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Regulations effective January 1, 2010
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, Indigenous 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 four-year BA with major. |
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60 credits in courses designated as electives 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 four of the following five: Canadian History, Canadian Literature, Canadian
Geography, Canadian Indigenous and Ethnic Studies, and Canadian Politics
and Government (see below). |
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Students majoring in Canadian studies must demonstrate oral proficiency in French and/or one of Canada's Aboriginal languages (for example Cree or Inuktitut). Students may meet the language requirement
by completing 6 junior (200 level) credits in French and/or one of
Canada's Aboriginal languages.
These courses will not count towards the major in Canadian Studies but will count towards the total number of credits required for the degree. |
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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 326 |
Contemporary Canada: Canada After 1945 |
(3) |
| HIST 328 |
History of Canadian Social Policy |
(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/WMST 363 |
The Women's West: Women and Canadian Frontier Settlement |
(3) |
| HIST/WMST 365 |
Girls and Women in Urban Canada, 1880 to 1940 |
(3) |
| HIST 426 |
Contemporary Canada: Canada After 1945 |
(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
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(3) |
| GEOG 302 |
The Canadian North |
(3) |
| GEOG 310 |
Canadian Urban Development |
(6) |
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Canadian
Indigenous and Ethnic Studies
(select 9 credits from the following)
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| ANTH 307 |
The Inuit Way |
(3) |
| ANTH 362 |
Aboriginal Cultures of North America |
(3) |
| HADM 315 |
Health and Community Development
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(3) |
| HADM 326 |
Health Issues: Health and Healing |
(3) |
| INST 357 |
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues
in Canada |
(3) |
| INST 358 |
Aboriginal Women in Canada |
(3) |
| INST/HIST 368 |
History
of Canada's First Nations to
1830 |
(3) |
| INST/HIST 369 |
History
of Canada's
First Nations from 1830 |
(3) |
| INST/HIST 370 |
The
Métis |
(3) |
| INST 377 |
Topics in Aboriginal Governments |
(3) |
| INST 426 |
Aboriginal Government and Law |
(3) |
| INST 430 |
Indigenous Governance |
(3) |
| SOCI 321 |
The Sociology of Work and
Industry |
(3) |
| SOCI/WMST 345 |
Women and Work in Canada |
(3) |
| SOCI 380 |
Canadian Ethnic Studies |
(3) |
| WMST 304 |
Issues in Aboriginal Women's Health and Wellness |
(3) |
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Canadian
Politics and Government
(select 9 credits from the following) |
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| GOVN 390/POLI 392 |
Public Policy and Administrative Governance |
(3) |
| GOVN/GLST/POLI 403 |
Public Policy in a Global
Era |
(3) |
| GOVN 450 |
Public Budget and Finance Management
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| POLI 291 |
Media and Power in Canadian Society |
(3) |
| POLI 309 |
Canadian Government and Politics |
(3) |
| POLI 311 |
Aboriginal Policies and Governments |
(3) |
| POLI 325 |
Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics |
(3) |
| POLI 350 |
Women in Canadian Politics |
(3) |
| POLI 383 |
Canadian Political Economy in a Global Era |
(3) |
| POLI 390 |
Canadian Federalism |
(3) |
| POEC 393 |
Canada and the Global Political Economy |
(3) |
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* Note for students seeking transfer credit: Within each elective area, courses that are not listed here but which are easily demonstrated to have mainly Canadian content may be counted towards the credit requirements for the elective area upon approval of the program director. |
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Other (24 other credits selected from the disciplinary lists above and/or from the following courses) |
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| ECON 385 |
Money, Banking, and Canadian
Financial
Institutions |
(3) |
| FREN 405 |
Translation from French to English |
(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 321 |
The Sociology of Work and Industry |
(3) |
| SOCI/WMST 345 |
Women and Work in Canada |
(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 |
Taxation I |
(3) |
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Canadian Studies Minor* |
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30 credits in courses designated as Canadian Studies courses including a minimum of 15 senior (300 or 400) level courses. |
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A minimum of 6 credits per subarea from any four of the following five: Canadian History, Canadian Literature, Canadian Geography, Canadian Indigenous and Ethnic Studies, and Canadian Politics and Government. |
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Students must meet the language requirement by completing 3 junior (200 level) credits in French and/or one of Canada's Indigenous languages (for example, Cree or Inuktitut). |
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* Note for students seeking transfer credit: Within each elective area, courses that are not listed here but which are easily demonstrated to have mainly Canadian content may be counted towards the credit requirements for the elective area upon approval of the program director. |
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