Curriculum

Program Information | Courses

Canadian Studies:
A second major or a minor is available in this program. A graduate certificate is also available. The program in Canadian Studies seeks to provide the student with an understanding of Canada. Students may undertake a minor to supplement another major, or to complete a second major in Canadian Studies, or as part of an interdepartmental concentration, or under Program II. Canadian Studies may also be an area concentration in the Comparative Area Studies major.

The Major
Prerequisite: Canadian Studies 98.
Corequisite: Completion of another major; two years of college-level French.
Major Requirements. Ten courses with Canadian content, including Canadian Studies 98 and 184S and eight additional courses, seven of which must be at the 100 level or above. Some of the course requirements may be fulfilled by independent study or special reading courses. Nor more than four courses required for the first major may be counted for a Canadian Studies major. In special cases, an aboriginal or "heritage" language may be substituted for the French requirement.

The Minor
Requirements. Five courses with Canadian content; three must be at the 100 level or above.
Courses must include Interdisciplinary Canadian Studies 98 (Introduction to Canada) and 184S (Canadian Issues). Strong encouragement for equivalent of two years of college-level French or participation in summer immersion program. See the Study Abroad link within this site.

The Graduate Certificate
Requirements. Three courses with Canadian content; one must be CAN 282S. Two years of college level French or/and equivelent as certified by the Department of Romance Studies. Students' dissertation or final document must be of Canadian content or at least one-third comparative content.

 

"Because the cultural differences between Canada and the U.S. tend to exist beneath the consciousness of our daily lives, it is sometimes possible to imagine that those differences do not exist. But differences--both subtle and marked--do exist, and do endure. Some are external (gun control, bilingualism, health care), but many exist only inside the minds of Canadians and Americans--in how they see the world, how they engage with it, and how they hope to shape it."
-Michael Adams
author of "Fire and Ice"