Canadian Studies

A minor in Canadian Studies requires the completion of 6h from: IDST 2503, IDST 2513, HIST 2773, HIST 2783, as well as the requisite number of credit hours from the list of Canadian Studies courses below. With the exception of IDST courses, no more than 12h can be in a single discipline. All courses offered towards this minor must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.

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-1013 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 2813	Macroeconomic Policy Issues	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 2823	Microeconomic Policy Issues	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3203	Economic History of Canada	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3323	Issues in Cdn. Labour Markets	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3413	Government Taxation and Expenditure in Canada	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3423	Federal-Provincial Fiscal Relations	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3433	Cost-Benefit Analysis	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3513	Economics of Transportation	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3523	Industrial Organization I	ECON-1013 and ECON-1023 with minimum grade C- required
ECON 3713	Environmental Economics	ECON-2713
ECON 4813	Natural Resource Economics	ECON-2713
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 3833	Writing by Women 1 – Finding a Voice
ENGL 3843	Writing by Women 2 – Modern and Contemporary
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 1913	The African Canadian Experience
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 2503	Slavery and Freedom in the Age of Lincoln
HIST 2603	African Canadian Women’s History
HIST 2733	African Canadians in the Maritimes
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 1213	The African Canadian Experience: Past & Present
IDST 1223	The Indigenous Experience: Past & Present
IDST 2253	Organized Labour in Canada
IDST 2503	Perspectives on Canada 1
IDST 2513	Perspectives on Canada 2
IDST 3103	Environmental Law	60h
IDST 3123	Family Law	60h
IDST 3213	Sustainable Nova Scotia
IDST 3613	Health/Wellness: Nova Scotia
POLS 1303	Introduction to Law, Politics and Government I
POLS 2223	Canadian Politics
POLS 3013	The Politics of Gender
POLS 3063	Indigenous Law and Governance in Canada
POLS 3103	The Politics of French Canada
POLS 3213	The Politics of Water
POLS 3303	Multiculturalism in Canada
POLS 3463	Law and 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 3883	The Politics of the Environment
POLS 3903	Canadian Political Parties	POLS 2006
POLS 4103	Canadian Federalism	POLS 2006
POLS 4193	Comparative Federalism
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 1013	Introduction to Canadian Society
SOCI 2123	Ethnic and Race Relations: A Canadian Perspective
SOCI 2323	Sociology of Families	6h 1000 level SOCI courses
SOCI 2343	Sociology of Aging	6h 1000 level SOCI courses
SOCI 2413	First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
SOCI 2633	Sociology of Health and Health Care	6h 1000 level SOCI courses
SOCI 2713	Sociology of Deviance	6h 1000 level SOCI courses
SOCI 2723	Canadian Criminal Justice	6h 1000 level SOCI courses
SOCI 3143	Social Welfare and Social Policy	6h 1000 level SOCI courses 6h 2000 level SOCI courses or permission of instructor
SOCI 3183	Rape and Sexual Assault in Canada: A Socio-Historical View	12h of SOCI, or 6h of SOCI and 6h of WGST, or permission of the instructor
SOCI 3223	Food as a Social Issue	12h SOCI, or 9h SOCI plus NUTR 2323, or permission of instructor
SOCI 3263	Sociology of Health and Healthcare	h 1000 level SOCI courses 6h 2000 level SOCI courses or permission of instructor
SOCI 3703	Crime and Punishment	6h 1000 level SOCI courses 6h 2000 level SOCI courses or permission of instructor
SOCI 3743	Criminal Law and Social Policy	6h 1000 level SOCI courses 6h 2000 level SOCI courses or permission of instructor
SOCI 4193	Seminar in Family Issues	21h SOCI completed including 6h from SOCI 1006, SOCI 1013, SOCI 1033, WGST-1413; and SOCI 2003, SOCI 2013, SOCI 2033 and SOCI-2103 with grades of C- required
SOCI 4263	Issues in Health, Environment and Poverty: Communities at Risk
WGST 2906	Women and Gender in Today’s World: A cross-Cultural Perspective
WGST 3023	Feminist Theory
WGST 4913	Women of the African Diaspora	WGST -1413 and third year standing or permission of the instructor.

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

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