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Administrative Assistant
Sylvia Barlow
905-688-5550, extension 4029
573 Glenridge Ave 213
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 Communication, 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.
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CANA students must take one credit in FREN (required in some combined major programs) or one credit related to French Canada as part of their degree program. Eligible courses appear with an asterisk (*) in the list of approved Canadian Studies courses. |
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Students in a combined major program are designated "Humanities" or "Social Sciences" students according to the designation of the co-major discipline. Humanities students must fulfill the language requirement of the co-major discipline in which they are working. |
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CANA 1F91 will satisfy the Humanities context requirement. |
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COMM 1F90, ECON 1P91 and 1P92, ENGL 1F91, 1F95, 1F97, GEOG 1F90, HIST 1F95, 1F96, LABR 1F90 or SOCI 1F90 strongly recommended. |
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It is strongly recommended that all CANA students complete one course in Canadian history, one course in Canadian politics, one course in Canadian literature and one Canadian-related DART, FILM or VISA course as part of their combined major program of study. |
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To encourage interdisciplinary study, CANA credits must be chosen from approved courses outside the student's co-major. |
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Each student should meet with the Director and the Chair/Director of the co-major discipline at the beginning of the second year of study, to ensure that his or her choice of courses meets the criteria for the combined major degree. |
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Students contemplating a thesis or project must consult the Director or academic adviser at the end of year 3. |
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In all 20 credit degree programs, at least 12 credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, six of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above and of these, three must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above. In all 15 credit degree programs, at least seven credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, three of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above. |
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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.
CANA 1F91
Introduction to Canadian Studies
Interdisciplinary examination of critical themes in Canadian culture, history, society and citizenship from the contact period to the present drawing on artistic, political and historical texts, inquiring into the development of, and challenges to, the Canadian nation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
#CANA 2P86
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, 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.
CANA 2P91
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.
Note: CANA 1F91 recommended.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CANA 2F91.
CANA 2P92
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.
Note: CANA 1F91 recommended.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CANA 2F91.
CANA 3M90-3M99
Selected Interdisciplinary Studies
Application of principles of interdisciplinary studies and techniques to the study of Canada.
#CANA 3P16
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.
CANA 3P17
Unity in Diversity
Development of Canada through the lens of those outside the corridors of power including Aboriginals, immigrants, women, gays and lesbians.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: CANA 1F91 or permission of the instructor.
CANA 3V90-3V94
Canadian Cultural Studies I
Selected topics in Canadian cultural studies emphasizing methods and issues with a Humanities orientation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: CANA 2P91and 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor.
CANA 3V95-3V99
Canadian Cultural Studies II
Selected topics in Canadian cultural studies emphasizing methods and issues with a Social Science orientation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: CANA 2P91and 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor.
CANA 4F80
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.
CANA 4F99
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.
CANA 4P00
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.
CANA 4P90
Advanced Topics in Canadian Studies
Interdisciplinary examination of critical themes in Canadian culture, history, economy, politics, geography and citizenship focusing on regional and national identities, border crossings and the binational relationship.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CANA 4V10-4V70
Topics in Canadian History
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
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