Introduction

New College courses have in common a commitment to be explorative and inventive and to widen students’ experience by critically examining relationships among academic disciplines. These courses take their place within such well-defined programs as Women’s Studies,Equity Studies, Humanism, African Studies, and Caribbean Studies. These programs co-ordinated by New College are open to all students in the University.

Integration of student experience is a major concern in a college with students from all faculties in the University. The Independent Studies courses provide an opportunity for students to design their own programs and to test their analytic, synthetic, and creative skills by writing a thesis.

The African Studies Program

(Specialist, Major, Minor) offers opportunities to study Africa through a selection of courses devoted to African history, society and culture. The core courses are drawn from anthropology, history, literature and political science.

The Caribbean Studies Program

(Major, Minor) consists of courses in Caribbean history, literature and thought that deal with issues including gender, religion, politics, culture, ethnicity, race, development, language, colonialism and regional common markets.

The Equity Studies Program

(Major) is an interdisciplinary program that examines various models — historically and culturally specific —for conceptualizing social inequities and for bringing about equity. It draws together discourses on equity from the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

The Human Biology Program

(Specialist, Major) integrates the study of life sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science with the basic medical sciences taught by departments in the Faculty of Medicine. (See Life Sciences section of the Calendar.)

The Humanism Program

(Minor) provides an opportunity for undergraduates studying different subjects to read, discuss and examine critically a wide historical and culture range of primary sources by major authors whose ideas underlie current preoccupations in the sciences, philosophy, literature, religion and law.

The South Asian Studies Program

(Specialist, Major, Minor) provides the opportunity for students to study traditional and modern South Asia. The history and culture of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are presented in courses offered by a number of departments.

The Women’s Studies Program

(Specialist, Major, Minor) offers a wide variety of courses in a rapidly developing and intellectually fertile field. Courses cover such issues as the representation and social organization of sexual differences, women and health, gender issues in law, women in world cultures, women and issues of international development and the history of feminism.

NEW COLLEGE PROGRAMS

AFRICAN STUDIES (Hon.B.A.)

Consult Program Director, Dr. D. Eyoh, New College, 416-978-8288. For general enquiries call 416-78-5404.

Enrolment in the Specialist, Major, and Minor programs in African Studies is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Specialist program (Hon.B.A.):

(11 full courses or their equivalent including at least one 400-series course)

First Year: NEW 150Y1

Higher Years:

1. Four courses from Group A, to be chosen from at least two different departments/programs

2. Four courses from Groups B and/or C

3. A combination of two language courses as outlined in Group D

4. Four of the eleven courses must be 300/400 series, including at least one 400-series course

Major program (Hon.B.A.):

(6 full courses or their equivalent)

First Year:

NEW 150Y1

Higher Years:



1. Three courses to be chosen from Groups A and/or B

2. Two courses from NEW 280Y1/380Y1 or from Group C

3. At least two of the six courses must be 300-series courses

Minor program (Hon.B.A.):

(4 full courses or their equivalent)

First Year:

NEW 150Y1

Higher Years:



1. Two courses from either Groups A or B and one from Group C — or — NEW 280Y1+380Y, and one course from Group C

2. At least one course must be a 300+series course

Group A: ANT 325Y1, 345Y1; ENG 278Y1; FRE 402H1, 432H1; HIS 295Y1, 383Y1, 396Y1, 457Y1, 494Y1; JAP356H1; NEW 322Y1; POL 301Y1, 488H1, 489H1; an independent studies course approved by the Program Committee

Group B: ANT 200Y1, 204Y1; HIS 103Y1, 232Y1; NMC 185Y1; MUS 200H1; NEW 223Y1, 224Y1, 324Y1, 325H1; POL 201Y1

Group C: ANT 340H1, 341H1, 342H1, 343Y1, 351H1, 363Y1, 441H1, 449Y1, 451H1; HIS 294Y1, 370H1, 393H1, 406Y1, 408Y1; JPE 400Y1; NEW 368H1, 425Y1;
POL 325Y1, 417Y1, 418Y1, 445Y1, 451H1, 479H1; SOC 307Y1, 312Y1, 325Y1

Group D: (NEW 280Y1, 380Y1)/(FSL 161Y1/181Y1, 261Y1/264Y1/281Y1/361Y1/362Y1/381Y1)/(NMC 210Y1, 310Y1)/(PRT 100Y1/110Y1, 220Y1)
or two courses in a major African language approved by the Program Committee

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (Hon.B.A.)

Consult Program Director, Dr. A. Itwaru, New College, 416-978-8966. For general enquiries call 416-
978-8966 or 416-978-5404.

Enrolment in the Major and Minor programs in Caribbean Studies is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA
required.

Major program (Hon.B.A.):

(6 full courses or their equivalent including two at the 300+level)

1. NEW 224Y1, 324Y1

2. Four full courses or their equivalent from Group A or Group B, including at least one at the 300+level

Minor program (Hon.B.A.):

(4 full courses or their equivalent including one at the 300-level)

1. NEW 224Y1, 324Y1

2. Two courses from Group A or Group B

Group A: ANT 426Y1, 451H1; ENG 253Y1; HIS 106Y1, 294Y1, 359H1, 394H1, 456Y1, 494Y1; NEW 223Y1, 325H1, 326Y1, 330H1; POL 201Y1, 305Y1, 445Y1, 471Y1; SOC 338Y1

Group B: ANT 345Y1; GGR 240Y1, 249H1; HIS 232Y1, 295Y1, 333Y1, 370Y1, 394Y1, 408Y1, 411Y1, 476Y1; MUS 209H1, 211H1, 225H1; NEW 150Y1, 240Y1, 322Y1, 369Y1, 425Y1; POL 325H1, 418Y1; RLG 204Y1, 205Y1, 360H1; SOC 330Y1; SPA 380H1, 381H1, 382H1

EQUITY STUDIES (Hon.B.A.)

Consult Program Co-ordinator, Prof. J. Larkin, 416-978-8282. For general inquiries call 416-978-5404.

Enrolment in this program is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Major program:

(7 full courses or their equivalent, including two at the 300+level)

1. NEW 240Y1

2. Six full course equivalents from: Groups A, B, C, D (including one or more full-course equivalents from at least three of the four groups) or
NEW 341H1/342H1

Group A: ANT 343Y1; CLA 219H1, 220H1; ENG 233Y1, 468H1; FCS 293H1, 294H1, 398H1; FRE 304H1, 404H1; GGR 455H1; HIS 245Y1, 352H1, 354Y1; 363H, 389H, 395Y, 406Y, 418Y, 431Y, 439Y, 483Y; INI 323Y1; ITA 455H1; JAL 355H1; JPP 343Y1; NEW 160Y1, 261Y1, 271Y1, 325H1, 330H1, 334H1, 335H1, 336H1, 360Y1, 362H1, 363H1, 365H1, 367H1, 368H1, 369Y1, 371H1, 372H1, 373H1, 425Y1, 465H1, 470Y1; NMC 284H1, 455Y1;
PHL 267H1; POL 432H1, 450H1; PSY 323H1; SOC 214Y1, 365Y1, 366H1; SPA 382H1, VIC 341H1, 343Y1; VIS 209H1

Group B: ANT 204Y1, 325Y1, 342Y1, 344Y1, 345Y1, 367Y1, 446H1, 448H1, 451H1, 453H1, 456H1; ENG 253Y1, 277Y1, 279Y1; FRE 402H1; HIS 208Y1, 294Y1, 295Y1, 303Y1, 312H1; 338Y, 341Y, 370H, 383H, 384H, 393H, 394H, 396Y, 408Y, 429Y, 442Y, 456Y, 474H, 476Y, 478Y; INI 327Y1;
JAP 356H1; NEW 224Y1, 322Y1, 324Y1, 326Y1; NMC 276Y1, 384Y1, 484Y1; POL 304Y1, 321Y1, 425H1; RLG 220H1, 237Y1, 315H1, 344Y1; SOC 210Y1, 330Y1; SPA 382H1

Group C: FCS 397H1; HIS 430Y1; POL 315H1; NEW 374H1; PHE 403H1; PHL 243H1; UNI 255H1, 355H1

Group D: ABS 201Y1, 300Y1, 301Y1, 320Y1, 402H1; ANT 329Y1;365Y, 366Y, 425H; CLA 331H1; ECO 239Y1, 332H1, 339Y1, 340H1, 369Y1, 424H1, 425H1; ENG 254Y1; FRE 434H1; HIS 106Y1, 313Y1, 367H1; 369Y, 395Y, 417Y, 442Y, 472H; HPS 314Y1, 324Y1; JFP 450Y1; PHL 281Y1, 384H1; POL 216H1, 344Y1, 405Y1, 412Y1, 480Y1; RLG 201Y1; SOC 220Y1, 301Y1, 338Y1, 367H1, 370Y1; UNI 315Y1, 317Y1

Note: students are responsible for checking the co- and prerequisites for all courses in Groups A, B,C, and D

HUMAN BIOLOGY — See LIFE SCIENCES

HUMANISM (Hon.B.A.)

Consult Professor M.F. Dixon, New College, 416-978-6487. For general enquiries call 416-978-2460.

Enrolment in this program is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Minor program:

(4 full courses or their equivalent)

1. NEW 200Y1, 300Y1, 309Y1

One full-course equivalent from HPS 200Y1, 201H1, 202H1; HUM 199Y1; NEW 302Y1, 303H1, 305H1, 306H1, 308H1, 410Y1, 411H1, 412H1; NMC 185Y1; RLG 204Y1, 205Y1, 206Y1, 231Y1

SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES (Hon.B.A.)

Consult Centre for South Asian Studies, Rm. 2057, Sidney Smith Hall until June 30, 2002, 416-978-
4294; New College, Registrar’s Office

Enrolment in the South Asian Studies programs is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Specialist program (Hon.B.A.):

(10 full courses or their equivalent: including at least four 300+ series courses with at least one full
course at the 400-level)

1. Two courses in Sanskrit from EAS 282Y1, 382Y1, 480Y1, 482Y1; or in Bengali and Hindi from NEW 211Y1, 212Y1, 311Y1, 312Y1; or demonstrate
intermediate (2nd Year level) proficiency in another South Asian language by examination administered by the Centre for South Asian Studies

2. One course in South Asian History: HIS 282Y1

3. One course in South Asian social science topics from: POL 201Y1, 417Y1, 445Y1 or other social science course approved by the Chair of the
SAS program

4. One course in South Asian religion or philosophy from: EAS 330Y1, 368Y1, 468Y1; NEW 306H1; NMC 185Y1; RLG 100Y1, 205Y1, 206Y1, 207H1, 209H1, 280Y1, 360H1, 361H1, 362H1, 363H1, or other course in religion or philosophy approved by the Chair of the SAS program

5. Five additional courses from Group A (below); or seven additional courses from Group A, in the case of a student satisfying the language
requirement (see 1. above) by examination rather than by A&S courses

Major program (Hon.B.A.):

(6 full courses or their equivalent: including two 300+ series courses)

1. HIS 282Y1

2. Five additional courses from Group A (below)

Minor program (Hon.B.A.):

(4 full courses or their equivalent; 2 courses must have full South Asian content)

Four approved courses from Group A (below)

Courses may be chosen from any level.

Note: Some courses may be offered in alternate years.

Group A: EAS 282Y1, 330Y1, 368Y1, 382Y1, 385Y1, 386H1, 387H1, 468Y1, 480Y1, 482Y1; ECO 232H1; ENG 253Y1, 472Y1; HIS 101Y1, 282Y1, 364H1, 381H1, 382H1, 386Y1, 394H1, 480Y1, 481H1; HUM 101Y1; MUS 200H1; NEW 211Y1, 212Y1, 306H1, 308H1, 311Y1, 312Y1, 368H1, 425Y1; NMC 185Y1; POL 201Y1, 417Y1, 445Y1; RLG 100Y1, 205Y1, 206Y1, 207H1, 209H1, 280Y1, 360H1, 361H1, 362H1, 363H1; or other courses with the approval of the
Chair of the SAS program

WOMEN’S STUDIES (Hon.B.A.)

Consult Undergraduate Co-ordinator, Professor J. Larkin, 416-978-8282. For general enquires call the Pro-
gram Office at 416-978-3668.

Enrolment in the Specialist, Major and Minor programs in Women’s Studies is open to students who have completed four courses; no
minimum GPA required.

Specialist program (Hon.B.A.):

(10 full courses or their equivalent, including at least five 300+series course)

1. NEW 160Y1

1. NEW 261Y1/271Y1

1. NEW 360Y1/369Y1

2. NEW 460Y1 and one additional full-course equivalent at the 400-level

3. Three additional full-course equivalents from the core group below

4. Two additional full-course equivalents from Group A or B

Major program (Hon.B.A.):

(7 full courses or their equivalent, including at least three 300+ series courses)

1. NEW 160Y1

1. NEW 261Y1/271Y1

2. NEW 360Y1/369Y1

3. Two additional full-course equivalents from the core group below

4. Two additional full-course equivalents from Group A or B

Minor program (Hon.B.A.):

4 full courses or their equivalent)

1. NEW 160Y1 and/or 261Y

2. Two (with both NEW 160Y1 and 261Y) or three (with only one of NEW 160Y1/261Y1) additional full-course equivalents from the core group
below or from Group A



Core Group: NEW 160Y1, 261Y1, 271Y1, 330H1-339H1, 360Y1, 362H1, 363H1, 365H1, 366H1, 367H1, 368H1, 369Y1, 372H1, 373H1, 374H1, 425Y1, 434H1, 435H1, 451H1, 460Y1, 461Y1, 462H1, 463H1, 465H1, 470Y1

Group A: (Women and gender relations): ANT 343Y1; CLA 219H1, 220H1; ENG 233Y1, 468H1; FCS 293H1, 294H1, 398H1; FRE 304H1, 404H1; GGR 455H1; HIS 245Y1, 352H1, 354Y1, 363H1, 383H1, 389H1, 395Y1, 406Y1, 418Y1, 431Y1, 439Y1, 483Y1; INI 323Y1; ITA 455H1; JAL 355H1; JPP 343Y1; NEW 240Y1, 325H1; NMC 284H1, 384Y1, 455Y1, 484Y1; PHL 243H1, 267H1; POL 315Y1, 344Y1, 432Y1, 450H1, 480Y1; PSY 323H1; RLG 237Y1, 315H1; SOC 214Y1, 365Y1, 366H1, 367H1; SPA 382H1; VIC 341H1, 343Y1, VIS 209H1

Group B: (General interest): ANT 329Y1, 342Y1, 365Y1, 427H1; EAS 239H1; ENG 290Y1, 472Y1, 473Y1; FCS 395H1; HIS 295Y1, 341Y1, 396Y1, 370H1,
INI 327Y1; JAL 253H1, NEW 302Y1; NMC 276Y1; PHE 403H1; PHL 281Y1, 384H1; SOC 207Y1, 215Y1, 375Y1; TRN 311H1, 320Y1; VIS 313H1