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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, Human Biology, Equity Studies, Paradigms and Archetypes, African Studies, and Caribbean Studies. These programs 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

(Specialist, 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 Programs*

offer a broad education in life sciences with courses offered by departments in both the Faculties of Arts and Science, and Medicine.
*Specialist: (1) Genes, Genetics and Biotechnology; (2) Global Health; (3) Health and Disease; (4) Human Behavioural Biology. Major: Life Sciences (See Life Sciences section of the Calendar.)

The Paradigms and Archetypes Program

(Minor) provides opportunities for undergraduates in discipline-based programs to access, through a comparative analysis of primary sources, the structure and dynamics of “paradigms”: archetypal narratives, assumptions, myths, fantasies, analytical protocols and methodologies which govern the conduct of disciplines in every field and all cultures.

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 and Gender 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. (See the Women and Gender Studies section of the Calendar.)

Contact:
Program Secretary’s Office:New College, Room 132 (416-978-5404)
Registrar’s Office:New College, Room 107 (416-978-2460)

New College Programs

African Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Director, Prof. S. Hawkins New College, 416-978-3366. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404.

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:

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

Core course requirements:

NEW150Y1 (recommended in first year), NEW450H1 (to be taken in the final year)

Other requirements:
1. Four full course equivalents from Group A, to be chosen from at least two different departments/programs, one of which must be NEW450H1
2. Two full course equivalents from Group B
3. Two full course equivalents from Groups A, B or C
4. A combination of two language full course equivalents as outlined in Group D
5. Four full course equivalents of the eleven courses must be 300/400 series (including at least one 400-series course) of which at least one must be from Group A and another from Group B

Major program:

(6 full courses or their equivalent)

Core course requirements:

NEW150Y1 (recommended in first year), NEW450H1 (to be taken in the final year)

Other requirements:
1. Three full course equivalents from Group A, one of which must be NEW450H1
2. One full course equivalent from each of Groups B and C, or NEW280Y1 and NEW380Y1
3. At least two 300/400-series full course equivalents from Groups A and/or B

Minor program:

(4 full courses or their equivalent)

Core requirement:

NEW150Y1 (recommended in first year)

Other requirements:
1. One full course equivalent from Group A
2. One full course equivalent from Group B, or another one from Group A
3. One full course equivalent from Group C or NEW280Y1 or NEW380Y1
4. At least one full course equivalent must be a 300+series course from Groups A and/or B

Group A:
ANT325Y1; ENG278Y1; FRE431H1; HIS295H1, HIS383H1, 396Y1, 457Y1; JAP256H1; JNI388Y1; NEW252H1, NEW296Y1, NEW322Y1, NEW352Y1, NEW450H1; NMC371Y1, 374Y1; POL301Y1, 488Y1, POL489H1; SMC209H1; an independent studies course approved by the Program Committee

Group B:
ENG253Y1, ENG277Y1, FRE332H1; HIS294Y1, HIS296Y1, HIS305H1, HIS370H1, HIS393H1, HIS408Y1, HIS446Y1, HIS456Y1, HIS474H1, HIS475H1, 476Y1; INI327Y1; NEW223Y1, NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW325H1; POL358H1, POL403H1; WGS 435H1

Group C:
ANT200Y1, ANT204Y1, ANT343Y1, ANT349H1, ANT367Y1, ANT410H1, ANT426H1, ANT454H1, ANT455Y1; HIS104Y1, HIS232Y1; JPE400H1; MUS200H1; NEW326Y1; NMC 185Y1, 376Y1; POL201Y1, POL417Y1, POL418Y1, POL445Y1, POL479H1; SOC312Y1; UNI304H1; WGS368H1, WGS369Y1, WGS425Y1

Group D:
(NEW280Y1, NEW380Y1)/(FSL161Y1/181Y1, 261Y1/281Y1/ 361Y1/ FSL362Y1/381Y1)/(NMC210Y1, 310Y1)/(PRT100Y1/ PRT110Y1, PRT220Y1); or two courses in a major African language approved by the Program Committee

Caribbean Studies (Arts program)

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

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

Specialist Program:

(10 full courses or their equivalent including at least one at the 400-level)

1. NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1
2. Eight full courses or their equivalent, with at least six from Group A, the remaining two from Group A or Group B.

Major program:

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

1. NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1
2. Four full courses or their equivalent from Group A or Group B, including at least one at the 300+level

Minor program:

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

1. NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1
2. Two courses from Group A or Group B

Group A:
ANT426H1; ENG253Y1; HIS106Y1, HIS294Y1, 295H1, HIS333Y1, HIS359H1, HIS370H1, HIS394H1, HIS456Y1, HIS494Y1; NEW150Y1, NEW223Y1, NEW240Y1, NEW325H1, NEW326Y1, NEW422Y1, 423H1, NEW424Y1, NEW426Y1; POL201Y1, POL301Y1, POL305Y1, POL347Y1, POL357Y1, POL358Y1, POL445Y1; WGS330H1, WGS369Y1, WGS425Y1

Group B:
GGR 240Y1, GGR249H1; HIS232Y1, 295H1, HIS390Y1, HIS408Y1, HIS446Y1, 476Y1; NEW296Y1, NEW322Y1; POL417Y1, POL418Y1, POL442H1, 488Y1; RLG204Y1, RLG205Y1; SOC330Y1, SOC336H1; SPA380H1, SPA381H1, SPA382H1, WGS 435H1

Equity Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Co-ordinator, Dr. 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 full courses at the 300+level)

1. NEW240Y1
2. One full course equivalent from the core group below
3. Five full course equivalents from: Groups A, B, C, D, E (including one or more full-course equivalents from at least three of the five groups)

Core Group
NEW341H1, 342H1, NEW343H1, NEW344Y1, NEW349H1, NEW441H1, 442H1, NEW449H1

Group A: Gender
CLA219H1, CLA220H1; EAS452H1, EAS453H1; ENG233Y1, ENG307H1, ENG309H1, ENG468H1; FAH 444H1; FCS 294H1, FCS497H1; FRE304H1, FRE404H1; GER421H1; GGR327H1; HIS202H1, HIS245Y1, 306Y1, 352H1, HIS354Y1; HIS363H1, HIS366Y1, HIS395Y1, HIS418H1, HIS431H1, 439H1, HIS446Y1, 452H1, HIS481H1, 483Y1; ITA455H1; JAL355H1; JHP440Y1; JNV300H1; JPP343Y1; NEW325H1; NMC284H1, NMC484H1; PHL267H1; POL351Y1, POL432H1, 450Y1; PSY323H1; RLG 236H1, RLG237H1, RLG314H1; SLA248H1, 453H1; SOC214Y1, SOC365Y1, SOC366H1, SOC383H1; SPA382H1, VIC341H1, VIC343Y1; VIS209H1; WGS160Y1, WGS261Y1, WGS262Y1, WGS330H1, 334H1, 335H1, WGS336H1, WGS362H1, WGS363H1, WGS365H1, WGS366H1, WGS367H1, WGS368H1, WGS369Y1, WGS372H1, WGS373H1, WGS374H1, WGS425Y1, WGS460Y1, WGS465H1, WGS470Y1

Group B: Race, Creed, Ethnicity
ANT204Y1, ANT325Y1, ANT343Y1, ANT344Y1, ANT367Y1, ANT426H1, ANT446Y1, ANT448H1, ANT453H1; ENG253Y1, ENG256Y1, ENG277Y1, ENG279Y1; HIS208Y1, HIS294Y1, 295H1, HIS303Y1, HIS312H1; HIS338Y1, HIS341Y1, HIS370H1, HIS383H1, HIS384H1, HIS393H1, HIS394H1, 396Y1, HIS408Y1, HIS429Y1, HIS442Y1, HIS456Y1, HIS474H1, HIS475H1, 476Y1, HIS494Y1; INI327Y1; ITA493H1; JAP 256H1; NEW150Y1, NEW223Y1, NEW224Y1, NEW322Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW326Y1,NEW424Y1; NMC276Y1, 384Y1, NMC477Y1, NMC484H1; POL 304Y1, 321Y1, 425H1; RLG220H1, 236H1, RLG237H1, RLG315H1, RLG344Y1; SOC210Y1, SOC330Y1, UNI304H1

Group C: Sexual Diversities
ENG273Y1, ENG290Y1; HIS 430Y1; POL315H1; PHL243H1; UNI255H1, 256H1, UNI354H1, UNI355H1, UNI365H1, UNI375H1, UNI455H1, UNI475H1; WGS374H1

Group D: General Equity
ABS201Y1, ABS250H1, ABS300Y1, ABS301Y1, ABS320Y1, ABS350Y1, 351H1, ABS352H1, ABS402H1, ABS405Y1; ANT329Y1, ANT348Y1, 366Y1, ANT425H1, ANT447H1, ANT452H1; ECO239Y1, ECO332H1, ECO339Y1, ECO340H1, ECO369Y1, ECO424H1, ECO425H1; ENG254Y1; GGR362H1, GGR363H1; HIS106Y1, 313Y1, HIS367H1; HIS369Y1, HIS395Y1, HIS459H1, HIS472H1; HPS324H1; INI 494H1; JAG321H1; JFP450H1; PHL281Y1, PHL384H1; POL 216H1, 344Y1, POL405Y1, POL412Y1, POL480H1; PRT351H1; RLG201Y1; SOC220Y1, SOC301Y1, SOC309Y1, SOC360Y1, SOC367H1, SOC370Y1, SOC373H1, SOC374H1; SPA380H1; UNI317Y1, UNI371H1; VIS310H1

Group E: Disability
PHL383H1; SOC360Y1, SOC363H1, SOC373H1, SOC374H1; WGS366H1

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

Human Biology: see Life Sciences, Human Biology

Paradigms and Archetypes (Arts program)

Consult Dr. Ann Yeoman, New College, 416-978-8659. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404.

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

Minor program:

(4 full courses or their equivalent)

1. NEW209Y1
2. NEW301Y1/304Y1
3. One full course equivalent from NEW301Y1 (if not chosen in 2 above), NEW302Y1, NEW303H1, NEW 304Y1 (if not chosen in 2 above), NEW306H1, NEW308H1, NEW 402Y1, NEW 403H1, NEW 404H1
4. One full course equivalent from HPS201H1, HPS202H1, HPS210H1, HPS211H1, HPS250H1; NMC101Y1, 185Y1, NMC201Y1; RLG 101Y1, RLG204Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, RLG211Y1, RLG231H1; any NEW courses listed in 3 above.

South Asian Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Director, 416-978-8250 or the Program Office, 416-978-5404.

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

Specialist program:

(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 language courses from NEW211Y1, NEW212Y1, NEW213Y1, NEW311Y1, NEW312Y1; or demonstrate intermediate (2nd Year level) proficiency in another South Asian language by examination administered by the South Asian Studies Program
2. NEW114Y1
3. HIS282Y1
4. NEW413H1
5. NEW414H1
6. One course from: POL201Y1, POL417Y1, POL445, or other social science course approved by the Director
7. One course from: EAS368Y1, EAS468Y1; NEW214Y1, NEW306H1; NMC 185Y1; RLG100Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, 207H1, 209H1, RLG280Y1, RLG361H1, RLG363H1, RLG365H1, RLG366H1, or other course in religion or philosophy approved by the Director.
8. Three additional courses from Group A (below); or five 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:

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

1. NEW114Y1
2. HIS282Y1
3. Four additional courses from Group A (below)

Minor program:

(4 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one at the 300+ level; 2 courses must have full South Asian content)

1. NEW114Y1
2. Three approved courses from Group A (below)
Note: Some courses may be offered in alternate years.

Group A:
EAS331Y1, EAS368Y1, EAS468Y1; ENG253Y1; HIS282Y1, HIS364H1, HIS381H1, 382H1, 386Y1, HIS394H1, HIS470H1, HIS480H1, HIS481H1; HUM 101Y1; MUS200H1; NEW211Y1, NEW212Y1, NEW213Y1, NEW214Y1, NEW215H1, NEW216H1, NEW217H1, NEW224Y1, NEW306H1, NEW308H1, NEW311Y1, NEW312Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW326Y1, 413H1, 414H1; NMC 185Y1; POL201Y1, POL357Y1, POL417Y1, POL445Y1; RLG100Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, 207H1, 209H1, RLG280Y1, RLG361H1, RLG363H1, RLG365H1, RLG366H1; WGS368H1, WGS425Y1; or other courses with the approval of the Director of the SAS program

Women’s Studies: see Women and Gender Studies