Canadian Studies
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Regulations
effective September 1, 2005
As a graduate of Athabasca University's Canadian Studies program, you will gain a knowledge and understanding of such disciplines as Canadian history, literature, geography, Native and ethnic studies, politics, and government. The program will help you understand and interpret the Canadian experience and its diversity, and increase your knowledge and understanding of yourself and others.
Athabasca University has developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time
of their enrolment.
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Requirements
within the 120 credits required for the BA. |
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60 credits in courses designated as major courses including
30 senior (300
or 400) level credits (a minimum of 12,
400-level credits). |
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A minimum of 9 credits per subarea from
any of the following 4: Canadian History, Canadian Literature, Canadian
Geography, Canadian Native and Ethnic Studies, and Canadian Politics
and Government (see below). |
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Students must meet the language requirement
by completing 6 junior (200 level) credits in French and/or one of
Canada's Aboriginal languages (for example, Cree or Inuktitut).
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Recommendation
Students working toward a Canadian Studies
major should meet the language requirement before completing 30 credits
with Athabasca University. Students enrolled in an after-degree program
are advised to select courses within the
following four subareas that fulfill the Humanities, Science, and Social Science
requirements as well as the subarea requirements. Failure to do so could result
in a student being required to complete more than 60 credits in order to fulfill
all of the regulations. |
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Electives |
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Canadian
History (select
9 credits from the following) |
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HIST 224 |
History of Canada to 1867 |
(3) |
HIST 225 |
History of Canada,
1867 to the Present |
(3) |
HIST 329 |
The Social History of Canada |
(6) |
HIST 336 |
History of Canadian
Labour |
(6) |
HIST 338 |
History of the Canadian West |
(6) |
HIST 361 |
History of French Canada: 1867 to the Present |
(3) |
HIST 455 |
Canada and the Bomb: Canada and the
World in the
Cold War |
(3) |
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Canadian
Literature
(select
9
credits from the following)
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ENGL 302 |
Introduction to Canadian
Literature |
(6) |
ENGL 306 |
The Literature of Work |
(3) |
ENGL 308 |
Native Literature in Canada |
(3) |
ENGL 351 |
Comparative Canadian Literature
I |
(3) |
ENGL 358 |
Literature of the Americas |
(6) |
ENGL 431 |
Canadian Drama |
(3) |
ENGL 437 |
Literature of the
Canadian West |
(6) |
ENGL 451 |
Comparative Canadian Literature
II |
(3) |
FREN 374 |
Introduction à la littérature
canadienne-française |
(6) |
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Canadian Geography
(select
9 credits from the following)
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GEOG 265 |
Introductory Physical Geography
I |
(3) |
GEOG 302 |
The Canadian North |
(3) |
GEOG 310 |
Canadian Urban Development |
(6) |
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Canadian
Native and Ethnic Studies
(select 9 credits from the following)
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ANTH 307 |
The Inuit Way |
(3) |
ANTH 362 |
First Nations of Canada |
(3) |
HADM 315 |
Health and Community Development |
(3) |
HADM 326 |
Health Issues: Health and Healing |
(3) |
INST 342 |
Issues in Native Education |
(3) |
INST 357 |
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues
in Canada |
(3) |
INST 368 |
History
of Canada's First Nations to
1830 |
(3) |
INST 369 |
History
of Canada's
First Nations from 1830 |
(3) |
INST 370 |
The
Métis |
(3) |
SOCI 321 |
The Sociology of Work and
Industry |
(3) |
SOCI 345 |
Women and Work in Canada |
(3) |
SOCI 380 |
Canadian Ethnic Studies |
(3) |
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Canadian
Politics and Government
(select 9 credits from the following) |
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GOVN 390 |
Public Policy and Administrative Governance |
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GOVN/GLST 403 |
Public Policy in a Global
Era |
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GOVN 450 |
Public Budget and Finance Management
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POLI 309 |
Canadian Government and Politics |
(3) |
POLI 383 |
Introduction to Canadian Political Economy |
(3) |
POLI 390 |
Canadian Federalism |
(3) |
POEC 393 |
Canada and the Global Political Economy |
(3) |
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Other (select 9 credits from
the following) |
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ECON 247 |
Microeconomics |
(3) |
ECON 385 |
Money, Banking, and Canadian
Financial
Institutions |
(3) |
ENVS 252 |
The Environment: Issues and
Options for Action |
(3) |
FREN 412 |
Français pour tous, français
pour tout |
(3) |
GEOL 313 |
Our Physical Resources |
(3) |
LBST 200 |
Introduction to Labour Studies
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LBST 202 |
Introduction to Labour Studies:
Labour College
of Canada |
(3) |
LBST 332 |
Women and Unions |
(3) |
LGST 310 |
The Impact of the Canadian Charter on
Labour Relations |
(3) |
LGST 331 |
Administrative Law |
(3) |
LGST 369 |
Commercial Law |
(3) |
LGST 479 |
Local Government Law in Alberta |
(3) |
SOCI 445 |
Selected Topics in Canadian Society |
(3) |
WMST 266 |
Thinking
From Women's
Lives: An Introduction to Women's Studies |
(3) |
WMST 401 |
Contemporary Feminist Theory |
(3) |
TAXX 301 |
Introduction to Income Taxation |
(3) |
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