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• Canadian Studies Specialist | Canadian Studies Major | Canadian Studies Minor
• Cognitive Science (Arts Program) Major
• Cognitive Science (Science Program) Major
• Asian Canadian Studies Minor
• Health Studies Specialist | Health Studies Major
• University College Courses

Faculty

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, Cognitive Science, 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 Cognitive Science Program (Major)

The Cognitive Science Program introduces students to the field of cognitive science: the interdisciplinary study of mind in humans and machines. Our students gain an understanding of such mental phenomena as perception, language, reasoning, and consciousness, and they integrate this understanding with an account of how the human brain works.

The Cognitive Science Arts Major has three course streams: Perception and Attention; Thinking and Reasoning; and Language and Cognition. The Cognitive Science Science Major has two streams: Computational Cognition and Cognition and the Brain. Courses include: COG250Y1 Introduction to Cognitive Science; COG341H1 and COG342H1 Issues in Cognitive Science; COG401H1 and COG402H1 Seminar in Cognitive Science; COG499H1 Independent Study; as well as courses drawn from offerings in Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology.

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. Further information on DRM is available at http://dramacentre.utoronto.ca/.

Enquiries: Programs Office, University College, Room UC173 (416-978-8083). Drama Centre (416-978-8099). Sexual Diversity Studies (416-978-6276)

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 FCEs 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 FCEs 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/UNI355H1/UNI367H1/UNI368H1/UNI380H1/UNI390H1/UNI405H1/UNI420Y1/UNI425H1/UNI430Y1/UNI435Y1/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 considered in consultation with 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.

(8 FCEs)

Where noted below, please consult the Faculty of Arts & Science Course Calendar on prerequisites. Note that those interested in taking upper-level computer science courses should begin with CSC108H1, not CSC104H1.

First Year:

CSC104H1/CSC108H1; LIN100Y1; COG250Y1

Second Year:

STA220H1/PSY201H1; PSY270H1

Second Year and Higher:

PHL342H1; PSY493H1; and 3 FCEs from one of Stream 1, 2, or 3:

Stream 1: Perception and Attention

PHL232H1; PSY280H1; and 2.0 FCEs of any of the following: COG341H1/COG342H1; PSY380H1; PSY475H1; PHL340H1; PHL405H1; LIN228H1; LIN323H1; NEW232Y1; NEW303H1; NEW333H1; NEW339H1; NEW438H1

COG499H1

For those with the appropriate prerequisites: CSC207H1; CSC320H1; CSC420H1

Stream 2: Language and Cognition

1.5 FCEs of any of the following: LIN232H1; LIN241H1; JLP315H1; LIN331H1; LIN341H1; JLP374H1

1.5 FCEs of any of the following: COG341H1/COG342H1; JLP471H1; PHL245H1; PHL340H1; PHL345H1; PHL351H1; PHL451H1; NEW232Y1; NEW303H1; NEW333H1; NEW339H1; NEW438H1

COG499H1

For those with the appropriate prerequisites: CSC401H1; CSC485H1

Stream 3: Thinking and Reasoning

PHL245H1; PSY260H1; and 2.0 FCEs of any of the following: COG341H1/COG342H1; PSY370H1; PSY371H1; PSY372H1; PHL246H1; PHL340H1; PHL347H1; JLP374H1; JLP471H1; NEW232Y1; NEW303H1; NEW333H1; NEW339H1; NEW438H1

COG499H1

For those with the appropriate prerequisites: CSC207H1; CSC321H1; CSC384H1; CSC486H1

Fourth Year: COG401H1

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

(8 FCE)

Note that some Computer Science courses included below under Streams 1 and 2 have unlisted co- or prerequisites. Please consult the Faculty of Arts and Science Course Calendar. Those interested in the Science Major are advised to consider also registering for a Computer Science Specialist, Major, or Minor (for Stream 1) or a Human Biology Neuroscience Specialist or Major (for Stream 2).

First Year:

CSC108H1; CSC148H1; MAT135H1 and MAT136H1 (or MAT137Y1); COG250Y1 (may be taken as a corequisite in Year 2)

Second Year:

STA220H1/STA257H1/PSY201H1

Second Year and Higher:

PHL342H1; PSY493H1; and 3 FCEs from one of Stream 1 or 2:

Stream 1: Computational Cognition

Computational cognition is the interdisciplinary study of the information-processing underpinnings of cognitive mental processes. It seeks an understanding of cognition in mathematical terms and to apply this understanding to debates in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, and beyond.

No more than 1.5 FCEs of the 3 FCEs required from this list of options may come from any single 3-letter course designator, except for CSC courses. For CSC courses, up to 2 FCEs may be chosen. At least 1 FCE of the 3 FCEs must be at the 300+-level. CSC207H1; CSC321H1; CSC324H1; CSC384H1; CSC401H1; CSC420H1; CSC485H1; CSC486H1; COG341H1/COG342H1; LIN100Y1; LIN228H1; LIN232H1; LIN241H1; JLP315H1; LIN323H1; LIN331H1; LIN341H1; JLP374H1; JLP471H1; PHL240H1; PHL245H1/CSC330H1; PHL246H1; PHL345H1; PHL347H1; PHL348H1; PHL349H1; PHL355H1; PSY210H1; PSY220H1; PSY230H1; PSY260H1; PSY270H1; PSY280H1; PSY290H1; PSY305H1; PSY309H1; PSY316H1; PSY330H1; PSY331H1; PSY362H1; PSY370H1; PSY371H1; PSY372H1; PSY378H1; PSY379H1; PSY380H1; PSY414H1; PSY425H1; PSY475H1; NEW232Y1; NEW303H1; NEW333H1; NEW339H1; NEW438H1

COG499H1

Stream 2: Cognition and the Brain

Today’s cognitive scientists are more interested than ever before in the way the brain implements the information-processing underpinnings of cognitive mental processes. The study of cognition and the brain is the study, grounded in cognitive neuroscience, of those aspects of brain activity directly relevant to the performance of cognitive functions.

BIO120H1 and BIO220H1 (or BIO150Y1); and 2 FCEs of the following courses, with at least 1 FCE coming from PSY courses. At least 0.5 FCE of the 2 FCEs must be at the 300+-level. CSC207H1; CSC321H1; PHL355H1; PHL357H1; PSY270H1; PSY280H1; PSY290H1; PSY316H1; PSY331H1; PSY362H1; PSY380H1; PSY390H1; PSY396H1; PSY397H1; PSY473H1; PSY492H1; PSY494H1; COG341H1/COG342H1; NEW232Y1; NEW303H1; NEW333H1; NEW339H1; NEW438H1

COG499H1

Fourth Year:

COG402H1

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 FCEs 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.  2 FCEs from the following courses: CAS413H1/EAS315H1/ENG268H1/ENG368H1/SOC218H1/UNI230H1/UNI307H1/UNI390H1/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/.

(11.0 FCEs, including at least 2.0 FCE at the 400 level.)

This is an enrolment program with a limited number of students. Selection is based on a personal statement, interview (if required) and record of courses taken. To apply students must have completed 4.0 FCEs. 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; we recommend at least 1.0 FCE in life sciences (e.g. BIO120H1/BIO130H1) and 1.0 FCE in social sciences/humanities (e.g., PHL100Y1 and/or SOC101Y1). UNI103Y1 would also be an asset, and can be counted towards program requirements.

Second Year: UNI209H1, UNI211H1, UNI250H1; 

0.5 FCE in statistics: STA220H1/GGR270H1/HMB325H1/PSY201H1/SOC202H1; 

1.5 FCE of the following courses: UNI237H1/ANT208H1/HMB202H1/HMB203H1/JSU237H1/NFS284H1/PHL281H1/SOC243H1

Third Year: UNI310H1, UNI330H1, UNI350Y1, UNI373H1; 1.5 FCE of the following courses: UNI308H1/UNI309H1/ABS340Y1/ABS350H1/ANT345H1/ANT348H1/ANT358H1/GGR340H1/HPS319H1/ HMB303H1/HMB323H1/PHL380H1/PHL381H1/PHL383H1/PHS300H1/SOC363H1/SOC364H1/WGS366H1/WGS367H1

Fourth Year: UNI450Y1; 1.0 FCE of the following courses: UNI409H1/UNI411H1/UNI440H1/UNI464H1 

Remaining 1.5 FCE can include any courses not previously taken from the lists above, or any of the following:  UNI103Y1/NEW344Y1/WDW378H1/ANT460H1/ENV430H1/JFP450H1/JPS450H1/ HAJ453H1/HMB433H1/HMB498Y1/HMB422H1/HMB406H1/HMB462H1/HMB434H1/PHL440H1/RLG440H1/SOC427H1

Not all courses are offered every year. Students are responsible for checking prerequisites for all courses. Courses in the current academic Calendar that include content of relevance to Health Studies may be considered for program inclusion in consultation with the Health Studies Program Director.

(8.0 FCEs, including at least 1.5 FCE at the 400 level.)

Enrolment in the Major Program is limited; selection is based on a personal statement and record of courses taken. To apply students must have completed 4.0 FCEs. 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; we recommend at least 1.0 FCE in life sciences (e.g. BIO120H1/BIO130H1) and 1.0 FCE in social sciences/humanities (e.g., PHL100Y1 and/or SOC101Y12H1). UNI103Y1 would also be an asset, and can be counted towards program requirements.

Second Year: UNI209H1,UNI211H1,UNI250H1; 

0.5 FCE in statistics: GGR270H1/HMB325H1/PSY201H1/SOC202H1/STA220H1; 

1.0 FCE of the following courses: UNI237H1/ANT208H1/HMB202H1/HMB203H1/JSU237H1/NFS284H1/PHL281H1/SOC243H1

Third Year: UNI310H1, UNI330H1, UNI373H1; 1.0 FCE of the following courses: UNI308H1/UNI309H1/ABS340Y1/ABS350H1/ANT345H1/ANT348H1/ANT358H1/GGR340H1/HPS319H1/ HMB303H1/HMB323H1/PHL380H1/PHL381H1/PHL383H1/PHS300H1/SOC363H1/SOC364H1/WGS366H1/WGS367H1

Fourth Year: 1.5 FCE of the following courses: UNI409H1/UNI411H1/UNI440H1/UNI451Y1/UNI464H1/UNI480H1

The remaining 1.0 FCE can include any courses not previously taken from the lists above, or any of the following: UNI103Y1/NEW344Y1/ANT460HY1/ENV430H1/JFP450H1/JPS450H1/ HAJ453H1/HMB406H1/HMB422H1/HMB433H1/HMB434H1/HMB462H1/HMB498Y1/PHL440H1/RLG440H1/SOC427H1/WDW378H1

Not all courses are offered every year. Students are responsible for checking prerequisites for all courses. Courses in the current academic Calendar that include content of relevance to Health Studies may be considered for program inclusion in consultation with the Health Studies Program Director.

University College Courses

Listed in this order:

• UC One
• Canadian Studies
• Cognitive Science
• 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/fyh-1/.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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? Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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.

An interdisciplinary course that interrogates the constitution of blackness in Canada. Students will study race and ethnic relations, alongside other identity formations such as class, gender and sexuality. Topics to be addressed include media, education, law, immigration and mobility, urbanism, work, political representation and the arts.

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.

This course will examine socio-cultural, political and economic aspects of Chinese communities in Canada. It explores how the study of Chinese Canadians challenges and augments our understanding of issues such as immigration and diaspora, multiculturalism, and race and ethnicity.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An upper level seminar. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

This course draws from theoretical works to critically examine the experiences of citizenship of various communities in Canada. A service learning component is incorporated so that students can themselves engage in active citizenship. The course develops extra-curricular expertise that can contribute to a student’s professional CV.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

An introduction to the problems, theories and research [strategies central to the interdisciplinary field focussing on the nature and organization of the human mind and other cognitive systems. Interrelations among the philosophical, psychological, linguistic and computer science aspects of the field are emphasized.

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y. Typical topics include: perception and attention; concepts; imagery; consciousness; theories of mind; cognitive evolution.

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y. Typical topics include: perception and attention; concepts; imagery; consciousness; theories of mind; cognitive evolution.

Advanced treatment of cognitive science topics.

Advanced topics in cognitive science.

Individual studies. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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.

PHS100H1 Grand Opportunities in Global Health [24L, 24T]

This course introduces students to basic public health-related concepts, significant aspects of the historical development of global health, and a selection of topics illustrating the broad and evolving nature of this field. In addition, it helps students explore the contributions that various disciplines/fields offer to global health.

Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Social Science course
Breadth Requirement: Society and its Institutions (3)

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.

Provides an understanding of the interface between health and aging, and how to maintain wellness in a rapidly aging population.  Examines theories of aging, the meaning of health in old age, myths about the health of Canada’s older people, and emerging national and international responses to aging populations.

Students will have the opportunity to develop an awareness and understanding of the health system and issues associated with population aging (aging and disability) 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

A critical, in-depth exploration of contemporary health and social issues. Political, social and economic forces at play in Canadian society are examined in relation to specific health issues and policies, in order to understand general societal and system dynamics of evolution and change, and to identify implications for reform efforts.

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.

Limited to students enrolled in the Health Studies Specialist and Major programs. Students engage in activities that will prepare them for independent research and practicum projects. Includes, but not limited to, sessions on topic selection and program development, finding a supervisor, ethics and professionalism, formulating a grant proposal.

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 aggregate data will be discussed.

Prerequisite: UNI209H1, STA221H1 or equivalent
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Social Science course
Breadth Requirement: Society and its Institutions (3)

UNI408H1 Case Studies in Health Policy [48S]

This is a new program elective that analyses the formation and implementation of health policy through the use of case studies. Each case deals with a substantive health policy issue and a selection of key concepts and methods appropriate to examining public policy, public health, and health care management issues. Using case studies, students will develop the ability to understand and analyze the processes by which public policies are formed, and the ability to perform comparisons of policy alternatives.

Prerequisite: UNI211H1, UNI310H1
Recommended preparation: UNI205H1, UNI209H1
Distribution Requirement Status: This is a Social Science course
Breadth Requirement: Society and its Institutions (3)

UNI409H1    Special Topics on Health Research[24S]

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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.

The course examines the relationship between legal reasoning and mathematical logic; provides a mathematical perspective on the legal treatment of interest and actuarial present value; critiques ethical issues; analyzes how search engine techniques on massive databases transform legal research and considers the impact of statistical analysis and game theory on litigation strategies.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/rop. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/rop. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

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