General B.A. with Thematic Option in Canadian Studies

The Thematic Option in Canadian Studies provides a wide range of disciplinary perspectives on regional and national issues. This program will be of interest to those students interested in pursuing careers in education, government service, communications, law and other fields where an understanding of Canadian society and culture is essential.

In addition to general Bachelor of Arts requirements, this option requires completion of at least 12 credits of first and second year Canadian Studies courses and a further 30 credits of third and fourth year Canadian Studies courses.

First and Second Year Canadian Studies Courses

ANTH 214 Canadian Native Peoples
ANTH 219 Ancient North Americans
ANTH 223 Indians of British Columbia
CNST 242 Canadian Literature on Film
ECON 223 Canadian Economic History
ECON 243 Global and Canadian Economic Issues
ECON 260 The Economy of British Columbia
ENGL 204 Studies in Canadian Drama
ENGL 217 Survey of Canadian Literature: Beginnings to 1950s
ENGL 227 Survey of Canadian Literature: From the 1950s to the Present
ENGL 241 Canadian Native Literature
FINA 215 A Survey of the History of Canadian Painting
FREN 111 Modern French Language and Literature I
FREN 121 Modern French Language and Literature II
GEOG 222 The Regional Geography of Canada
GEOG 223 The Regional Geography of British Columbia and Yukon
HIST 112 An Introduction to Canadian History
HIST 122 History of Canada, 1867 to the Present
HIST 202 Native History of Canada
HIST 270 The History of Women in Canadian Society
POLI 111 The Government and Politics of Canada
POLI 223 Canadian Government II: Public Administration and Public Policy or
POLI 225 Law and Politics
SOCI 201 Race and Ethnic Relations or
SOCI 213 Women in Comparative Perspective
SOCI 250 Crime and Society

Third and Fourth Year Canadian Studies Courses

Social Sciences
ANTH 306 Summer Field Training in Archaeology
ANTH 327 First Nations Natural Resource Management
ANTH 401 Native Peoples of North America
ANTH 404 Peoples and Cultures of the North American Arctic
ANTH 405 Canadian Status/Treaty Indian Reserve Communities
ANTH 411 Prehistory of a Special Area in the New World
ANTH 420 Archaeology of British Columbia
ECON 310 Canadian Financial Markets
ECON 336 Economic History of Canada
ECON 350 Public Finance: Policy Topics
ECON 360 Labour Economics
ECON 365 Industrial Organization
ECON 371 Economics of the Environment
ECON 374 Land Use
ECON 384 Economic Analysis of Health Services
GEOG 327 Historical Geography of Canada I, Canada Before 1850
GEOG 328 Historical Geography of Canada II, Canada After 1850
GEOG 350 Introduction to Urban Geography
GEOG 363 The Geography of Resource Industries
HIST 302 History of the Native Peoples of Canada
HIST 329 The Social Development of Canada
POLI 301 Canadian Political Parties
POLI 303 Federalism in Canada
POLI 305 Canadian Political Ideas
POLI 401 Canadian Provincial and Regional Politics
POLI 402 Politics of the Canadian Constitutions
POLI 405 Topics in Canadian Politics
SOCI 310 Canadian Society
SOCI 360 Sociology and Natural Resources
SOCI 361 Social Inequality
SOCI 470 Sociology of Crime and Justice
SOCI 484 Sociology of Health and Illness

Humanities
ENGL 415 Studies in Women's Literature
ENGL 420 Canadian Literature
ENGL 425 Contemporary Canadian Poetry
ENGL 426 Studies in Canadian Literature
FREN 335 French Canadian Civilization
FREN 416 French-Canadian Literature
HIST 304 History of the Canadian West
HIST 307 French North America to 1803
HIST 401 French Canada from the End of the 18th Century to the Present
HIST 402 History of Quebec
HIST 404 British Columbia
HIST 425 Topics in Canadian History
HIST 426 Twentieth Century Canada
HIST 499 The Working Class and the Left in Canadian History

Creative and Performing Arts
FINA 390 Photography and Literature: A Canadian Perspective
THTR 326 History of Canadian Theatre to 1950
THTR 327 History of Canadian Theatre after 1950