Canadian Studies

A minor in Canadian Studies requires 6h of core courses, either IDST 2503/2513 or HIST 2773/2783 indicated in bold type below. With the exception of IDST courses, no more than 12h can be in a single discipline. Some upper-level courses have pre-requisites. All courses offered towards this minor must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

Please view the Registrar's Office website for course availability.

Course #	Course Title	Pre-requisites
ART 2083	Canadian Art I
ART 2093	Canadian Art II
ECON 1013	Microeconomic Principles
ECON 1023	Macroeconomic Principles
ECON 2713	Economics of the Natural Environment	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 2813	Macroeconomic Policy Issues	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 2823	Microeconomic Policy Issues	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 3203	Economic History of Canada	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 3413	Government Taxation and Expenditure in Canada	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 3423	Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 3433	Cost-Benefit Analysis	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 3713	Environmental Economics	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ECON 4813	Natural Resource Economics	ECON 1006 or 1013/23
ENGL 2563	Canadian Literature 1	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 2573	Canadian Literature 2	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 3503	Poetry of Atlantic Canada	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 3513	Fiction of Atlantic Canada	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 3573	Modern Canadian Poetry	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 3613	The Canadian Novel After 1930	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 3763	Studies in the Canadian Short Story	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 3903	Canadian Children's Literature	ENGL 1406 (1413/1423), minimum grade of C-
ENGL 4253	Studies in Canadian Literature	By permission
FRAN 3323	Littérature migrante au Québec	In French
FRAN 3513	L'Acadie: Une culture unique	In French
FRAN 3523	L'Acadie: Quartre siècles d'expression littéraire	In French
FRAN 3633	Le Québec moderne	In French
FRAN 3643	Panorama de la littérature québécoise	In French
FRAN 4613	Littérature québécoise contemporaine: Les genre brefs	In French
HIST 2263	Canadian Women's History
HIST 2343	Maritime Provinces to 1867	30h
HIST 2353	Maritime Provinces Since 1867	30h
HIST 2403	Capital and Labour in Canada	30h
HIST 2463	Youth Culture in Canada Since 1918	30h
HIST 2483	Selected Topics in Canadian-American Relations	30h
HIST 2493	Canadian History on Film	30h
HIST 2553	Educating Canadians	30h
HIST 2773	Pre-Confederation Canada	30h
HIST 2783	Canada Since 1867	30h
HIST 3143	Canada's Visual History	HIST 2783
HIST 3343	History of Federalism in Canada	HIST 2783
HIST 3353	Travel, Leisure and Sin in Canada	HIST 2783
HIST 3363	Nova Scotia Since 1867	HIST 2783
HIST 3373	Peopling of the Maritimes in the 18th Century	HIST 2343 or 2773
HIST 3383	Canadian Environmental History	12h
HIST 3393	Women & Gender in Canadian History	HIST 2773 and 2783
HIST 3533	Canadian Social and Cultural History	HIST 2773 and 2783
HIST 3613	Making Canada: A Nation of Immigrants	HIST 2783
HIST 3623	Cold War Canada: At Home in Suburbia	HIST 2783
HIST 3663	Law and Punishment in Canada before 1900	HIST 2773
HIST 3673	Canadian Working-Class Culture	HIST 2773
HIST 3683	History of Religion in Canada	HIST 2773 or 2783
HIST 4343	Topics: Canadian History	By permission
IDST 2253	Organized Labour in Canada
IDST 2503	Perspectives on Canada 1
IDST 2513	Perspectives on Canada 2
IDST 2906	Women in the Modern World	30h
IDST 3023	Feminist Theory	30h
IDST 3103	Environmental Law	60h
IDST 3123	Family Law	60h
POLS 1303	Introduction to Law, Politics and Government I
POLS 1403	Introduction to Law, Politics and Government II
POLS 2006	Canadian Politics
POLS 2076	Politics of Difference
POLS 3103	The Politics of French Canada
POLS 3303	Multiculturalism in Canada
POLS 3466	Law & Politics in Canada
POLS 3503	Canadian Public Administration
POLS 3543	Community Political Power
POLS 3603	Canadian Provincial Politics
POLS 3703	Issues in Canadian Politics
POLS 3803	Politics and Government of Canadian Municipalities
POLS 3903	Canadian Political Parties	POLS 2006
POLS 4103	Canadian Federalism	POLS 2006
POLS 4203	Approaches to the Study of Politics in the Maritimes	POLS 2006
POLS 4303	Approaches to the Study of Canadian Politics	POLS 2006
POLS 4403	Canadian Constitutional Law	POLS 2006
POLS 4603	First Nations Peoples: Law, Politics and Policy in Canada
POLS 4803	Canadian Public Policy	POLS 2006
SOCI 2123	Ethnic & Race Relations: A Canadian Perspective	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 2323	Sociology of Families	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 2343	Sociology of Aging	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 2413	First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 2633	Sociology of Health and Health Care	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 2713	Sociology of Deviance	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 2723	Canadian Criminal Justice	SOCI 1006/1106
SOCI 3133	Ethnic and Race Relations: Comparative Cases and Issues	12h SOCI
SOCI 3703	Crime and Punishment	12h SOCI
SOCI 3743	Criminal Law and Social Policy	12h SOCI
SOCI 4193	Seminar in Family Issues	By permission
THEA 3923	Canadian Drama and Film

Inquiries regarding the Canadian Studies minor may be directed to Stephen Henderson

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