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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 our various Specialist, Major and Minor programs. 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 Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health Program

(Minor) allows students to choose from a wide range of courses on mind, consciousness, cognitive science, psychology of religion, health psychology, and sociological analyses of physical and mental health to acquire an understanding of the contributions of Buddhism to the modern understanding of consciousness, mental health and illness, and determinants of physical health.

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; (5) Neuroscience; Major: Human Biology (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) provides an interdisciplinary and culturally inclusive approach to understanding gender. The curriculum addresses the meaning and importance of gender in a variety of individual, institutional and transnational contexts. It provides opportunities to learn about feminist activism and resistance in areas such as citizenship, globalization, religious fundamentalism, war, technoscience, environmentalism and women’s health. The program fosters a strong student community through a wide range of workshops and events as well as academic and practical links to local, national and international organizations. Women and Gender Studies scholarship and organizational initiatives thus address the location of UofT within a culturally diverse, economically disparate and socially complex city and nation.

Contact:
Program Secretary’s Office:New College, Room 133 (416-978-5404 or nc.programs@utoronto.ca)
Registrar’s Office:New College, Room 107 (416-978-2460)

New College Programs

African Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Co-ordinator, Dr. T. Tieku, New College, 416-946-0283. 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 four 300+ series courses with at least one full course at the 400-level)

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 or B
4. A combination of two language full course equivalents as outlined in Group C
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, including two at the 300+level)

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. Two full course equivalents from Groups B, 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, including one at the 300+level)

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 B or NEW280Y1, NEW281Y1 or NEW380Y1
4. At least one full course equivalent must be a 300+series course from Groups A and/or B

Group A (Courses that deal exclusively with Africa. These include but are not limited to the following):
HIS383H1, 396Y1, HIS481H1, 486H1; NEW250Y1, NEW296Y1, NEW322Y1, NEW350H1, NEW351Y1, NEW352Y1, NEW450H1; POL301Y1, POL488Y1, POL489H1; SMC209H1; an independent studies course approved by the Program Committee

Group B (Courses that deal with Africa and/or one or more of its diaspora. These include but are not limited to the following):
ANT363Y1, ANT367Y1, ANT426H1, ANT454H1; ENG270Y1, ENG277Y1, ENG278Y1; FCS291H1, 392H1; FRE332H1; HIS106Y1, HIS294Y1, HIS296Y1, HIS305H1, HIS360Y1, HIS366Y1, HIS370H1, HIS393H1, HIS408Y1, HIS446Y1, HIS456Y1, HIS475H1, 476Y1, HIS487H1; INI327Y1; NMC366Y1, NMC376H1, NMC377Y1, NMC378H1; NEW223Y1, NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW325H1, NEW326Y1; POL201Y1, POL321H1, 358H1, POL403H1, POL479H1; SOC210Y1; WGS435H1, WGS440H1

Group C:
(NEW280Y1, NEW281Y1, NEW380Y1)/(FSL221Y1, FSL331Y1/FSL341Y1/ FSL431Y1/ FSL362Y1)/(NML210Y1, NML310Y1)/(PRT100Y1/ PRT110Y1, PRT220Y1); or two courses in a major African language approved by the Program Committee

Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health (Arts program)

Consult Program Director, Prof. A. Toneatto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), (416) 535-8501, ext. 6828 or tony_toneatto@camh.net. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404 or email nc.programs@utoronto.ca.

Enrolment in the Minor program in Buddhism, Psychology and Mental Health is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Minor Program:

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

1. NEW232Y1 (Buddhist Psychology: Theories and Applications) or RLG206Y1 (The Buddhist Religious Tradition)
2. NEW331H1 (Buddhism and the Science of Mindfulness Meditation) and NEW333H1 (Buddhism and Cognitive Science)
3. NEW433H1 (Advanced Topics) or NEW332H1 (Buddhism and Psychotherapy)
4. 1.5 full course equivalent from : ANT100Y1, ANT204Y1, ANT253H1, 348Y1; EAS361Y1, EAS368Y1, EAS369Y1; HPS100H1, HPS250H1; NEW214Y1, NEW232Y1, NEW303H1 (The Hypothesis of the Unconscious), NEW332H1, NEW339H1 (Special Topics), NEW433H1; PHL100Y1, PHL201H1, PHL232H1, PHL240H1, PHL244H1, PHL320H1, PHL331H1, PHL332H1, PHL342H1, PHL375H1; RLG206Y1, RLG211Y1, RLG301H1, RLG302H1, RLG373H1, RLG375H1, RLG376H1, RLG421H1, RLG463H1, RLG465H1, RLG466H1, RLG467H1; SOC243H1, SOC363H1; UNI250Y1, UNI302H1, 446H1; VIC106H1

Caribbean Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Director, Prof. D. A. Trotz, New College, 416-978-8286. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404 or email nc.programs@utoronto.ca.

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 four 300+ series courses with at least one full course 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; ENG270Y1; HIS106Y1, HIS294Y1, 295H1, HIS333Y1, HIS359H1, HIS370H1, 394H1, HIS456Y1, 494Y1; NEW150Y1, NEW223Y1, NEW240Y1, NEW325H1, NEW326Y1, NEW327Y1, NEW422Y1, NEW423H1, NEW424Y1, NEW426Y1; POL201Y1, POL301Y1, POL305Y1, 347Y1, 357Y1, POL358Y1; SPA486H1; WGS330H1, 369Y1, WGS425Y1

Group B:
GGR 240Y1, GGR249H1; HIS 232Y1, 295H1, HIS390Y1, HIS408Y1, HIS446Y1, 476Y1; NEW296Y1, NEW322Y1; POL417Y1, POL418Y1, POL442H1, POL488Y1; RLG204Y1, RLG205Y1; SOC330Y1, SOC336H1; SPA380H1, SPA381H1, SPA382H1, WGS435H1

Equity Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Co-ordinator, Dr. J. Larkin, 416-978-8282. For general inquiries call 416-978-5404 or email nc.programs@utoronto.ca.

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. 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
NEW214Y1, NEW241Y1, NEW341H1, NEW342H1, NEW343H1, NEW344Y1, NEW349H1, NEW441H1, NEW442H1, NEW444H1, NEW449H1

Group A: Gender
ANT460H1; CLA219H1, CLA220H1; EAS303H1, EAS452H1, EAS453H1; ENG233Y1, ENG307H1, 309H1, ENG355H1, ENG383H1; FCS497H1; FRE304H1, FRE305H1; GER421H1; GGR327H1; HIS202H1, HIS245Y1, HIS306H1, HIS348H1, HIS354Y1, HIS363H1, HIS366Y1, HIS395Y1, HIS406H1, HIS418H1, HIS446Y1, 448H1, HIS481H1, HIS483H1; ITA455H1; JAL355H1; JHP440Y1; JNV300H1; JPP343Y1; NEW325H1; NMC284H1, NMC484H1; PHL267H1; POL351Y1, POL432H1, POL440Y1, 450Y1; PSY323H1; RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG251H1, 313H1, RLG314H1; SLA248H1; SOC214Y1, SOC365Y1, SOC366H1, SOC383H1; SPA382H1, VIC341H1, VIC343Y1; VIS209H1; WGS160Y1, WGS261Y1, WGS262Y1, WGS330H1, WGS334H1, WGS335H1, WGS336H1, WGS362H1, WGS363H1, WGS365H1, WGS366H1, WGS367H1, WGS368H1, WGS369H1, WGS372H1, WGS373H1, WGS374H1, WGS375H1, WGS380H1, WGS425Y1, WGS460Y1, WGS465H1, WGS470Y1

Group B: Race, Creed, Ethnicity
ANT204Y1, 343Y1, 344Y1, ANT349H1, ANT367Y1, ANT426H1, 446Y1, ANT448H1, 453H1; ARC234H1; ENG268H1, ENG270Y1, ENG275Y1, ENG277Y1, ENG278Y1, ENG355H1, ENG368H1, ENG370H1; FIN320H1; HIS107Y1, HIS208Y1, HIS282Y1, HIS294Y1, HIS295Y1, HIS296Y1 303Y1, HIS312H1, HIS338Y1, HIS341Y1, HIS355H1, HIS359H1, HIS360Y1 HIS370H1, HIS383H1, HIS384H1, HIS393H1, 394H1, 396Y1, 402H1, HIS408Y1, HIS412Y1, 416Y1, 429Y1, HIS442Y1, HIS456Y1, HIS470H1, HIS475H1, HIS476H1, 486H1; INI327Y1; ITA493H1; JAP 256H1; LAS301H1, LAS302H1; NEW150Y1, NEW223Y1, NEW224Y1, NEW296Y1, NEW322Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW326Y1, NEW424Y1; NMC276Y1, 384Y1, 477Y1, NMC484H1; POL301Y1, POL304H1, POL321H1, POL342H1, POL403H1 POL425Y1; PRT255H1; RLG201Y1, RLG220H1, RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG243H1, RLG315H1, RLG344Y1; SOC210Y1, SOC330Y1, SOC336H1, SOC339H1; SPA486H1; UNI304H1, 307H1

Group C: Sexual Diversities
ANT456H1; ENG273Y1, ENG290Y1; POL315H1; PHL243H1; SOC410H1; UNI255H1, 256H1, 335H1, UNI354H1, UNI355H1, UNI365H1, UNI375H1, UNI455H1, UNI475H1; WGS374H1

Group D: General Equity
ABS201Y1, ABS250H1, ABS300Y1, ABS301Y1, ABS302H1, ABS320Y1, ABS350Y1, ABS351Y1, ABS352H1, ABS353H1, ABS354H1, ABS402H1, ABS405Y1; ANT 329Y1, 342H1, 348Y1, ANT362Y1, ANT364Y1, 366Y1, 368Y1, ANT425H1, ANT447H1, ANT452H1; ARC233H1; DTS200Y1, DTS401H1, DTS402H1; EAS462H1; ECO239Y1, ECO332H1, ECO339Y1, ECO340H1, ECO369Y1, ECO425H1; ENG254Y1; FAH390H1/Y; GGR216H1, GGR320H1, GGR328H1 GGR339H1, 362H1, GGR363H1, 375H1, GGR451H1; HIS106Y1, HIS313H1, HIS323H1, HIS367H1; 369Y1, HIS395Y1, HIS424H1, 459Y1, HIS468H1, HIS472H1, HIS480H1; HPS324H1; INI429H1; JAG321H1; JGI216H1; JFP450H1; NMC 358H1; PHL 281Y1, PHL380H1, PHL384H1; POL201Y1, POL342H1, POL344H1, POL350H1, POL358Y1, POL403H1, POL405Y1, 412Y1, POL439H1, 480H1; PRT351H1; RLG201Y1, RLG225H1, RLG317H1; SOC220Y1, SOC270H1, SOC301Y1, SOC309Y1, SOC344Y1, SOC354H1, SOC355Y1, SOC360Y1, SOC364H1, SOC367H1, SOC370Y1, SOC373H1, SOC374H1; SPA380H1; UNI220Y1, UNI317Y1, UNI371H1; VIC185H1, VIC261H1, VIC351H1; VIS310H1

Human Biology: see Life Sciences, Human Biology

Paradigms and Archetypes (Arts program)

For general enquiries call 416-978-5404 or email nc.programs@utoronto.ca.

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, including one at the 300+level)

1. NEW209Y1
2. NEW301Y1/304Y1
3. One full course equivalent from NEW232Y1, NEW301Y1 (if not chosen in 2 above), NEW302Y1, NEW303H1, NEW 304Y1 (if not chosen in 2 above), NEW306H1, NEW308H1, NEW402Y1, NEW403H1, NEW404H1
4. One full course equivalent from HPS201H1, HPS202H1, HPS210H1, HPS211H1, HPS250H1; NEW333H1; NMC101Y1, 185Y1, NMC201Y1; RLG200Y1, RLG204Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, RLG211Y1, RLG231H1; any NEW courses listed in 3 above.

South Asian Studies (Arts program)

Consult Program Co-ordinator, I. Hasnu, New College, 416-978-8277 or the Program Office, 416-978-5404 or email nc.programs@utoronto.ca.

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, NEW315Y1; EAS282Y1, 382H1/Y1; RLG260Y1 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. One full course equivalent from NEW413H1, 414H1; HIS470H1, HIS480H1
5. One full course equivalent from: ANT352Y1, POL201Y1, POL208Y1, POL417Y1, POL447Y1, or other social science course approved by the Co-ordinator
6. One full course equivalent from: EAS368Y1, EAS468Y1; FAH364H1, FAH365H1; NEW214Y1, NEW306H1, NEW308H1; RLG100Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, RLG280Y1, RLG361H1, RLG363H1, RLG365H1, RLG366H1, or other course in religion or philosophy approved by the Co-ordinator
7. Two full course equivalents from Group A (below)
8. One full course equivalent from Groups A or B; or three full course equivalents from Groups A or B, 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. Two full course equivalents from Group A (below)
4. Two full course equivalents from Groups A or B

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. One full course equivalents from Group A (below)
3. Two full course equivalents from Groups A or B
Note: Some courses may be offered in alternate years.

Group A (courses with a major focus on South Asia):
ANT352Y1; EAS282Y1, EAS368Y1, EAS379H1, 382H1/Y1, EAS480H1/Y1, EAS482H1, EAS488H1/Y1; FAH364H1, FAH365H1; HIS282Y1, HIS364H1, 386Y1, 394H1, HIS470H1, HIS480H1; MUS209H1; NEW211Y1, NEW212Y1, NEW213Y1, NEW214Y1, NEW215H1, NEW216H1, NEW217H1, NEW306H1, NEW308H1, NEW311Y1, NEW312Y1, NEW315Y1, NEW413H1, 414H1; POL201Y1, 357Y1, POL403H1; RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, RLG260Y1, RLG361H1, RLG363H1, RLG365H1, RLG366H1, RLG367H1, RLG460H1, RLG471H1, RLG472H1; WGS368H1, WGS425Y1; or other courses with the approval of the Co-ordinator of the SAS program

Group B (courses with a minor focus on South Asia):
EAS468Y1; ECO459H1; ENG270Y1, ENG370H1, ENG382Y1; GGR338H1; HIS389H1; MUS 200H1; NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW326Y1; NMC 185Y1; PHL323H1; POL208Y1, POL417Y1, POL447Y1; RLG100Y1, RLG236H1, RLG280Y1, RLG353H1, RLG375H1, RLG465H1; UNI307Y1; WGS369H1; or other courses with the approval of the Co-ordinator of the SAS program

Women’s Studies: see Women and Gender Studies