Victoria College
Faculty List
Professors Emeriti
V. Falkenheim, PhD
Professors
K.R. Bartlett, MA, PhD
K. Bickmore, MA, PhD
E. Cazdyn, PhD (Distinguished Professor)
M. Chazan, MPhil, PhD
D.B. Cook, MA, PhD
A. Esterhammer, PhD, FRSC
P.W. Gooch, MA, PhD
I. Kalmar, MA, PhD (Hon. Newton W. Rowell Professor)
E.M. Kavaler, MA, PhD
N. Krementsov, MSc, PhD
H. Murray, PhD
S.J. Rupp, MA, MPhil, PhD
Associate Professors
B. Baigrie, PhD
R. Davidson, MA, PhD
K. Derry, MA, PhD
E.-L. Jagoe, MA, PhD
A. Komaromi, MA, PhD
C. Krmpotich, MA, DPhil
S. Lee, PhD
K. McLeod, PhD
A. McQuibban, PhD (James and Anne Nethercott Professor)
A. Moritz (Blake C. Goldring Professor)
A. Motsch, PhD
W. Robins, MPhil, PhD
M. Scarci, PhD (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream)
A. Urbancic, MA, PhD (Mary Rowell Jackman Professor)
Assistant Professors
H. Barseghyan, PhD
S. Dowling, MA, PhD
J. Forgie, PhD
P. Granata, PhD
J. Hamilton-Diabo, M.Div. (June Callwood Professor of Social Justice)
E. Istrate, PhD (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream)
R. Kijima, PhD
I. Mihalache, MA, PhD
S. Ross, PhD (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream)
M. Teramura, AM, PhD
I. Wells, PhD
Lecturers
J. Papayiannis, MA, PhD
A. Sol, PhD
C. Sutton, MA, MA, PhD
Visiting Professors and Special Lecturers
J. Bemrose
W. Cecil BA, LLD
J. Faflak, MA, PhD
L. Geng, PhD
D. Gilmour
A. Lawless, MA, PhD
M. Mercuri, MSc, PhD
B. Meyer, MA, PhD
B. Rae, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (David and Anne Wilson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy)
D. Wright, BSc, MBA (Kenneth and Patricia Taylor Distinguished Professor of Foreign Affairs)
Introduction
Victoria College (Vic) is committed to providing students with a personal and inclusive university experience inside and outside the classroom. This is an environment where students and faculty are engaged in building a community that welcomes diversity, embraces creativity and is energized by challenge.
At Vic, we nurture a close-knit learning environment from the very beginning of your academic career. Whether it is through our Vic One program, Vic One Hundred or the First-Year Foundation (FYF) courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science, every first-year Victoria College student takes at least one small seminar course. You will experience here the academic advantages of being a student at one of Canada’s leading research universities combined with the intimacy of a small liberal arts college.
More information is found on the Victoria College website.
Vic One
Victoria College offers first-year Arts and Science students an opportunity for a unique educational experience that draws upon the College’s history and identity. Eight streams with differing emphases are available in this foundation year program, known as Vic One. The eight streams feature lively seminars and dialogue, and are enriched by weekly plenary sessions with guest professors, visiting artists, writers, ambassadors and other public figures.
Two required courses in each stream are seminar courses given by faculty of Victoria College. They have a limited enrolment of 25 students in each class. A third co-requisite course is listed with each course description. Students who have questions about their Vic One co-requisite course must contact the Vic One Liaison Officer at vic.one@utoronto.ca.
Vic One enrolment requires an application that is found on the Vic One website (www.vic.utoronto.ca). All first-year students in the Faculty of Arts and Science (St. George campus), regardless of college membership, are eligible for admission to Vic One. Admission decisions are based on extra-curricular activities, a short original essay and the student’s entering grades.
PLEASE NOTE: Vic One students are NOT eligible to enrol in Vic One Hundred courses, First-Year Foundations seminars or any other One program.
Vic One Hundred: First Year Seminars
Vic One Hundred is a Victoria College initiative that offers first-year Arts and Science students the opportunity to experience a small class environment. These limited enrolment courses facilitate close contact with distinguished teaching faculty and fellow students, while providing an excellent gateway to, and foundation for, subsequent studies.
Combined Degree Program (CDP) in Arts/Science and Education (Victoria College and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
The Combined Degree Program in Arts/Science and Education is designed for students interested in studying the intersections of teaching subjects and Education, coupled with professional teacher preparation. Students earn an Honours Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Arts and Science (St. George) and an accredited professional Master of Teaching (MT) degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). The CDP permits the completion of both degrees in six years with 1.0 FCE that may be counted towards both the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Program requirements:
1. Minor in Education and Society, Victoria College
2. Major in one of the following areas, corresponding to the first teaching subject:
3. Minor in an area corresponding to the second teaching subject as determined by OISE. See the teaching subject prerequisites for Junior/Intermediate and Senior/Intermediate teaching.
Application Process
Applicants apply successively to the H.B.A./H.B.Sc. program, the MT program, and the CDP. See the department/college page for admission requirements in the relevant Major and Minor programs.
In the Spring term of Year 3 of the Bachelor program, students apply at OISE for conditional admission to the MT. To be considered for conditional admission to the Master of Teaching and the Combined Degree Program, students must meet the following admission requirements:
- Have completed or be on course to complete the Education and Society Minor Program (Victoria College)
- Be registered in the 3rd year of the H.B.Sc. or H.B.A. Degree Program, in one of the above listed major programs.
- Have completed at least half of the teaching subjects' prerequisite courses (i.e. 3.0 FCEs in 1st teaching subject, and 1.5 FCE in 2nd teaching subject) by the end of third year.
- Have an average grade equivalent of at least B+, normally demonstrated by an average grade in the 2nd year.
- Provide at least two letters of reference.
- Meet other qualifications as specified by the MT program.
See: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/mt/How_To_Apply.html
Once students have accepted a conditional offer of admission to the MT program, they will be eligible to take 1.0 graduate FCE at OISE in their fourth year, which will count towards both the undergraduate degree and the Master of Teaching degree.
If the student does not meet the above conditions, the offer of conditional admission to the Combined Degree Program will be rescinded. Students in this position could apply separately to the Master of Teaching outside of the Combined Degree Program.
For students to be given full, unconditional admission to the MT program, they must:
- Maintain at least a B+ (3.3) average in their final year or over senior courses.
- Achieve a grade of at least B+ average in the 1.0 graduate FCE taken in Year 4.
- Have completed required courses to meet the first and second teaching subjects.
- Successfully complete the requirements for the H.B.Sc./H.B.A. program.
- Have the undergraduate degree confirmed.
Academic Path to Completion for the CDP
Year 1-4: H.B.Sc./H.B.A. program and degree requirements
Year 4: 1.0 FCE in the MT graduate courses
Year 5-6: 9 FCEs of the MT program requirements
Enquiries: vic.academics@utoronto.ca; 416-585-4441
Creative Expression and Society Program
The Minor in Creative Expression and Society allows students to develop creative and communicative proficiency by taking part in one or more workshop-style courses in fiction, non-fiction, or poetry writing and/or creative expression through aural and visual media. Students will also explore the reciprocal relationship of the creative arts and society by studying social issues in the arts, the influence of writers and artists on society, and the impact of society and the marketplace on creative endeavours. Courses explore such topics as the arts and public opinion; reception and interpretation; marketing and reviewing; censorship and criticism; ethics and accountability. This program fosters the exercise of creativity while making the relationship of creative expression and social conditions a subject for reflection and dialogue.
Education and Society Program
The Vic-sponsored Education and Society Minor is open to all Arts and Science students. This program is for those who are interested in education policy, the sociology of education, and teaching as a skill that is relevant to many careers. The Minor program provides strong background for admission to a teacher education program and is required for admission to the Combined Degree Program with OISE (separate application required, see above).”
Literature and Critical Theory Program
The Literature and Critical Theory program (formerly Literary Studies) is based on a pair of ideas. The first is that many of the most important issues that engage our attention call for a multidisciplinary approach. The second is that the kind of critical analysis demanded by the study of literary texts offers powerful tools for investigating other cultural and social forms, both past and present. Central to the program is the comparative study of forms of representation – texts, media, institutions, and theories — in diverse cultures and historical periods. This requires thinking seriously about what it means to compare and what it means to translate.
The Literature and Critical Theory program will attract students who are interested in exploring and generating links between literature and historical, cultural, political, social, and psychological forces. The program trains students to think about how problems of the present are tied to those of the past, and to consider critically how we both represent this past and imagine possible futures. Students will be engaged in the practice of close, contextualized analyses of literary texts and other discursive forms, including artefacts, institutions and social practices, originating in different languages, geographical locations, and historical periods.
Literary production, like all forms of cultural production, invariably exceeds the boundaries of the nation, and increasingly so in today’s globalized world. The boundaries between various cultural media are similarly porous, and the aesthetic values by which we identify, judge, and classify literary and cultural objects are historically shaped. For these reasons, students will be encouraged to study in more than one language and to work with a variety of media. Our courses explore literary and cultural movements across languages, geographical regions, epochs, media, and disciplines.
Material Culture Program
What does it mean to live in a “material world”? What might we learn from studying the things that surround us? In an increasingly consumer-oriented, globalized and digital age, how do objects express the longstanding beliefs and values of different societies? Material culture is the study of objects – clothing, household goods, machinery, built forms – that show signs of human influence. The program engages students in the study of material culture (tangible things, broadly defined); supports research projects which originate with studies of artefacts; and fosters trans-disciplinary and inter-institutional dialogues amongst students, scholars, stewards and purveyors of material culture – within the university and at a range of cultural agencies. We examine the meanings people invest in their things, across cultures and time periods, and consider processes of production and consumption, including moments of invention, exchange, use, re-use, divestment, disposal, and collection. Students will work with curators and other professionals to analyze the social and cultural relevance of objects as part of understanding of a culture or society. The Minor is designed to complement programs in such disciplines as Asian Studies, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Geography, History, Art, History of Science and Technology, Semiotics, Renaissance Studies, and Anthropology.
Renaissance Studies Program
The Renaissance Studies Program lets you study one of the most critical periods in European and world history. Changes in art and literature, in social and political development, and in technology and science transformed European concepts of the individual, society, and the world.
Many aspects of our modern world had their origin in this period: our emphasis on the study of human affairs; our irrepressible interest in the exploration of the universe, in science, and in medicine; the institutions of church and state as we know them today. The Renaissance is also a period of unparalleled European contacts with non-European civilizations – from the powerful Islamic world of the Near East and North Africa to the great pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas, from the uncharted forests of equatorial Africa to the exotic lands of the Indian subcontinent and the Far East, nothing seemed too distant or too inaccessible for the European mind or merchant.
This interdisciplinary program is particularly attractive to students of history, politics, literature, fine art, history of science, music and theatre, because it assembles aspects of all these studies to focus on one seminal period in Western civilization.
Science and Society Program
The Science and Society program studies the complex, interdependent relationship between science, technology, and society. The influence of scientific research and its applications is evident in virtually all aspects of modern life, from our conception of societal obligation and familial relations, to our interaction with the commonplace materials and objects we use to sustain ourselves. However, scientific and technological development is in turn affected by and shaped by politics, public opinion, moral beliefs and cultural practices.
Courses in this program explore topics such as ethical uses of technology, scientific revolutions and controversies, science-related policy and politics, modeling and communication of scientific research, and knowledge transfer from research to commercial and societal applications.
Semiotics and Communication Studies Program
Semiotics is the science of communication and sign systems, in short, of the ways people understand phenomena and organize them mentally, and of the ways in which they devise means for transmitting that understanding and for sharing it with others. Although natural and artificial languages are therefore central to semiotics, its field covers all non-verbal signalling and extends to domains whose communicative dimension is perceived only unconsciously or subliminally. Knowledge, meaning, intention and action are thus fundamental concepts in the semiotic investigation of phenomena.
Victoria College Programs
Literature and Critical Theory Specialist in the Comparative Literature Stream (Arts Program) - ASSPE1026
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(12.5 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, at least 3.0 FCE at 300-level and 1.0 FCE at 400-level)
- First year in program: VIC202Y1
- First or second year in program: VIC203H1, VIC205H1
- 3.5 FCE from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC190Y1, VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/ VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/ VIC494Y1.
- 0.5 FCE in Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes, or another half course approved by the program director, to fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning competency required in the program.
- VIC402H1
- 6.0 FCE in languages or literatures drawn from other departments. At least 4.0 of these involve reading texts in a language other than English, including at least 2.0 at the 300+ level. These courses must be pre-approved by the program coordinator to ensure they will be counted towards this program of study.
Literature and Critical Theory Specialist in the Cultural Theory Stream (Arts Program) - ASSPE1023
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(12.5 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, at least 3.0 FCE at 300-level, and 1.0 FCE at 400-level)
- First year in program: VIC202Y1
- First or second year in program: VIC203H1, VIC205H1
- 3.5 FCE from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC190Y1, VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/ VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/ VIC494Y1,
- 0.5 FCE in Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes, or another half course approved by the program director, to fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning competency required in the program.
- VIC402H1
- 4.0 FCE in ONE other discipline – African Studies, Anthropology, Caribbean Studies, Cinema Studies, Classics, Drama, East Asian Studies, Equity Studies, Fine Art, History, Music, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, and other departments as approved by the program coordinator.
- 2.0 FCE in a language other than English, including at least 1.0 at the 300+ level.
Renaissance Studies Specialist (Arts Program) - ASSPE0532
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(10 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, at least 3.0 FCE at 300-level and 1.0 FCE at 400-level):
- 3.0 FCE from: VIC114H1, VIC141H1, VIC142H1, VIC240Y1, VIC241H1, VIC242H1, VIC341H1, VIC342H1, VIC343H1/ VIC343Y1, VIC344H1, VIC338H1, VIC345H1, VIC346H1, VIC347H1, VIC348Y0, VIC349H1/ VIC349Y1, VIC392H1/ VIC392Y1, VIC441H1, VIC442H1, VIC449H1/ VIC449Y1, VIC492H1/ VIC492Y1
- 1.0 FCE in Literature from: ENG220Y1, ENG301H1, ENG302Y1, ENG303H1, ENG304Y1, ENG330H1, ENG331H1, ENG335H1, ENG336H1; FRE319H1, FRE320H1; ITA200H1, ITA249H1, ITA300H1, ITA312H1, ITA325H1, ITA332H1, ITA356Y0, ITA357Y0, ITA370H1, ITA400H1, ITA420H1, ITA431H1; SPA352H1, SPA368H1, SPA452H1, SPA454H1
- 1.0 FCE in History: HIS243H1, HIS301H1, HIS308H1, HIS309H1, HIS319H1, HIS357Y1, HIS362H1, HIS368H1, HIS403H1, HIS438H1, HIS443H1
- 1.0 FCE in Art from: FAH230H1, FAH330H1, FAH331H1, FAH333H1, FAH335H1, FAH337H1, FAH338H1, FAH340H1, FAH341H1, FAH344H1, FAH370H1, FAH371H1, FAH393Y0, FAH430H1, FAH432H1, FAH433H1, FAH434H1, FAH435H1, FAH436H1, FAH440H1, FAH470H1
- 1.0 FCE in a Research Course (a 299Y1, 399Y1, on a Renaissance Studies topic, or VIC392H1/ VIC392Y1, VIC492H1/ VIC492Y1)
- 2.0 FCE in a language relevant to Renaissance Studies – French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, German (only one may be at the introductory level).
- VIC440Y1
Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Comparative Literature Stream (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1026
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(7.5 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, at least 1.5 FCE at 300-level and 0.5 FCE at 400-level)
- First year in program: VIC202Y1
- First or second year in program: VIC203H1 and VIC205H1
- 2.5 FCE from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC190Y1, VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/ VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/ VIC494Y1
- 0.5 FCE in Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes, or another half course approved by the program director, to fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning competency required in the program.
- VIC402H1
- 2.0 FCE in a language or literature drawn from other departments, where texts are read in a language other than English. At least 1.0 FCE must be at the 300+ level. These courses must be pre-approved by the program coordinator to ensure they will be counted towards this program of study.
Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Cultural Theory Stream (Arts Program) - ASMAJ1023
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(7.5 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, at least 1.5 FCE at 300-level and 0.5 FCE at 400-level)
- First year in program: VIC202Y1
- First or second year in program: VIC203H1, VIC205H1
- 2.5 FCE from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC190Y1, VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/ VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/ VIC494Y1
- 0.5 FCE in Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes, or another half course approved by the program director, to fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning competency required in the program.
- VIC402H1
- 1.0 FCE in ONE other discipline – African Studies, Anthropology, Caribbean Studies, Cinema Studies, Classics, Drama, East Asian Studies, Equity Studies, Fine Art, History, Music, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, and other departments as approved by the program coordinator.
- 1.0 FCE in a language other than English at the 200+ level.
Renaissance Studies Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ0532
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(6 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, and at least 2.0 FCE at 300+ level)
- 2.0 FCE from: VIC114H1, VIC141H1, VIC142H1, VIC240Y1, VIC241H1, VIC242H1, VIC341H1, VIC342H1, VIC343H1/ VIC343Y1, VIC344H1, VIC345H1, VIC346H1, VIC347H1, VIC348Y0, VIC349H1/ VIC349Y1, VIC392H1/ VIC392Y1, VIC441H1, VIC442H1, VIC449H1/ VIC449Y1, VIC492H1/ VIC492Y1
- 1.0 FCE in Literature from: ENG220Y1, ENG301H1, ENG302Y1, ENG303H1, ENG304Y1, ENG330H1, ENG331H1, ENG335H1, ENG336H1; FRE319H1, FRE320H1; ITA200H1, ITA249H1, ITA300H1, ITA312H1, ITA325H1, ITA332H1, ITA356Y0, ITA357Y0, ITA370H1, ITA400H1, ITA420H1, ITA431H1; SPA352H1, SPA368H1, SPA452H1, SPA454H1
- 1.0 FCE in History: HIS243H1, HIS301H1, HIS308H1, HIS309H1, HIS319H1, HIS357Y1, HIS362H1, HIS368H1, HIS403H1, HIS438H1, HIS443H1
- 1.0 FCE in Art from: FAH230H1, FAH330H1, FAH331H1, FAH333H1, FAH335H1, FAH337H1, FAH338H1, FAH340H1, FAH341H1, FAH344H1, FAH370H1, FAH371H1, FAH393Y0, FAH430H1, FAH432H1, FAH433H1, FAH434H1, FAH435H1, FAH436H1, FAH440H1, FAH470H1
- VIC440Y1
Creative Expression and Society Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN2741
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
4.0 FCE including at least 1.0 FCE at the 300+level, with a maximum of 1 FCE at the 100 level. Up to 1.0 FCE may be chosen from approved courses offered by other departments (see list of Cognate Courses).
- At least 1.0 FCE from Group A – Creative Expression: VIC273H1, VIC275H1, VIC276H1, VIC279H1, VIC280H1, VIC350Y1, VIC370H1, VIC470H1, VIC479Y1, VIC480H1, IVP210H1. Students who achieve at least 77% in the Vic One course VIC191Y1 may count that course toward the Minor and use it to fulfill this requirement.
- At least 1.0 FCE from Group B – Social Contexts and Interpretation: VIC209H1, VIC223Y1, VIC235H1, VIC270H1, VIC271H1, VIC281H1, VIC320Y1, VIC335H1, VIC352Y1, VIC371H1, VIC372H1, VIC373H1. Students who achieve at least 77% in the Vic One course VIC190Y1 may count that course toward the Minor and use it to fulfill this requirement.
- Up to 1.0 FCE from Cognate Courses:
INS300Y1, CIN201Y1, EAS349H1, ENG287H1, ENG389Y1, DRM428H1, FAH352H1, FAH377H1, INI211H1, INI311Y1, MUS211H1, SMC219Y1, SMC229H1, SMC317H1, SMC319H1
Education and Society Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1029
The Vic-sponsored Education and Society (E&S) Minor is open to all Arts and Science students. The program provides students with opportunities to develop their understanding of the social, cultural, historical, and political contexts of education and issues related to these contexts while reflecting on the reciprocal relationship between education and society.
Conceived as an interdisciplinary Minor program, E&S targets students from a broad array of Major and Specialist programs with interests in education, teaching, curriculum development, learning, child development, social justice, and international education. The Minor program provides strong background for admission to a teacher education program and is required for admission to the Combined Degree Program with OISE.
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 or grade averages in required course are needed for entry, and these minimums change each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. The following courses must be completed:
• PSY100H1 (70%)
• 3.0 credits (minimum grade average of 73%)
To ensure that admitted students are adequately prepared to succeed in the program, applicants with a final grade and grade averages lower than those listed in the required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum final grade or minimum grade average does not guarantee admission to the program.
Special requirement
Program applicants will be required to submit a supplemental application including 2 short questions related to the Education & Society Minor.
Program Requirements
(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at 300+ level)
Literature and Critical Theory Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN0539
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, at least 1.0 FCE at 300+ level)
Material Culture Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN2729
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4.0 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, and at least 1.0 FCE at the 300+ level)
- VIC224Y1/ VIC225Y1
- 2.5 FCE from VIC224Y1/ VIC225Y1 (if not used to fulfill requirement 1), VIC229H1, VIC229Y1, VIC326H1, VIC327H1, VIC328H1, VIC329H1, VIC329Y1, VIC373H1, VIC429H1 or cognate courses, with at least 0.5 FCE at the 300+ level. No more than 1.0 FCE may be chosen from the list of cognate courses.
- VIC444H1
Cognate courses:
ANT349H1, ANT372H1, ANT412H1, ANT457H1, ARH309H1, EAS219H1, EAS297H1, EAS354H1, EAS406Y1, EAS412H1, FAH205H1, FAH319H1, FAH338H1, FAH353H1, FAH436H1, FAH463H1, FAH480H1, FAH483H1, FAH484H1, HIS302H1, HIS310H1, HIS358H1, HIS463H1, HIS484H1, HPS202H1, HPS401H1, HPS430H1, HPS431H1, NMC264H1, NMC394H1, NMC464H1, RLG305H1, RLG307H1, VIC198H1, VIC199H1. Students who achieve at least 77% in Vic One courses VIC183H1 or VIC184H1 may count one of these toward the Minor and use it to fulfill this requirement
Renaissance Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN0532
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
(4 FCE, no more than 1.0 FCE at the 100-level, and at least 1.0 FCE at 300+ level)
- 2.0 FCE from:
VIC114H1, VIC141H1, VIC142H1, VIC240Y1, VIC241H1, VIC242H1, VIC341H1, VIC342H1, VIC343H1/ VIC343Y1, VIC344H1, VIC345H1, VIC346H1, VIC347H1, VIC348Y0, VIC349H1/ VIC349Y1, VIC392H1/ VIC392Y1, VIC440Y1, VIC441H1, VIC442H1, VIC449H1/ VIC449Y1, VIC492H1/ VIC492Y1
- 2.0 FCE in Literature, History, or Art from:
Literature: ENG220Y1, ENG301H1, ENG302Y1, ENG303H1, ENG304Y1, ENG330H1, ENG331H1, ENG335H1, ENG336H1; FRE319H1, FRE320H1, FRE441H1; ITA200H1, ITA249H1, ITA312H1, ITA325H1, ITA300H1, ITA332H1, ITA356Y0, ITA357Y0, ITA370H1, ITA400H1, ITA420H1; SPA352H1, SPA368H1, SPA452H1, SPA454H1
History: HIS243H1, HIS301H1, HIS308H1, HIS309H1, HIS319H1, HIS368H1, HIS357Y1, HIS362H1, HIS403H1, HIS438H1, HIS443H1
Art: FAH230H1, FAH330H1, FAH331H1, FAH333H1, FAH335H1, FAH337H1, FAH338H1, FAH340H1, FAH341H1, FAH344H1, FAH370H1, FAH371H1, FAH393Y0, FAH430H1, FAH432H1, FAH433H1, FAH434H1, FAH435H1, FAH436H1, FAH440H1, FAH470H1
Science and Society Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN2743
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program.
The Minor in Science and Society is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the different ways science and technology shape modern society and, in turn, how society shapes science and technology. From the food we eat to the way we conceive family relations or our obligations to future generations, our daily practices and our beliefs are increasingly influenced by scientific research and its applications. In turn, politics, public opinion, moral beliefs and cultural practices affect scientific and technological development. Courses in this program address such topics as science and values, science-related policy and politics, ethical uses of technology, scientific revolutions and controversies, modeling and communication of scientific research, and knowledge transfer from research to commercial and societal applications.
(4.0 FCEs, including at least 1.0 FCE at 300+ level)
- HPS200H1
- 1.0 FCE from: VIC206H1, VIC207H1, VIC242H1, VIC245H1, VIC274H1, VIC343H1, VIC493H1Y (Science Capstone). Students who achieve at least 77% in VIC121H1, VIC122H1, VIC170Y1 or VIC172Y1 may count up to 1.0 FCE from these courses towards this requirement.
- 1.0 FCE from: HPS110H1, HPS202H1, HPS210H1, HPS211H1, HPS222H1, HPS245H1, HPS260H1, HPS270H1, HPS272H1, HPS303H1, HPS307H1, HPS318H1, HPS319H1, HPS324H1, HPS345H1, HPS346H1, HPS401H1, HPS402H1, HPS430H1, HPS431H1, HPS440H1, HPS450H1
- An additional 0.5 FCE from program requirements (2) and (3) above.
- An additional 1.0 FCE from program requirements (2) and (3) above and/or from the approved list of cognate courses: ANT358H1, ANT364H1, BIO220H1, EEB215H1, ENV200H1, ETH220H1, GGR223H1, GGR321H1/ JIG322H1, JGE321H1, PHL273H1, PHL281H1, PHL373H1, PHL381H1, PHL384H1, PSY328H1, WGS275H1.
Semiotics and Communication Studies Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN1939
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Variable Minimum Grade
A minimum grade in a required course is needed for entry, and this minimum changes each year depending on available spaces and the number of applicants. One of following courses must be completed:
• ANT100Y1/ LIN100Y/ ( LIN101H1 and LIN102H1)/ PHL100Y1/ SOC101Y/ (SOC102H and SOC103H)/ ( SOC100H1 and SOC150H1)/ 1.0 credits in Vic One
To ensure that admitted students are adequately prepared to succeed in the program, applicants with a final grade lower than 73% in required courses will not be considered for admission. Please note that obtaining this minimum final grade does not guarantee admission to the program.
(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)
- 1.0 credit from: ANT100Y1, LIN100Y/( LIN101H1, LIN102H1), PHL100Y1, SOC101Y/(SOC102H, SOC103H)/( SOC100H1, SOC150H1), 1.0 credit in Vic One.
- VIC223Y1
- 1.0 credit from: VIC320H1, VIC322H1, VIC323Y1, VIC324H1, VIC325H1
- 1.0 credit from Groups A-E.
Group A: Anthropology
ANT204H1, ANT253H1, ANT322H1, ANT329H1, ANT356H1, ANT366H1, ANT425H1, ANT426H1, ANT427H1, ANT450H1; JAL328H1, JAL355H1Group B: Linguistics
LIN200H1, LIN229H1, LIN232H1, LIN251H1, LIN333H1, LIN341H1, LIN456H1; JAL355H1; JLP315H1, JLP374H1Group C: Philosophy
PHL200Y1, PHL201H1, PHL235H1, PHL244H1, PHL245H1, PHL285H1, PHL304H1, PHL310H1, PHL311H1, PHL317H1, PHL320H1, PHL321H1, PHL322H1, PHL325H1, PHL340H1, PHL342H1, PHL346H1, PHL351H1, PHL385H1Group D: Psychology
PSY210H1, PSY220H1, PSY260H1, PSY270H1, PSY280H1, PSY312H1, PSY316H1, PSY320H1, PSY323H1, PSY362H1, PSY370H1, PSY371H1, PSY372H1, PSY421H1, PSY427H1, PSY434H1; JLP315H1Group E: Other Related Area Courses
CAS414H1; CDN221H1, CIN201Y1, CIN270Y1, CIN301Y1, CIN310Y1, CIN314Y1, CIN330Y1, CIN332Y1, CIN364H1; CLA204H1, CLA219H1, CLA305H1, CLA388H1, CLA389H1; COG250Y1; DRM230Y1, ENG382Y1, ENG384Y1; FAH231H1, FAH245H1, FAH246H1, FAH270H1, FAH272H1, FAH337H1, FAH346H1, FAH348H1, FAH372H1, FAH374H1; FRE310H1; HIS374H1, HIS459H1 OR HIS460H1; HPS250H1; INI301H1, INI305H1; JUM203H1; MUS300H1, MUS306H1; NEW302Y1, NEW303H1; RLG200H1, RLG210Y1, RLG211H1, RLG212H1, RLG227H1, RLG230H1, RLG232H1, RLG233H1, RLG249H1, RLG301H1, RLG304H1, RLG305H1, RLG315H1, RLG316H1; SLA331H1, SLA495H1, SLA496H1; SMC219Y1, SMC271H1, SMC387H1, SMC392H1, SMC397H1; SOC365H1, SOC382H1, SOC388H1; VIC202Y1, VIC224Y1, VIC225Y1, VIC281H1, VIC302H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC326H1, VIC343Y1, VIC345H1; WGS271Y1, WGS372H1
Victoria College Courses
VIC198H1 - Posters and Propaganda
How and when have political posters been used? What forms do they take? How have they changed over time? What can these visual artifacts tell us about the relationship between art and propaganda, and about the political movements that have mobilized visual strategies to advance their aims? This course involves visits to several poster collections, develops visual literacy skills, and highlights the role of the visual in societies past and present. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC199H1 - Thinking with Things
This course will examine the materiality of objects with a view to understanding how artefacts are made, their circulation, consumption, and the importance of things to social and cultural life. An investigation of artefacts from various collections in and around the university will be undertaken to develop basic methods for the study, description and analysis of material culture. In addition to hands-on exploration of objects, topics may include antiquarians and their methods, material culture in colonial contexts, and materials in contemporary user-friendly design. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Vic One: Education Stream
VIC150Y1 - School and Society
This course will be about the social and historical role of the school. The course will examine schools and learning as social, political, intellectual, and economic phenomena. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC151Y1 and PSY100H1
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC151Y1 - Theories and Practices of Teaching
This course focuses on connecting theories and practice of teaching with a view to having students develop their personal understanding of teaching. Students will be involved in a practicum. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC150Y1 and PSY100H1
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Vic One: Frye Stream
VIC162H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
A study of culture with a view to developing basic concepts with examples drawn from the visual arts, music, film, literature, architecture, and/or local urban artefacts. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC163H1, VIC164H1, VIC165H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ENG or FAH or PHL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC163H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
A study of culture with a view to developing basic concepts with examples drawn from the visual arts, music, film, architecture, and/or local urban artefacts. We will emphasize how contemporary thought has affected the practice of everyday life. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC162H1, VIC164H1, VIC165H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ENG or FAH or PHL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC164H1 - Ideas and Their Consequences: Literary and Artistic Realms of the Imagination
A study of the ideas and concerns of creative thinkers and their impact upon cultures. The course includes literary, scientific and/or religious intellectuals from the major traditions. Attention to modes of reasoning, cultural definition and expression. Emphasis on philosophical and artistic concepts. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC165H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ENG or FAH or PHL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC165H1 - Ideas and Their Consequences: Isolation and Communion in Modern Culture
A study of art, with a focus on poetry, as an essential mode of experience and knowledge, in the context of contemporary and modern society. Along with literary artists, the course includes writers on history and sociology and presents the interplay between artistic vision and socio-political situations. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC162H1,VIC163H1, VIC164H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ENG or FAH or PHL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Vic One: Gooch Stream
VIC166H1 - Common Vices and Neglected Virtues: Intro to Ethics of Character
Vice is popular: a prestigious university press has brought out a series of seven books on the Seven Deadly Sins. This course examines such questions as the following. Are greed, lust and gluttony just bad names for necessary and otherwise acceptable instincts? What is the place, in a good human life, of such qualities as honesty, trust, civility and the like? Are vices and virtues culturally determined or a matter of individual preference? Can character be taught, or is it rather a matter of genes and luck? Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC167H1, VIC168H1, VIC169H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ANT or PHL or RLG
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC167H1 - Ideas and Fine Thoughts
This course examines how political ideas are formed and developed through literature, art, plays, essays and philosophical works in the twentieth century. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC166H1, VIC168H1, VIC169H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ANT or PHL or RLG
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC168H1 - Identity and Equality in the Public Sphere
This course explores current legal and philosophical debates around equality, discrimination, and the shaping of individual and group identities. It addresses the way values, affiliation, and identities have an impact on the public sphere of law and policy-making – and the ways in which law and policy, in turn, shape our conceptions (and misconceptions) of people's identities. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC166H1, VIC167H1, VIC169H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ANT or PHL or RLG
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC169H1 - Ethical Living in a Pluralistic World
This course examines different values, beliefs, and traditions relating to the natural and social world, ethical living, and the common good. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC166H1, VIC167H1, VIC168H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ANT or PHL or RLG
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Vic One: Stowe-Gullen Stream
VIC170Y1 - The Impact of Science on Our Society
How rhetoric and statistical analysis are used to communicate scientific observations and theories to different audiences will be examined in lectures and seminars. Uncertainty, belief, evidence, risk assessment, random error and bias will be discussed using examples drawn from literature, the arts and the physical, life and social sciences. Students will prepare a research grant application on a scientific topic of their own choice. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC171Y1 and 1.0 FCE selected from first-year course offerings in the sciences (0.5 FCE must be a BIO course)
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC171Y1 - Methodology, Theory and Practice in the Natural Sciences
An examination of scientific theories and their logic in life and physical sciences. Experimental design, novel device production, data analysis and modeling will be discussed using examples drawn from primary source material in the natural sciences. Students will prepare a research paper on a topic designed in consultation with the instructor. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC170Y1 and 1.0 FCE selected from first-year course offerings in the sciences (0.5 FCE must be a BIO course)
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Vic One: Schawlow Stream
VIC172Y1 - Physical Sciences Today
How is science performed and what enables scientific progress? What are our responsibilities as scientists? We base the discussion mostly on the development of microscopy tools. We look at how scientific discoveries affect and were affected by society. This course explores the complementary skills and knowledge needed by modern scientists. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC173Y1 and 1.0 FCE selected from first-year course offerings in the sciences (0.5 FCE must be a CHM, MAT or PHY course)
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC173Y1 - Philosophy of Science for Physical Scientists
This course introduces students to some of the issues in the philosophy of science, in general, and in the philosophy of physics, in particular. Topics include the scientific method and its controversies, the meaning of time and its properties, realism versus competing approaches, thought experiments, and quantum mechanics. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC172Y1 and 1.0 FCE selected from first-year course offerings in the sciences (0.5 FCE must be a CHM, MAT or PHY course)
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Vic One: Pearson Stream
VIC181H1 - Events in the Public Sphere: World Affairs
This course will review issues in contemporary world affairs, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the present day. The course will examine the politics and practice of foreign policy decision making. Issues to be covered include the collapse of the Soviet Union, intervention in humanitarian crises, and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC183H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ECO, HIS or POL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC183H1 - Individuals and the Public Sphere: Shaping Memory
This course explores how public service and citizenship are developed. Topics may include the role of law and government, civil liberties, rights and responsibilities, and the role of protest. Emphasis on individuals and movements that have shaped modern memory. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC181H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ECO, HIS or POL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC184H1 - Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
A seminar course that examines the contribution of an individual or individuals to the public sphere. The course will explore how public service and citizenship are developed in social, philosophical, and cultural contexts. We will examine our evolving role in developing collective, cultural and counter memory. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC185H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ECO, HIS or POL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC185H1 - Events in the Public Sphere: Social Justice
This course uses events to discuss the nature of society including major revolutions, economic crises, and the impact of significant artistic, cultural and technological developments. Emphasis on our responsibilities towards social justice. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC184H1, and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ECO, HIS or POL
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Vic One: Chambers Stream
VIC186Y1 - The Art and Literature of Leadership
What is a leader? Are leaders born or are they made, and if they are made is there a craft to being able to lead others? Through works of art, film, and literature, this course examines the various types of men and women who become leaders from natural-born talents to statesmen and state-crafters and individual entrepreneurs with the purpose of defining those qualities that make for the leaders of tomorrow. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC187H1, VIC188H1, ECO101H1 and ECO102H1
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC187H1 - Prosperity, Justice, and Sustainability: Introduction to Public Policy
This course introduces policy applications of measurement tools and economic concepts by analyzing current issues in the news, such as public spending and debt, health care, social security, energy, climate change, innovation, and education. Concepts from the philosophy and history of economic thought will be used to address such questions as: What is the nature of economic explanations? Do they tell us the truth about reality? Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC186Y1, VIC188H1, ECO101H1 and ECO102H1
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC188H1 - Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability, and Ethics
Drawing together philosophical background readings with contemporary applications, this course addresses issues of corporate social responsibility, business ethics, human rights, diversity, and equity, and considers how these topics intersect with a wide range of global practices. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC186Y1, VIC187H1, ECO101H1 and ECO102H1
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Vic One: Jewison Stream
VIC190Y1 - The Arts and Society
The artist, filmmaker, poet or dramatist has changed society and how we imagine our future. The course explores a number of paradigm cases of how the arts have interacted with social problems. Both historical and current examples of the role of the imaginative arts will be explored. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC191Y1 and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ARC or CIN or DRM or ENG or MUS or VIS
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC191Y1 - Artistic Creation and Public Issues
This course addresses social issues through the exploration of creative activity and the imaginative arts. Topics will be discussed from historical, ethical and philosophical perspectives, and might be considered either in a group or individually. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: VIC190Y1 and 1.0 FCE in any 100-level course in ARC or CIN or DRM or ENG or MUS or VIS
Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Woodsworth One, 199 seminars, Vic One Hundred courses.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Vic One Hundred
VIC101H1 - Conflict Theory and Practice
This course is a general orientation to conflict theory, and develops a basic understanding of essential conflict resolution principles that will complement the study of conflict theory. The course will examine the differences between conflicts and disputes, the functions and desirability of conflict, and the conditions that facilitate conversion of conflicts from destructive to constructive. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC102H1 - Ethics and Choices in Times of Crisis
This course examines a specific event, or events, in relation to the public sphere. The course will use events or an event as an entry point to discuss the nature of society including topics such as major revolutions, economic crises, the impact of the appearance of significant artistic or cultural works, and the impact of technological changes. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC105H1 - Odysseys: The Search for Meaning
Metaphors and motivations of journeying have long intrigued human beings as they have attempted to understand the meaning of their existence: the setting out, the seeking for a desired object, the pilgrimage of religious observance, and the longing to return home. Through texts, art, music and film, this course will explore some of the shaping journey-myths of our culture from classical, Hebrew, medieval and modern sources. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC106H1 - Psychology and Society
This course explores central developments and ongoing controversies in the scientific study of the human mind, brain and behaviour. It examines topics such as: psychoanalysis, behaviourism, humanistic psychology, evolutionary psychology, intelligence testing, and feminist perspectives. Goals include understanding the historical evolution and social relevance of scientific psychology. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC107H1 - Evolution, Genetics, and Behaviour
In this course we examine major episodes in the history of evolution and genetics in the twentieth century. Topics include Darwinian evolution, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, eugenics, and genetic screening and therapy. We will examine different views about the control of evolution and genetic manipulation in their socio-cultural-economic context and discuss the ethical and social implications of those views. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC108H1 - Belonging, Imagination and National Identity
This course will examine a number of questions related to the origins of national identities and the sustainability of nation-states. Topics covered will include: language, ethnicity, religion, politics, war, symbols, the arts, sport and public spectacle, and cuisine. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC109H1 - Innovators and Their Ideas
A study of the ideas and concerns of innovators who questioned traditional views and values. The course includes creative thinkers who challenged basic concepts on politics, literature, religion, and society. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC110H1 - Critical Perspectives on Society
By means of short texts, film or art works this course explores such themes as the effect of technology on the political, the nature of democracy, the question of resistance through art and the role of violence in the social. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC112H1 - Puzzles, Discovery and the Human Imagination
Hours: 24S
There has never been a period of time, nor has there ever been a culture, without some kind of puzzle tradition. Are puzzles just playful artefacts, intended merely to entertain? Or are they mirrors of something much more fundamental in human life? The course will take a close look at what puzzles tell us about the human mind and human culture. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC113H1 - Encountering Distant Climes: The Literature of Travel and Exploration
This course will study accounts of world travelers and explorers from the Middle Ages to the present, including representative examples drawn from the Age of Exploration, the Grand Tour, scientific and map-making expeditions, and the contemporary genre of travel writing. Particular attention will be given to the trans-cultural nature of travel, and the interactive aspects of the gulf between the observer and those observed. Students will analyze the diverse motivational factors behind excursions and expeditions, and apply a critique to written accounts in light of such factors as self-discovery, knowledge and imagination, Eurocentrism, orientalism, cultural relativism, colonialism/imperialism, race, gender, and eco-tourism. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC114H1 - Renaissance in Popular Culture
This course explores the depiction of the Renaissance in a wide range of plays, films and novels. The focus is on the exchange between film, fiction, and ‘fact’, and on how the values and concerns of the present shape creative recreations of the past in popular culture. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC115H1 - Imagined Power: Literature and Film
In this course we will study a number of literary and cinematic works that take up questions of power, duty, rights, responsibility, and freedom. Our texts will be drawn from a long history, and from many parts of the world. The sequence however will not be chronological. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC116H1 - Politics of the Pen
A study of how literature challenges prevailing political beliefs and social norms. We will situate our discussion in the broader context of human rights and freedoms. We will examine cases where literature has been censored and writers have been imprisoned or driven into exile. Part of this course involves a community service-learning component. We will consider how this literature contributes to debate and advocacy around issues of social justice. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC117H1 - Understanding the Performing Arts: Interpretation and Expression
This course examines two key issues about the performing arts that concern both artists and theorists: the nature of interpretation and of expression. What might we mean when we say that a work, a piece of music or a dance for example expresses something? What is it to express? And what is the nature of interpretation? Are there any constraints or boundaries on interpretation? We will draw on both philosophers and non-philosophers to explore these sorts of questions. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC119H1 - Myths and Legends in Modern Contexts
This course provides an introduction to modern forms of ancient narratives, exploring the ways in which selected ancient literary sources and myths have been adapted to modern Canadian literature. Ancient narratives or ‘old stories’ are often reused, reinterpreted or reconstructed in modern narratives and given new relevance in a contemporary context. Students will encounter sources and contexts of ancient narratives. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC121H1 - Evaluating Healthcare: Problems and Solutions
This course introduces students to the study of healthcare by asking foundational questions about how evidence and knowledge are produced in the context of healthcare problems. Students will explore how different frameworks for clinical practise (e.g. Evidence-based Medicine, Person-Centered Healthcare) conceptualize evidence and how different methodologies impact how healthcare research is conceived, reported, and understood. Students will learn to critically appraise healthcare research studies and assess their evidence value and implications for clinical practice. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
VIC122H1 - Scientific Evidence in Public Policy
This course investigates issues arising from the translation of scientific evidence for public consumption, including in the development of public policy and in confronting problems of social and global significance. Areas of focus will include climate change, global health, and clinical medicine. Students will explore concepts including the perception and communication of risk, the generalizability of research findings, probabilistic and mechanistic thinking, and the use and abuse of scientific authority and “expertise” in public discourse. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC134H1 - Globalization
This interdisciplinary course explores the contemporary character of globalization. The world is shrinking as money, goods, people, ideas, weapons, and information flow across national boundaries. Some commentators assert that a more tightly interconnected world can exacerbate financial disruptions, worsen the gap between rich and poor nations, undermine democracy, imperil national cultures, harm the environment, and give unconstrained freedom to predatory corporations. Others proclaim that globalization - understood as capitalism and free markets - fosters economic growth, encourages creative collaboration, inspires technological breakthroughs, and enhances human prospects for a better life, in rich and poor countries alike, in unprecedented ways. Our task is to evaluate the evidence and draw our own conclusions. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC135H1 - The Death of Meaning
In The Origin of Species Darwin concluded there was no evidence to suggest that life was designed by a higher power. A corollary of this is that our lives lack any necessary purpose or meaning. Our readings will be directed to the question of what it means to lack ‘Meaning’. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC136H1 - How to Study Everyday Life
An introduction to the academic study of everyday life. A cross-disciplinary discussion class drawing on a wide variety of examples from ordinary life, fantasy, and culture. We situate the apparently innocuous within larger patterns of social relations and social change. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC137H1 - Science and Science Fiction
Based on reading and discussion of science fiction and popular science in the context of social issues, this seminar course explores the fantastic visions of humanity's future inspired by scientific advances during the twentieth century. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC141H1 - Discovery and Revolution
This course examines the emergence of a global modern world in relation to the upheavals of the Renaissance (1350-1700) and its discoveries and innovations in culture and society. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC142H1 - Machiavelli: The Politics of Power
The name of Machiavelli unleashes powerful opinions and responses and conjures up trickery, duplicity and cynicism. Yet Machiavelli himself is arguably the least Machiavellian of political figures of the Italian Renaissance. This course examines the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli, placing them in their historical context in order to understand this most controversial figure of the Renaissance, his influence and his lasting legacy. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC159H1 - Vic One Hundred Special Topics Seminar
Topics vary from year to year. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
VIC159Y1 - Vic One Hundred Special Topics Seminar
Topics vary from year to year. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Creative Expression and Society
IVP210H1 - Holography for 3D Visualization
An introduction to the theory and practice of holography. Human perception & 3D visualization; fundamentals of 3D modeling; ray and wave optics; interference, diffraction, coherence; transmission and reflection holograms; colour perception; stereograms. Applications of holography in art, medicine, and technology. Computer simulation, design, and construction of holograms.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
VIC209H1 - How Stories Work
Stories give shape and substance to the things we believe in, from scientific theories and sacred texts to literary tales and philosophical propositions. They perpetuate ideals and identities, and sustain institutions and communities. This course will take up a set of texts from the arts, sciences, religions and several other storytelling traditions, ancient and modern, considering their claims to authority and making connections between them.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC235H1 - Innovation in Society
This course investigates the history and contemporaneity of innovation as a response to social, scientific, and environmental challenges. Students will acquire key frameworks for understanding the workings of innovation, the place of creativity, and the social impacts of new and disrupted organizations. Through historicizing key moments of innovation (from the Gutenberg printing press to today’s healthcare discoveries) and considering related issues (including intellectual property and sustainability) students will develop approaches to understanding the past, present, and future of creative disruption.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC270H1 - Listening: A Critical History
Surveying scenarios for public and private musical listening, from historical contexts to the present, this course explores critical questions about how we listen, including the relationship between musical genres and listening situations, the definition of music vs. noise, the influence of spectatorship, and the impact of changing technologies. Students discuss the changing aesthetics and ideologies of musical listening, considering ways in which listening shapes our understanding of the social and our awareness of communities.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC271H1 - Reading the Wild
In light of the environmental crisis, this seminar surveys a wide range of oral and written literature in order to discover how our approach to nature has changed over the centuries, what gains and losses have attended modernity, and what older cultures can teach us as we seek to preserve threatened ecosystems.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC273H1 - The Body: An Exercise
This course will sketch the vital role or the drama of the human body, aspects of its performance, comedy, tragedy and death, through selected parts of history, in life and as reflected in “art.”
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC275H1 - Creative Writing: Short Fiction
This course is for aspiring fiction writers who wish to deepen their craft. Each seminar will feature a lecture on technical issues such as plot and characterization, as well as an analysis of a short story by a classic writer. Students will write their own stories, with editorial input from the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC276H1 - Writing for the Stage and Screen
A creative writing course for students interested in an introduction to writing for theatre and film. Seminars will focus on technical issues including plot, characterization, dramatic structure, dialogue, image-based storytelling, and aspects of dramaturgy. Seminars may also include analyses of notable plays and screenplays across a variety of genres. Students will write their own scripts, with editorial input from the instructor.
Exclusion: CIN349H1; DRM228H1; DRM328H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC279H1 - Creative Non-Fiction
This course examines the forms, style, aims, and ethics of non-fictional forms such as documentary writing, journalism, and life-writing. It combines the study of examples from contemporary media with exercises in writing non-fictional prose.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC280H1 - Creative Writing: Poetry
A workshop course (with a literature component) in writing poetry. Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. The literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC281H1 - Popular Music, Technology, and the Human
This course explores ways in which popular music, sound and sound technologies have influenced our understanding of the recent human condition. Drawing on a variety of theoretical perspectives, we consider the musical uses of technology as both a material culture and a set of distinctly innovative practices that can create powerful transformations of consciousness, meaning and value.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC335H1 - Ethical Enterprise and Critical Reflection
The course explores what change we hope to produce through a wide range of new enterprises. The main goal is to develop critical perspectives on enterprises in the widest sense, including start-up companies, non-profits, arts institutions, community outreach organizations, and social activism. What would make these changes ethical? When we evaluate the endeavours, how can we compare economic benefits, social disruption, questions of exclusion and diversity, sustainability in several senses, and the processes of change themselves? Where are the limits of social responsibility in entrepreneurial creativity?
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC350Y1 - Creative Writing
A workshop course (with a literature component) in writing fiction and poetry. Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. Does not offer instruction for beginning writers. Presupposes perfect and sophisticated written language skills. The Literature component emphasizes multicultural dimensions of contemporary writing in English.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC352Y1 - Love, Sex and Death in Short Fiction
This course will examine how a variety of international authors, both nineteenth century and modern, handle the themes of mortality, sexual passion and love in their short fiction. Particular emphasis will be placed on the artistry of the writers' presentation, the role of dialogue, the economy of narrative, etc. Students will read Chekhov, The Kiss, Lady with a Dog and Tolstoy, Master and Man but will also be exposed to such contemporary popular authors as Elmore Leonard, When the Women Come Out to Dance; Truman Capote, Mojave; Richard Ford, The Occidentals; Philip Roth, The Dying Animal; Ian McEwen, The Cement Garden; and David Bezmozgis, Natasha.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC370H1 - Music and the Imagination
This course explores how music creatively reflects and inspires our sense of self, place and community through readings, close listening, case studies, and creative responses. We consider various sites of musical imagination, and the genres that intersect with them. Course discussion addresses how music participates in the social life of creativity, imagination and fantasy, and what these roles mean for music's significance in society and culture. No prior experience in music composition required.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC371H1 - Documentary Journalism
This seminar course looks at the history and evolution of documentary journalism in print and/or visual media through changing contexts, including challenges in the digital era. Students discuss major stories in the news, focusing on some important practitioners of the genre and on ethical issues such as privacy, objectivity, and partisanship.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC372H1 - Reviewing, Reception, and Reading Communities
While readers and audiences often are considered to be cultural "consumers," this course will consider reception as an active, creative, and often collaborative activity, by examining formal and informal practices of reviewing and response that may include fan/fanfic cultures, book clubs, community and nation-wide reading programs, and award competitions. Such contexts of reception will be considered along with their social, economic, and ethical implications.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC373H1 - Materialities of Music
Music is often understood as the most ephemeral and transcendent of the fine arts, even if that means overlooking the physical realities of music's production and dissemination. We will examine these materialities here, from paper and technologies of print, through to instruments for making and studying sound, and architectural spaces for its market circulation; we will see how music and its instruments provided the raw material for the emergence of a nineteenth-century science of acoustics.
Recommended Preparation: 0.5 FCE in Creative Expression and Society, Material Culture, or Music.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC435H1 - Capstone Seminar: Community-Engaged Research
This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity in community-engaged research combined with critical reflection and academic discussion within a seminar setting. Through a placement in social enterprise organizations, students develop research-based approaches to support their organization in assessing needs, impact, and resources. Alongside this hands-on experience, interdisciplinary seminar discussions will help students understand how research methodologies, standards, and protocols are deployed in community settings. Not eligible for CR/NCR.
Exclusion: NEW497Y1/NEW498H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC470H1 - Soundscapes
This course surveys the growth of the field of Acoustic Ecology and the aesthetic, political, and ethical questions it engages. Students learn about creative and musical practices associated with this new attention to sound, and they gain experience with the practice of field recording and sonic-environmental sampling. The course culminates with a final Soundscape composition or creative mapping project. No previous experience in sound recording or composition required.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC479Y1 - The Novel: A Master Class
Advanced young writers in this fourth-year seminar work to produce a short novel appropriate for submission to an agent or a publisher. The class does not offer instruction for beginning writers. It is intended for serious writers interested in learning about writing novels at a professional level.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC480H1 - Poetry: A Master Class
A workshop course in writing poetry. Designed for those with a serious ambition to be writers as evinced in work they are already doing. Does not offer instruction for beginning writers. Presupposes perfect and sophisticated written language skills.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Education and Society
VIC260H1 - Equity and Diversity in Education
This course focuses on raising awareness and sensitivity to equity and diversity issues facing teachers and students in diverse schools and cultural communities. It builds knowledge of how oppression works and how cultural resources and educational practices may be brought to bear on reducing oppression and improving equity. The field experience in this course entails observation of and participation in equity and diversity efforts in a culturally-rooted school and/or community organization.
Exclusion: JSV202H1, SMC271H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC261H1 - Child and Adolescent Development in Education
This course examines how children and adolescents develop and explores how best to facilitate their growth and learning in the area of education. Major topics include cognitive, emotional, social, moral, physical and language development. Themes addressed include interpersonal relationships such as pro-social and aggressive behaviour, as well as the influence of schooling, family life and culture. This course includes a 20-hour field experience located in a school and entails observation of development across various age groups. This may be satisfied by participation in Vic Reach or in another organization with the approval of the Program Coordinator.
Exclusion: JSV201H1, SMC272H1
Distribution Requirements: Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC262H1 - Communication and Conflict Resolution in Education
This course aims to develop an understanding of social conflict and cultural diversity. How does conflict act as a catalyst for change? What do socio-cultural, cognitive, and motivational approaches teach us about conflict? Topics include: effects of conflict, human rights principles, cross-cultural understanding.
Exclusion: JSV200H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC265H1 - Introduction to Teaching
Hours: 24S
Builds understanding of teaching as professional practice. The course primarily focuses on the research base underlying policies and documents such as the Foundations of Professional Practice. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Education and Society Minor (Arts).
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC356H1 - Multiple Literacies in Education
While pedagogical theory has long emphasized the place of language acquisition in literacy, recent educators have begun exploring the role of digital, visual, print, and critical literacies in education. This course introduces students to a multiple literacies framework through the pedagogical lens of social justice and diversity. Class participants learn to integrate the multimodalities of literacy in their teaching practice and expand their understanding of 21st-century literacy. This course requires students' enrolment in the Education and Society Minor or permission of the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC360H1 - Education Internship
Students are required to complete an internship in an educational environment. This can be satisfied by participation in an organization with the approval of the Program Coordinator. Written assessment of the internship is required. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: VIC360Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC360Y0 - Education Internship - International
Students are required to complete an internship in an educational environment in Beijing, China. Arranged through Victoria College and the Centre for International Exchange, the Beijing International Exchange is only for students in the Education & Society Minor. Written assessment of the internship is required. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: VIC360H1, VIC360Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC360Y1 - Education Internship
Students are required to complete an internship in an educational environment. This can be satisfied by participation in an organization with the approval of the Program Coordinator. Written assessment of the internship is required. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: VIC360H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC361H0 - A Study of Chinese Literature and Culture
This course will compare selected works of Chinese and Canadian authors with a view to the presentation of such writing in an educational setting.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC363H1 - Teaching Math: The JUMP Approach
This course will challenge the widely accepted idea that people need to be born with a special gift or natural ability to excel in mathematics. New research in education and cognitive science suggests that young learners often struggle in school because they are not taught in a way that allows their brains to work efficiently. This course will examine barriers that prevent students from learning and methods of teaching that can help all students reach their full potential (not only in math). Math lovers and math phobic students are welcome: the course aims to help students develop deeper levels of confidence and understanding in mathematics so they can become effective teachers themselves.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC368H1 - Special Topics in Education and Society
In-depth study of a topic related to education and society. Content varies with instructor. Please see Victoria College website for current offerings.
Recommended Preparation: One 200-level course in Education and Society
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC369H1 - Special Topics in Education and Society
In-depth study of a topic related to education and society. Content varies with instructor. Please see Victoria College website for current offerings.
Recommended Preparation: One 200-level course in Education and Society
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC395Y0 - Studies in Chinese Culture
This course takes place on exchange, in Beijing, China. Students will study five traditional Chinese arts topics and their impact on Chinese culture.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science; Science
Literature and Critical Theory
VIC202Y1 - Forms of Representation
This course explores representation as a cultural and political problem from antiquity to the modern era. Representation will be analyzed as a means of depicting or constructing reality and as a tool for constituting individual and collective subjectivity. We consider literary and other modes of representation in their historical contexts.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC203H1 - Empires I
This course examines the literary and non-literary representations that accompany imperial conquests and hegemony from pre-modern times to the emergence of the modern nation-state. We compare the establishment, interpretation and reinvention of cultural forms of empire (e.g. Ottoman, Persian, Roman) at local, national, transnational and global levels.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC204H1 - Canons and Canonicity
This course will consider the problem of canons in a variety of contexts: the aesthetic (including the literary, visual arts and music), but also the religious, the political, the philosophical and other discursive forms. Special focus will be on the problem of the relations across these boundaries.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC205H1 - Empires II
This course examines the literary and non-literary representations that accompany imperial conquests and hegemony from the emergence of the modern nation-state through more recent developments in globalization. We compare the establishment, interpretation and reinvention of cultural forms of empire (e.g. British, Japanese, Spanish) at local, national, transnational and global levels.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC301H1 - Critical Writing Seminar
This course is a writing intensive class devoted to the practice and analysis of critical writing. We will explore the critical tradition, the public(s) for whom one writes, and the choice of voice, point of view, and writerly form. The class will be structured around workshop style discussion and writing exercises.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC302H1 - Pasts and Futures
An introduction to representations of history, in which we will consider concepts that turn on the problem of time such as tradition, periodization, genealogy, memory, crisis, revolution, eschatology, and utopia.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC303H1 - Memory and Trauma
This course will explore the problem of memory in relation to both collective and individual trauma. What pressure does trauma place on language, and agency, and how does it figure in commemoration, narrative, monumentalization, and other modes of representing the past?
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC304H1 - Praxis and Performance
This course will explore what it means to “act” in cultural, political, religious, and psychological realms. We focus on the historically shifting relations between theory and practice, between artifice and agency, and between theatricality and spectatorship.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC305H1 - Institutions and Power
This course will consider some of the ideologies and practices of various institutions at work in the production and transmission of cultural objects and social power. These may include the family, museum, hospital, prison, university, library, and theatre, as well as fields such as publishing and religion.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC306H1 - Culture and Media
This course will consider relations between various cultural media – such as film, literature, photography, visual art, architecture – with specific attention to the historical demands and possibilities posed by technological change.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC307H1 - Periodization and Cultural History
This course explores the phenomenon of historical periodization in its various modes, including as a stylistic concept, a set of discursive norms for cataloguing and grouping cultural forms, and a means of organizing and contesting historical narratives.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC308H1 - Identities
Though “identity” might suggest sameness, it is historically unstable and has many components, including ability/disability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, health/illness, ‘race,’ sexuality, and religion. This course considers the complexities of identity-formation and identity-transformation as captured in literary texts and cultural artefacts over a wide range of historical and cultural contexts.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC401H1 - Seminar in Comparative Literature
This course offers senior students in Literature and Critical Theory the opportunity to take part in a graduate seminar in Comparative Literature. Topics change annually.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC401Y1 - Seminar in Comparative Literature
This course offers senior students in Literature and Critical Theory the opportunity to take part in a graduate seminar in Comparative Literature. Topics change annually.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC402H1 - Translation and Comparativity
This course will consider questions of adaptation, appropriation, imitation, hybridity and incommensurability across languages, geographical regions, epochs, media, and academic disciplines. Course topics may include the role of translation in the historical projects of nation-building and empire.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC403H1 - Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
VIC494H1 - LCT Senior Research Paper
This course provides an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study, not otherwise available within the Faculty, with the intent of addressing specific topics in Literature and Critical Theory. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC494Y1 - LCT Senior Research Paper
This course provides an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study, not otherwise available within the Faculty, with the intent of addressing specific topics in Literature and Critical Theory. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Material Culture
VIC224H1 - Introduction to Material Culture
This course is about things - the everyday objects of past and present cultures. It examines the meanings people have invested in objects and how those meanings have changed over time. Using interdisciplinary approaches, students investigate objects found in homes, retail spaces, cities, art galleries and museums in order to develop new understandings of the objects that structure their daily lives and their material world.
Exclusion: VIC224Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC224Y1 - Introduction to Material Culture
This course is about things - the everyday objects of past and present cultures. It examines the meanings people have invested in objects and how those meanings have changed over time. Using interdisciplinary approaches, students investigate objects found in homes, retail spaces, cities, art galleries and museums in order to develop new understandings of the objects that structure their daily lives and their material world.
Exclusion: VIC224H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC225Y1 - A History of the World in Objects
Through a multidisciplinary approach, this course opens new perspectives on the history of artifacts, the evolution of a world of things, and the analysis of material culture. Lectures and tutorials are supplemented by hands-on exercises in museums and local communities.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC229H1 - Special Topics in Material Culture
An in-depth examination of some aspect of Material Culture theory or practice. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Not offered every year.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC229Y1 - Special Topics in Material Culture
An in-depth examination of some aspect of Material Culture theory or practice. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Not offered every year.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC326H1 - The Material Culture of Food
This course explores the material cultures which form around food and foodways in contemporary culture. It looks at foods as objects of production and consumption and at the material landscapes (culinary tools, the geography of the kitchen and restaurant, the archives - recipes, cookbooks, menus - that home cooks or chefs use) in order to "expose" the social, cultural and political dimensions of cooking, entertaining and eating.
Exclusion: VIC229H1 taken in 2015-2016
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC327H1 - Digital Material Culture
This course explores the materiality of digital objects, from image and music files to digital documents to video games and other software, and considers their status as material culture. It involves the primary study of digital objects and also considers the technological infrastructures, cultural contexts, and signifying systems in which they are produced, circulated, and interpreted.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC328H1 - Materializing Cultural Identities
Students examine the expression of cultural identities in objects. Students are taught to think critically about the construction, use, display, and exchange of objects with significance for cultural identity. In addition to lectures and discussions, students participate in guided visits to sites – everyday, ritual, institutional – where negotiation of identity through objects occurs.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC329H1 - Internship in Material Culture
A practical or experiential learning opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member, normally at a museum, art gallery or other cultural agency (as approved by the supervisor). Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
VIC329Y1 - Internship in Material Culture
A practical or experiential learning opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member, normally at a museum, art gallery or other cultural agency (as approved by the supervisor). Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
VIC429H1 - Advanced Topics in Material Culture, Information Systems and Meaning-Making
Content varies depending on instructor. Selected issues are examined in depth and at an advanced level.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC444H1 - Themes in Material Culture
This fourth year seminar, required for students pursuing a minor in material culture, will have opportunities to explore themes in material culture studies, museum exhibitions and collections as well as processes of object analysis in greater depth and at an advanced level. Specific topics and research projects will vary according to the interests and specialties of course instructors and students.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Renaissance Studies
VIC240Y1 - The Civilization of Renaissance Europe
An interdisciplinary introduction to the civilization of the Renaissance illustrated by a study of the institutions, thought, politics, society and culture of both Italy and Northern Europe. Italian city states such as Florence, Urbino and Venice, Papal Rome and despotic Milan are compared with the northern dynastic monarchies of France and England.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC241H1 - Renaissance Icons and Afterlives
Hours: 24S
Focusing on famous works like Michelangelo’s David, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, and Monteverdi’s Orfeo, this course explores some of the greatest masterpieces of the European Renaissance and their afterlives, cross-cultural adaptations, and appropriations in later and modern popular culture.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC242H1 - Scientific Worldviews of the Renaissance
An in-depth study of late medieval and early modern scientific worldviews, with a focus on interconnections between natural philosophy, cosmology, theology, astronomy, optics, medicine, natural history, and ethics. Through a consideration of early modern ideas including free will and determinism, the finite and infinite universe, teleology and mechanism, theism and deism, and deduction and intuition, this course investigates some of the period’s key metaphysical and methodological assumptions, and reveals how an evolving scientific understanding informed the Renaissance worldview.
Recommended Preparation: 4.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC338H1 - Renaissance in the City
An interdisciplinary course exploring the history, art, architecture, literature, and music of the Renaissance in one or more cities from ca. 1400-1650. The course will investigate how local political and social-historical contexts shape ideas and cultural forms, and so illustrate the process and effects of cross-fertilization in the Renaissance period.
Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC341H1 - The Self and Society: Women, Men and Children
A study of the changing conception of the human self in the Renaissance, and of its representation by major authors: Erasmus, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, Castiglione, Machiavelli and others.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC342H1 - Women and Writing in the Renaissance
Focusing on writers from various geographical areas, the course examines a variety of texts by early modern women (for example, treatises, letters, and poetry) so as to explore the female experience in a literate society, with particular attention to how women constructed a gendered identity for themselves against the backdrop of the cultural debates of the time.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC343H1 - Sex and Gender
Hours: 24S
An interdisciplinary approach to questions of gender and sexuality in early modern Europe, with special focus on the representations of the sexual drive, the gender roles of men and women, and varieties of sexual experience in the literature and art of the period.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC343Y1 - Sex and Gender
An interdisciplinary approach to questions of gender and sexuality in early modern Europe, with special focus on the representations of the sexual drive, the gender roles of men and women, and varieties of sexual experience in the literature and art of the period.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC344H1 - Renaissance Narrative
Focuses on analysis of short stories and longer prose works including, in English translation: Boccaccio's stories of love, fortune and human intelligence in the Decameron; Rabelais' humorous parody of high culture in Gargantua; the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet; and the adventures of picaresque rogues in Lazarillo de Tormes and Nashe's Unfortunate Traveler.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC345H1 - Media and Communications in the Early Modern Era
This course examines the various media (printing press, representational art, music, preaching) and social and political forces (family and political networks, censorship, education, etc.) that conditioned the communication of ideas in early modern society.
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC346H1 - The Idea of the Renaissance
This course examines the changing views of the Renaissance, from the earliest definitions by poets and painters to the different understandings of contemporary historians. We will pay attention to the interests and biases that have informed the idea of the Renaissance as an aesthetic, social, political, gendered, and eurocentric phenomenon.
Recommended Preparation: At least one half course in the art, literature, history, or philosophy of fifteenth or sixteenth century Europe
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC347H1 - Studies in Renaissance Performance
Studies in the development of new forms in music, drama and dance in the Renaissance. The course will consist of seminars and lectures, and may incorporate live performances taking place in Toronto in addition to recordings.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC348Y0 - The Renaissance City
This course will study four Renaissance Italian urban environments, beginning with the medieval city of Siena followed by the construction of Renaissance urban space in republics, principalities, and papal Rome. Field trips and illustrated lectures will introduce students to Renaissance urban, cultural, and political history.
Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, another course in Renaissance Studies or permission of the instructor. (Offered in Siena only)
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC349H1 - Special Topics in the Renaissance
Studies in an aspect of the Renaissance based around lectures, seminars, and readings. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Not offered every year.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC349Y1 - Special Topics in the Renaissance
Studies in an aspect of the Renaissance based around lectures, seminars, and readings. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Not offered every year.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC392H1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study
This course provides an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study, not otherwise available within the Faculty, with the intent of addressing specific topics in Renaissance studies. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC392Y1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study
This course provides an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study, not otherwise available within the Faculty, with the intent of addressing specific topics in Renaissance studies. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC440H1 - Florence and the Renaissance
Hours: 24L
An interdisciplinary seminar on Florence in the 15th and 16th centuries: humanism, culture and society in the republican period, the rise of the Medici, Florentine neoplatonism, the establishment of the Medici principate, culture, society and religion.
Exclusion: VIC440Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC441H1 - Michel de Montaigne: A Renaissance Life
A study of Montaigne as a multifaceted historical and cultural figure, as a mirror to sixteenth-century history, as product and observer of the religious divisions, political transformations, and cultural evolutions in an age marked by religious war, the growth of the state, the advent of the printed book, and the dissemination of the humanist project across western Europe. The course examines Montaigne’s essays, travel journals, and important scholarly works on Montaigne, in the context of contemporary gender relations, colonial empire, religious belief, and early modern Europe’s complex relationship with Greco-Roman Antiquity.
Recommended Preparation: Another course in Renaissance Studies or permission of the instructor
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC442H1 - The Renaissance Book
This course explores the intellectual and historical contexts of the Renaissance book and applies a digital humanities approach to its study, focusing on books printed in Western Europe between 1500 and 1700. Through a close examination of early and rare books, students explore three major areas in Renaissance intellectual history: 1) humanist rhetoric, politics, and literature, 2) Reformation studies, and 3) natural history, science, and medicine. Regular guest lectures sponsored by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies will introduce students to scholars from beyond the UofT; the course also involves experiential learning with digital exhibitions and rare books.
Exclusion: VIC449H1 (Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance: Exhibiting the Renaissance Book), offered in Winter 2018 and Winter 2019
Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC449H1 - Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance
An in-depth study in an aspect of the Renaissance based around lectures, seminars, and readings. Content in any given year depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC449Y1 - Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance
An in-depth study in an aspect of the Renaissance based around lectures, seminars, and readings. Content in any given year depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC492H1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study
This course provides an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study, not otherwise available within the Faculty, with the intent of addressing specific topics in Renaissance studies. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC492Y1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study
This course provides an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study, not otherwise available within the Faculty, with the intent of addressing specific topics in Renaissance studies. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
For application procedures visit the Victoria College website.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Science and Society
IVP210H1 - Holography for 3D Visualization
An introduction to the theory and practice of holography. Human perception & 3D visualization; fundamentals of 3D modeling; ray and wave optics; interference, diffraction, coherence; transmission and reflection holograms; colour perception; stereograms. Applications of holography in art, medicine, and technology. Computer simulation, design, and construction of holograms.
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)
VIC206H1 - Psychology and Society
This course explores central developments and ongoing controversies in the scientific study of the human mind, brain and behaviour. It examines topics such as: psychoanalysis, behaviourism, humanistic psychology, evolutionary psychology, intelligence testing, and feminist perspectives. Goals include understanding the historical evolution and social relevance of scientific psychology.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC207H1 - Evolution, Genetics, and Behaviour
In this course we examine major episodes in the history of evolution and genetics in the twentieth century. Topics include Darwinian evolution, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, eugenics, and genetic screening and therapy. We will examine different views about the control of evolution and genetic manipulation in their socio-cultural-economic context and discuss the ethical and social implications of those views.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC242H1 - Scientific Worldviews of the Renaissance
An in-depth study of late medieval and early modern scientific worldviews, with a focus on interconnections between natural philosophy, cosmology, theology, astronomy, optics, medicine, natural history, and ethics. Through a consideration of early modern ideas including free will and determinism, the finite and infinite universe, teleology and mechanism, theism and deism, and deduction and intuition, this course investigates some of the period’s key metaphysical and methodological assumptions, and reveals how an evolving scientific understanding informed the Renaissance worldview.
Recommended Preparation: 4.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC245H1 - Science Wars: Society and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
An introduction to competing conceptions of scientific knowledge and the role of sociocultural factors in shaping scientific methods, theories, and evidence. Can science provide objective knowledge of the external mind-independent world, or are the empirical aspirations of science limited by the social, cultural, economic, political, and religious contexts that shape “science” itself? Can scientific knowledge reach certainty? How do sociocultural factors affect the process of theory acceptance? This course considers “science” as an epistemological battleground from 17th century debates on inductive reasoning to contemporary arguments about “alternative” science.
VIC274H1 - Wisdom of the Social Sciences
This course examines influential efforts to study human beings and society scientifically, from the seventeenth century to the present. We consider major contributions from prominent thinkers, such as Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud. We also review the contemporary relevance and persistent controversies about their ideas.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC278H1 - Modelling Evil and Disease
Models frame our understanding and treatment of illness and are the most fundamental element of the scientific method. Theology, history, and literature may use models in different ways than natural and medical sciences but fundamentally all modelling is an attempt to accurately predict and manipulate the future.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC377H1 - Special Topics in Science and Society
In-depth study of a topic related to science and society. Content varies with instructor. Please see the Victoria College website for current offerings.
Recommended Preparation: 0.5 FCE in Science and Society
Distribution Requirements: Social Science; Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
Semiotics and Communication Studies
VIC223Y1 - Signs, Meanings, and Culture
This course will introduce the main elements of semiotic theory, applying it to the study of human culture, from language, myth, and art to popular forms of culture such as pop music and cinema. It will deal with primary texts in the development of semiotics, and cover a broad range of cultural applications of semiotic theory.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
VIC320H1 - Semiotics of Visual Art
Hours: 24L
Theories and models of applied semiotics: analysis of sign systems as articulated in various forms of artistic and cultural production.
Exclusion: VIC320Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC322H1 - Topics in Semiotics
VIC323Y1 - Theories of the Sign
VIC324H1 - Introduction to Forensic Semiotics
This course will introduce the field of forensic semiotics, which is new and in the process of being developed within the general field of semiotics. The course will look at the usage of semiotic notions, methods, and techniques in the area of forensic science. This includes the analysis of facial expression, sign-based clues left at crime scenes, body language, the symbolism of tattoos in gang behaviour, the role of ritual and slang in criminal gangs and in organized crime syndicates, and the analysis of conversations and written materials produced by criminals and their meanings. Experts in the field (from the judiciary, police, and other areas) will be invited to give guest lectures.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC325H1 - Media Semiotics
This course will deal with media semiotics, both in the traditional sense of the study of meanings in all media (from print to digital) and in how new digital media are changing the nature of signification and communication. The course will look at the usage of semiotics to study how meaning is negotiated in interactive media versus the older and still extant one-way media (print and radio, for example). The course will utilize actual media materials (comic books, television programs, text messages, and so on) on which semiotic analysis can be conducted.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
Vic Capstone
VIC435H1 - Capstone Seminar: Community-Engaged Research
This course provides students with an experiential learning opportunity in community-engaged research combined with critical reflection and academic discussion within a seminar setting. Through a placement in social enterprise organizations, students develop research-based approaches to support their organization in assessing needs, impact, and resources. Alongside this hands-on experience, interdisciplinary seminar discussions will help students understand how research methodologies, standards, and protocols are deployed in community settings. Not eligible for CR/NCR.
Exclusion: NEW497Y1/NEW498H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC451H1 - Capstone: Learning Communities and Higher Education
This course examines higher education in Canada using Victoria University and Victoria's affiliates as a case study. Topics covered include learning communities, mentoring, experiential learning, and international contexts of education. Students gain practical mentorship experience through placement in first-year Victoria College courses. Not eligible for CR/NCR.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC452H1 - Work-Integrated Capstone Course
This seminar provides academic support for individual work placements in a specific sector of employment, through interdisciplinary readings, integrative discussion, and critical reflection on the culture of labour and the acquisition of workplace skills and experience. Assignments will include reflective exercises and critical analyses, leading to participation in a capstone seminar. Not eligible for CR/NCR.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC476H1 - Capstone Seminar in Foreign Policy
The seminar involves a critical assessment of current foreign policy issues and contemporary world problems. Issues and case studies to be analyzed include: 1. International military interventions to respond to imminent threats or humanitarian crises, issues of legitimacy and effectiveness. e.g., Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Haiti. 2. Canada-US relations in international crisis management, the track record and the way ahead. 3. Globalization, international terrorism, and their effects on sovereignty, diplomacy and international institutions.
Exclusion: POL470Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
VIC490H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
VIC490Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
VIC491H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC491Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC493H1 - Vic Capstone Research Colloquium
This seminar provides work-in-progress support for students pursuing full-year or half-year Individual Studies projects. In an interdisciplinary seminar, students receive training and practice in project design, professional skills, and effective communication in a variety of fields and contexts. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Corequisite: Registration in an Independent / Individual Studies or Senior Essay course
Exclusion: POL499Y1; RLG404H1/RLG405H1; UNI460H1; thesis seminars in other programs
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
Other Vic Seminars
VIC259H1 - Special Topics Seminar
Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
VIC259Y1 - Special Topics Seminar
Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
VIC296H1 - Internship Opportunity
A practical or experiential learning opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
VIC296Y1 - Internship Opportunity
A practical or experiential learning opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
VIC299Y1 - 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.
VIC359H1 - Special Topics Seminar
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
VIC359Y1 - Special Topics Seminar
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
VIC390H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
VIC390Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
VIC391H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC391Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies
These courses provide an opportunity to design an interdisciplinary course of study not otherwise available within the Faculty. Written application (detailed proposal, reading list and a letter of support from a Victoria College faculty member who is prepared to supervise) must be submitted for approval on behalf of Victoria College. For application procedures visit the Victoria College website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
VIC397H0 - International Study
Course content, travel destination, etc., will depend on the instructor. Topics will vary from year to year. Course not offered every year. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
VIC399Y1 - 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.
VIC459H1 - Special Topics Seminar
Topics vary from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
VIC459Y1 - Special Topics Seminar
Topics vary from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)