X--Degree Programs

Canadian Studies

Interdisciplinary Program

Coordinator: Brian Woodrow, Department of Political Science, Ext. 3501.

The Canadian Studies program offers students the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary program of studies involving a mix of core courses in Canadian Studies as well as a range of departmental courses with substantial Canadian content. Core courses in Canadian Studies at the 2000 level and 3000 level introduce and orient students to Canadian Studies as a field of studies and carry the program through to a 4000 level capstone course in which students conduct and present individual research projects.

Departmental courses in the College of Arts and the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences have been grouped into four areas of emphasis: Economy, Geography and Society; History, Politics and Philosophy; Literature and the Arts; and Public Policy and Administration.

Teaching of core courses will be based upon joint involvement of faculty from Arts and Social Sciences and the overall program is administered by a coordinator and the Advisory Committee on Canadian Studies.

Students may pursue either a major in Canadian Studies, requiring completion of a minimum of 11.00 credits, including a concentration in 1 of the 4 areas of emphasis listed, or a minor in Canadian Studies, requiring completion of at least 6.00 credits.

Honours Program Major

A minimum of 11.00 credits is required, including:

1. the core
2. a minimum of 4.50 credits from one area of emphasis
3. a minimum of 1.00 credits from each of the other 3 areas of emphasis
4. at least 1.00 of these additional credits must be at the 4000 level
5. at least 3.00 credits must be from each of the College of Arts and the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

Honours Program Minor

A minimum of 6.00 credits is required, including: