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Diaspora and Transnational Studies Courses

For Distribution Requirement purposes, all DTS courses are classified as SOCIAL SCIENCE or HUMANITIES courses.

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DTS200Y1
Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I (formerly DTS201H1, 202H1) [52L]

An interdisciplinary introduction to the study of diaspora, with particular attention to questions of history, spatiality, globalization, cultural production and the creative imagination. Material will be drawn from Toronto as well as from diasporic communities in other times and places.

Exclusion: DTS201H1, 202H1


DTS390H1
DTS3
90Y1
Independent Study Course in Diaspora and Transnational Studies [TBA]

This will provide for directed reading courses on either a semester or year-long basis on a range of topics to do with diaspora and transnational studies.
Prerequisite: DTS200Y1


DTS401H1
Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism (Postcolonialism and Diaspora) [26S]

This will be a course using the intersections between Postcolonialism and Diaspora Studies to explore issues of place, memory, and identity. The course will be comparative and interdisciplinary with a focus on literature, anthropology, political science and cultural studies.
Prerequisite: DTS200Y1


DTS402H1
Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism (Diasporic Entrepreneurship and Capitalisms) [26S]

This course is a critical examination of the established concepts on capitalism. It also proposes alternative ways to evaluate diasporic mercantile successes and their economic systems. In particular, students will be introduced to emerging studies that utilize theories on socio-economic institutions and “social capital” in the studies of various Asian trading groups.
Prerequisite: DTS200Y1