumental Music |
MUS 501 |
Traditional Musics of the World |
MUS 506 |
Chinese Music Studies |
PHL 400 |
Human Rights and Justice |
PHL 420 |
Philosophy, Diversity and Recognition |
PHL 621 |
Beyond the Western Academic Tradition |
PHL 922 |
Religious Belief, Diversity, and Truth |
POG 315 |
Equity and Human Rights |
POL 510 |
The Politics of Sexual Diversity |
PSY 620 |
Psychology of Immigration |
PSY 807 |
Psychology of Prejudice |
PSY 941 |
Cross Cultural Psychology |
SOC 203 |
Social Class and Inequality |
SOC 474 |
Immigration, Minorities and Citizenship |
SOC 507 |
Race and Ethnicity in Canada |
SOC 603 |
Sociology of Gender |
SOC 608 |
Women, Power and Change |
SOC 633 |
Sexualities, Identities and Society |
SOC 885 |
Women and Islam |
SOC 941 |
Race, Ethnic and Aboriginal Studies |
SOC 943 |
Poverty Issues |
* All students must complete a minimum of one of the following:
ACS 800, ACS 900, ACS 950
ENGLISH OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below.
REQUIRED:
Nine courses from the following as grouped and noted below:
Minimum four courses from:
ENG 421 |
16C Literature and Culture |
ENG 422 |
17C Literature and Culture |
ENG 531 |
18C Literature and Culture I |
ENG 532 |
18C Literature and Culture II |
ENG 624 |
20C Literature and Culture I |
ENG 626 |
20C Literature and Culture II |
ENG 632 |
19C Literature and Culture I |
ENG 633 |
19C Literature and Culture II |
Minimum two courses from:
ENG 203* |
Literature of Native Peoples |
ENG 204* |
Literatures of Immigration |
ENG 413 |
Colonial and Postcolonial Literature |
ENG 416 |
Modern American Experience |
ENG 620* |
Caribbean Literatures and Cultures |
ENG 621 |
Women's Texts: Global Contexts |
ENG 630* |
Asian Literatures and Cultures |
ENG 701 |
Canadian Literatures |
ENG 940 |
Discourses of Difference and Diversity |
ENG 941 |
Gender and Sex in Literature and Culture |
ENG 942 |
Postcolonial Interventions |
Minimum two courses from:
*All courses except those marked with an asterisk require ENG 108, plus either ACS 103 or ENG 208, as prerequisites. The Department advises students entering the English option after Fall 2010, to take ENG 108 and ENG 208 in first year.
NOTE: English courses cannot be used toward the Liberal Studies requirement if the English Option is chosen. Students in the English Option cannot complete the English Minor.
FRENCH OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below.
REQUIRED:
A minimum of four courses from the following:
FRE 301 |
Intermediate French I |
FRE 401 |
Intermediate French II |
FRE 402 |
French Conversation and Pronunciation |
FRE 501 |
Speaking and Writing French I |
FRE 502 |
Business French I |
FRE 507 |
Intro to Stylistics and Translation I |
FRE 515 |
Introduction to Business French |
FRE 516 |
Politics and Play in French Poetry |
FRE 601 |
Speaking and Writing French II |
FRE 602 |
Advanced Business French II |
FRE 607 |
Intro to Stylistics and Translation II |
FRE 707 |
Intro to Stylistics and Translation III |
SEM 101 |
Sign, Sense and Meaning |
A minimum of two courses from the following:
FRE 503 |
Middle Ages to Classicism |
FRE 508 |
Intro to 20th C French Literature I |
FRE 509 |
Franco-Canadian Literature I |
FRE 603 |
Enlightenment to La Belle Epoque |
FRE 608 |
Intro to 20th C French Literature II |
FRE 609 |
Franco-Canadian Literature II |
FRE 703 |
French Theatre: Classicism to the Absurd I |
FRE 704 |
Intro to Franco-Canadian Culture I |
FRE 706 |
Cultural Evolution of the French Language |
FRE 709 |
Children's Literature in French |
FRE 803 |
French Theatre Classicism to the Absurd II |
FRE 804 |
Intro to Franco-Canadian Culture II |
FRE 901 |
Francophone Women Writers |
FRE 902 |
Gender and Decadence 1850-1920 |
FRE 903 |
The Francophone Short Story |
FRS 602 |
French Caribbean Literature and Culture |
NOTE: French courses cannot be used toward the Liberal Studies requirement if the French Option is chosen. Students in the French Option cannot complete The French Minor.
GLOBAL STUDIES OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below.
REQUIRED:
ACS 402 |
Introduction to Global Studies |
Eleven courses from the following:
ACS 800* |
Senior Group Project |
ACS 900* |
Senior Seminar |
ACS 950* |
Directed Research Course |
BSM 100 |
The New Business: From Idea to Reality |
BSM 200 |
The Growing Business: Breaking Even |
ECN 110
|
The Economics of Markets |
ECN 220 |
Evolution of the Global Economy |
ECN 511 |
Economy and Environment |
ENG 204 |
Literatures of Immigration |
ENG 413 |
Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures |
ENG 621 |
Women's Texts: Global Contexts |
ENG 942 |
Postcolonial Interventions |
GEO 108 |
Geography of the Global Village |
GEO 206 |
Regions, Nations and the Global Community |
GEO 208 |
Geography of the Global Economy |
GEO 910 |
Structure of the Global Village |
HIS 590 |
Modern International Relations |
HST 112 |
East Meets West: Asia in the World |
HST 426 |
Major Themes in International Relations |
HST 522 |
The Middle East: 1908 to the Present |
HST 540 |
Espionage: A 20th-Century History |
HST 551 |
Problems in 20th-Century Western Europe |
HST 585 |
Southeast Asia: War and Peace since 1945 |
HST 602 |
The History of Modern Propaganda |
HST 604 |
The Uneasy Peace: The Cold War, 1945-90 |
HST 610 |
Modern U.S. Foreign Relations |
HST 651 |
Problems in 20th-Century Eastern Europe |
HST 702 |
The First World War |
HST 711 |
Canada and the United States |
HST 802 |
The Second World War |
INP 916 |
NGOs and World Governance |
NNS 101 |
Introduction to News Studies |
NNS 502 |
Journalism and the World of Business |
NNS 507 |
Justice and the Courts |
PHL 621 |
Beyond the Western Academic Tradition |
POG 100 |
People, Power, and Politics |
POG 225 |
Global Governance |
POG 323 |
The Politics of Development |
POG 411 |
Canadian Foreign Policy |
POG 423 |
Nationalism and Identity |
POG 424 |
Human Rights and Global Politics |
POG 426 |
Contemporary Global Conflicts |
POG 443 |
Global Cities |
POL 203 |
Politics of the Environment |
POL 607 |
Politics of Technology and Globalization |
POL 688 |
Colonialism and Imperialism |
PSY 941 |
Cross Cultural Psychology |
SOC 479 |
Social Networks and the World Wide Web |
SOC 706 |
Globalized Labour and Consumption |
SPN 704 |
Introduction to Latin American Culture I |
SPN 804 |
Introduction to Latin American Culture II |
* All students must complete a minimum of one of the following: ACS 800, ACS 900, ACS 950.
HISTORY OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below.
One course from the following:
HIS 903 |
Senior Seminar I: Cross-Field Study |
HIS 916 |
Senior Seminar II: Science and Technology |
HIS 931 |
Senior Seminar III: Americas |
HIS 956 |
Senior Seminar IV: Africa |
HIS 957 |
Senior Seminar V: Middle East |
HIS 958 |
Senior Seminar VI: Asia |
HIS 976 |
Senior Seminar VII: Europe |
HIS 990 |
Senior Seminar VIII: International Relations |
Four to six courses from the following:
HIS 104 |
Ten Days that Shook the World |
HIS 105 |
Inventing Popular Culture |
HIS 106 |
Technology, Warfare, and Social Change |
HIS 107 |
Colonization, Colonialism, and Independence |
HIS 216 |
History of Science to 1700 |
HIS 238† |
Canada: The Origins of Conflict |
HIS 248† |
American History to 1877 |
HIS 265* |
Themes in Modern Asian History |
HIS 275 |
Ancient Greece and Rome |
HIS 277* |
Mediaeval Europe, 400-1350 |
HIS 279* |
Europe, 1715-1870 |
HIS 316 |
History of Science from 1700 |
HIS 338† |
Canada: Defining a Nation |
HIS 348† |
American History from 1877 |
HIS 377* |
Europe, 1350-1715 |
HIS 379* |
Europe, 1870-Present |
HIS 390 |
International Relations to 1945 |
HIS 400 |
Reading, Writing, and Using History |
HIS 401 |
Hearing, Seeing, and Speaking History |
HIS 417 |
History of Technology to 1900 |
HIS 461 |
The Near East to 600 CE |
HIS 490 |
International Relations from 1945 |
HST 110† |
U.S. History: Colonial Era to 1877 |
HST 111* |
World Turned Upside Down: Europe 1350-1789 |
HST 112* |
East Meets West: Asia in the World |
HST 119* |
Fact and Fiction: History Through Film I |
HST 210† |
U.S. History: 1877 to the Present |
HST 211* |
A Century of Revolution: Europe 1789-1914 |
HST 213† |
Themes on Latin American History |
HST 219* |
Fact and Fiction: History Through Film II |
HST 222† |
The History of the Caribbean I |
HST 301 |
Human Rights and the Canadian State |
HST 307† |
Canada to 1885: The Founding Societies |
HST 325 |
History of Science and Technology I |
HST 328 |
Multiple Ontario's: 1784 to the Present |
HST 407† |
Canada from 1885: The Struggle for Identity |
HST 425 |
History of Science and Technology II |
HST 426 |
Major Themes in International Relations |
HST 488 |
Britain since 1815 |
* A minimum of two must be taken
† A minimum of two must be taken
Five to seven courses from the following:
HIS 500 |
History and New Media |
HIS 501 |
Archaeology and Material Culture |
HIS 505 |
Locating the Past: Archival Research |
HIS 510 |
Museology and Public History |
HIS 541 |
Canada and the First World War |
HIS 556 |
Colonial Africa |
HIS 559 |
Ancient Egypt |
HIS 575 |
Rome: Republic and Empire |
HIS 590 |
Modern International Relations |
HIS 594 |
War to War: World Conflict, 1900-45 |
HIS 610 |
Curating the Past |
HIS 615 |
Film, Television, and 20th-C History |
HIS 656 |
Post-Colonial Africa |
HIS 662 |
The Mughal Empire, 1526-1764 |
HIS 677 |
Society in the High Middle Ages, 1100-1500 |
HIS 678 |
The Renaissance in Europe |
HIS 683 |
Victorian Britain |
HIS 696 |
History of Terrorism |
HIS 710 |
Managing Heritage Resources |
HIS 742 |
Canadian Cultural Industries |
HIS 755 |
Material Cultures of North America |
HIS 762 |
South Asia from 1764 |
HIS 769 |
Modern Japan from 1868 |
HIS 778 |
The European Reformation |
HIS 783 |
20th Century Britain |
HIS 788 |
Modern France |
HIS 790 |
Modern Germany |
HIS 826 |
Controlling the World |
HIS 828 |
Science, Corporations, and the Environment |
HIS 845 |
Canada in the International Sphere |
HIS 854 |
African-American History |
HIS 886 |
British Empire and the World |
HIS 898 |
History of International Organizations |
HIS 900 |
Experiential Learning I |
HST 501 |
The American Civil War |
HST 503 |
Crime and Punishment in Modern Canada |
HST 504 |
War to War: World Conflict 1900-45 |
HST 510 |
The United States After 1945 |
HST 511 |
Quebec in Canada: A History |
HST 522 |
The Middle East: 1908 to the Present |
HST 526 |
Woman and Gender in U.S. History |
HST 527 |
Toronto: Wilderness to Metropolis |
HST 532 |
Elizabethan England |
HST 533 |
Themes in Pre-Colonial African History |
HST 540 |
Espionage: A 20th-Century History |
HST 541 |
Unknown Canada: Rebels, Rioters, Strikers |
HST 550 |
Ontario to 1896: The Formative Years |
HST 551 |
Problems in 20th-Century Western Europe |
HST 555 |
Late Qing and Republican China |
HST 580 |
Natives and Newcomers to 1763 |
HST 584 |
Mediaeval Europe: 400-1400 |
HST 585 |
Southeast Asia: War and Peace since 1945 |
HST 587 |
Britain, 1688-1815 |
HST 602 |
The History of Modern Propoganda |
HST 603 |
The Third Reich |
HST 604 |
The Uneasy Peace: The Cold War, 1945-90 |
HST 610 |
Modern U.S. Foreign Relations |
HST 632 |
England in the 17th Century |
HST 633 |
Themes in 20th-Century African History |
HST 641 |
Wine, Woman, Warriors, Saviours and Sinners |
HST 650 |
Ontario since 1878 |
HST 651 |
Problems in 20th-Century Eastern Europe |
HST 655 |
People's Republic of China, 1949-Present |
HST 657 |
Culture/Politics of Difference in the U.S. |
HST 658 |
Sex in the American City |
HST 680 |
Natives and Newcomers from 1763 |
HST 701 |
Scientific Technology and Modern Society |
HST 702 |
The First World War |
HST 711 |
Canada and the United States |
HST 712 |
The American City |
HST 731 |
Renaissance and Reform: Europe 1350-1650 |
HST 777 |
Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE |
HST 786 |
Science and Technology in Islamic History |
HST 787 |
Astronomy vs Astrology |
HST 788 |
Water Use in History |
HST 789 |
British Society since 1939 |
HST 802 |
The Second World War |
HST 807 |
The Canadian Revolution: Canada 1968-2000 |
Students in the History Option cannot complete the History Minor.
NOTE: History courses cannot be used toward the Liberal Studies requirement if the History Option is chosen.
INQUIRY AND INVENTION OPTION
12 courses are required as grouped and noted below.
REQUIRED:
ACS 303 |
Introduction to Inquiry and Invention |
Eleven courses from the following:
ACS 800* |
Senior Group Project |
ACS 900* |
Senior Seminar |
ACS 950* |
Directed Research Course |
BLG 181 |
Biology of a Living City |
CHY 182 |
Chemistry Applications to a Living City |
ECN 511 |
Economy and Environment |
ENG 503 |
Science Fiction |
ENG 507 |
Science and the Literary Imagination |
ENG 921 |
Narrative in a Digital Age |
GEO 110 |
The Physical Environment |
HIS 216 |
The History of Science to 1700 |
HIS 316 |
The History of Science from 1700 |
HIS 417 |
History of Technology to 1900 |
HIS 826 |
Controlling the World |
HIS 828 |
Science, Corporations, and the Environment |
HST 325 |
History of Science and Technology I |
HST 425 |
History of Science and Technology II |
HST 701 |
Scientific Technology and Modern Society |
HST 777 |
Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE |
HST 786 |
Science and Technology in Islamic History |
HST 787 |
Astronomy vs Astrology |
HST 788 |
Water Use in History |
PCS 181 |
Introduction to Astronomy |
PHL 500 |
Philosophy of the Natural Environment |
PHL 509 |
Bioethics |
PHL 552 |
Philosophy of Science |
PHL 709 |
Religion, Science and Philosophy |
PHL 921 |
Intellectual Property and Technology |
SOC 611 |
Future Worlds: Technology and Social Change |
SOC 708 |
Environmental Sociology |
* All students must complete a minimum of one of the following:
ACS 800, ACS 900, ACS 950.
PHILOSOPHY OPTION
REQUIRED: 12 courses are required as grouped and noted below.
A minimum of one from the following:
A minimum of two from the following:
A minimum of two from the following:
A minimum of two from the following:
PHL 420 |
Philosophy, Diversity, and Recognition |
PHL 449 |
Issues in the Philosophy of Punishment |
PHL 500 |
Philosophy of the Natural Environment |
PHL 501 |
Social Thought and the Critique of Power |
PHL 504 |
Philosophy of Art |
PHL 509 |
Bioethics |
PHL 603 |
Modern and Contemporary Ethics |
PHL 612 |
Philosophy of Law |
PHL 621 |
Beyond the Western Academic Tradition |
A maximum of five may be taken from the following:
PHL 306 |
Freedom, Equality, Limits of Authority |
PHL 307 |
Business Ethics |
PHL 334 |
Ethics in Professional Life |
PHL 365 |
Philosophy of Beauty |
PHL 366 |
Existentialism and Art and Culture |
PHL 400 |
Human Rights and Justice |
PHL 401 |
Philosophy and Mass Culture |
PHL 406 |
Issues of Life, Death, and Poverty |
PHL 530 |
Media Ethics |
PHL 602 |
Health Care and Distributive Justice |
PHL 606 |
Philosophy of Love and Sex |
PHL 710 |
Philosophy and Film |
PHL 810 |
Philosophy of Cinema |
PHL 921 |
Intellectual Property and Technology |
NOTE: Philosophy courses cannot be used toward the Liberal Studies requirement if the Philosophy Option is chosen.