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The Canadian Studies Major program provides an opportunity for contact with the way disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have shaped understanding of Canada. Students in the program will be required to take courses in three of five areas: culture, geography, history, politics and economics, and society. In their third year they will enrol in CDST 350. In their fourth year they will enrol in CDST 450, the Senior Seminar in Canadian Studies, to be taught by the distinguished Canadianist holding the Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies.
Interested students are encouraged to consult with the program Chair prior to or upon declaring the Major to discuss their course selections.
For further information please visit Canadian Studies. For enquiries, contact the program Chair.
Students are required to complete 12 lower-level credits from the following list:
In planning their lower-level credits students should take into account the prerequisites for the 300- and 400-level courses they intend to take in subsequent years.
In consultation with a Canadian Studies advisor, students will compose a program of 36 upper-level credits comprising:
Note: Not all courses listed are available in any given year. Also, some courses vary in their coverage of Canada from year to year. With the permission of the program chair, such courses with a major focus on Canada in a given year may be substituted for those listed.
The Minor is comprised of 12 lower-level credits and 18 upper-level credits.
Students are required to complete 12 lower-level credits from the following list:
Note that students may use no more than 6 lower-level credits in any one discipline towards the Minor.