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Archival Studies, Faculty of Arts

ARST: Archival Studies


  1. ARST 500 (3) Information Technology and Archives

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  2. ARST 510 (3) Archival Diplomatics

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  3. ARST 515 (3) Arrangement and Description of Archives

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  4. ARST 516 (3) Management of Current Records

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  5. ARST 517 (3) History of Record Keeping

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  6. ARST 520 (3) Selection and Acquisition of Archival Documents

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  7. ARST 530 (3) The History of the Canadian Administrative System

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  8. ARST 535 (3) Personal and Community Archives

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  9. ARST 540 (3) Archival Public Services

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  10. ARST 545 (3) Advanced Arrangement and Description of Archival Documents

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  11. ARST 550 (3) Management of Audiovisual and Non-textual Archives

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  12. ARST 554 (3) Database Design

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  13. ARST 555 (3) The Preservation of Digital Records

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  14. ARST 556 (1-12) d Topics in Archival Automation

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  15. ARST 560 (3) Records and Information Governance

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  16. ARST 565 (3) Administering Records under Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Legislation

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  17. ARST 570 (3) Management of Information Organizations

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Equivalency: LIBR 504.

  18. ARST 573 (3) Archival Systems and the Profession

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  19. ARST 575 (1-12) d Topics in the Management of Records

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  20. ARST 580 (3) Records, Archives, and the Law

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  21. ARST 585 (3) Information Practice and Protocol in Support of Indigenous Initiatives

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Equivalency: LIBR 564.

  22. ARST 586 (3) Progressive and Radical Information Work

    Credit will only be granted for one of ARST 586 or LIBR 565. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Equivalency: LIBR 565.

  23. ARST 587 (3) Preservation

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Equivalency: LIBR 587.

  24. ARST 591 (3) Archival Research and Scholarship

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  25. ARST 592 (3-6) Directed Research Project

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Prerequisite: ARST 591.

  26. ARST 593 (3/12) d Seminar

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  27. ARST 594 (3-6) c Directed Study

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  28. ARST 595 (3) Internship

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  29. ARST 596 (3) Professional Experience

    Project-based experience undertaken with a faculty associate occupying a minimum of ten hours a week for 12 consecutive weeks or the equivalent time. 24 credits in the program are required. Evaluation: Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  30. ARST 599 (6-12) Thesis

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Prerequisite: ARST 591.


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