Director Murray Wickett, Department of History Assistant Professor Donald Wright (History) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative Assistant Fran Meffe 905-688-5550, extension 4029 Mackenzie Chown F242 http://www.brocku.ca/canstudies/ The Centre for Canadian Studies offers an opportunity to study Canadian culture and society from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with co-operating faculty from Communications, Popular Culture and Film, Dramatic Arts, Economics, English Language and Literature, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology and Visual Arts. Students take required interdisciplinary Canadian Studies (CANA) courses along with a number of Canada-centred courses offered by other departments emphasizing the unique nature of the Canadian experience, and upon the value and practice of combining disciplinary approaches in the study of culture and society. CANA core courses offered in years 1, 2 and 3 are designed to introduce students to interdisciplinary studies in a progressive manner. The year 1 course is taught by one instructor and examines the development of Canadian culture from the perspectives of disciplines within the Humanities. Year 2 and 3 courses are interdisciplinary courses which combine Humanities and Social Science perspectives on a particular topic or issue related to the study and understanding of Canada. The Centre for Canadian Studies offers combined major programs leading to a BA (Honours or Pass) and a Minor for students in other disciplines. Canadian Studies core courses may also be taken as electives by students in other degree programs. Canadian Studies may be combined with any other discipline or program in the Humanities or Social Sciences which offers a combined major program. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Satisfactory completion of the first three years of the Honours program entitles a student to apply for a Pass degree. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students in other disciplines can obtain a Minor in Canadian Studies within their degree program by completing the following courses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approved Canadian Studies Courses Offered by Other Departments |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: As many of the courses listed below have prerequisites, students should plan their programs in advance. Studies in Hodinohsonni History I Studies in Hodinohsonni Culture I Mass Media (also offered as PCUL 3P16 and SOCI 3P16) Canadian Cultural and Communications Policy (also offered as PCUL 4P17) Advertising, Mass Media and Culture (also offered PCUL 4P55) Canadian Drama Canadian Economic History Canadian Economic Issues (also offered as LABR 2P94) Topics in Canadian Economic Policy Regional Economics Canadian Literature to 1920 Canadian Literature from 1920 to the Present Special Topics in Canadian Literature Topics in Contemporary Canadian Writing Canadian Popular Culture (also offered as COMM/ PCUL 2P21) Canadian Cinema (also offered as COMM 2P56) Canadian Television (also offered as COMM/PCUL 3P21) Issues in Canadian Cinema (also offered as COMM 3P56) Intermediate French Introductory French I Introductory French II Introductory French III Grammar and Composition French Canadian Literature in French to 1939 French Canadian Literature in French from 1939-1960 Urban Geography Cultural and Historical Geography Geography of Canada Geography and Gender (also offered as COMM/ WISE 3P74) Pre-Confederation Canada Post-Confederation Canada Canada: A Nation Transformed Women in North America (also offered as WISE 2Q95) Canadian Prime Ministers, 1867 to the Present Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History Canadian Labour History (also offered as LABR 3P75) North America's First Nations French Canada Canadian Regional History Labour Law and Labour Unions Trade Unions (also offered as SOCI 2P34) Topics in Sociolinguistics Social History of Sport and Leisure in Canada The Government and Politics of Canada Politics and Health Canadian Political Thought Local Government The Politics of Labour (also offered as LABR 3P13) Politics in Ontario Politics and the Mass Media in Canada (also offered as COMM/ PCUL 3P17) Law and Politics Canadian Foreign Policy Environmental Policy, Law and Administration (also offered as ENVI 3P66) Federalism in Canada Canadian Political Economy (also offered as LABR 4P15) The Canadian Judicial Process Machinery of Government Managing the New Public Organization Business-Government Relations (also offered as LABR 4P54) Issues in Canadian Politics Selected Topics in Canadian Public Policy Education and Equity In and Out of Work in the Global Economy (also offered as LABR 2P32) Critical Issues in Contemporary Society Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Society (also offered as ABST 3P46) Racism and Anti-Racism Gender and Society (also offered as WISE 3P51) Advanced Seminar in Law and Society Advanced Seminar in Social Policy Social Issues in the Community Canadian Identities: From Nouvelle France to the Mid-20th Century Canadian Art Since 1960: Contemporary Trends Canadian Women in a Global Context (also offered as INTL/SOCI 2P99) *Courses which may be used to fulfil the French/French Canadian requirement. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met. Introduction to Canadian Studies The development of Canadian culture from the beginning of colonization to the present. An interdisciplinary examination of cultural expressions drawn from Canadian art, literature and music, as well as selected issues in Canadian social and cultural history. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Women in the Economy (also offered as ECON 2P86, LABR 2P86, SOCI 2P86 and WISE 2P86) Women in the Canadian labour market. Topics include the allocation of time between the household and the labour market, gender segregation in the work place, how earnings are determined, causes of occupational and earning difference by gender, the role of investment in education and discrimination, recent developments in the labour market and their impact on women and men, selected policy issues. Lectures, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 4.0 overall credits. Culture and Power in Canada I: Cultural Communities Interdisciplinary examination of Canadian culture and society employing a variety of methods and perspectives. Approaches drawn from cultural studies, social theory and critical analysis applied to examples of Canadian literature, art, cinema and popular culture. Topics may include dynamics of race, class and gender, linguistic diversity, multiculturalism, ethnic relations and cultural appropriation. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CANA 2F91. Culture and Power in Canada II: Cultural Institutions Interdisciplinary examination of Canadian culture and society employing a variety of methods and perspectives. Approaches drawn from cultural studies, social theory and critical analysis applied to examples of Canadian literature, art, cinema and popular culture. Topics may include cultural industries and institutions, cultural and media policies, Canada-US relations and examination of Canadian myths. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CANA 2F91. Landscape and Cultural Memory (also offered as GEOG 3F96 and MLLC 3F96) Field course in Quebec. Readings in literature and geography, exploring the links and reciprocal influences between disciplines. Authors studied may include Louis Hémon, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, Roger Lemelin. Restriction: consult the Director regarding permission to register. Prerequisite: one of CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91), FREN 2F03 or permission of the instructor. Note: field work for two weeks in May. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Course given in English. French majors complete written assignments and exams in French. CANA students may count this as either Cultural Studies I or II and as a credit related to French Canada. Selected Interdisciplinary Studies Applications of principles of interdisciplinary studies and techniques to the study of Canada. Politics in Québec (also offered as POLI 3P16) Québec's political, social and economic evolution since 1945. Topics may include old and new varieties of nationalism, the Quiet Revolution, the changing roles of church and state, the decline of the anglophone minority, Québec's impact on Canadian Federalism. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: one of CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91), one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor. Canadian Cultural Studies I Selected topics in Canadian cultural studies emphasizing methods and issues with a Humanities orientation. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor. Canadian Cultural Studies II Selected topics in Canadian cultural studies with an emphasis on methods and issues with a Social Science orientation. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor. Directed Reading Directed individual or group reading and written work in an area of Canadian Studies. Restriction: open to CANA majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students are responsible for arranging their course with a supervising faculty member and must submit a written proposal, signed by the supervisor, to the Director for approval before registration. Students will also be required to participate in staging an annual Canadian Studies colloquium. Honours Thesis/Project Independent interdisciplinary study under the guidance of a faculty adviser. Restriction: open to CANA majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Director. Note: students are responsible for making arrangements with a supervising faculty member and must submit a written proposal by September 15. Thesis/project, to be evaluated by a faculty committee representing the disciplinary areas to which the thesis/project is related. Topics in Canadian History Seminar, 3 hours per week. 2003-2004: Canadian Biography (also offered as HIST 4V20) Biography as a genre and as a methodology for writing Canadian history, including fiction, history and film biographies. Restriction: open to CANA and HIST (single or combined) majors with approval to Year 4 (honours) until date specified in BIRT guide and then open to other students with permission of the Department. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003-2004 Undergraduate Calendar
Last updated: July 21, 2003 @ 08:50AM