University College


Faculty List

Professors
E. Gilbert, MA, PhD (Vice-Principal, Canadian Studies)
L. Lai, MA, PhD (Canadian Studies)

Associate Professor
Y. Xu, PhD (Cognitive Science)

Associate Professors, Teaching Stream
J. John, BA, PhD (Cognitive Science) 
J. Plotnick, MA, MSc (Writing Centre)
S. Rayter, MA, PhD (Sexual Diversity Studies)
J. Vervaeke, MA, PhD (Cognitive Science)

Assistant Professors
M. Grigoroglou, MA, PhD (Cognitive Science)
C. Mekik, MCog, PhD (Cognitive Science)
J. Moreau, MA, PhD (Sexual Diversity Studies)

Assistant Professors, Teaching Stream
T. Adefarakan, MA, PhD (Canadian Studies)
L. De Souza-Kenney, MSc, PhD (Public Health) 
S. O'Flynn, MA, PhD (Canadian Studies)

Senior Lecturer
R. Salutin, MA (Canadian Studies)

Introduction

University College offers a number of programs and courses outside the areas traditionally covered by departments. These include our First Year Foundations seminars and UC One, a special suite of courses specially designed for first year students. We also offer courses and programs in Asian Canadian Studies, Black Canadian Studies, Canadian Studies, Cognitive Science, and a new Public Health Major. Each of these fosters interdisciplinary work in innovative areas and encourages intellectual breadth. Many program courses are open to students not enrolled in the programs themselves. Two other programs are also affiliated with University College and are described elsewhere in the Calendar: the Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.

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. Weekly lectures and seminars are supplemented with prominent guest speakers, including political and business leaders, activists, artists, and more. Students also participate in a range of field trips across the city.

Students enrol in one of the following 0.5 credit courses:
UNI101H1: Citizenship in the Canadian City 
UNI102H1: Performing the City 
UNI103H1: Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic 
UNI104H1: Sex in the City

Enrolment in each course is limited to up to 30 students. All first-year students in the Faculty of Arts and Science (St. George campus) are eligible to enrol. For more information visit the UC One website.

Asian Canadian Studies (Minor)

The Minor in Asian Canadian Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding and productively engaging with the social, political, historical, economic and cultural conditions that lead Asian Canadians to come to understand themselves as such, and thus what it means to be Asian Canadian. The program addresses how Asian Canadians have participated in the making of their own communities and contributed to the building of contemporary Canadian society. It is concerned with issues of social, political and ecological justice, especially with regards to historical and contemporary exclusion, violence and rupture. In addition, the program addresses Asian migration, hybridity, globality, movement, displacement and diaspora, particularly as they unfold in Canadian and Turtle Island contexts. Conversations about cultural and political agency and responsibility are key, as are conversations about relationships, especially with Indigenous and Black communities and individuals. Some of our interdisciplinary courses connect students with local communities, and every course provides opportunities for students to pursue a choice of research interests. Together we critically investigate and add to knowledge for and about Asian Canadians.

Canadian Studies (Specialist, Major, Minor)

The Canadian Studies program offers opportunities to study contemporary Canada from multidisciplinary perspectives across cultural, social, economic and political frameworks. A wide variety of courses examine community- and identity-formation to better understand structural and systemic forms of discrimination, as well as resistance and empowerment. Students gain a critical understanding of contemporary issues and opportunities to make lasting, constructive contributions to the communities in which we live.

Students will be encouraged to take full advantage of the extra-curricular offerings available through the Canadian Studies Program, including its journal, ImagiNATIONs, produced by and for undergraduate students as well as the annual undergraduate student conference. The Canadian Studies Student Union is a focal point for social as well as academic pursuits.

Certificate in Black Canadian Studies

The Certificate in Black Canadian Studies will provide students with an opportunity to study and research the social construction of race in Canada, with a focus on Black Canada and Black Canadians, past and present. This will include attending to structural and systemic discrimination in areas including politics, judicial systems, and the arts, as well as considering counter-narratives and forms of resistance and empowerment enacted by Black Canadian communities. This certificate also offers a specialization that considers the historical roots and contemporary implications of anti-Black racism, as well as movements that are building towards social equity, and future imaginings. While this certificate addresses local and national contexts, it also situates diasporic and transnational frameworks for understanding Blackness in Canada. As a result, the certificate also examines a comparative approach to meaning-making and belonging in solidarity with other forms of racism and oppression.

Cognitive Science (Major)

The Cognitive Science Program introduces students to the field of cognitive science: the interdisciplinary study of the mind in humans and machines. Our students learn about such mental phenomena as perception, language, reasoning, and consciousness, and they integrate this knowledge with an account of how the human brain works. Based on this foundation, students develop an understanding of natural and artificial intelligence.

There is both an Arts Major and a Science Major in Cognitive Science. The Arts Major has three course streams: Perception and Attention; Thinking and Reasoning; and Language and Cognition. The Science Major has two course streams: Computational Cognition and Cognition and the Brain. In their upper years of study, students have opportunities to be engaged in research and/or independent studies.

Public Health (Major)

The Major in Public Health explores how health is shaped by the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, and how these in turn connect to a wider set of environmental, social, cultural, economic, and political forces. Understanding health requires knowledge from a range of disciplines and sectors. Public Health thus offers a stimulating interdisciplinary environment that challenges students to think about health – both locally and globally – in new ways. Our variety of elective courses allow students to investigate the intersection between human health and other variables such as sexuality, ethics, and economics.

The Major in Public Health has replaced the Health Studies Major (ASMAJ2085). Students who were enrolled in Health Studies before September 16, 2024 will be able to complete the requirements as published in the archived 2023-24 Arts & Science Academic Calendar. Consult the Public Health program for more information (health.studies@utoronto.ca).

University College (UNI) Courses

University College hosts several 100-level UNI courses that are part of the First-Year Foundations courses offered by the Faculty of Arts & Science. They are designed to provide students with a small, seminar-based experience in their first year. At the 300+ level, there are several UNI courses available for students to pursue independent studies. These courses are open to students enrolled in a UC program or affiliated program (Asian Canadian Studies; Black Canadian Studies; Canadian Studies; Cognitive Science; Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies; Public Health; and Sexual Diversity Studies) or to UC students not enrolled in a UC program. For more information, please consult the UC independent study web page.

Enquiries

 

Note About Program Completion

Students can complete only one program type – Specialist, Major, or Minor – in an individual area referenced with the same four-digit program code.

The University College programs impacted by this policy: ASSPE0728, ASMAJ0728, and ASMIN0728

University College Programs

Asian Canadian Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN2728

The Minor in Asian Canadian Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding and productively engaging with the social, political, historical, economic and cultural conditions that lead Asian Canadians to come to understand themselves as such, and thus what it means to be Asian Canadian. The program addresses how Asian Canadians have participated in the making of their own communities and contributed to the building of contemporary Canadian society. It is concerned with issues of social, political and ecological justice, especially with regards to historical and contemporary exclusion, violence and rupture. In addition, the program addresses Asian migration, hybridity, globality, movement, displacement and diaspora, particularly as they unfold in Canadian and Turtle Island contexts. Conversations about cultural and political agency and responsibility are key, as are conversations about relationships, especially with Indigenous and Black communities and individuals. Some of our interdisciplinary courses connect students with local communities, and every course provides opportunities for students to pursue a choice of research interests. Together we critically investigate and add to knowledge for and about Asian Canadians.

The category "Asian Canadian" is widely understood to refer to people in Canada of East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and West Asian ancestry.

Students choose from an array of courses in Asian Canadian Studies; and take additional courses related to the larger contexts of Asian Canadian Studies. The Minor in Asian Canadian Studies is easily combined with other disciplines, such as Anthropology, Art, Economics, English, Geography, History, Political Science and Sociology, as well as with interdisciplinary studies such as Contemporary Asian Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity, East Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, and Near Eastern Studies.

Students will be encouraged to take full advantage of the opportunities available through the Canadian Studies Program, including its journal, ImagiNATIONs, produced by and for undergraduate students and its annual undergraduate student conference. 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.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit 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.)

Subsequent year requirements:

1. 0.5 credit from CDN307H1/​ CDN450H1/​ CDN455H1

2. 1.0 additional credit from Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada which has not previously been taken to fulfill program requirements.

3. 0.5 credit from Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies.

4. 2.0 additional credit from Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada and/or Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies and/or from the additional list of approved courses for the Minor in Asian Canadian Studies as listed on the Canadian Studies Program website (www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies). Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis. Courses that include significant Canadian or Asian Canadian content not on the list may be considered for approval by the Canadian Studies Program Director at canadian.studies@utoronto.ca. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.

Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada:

ANT477H1; CAS413H1; CDN225H1/​ CDN325H1; CDN305H1; CDN307H1; CDN367H1; CDN390H1; CDN395H1; CDN420Y1; CDN450H1; CDN455H1; DTS415H1; EAS315H1; EAS388H1; EAS389H1; ENG368H1; ENG369H1; HIS266H1; HIS285H1; HIS307H1; HIS380H1; SAS114H1; SOC218H1; WGS420H1

Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies:

BMS354H1; CAS201H1; CAS413H1; CDN202H1; CDN205H1; CDN218H1; CDN221H1; CDN267H1; CDN268H1; CDN280H1; CDN235H1; CDN305H1; CDN335H1; CDN355H1; CDN367H1; CDN368H1; CDN380H1; CDN385H1; CDN320H1; CDN405H1; CDN406H1; CDN420Y1; CDN425H1; CDN435Y1; CDN440H1; DTS200Y1; EAS236H1; EAS279H1; HIS262H1; HIS264H1; HIS312H1; INS200H1; SOC311H1; SOC336H1; POL467H1.

Other Courses

A full list of approved Asian Canadian Studies courses and the approved list of courses related to the contexts of Asian Canadian Studies can be found on the website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Courses that are in the current academic Calendar that include significant Asian Canadian or Canadian content may be considered, in consultation with the Canadian Studies Program Director. Consult the Canadian Studies Program Office, Room UC173, University College, 416-946-4025, E-mail: canadian.studies@utoronto.ca

Canadian Studies Specialist (Arts Program) - ASSPE0728

The Canadian Studies program offers opportunities to study contemporary Canada from multidisciplinary perspectives across cultural, social, economic and political frameworks. A wide variety of courses examine community- and identity-formation to better understand structural and systemic forms of discrimination, as well as resistance and empowerment. Students gain a critical understanding of contemporary issues and opportunities to make lasting, constructive contributions to the communities in which we live.

Students will be encouraged to take full advantage of the extra-curricular offerings available through the Canadian Studies Program, including its journal, ImagiNATIONs, produced by and for undergraduate students as well as the annual undergraduate student conference. The Canadian Studies Student Union is a focal point for social as well as academic pursuits.


Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(11.0 credits of which at least 4.0 credits must be at the 300+ level, including at least 1.0 credit at the 400-level.)

First Year: No specific first-year requirements.

1. 1.0 credit from CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
2. INS200H1
3. 0.5 credit from any 200-level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
4. 0.5 credit from CDN307H1, CDN450H1, CDN455H1
5. 0.5 credit from CDN335H1, CDN440H1
6. 3.0 credits from any 300+ level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
7. An additional 5.0 credits from Requirements 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6, with up to 2.0 credits from ENG215H1, ENG252H1, ENG254H1, FAH248H1, FOR200H1, FRE210H1, GGR240H1, GGR246H1, HIS262H1, HIS264H1, INS231H1, LIN201H1, POL214Y1, SLA238H1, SOC218H1, SOC220H1, TRN235H1.

Notes:
1. Additional courses with significant Canadian content may be considered for approval for Requirement 7 by the Program Director (canadian.studies@utoronto.ca).
2. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis.
3. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.

Canadian Studies Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ0728

The Canadian Studies program offers opportunities to study contemporary Canada from multidisciplinary perspectives across cultural, social, economic and political frameworks. A wide variety of courses examine community- and identity-formation to better understand structural and systemic forms of discrimination, as well as resistance and empowerment. Students gain a critical understanding of contemporary issues and opportunities to make lasting, constructive contributions to the communities in which we live.

Students will be encouraged to take full advantage of the extra-curricular offerings available through the Canadian Studies Program, including its journal, ImagiNATIONs, produced by and for undergraduate students as well as the annual undergraduate student conference. The Canadian Studies Student Union is a focal point for social as well as academic pursuits.


Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(7.0 credits, of which at least 2.5 must be at the 300+ level, including at least 0.5 credit at the 400-level).

First Year: No specific first-year requirements.

1. 1.0 credit from CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
2. INS200H1
3. 0.5 credit from any 200-level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
4. 0.5 credit from CDN307H1, CDN450H1, CDN455H1
5. 0.5 credit from CDN335H1, CDN440H1
6. 1.5 credits from any 300+ level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
7. An additional 2.5 credits from Requirements 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6, with up to 1.0 credit from ENG215H1, ENG252H1, ENG254H1, FAH248H1, FOR200H1, FRE210H1, GGR240H1, GGR246H1, HIS262H1, HIS264H1, INS231H1, LIN201H1, POL214Y1, SLA238H1, SOC218H1, SOC220H1, TRN235H1.

Notes:
1. Additional courses with significant Canadian content may be considered for approval for Requirement 7 by the Program Director (canadian.studies@utoronto.ca).
2. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis.
3. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.

Canadian Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN0728

The Canadian Studies program offers opportunities to study contemporary Canada from multidisciplinary perspectives across cultural, social, economic and political frameworks. A wide variety of courses examine community- and identity-formation to better understand structural and systemic forms of discrimination, as well as resistance and empowerment. Students gain a critical understanding of contemporary issues and opportunities to make lasting, constructive contributions to the communities in which we live.



Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.

Completion Requirements:

(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)

First Year: No specific first-year requirements.

1. 0.5 credit from CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
2. 0.5 credit from CDN307H, CDN335H1, CDN367H1, CDN368H1, CDN385H1
3. 3.0 credits from courses offered by the Canadian Studies Program, including additional courses from Requirements 1 and 2. Up to 1.0 credit of this requirement can also be completed from HST211H1, INS200H1, SDS355H1, SOC218H1, UNI101H1, UNI102H1, UNI103H1, UNI104H1.

Notes
1. Additional courses with significant Canadian content may be considered for approval for Requirement 3 by the Program Director (canadian.studies@utoronto.ca).
2. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis.
3. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.

Certificate in Black Canadian Studies - ASCER0828

The Certificate in Black Canadian Studies will provide students with an opportunity to study and research the social construction of race in Canada, with a focus on Black Canada and Black Canadians, past and present. This will include attending to structural and systemic discrimination in areas including politics, judicial systems, and the arts, as well as considering counter-narratives and forms of resistance and empowerment enacted by Black Canadian communities. This certificate also offers a specialization that considers the historical roots and contemporary implications of anti-Black racism, as well as movements that are building towards social equity, and future imaginings. While this certificate addresses local and national contexts, it also situates diasporic and transnational frameworks for understanding Blackness in Canada. As a result, the certificate also examines a comparative approach to meaning-making and belonging in solidarity with other forms of racism and oppression.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is an open enrolment Certificate. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the Certificate.

Completion Requirements:

(2.5 credits)

1. HIS265Y1

2. 0.5 credit from CAR429H1/​​ CDN335H1/​​ CDN440H1/​ CSE347H1/​​ ENG356Y1/​​ ENG358H1/​ ENG359H1/​ WGS390H1

3. 1.0 additional credit, either from courses not already taken to fulfill Requirement 2, or from any of the following:

Notes:

  • An elective course (maximum of 1.0 credit) dealing with some aspect of Black Canadian Studies not captured in the above list may be accepted with approval of the Canadian Studies Program Director at University College at canadian.studies@utoronto.ca.
  • Where applicable, students may also count up to 0.5 credit from courses at UTM and UTSC towards the certificate, in accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts & Science and those at UTM and UTSC, and with approval of the Canadian Studies Program Director.

Cognitive Science Major - Arts (Language and Cognition Stream) (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1445B

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

• COG250Y1 with a minimum grade of 70%, or
• 1.5 credits in CSC, LIN, PHL, or PSY with a minimum grade average of 70% based on the 1.5 credits. No more than 1.0 credits can be from any ONE of the listed course designators. If more than 1.5 credits have been completed, the grade average will be based on the higher course grades.

To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a grade average lower than 70% in required courses will not usually be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average of 70% does not guarantee admission to the program. The pool of applicants varies each year and sets the precedent for the program.

Note:
Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Not all courses are offered on a regular basis. A list of approved Cognitive Science courses can be found on the website: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science. For any questions, please email uc.academicservices@utoronto.ca.

Completion Requirements:

(8.0 credits)

Where noted below, please consult the Faculty of Arts & Science Course Calendar on prerequisites.

First Year:
CSC108H1/​ CSC110Y1/​ CSC148H1; LIN102H1 (note: LIN200H1 does not serve as prerequisite for upper year LIN courses)

Note: If students complete CSC110Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to the First Year requirements.

Second Year:
COG250Y1 (may be taken in Year 1); STA220H1/​​ STA237H1/​ STA247H1/​ STA255H1/​ STA257H1/​​ PSY201H1; PSY270H1

Second Year and Higher:

Fourth Year: COG401H1/​ COG404H1/​ COG497Y1/​ COG498H1/​ COG499H1

Note: If students complete COG497Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to the Fourth Year requirement.

Note: Some of the above course options are 1.0 credit courses, but only 0.5 credit can be counted toward the completion of this major.

Cognitive Science Major - Arts (Perception and Attention Stream) (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1445A

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

• COG250Y1 with a minimum grade of 70%, or
• 1.5 credits in CSC, LIN, PHL, or PSY with a minimum grade average of 70% based on the 1.5 credits. No more than 1.0 credits can be from any ONE of the listed course designators. If more than 1.5 credits have been completed, the grade average will be based on the higher course grades.

To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a grade average lower than 70% in required courses will not usually be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average of 70% does not guarantee admission to the program. The pool of applicants varies each year and sets the precedent for the program.

Note:
Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Not all courses are offered on a regular basis. A list of approved Cognitive Science courses can be found on the website: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science. For any questions, please email uc.academicservices@utoronto.ca.

Completion Requirements:

(8.0 credits)

Where noted below, please consult the Faculty of Arts & Science Course Calendar on prerequisites.

First Year:
CSC108H1/​ CSC110Y1/​ CSC148H1; LIN102H1 (note: LIN200H1 does not serve as prerequisite for upper year LIN courses)

Note: If students complete CSC110Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to the First Year requirements.

Second Year:
COG250Y1 (may be taken in Year 1); STA220H1/​​ STA237H1/​ STA247H1/​ STA255H1/​ STA257H1/​​ PSY201H1; PSY270H1

Second Year and Higher:

Fourth Year: COG401H1/​ COG404H1/​ COG497Y1/​ COG498H1/​ COG499H1

Note: If students complete COG497Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to the Fourth Year requirement.

Note: Some of the above course options are 1.0 credit courses, but only 0.5 credit can be counted toward the completion of this major.

Cognitive Science Major - Arts (Thinking and Reasoning Stream) (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1445C

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

• COG250Y1 with a minimum grade of 70%, or
• 1.5 credits in CSC, LIN, PHL, or PSY with a minimum grade average of 70% based on the 1.5 credits. No more than 1.0 credits can be from any ONE of the listed course designators. If more than 1.5 credits have been completed, the grade average will be based on the higher course grades.

To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a grade average lower than 70% in required courses will not usually be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average of 70% does not guarantee admission to the program. The pool of applicants varies each year and sets the precedent for the program.

Note:
Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Not all courses are offered on a regular basis. A list of approved Cognitive Science courses can be found on the website: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science. For any questions, please email uc.academicservices@utoronto.ca.

Completion Requirements:

(8.0 credits)

Where noted below, please consult the Faculty of Arts & Science Course Calendar on prerequisites.

First Year:
CSC108H1/​ CSC110Y1/​​ CSC148H1; LIN102H1 (note: LIN200H1 does not serve as prerequisite for upper year LIN courses)

Note: If students complete CSC110Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to the First Year requirements.

Second Year:
COG250Y1 (may be taken in Year 1); STA220H1/​​ STA237H1/​ STA247H1/​ STA255H1/​ STA257H1/​​ PSY201H1; PSY270H1

Second Year and Higher:

Fourth Year: COG401H1/​ COG404H1/​ COG497Y1/​ COG498H1/​ COG499H1

Note: If students complete COG497Y1, 0.5 credit from the course contributes to the Fourth Year requirement.

Note: Some of the above course options are 1.0 credit courses, but only 0.5 credit can be counted toward the completion of this major.

Cognitive Science Major - Science (Cognition and the Brain Stream) (Science Program) - ASMAJ1446B

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.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

• COG250Y1 with a minimum grade of 70%, or
• 1.5 credits in CSC, LIN, PHL, or PSY with a minimum grade average of 70% based on the 1.5 credits. No more than 1.0 credits can be from any ONE of the listed course designators. If more than 1.5 credits have been completed, the grade average will be based on the higher course grades.

To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a grade average lower than 70% in required courses will not usually be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average of 70% does not guarantee admission to the program. The pool of applicants varies each year and sets the precedent for the program.

Note:
Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Not all courses are offered on a regular basis. A list of approved Cognitive Science courses can be found on the website: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science. For any questions, please email cognitive.science@utoronto.ca.

Completion Requirements:

(8.0 credits)

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/​ CSC110Y1; CSC111H1/​ CSC148H1; MAT135H1 and MAT136H1 (or MAT137Y1/​ MAT157Y1)

Second Year:
COG250Y1 (may be taken in Year 1); STA220H1/​​ STA237H1/​ STA247H1/​ STA255H1/​ STA257H1/​​ PSY201H1; PSY270H1

Second Year and Higher:

Fourth Year:
COG402H1/​ COG403H1/​ COG404H1/​ COG497Y1/​ COG498H1/​ COG499H1

Cognitive Science Major - Science (Computational Cognition Stream) (Science Program) - ASMAJ1446A

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.

Enrolment Requirements:

This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

• COG250Y1 with a minimum grade of 70%, or
• 1.5 credits in CSC, LIN, PHL, or PSY with a minimum grade average of 70% based on the 1.5 credits. No more than 1.0 credits can be from any ONE of the listed course designators. If more than 1.5 credits have been completed, the grade average will be based on the higher course grades.

To ensure that students admitted to the program will be successful, applicants with a grade average lower than 70% in required courses will not usually be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum grade average of 70% does not guarantee admission to the program. The pool of applicants varies each year and sets the precedent for the program.

Note:
Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Not all courses are offered on a regular basis. A list of approved Cognitive Science courses can be found on the website: https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science. For any questions, please email uc.academicservices@utoronto.ca.

Completion Requirements:

(8.0 credits)

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/​ CSC110Y1/​​ CSC148H1; LIN102H1 (note: LIN200H1 does not serve as prerequisite for upper year LIN courses)

Second Year:
COG250Y1 (may be taken in Year 1); STA220H1/​​ STA237H1/​ STA247H1/​ STA255H1/​ STA257H1/​​ PSY201H1; PSY270H1

Second Year and Higher:

Fourth Year:
COG402H1/​ COG403H1/​ COG404H1/​ COG497Y1/​ COG498H1/​ COG499H1

Public Health Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ2086

The Major in Public Health explores how health is shaped by the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age, and how these in turn connect to a wider set of environmental, social, cultural, economic, and political forces.

Understanding health requires knowledge from a range of disciplines and sectors: Public Health offers a stimulating multidisciplinary environment that challenges students to think about health – both locally and globally – in new ways.

Enrolment Requirements:

The Health Studies Major (ASMAJ2085) was last available for enrolment during the second round of program enrolment in Summer 2024. The program completion requirements for the Health Studies Major can be found in the archived 2023-24 Academic Calendar.

This is a limited enrolment program. Note there are different options depending on whether a student has completed between 4.0 and 8.5 credits, or 9.0 or more credits.

Variable Minimum Grade Average
A minimum grade average in required courses is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:

For students who have completed between 4.0 and 8.5 credits:

For students who have completed 9.0 credits or more:

Completion Requirements:

(8.0 credits, including 2.0 credits at the 400-level.)


Year 1 (1.5 credits)

1. PHS103H1/​ PHS100H1

2. 1.0 credit from the following courses related to human systems: ANT100Y1/​ BIO130H1/​ CSB201H1/​ ECO101H1/​ ECO105Y1/​ GGR107H1/​ HPS100H1/​ HPS110H1/​ HPS120H1/​ PHL100Y1/​ PHL101Y1/​ POL101H1/​ PSY100H1/​ SOC100H1/​ TRN135Y1/​ UNI103H1/​ WGS160Y1


Year 2 (2.0 credits)

3. HST209H1, HST211H1, HST253H1

4. 0.5 credit from: HST250H1/​ STA220H1/​ ECO220Y1/​ ECO227Y1/​ GGR270H1/​ PSY201H1/​ STA261H1/​ STA238H1/​ STA248H1/​ STA288H1/​ EEB225H1/​ STAB22H3/​ STAB57H3/​ STA220H5/​ ECO220Y5/​ ECO227Y5/​ STA258H5/​ STA260H5

Years 3 and 4 (4.5 credits)

5. HST310H1, HST410H1

6. 0.5 credit from the following courses related to the Ethics and Epistemologies of Health Research: HMB406H1/​ HPS240H1/​ HPS318H1/​ HPS346H1/​ INS200H1/​ PHL281H1/​ PHL382H1/​ PHL384H1/​ PHL380H1/​ PHL383H1/​ PHL440H1

7. 0.5 credit from courses related to Public Health Equity: HMB303H1/​ HST305H1/​ HST405H1/​ HST411H1/​ JSU237H1/​ INS340Y1/​ INS350H1/​ SDS345H1/​ SDS425H1/​ JNS450H1/​ WGS273H1/​ WGS373H1/​ WGS396H1/​ WGS442H1

8. At least 0.5 credit from courses related to Public Health Domains/Specializations: ANT205H1/​ ANT357H1/​ ANT435H1/​ HST308H1/​ HMB342H1/​ HST373H1/​ HST330H1/​ HST306H1/​ HST400Y1/​ HST407H1/​ HST409H1/​ HST440H1/​ HST450Y/ HST451Y1/​ HST464H1/​ HST480H1/​ HMB203H1/​ IRE378H1/​ SOC246H1/​ SOC363H1

9. The remaining 1.5 - 2.0 credits can include any courses not previously taken to fulfill the preceding requirements, or any of the following: ANA300Y1/​ ANT208H1/​ ANT345H1/​ ANT348H1/​ ANT358H1/​ ANT434H1/​ ANT458H1/​ ANT460H1/​ ECO369H1/​ ECO402H1/​ EEB324H1/​ ENV430H1/​ GGR340H1/​ GGR433H1/​ HIS423H1/​ HIS498H1/​ HMB202H1/​ HMB322H1/​ HMB323H1/​ HMB433H1/​ HMB462H1/​ HPS319H1/​ HPS370H1/​ HPS371H1/​ HST306H1/​ HST307H1/​ HST309H1/​ HST350H1/​ INS205H1/​ JFP450H1/​ CSE344Y1/​ PHL380H1/​ PHL381H1/​ PHS300H1/​ PSY333H1/​ SOC204H1/​ SOC243H1/​ SOC309H1/​ SOC316H1/​ SOC364H1/​ SOC412H1/​ SOC488H1/​ STA221H1/​ WGS367H1

Students in Public Health are strongly encouraged to take a course that includes an experiential learning component (e.g. HST400Y1 / HST450Y1 / HST451Y1 / HST480H1).



University College Courses

UC First-Year Foundations

UNI197H1 - Hamilton: Musical and History

UNI197H1 - Hamilton: Musical and History
Hours: 24S

This course examines the American revolution and its reception in the musical “Hamilton.” The American revolution generated multiple stories that included and excluded actors, peoples, perspectives, and more. This course delves into the American revolution and the diversity of those engaged in it and affected by it. The songs, performances, and reception of the musical “Hamilton” are a key resource for exploring the events and role of the American Revolution. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN197H1 - Inventing Canada

CDN197H1 - Inventing Canada
Hours: 24S

This course explores the ways that Canadian history and identity have been commemorated, interpreted and experienced, now and in the past. The course focuses in particular on who has been included or excluded in commemorative efforts over time. Key topics include representations of women, Indigenous peoples, and political figures on screen and through public installations like museum exhibits, plaques and statues. Case studies highlighting a range of interpretive media will encourage students to work with and discuss a range of primary and secondary sources, build critical thinking and academic writing skills. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

UNI198H1 - Why Go to University? The Changing Role and Purpose of Higher Education

UNI198H1 - Why Go to University? The Changing Role and Purpose of Higher Education
Hours: 24S

Is higher education about job preparation or about giving students an opportunity to learn about themselves and the world around them? Can higher education in Canada achieve both these aims? This course engages with the spirited conversations and scholarly debates about the ideals of a liberal arts education and how these connect with ancient and contemporary arguments about citizenship. We explore the impact on higher education of globalization and what some call the “corporatization” of universities. Students will be encouraged to think, read, research and write about various models of higher education and explore questions suggested by these debates. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN198H1 - Canada, Colonialism and Settler Relations

CDN198H1 - Canada, Colonialism and Settler Relations
Hours: 24S

A First Year Foundations seminar focused on exploring Canada's colonial history and recent efforts to enact appropriate settler relations through an interdisciplinary lens. Topics will include contemporary land claims and treaty-making processes, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, governmental apologies for the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, land acknowledgements, practices of allyship through social movement such as Idle No More, and efforts to influence Canada's overseas mining practices. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JCI199H1 - Italians in Canada: Histories, Journeys, Struggles, Successes

JCI199H1 - Italians in Canada: Histories, Journeys, Struggles, Successes
Hours: 24L

This course explores the presence of people from the Italian peninsula in what is now known as Canada. The course begins with discussions on Giovanni Caboto’s and other explorers’ journeys to then focus on contemporary Italian-Canadian communities. This course provides students with the critical tools necessary to understand various historical, linguistic, culinary, spiritual, political, and creative elements of Italian-Canadian identity and life. Students of both Italian and non-Italian heritage are most welcome in this course, which is taught in English. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

UNI199H1 - The Construction of Race in America: A History

UNI199H1 - The Construction of Race in America: A History
Hours: 24S

The course will explore the origins of racial categories in America. Drawing on primary sources such as memoirs, film, and government records as well as writings by scholars, we will examine how beliefs about these categories changed over time and with what consequences for the unfolding of American history. Arriving at the present day, we will consider such contradictory developments as the accelerating influence of Black Lives Matter and the headline-grabbing white nationalism on display at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August, 2017. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

CDN199H1 - Canada- Hong Kong Migration

CDN199H1 - Canada- Hong Kong Migration
Hours: 24S

This course surveys the effects of migrations and cultural connections between Hong Kong and Canada from the 1960s. Students will discuss and analyze the impact of migrations, and study the connection between the two locations from the perspectives of history, culture and literature, politics and democracy, economic and financial development and the network of people and community. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JRC199H1 - Truths & Reconciliations in Canada

JRC199H1 - Truths & Reconciliations in Canada
Hours: 24S

In this course, we examine the idea of reconciliation among Indigenous and Canadian nations by considering the complicated role of religion and spirituality in “truth and reconciliation.” Specifically, residential schools for Indigenous children were a collaboration of church and state that violently broke the spirit and intent of the treaties—or sacred promises—made between the Crown and Indigenous nations. The course will set the 2015 Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada in a longer history of twentieth-century commissions, reports, and petitions in which both Indigenous and Canadian people (and some churches) named the cultural and spiritual genocide of residential schools and called for action. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

UC One

UNI101H1 - Citizenship in the Canadian City

UNI101H1 - Citizenship in the Canadian City
Previous Course Number: UNI101Y1
Hours: 36S

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 Indigenous sovereignty claims, urban multiculturalism, public housing, and greening the city. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

UNI102H1 - Performing the City I

UNI102H1 - Performing the City I
Previous Course Number: UNI102Y1
Hours: 36S

In this course we learn about different practices of performative engagement with the city and experiment with them through exercises and creative activities. The goal is to gain, through this mode of embodied engagement with the city, a critical understanding of urban space as a diverse social, cultural, and physical environment. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

UNI103H1 - Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic

UNI103H1 - Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic
Previous Course Number: UNI103Y1
Hours: 36S

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. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

UNI104H1 - Sex in the City

UNI104H1 - Sex in the City
Previous Course Number: UNI104Y1
Hours: 36S

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. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

UNI106H1 - Performing the City II

UNI106H1 - Performing the City II
Previous Course Number: UNI102Y1
Hours: 36S

Further exploration of connections between the performing arts, urban spaces, and cultural diversity; complementing UNI102H1. 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? Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

Canadian Studies

CDN202H1 - Aspects of Québec Culture

CDN202H1 - Aspects of Québec Culture
Hours: 24S

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.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN205H1 - Topics in Canadian Studies I

CDN205H1 - Topics in Canadian Studies I
Hours: 24L

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.

CDN218H1 - Voices in Canadian Writing

CDN218H1 - Voices in Canadian Writing
Hours: 24S

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.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN221H1 - Culture and the Media in Canada

CDN221H1 - Culture and the Media in Canada
Hours: 24L

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, the NFB, and their granting bodies. The emergence of digital media and its relationship to mass media is also addressed.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN225H1 - Asian Canadian Space & Place

CDN225H1 - Asian Canadian Space & Place
Previous Course Number: CDN325H1
Hours: 24L

A comprehensive examination of how Asian Canadian communities shape urban and suburban environments. Explore how urban planning and peoples’ local decisions interact to create space, place, and culture.

The course applies a multidisciplinary lens, with an emphasis on culture and heritage, place and identity formation, diasporas, multiculturalism, and nationalism.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Exclusion: CDN325H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN235H1 - Learning While Black

CDN235H1 - Learning While Black
Hours: 24S

This course employs Blackness as an embodied subjectivity (both individual and collective) that is central to Black learners and the Black experience in education. Using creative, critical and decolonial methods of teaching and learning, this course will engage an interdisciplinary study of what it means to learn while being Black (both historically and contemporarily) in contexts of colonialism, slavery and anti-Black racism in Canada. The course will also engage a critical interrogation of the role that education systems (can) play for Black freedom, liberation, and self-determination, both locally, in Canada and globally.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN240H1 - Italian Canadian Studies

CDN240H1 - Italian Canadian Studies
Hours: 24L

An interdisciplinary course that examines the social, economic, and political forces and events that have shaped the Italian Canadian experience. Topics include initial and subsequent settlement patterns including suburbanization, identity formation, education, mobility, work, media, multiculturalism, transnationalism, and political participation and representation. The course interrogates the complexities of the social and cultural interactions of Italian Canadians in the context of the changing demography of Canada.

Recommended Preparation: CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JCI250H1 - Italian Canadian Communities

JCI250H1 - Italian Canadian Communities
Hours: 24S

This course examines the past and present settlement patterns of those of Italian descent in Canada, in rural areas and cities, including increasing suburbanization. Students will address issues such as work and employment and political participation. Challenges and opportunities will be examined, with respect to issues such as migration, community-building, belonging, and discrimination.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN265H1 - Race and Racialization in Canada

CDN265H1 - Race and Racialization in Canada
Hours: 24S

This course will address the history, theory, experience and representation of race and racialization in Canada, using both critical and creative methods. Students will also gain a critical understanding of how racialized communities resist racism. Specific topics may include social construction, phenotyping, power, privilege, intersectionality, Indigeneity, Blackness, Asianness, whiteness, decolonization, diaspora, relationality, anti-racism, solidarity, allyship, and coalitions.

Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

CDN267H1 - What is Canada?

CDN267H1 - What is Canada?
Hours: 24L

This interdisciplinary course examines critical, cultural, and community responses to the question “What is Canada?”, past and present. Issues addressed include Indigeneity and nation to nation relations, evolving formations of identity, belonging, and citizenship, and intersections of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, and faith. Theoretical concepts introduced include settler colonialism and decolonization, immigration and diaspora, nationalism and multiculturalism, memory and reclamation, activism and resistance.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN268H1 - Canada and Globalization

CDN268H1 - Canada and Globalization
Hours: 36L

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.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN280H1 - Canadian Jewish History

CDN280H1 - Canadian Jewish History
Hours: 24L

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

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN305H1 - Topics in Canadian Studies II

CDN305H1 - Topics in Canadian Studies II
Hours: 24L

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/.

CDN307H1 - Asian Cultures in Canada

CDN307H1 - Asian Cultures in Canada
Hours: 24S

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.

Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN320H1 - Experiential Learning

CDN320H1 - Experiential Learning
Hours: 12L/12P/12S

This course provides students with an opportunity to participate in experiential learning. Placements are made with partners active in community-led initiatives, with an emphasis on local Canadian change-makers, grassroots, not-for profit and public initiatives. In their coursework, students will be introduced to best practices and principles for experiential learning and community-based engagement. Critical readings, hands-on research activities, and guest speakers will foreground the complexities of agency and activism. Lectures and course materials provide critical models experiential learning methods for assessing and reporting on challenges, best practices, and outcomes over the placement experience.

Prerequisite: CDN265H1/ CDN267H1/ CDN268H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JUG320H1 - The Canadian Wilderness

JUG320H1 - The Canadian Wilderness
Hours: 24L

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.

Recommended Preparation: 8.0 credits
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

JSU325H1 - Queerly Canadian

JSU325H1 - Queerly Canadian
Hours: 36L

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.

Prerequisite: SDS255H1/ SDS256H1/ CDN267H1/ CDN268H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisites are encouraged to contact the Department.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

JUG325H1 - Landscapes of Violence in Canada

JUG325H1 - Landscapes of Violence in Canada
Hours: 24L

This course examines how violence is enacted in Canada, at various scales, and across domestic, urban, national, and international landscapes. We will interrogate what is meant by violence; examine its colonial, racial and patriarchal dimensions; explore the impact on people and communities; and attend to forms of resistance and repair.

Recommended Preparation: CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN335H1 - Black Canadian Studies

CDN335H1 - Black Canadian Studies
Hours: 24S

The course introduces students to the emerging field of Black Canadian Studies, and approaches it as an intellectual, cultural and political endeavour that is steeped in a long tradition of Black resistance against colonialism, slavery and anti-Black racism. To counter the ways Black communities are all too often erased and overlooked in society, this course focuses on deepening students’ knowledge and understanding of Black communities in Canada, and the historical and contemporary contributions, experiences, and social issues these communities encounter as they navigate life in what is now known as Canada. This course examines the constitution of Blackness in Canada, as it intersects with other social relations of identity and power such as gender, class and sexuality. Black intellectual traditions and cultural expressions in literature, music, media, education, social justice movements, and the workplace are also addressed as noteworthy spaces which shape, influence and represent the Black Experience in Canada.

Prerequisite: CDN265H1/ CDN267H1/ CDN268H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN340H1 - The History of Canada-U.S. Relations

CDN340H1 - The History of Canada-U.S. Relations
Hours: 24L

Over time, Canadians and Americans have developed distinct identities and cultures, but their histories have always been closely linked. This course examines the complex interrelationship between Canada and the United States. from the colonial period through the present day, especially its political, cultural, and indigenous dimensions.

Prerequisite: 0.5 CDN credit. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JCI350H1 - Italian Canadian Culture and Identity

JCI350H1 - Italian Canadian Culture and Identity
Hours: 24S

This course examines the contributions of Canadians of Italian descent to arts, culture, identity and heritage in Canada, with attention to the diversity of the community with respect to issues such as language, religion, gender, class, sexuality, etc. A core concept addressed by the course is immigration, whether from the experiences of migrants themselves or later generations.

Recommended Preparation: JCI250H1/ ITA233H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN355H1 - Digital Media, Digital Makers

CDN355H1 - Digital Media, Digital Makers
Hours: 24S

This course is an introduction to Digital Humanities interdisciplinary research and practice relevant to Canadian Studies broadly. Working with a range of digital tools and platforms for text analysis, story mapping, data visualization, and digital curation, student projects will engage critically and creatively with theoretical and practical questions encountered in digital knowledge production in different disciplines (Humanities and Social Sciences). No prior tech experience required.

Prerequisite: 0.5 CDN credit. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the department.
Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN365H1 - The Canadian Arctic

CDN365H1 - The Canadian Arctic
Hours: 24S

This course surveys topics related to the Canadian Arctic. Through a critical interdisciplinary lens, the course looks at a broad set of issues including discovery and history, the environment and climate change, economic and resource development, sovereignty and security, social conditions, governance, and First Nations, Inuit, and Metis perspectives.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits or 1.0 credit in Canadian Studies
Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN367H1 - Canadian Pluralism

CDN367H1 - Canadian Pluralism
Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: CDN265H1/ CDN267H1/ CDN268H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN368H1 - Canada's Borders

CDN368H1 - Canada's Borders
Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: CDN265H1/ CDN267H1/ CDN268H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN370H1 - Special Topics in Canadian Studies

CDN370H1 - Special Topics in Canadian Studies
Hours: 24S

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/.

Prerequisite: 8.0 credits completed.

COG370H1 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science

COG370H1 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science
Hours: 24S

An in-depth study of selected questions in the field of Cognitive Science. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Cognitive Science website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science

Prerequisite: Completion of 8.0 credits.

CDN380H1 - Contemporary Jewish Canadian Communities

CDN380H1 - Contemporary Jewish Canadian Communities
Hours: 24L

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.

Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN385H1 - Re-Imagining Canada: Creative Visions of Our Past, Present, and Futures

CDN385H1 - Re-Imagining Canada: Creative Visions of Our Past, Present, and Futures
Hours: 24S

Artists and writers are re-imagining Canada, exploring alternate pasts, presents, and futures, often critiquing systemic inequities by positing “what ifs” of resistance and renewal, while reclaiming agency, voice, and power for those who are disadvantaged in society. This course will examine these re-imaginings across various media such as fiction, poetry, graphic novels, films, multimedia installations, performance art, paintings, virtual reality works, and video games. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of genres such as speculative fiction, Afrofuturism, Indigenous arctic horror, trans, queer, Indigenous and Indigiqueer perspectives.

Prerequisite: Completion of 4.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN390H1 - Chinese Canadian Studies

CDN390H1 - Chinese Canadian Studies
Hours: 24S

This course examines 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.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the Program Director.
Recommended Preparation: CDN230H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN395H1 - Independent Study in Asian Canadian Studies

CDN395H1 - Independent Study in Asian Canadian Studies

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. Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Program Director. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadian-studies/courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: 10.0 credits, a minimum cGPA of 3.0, and an application form that includes a written proposal confirming a faculty member has agreed to supervise.

CDN405H1 - The University in Canada

CDN405H1 - The University in Canada
Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: A 300-level CDN course
Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1, CDN367H1, CDN368H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN406H1 - Topics in Canadian Studies III

CDN406H1 - Topics in Canadian Studies III
Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: 4.0 credits or 1.0 credit in Canadian Studies
Recommended Preparation: CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN420Y1 - Senior Essay

CDN420Y1 - Senior Essay
Hours: 48S

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. Normally open only to Majors and Specialists in the Canadian Studies program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Program Director. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadian-studies/courses.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0

CDN425H1 - Independent Research in Canadian Studies

CDN425H1 - Independent Research in Canadian Studies

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.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Program Director. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadian-studies/courses.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0

CDN430Y1 - Senior Seminar: Special Topics in Canadian Studies

CDN430Y1 - Senior Seminar: Special Topics in Canadian Studies
Hours: 48S

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

Prerequisite: A 300-level CDN course or permission of the Director of the Canadian Studies program

CDN435Y1 - Active Citizenship in a Canadian Context

CDN435Y1 - Active Citizenship in a Canadian Context
Hours: 48S

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.

Prerequisite: 9.0 credits and an application. See http://www.uc.utoronto.ca/courses-offered-canadian-studies-program for details.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1), Society and its Institutions (3)

CDN440H1 - Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives

CDN440H1 - Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives
Hours: 24S

This course explores Afrofuturism through Black Canadian perspectives and experiences. As an interdisciplinary course, it draws on both critical and creative methods from Black feminist, decolonial, critical race and critical sociological theories, as well as Black cultural traditions and expressions in music, literature, social movements and the arts as pivotal spaces of possibility and resistance, where alternative futures are both imagined and realized for Black people in Canada. Topics to be explored include Black freedom and resistance, and the roles that speculative fiction, the arts, education, technology and African Indigenous spiritual traditions play in Black Canadian framings and approaches to Afrofuturism.

Prerequisite: 9.0 credits
Recommended Preparation: CDN235H1/ CDN265H1/ CDN335H1/ HIS265Y1
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN450H1 - Asian Canadian Memory and Practice

CDN450H1 - Asian Canadian Memory and Practice
Hours: 24S

A study of Asian Canadian cultural history and practice with a focus fiction, poetry, film and media, and the communities that have formed around them. The course focusses on the evolution of key practices, community formations, frames, debates, themes and issues.

Prerequisite: CDN265H1/ CDN307H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN455H1 - Asian Canadian Ecologies and Futurities

CDN455H1 - Asian Canadian Ecologies and Futurities
Hours: 24S

A study of Asian Canadian ecological writing and speculative fiction. This course focuses on Asian Canadian critical and imaginative contributions to a better world. By the end of this course, students will understand some frames and contents of Asian traditional knowledge and will be able to explain how such knowledges are carried into the present. They will understand how some Asian Canadian writers already do this. They will be able to imagine how such knowledges might be carried into the future.

Prerequisite: CDN265H1/ CDN307H1. Students who do not meet the prerequisite are encouraged to contact the instructor.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

CDN470H1 - Special Topics in Canadian Studies

CDN470H1 - Special Topics in Canadian Studies
Hours: 24S

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/.

Prerequisite: 12.0 credits completed.

Cognitive Science

COG250Y1 - Introduction to Cognitive Science

COG250Y1 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
Hours: 78L

An introduction to the problems, theories and research [strategies central to the interdisciplinary field focusing 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.

Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG260H1 - Data, Computation, and the Mind

COG260H1 - Data, Computation, and the Mind
Hours: 24L/12P

How does the human mind work? We explore this question by analyzing a range of data concerning such topics as human rationality and irrationality, human memory, how objects are represented in the mind, and the relation of language and cognition. This class provides critical thinking and practical computational skills that will allow students to work with data in cognitive science and related disciplines.

Prerequisite: CSC108H1/ CSC148H1
Corequisite: COG250Y1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

COG341H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science I: Attention, Perception, and Consciousness

COG341H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science I: Attention, Perception, and Consciousness
Hours: 36L

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y1. Typical topics include: perception and attention; concepts; imagery; consciousness.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1 and one of PSY270H1/ PHL342H1
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG342H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science II: Concepts, Theories of Mind, and Cognitive Evolution

COG342H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science II: Concepts, Theories of Mind, and Cognitive Evolution
Hours: 36L

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y1. Typical topics include: concepts; theories of mind; cognitive evolution.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1 and one of PSY270H1/ PHL342H1
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG343H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science III: Computational Cognition

COG343H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science III: Computational Cognition
Hours: 24L/12P

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y1. Typical topics include: computational models of cognition and learning, natural language processing, computer intelligence.

Prerequisite: COG260H1, CSC148H1, STA220H1/ PSY201H1
Corequisite: COG250Y1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

COG344H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science IV: Language and Communication

COG344H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science IV: Language and Communication
Hours: 36L

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y1. Typical topics include: language and cognition; language acquisition; theories of meaning; pragmatics.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1 and one of either LIN232H1/ LIN241H1 or JLP315H1/ JLP374H1.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG345H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science V: Cognitive Science and Society

COG345H1 - Issues in Cognitive Science V: Cognitive Science and Society
Hours: 36L

An examination of core topics in cognitive science building on introductions in COG250Y1. Topics include central moral, social, and political questions both relevant to and raised by cognitive science research.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1 and one of PSY270H1/ PHL342H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

COG401H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science

COG401H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science
Hours: 36S

Advanced treatment of cognitive science topics for arts majors. Possible topics include: concepts, consciousness, the mind-body problem, cognitive science and the arts.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1; PHL342H1; 14.0 credits
Exclusion: COG402H1, COG403H1
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG402H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science

COG402H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science
Hours: 36S

Advanced treatment of cognitive science topics such as neuroscientific theories of consciousness, rationality and modelling of cognitive processes.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1; PSY270H1; 14.0 credits
Exclusion: COG401H1; COG403H1
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG403H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science

COG403H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science
Hours: 36S

Advanced treatment of cognitive science topics, including the application of core ideas from probability theory, information theory, statistics, and machine learning to modelling human cognition and artificial intelligence.

Prerequisite: 14.0 credits, CSC148H1, COG250Y1, COG260H1, ( MAT135H1, MAT136H1)/ MAT137Y1, 0.5 credit in statistics
Exclusion: COG401H1, COG402H1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

COG404H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science

COG404H1 - Seminar in Cognitive Science
Hours: 36S

Advanced treatment of cognitive science topics, including language processes and language representation, productions and comprehension, language acquisition, and language and theory of mind, pragmatics, reference and context.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1; JLP315H1/ JLP374H1; LIN232H1/ LIN241H1; 14.0 credits.
Exclusion: COG401H1; COG402H1; COG403H1
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG415H1 - Cognitive Science in Practice

COG415H1 - Cognitive Science in Practice
Hours: 18L/15P

This course provides COG students with the opportunities to practice quantitative and qualitative evaluation and assessment methods in real world situations and juxtapose theory with practice. Placement activities will ground topics such as problem solving, logistics, decision making, etc., through practical application, individual and group / in-class critical reflection.

Prerequisite: COG250Y1, COG341H1/ COG342H1, PSY370H1
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

COG470H1 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science

COG470H1 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science
Hours: 24S

An in-depth study of selected questions in the field of Cognitive Science. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Cognitive Science website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science

Prerequisite: Completion of 12.0 credits.

COG471H1 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science

COG471H1 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science
Hours: 24S

An in-depth study of selected questions in the field of Cognitive Science. Content will vary from year to year. Specific course information will be available on the Cognitive Science website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science

COG497Y1 - COG Independent Study

COG497Y1 - COG Independent Study

Advanced Independent Study. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Program Director. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science-courses.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0
Exclusion: ( COG498H1, COG499H1)

COG498H1 - Independent Study

COG498H1 - Independent Study

Advanced Independent Study. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Program Director. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science-courses.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0

COG499H1 - Individual Study in Cognitive Science

COG499H1 - Individual Study in Cognitive Science

Advanced Independent Study. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Program Director. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/cognitive-science-courses.

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0

Health Studies

PHS103H1 - Introduction to Public Health

PHS103H1 - Introduction to Public Health
Hours: 24L/24T

This course introduces students to basic Canadian public health-related concepts, significant aspects of the historical development of public health in Canada, 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 public health in Canada.

Exclusion: PHS100H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST209H1 - Introduction to Social Determinants of Health

HST209H1 - Introduction to Social Determinants of Health
Hours: 36L

A multidisciplinary approach to understanding non-medical factors that influence 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 inequities, including neglected and marginalized populations in Canada and globally.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST211H1 - Health Policy in Canada

HST211H1 - Health Policy in Canada
Hours: 24L

Introduces students to health policy in Canada, with a particular focus on the social determinants of health, and on how to improve health through policy advocacy. Examines the policy making process in the Canadian context, and the development of health policy in Canada. Explores current debates about health issues.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JSU237H1 - Introduction to HIV/AIDS: Health, Sexuality and Gender

JSU237H1 - Introduction to HIV/AIDS: Health, Sexuality and Gender
Hours: 36L

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.

JSU237H1 is particularly intended for students in the Health Studies and/or Sexual Diversity Studies programs.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST250H1 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Public Health

HST250H1 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Public Health
Hours: 36L

This course offers students in Health Studies a basic understanding of the principles of quantitative research methods in health research, including research design, data collection, and analyses. Considerations such as validity, generalizability, and representativeness of data will be addressed. Topics may include experimental, comparative, and epidemiological approaches.

Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST253H1 - Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health

HST253H1 - Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health
Hours: 36L

This course offers Health Studies students a basic understanding of the principles of qualitative health research - which are critical to contextualizing the health practices, experiences, and outcomes amongst diverse populations. Qualitative research methods will examine research design, data collection, and interpretation in using various methodological approaches such as interviews, focus groups, observation, and case studies.

Recommended Preparation: HST250H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

PHS300H1 - HIV Prevention Research

PHS300H1 - HIV Prevention Research
Hours: 24L

This course examines HIV prevention research across the full spectrum of sciences concerned with prevention of HIV and sexual health, including basic science, clinical science, epidemiology, behavioural science, social science, and legal, policy, economic analysis, and cultural theory. Examples are borrowed from efforts across the globe.

The course highlights prevention research related to key populations at risk of HIV infection and transmission. The course focuses on challenges and issues, with the goal of stimulating critical thinking and engagement with topics. Some material will be presented by Guest Lecturers who are experts in the areas, allowing students to learn from and interact with these experts and to hear about their current research as well as their career paths.

It is expected that at the end of this course students will have an advanced appreciation of the history and future and underlying values and ethics of effective HIV prevention research, including future possibilities and challenges. One ancillary aim is to encourage students to compare and contrast HIV Prevention with prevention research in adjacent areas (e.g., HCV, HPV).

Recommended Preparation: STA220H1 or equivalent
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST305H1 - Perspectives in Health, Gender, Ethnicity and Race

HST305H1 - Perspectives in Health, Gender, Ethnicity and Race
Hours: 24L

This course will examine historical and contemporary health disparities with respect to gender, ethnicity, and race. Other intersectional issues such as Colonialism, class, sexuality, and the urban/rural divide will also be considered as they to social determinants of health. Attention will be focused on examples of disparities that perpetuate and exacerbate current epidemiological challenges for underrepresented populations in Canada and globally.

Prerequisite: HST250H1/ STA220H1/ STA288H1/ GGR207H1/ EEB225H1, or other equivalent
Recommended Preparation: HST209H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST306H1 - Health, Nutrition and Food Security

HST306H1 - Health, Nutrition and Food Security
Hours: 24L

This course examines the antecedents (for example: social structure, environments, human development and behaviour) that underlie nutrition-mediated aspects to human health and disease. This will include review and analysis of seminal, primary, and current research as well as contemporary issues surrounding nutritional literacy and deficits, food insecurity and access, as these relate to morbidity and pre-mature mortality. The course will also examine existing public health practices for health promotion and access, and population-level disease prevention and interventions.

Prerequisite: HST250H1/ STA220H1/ STA288H1/ GGR207H1/ EEB225H1, or other equivalent
Recommended Preparation: HST209H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST307H1 - Special Topics in Public Health I

HST307H1 - Special Topics in Public Health I
Hours: 24L

The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another, depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars. Specific course information will be available on the Public Health/Health Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-public-health-healt….

HST308H1 - Aging and Health

HST308H1 - Aging and Health
Hours: 24L

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.

Prerequisite: HST209H1, HST211H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST309H1 - Special Topics in Public Health II

HST309H1 - Special Topics in Public Health II
Hours: 24L

The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another, depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars. Specific course information will be available on the Public Health/Health Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-public-health-healt….

HST310H1 - Critical Health Policy

HST310H1 - Critical Health Policy
Hours: 24L

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.

Prerequisite: HST211H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST330H1 - Population Health

HST330H1 - Population Health
Hours: 24L

Extends students´ understanding of 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; major causes of morbidity and mortality; the concept of "community health", opportunities and constraints facing public policy.

Prerequisite: HST209H1
Recommended Preparation: HST250H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST350H1 - Health Research & Practice

HST350H1 - Health Research & Practice
Hours: 36S

For students enrolled in the Health Studies Specialist and Major programs. Students engage in career-planning, presentation, and workshop activities that will prepare them for independent research and practicum projects as well as potential graduate-school applications. Includes, but not limited to, sessions on topic selection and project development, finding a supervisor, ethics and professionalism.

Prerequisite: HST250H1

HST373H1 - Epidemiology

HST373H1 - Epidemiology
Hours: 36L

Introduces students to the principles and methods of epidemiology. Emphasis 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: STA220H1 or equivalent
Exclusion: HMB342H1
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

HST400Y1 - Public Health Practicum

HST400Y1 - Public Health Practicum
Hours: 172P/24S

For students enrolled in the Health Studies Specialist and Major programs. Individual field placement with a health-related institution or organization, in which the student applies theory and skills to specific projects and/or tasks. Culminates in an oral and written report. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: HST350H1/ HST350Y1. Students who do not meet the prerequisites are encouraged to contact the department. 

HST405H1 - Global Migration and Health

HST405H1 - Global Migration and Health
Previous Course Number: HST307H1
Hours: 24L

Over the past decades, economic globalization, widening socio-economic inequities, conflict, natural disasters, environmental degradation, and, more recently, climate change have combined to become increasingly significant forces shaping global migration fluxes. This course analyzes the impact of migration on the health of those who move and of individuals, communities and entire societies in countries of origin, transit, arrival, and resettlement. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating scholarly work from the fields of public health, the social sciences, law, and human rights.

Prerequisite: HST209H1/ HMB203H1/ HMB303H1
Exclusion: HST307H1 (Special Topics in Health Studies I: Globalization, Migration and Health), offered in Winter 2017, Winter 2018, and Winter 2019
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST407H1 - Special Topics in Advanced Public Health I

HST407H1 - Special Topics in Advanced Public Health I
Hours: 24L

The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another, depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars. Specific course information will be available on the Public Health/Health Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-public-health-healt….

HST409H1 - Special Topics in Advanced Public Health II

HST409H1 - Special Topics in Advanced Public Health II
Hours: 24S

The specific content of this course will vary from one year to another, depending on the availability of particular health researchers and scholars. Specific course information will be available on the Public Health/Health Studies website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-public-health-healt….

HST410H1 - Case Studies in Health Policy

HST410H1 - Case Studies in Health Policy
Hours: 36S

Analyses the formation and implementation of health policy through the use of case studies. Each case deals with a substantive health policy issue. Using case studies, students will learn to understand and analyze the processes by which public policies are formed, and perform comparisons of policy alternatives.

Prerequisite: HST211H1
Recommended Preparation: HST310H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST411H1 - Political Economy of Health

HST411H1 - Political Economy of Health
Hours: 36S

Examines the production and distribution of health and illness within and across populations. A political economy approach is used to better understand the fundamental origins of health inequalities, the political action that is required to tackle them, and the obstacles that hinder the possibilities for such action.

Prerequisite: HST209H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST432H1 - Public Health Policy Engagement and Action

HST432H1 - Public Health Policy Engagement and Action
Hours: 24S

This course emphasizes an understanding of population health research and historical evidence in the development of health policies. We explore whether and how policies are evidence-informed, sustainable, and equitable. Knowledge translation and social justice frameworks will be examined to understand bottlenecks or obstacles for translating evidence into community engagement and action. Students will engage in case study analyses to understand the role of public engagement and action (e.g. private sectors, communities, government, non-profits, etc.) in the evolution of programs and policies.

Prerequisite: HST211H1
Exclusion: HST407H1 (Public Health Policy Engagement and Action), offered in Fall 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Recommended Preparation: HST209H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST440H1 - Health & Pharmaceuticals

HST440H1 - Health & Pharmaceuticals
Hours: 24L

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, evaluation and dispensing in lower income countries, and potential conflicts of interest in drug development.

Prerequisite: HST209H1/ HMB303H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST450Y1 - Undergraduate Research Project in Public Health

HST450Y1 - Undergraduate Research Project in Public Health

Final culminating project for students in the Health Studies Specialist. Students will prepare an undergraduate thesis by the end of the course under the supervision of a University of Toronto faculty member. Students must submit an Independent Research Course Proposal form confirming a faculty supervisor has agreed to participate and describing the content of the project by the end of August. This form is available on the University College Health Studies Program website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/health-studies/courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: HST250H1, STA220H1, HST350Y1 and an Independent Research Course Proposal form

HST451Y1 - Independent Research in Public Health

HST451Y1 - Independent Research in Public Health

This two-semester course designation will permit students to gain academic credit for health studies pursued independently, or to participate in an ongoing health research project, under the supervision of a University of Toronto faculty member. Students must submit an Independent Research Course Proposal form confirming a faculty supervisor has agreed to participate and describing the content of the project by the end of August. This form is available on the University College Health Studies Program website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/health-studies/courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: HST209H1, HST250H1, and an Independent Research Course Proposal form
Recommended Preparation: HST350Y1

HST464H1 - The Nature of Global Health

HST464H1 - The Nature of Global Health
Hours: 24L

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.

Prerequisite: HST209H1/ HMB303H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

JHU473H1 - Environmental Crises, Human Mobility, and Health

JHU473H1 - Environmental Crises, Human Mobility, and Health
Hours: 24S

Multiple environmental crises – climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, resource depletion – are already affecting every inhabited region of the globe, impacting human health in direct, indirect, and systemic ways. At the systemic level, they act as risk multipliers, compounding the effects of pre-existing social and political determinants of health, including human mobility. This course discusses the interactions between environmental crises and human mobility, and their impact on human health.

Prerequisite: HST209H1/ HMB203H1/ HMB303H1
Recommended Preparation: HMB203H1, HST405H1
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

HST480H1 - Independent Research in Public Health

HST480H1 - Independent Research in Public Health

This one-semester course will permit students to gain academic credit for health studies pursued independently, or to participate in an ongoing health research project, under the supervision of a University of Toronto faculty member. Students must submit an Independent Research Course Proposal form confirming a faculty supervisor has agreed to participate and describing the content of the project at least two weeks prior to the first day of term. This form is available on the University College Health Studies Program website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/health-studies/courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: HST209H1, HST250H1, and an Independent Research Course Proposal form
Recommended Preparation: HST350Y1

Other University College Courses

UNI299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

UNI299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

UNI299H1 - Research Opportunity Program

UNI299H1 - Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

UNI393Y1 - University College Independent Studies

UNI393Y1 - University College Independent Studies

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 300 level not otherwise available within the Faculty of Arts and Science. Students must be registered at UC or in a UC-affiliated program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Vice-Principal. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-independent….

Prerequisite: 10.0 credits and minimum cGPA of 3.0

UNI394H1 - University College Independent Studies

UNI394H1 - University College Independent Studies

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 300 level not otherwise available within the Faculty of Arts and Science. Students must be registered at UC or in a UC-affiliated program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Vice-Principal. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-independent….

Prerequisite: 10.0 credits and minimum cGPA of 3.0

UNI399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

UNI399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

UNI399H1 - Research Opportunity Program

UNI399H1 - Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

UNI495Y1 - University College Independent Studies

UNI495Y1 - University College Independent Studies

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 400 level not otherwise available within the Faculty of Arts and Science. Students must be registered at UC or in a UC-affiliated program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Vice-Principal. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-independent….

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0

UNI496H1 - University College Independent Studies

UNI496H1 - University College Independent Studies

An opportunity to design an independent research course of study at the 400 level not otherwise available within the Faculty of Arts and Science. Students must be registered at UC or in a UC-affiliated program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Students must submit an application form that includes a written proposal and confirms that a faculty member has agreed to supervise. Applications must be submitted to the UC Programs Office (UC 173) for approval by the Vice-Principal. Applications are due before the first day of course enrolment. Application form is available at the University College website at https://www.uc.utoronto.ca/programs-study-academic-programs-independent….

Prerequisite: 15.0 credits and a minimum cGPA of 3.0

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