General B.A. with a Thematic Studies Option

Students must complete the core course requirement in the area of the Thematic Study, plus a minimum of 42 credits from a list of designated content courses for the Thematic Study. At least 30 of these credits must be in 300-400 level courses. At present, Canadian Studies is the only available Thematic Studies Option. Canadian Studies eligible courses are annotated in the Course Descriptions with a .

Requirements

All requirements of the General B.A. program apply. In addition to the B.A. Admission Requirements, first- and second-year students must successfully complete the following:

Canadian Studies 200 (3 credits). See calendar description.
A minimum of 12 credits from the approved list of first- and second-year Canadian Content courses below.

Once admitted to the B.A. program, students completing a Thematic Option in Canadian Studies must also fulfill the following requirements:

Of the 18 credits is the General B.A. disciplinary Area of Concentration, at least 6 credits must be from the approved third- and fourth-year Canadian Content course list below.
Of the 12 credits in the General B.A. Category B, at least 6 credits must be from the approved third- and fourth-year Canadian Content course list below.
Of the 48-60 credits of third- and fourth-year courses taken in total, at least 30 credits must be from the approved third and fourth year Canadian Content course list below.

Please note that first- and second-year Canadian content courses do not necessarily fulfill prerequisite requirements for courses in the third- and fourth-year Canadian content course list. For all prerequisite information, consult the calendar.

First and Second Year Canadian Content Courses		Credits

ANTH 214	Canadian Native Peoples	3
ANTH 219	Ancient North Americans	3
ANTH 223	Indians of British Columbia	3
CNST 242	Canadian Literature on Film	3
ECON 223	Canadian Economic History	3
ECON 243	Global and Canadian Economic Issues	3
ECON 260	The Economy of British Columbia	3
ENGL 204	Studies in Canadian Drama	3
ENGL 217	Survey of Canadian Literature: Beginnings to 1950s	3
ENGL 227	Survey of Canadian Literature: From the 1950s to the Present	3
ENGL 241	Canadian Native Literature	3
FINA 215	A Survey of the History of Canadian Painting	3
FREN 111	Modern French Language and Literature I	3
FREN 121	Modern French Language and Literature II	3
GEOG 222	The Regional Geography of Canada	3
GEOG 223	The Regional Geography of British Columbia and Yukon	3
HIST 112	An Introduction to Canadian History	3
HIST 122	History of Canada, 1867 to the Present	3
HIST 202	Native History of Canada	3
HIST 270	The History of Women in Canadian Society	3
POLI 111	The Government and Politics of Canada	3
POLI 223	Canadian Government II: Public Administration and Public Policy	3
POLI 225	Law and Politics	3
SOCI 201	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
SOCI 210	Canadian Social Structure	3
SOCI 213	Women in Comparative Perspective	3
SOCI 250	Crime and Society	3


Third and Fourth Year Canadian Content Courses		Credits
Social Sciences
ANTH 306	Summer Field Training in Archaeology	6
ANTH 327	First Nations Natural Resource Management	3
ANTH 401	Native Peoples of North America	3 or 6
ANTH 404	Peoples and Cultures of the North American Arctic	3
ANTH 405	Canadian Status/Treaty Indian Reserve Communities	3
ANTH 411	Prehistory of a Special Area in the New World	3 or 6
ANTH 420	Archaeology of British Columbia	3
CNST 311	Canadian Communities in Transition	3
CNST 312	Canadian Aboriginal Drama	3
ECON 310	Canadian Financial Markets	3
ECON 336	Economic History of Canada	6
ECON 350	Public Finance: Policy Topics	3
ECON 360	Labour Economics	3
ECON 365	Industrial Organization	3
ECON 371	Economics of the Environment	3
ECON 374	Land Use	3
ECON 384	Economic Analysis of Health Services	3
GEOG 327	Historical Geography of Canada I, Canada Before 1850	3
GEOG 328	Historical Geography of Canada II, Canada After 1850	3
GEOG 350	Introduction to Urban Geography	3
GEOG 363	The Geography of Resource Industries	3
HIST 301	Canada in the Age of Nations	3
HIST 304	The History of the Canadian West	3
HIST 305	British Columbia	3
HIST 306	The History of Quebec	3
HIST 312	Canada in the Cold War	3
HIST 351	The History of Childhood and Education	3
HIST 403	Topics in Canadian Gender History	3
HIST 405	Topics in British Columbia History	3
HIST 425	Topics in Canadian History	3
HIST 470	Population and Family in the Past	3
HIST 499	Topics in Canadian Labour History	3
POLI 301	Canadian Political Parties	3
POLI 303	Federalism in Canada	3
POLI 305	Canadian Political Ideas	3
POLI 401	Canadian Provincial and Regional Politics	3
POLI 402	Politics of the Canadian Constitutions	3
POLI 405	Topics in Canadian Politics	3
SOCI 310	Canadian Society	6
SOCI 360	Sociology and Natural Resources	3
SOCI 361	Social Inequality	6
SOCI 470	Sociology of Crime and Justice	3
SOCI 484	Sociology of Health and Illness	3 or 6


Humanities
ENGL 415	Studies in Women's Literature	3
ENGL 420	Canadian Literature	6
ENGL 425	Contemporary Canadian Poetry	3
ENGL 426	Studies in Canadian Literature	3
ENGL 447	Studies in Aboriginal Literature (North America)	3
FREN 335	French Canadian Civilization	6
FREN 416	French-Canadian Literature	3 or 6
HIST 301	Canada in the Age of Nations	3
HIST 304	The History of the Canadian West	3
HIST 305	British Columbia	3
HIST 306	The History of Quebec	3
HIST 312	Canada in the Cold War	3
HIST 351	The History of Childhood and Education	3
HIST 403	Topics in Canadian Gender History	3
HIST 405	Topics in British Columbia History	3
HIST 425	Topics in Canadian History	3
HIST 470	Population and Family in the Past	3
HIST 499	Topics in Canadian Labour History	3
Creative and Performing Arts
FINA 390	Photography and Literature: A Canadian Perspective	6
THTR 326	History of Canadian Theatre to 1950	3
THTR 327	History of Canadian Theatre After 1950	3
THTR 425	Theatre of British Columbia Before 1950	3
THTR 426	Theatre of British Columbia After 1950	3
A Suggestion: Students concentrating in Canadian Studies might wish to select from the following to fulfill requirements for credits outside of Arts disciplines. All are Canadian-content focused.
JOUR 201	Studies in Journalism: Images of Journalism in Film	3
JOUR 305	Introduction to Media and Journalism in Canada	3
JOUR 315	Media Issues 2: Scientific and Environmental Media Issues	3
JOUR 340	National and International Media	3
JOUR 360	Media Issues I: Politics, Economics, and Geography Media Issues	3
JOUR 411	Issues in Journalism : A Case Studies Approach	3
JOUR 420	Specialized Reporting	3
JOUR 457	Media and Communication Theory	3