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Introduction

New College courses have in common a commitment to be explorative and inventive and to widen students' experience by critically examining relationships among academic disciplines. A number of courses take their place within such well-defined programs as Women's Studies, Equity Studies, African Studies, and Caribbean Studies. These programs co-ordinated by New College are open to all students in the University.

Integration of student experience is a major concern in a college with students from all faculties in the University. Several courses are designed specifically to deal with this concern. The Minor in Humanism provides a perspective on the problem of self-knowledge as seen in selected texts in literature, science, and religion. The Independent Studies courses provide an opportunity for students to design their own programs and to test their analytic, synthetic, and creative skills by writing a thesis.

The African Studies Program (Specialist, Major, Minor) offers opportunities to study Africa through a selection of courses devoted to African history, society and culture. The core courses are drawn from anthropology, history, literature and political science.

The Caribbean Studies Program (Major, Minor) consists of courses in Caribbean history, literature and thought that deal with issues including gender, religion, politics, culture, ethnicity, race, development, language, colonialism and regional common markets.

The Equity Studies Program (Major) is an interdisciplinary program that examines various models - historically and culturally specific - for conceptualizing social inequities and for bringing about equity. It draws together discourses on equity from the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

The Human Biology Program (Specialist, Major) integrates the study of life sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science with the basic medical sciences taught by departments in the Faculty of Medicine. (See Life Sciences section of the Calendar.)

The Humanism Program (Minor) provides an opportunity for undergraduates studying different subjects to read, discuss and examine critically a wide historical and culture range of primary sources by major authors whose ideas underlie current preoccupations in the sciences, philosophy, literature, religion and law.

The Women's Studies Program (Specialist, Major, Minor) offers a wide variety of courses in a rapidly developing and intellectually fertile field. Courses cover such issues as the representation and social organization of sexual differences, women and health, gender issues in law, women in world cultures, women and issues of international development and the history of feminism.

NEW COLLEGE PROGRAMS

Program Secretary's Office: New College, Room 2016 (978-5404)
Registrar's Office: New College, Room 107 (978-2460)

AFRICAN STUDIES (B.A.) Consult Program Director, Dr. D. Eyoh, New College, 978-8288. For general enquiries call 978-5404.

Enrolment in the Specialist, Major, and Minor programs in African Studies is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Specialist program (Hon.B.A.): (11 full courses or their equivalent including at least one 400-series course)

First Year: NEW 150Y

Higher Years:
1. Four courses from Group A, to be chosen from at least two different departments/programs
2. Four courses from Groups B and/or C
3. A combination of two language courses as outlined in Group D
4. Four of the eleven courses must be 300/400 series, including at least one 400-series course

Major program (B.A.): (6 full courses or their equivalent)

First Year: NEW 150Y

Higher Years:
1. Three courses to be chosen from Groups A and/or B
2. Two courses from NEW 280Y/380Y or from Group C
3. At least two of the six courses must be 300-series courses

Minor program (B.A.): (4 full courses or their equivalent)

First Year: NEW 150Y

Higher Years:
1. Two courses from either Groups A or B and one from Group C - or - NEW 280Y+380Y, and one course from Group C
2. At least one course must be a 300/400-series course

Group A: ANT 325Y, 345Y; FRE 402H, 432H; HIS 295Y, 383Y, 395Y; NEW 322Y; POL 301Y, 488H, 489H; an independent studies course approved by the Program Committee

Group B: ANT 200Y, 204Y; HIS 101Y, 232Y; NMC 185Y; MUS 200H; NEW 223Y; POL 201Y

Group C: ANT 340H, 341H, 342H, 343Y, 351H, 363Y, 441H, 449Y, 451H; HIS 294Y, 302Y, 408Y; JPE 400Y; NEW 425Y; POL 325Y, 417Y, 418Y, 445Y, 451H, 479H; SOC 307Y, 312Y, 325Y

Group D: NEW 280Y/380Y, or FSL 181Y, 182H, 183H, and two of FSL 262H/263H/264H/265H/282H/283H/362H/363H, or NMC 210Y/310Y, or PRT 100Y/220Y, or PRT 210Y/220Y, or two courses in a major African language approved by the Program Committee

CARIBBEAN STUDIES (B.A.) Consult Program Director, Dr. A. Itwaru, New College, 978-8966. For general enquiries call 978-8966 or 978-5404.

Enrolment in the Major and Minor programs in Caribbean Studies is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Major program (B.A.): (6 full courses or their equivalent including two at the 300+level)
1. NEW 224Y, 324Y
2. Four courses, including at least one at the 300+level, from Group A below.

Minor program (B.A.): (4 full courses or their equivalent including one at the 300-level)
1. NEW 224Y, 324Y
2. Two courses, including one at the 300+level, from Group A

Group A: ANT 345Y, 362Y, 451H; ENG 253Y, 472Y, 473Y; HIS 294Y; NEW 223Y, 322Y, 325H, 326Y; POL 201Y, 305Y, 445Y;
SPA 380H, 381H, 386H

EQUITY STUDIES (B.A.) For general inquiries call 978-5404.

Enrolment in this program is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Major program: (7 full courses or their equivalent, including two at the 300+level)
1. NEW 240Y
2. Six full course equivalents from: NEW 341H; Groups A, B, C, D including one or more full-course equivalents from at least three of the four groups

Group A: ANT 343Y; CLA 219H, 220H; EAS 451H; ENG 233Y; FCS 294H; FRE 400H, 401H, 402H; GGR 455H; HIS 245Y, 363H, 399H, 439Y; INI 323Y; ITA 455Y; JAL 355Y; JPP 343Y; NEW 160Y, 261Y, 334H, 335H, 360Y, 362H, 363H, 365H, 367H, 368H, 369H, 371H, 372H, 373H, 425Y; NMC 455Y; PHL 267H; POL 432H, 450H; PSY 323H; SOC 365Y; SPA 382H, VIC 410Y; VIS 209H

Group B: ANT 204Y, 325Y, 342Y, 344Y, 345Y, 362Y, 446H, 448H, 451H, 453H, 456H; ENG 253Y, FRE 402H; HIS 208Y, 294Y, 370H, 383Y, 384Y, 393H, 394H, 398Y, 406Y, 408Y, 456Y, 474Y, 478Y; INI 327Y; NEW 224Y, 230Y, 322Y, 324Y; NMC 384Y, 484Y; POL 304Y, 321H; RLG 220H, 237Y, 314H, 344Y; SOC 210Y, 330Y; SPA 382H

Group C: FCS 397H; HIS 430Y; POL 315H; NEW 374H; PHE 403H; PHL 243H; UNI 255H, 355H

Group D: ABS 200Y, 300Y; 320Y; ANT 365Y; CLA 331H; ECO 239Y, 332H, 339Y, 340H, 369Y, 424H, 425H; ENG 254Y; FRE 434H; HIS 106Y, 313Y, 369H, 395Y, 417Y, 442Y, 472Y; HPS 314Y, 324Y; PHL 281Y, 384H; PHM 420H; POL 405Y, 480Y; RLG 201Y; SOC 220Y, 301Y, 338Y, 370Y
Note: Students are responsible for checking the co- and prerequisites for all courses in Groups A, B,C, and D

HUMAN BIOLOGY - See LIFE SCIENCES

HUMANISM (B.A.) Consult Professor M.F. Dixon, New College, 978-6487. For general enquiries call 978-2460.

Enrolment in this program is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Minor program: (4 full courses or their equivalent)
1. NEW 200Y, 300Y, 309Y
2. One full-course equivalent from HPS 200Y, 201H, 202H; HUM 199Y; NEW 302Y, 303H, 305H, 306H, 308H, 410Y, 411H, 412H; NMC 185Y; RLG 204Y, 205Y, 206Y, 231Y
WOMEN'S STUDIES (B.A.) Consult Undergraduate Director, Professor J. Larkin, 978-8282. For general enquires call the Program Office (946-3817)

Enrolment in the Specialist, Major and Minor programs in Women's Studies is open to students who have completed four courses; no minimum GPA required.

Specialist program (Hon.B.A.): (10 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 400-series course)

First Year: NEW 160Y

Higher Years:
1. Four full-course equivalents from Core Group below, excluding NEW 160Y
2. NEW 460Y
3. Four full-course equivalents from Group A or B, including at least three 300+ series

Major program (B.A.): (7 full courses or their equivalent, including at least three 300+ series courses)

First Year: NEW 160Y

Higher Years:
1. Three full-course equivalents from Core Group below, excluding NEW 160Y
2. Three other full-course equivalents from Group A or B

Minor program (B.A.): 4 full courses or their equivalent)
1. NEW 160Y and/or 261Y
2. Two or three full-course equivalents from the Core Group or Group A, including at least one 300+ series course
Core Group: NEW 160Y, 261Y, 330H-339H, 360Y, 362H, 363H, 365H, 367H, 368H, 369H, 371H, 372H, 373H, 374H, 425Y, 434H, 435H, 451H, 460Y, 462H, 463H, 470Y

Group A: (Women and gender relations): ANT 343Y; CLA 219H, 220H; EAS 451Y; ENG 233Y, 468H; FAH 406H; FCS 294H; FRE 400H, 401H, 402H; HIS 308Y, 359Y, 383Y, 434Y, 439Y, 483Y; INI 323Y; JAL 355H; JPP 343Y; NEW 325H; NMC 384Y, 455Y, 484Y; PHL 243H, 267H; POL 315Y, 432Y, 450H, 480Y; PSY 323H; RLG 237Y, 314H; SOC 214Y, 333Y, 365Y; SPA 382H; VIS 209H

Group B: (General interest): ANT 342Y, 365Y; EAS 239H; ENG 290Y; FCS 395H; INI 327Y; JAL 253H; NEW 207Y; PHL 281Y, 384H; SOC 207Y, 215Y, 302Y, 375Y; TRN 311H, 320Y