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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 priority 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 research, analytic, synthetic, and creative skills by writing a thesis.  The Service Learning Program, that includes both course-based and independent service learning opportunities, allows students to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience, while engaging in meaningful work in campus and community organizations.

The African Studies Program

(Specialist, Major, Minor) offers opportunities to study the people, ideas and knowledge, cultures and institutions of Africa and African diasporas through interdisciplinary lenses.  The courses are drawn from humanities, social sciences and sciences.  The core courses deal with subjects such as African history and systems of thought, development, African innovations, the slave trade, colonialism, African diasporas, African international relations, health, humanitarianism and politics.

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)  offers students an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Caribbean history, society, economy and culture.  In addition to core offerings, students can also directly engage the Caribbean through courses drawn from history, literature, women and gender studies, Spanish and Portuguese.

The Equity Studies Program

(Major) offers an interdisciplinary approach to social justice theories and practices in a variety of local and global contexts.  Areas of emphasis include disability studies, global food equity and social advocacy.  In addition to core courses, students are required to take equity courses from other programs and departments across the university.

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 (see Human Biology 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 Women and Gender Studies Program

(Specialist, Major, Minor) provides an interdisciplinary and culturally inclusive approach to understanding gender (see Women and Gender Studies section of the Calendar.)

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

Consult Program Director, Dr. T. Tieku, New College, 416-946-0283. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404.

Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

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

1. NEW150Y1, NEW450Y1
2. Three full course equivalents from Group A, to be chosen from at least two different departments/programs
3. Two full course equivalents from Group B
4. Two full course equivalents from Groups A or B
5. A combination of two language full course equivalents as outlined in Group C
Note: 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

Consult Program Director, Dr. T. Tieku, New College, 416-946-0283. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404.

Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

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

1. NEW150Y1, NEW450Y1
2. Two full course equivalents from Group A
3. Two full course equivalents from Group B, or NEW280Y1 and NEW380Y1
Note: At least two full course equivalents from Groups A and/or B must be at the 300/400 level

Consult Program Director, Dr. T. Tieku, New College, 416-946-0283. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404.

Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

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

1. NEW150Y1
2. One full course equivalent from Group A
3. One full course equivalent from Group B, or another one from Group A
4. One full course equivalent from Group B or NEW280Y1, NEW281Y1 or NEW380Y1
Note: At least one full course equivalent must be a 300/400 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):
HIS297Y1, HIS383H1, HIS481H1; JNH350H1; JQR360H1; NEW250Y1, NEW258H1, NEW296Y1, NEW322Y1, NEW351Y1, NEW352H1, NEW359H1, NEW450Y1, NEW451H1, NEW452H1, NEW453Y1; 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):
ANT204H1, ANT345H1, ANT363Y1, ANT367H1, ANT426H1, ANT454H1; ARC233H1; DTS200Y1, DTS401H1, DTS402H1; ECO230Y1, ECO320H1, ECO324Y1, ECO459H1; ENG270Y1, ENG277Y1, ENG278Y1, ENG370Y1; ENV221H1, ENV333H1; FCS291H1, FCS392H1; FOR201H1; FRE332H1, FRE334H1, FRE336H1; GGR338H1, GGR419H1; HAJ453H1; HIS106Y1, HIS294Y1, HIS295Y1, HIS296Y1, HIS305H1, HIS359H1, HIS360H1, HIS370H1, HIS381H1, HIS382H1, HIS383H1, HIS393H1, HIS395H1, HIS408Y1, HIS413H1, HIS446Y1, HIS456Y1, HIS475H1, 476Y1, HIS478H1, HIS487H1; HMB202H1, HMB203H1, HMB303H1, HMB323H1, HMB433H1, HMB443H1; HPS375H1, HPS376H1; INI327Y1, INI380Y1; JPR374Y1; NFS490H1; NMC285H1, NMC286H1, NMC343H1, NMC344H1, NMC362Y1, NMC365Y1, NMC374H11, NMC376H1, NMC377Y1, NMC378H1, NMC381H1, NMC393H1; NEW223Y1, NEW224Y1, NEW324Y1, NEW325H1, NEW326Y1, NEW425Y1; PHL336H1, PHL380H1; POL201Y1,  POL349H1, POL403H1, POL417Y1, POL447Y1, POL479H1, POL482H1; RLG203Y1, RLG204Y1, RLG241Y1, RLG251H1, RLG321H1, RLG333H1, RLG351H1, RLG355H1; SOC210Y1; WGS330H1, WGS369H1, WGS380H1, WGS440H1, WGS463H1

Group C:
(NEW280Y1, NEW380Y1)/(FSL221Y1, 331Y1/341Y1/ 431Y1/ 362Y1)/(NML210Y1, NML310Y1)/(PRT100Y1/ PRT110Y1, PRT220Y1); or two courses in a major African language approved by the Program Committee

Consult Program Director, Prof. T. Toneatto, Department of Psychiatry, 45 Willcocks St., room M-135, 416-946-0282/416-875-2533 or tony.toneatto@utoronto.ca. For general enquiries call 416-978-5404 or email nc.programs@utoronto.ca.

Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

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

1. NEW232Y1 (Buddhist Psychology: Theories and Applications)
2. NEW332H1 (Buddhism and Psychotherapy) or NEW333H1 (Buddhism and Cognitive Science)
3. NEW331H1 (Buddhism and the Science of Mindfulness Meditation) or NEW339H1 (Yogacara Buddhism and Western Psychology)
4. NEW431H1 (Cultivating Consciousness) or NEW214H1 (Socially Engaged Buddhism) or NEW438H1 (Research Seminar in Buddhist Psychology)
5. 1.5 full course equivalent from: ANT100Y1, ANT204H1, ANT253H1, ANT348H1, ANT356H1; COG250Y1; EAS324H1, EAS325H1, EAS346H1, EAS361Y1, EAS368Y1, EAS369Y1, EAS393Y1; HPS100H1, HPS250H1, HPS324H1, HPS326H1 HPS352H1; NEW214H1, NEW232Y1, NEW302H1, NEW303H1, NEW331H1, NEW336H1, NEW339H1, NEW431H1, NEW433H1, NEW438H1; PHL100Y1, PHL201H1, PHL232H1, PHL240H1, PHL244H1, PHL319H1, PHL320H1, PHL331H1, PHL332H1, PHL335H1, PHL340H1, PHL342H1; PSY100Y1, PSY220H1, PSY230H1, PSY240H1, PSY270H1, PSY305H1, PSY316H1, PSY321H1, PSY326H1, PSY333H1, PSY336H1, PSY341H1, PSY342H1, PSY343H1, PSY414H1, PSY424H1, PSY425H1; RLG206Y1, RLG207Y1, RLG210Y1, RLG211Y1, RLG231H1, RLG246H1, RLG301H1, RLG302H1, RLG303H1, RLG304H1, RLG372H1, RLG373H1, RLG375H1, RLG376H1, RLG377H1, RLG380H1, RLG421H1, RLG425H1, RLG440H1, RLG463H1, RLG466H1, RLG467H1, RLG469H1, RLG470H1; SOC101Y1, SOC103H1, SOC212Y1, SOC215Y1, SOC250Y1, SOC348H1, SOC363H1, SOC410H1, SOC483Y1; UNI483Y1; VIC106H1

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 this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

(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.

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 this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

(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

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 this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

(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:
ENG264H1, ENG370H1; HIS106Y1M HIS294Y1, HIS305H1, HIS312H1, HIS359H1, HIS360H1, HIS413H1, HIS446H1, HIS474H1, HIS496H1; JQR360H1; NEW223Y1, NEW258H1, NEW259H1, NEW325H1, NEW326Y1, 327Y1, NEW329H1, NEW422Y1, NEW423H1, NEW424Y1, NEW425Y1, NEW426Y1; SPA486H1, SPA487H1; WGS330H1, WGS336H1, WGS362H1, WGS375H1, WGS380H1, WGS440H1, WGS445H1; XBC199Y1

Group B:
ANT324H1, ANT364H1, ANT426H1; DTS200Y1, DTS401H1, DTS402H1; ENG270Y1, ENG370H1; FRE336H1; GGR240H1, GGR338H1; HIS106Y1, HIS296Y1, HIS390Y1; JPR374Y1; LAS200Y1, LAS300H1, LAS301H1; NEW150Y1, NEW240Y1, NEW270H1, NEW322Y1, NEW351Y1, NEW359H1; POL201Y1, POL305Y1, POL326Y1, POL349H1, POL403H1, POL417Y1, POL418H1, POL429H1, POL447Y1, POL482H1; RLG100Y1, RLG204Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG243H1, RLG280Y1; SOC330Y1, SOC336H1, SOC339H1, SOC344Y1, SOC383H1; WGS369H1, WGS369Y1, WGS385H1, WGS425H1, WGS426H1, WGS463H1

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 requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

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

First Year:
1.    NEW240Y1

Higher Years
2.    NEW341H1
3.    JQR360H1
4.     One additional full course equivalent from the core group below, including at least 0.5 at the 400-level

Although students may select from any of the core courses to fulfill the additional 1.0 FCE core group requirement, those who wish to focus on a specific area of emphasis can choose from the following series of course offerings:
Core Group:
Disability Studies: NEW241Y1, NEW270H1, NEW344Y1, NEW349H1, NEW449H1;
Global Food Equity: NEW270H1, NEW342H1, NEW442H1;
Social Advocacy:  NEW270H1, NEW345H1, NEW346H1, NEW444H1, NEW445H1, NEW446H1;
Special Topics:  NEW348H1, NEW441H1
5.    Four FCEs from Groups A, B, C, and D (including one or more FCEs from at least three of the four groups)

Group A: Gender    
ANT460H1; CLA219H1, CLA319H1; DRM468Y1; EAS303H1, EAS453H1; ENG307H1, ENG355H1, ENG383H1; FAH425H1; FCS497H1; FRE304H1; GER421H1; GGR327H1; HIS202H1, HIS245Y1, HIS306H1, HIS348H1, HIS354H1, HIS363H1, HIS395H1, HIS406H1, HIS418H1, HIS422H1, HIS431H1, HIS446H1, HIS448H1, HIS481H1, HIS483H1; ITA455H1; JAL355H1; JHP440Y1; JNV300H1; JPP343Y1; NEW325H1; NMC284H1, NMC484H1; PHL367H1; POL351Y1, POL432H1, POL440Y1, POL450H1; PSY323H1; RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG251H1, RLG314H1; SLA248H1; SMC336H1; SOC214Y1, SOC365Y1, SOC366H1, SOC383H1; SPA382H1, VIC341H1, VIC343Y1; VIS209H1; WGS160Y1, WGS261Y1, WGS262H1, WGS271Y1, WGS367H1, WGS372H1, WGS373H1, WGS430H1

Group B: Race, Creed, Ethnicity
ANT204H1, ANT343H1, ANT351H1, ANT359H1, ANT365H1, ANT367H1, ANT426H1, ANT446H1, ANT448H1, ANT463H1; ARC234H1; ENG264H1, ENG268H1, ENG269H1, ENG270Y1, ENG275Y1, ENG277Y1, ENG278Y1, ENG355H1, ENG368H1, ENG370H1; FIN320H1; HIS107Y1, HIS208Y1, HIS282Y1, HIS284Y1, HIS294Y1, HIS296Y1, HIS297Y1, HIS303H1, HIS305H1, HIS312H1, HIS338H1, HIS355H1, HIS359H1, HIS360H1, HIS370H1, HIS383H1, HIS384H1, HIS393H1, HIS402H1, HIS408Y1, HIS412Y1, HIS416H1, HIS456Y1, HIS470H1, HIS475H1, HIS476H1; ITA493H1; LAS301H1, LAS302H1; NEW150Y1, NEW223Y1, NEW224Y1, NEW250Y1, NEW296Y1, NEW322H1, NEW324Y1, NEW326Y1, NEW351Y1, NEW352H1, NEW359H1, NEW424Y1, NEW425Y1, NEW426H1, NEW426Y1, NEW452H1, NEW453Y1; NMC384H1, NMC484H1; POL301Y1, POL321H1, POL403H1, POL425Y1; PRT255H1; RLG220H1, RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG243H1, RLG315H1, RLG344Y1; SLA222H1; SOC210Y1, SOC330Y1, SOC336H1, SOC339H1; SPA486H1; UNI307H1

Group C: Sexual Diversities
ANT456H1; ENG273Y1, ENG384Y1; PHL243H1; POL315H1; SOC410H1; UNI255H1, UNI256H1, UNI325H1, UNI354H1, UNI355H1, UNI365H1, UNI375H1, UNI377H1, UNI455H1, UNI475H1, UNI477H1; WGS272Y1, WGS374H1, WGS430H1

Group D: General Equity
ABS201Y1, ABS205Y1, ABS240Y1, ABS250H1, ABS300Y1, ABS301Y1, ABS302H1, ABS320Y1, ABS341H1, ABS350Y1, ABS351Y1, ABS352H1, ABS353H1, ABS354H1, ABS360Y1, ABS402H1, ABS403H1, ABS404H1, ABS405Y1; ANT329H1, ANT348H1, ANT353H1, ANT358H1, ANT364Y1, ANT366H1, ANT425H1, ANT452H1; ARC233H1; DTS200Y1, DTS401H1, DTS402H1; EAS462H1; ECO239Y1, ECO332H1, ECO339Y1, ECO340H1, ECO369Y1; ENG254Y1; FAH390H1, FAH390Y1, FAH419H1, FAH452H1, FAH457H1; GGR216H1, GGR328H1, GGR338H1, GGR339H1, GGR363H1, GGR419H1, GGR452H1, GGR457H1; HAJ453H1; HIS106Y1, HIS313H1, HIS323H1, HIS366H1, HIS369H1, HIS395H1, HIS424H1, HIS459H1, HIS472H1, HIS480H1, HIS489H1; HMB203H1, HMB303H1, HMB443H1; HPS324H1; JAG321H1; JGI216H1; JNH350H1; JPA461H1; NEW214H1; PHL281H1, PHL380H1, PHL383H1, PHL384H1; POL201Y1, POL344H1, POL403H1, POL405Y1, POL412Y1, POL439H1, POL480Y1; PRT351H1; RLG225H1, RLG317H1; SAS318H1; SMC271H1; SOC220Y1, SOC270H1, SOC301Y1, SOC309Y1, SOC344Y1, SOC354H1, SOC355Y1, SOC360Y1, SOC363H1, SOC364H1, SOC367H1, SOC370Y1; UNI220Y1, UNI237H1; VIC185H1, VIC261H1, VIC351H1; VIS310H1

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

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

Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4.0 courses.

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

1. NEW209Y1
2. NEW301Y1/NEW304Y1
3. One full course equivalent from NEW232Y1, NEW301Y1 (if not chosen in 2 above), NEW302Y1, NEW303H1, NEW304Y1 (if not chosen in 2 above), NEW306H1, NEW308H1, NEW402Y1, NEW403H1, NEW404H1
4. One full course equivalent from ABS300Y1; HPS201H1, HPS202H1, HPS210H1, HPS211H1, HPS250H1; NEW332H1, NEW333H1, NEW344Y1; NMC101Y1, 185Y1; RLG200H1, RLG204Y1, RLG205Y1, RLG206Y1, RLG211Y1, RLG231H1; any NEW courses listed in 3 above.

New College Courses

The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Details here.

Students will learn strategies for improving high-level reading comprehension, listening to lectures with full understanding, and giving successful oral presentations. A series of short writing assignments will develop and apply skills in grammar, vocabulary-building, critical thinking and research. Suitable for humanities, social science and science students. This course has no credit value: it does not count toward degree requirements. For information, see www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/ell.htm.

Surveys the development of human societies from their origins to the present using examples from across the world.  Topics may include the environment, cultural development and interaction, the creation and nature of belief systems, political, economic and social structures, gender relations, and the relationship between global patterns and local developments. 

Examines issues in community-based organizing, partnerships and advocacy. Drawing on interdisciplinary theory, methodology and case studies, develops skills both to analyze the social, economic, political, ethical and cultural dimensions of working with communities and to critically evaluate organizing practices and strategic approaches in community engagement.

Examines the Canadian population census through the experience of diasporic groups in Canada. Approaches the census as a statistical tool, an historical source and an ideological project of citizenship and nationalism. Uses census data to explore mathematical and statistical concepts and to integrate numerical ways of thinking with qualitative analysis. (Jointly sponsored by African Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Caribbean Studies, Equity Studies and Latin American Studies).

Topics vary from year to hear depending on the instructor.

A multi-disciplinary study of Africa, emphasizing inquiry and critical analysis. Pre-colonial, colonial and contemporary African history, anthropology, politics, African humanism and society, religion, art, music, race, resistance, gender and Pan-Africanism.

An introduction to the study of Africa as a living place rather than merely a site for intellectual speculation and study. Explores the issues that engage the attention of ordinary Africans, ranging from the dramatic to the seemingly trivial but quotidian concerns that occupy our lives. Topics will include urban life, family networks, kinship and social capital, religion and belief systems, indigenous government, politics, economics, courts and judicial processes, migration, and land tenure. Materials studied will include various African media in Toronto radio, television, newspapers, literature, religion, politics, sports, music, film and food as well as BBC World Service, allAfrica and Panapress and several African socio-cultural journals and texts.

Rehearsal, performance and study of West African music.

Introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary of Swahili. Emphasis on comprehension and oral practice. Reading of selected texts. Relation of the language to its East African cultural context. (Offered in alternate years)

People of African descent from Olaudah Equiano to Angela Davis have made profound contributions to the intellectual history and political practice of freedom in the Atlantic world. Black writers and historical actors have been at the vanguard of re-conceiving, implementing, and realizing the Enlightenment project of freedom.

Novels written in the last forty years by English, French and Portuguese-speaking Africans. Ideological views concerning colonialism and neo-colonialism. Tradition, religious and secular; the use of African symbolism. A small number of historical and sociological texts are recommended as essential background reading. Works not written in English are read in translation. (Offered in alternate years)

Explores the pandemic of AIDS in Africa through a social science lens. (Given by Human Biology and New College)

The exploration of a range of African cosmologies, epistemologies, and theologies, as well as specific case studies on justice, the moral order, and gender relations. The influence of these richly diverse traditions is traced as well in the writings of African thinkers in the Diaspora.

Critically explores the role of international organizations such as the World Bank Group, the UN and NGOs in the economic development of Africa.

Explores inter-state relations in Africa, African states’ relations with the West, China, India, Brazil, and international political, economic and financial institutions.

Examines the role of humanitarian actors and organizations in economic development, human rights and democracy promotion, resolution of conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa.

The Canadian Census:  Populations, Migrations and Demographics [24L, 12T]

See Interdisciplinary Courses above.

Grammar and syntax. Conversation and written composition. Reading of texts: literary, journalistic. Relation of the language to its East African context. (Offered in alternate years)

A required course for all Specialists and Majors in the African Studies Program, enrolment is restricted to students enrolled in the program in their final year of study. The seminar is taught by the core faculty in the African Studies Program and is designed to build upon the accumulated knowledge of students and the interdisciplinary nature of the program. Topics vary from year to year.

An upper level course. Topics of study vary from year to year.

Examines approaches and styles employed by diplomats to resolve conflicts in Africa.

Examines the choice of languages for education in East Africa using critical perspectives. Pays particular attention to the influences of the historical experience of colonialism, the socio-linguistic contours of each country and the strength of linguistic and educational lobby groups in East African countries.

A comprehensive survey of socially engaged Buddhism. Particular focus on contemporary movements in Vietnam, Tibet, China & Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and India. The role of women in Buddhism.

Explores the contributions of Buddhism to the study of human consciousness and behaviour. Focus is on the expanding academic discourse on the intersection of Buddhist and Western theories of psychology, phenomenology and psychotherapy. Includes analyses of the application of Buddhist mindfulness meditation in clinical interventions for mental and physical disorders.

Exclusion: NEW402Y1, NEW432Y1
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities course
Breadth Requirement: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

NEW331H1    Buddhism and the Science of Mindfulness Meditation[24S]

Examines the modern mindfulness movement from a scientific and Buddhist perspective. Emphasis will be placed on the key Buddhist sutras and commentaries related to the practice of mindfulness and their relation the mindfulness meditation practices increasingly popular in the West.

Evaluates the relationship between Buddhist psychology and the practice of Western psychotherapy. Areas that will be studied include positive psychology, psychoanalysis, cognitive-behaviour therapy, mindfulness meditation and Jungian psychology. Comparisons with original Buddhist teachings and commentaries will be made.

Explores some important connections between Cognitive Science and Buddhism. In particular it will examine the insights of cognitive science into central Buddhist concepts such as wisdom, mindfulness, meditation, insight and self-control, as well as related concepts such as flow and mystical experience.

Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.

A comparative study of mind in Indian Yogacara Buddhism and modern psychology. Yogacara teachings address the three aspects of mind, the storehouse consciousness, and the notion that the root of all phenomena is mind, allowing a dialogue with the modern scientific understanding of the mind in psychology.

The scientific study of subjective experience. Students' own consciousness will be the laboratory for self-study using awareness-raising techniques from Buddhist and Yogic traditions including breathing exercises, conscious movement, concentration, and mindfulness. Students will objectively measure their experience and will be expected to maintain a daily meditation practice.

An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.

Critically evaluates the empirical research literature relevant to the study of Buddhist psychology. Conceptual, methodological and interpretive limitations of the scientific literature are discussed. Students will apply their understanding by designing an experiment to empirically evaluate an aspect of Buddhist psychology.

A study of Caribbean writers of fiction, poetry and drama, drawn from the major linguistic and racial/cultural groups in the region. Works are analyzed as literary texts and within the contexts of social and political life in which the writing is situated.

A multi-disciplinary exploration of writing pertaining to culture and consciousness particularly Afro- and Indo-Caribbean thought: theoretical perspectives on the implications and consequences of slavery and indenture, the struggle for freedom from the legacy of the plantation and colonial dependence, responses to domination and exploitation, race, gender, religion and music.

Rehearsal, performance and study of Steel Pan ensemble.

Critical enquiry at an advanced level into the construction of society, race, language, religion, culture and gender; theories of economy, resistance, self-affirmation, continuing colonization and place of the Caribbean within the global context; internal and external theoretical perspectives on “the Caribbean personality.”

An examination of the historical and political significance of writings (literary, political, scholarly) by Caribbean women who engage problems within Caribbean culture and provide insights into the endeavours of the peoples of the region.

Indian survival in the Caribbean despite hardships of indentured labour; social and cultural change; role of Hinduism and Islam; resistance to Colonial domination; contribution of Indo-Caribbean intellectuals to literature, politics, and education. (Offered in alternate years)

Examines Cuba's relevance and legacy from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Explores the tensions of Cuban life in counterpoint with its creative rendering in the arts and literature, through a variety of fresh approaches in fields such as cultural studies, historical sociology, anthropology, and sociology of religion.

An upper level course. Topics of study vary from year to year.

The Canadian Census:  Populations, Migrations and Demographics [24L, 12T]

See Interdisciplinary Courses above.

Addresses ways in which performance can be a force for cultural resistance and social change. Examines Caribbean performances such as jonkonnu, theatre, dance hall and carnival, looking at how these forms engage questions of neo-colonialism, transculturation, gender, race and nation, community and identity and diasporic memory.

An upper-level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.

Social analysis of the state-corporate mainstream capitalist press (print/electronic) problematically named The Free Press; its racist-sexist globalizing EuroAmerican cultural imperialism; the production of the commoditized consumer-subject and other re-conquest narratives and their implications for Caribbean and other World Majority peoples.

Historicises and contexualises the emergence of race and racial thinking in colonialism, discusses the imposition and internalization of hierachical relations and practices, and assesses their legacies and reproduction (as well as challenges to them) as these pertain to the Caribbean and in relation to contemporary global social, economic and political arrangements.

An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.

An upper level seminar. Topics vary from year to year, depending on the instructor.

An interdisciplinary study of issues of social diversity exploring debates about the origins of inequity and the various means of addressing it. Course readings draw from a broad range of relevant literature in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural and Medical Sciences.

See Interdisciplinary Courses above.

Introduces students to the theory and practice of Disability Studies. Explores the history of the development of disability studies. Examines cultural representations of disability and critically assesses the ways disability is conceptualized in societal institutions. Forms of disability activism are also discussed.

Explores theories that inform Equity Studies and situates them historically to examine both the social conditions and practices that generate inequities and the responses by equity advocates. Examines texts in relevant fields such as post-colonial theory, queer theory, disability studies, feminist theory and transnational studies.

Explores the concept of food security in the context of equity issues related to global food systems. Provides opportunities for field work experience in topics addressed in the course.

An analysis of the body as the product of complex social organizations, processes and structures. Examines cultural narratives recounted about the body through topics that include genetics, beauty, health, pathology and the multiples identities that intersect at the site of the body.

Examines contemporary issues in education and schooling from a social justice and equity perspective. Engages with a variety of theoretical frameworks including anti-homophobia education, critical pedagogy, critical race theory, decolonizing knowledges, and intersectionality. Includes a service learning component and an overview of educational activist projects.

An interdisciplinary approach to community development that considers the changing roles of community organizations and non-profits in the context of neoliberalism.  Examines the political economy of community development in Canada, the impact on marginalized groups, and emerging forms of collaboration across sectors and geographic (including national) localities.

An upper level course. Topics of study vary from year to year.

Explores the connection between disability and representation through contemporary social theries and methods in disability studies. Problematizes disability representation to challenge the taken-for-granted cultural assumption that disability is a problem that requires a solution.

The Canadian Census:  Populations, Migrations and Demographics [24L, 12T]

See Interdisciplinary Courses above.

An advanced level seminar course. Topics vary from year to year.

Examines the food we eat in the local and global context of food systems, food sovereignty and food movements.  Explores the possibilities for food as a catalyst for learning, resistance and social change.

Examines theories and practices that promote the building of cooperative, non-violent communities. Grounded in a series of historical cases studies, the course critically considers Gandhian principles and the ways in which these have been translated into collective action.

Identifies ways systems of oppression and oppressive educational practices manifest themselves in school settings. Discusses how educators can use these settings or create new spaces to do anti-oppressive educational work. Integrates anti-oppressive educational theories with anti-oppressive school practice.

Explores the significance of community development as a social change strategy, through a critical social analysis of local and global case studies and policies.

Explores the influence of contemporary social theory in the formation of Disability Studies and its contemporary expressions. Examines how contemporary feminist theory, queer theory, and post-colonial theory intersect with Disability Studies to develop an understanding of disability as a socio-political phenomenon.

Examines cross-disciplinary issues raised by the telling and retelling of stories: sequence and consequence; narrative as argument and proof by scenario; construction and deconstruction of identities; instabilities amongst history, fact, fiction, myth, law and science. Works by Certeau, Darwin, Davis, Foucault, Freud, Gould, Kincaid, Kuhn, Plato, etc.

Issues of rhetorical proof, analysis and interpretation in open (alogical) systems; mediation and the media; the scandal of chaos; motives for metaphor, custom and culture, anatomies of reason, idea and ideology. Works by Aristotle, Beckett, Camus, Kafka, Langer, McLuhan, Ryle, Plato, Shelley, etc. (Offered in alternate years)

Impact of Jungs analytical psychology, critical methodology and interpretative practice on issues in religion, anthropology, art and literature, popular culture, gender studies and postmodernist critique. Theoretical studies include traditional Jungian and contemporary post-Jungian texts together with anti-Jungian, feminist, and non-Jungian sources.

Current discussions of the hypothesis, especially Jungs collective unconscious; critical examination through retrospective analysis of the evolution and development of the concept in works from philosophy, psychology, poetry, ethnology, science and popular culture that anticipated, influenced or were influenced by the work of Freud and Jung, post-Freudians and post-Jungians.

Issues raised by the problem/solution paradigm and the construction of truth as binary; strategies of paradox, aporia, paradigm anomaly, enigma, puzzlement; mystery and mystification; crisis, crux and apocalypse. Works by Borges, Carroll, Dostoevski, Freud, Mill, Nishitani, Rorty, Ryle, Sophocles, Watson, etc,. (Offered in alternate years)

Examines Tagores concepts of humanity, art, personality, freedom, nationalism, ashram, science, education. Evaluates Tagores literary contribution, his work in rural reconstruction, and Tagore-Gandhi tensions over education and the non-cooperation movement. Reading knowledge of Bengali not presumed; however students with knowledge of language encouraged to read materials in Bengali.

Examines the artistic vision of Satyajit Ray as chronicler of Bengali culture and one of the greatest filmmakers of our time: his life and work; his films as expressions of his humane vision; cultural orientation and values; fictional compositions, visual and musical artistry; affinities and continuity with Rabindranath Tagore. Reading knowledge of Bengali not presumed; however students with knowledge of language encouraged to read materials in Bengali.

Topics vary from year to year, depending on the needs of the program and the interests of students and instructors.

Topics vary from year to year depending on the needs of the program and the interests of students and instructors.

Topics vary from year to year depending on the needs of the program and the interests of students and instructors.

 New College Independent Study courses are designed both to complement regular offerings in New College programs and to provide an opportunity for New College students in any program to enrich their studies. The normal expectation of a project course is that the student, aided and advised by the supervisor, will read relevant literature, and plan, execute, analyze and report on an original and independent investigation of an appropriate topic. Written applications (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a faculty member who is prepared to supervise) should be made through the Program Office for approval by the College’s Committee for Academic Affairs by May 1 for the Summer Session or by the last Friday in August for the Fall & Winter Session. Students will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of an application. For more information and application forms, please see the Independent Studies website: http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/programs/independent .htm

Enquiries: New College, room 133 (978-5404)

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details here.

New College Independent Studies

New College Independent Studies

New College Independent Studies

New College Independent Studies

Provide an opportunity to integrate theory and classroom learning with experiential learning through participation in activities and knowledge production in community or campus organizations. Projects are developed in consultation with the site supervisor and academic supervisor. Students’ learning is supported in a regular seminar that fosters reflective practice.

Information about the program and specific placement opportunities can be found at http://www.newcollege.utoronto.ca/programs/slp.htm

Enquiries: New College Service Learning Coordinator: 416-978-8821

Independent Community Service Learning

Independent Community Service Learning