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University College offers a number of programs and courses outside the areas traditionally covered by departments. These include UC One and programs and courses in Canadian Studies, Drama, Health Studies, and Sexual Diversity Studies, in addition to 199Y1 Seminars, and introductory courses for non-specialists in mathematics. The overall aims of the College Programs are to foster interdisciplinary work in significant areas of study and to encourage intellectual breadth. Many program courses are open to students not enrolled in the programs themselves.

UC One: Engaging Toronto

UC One is an exciting initiative that provides first-year students with a special university experience. Students choose from one of four courses, each of which is designed to engage with the city from a different perspective. Classroom learning is directly linked to real life experience.

UC One is a full-credit course, one of five courses typically taken by a first-year Faculty of Arts and Science student.  Enrolment in each course is limited to 25 students. Students enrol in one of the following four full year courses:

• UNI101Y1: Citizenship in the Canadian City
• UNI102Y1: Performing the City
• UNI103Y1: Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic
• UNI104Y1: Sex in the City

In UC One, you can choose a stream that complements your own interests.

Weekly lectures and seminars will be supplemented with prominent guest speakers, including political and business leaders, activists from non-governmental organizations, theatre directors, artists, and health practitioners. Students will have the opportunity to meet with the speakers and socialize with their fellow students after each guest lecture. Students will also participate in a range of field trips across the city.

UC One requires an application that is found on the UC One website at: www.uc.utoronto.ca/ucone. All first-year students in the Faculty of Arts and Science (St. George campus) are eligible for admission. Admissions are based on two short essays. Students may apply to more than one UC One seminar by ranking their preferences. Those participating in other One programs are excluded from UC One.

The Canadian Studies Program (Specialist, Major, Minor)

offers opportunities to study contemporary Canada in an interdisciplinary manner and to explore cultural, social, economical and political developments in this complex and diverse country. Students are encouraged to consider additional courses in Aboriginal Studies in completing the requirements of the Program.

The Drama Program (Specialist, Major, Minor)

is described elsewhere in this Calendar, under Drama.

The Health Studies Program (Specialist, Major)

focuses the many areas of study that surround, interact with and support bio-medical research and clinical activity in regard to health, including health policy, practices, research methods, and socio-cultural expression. The Major serves as a general introduction; the Specialist provides a more intense research focus with more methodological emphasis.

The Sexual Diversity Studies Program (Specialist, Major, Minor)

allows students to focus on questions of sexual identity, difference, and dissidence across disciplinary lines and cultural frameworks. By examining sexual diversity across time and place, students will learn about the ways different cultures have separated the sexual from the nonsexual, the normal from the abnormal, and what the regulation of sexuality can tell us about how power operates along the lines of gender and race, for example. Students will gain an understanding of how and why certain sexual practices have come under scrutiny, and the significance of the various labels and identities that we have attached to them.

UNI and DRM courses are staffed by a combination of specific program staff members and members of various University departments, and are open to all students at the University. Further information on University College programs is available at www.uc.utoronto.ca.

Enquiries: Programs Office, University College, Room UC173 (416-978-8083)

University College Programs

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

(11 full courses or their equivalent in Canadian Studies approved courses including at least 4 FCEs at the 300+ level, 1 FCE of which must be at the 400 level.)

First Year: No specific first-year requirements. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program.)

1.  (UNI267H1, UNI268H1), HIS263Y1

2.  (UNI367H1, UNI368H1)

3.  UNI420Y1/UNI430Y1 or another fourth-year Canadian Studies course approved by the Program Director.

4.  Students will take another 7 FCEs offered by the Canadian Studies program, or from the long list of courses approved by the Canadian Studies program (see: www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/). Suitable courses not on the list may be considered in consultation with the Program Director.

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

(7 full courses or their equivalent in Canadian Studies approved courses with 2 FCEs at the 300+ level, 0.5 FCE of which must be at the 400 level)

First Year: No specific first-year requirements. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program.)

1.  (UNI267H1, UNI268H1), HIS263Y1

2.  (UNI367H1, UNI368H1)

3.  UNI405H1 or another fourth-year Canadian Studies course approved by the Program Director.

4.  Students will take another 3.5 FCEs offered by the Canadian Studies program, or from the long list of courses approved by the Canadian Studies program (see: www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/). Suitable courses not on the list may be considered in consultation with the Program Director.

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

(4 full courses or their equivalent, including at least 1 FCE at the 300+ level)

First Year: No specific first-year requirements. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program.)

1.  UNI267H1/UNI268H1

2.  UNI367H1/UNI368H1

3.  1 FCE from the list: UNI101Y1/UNI201H1/UNI202H1/UNI205H1/UNI211H1/UNI220Y1/UNI221H1/UNI230H1/UNI267H1/UNI268H1/UNI280H1/UNI305H1/UNI307H1/UNI320Y1/UNI325H1/UNI367H1/UNI368H1/UNI380H1/UNI405H1/UNI420Y1/UNI425H1/UNI430Y1/DRM268H1/JUG320H1/SOC218H1

4.  Students will take another 2 FCEs in courses offered by the Canadian Studies program, or the long list of courses approved by the Canadian Studies program (a full list of approved Canadian Studies courses can be found on the website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/). Suitable courses not on the list may be considerd in consulation with Program Director.

The Minor in Asian Canadian Studies provides students with an opportunity to better understand the historical, socio-cultural, economic, and political forces that shape our knowledge about people of Asian heritage in Canada, and in relationship to Asia and the diaspora. The category “Asian Canadian” is widely understood to refer to people in Canada of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and West Asian ancestry.

The program is interdisciplinary. Courses foreground the intersections of race and ethnicity with other indices of difference, such as gender, class, migration, sexuality, language, and spirituality, in local, national, and global contexts. Students take two required half-year core courses in Canadian Studies; select from an array of courses on Asian Canadian Studies; and supplement their program with the large number of cross-listed program courses noted below. The Minor in Asian Canadian Studies is easily combined with more traditional disciplinary areas of study, such as Anthropology, Art, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science and Sociology, or with interdisciplinary studies in Contemporary Asian Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, and East Asian Studies.

Students will be encouraged to take full advantage of the opportunities available through the Canadian Studies program, including an annual undergraduate student conference and a journal, ImagiNATIONs, produced by and for undergraduate students. The Canadian Studies Student Union is a focal point for social as well as academic pursuits, and is open to students pursuing a Minor in Asian Canadian Studies.

Asian Canadian Studies Minor

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

(4 full courses or their equivalent, including at least 1 FCE at the 300+ level). Enrolment in this program requires the completion of 4 courses.

First Year: No specific first-year requirements. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the programe.)

1.  UNI267H1/UNI268H1

2.  UNI367H1/UNI368H1

3.  2 FCEs from the following courses: CAS413H1/EAS315H1/ENG268H1/ENG368H1/SOC218H1/UNI230H1/UNI307H1/UNI395H1

4.  Students will take another 1 FCE in courses offered by the Canadian Studies program, or the long list of courses approved by the Canadian Studies program. A full list of approved Canadian Studies course can be found on the website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/.

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

Enrolment in the Specialist Program is limited; selection is based on a personal statement, interview, and record of courses taken. To apply students must have completed at least four full credits or their equivalent. For further details on the application process please visit the Health Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/healthstudies/

First Year: No specific courses required. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program. These may include: ANT100Y1, POL101Y1/POL103Y1, PSY100H1, SOC101Y1. A course in biology or physiology is also recommended.

Second Year: UNI250H1, UNI209H1, UNI211H1, UNI237H1; 1 FCE in a statistics course: STA220H1/STA221H1/PSY201H1/PSY202H1/SOC202H1/SOC302H1 or equivalent or by permission of Program Director.

Third Year: UNI310H1, UNI330H1, UNI350Y1, UNI373H1 plus ABS350Y1/HMB303H1

Fourth Year: UNI411H1, UNI440H1, UNI450Y1, UNI464H1 and/or course(s) approved by Program Director.

Remaining credits may be supplemented/enhanced by choosing, for example, from the following courses, but not limited to:

Anthropology: ANT348Y1/ANT455Y1/ANT469Y1

Aboriginal Studies: ABS340Y1/ABS350Y1/JPS450H1

Bioethics: PHL281H1/PHL244H1/PHL357H1/PHL380H1/PHL382H1

Human Biology: HMB203H1/HMB433H1/HMB443H1/HAJ453H1

Political Science: POL201Y1/POL447Y1

Public Health Science: PHS300H1

Or by permission of Program Director

Enrolment in the Major Program is limited; selection is based on a personal statement, interview, and record of courses taken. To apply students must have completed four full credits or their equivalent. For further details on the application process please visit the Health Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/healthstudies/

(8 full courses or their equivalent)

First Year: No specific courses required. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program. These may include: ANT100Y1, POL101Y1/POL103Y1, PSY100H1, SOC101Y1. A course in biology or physiology is also recommended.

Second Year: UNI250H1, UNI209H1, UNI211H1, UNI237H1; 1 FCE in a statistics course: STA220H1/STA221H1/PSY201H1/PSY202H1/SOC202H1/SOC302H1 or equivalent or by permission of Program Director.

Third Year: UNI310H1, UNI330H1, UNI373H1 plus ABS350Y1/HMB303H1

Fourth Year: UNI411H1, UNI440H1, UNI464H1 and/or course(s) approved by Program Director

Remaining credits may be supplemented/enhanced by choosing, for example, from the following courses, but not limited to:

Anthropology: ANT348Y1/ANT469H1/ANT455Y1

Aboriginal Studies: ABS340Y1/ABS350Y1/JFP450H1

Bioethics: PHL281H1/PHL244H1/PHL357H1/PHL380H1/PHL382H1

Human Biology: HMB203H1/HMB433H1/HMB443H1/HAJ453H1

Political Science: POL201Y1/POL447Y1

Public Health Science: PHS300H1

Or by permission of Program Director.

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

Although Sexual Diversity Studies offers no first-year courses (though some students may come to SDS having taken UC104Y: Engaging Toronto: Sex in the City), and has no prerequisites to take our second-year introductory courses, students may find it useful to take a broad range of courses in their first year from the Humanities and Social Sciences, such as first-year courses in Anthropology (ANT100Y), Art (FAH101H, FAH102H), Classics (CLA160H), Drama (DRM100Y), English ENG110Y, ENG140Y, ENG150Y), Geography (GGR124H), History (HIS106Y, HIS109Y), Philosophy (PHL100Y), Sociology (SOC101Y, SOC102H, SOC103H), or Women’s Studies (WGS160Y).

(10 full courses or their equivalent, including 4.0 FCEs at the 300+ level, 1.0 of which must be at the 400-level)

First year of the program:
1. UNI255H1, UNI256H1
Upper years:
2. UNI354H1, UNI355H1
3. At least two of: JPU315H1/ENG273Y1/UNI365H1/WDW387H1 (UNI365H1 and WDW387H1 cannot be used together to fulfill this requirement, though students are free to take both courses)
4. At least one of UNI237H1/UNI345H1 (or another approved course on HIV/AIDS)
5. At least 4.0 additional FCEs from Group A
6. UNI460H1
7. Any remaining course requirements may be drawn from Group A or B to a total of 10.0 FCEs

Group A:
ANT366H1, ANT441H1, ANT456H1, ANT462H1, ENG273Y1, ENG384Y1, GER338H1, GGR363H1,  HIS205Y1, HIS348H1, HIS447H1, INI223H1, JAL355H1, JHN350H1, JPU315H1, NEW240Y1, NEW341H1, NEW449H1, PHL243H1, POL482H1, RLG225H1, SOC309Y1, SOC367H1, SOC410H1, UNI237H1, UNI325H1, UNI345H1, UNI346H1, UNI354H1, UNI355H1, UNI365H1, UNI375H1, UNI377H1, UNI455H1, UNI458H1, UNI459Y1, UNI460H1, UNI470H1, UNI475H1, UNI477H1, UNI478H1, VIC343Y1, VIS202H1, VIS208H1, WDW380H1,WDW387H1, WGS374H1, WGS375H1, WGS376H1, WGS430H1
Group B:
ANT323Y1, ANT329H1, ANT343H1, ANT427H1, ANT460H1, ENG235H1, ENG250Y1, ENG254Y1, ENG342H1, ENG349H1, ENG355H1, ENG365H1, ENG368H1, ENG382Y1, FCS292H1, FCS395H1, FRE304H1, FRE326Y1, FRE344H1, GGR124Y1/GGR124H1, GGR327H1, HIS202H1, HIS345H1, HIS363H1, HIS375H1, HIS383H1, HIS431H1, INI323Y1, INI330Y1, INI385H1, JNV300H1, JPP343Y1, NEW241Y1, NEW303H1, NEW344Y1, NEW349H1, PHL271H1, PHL367H1, POL332Y1, POL344Y1, POL364H1, POL432H1, PSY323H1, RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG309Y1, RLG314H1, SOC214Y1, SOC365Y1, UNI220Y1, VIC260H1, VIC352Y1, VIS209H1, VIS217H1, VIS218H1, VIS302H1, VIS318H1, VIS319H1, WGS160Y1, WGS262H1, WGS271Y1, WGS336H1, WGS350H1, WGS365H1, WGS366H1, WGS367H1, WGS368H1, WGS369H1, WGS373H1

"A" courses have an explicit focus on sexuality and sexual diversity.

"B" courses have either some focus on sexuality or sexual diversity, or a related focus on gender and equity issues. The content of these courses may vary from year to year depending on the particular instructor.

Other courses, such as Special Topics courses in other Departments or Programs, may be approved by the Program Director on an individual basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and pre-requisites for courses from Group A and Group B.

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

Although Sexual Diversity Studies offers no first-year courses (though some students may come to SDS having taken UC104Y: Engaging Toronto: Sex in the City), and has no perquisites to take our second-year introductory courses, students may find it useful to take a broad range of courses in their first year from the Humanities and Social Sciences, such as first-year courses in Anthropology (ANT100Y), Art (FAH101H, FAH102H), Classics (CLA160H), Drama (DRM100Y), English ENG110Y, ENG140Y, ENG150Y), Geography (GGR124H), History (HIS106Y, HIS109Y), Philosophy (PHL100Y), Sociology (SOC101Y, SOC102H, SOC103H), or Women’s Studies (WGS160Y).

Sexual Diversity Studies Major (6 full courses or their equivalent including at least 2.0 FCEs at the 300+ level, 0.5 of which must be at the 400-level)

First year of the program:
1.UNI255H1, UNI256H1

Upper years:
2. At least one of UNI354H1/UNI355H1
3. At least two of JPU315H1/ENG273Y1/UNI365H1/WDW387H1 (UNI365H1 and WDW387H1 cannot be used together to fulfill this requirement, though students are free to take both courses)
4. At least one of UNI237H1/UNI345H1 (or another approved course on HIV/AIDS)
5. At least one of UNI455H1/UNI477H1/UNI458H1/UNI459Y1/UNI460H1
6. Any remaining course requirements may be drawn from Group A or B to a total of 6.0 FCEs

Group A:
ANT366H1, ANT441H1, ANT456H1, ANT462H1, ENG273Y1, ENG384Y1, GER338H1, GGR363H1, HIS205Y1, HIS348H1, HIS447H1, INI223H1, JAL355H1, JHN350H1, JPU315H1, NEW240Y1, NEW341H1, NEW449H1, PHL243H1, POL482H1, RLG225H1, SOC309Y1, SOC367H1, SOC410H1, UNI237H1, UNI325H1, UNI345H1, UNI346H1, UNI354H1, UNI355H1, UNI365H1, UNI375H1, UNI377H1, UNI455H1, UNI458H1, UNI459Y1, UNI460H1, UNI470H1, UNI475H1, UNI477H1, UNI478H1, VIC343Y1, VIS202H1, VIS208H1, WDW380H1,WDW387H1, WGS374H1, WGS375H1, WGS376H1, WGS430H1
Group B:
ANT323Y1, ANT329H1, ANT343H1, ANT427H1, ANT460H1, ENG235H1, ENG250Y1, ENG254Y1, ENG342H1, ENG349H1, ENG355H1, ENG365H1, ENG368H1, ENG382Y1, FCS292H1, FCS395H1, FRE304H1, FRE326Y1, FRE344H1, GGR124Y1/GGR124H1, GGR327H1, HIS202H1, HIS345H1, HIS363H1, HIS375H1, HIS383H1, HIS431H1, INI323Y1, INI330Y1, INI385H1, JNV300H1, JPP343Y1, NEW241Y1, NEW303H1, NEW344Y1, NEW349H1, PHL271H1, PHL367H1, POL332Y1, POL344Y1, POL364H1, POL432H1, PSY323H1, RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG309Y1, RLG314H1, SOC214Y1, SOC365Y1, UNI220Y1, VIC260H1, VIC352Y1, VIS209H1, VIS217H1, VIS218H1, VIS302H1, VIS318H1, VIS319H1, WGS160Y1, WGS262H1, WGS271Y1, WGS336H1, WGS350H1, WGS365H1, WGS366H1, WGS367H1, WGS368H1, WGS369H1, WGS373H1

"A" courses have an explicit focus on sexuality and sexual diversity.

"B" courses have either some focus on sexuality or sexual diversity, or a related focus on gender and equity issues. The content of these courses may vary from year to year depending on the particular instructor.

Other courses, such as Special Topics courses in other Departments or Programs, may be approved by the Program Director on an individual basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and pre-requisites for courses from Group A and Group B.

This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are eligible to enrol.

Although Sexual Diversity Studies offers no first-year courses (though some students may come to SDS having taken UC104Y: Engaging Toronto: Sex in the City), and has no perquisites to take our second-year introductory courses, students may find it useful to take a broad range of courses in their first year from the Humanities and Social Sciences, such as first-year courses in Anthropology (ANT100Y), Art (FAH101H, FAH102H), Classics (CLA160H), Drama (DRM100Y), English ENG110Y, ENG140Y, ENG150Y), Geography (GGR124H), History (HIS106Y, HIS109Y), Philosophy (PHL100Y), Sociology (SOC101Y, SOC102H, SOC103H), or Women’s Studies (WGS160Y).

(4 full courses or their equivalent)

1. At least one of: UNI255H1/UNI256H1
2. At least one of: UNI354H1/UNI355H1
3. At least one of: ENG273Y1/JPU315H1/UNI365H1/WDW387H1
4. Remaining requirements from any combination of course from Group A and Group B to a total of 4.0 FCE

Group A:
ANT366H1, ANT441H1, ANT456H1, ANT462H1, ENG273Y1, ENG384Y1, GER338H1, GGR363H1,  HIS205Y1, HIS348H1, HIS447H1, INI223H1, JAL355H1, JHN350H1, JPU315H1, NEW240Y1, NEW341H1, NEW449H1, PHL243H1, POL482H1, RLG225H1, SOC309Y1, SOC367H1, SOC410H1, UNI237H1, UNI325H1, UNI345H1, UNI346H1, UNI354H1, UNI355H1, UNI365H1, UNI375H1, UNI377H1, UNI455H1, UNI458H1, UNI459Y1, UNI460H1, UNI470H1, UNI475H1, UNI477H1, UNI478H1, VIC343Y1, VIS202H1, VIS208H1, WDW380H1,WDW387H1, WGS374H1, WGS375H1, WGS376H1, WGS430H1
Group B:
ANT323Y1, ANT329H1, ANT343H1, ANT427H1, ANT460H1, ENG235H1, ENG250Y1, ENG254Y1, ENG342H1, ENG349H1, ENG355H1, ENG365H1, ENG368H1, ENG382Y1, FCS292H1, FCS395H1, FRE304H1, FRE326Y1, FRE344H1, GGR124Y1/GGR124H1, GGR327H1, HIS202H1, HIS345H1, HIS363H1, HIS375H1, HIS383H1, HIS431H1, INI323Y1, INI330Y1, INI385H1, JNV300H1, JPP343Y1, NEW241Y1, NEW303H1, NEW344Y1, NEW349H1, PHL271H1, PHL367H1, POL332Y1, POL344Y1, POL364H1, POL432H1, PSY323H1, RLG236H1, RLG237H1, RLG309Y1, RLG314H1, SOC214Y1, SOC365Y1, UNI220Y1, VIC260H1, VIC352Y1, VIS209H1, VIS217H1, VIS218H1, VIS302H1, VIS318H1, VIS319H1, WGS160Y1, WGS262H1, WGS271Y1, WGS336H1, WGS350H1, WGS365H1, WGS366H1, WGS367H1, WGS368H1, WGS369H1, WGS373H1
"A" courses have an explicit focus on sexuality and sexual diversity.

"B" courses have either some focus on sexuality or sexual diversity, or a related focus on gender and equity issues. The content of these courses may vary from year to year depending on the particular instructor.

Other courses, such as Special Topics courses in other Departments or Programs, may be approved by the Program Director on an individual basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and pre-requisites for courses from Group A and Group B.

University College Courses

Listed in this order:

• UC One
• Canadian Studies
• Health Studies
• Sexual Diversity Studies
• Other University 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 can be found at www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/.

UC One is an exciting initiative that provides first-year students with a special university experience. Students choose from one of four courses, each of which is designed to engage with the city from a different perspective. Classroom learning is directly linked to real life experience.

UC One is a full-credit course, one of five courses typically taken by a first-year Faculty of Arts and Science student.  Enrolment in each course is limited to 25 students. Students enrol in one of the following four full year courses:

• UNI101Y1: Citizenship in the Canadian City
• UNI102Y1: Performing the City
• UNI103Y1: Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic
• UNI104Y1: Sex in the City

In UC One, you can choose a stream that complements your own interests.

Weekly lectures and seminars will be supplemented with prominent guest speakers, including political and business leaders, activists from non-governmental organizations, theatre directors, artists, and health practitioners. Students will have the opportunity to meet with the speakers and socialize with their fellow students after each guest lecture. Students will also participate in a range of field trips across the city.

UC One requires an application that is found on the UC One website at: www.uc.utoronto.ca/ucone. All first-year students in the Faculty of Arts and Science (St. George campus) are eligible for admission. Admissions are based on two short essays. Students may apply to more than one UC One seminar by ranking their preferences. Those participating in other One programs are excluded from UC One.

Who belongs? Who governs? Who decides? In this course you will examine the concepts of citizenship, public space, political membership, civic responsibility, and belonging. You will address topics such as Aboriginal sovereignty claims, urban multiculturalism, public housing, and greening the city.

You will explore the connections between the performing arts, urban spaces, and cultural diversity. How does theatrical performance affect how people perceive the city? What are the alternatives to established theatres, and how does community activism inform performing arts in Toronto?

In this course, you will examine how Toronto’s varied communities access and use health care, and how they may encounter barriers in doing so. You will study how economic disparities, shifting demographics, and government policies affect health policy and the right to access resources.

You will learn about the sexual politics of the city and how cities and their neighbourhoods become sexualized and desexualized spaces. In Sex in the City, you will examine what “sex” means to Toronto’s varied, multicultural communities by looking at urban space,  cultural productions, law enforcement, safety and health resources and more.

Offers opportunities to study contemporary Canada  in an interdisciplinary manner and to explore cultural, social, economical and political developments in this complex and diverse country. Students are encouraged to consider additional courses in Aboriginal Studies in completing the requirements of the Program.

Contemporary Québec from social, economic and political perspectives.

An exploration of modern Québec culture as expressed in literature and the performing arts. Through a selection of internationally-known entertainers, we examine form, artistic innovation, communication of information and knowledge, and spectatorship. Novels and plays provide key elements such as tradition and historical context.

A focused introduction to specific issues in Canadian culture and society. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Canadian Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies.

The course will explore the structures and processes of Asian communities in Canada.  Historical development of various Asian communities will be explored.

A study of the variety of voices in Canadian fiction with a focus on contemporary writers. Issues such as marginalization, migration, diaspora and the formulation of the Canadian canon are discussed.

An exploration of the encounter between culture and mass communication in Canadian society. The course considers the role of major cultural institutions such as the CBC and the NFB, and their granting bodies. The emergence of new media and its relationship to mass media is also addressed.

The course examines the history of Asians in Canada from the mid-1800s to the present by analyzing their contributions to the socio-cultural, economic, and political development of Canada. It explores how Asian Canadian history reconfigures prevailing understanding of race, migration, multiculturalism, and national identity through intersectional, comparative, and transnational frameworks.

A critical examination of contemporary forms of Canadian nationalism. This interdisciplinary course will interrogate national formations across theoretical works, policy documents, and cultural representations. Students will address the ways that nationalist discourses constitute difference, especially with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality.

Students examine the impact of contemporary globalization on Canada, and for Canada’s place in the world. The course is interdisciplinary in its approach and addresses globalization from a wide range of perspectives, including mobility, trade, urbanization, health, religion, environmental change, technology, communications, and the arts.

This course focuses on initial settlement patterns of Jewish people in Toronto and elsewhere, community growth including suburbanization, and contemporary challenges such as anti-Semitism and assimilation.

An in-depth study of selected questions in contemporary Canadian culture and society. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Canadian Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/.

An exploration of the cultural histories and creative productions of a wide range of Asian communities in Canada. Experts in specific areas - literature, dance, drama, film - will be invited to present their work.

An exploration of the cultural histories and creative productions of a wide range of Asian communities in Canada.. Experts in specific areas literature, dance, drama, filmwill be invited to present their work.

The idea of wilderness permeates narratives of Canadian national identity, while policy-makers seek to manage and contain natural areas. This course compares and contrasts historical and contemporary wilderness narratives in literature, painting and film with policies in areas such as conservation, urban planning, land claims and tourism.

This course focuses on Canadian literary and artistic productions that challenge prevailing notions of nationality and sexuality, exploring not only how artists struggle with that ongoing Canadian thematic of being and belonging, but also celebrate pleasure and desire as a way of imagining and articulating an alternative national politics.

Students will examine the complexities of social and cultural interaction in the context of changing Canadian demographics. This course compares and contrasts policies regarding indigenous rights, migration, multiculturalism, and citizenship with contemporary cultural narratives in literature, painting and film.

The Canadian border is being reshaped by the increasing transnational movement of people, goods and ideas. Students will examine border issues relating to mobility, trade, and security from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives, from public policy to contemporary media, such as TV, films, and novels.

This course examines the relationship between prominent Canadians who happen to be Jews and those whose works are founded in Jewish identity; the diversity of the community on the basis of religion, language, class, ideology, etc.; contributions to the arts and scholarship; and the role and contribution of Jewish women.

An opportunity to write an independent research paper in Asian Canadian Studies under direction of a faculty member. Students wishing to take this course must have their essay proposal and supervisor approved by the Canadian Studies program director. The application for enrolment should be made in the term preceding study.

This seminar course will address the role of universities in Canadian society and in the lives of Canadians. Students will explore both contemporary issues in Canadian higher education and consider the historical contexts from which they emerged.

Students select an appropriate research topic and, in consultation with the Program Director, make arrangements with a suitable supervisor. Preferably, research projects must be approved by the supervisor and by the Director of the Canadian Studies Program by April of the preceding academic year. Students meet periodically during the year in seminar to participate in peer evaluations of: statement of research, literature review, methods of analysis, and to share reports of progress in research.

An upper level seminar. In 2012-2013 the focus of the seminar will be on Citizenship in Canada. Issues to be addressed include political community, rights and responsibilities, belonging, immigration, status, marginalization, and accessibility. Students will explore recent interdisciplinary debates on issues such as citizenship and the arts, and environmental and global citizenships. In addition, the course will offer students a unique opportunity for experiential learning in two ways: by incorporating academic service-learning into the curriculum, and by providing students with in-course leadership training.

An opportunity to write a substantial research paper in Canadian Studies that integrates research methodologies and conceptual frameworks developed over the student’s course of study. Students must have their topic and supervisor approved by the Canadian Studies program director.

The Cognitive Science program formerly administered by the University College has been redesigned under the auspices of the Faculty of Arts & Science. Please refer to the Cognitive Science program: see Cognitive Science.

Students enrolled in the Health Studies program are given the first opportunity to enrol in these courses.

Students enrolled in the Health Studies program are given the first opportunity to enrol in these courses.

A multidisciplinary approach to understanding perspectives in health, health equity, and primary health care. Themes include critical discussion of the measurements of health outcomes and the socioeconomic and political factors that affect health, including neglected and marginalized populations in Canada and globally.

This course introduces students to health policy in Canada. It examines the policy making process; policy making in the Canadian context, and specifically, the development of health policy in Canada. It explores current debates about health issues with a focus on the social determinants of health.   
 
Health is increasingly contentious with Canada’s aging population, advancements in medical technology, and government fiscal restraints. It is a challenge to achieve the best health given the limited resources available, and to ensure that health care is fair, equal, accessible.  The course will provide analytical tools for understanding health policy, offer an overview of current policy issues, and examine how to improve health policies.

A critical examination of the HIV/AIDS global pandemic from a multidisciplinary perspective and with an emphasis on sexuality. The course examines the basic biology of HIV/AIDS and then covers social, historical, political, cultural, gender, and public health aspects of HIV/AIDS. Attention is given to the distinct features of vulnerable and marginalized populations, prevention, treatment, drug development, and access to medicines.

UNI237H1 is particularly intended for students in the Health Studies and/or Sexual Diversity Studies programs.

This course will offer students in Health Studies a basic understanding of research design and data collection on health topics and the usefulness of data collection in the formation of health policy.

This course engages students in in-depth learning about HIV research.  In addition to learning about methods and issues from a variety of research disciplines as applied to HIV, students will be expected, with guidance, to design a study relevant to the content of the course.

Students will have the opportunity to develop an awareness and understanding of the health system and issues associated with population aging (aging and disabilitiy) and what it means to live with and grow older with a pre-existing disability. The theoretical lenses and assumptions associated with disability will be identified and described in order to demonstrate how they are used to inform health care and rehabilitation policies and practices intended to improve the everyday lives of these individuals.

Methods of Evaluation: Research Outline and Annotated Bibliography; Group Presentation; and Research paper

This course explores emerging issues in health and social policies. Using the framework of social determinants of health, this course examines the implications of social factors such as socio-economic inequity, gender, race, homelessness, age, and citizenship status on individual health; and policy options to address these issues.

This issue-oriented course will extend students´ understanding of the broad definitions of health and its determinants, and population-based strategies of health promotion in Canada. Topics include: variations in health status as affected by population patterns, class, gender, ethnicity, employment, and family composition; the major causes of morbidity and mortality; the concept of "community health", and the opportunities and constraints facing public policy.

The research course required for Health Studies students in the Specialist. Students engage in a specific research project within the program. The course includes sessions on the development of a project, data analysis and presentation, formulation of a grant proposal and writing of peer-reviewed papers.

This course is designed to introduce students to the principles and methods of epidemiology. The emphasis will be on descriptive methods and study design. Computational techniques, measurement problems, and issues that surround the drawing of inferences from area-level or other aggregrate data will be discussed.

The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another, depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars. In a given year, the course may focus on AIDS, tobacco addiction, nutritional issues in low-income countries, and the persistence of infant health problems in poor Canadian communities.

This course undertakes a critical interrogation of 'marginality' and its expression in the shape of social inequalities in health. A political economy approach is applied in order to better understand the policy origins of these inequalities, the policy action that is required to tackle them, and the political obstacles that hinder the possibility for such action.

A critical examination of drug development, including the role of health professionals and the pharmaceutical industry in researching, testing, marketing, licensing, and evaluating pharmaceutical drugs. Topics include the differing needs for drug development in different societies, evaluation and dispensing in lower income countries, and potential conflicts of interest in drug development.

The second research course required for Health Studies students in the Specialist. Students engage in a specific research project during their last two years within the program. This course is a continuation of UNI350Y1 and will further develop the skills addressed in that course. Student will prepare an undergraduate thesis by the end of this academic year.

This two-semester course designation will permit students to gain academic credit for health studies pursued independently under the supervision of a University of Toronto faculty member; or to participate in an ongoing health research project under the joint supervision of the projects Principal Investigator and the Director of the Health Studies Program.

Focusing on areas of particular relevance and on specific case studies, this course explores the historical, ideological, economic, political, and organizational factors that shape the theory and practice of international health (IH). Students will be encouraged to critically examine some of the central tensions embedded in this field including, among others: IH as benevolent giving vs. a practice informed by the principles of social justice; IH problems as challenges in need of cost-effective technical solutions vs. complex issues requiring a comprehensive approach targeting the social determinants of health; and a traditional vision that divides the world into developed and developing countries, “here” and “there”, and “us” and “them”.

This one-semester course will permit students to gain academic credit for health studies pursued independently under the supervision of a University of Toronto faculty member; or to participate in an ongoing health research project under the joint supervision of the projects Principal Investigator and the Director of the Health Studies Program

See course description above.

An interdisciplinary examination of sexuality across cultures and periods. How are sexualities represented? How are they suppressed or celebrated? How and why are they labeled as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, or perverse? How do sexualities change with ethnicity, class, and gender?

A cross-cultural perspective on the methodological and theoretical approaches used by social scientists to study human sexuality and gendered diversity

An interdisciplinary examination of the development of political visibility by gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered in the contemporary period; and an analysis of public policy on and state regulation of sexual diversity in Canada, the U.S., Europe, with additional attention paid to developments in Latin America, East Asia, and Africa. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Sexual Diversity Studies Program at University College)

For course description, see above.

HIV has forever changed the way human beings understand sexuality. Through a social justice lens, this course examines the nature of community norms, laws, popular media, and the academy to explore how the epidemic has impacted the provision of social services in relation to the diversity of human sexuality.

What do electronic technologies mean for feminist and queer identity, activism, sociability, art, and politics? This course considers a range of critical pressure points central to digital studies, including social networking, participatory media, digital archives, databases, new media activism, performance, embodiment, and representations of race, gender, and sexuality in electronic contexts.
 

A survey of classic western theories of sexuality; each theory is examined in terms of the practices it allows and prohibits. Under consideration are not only the descriptive and/or prescriptive aspects of a particular framework but its epistemic grounds, and implications for understanding identity, body, community, and state.

An integrated survey of some ways in which sexuality has been theorized recently. How have desire and its identities been conceptualized and deployed? What are the implications for psychoanalysis, feminism, and cultural production? What interconnections are yet to be made between sexuality and the markers of gender, race, and class?

The course explores the legal regulation of sexuality. How does law understand, constitute and regulate sex, sexuality and sexual diversity? It will consider the role of different types of regulation, including criminal law, family law and constitutional law, and explore issues ranging from sex work and pornography to same sex marriage to transgender discrimination.

Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies program to topics that may not be covered by permanent university courses.

Prerequisite: UNI255H1/UNI256H1 or permission of the instructor
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities or Social Science course
Breadth Requirement: None

UNI376H1    Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies B [24L]

Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies program to topics that may not be covered by permanent university courses.

Prerequisite: UNI255H1/UNI256H1 or permission of the instructor
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Humanities or Social Science course
Breadth Requirement: None

UNI377H1    Lesbian Studies[24L]

This multidisciplinary course examines multiple lesbian identities that have varied in time and place. The course will pose such questions as: What does lesbian mean? Why have changes occurred in meaning? How has the identity of lesbian been culturally represented and politically expressed in various social and political contexts? It will also take up contemporary theoretical, cultural, and political understandings of lesbianism.

Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor. This seminar is intended to expose students in the Sexual Diversity Studies program to topics that may not be covered by permanent university courses.

A research essay under the supervision of a faculty member with knowledge of sexual diversity, the proposal, and supervisor subject to the approval of the SDS Program Director.

A major research essay prepared over the course of two academic terms (one year); under the supervision of a faculty member with knowledge of sexual diversity; the proposal and supervisor subject to the approval of the SDS Program Director.

A capstone for majors and specialists who will work closely with SDS faculty in developing their own research project while participating in this seminar and learning about key debates, methodologies, and ethical issues in conducting research in SDS. Students will learn to write proposals, ethics reviews, grants and other relevant documents.

This course explores the history, culture, and aesthetics of sexual representations. Is there a difference between erotica and pornography? How do debates about artistic merit and censorship relate to larger issues of power, capitalism, and technology? How are sexual desires and identities increasingly shaped around those sexual representations?

The course investigates the new visibility through advertising, television, film, and politics. One of the central concerns of the course is to address the tension and possibility of LBGT minority status alongside the minority status of LGBT people of colour

This course introduces students to Trans Studies as an emerging interdisciplinary field of scholarship from various angles: academic, activist, socio-historical, and clinical. Students will develop their abilities to assess representations of trans and intersexed people and social issues, taking into account how race, citizenship, gender, sexuality, culture and dis/ability are materially and socially constructed together to give meaning to the category trans.

This course explores how sexuality and gender are performed in and through a variety of musics, including popular musics and opera. Topics include music as sexual politics; vicissitudes of queer theory in music; homo-musical communities and groups; music technologies and sexualities; gay/lesbian icons in popular musics; lesbian/gay desire and divas. 

A study of the interaction of mathematics with other fields of inquiry: how mathematics influences, and is influenced by, the evolution of science and culture. Art, music, and literature, as well as the more traditionally related areas of the natural and social sciences may be considered. (Offered every three years)

 JUM202H1 is particularly suited as a Science Distribution Requirement course for Humanities and Social Science students.

A study of games, puzzles and problems focusing on the deeper principles they illustrate. Concentration is on problems arising out of number theory and geometry, with emphasis on the process of mathematical reasoning. Technical requirements are kept to a minimum. A foundation is provided for a continuing lay interest in mathematics. (Offered every three years)

 JUM203H1 is particularly suited as a Science Distribution Requirement course for Humanities and Social Science students.

An interdisciplinary exploration of creativity and imagination as they arise in the study of mathematics and poetry. (Offered every three years)

JUM204H1 is particularly suited as a Science Distribution Requirement course for Humanities and Social Science students.

An in-depth study of the life, times and work of several mathematicians who have been particularly influential. Examples may include Newton, Euler, Gauss, Kowalewski, Hilbert, Hardy, Ramanujan, Gödel, Erdös, Coxeter, Grothendieck. (Offered every three years)

 JUM205H1 is particularly suited as a Science Distribution Requirement course for Humanities and Social Science students.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/rop.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/rop.

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 300 level not otherwise available within the Faculty. Normally, students will have a minimum cGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCEs. Permission of a faculty supervisor and approval by the Vice-Prinicipal are required. Those registered in a UC program or UC-registered students should submit a written proposal and application form to the Programs Office (UC173) for approval. Applications for Y and F courses are due by 30 June prior to the academic year; S courses to be submitted by 15 September; Summer proposals are due by 15 February.

Application form is available at the University College website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 300 level not otherwise available within the Faculty. Normally, students will have a minimum cGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCEs. Permission of a faculty supervisor and approval by the Vice-Prinicipal are required. Those registered in a UC program or UC-registered students should submit a written proposal and application form to the Programs Office (UC173) for approval. Applications for Y and F courses are due by 30 June prior to the academic year; S courses to be submitted by 15 September; Summer proposals are due by 15 February.

Application form is available at the University College website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/.

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 400 level not otherwise available within the Faculty. Normally, students will have a minimum cGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCEs. Permission of a faculty supervisor and approval by the Vice-Prinicipal are required. Those registered in a UC program or UC-registered students should submit a written proposal and application form to the Programs Office (UC173) for approval. Applications for Y and F courses are due by 30 June prior to the academic year; S courses to be submitted by 15 September; Summer proposals are due by 15 February.

Application form is available at the University College website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/.

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 400 level not otherwise available within the Faculty. Normally, students will have a minimum cGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCEs. Permission of a faculty supervisor and approval by the Vice-Prinicipal are required. Those registered in a UC program or UC-registered students should submit a written proposal and application form to the Programs Office (UC173) for approval. Applications for Y and F courses are due by 30 June prior to the academic year; S courses to be submitted by 15 September; Summer proposals are due by 15 February.

Application form is available at the University College website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/.