2007-2008 Faculty of Arts and Science Calendar

St. Michael’s College

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Introduction

St. Michael’s College offers a number of programs which emerge from its academic strength in various scholarly fields and reflect its centuries-old Christian intellectual traditions. Please consult the relevant brochures for more complete information on each program.

Book and Media Studies:

An interdisciplinary and historical investigation of the role of printing, books and reading in cultures past and present. Topics explored include: manuscript and book production, internet publishing, book illustrations, censorship, advertising, readership and electronic media.

Celtic Studies:

Examines the literature, languages, history, music, folklore and archaeology of the peoples of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Investigates Celtic identities in the ancient and modern worlds, and explores the transmission of Irish, Scottish and Welsh traditions to Canada and the United States.

Christianity and Culture:

A multidisciplinary exploration of Christian traditions from artistic, literary, philosophical, theological, scientific, social and historical perspectives.

Christianity and Culture: Major program in Religious Education

This Major program is part of the Concurrent Teacher Education Program (CTEP) offered in partnership with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT) and is for those students preparing to become secondary school teachers of Religious Education in the Separate School Boards in Ontario.

Mediaeval Studies:

An interdisciplinary treatment of the history, art, literature and thought of the Middle Ages.

St. Michael’s also offers a number of courses, listed below, which form part of the above programs, or of the programs of other colleges and departments, or are a reflection of staff and student academic interests not always available in departmental course offerings.

Principal & Program Director: Mark G. McGowan, 81 St. Mary Street, Room 127, Odette Hall (416-926-7102)

St. Michael’s College Programs

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

Book and Media Studies (Arts program)

Consult Dr. Dorothy Speirs, St. Michael’s College

Major program:

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

1. SMC219Y1

2. SMC228Y1

3. One full course or its equivalent from among SMC courses as designated by the program

4. Three full courses or their equivalent from: ABS300Y1/302H1/ANT323Y1/ENG232H1/ENG234H1/ENG235H1/ENG322Y1/FAH319H1/FCS297H1/FRE450H1/HIS241H1/HIS316H1/HIS341Y1/HIS367H1/HIS374H1/HIS375H1/HIS419H1/HIS437H1/HIS455H1/HIS477H1/HPS201H1/HPS202H1/INI301H1/INI305H1/NMC357Y1/POL451Y1/SLA254H1/SMC210Y1/SMC217H1/SMC300H1/SMC301H1/SMC304H1/SMC305H1/SMC314H1/SMC315H1/SMC358H1/SMC361H1/SMC398H1/SMC399Y1/VIC345H1/VIS206H1/WDW385H1/WGS271Y1

Minor program

(4 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 300+ series course)

1. SMC219Y1

2. SMC228Y1

3. Two courses or their equivalent from those included in 3. and 4. in the Major program above

Celtic Studies (Arts program)

Consult Mairin Nic Dhiarmada, St. Michael’s College.

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

Specialist program:

(10 full courses or their equivalent, at least four of which are 300+ series courses, including at least one 400-series course)

1. SMC240Y1

2. Two of SMC141Y1/SMC241Y1/SMC242Y1/SMC243Y1/SMC331Y1/SMC440Y1/SMC441Y1

3. Seven courses, either from List 2. above or SMC333H1/334H1/SMC335Y1/ SMC342Y1/SMC343Y1/SMC344Y1/SMC345Y1/SMC346Y1/SMC348Y1/SMC349H1/SMC350H1/SMC351H1/SMC352Y1/SMC353Y1/SMC354Y1/SMC355H1/SMC356H1/SMC395Y1/SMC396H1/SMC411H1/412H1/SMC413H1/SMC414H1/SMC416H1/SMC450Y1/SMC451Y1

Major program:

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

1. SMC240Y1

2. One of SMC141Y1/SMC241Y1/SMC242Y1/SMC243Y1/SMC331Y1/SMC440Y1/ SMC441Y1

3. Four additional courses from those listed in the Specialist program above

Minor program:

(4 full courses or equivalent chosen from those listed for the Specialist program, including at least one 300+ series course)

Christianity And Culture (Arts program)

Consult Dr. Jennifer Harris, St. Michael’s College.

The courses of the Christianity and Culture Program include (1) all the SMC prefixed courses listed below under the Christianity and Culture heading, and (2) the following courses of other departments: HIS469H1/ RLG 222H1/RLG225H1/ RLG321H1/RLG330H1/RLG331Y1 /RLG338Y1/RLG384H1. In addition to Christianity and Culture courses, a number of other courses are cross-listed and may be counted towards the major and specialist programs as specified below. This list is available from the Programs Administrator, Room 132, Odette Hall, and on the St. Michael’s College web site.

Specialist program:

(10 full courses or their equivalent: at least four of which are 300+series courses, including one 400-level course; a total of two courses may be selected from the approved list of cross-listed courses)

1. SMC103Y1/SMC203Y1

2. One full course equivalent from SMC200Y1/SMC205H1/SMC208Y1/SMC215H1/SMC230Y1

3. Any three of the following four options:a) Two courses from “Christianity and Society”: SMC203Y1/ SMC204H1/SMC205H1/SMC207H1/SMC208Y1/SMC209H1/SMC215H1/SMC304H1/ SMC308H1/SMC309H1/SMC311H1/SMC313H1/SMC320H1/SMC321H1/SMC332H1/SMC362Y1/SMC390Y1/SMC391H1/SMC400H1/SMC401H1/SMC421H1/SMC426H1/SMC427H1/ HIS469H1/ RLG222H1/RLG225H1/RLG321H1 or relevant cross-listed coursesb) Two courses from “Christianity and the Intellectual Tradition”: SMC208Y1/SMC307Y1/SMC310H1/SMC311H1/SMC312H1/SMC330Y1/SMC332H1/ /SMC390Y1/SMC391H1/SMC400H1/SMC401H1/SMC417H1/SMC418H1/SMC419H1/SMC421H1/SMC423H1/SMC424H1/SMC429H1/ RLG 222H1/RLG321H1/ RLG330H1/RLG331Y1/RLG384H1 or relevant cross-listed coursesc) Two courses from “Christianity, Arts and Letters”: SMC200Y1/SMC201H1/SMC206H1/SMC216Y1/SMC217H1/SMC302H1/SMC305H1/ SMC390Y1/SMC391H1/SMC400H1/SMC401H1/SMC422H1/SMC425H1/SMC428H1 or relevant cross-listed coursesd) Two courses from “Christianity and the Scientific Tradition”: SMC230Y1/SMC306H1/SMC370H1/SMC371H1/SMC390Y1/ SMC391H1/SMC400H1/SMC401H1/RLG338Y1 or relevant cross-listed courses