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Faculty List

Professors Emeriti 
A. Baines, MD, PhD (James and Anne Nethercott Professor) 
V. Falkenheim, PhD

Professors 
K.R. Bartlett, MA, PhD 
K. Bickmore, MA, PhD 
E. Cazdyn, PhD (Distinguished Professor) 
M. Chazan, M Phil, PhD 
R. Comay, PhD 
D.B. Cook, MA, PhD 
P. Corey, MA, PhD 
M. Danesi, MA, PhD, FRSC 
K. Eisenbichler, MA, PhD, Commend. OMRI, FRSC 
A. Esterhammer, PhD, FRSC 
W. Goetschel, MPhil, PhD 
P.W. Gooch, MA, PhD 
E.T. Jennings, MA, PhD 
I. Kalmar, MA, PhD (Hon. Newton W. Rowell Professor) 
E.M. Kavaler, MA, PhD
A. Keith, MA, PhD
N. Krementsov, MSc, PhD 
H. Murray, MA, PhD 
M. Nyquist, MA, PhD 
A. Quayson, PhD, FRSC 
S.J. Rupp, MA, MPhil, PhD 
L. Somigli, PhD
N. Terpstra, PhD

Associate Professors 
B. Baigrie, PhD 
J. Berkovitz, MA, PhD 
R. Davidson, MA, PhD 
D. Galbraith, MA, PhD 
E.-L. Jagoe, MA, PhD 
A. Komaromi, MA, PhD
C. Krmpotich, MA, DPhil
S. Lee, MA, PhD 
K. McLeod, MA, PhD 
S. Moreau, PhD, JD 
A. Motsch, MA, PhD 
S. Munjic, MA, PhD 
W. Robins, MPhil, PhD 
M. Scarci, PhD (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream) 
A. Urbancic, MA, PhD (Mary Rowell Jackman Professor) 

Assistant Professors 
S. Cook, EdD 
E. Istrate, PhD (Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream) 
I. Mihalache, MA, PhD 

Senior Lecturer 
A. Moritz, MA, PhD (Blake C. Goldring Professor of the Arts and Society) 

Lecturers 
Y. Cleovoulou, MA, PhD
J. Papayiannis, MA, PhD 
C. Sutton, MA, MA, PhD

Visiting Professors and Special Lecturers 
J. Bemrose 
W. Cecil BA, LLD
J. Faflak, MA, PhD 
L. Geng, PhD 
C. Gibb, DPhil (June Callwood Professor in Social Justice) 
D. Gilmour 
A. Lawless, MA, PhD 
B. Meyer, MA, PhD 
B. Rae, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (Distinguished Professor) 
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 199 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.

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. Each is named in honour of respected Canadian leaders with strong ties to Victoria College. The Margaret Chambers stream, named after a Victoria College graduate in mathematics who became an investor and philanthropist, is suited to students interested in commerce, management, economics, and policy. The Northrop Frye stream, named after the former Victoria College professor and distinguished literary critic, focuses on the humanities. The Paul W. Gooch stream, named after the former President of Victoria University who inspired the Vic One program, comprises studies in philosophy, ethics, religion, and diversity. The Norman Jewison stream, named after the former Victoria University Chancellor and celebrated film director, is oriented towards the creative arts and society. The Lester B. Pearson stream, named after the former Canadian Prime Minister, is concerned with the social sciences. The Egerton Ryerson stream, named after the first Principal of the College who was a pioneer in Canadian education, introduces issues in education and teaching. The Arthur Schawlow Stream, named after the Physics Nobel laureate, is geared towards the physical and mathematical sciences. The Augusta Stowe-Gullen stream, named after the first woman to graduate from a Canadian medical school, is of interest to students wishing to pursue studies in the life sciences. 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. 

The Vic One streams comprise up to three FCEs of the five FCEs taken by most first-year students. 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. The 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 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, 199 first-year 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.

PLEASE NOTE: Vic One Hundred seminar courses are NOT open to students enrolled in any One program (including Vic One) or 199Y first-year seminars.

Enrolment in a first-year seminar course (199s and Vic One Hundred) is limited to 1.0 FCE. Students may take a combination of Vic One Hundred and 199H seminars as long as enrolment does not exceed 1.0 FCE.

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 http://pepper.oise.utoronto.ca/~jhewitt/mtresources/intermediate_senior_teaching_subject_prerequisites_2016-17.pdf)

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 (Arts 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, either as a skill that will prepare you for many occupations, or as a strong background for admission to a teacher education program, such as the Combined Degree Program with OISE (separate application required, see below) or another consecutive teacher education program. 

Literature and Critical Theory Program (Formerly Literary Studies)

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)

Completion Requirements:

(12.5 FCE, including at least 3.0 FCE at 300-level and 1.0 FCE at 400-level)

  1. First year in program: VIC202Y1
  2. First or second year in program: VIC203H1, VIC205H1

    Second or higher years in program:

  3. 3.5 FCE from VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/​VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/​VIC494Y1.
  4. 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.
  5. VIC402H1
  6. 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)

Completion Requirements:

(12.5 FCE, including at least 3.0 FCE at 300-level and 1.0 FCE at 400-level)

  1. First year in program: VIC202Y1
  2. First or second year in program: VIC203H1, VIC205H1

    Second or higher years in program:

  3. 3.5 FCE from VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/​VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/​VIC494Y1,
  4. 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.
  5. VIC402H1
  6. 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.
  7. 2.0 FCE in a language other than English, including at least 1.0 at the 300+ level.

Renaissance Studies Specialist (Arts Program)

Completion Requirements:

(10 FCE, including at least 3.0 FCE at 300-level and 1.0 FCE at 400-level):

  1. 3.0 FCE from: VIC240Y1, VIC241Y1, VIC341H1, VIC342H1, VIC343Y1, VIC344H1, VIC345H1, VIC346H1, VIC347H1, VIC348Y1, VIC349H1/​VIC349Y1, VIC392H1/​VIC392Y1, VIC449H1/​VIC449Y1, VIC492H1/​VIC492Y1
  2. 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
  3. 1.0 FCE in History: HIS243H1, HIS301H1, HIS308H1, HIS309H1, HIS319H1, HIS357Y1, HIS362H1, HIS368H1, HIS403H1, HIS438H1, HIS443H1
  4. 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
  5. 1.0 FCE in a Research Course (a 299Y1, 399Y1, on a Renaissance Studies topic, or VIC392H1/​VIC392Y1, VIC492H1/​VIC492Y1)
  6. 2.0 FCE in a language relevant to Renaissance Studies French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Latin, German (only one may be at the introductory level).
  7. VIC440Y1

Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Comparative Literature Stream (Arts Program)

Completion Requirements:

(7.5 FCE, including at least 1.5 FCE at 300-level and 0.5 FCE at 400-level)

  1. First year in program: VIC202Y1
  2. First or second year in program: VIC203Y1

    Second or higher years in program:

  3. 2.5 FCE from VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/​VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/​VIC494Y1
  4. 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.
  5. VIC402H1
  6. 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)

Completion Requirements:

(7.5 FCE, including at least 1.5 FCE at 300-level and 0.5 FCE at 400-level)

  1. First year in program: VIC202Y1
  2. First or second year in program: VIC203H1, VIC205H1

    Second or higher years in program:

  3. 2.5 FCE from VIC204H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/​VIC401Y1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/​VIC494Y1
  4. 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.
  5. VIC402H1
  6. 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.
  7. 1.0 FCE in a language other than English at the 200+ level.

Renaissance Studies Major (Arts Program)

Completion Requirements:

(6 FCE, including at least 2.0 FCE at 300+ level)

  1. 2.0 FCE from: VIC240Y1, VIC241Y1, VIC341H1, VIC342H1, VIC343Y1, VIC344H1, VIC345H1, VIC346H1, VIC347H1, VIC348Y1, VIC349H1/​VIC349Y1, VIC392H1/​VIC392Y1, VIC449H1/​VIC449Y1, VIC492H1/​VIC492Y1
  2. 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; SPA368H1, SPA352H1, SPA368H1, SPA452H1, SPA454H1
  3. 1.0 FCE in History: HIS243H1, HIS301H1, HIS308H1, HIS309H1, HIS319H1, HIS357Y1, HIS362H1, HIS368H1, HIS403H1, HIS438H1, HIS443H1
  4. 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
  5. VIC440Y1

Creative Expression and Society Minor (Arts Program)

Completion Requirements:

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).

  1. At least 1.0 FCE from Group A Creative Expression: VIC273H1, VIC275H1, 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.
  2. At least 1.0 FCE from Group B Social Contexts and Interpretation: VIC209H1, VIC223Y1, VIC270H1, VIC271H1, VIC281H1, VIC320Y1, VIC352Y1, VIC371H1, VIC372H1. 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.
  3. 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)

Completion Requirements:

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, either as a skill that will prepare you for many occupations, or as a strong background for admission to a teacher education program, such as the Combined Degree Program with OISE (separate application required, see below) or another consecutive teacher education program.

Entry Requirement:

Interested students can apply every spring for September entry into the program.

This is a limited entry program. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

Applicants MUST have completed the following in order to apply:

  • PSY100H1 with a minimum grade of 70
  • obtain a grade of 73 or greater in at least 3 FCE
  • Minimum of 4.0 Full Course Equivalents (FCE)

Please Note: The recommended preparation for admission to this program is the Vic One Egerton Ryerson stream in education.

Program Requirements

(4.0 FCE including at least 1.0 FCE at 300+ level)
 

  1. PSY100H1
  2. All of: VIC260H1, VIC261H, VIC262H1
  3. VIC360H1/​VIC360Y1
  4. VIC362H1
  5. OneFCE from:VIC361H0,VIC363H1, a course related to Education and Society at the 300+ level selected from the offerings in Sociology, Anthropology or Geography (Arts).

Literature and Critical Theory Minor (Arts Program)

Completion Requirements:

(4.0 FCE, including at least 1.0 FCE at 300+ level)

  1. VIC202Y1
  2. 3.0 FCE from: VIC203H1, VIC204H1, VIC205H1, VIC301H1, VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC401H1/​VIC401Y1, VIC402H1, VIC403H1, VIC494H1/​VIC494Y1

Material Culture Minor (Arts Program)

Completion Requirements:

(4.0 FCE including at least 1.0 FCE at the 300+ level)

  1. VIC224Y1/​VIC225Y1
  2. 2.5 FCE from VIC224Y1/​VIC225Y1 (if not used to fulfill requirement 1), VIC229H1, VIC229Y1, VIC326H1, VIC328H1, VIC329H1, VIC329Y1, 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.
  3. VIC444H1

Cognate courses:
ANT200Y1, ANT204H1, ANT311Y1, ANT314H1, ANT315H1, ANT317H1, ANT322H1, ANT346H1, ANT347Y1, ANT349H1, ANT372H1, ANT412H1, ANT457H1, ARH305H1, ARH309H1, EAS219H1, EAS272H1, EAS297H1, EAS378H1, EAS406Y1, EAS412H1, ENG287H1, FAH101H1, FAH206H1, FAH207H1, FAH262H1, FAH270H1, FAH303H1, FAH309H1, FAH318H1, FAH319H1, FAH328H1, FAH338H1, FAH341H1, FAH348H1, FAH364H1, FAH376H1, FAH381H1, FAH436H1, FAH463H1, FAH465H1, FAH480H1, FAH481H1, FAH483H1, FAH484H1, FAH485H1, FAH486H1, FAH487H1, FAH488H1, FAH490H1; , GGR107H1, GGR124H1, GGR220H1, GGR240H1, GGR241H1, GGR246H1, GGR252H1, GGR254H1, GGR341H1, GGR342H1, GGR343H1, GGR352H1, GGR360H1, HIS302H1, HIS305H1, HIS310H1, HIS347H1, HIS358H1, HIS373H1, HIS374H1, HIS463H1, HIS484H1, HPS201H1, HPS202H1, HPS307H1, HPS313H1, HPS319H1, INI413H1, IVP210H1, MST200Y1, MST201H1, MST202H1, NMC360H1, NMC362Y1, NMC363H1, NMC364H1, NMC365Y1, NMC369Y1, NMC394H1, NMC491H1, RLG305H1, RLG307H1, VIC348Y1, VIS320H1, VIS328H1, VIS421H1. 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)

Completion Requirements:

(4 FCE, including at least 1.0 FCE at 300+ level)

  1. 2.0 FCE from: VIC240Y1, VIC241Y1, VIC341H1, VIC342H1, VIC343Y1, VIC344H1, VIC345H1, VIC346H1, VIC347H1, VIC348Y1, VIC349H1/​VIC349Y1, VIC392H1/​VIC392Y1, VIC440Y1, VIC449H1/​VIC449Y1, VIC492H1/​VIC492Y1
  2. 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)

Completion Requirements:

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)

  1. HPS200H1
  2. 1.0 FCE from: VIC206H1, VIC207H1, VIC274H1, VIC278H1, VIC343Y1, IMC200H1, IVP210H1. Students who achieve at least 77% in the Vic One course VIC170Y1 or VIC172Y1 may count that course toward the Minor and use it to fulfill this requirement.
  3. 1.0 FCE from: HPS202H1, HPS210H1, HPS211H1, HPS222H1, HPS260H1, HPS303H1, HPS307H1, HPS308H1, HPS309H1, HPS318H1, HPS319H1, HPS324H1, HPS350H1
  4. An additional 0.5 FCE from program requirements 2. and 3. above.
  5. An additional 1.0 FCE from program requirements 2. and 3. above and/or from the approved list of cognate courses below:
    ANT353H1, ANT358H1, ANT364H1, BIO220H1, EEB215H1, ENV200H1, ETH220H1, GGR223H1, GGR321H1, HIS355H1, HIS423H1, JGE321H1, PHL273H1, PHL281H1, PHL373H1, PHL380H1, PHL381H1, PHL382H1, PHL383H1, PHL384H1, PHS300H1, PSY328H1, WGS275H1, WGS367H1

Semiotics and Communication Studies Minor (Arts Program)

Enrolment Requirements:

NOTE: This is a limited enrolment program. Admission will be determined by a student's mark in ANT100Y1/ ​LIN100Y1/​ PHL100Y1/​ SOC101Y1/​ (SOC102H1+SOC103H1) / one FCE in Vic One. A final mark of 73% will be required for admission. Achieving that mark does not necessarily guarantee admission to the program in any given year.

Completion Requirements:

(4 FCE, including 1.0 FCE at the 300+ level)

  1. 1.0 FCE from: ANT100Y1, LIN100Y1/​(LIN101H1, LIN102H), PHL100Y1, SOC101Y1/​(SOC102H1+SOC103H1), one FCE in Vic One.
  2. 1.0 FCE from: VIC220Y1, VIC223Y1
  3. 1.0 FCE from: VIC320Y1, VIC322H1, VIC323Y1, VIC324H1, VIC325H1
  4. 1.0 FCE from Groups A-E.

    Group A: Anthropology
    ANT204H1, ANT253H1, ANT322H1, ANT329H1, ANT351H1, ANT356H1, ANT366H1, ANT425H1, ANT426H1, ANT427H1, ANT450H1; JAL328H1, JAL355H1

    Group B: Linguistics
    LIN200H1, LIN229H1, LIN232H1, LIN251H1, LIN333H1, LIN341H1, LIN456H1; JAL328H1, JAL355H1; JLP315H1, JLP374H1

    Group C: Philosophy
    PHL200Y1, PHL201H1, PHL235H1, PHL240H1, PHL243H1, PHL244H1, PHL245H1, PHL285H1, PHL304H1, PHL307H1, PHL310H1, PHL311H1, PHL314H1, PHL315H1, PHL316H1, PHL317H1, PHL320H1, PHL321H1, PHL322H1, PHL325H1, PHL326H1, PHL340H1, PHL342H1, PHL346H1, PHL351H1, PHL385H1

    Group D: Psychology
    PSY210H1, PSY220H1, PSY260H1, PSY270H1, PSY280H1, PSY311H1, PSY312H1, PSY316H1, PSY320H1, PSY323H1, PSY362H1, PSY370H1, PSY371H1, PSY372H1, PSY421H1, PSY427H1, PSY434H1; JLP315H1

    Group E: Other Related Area Courses
    CAS414H1; CDN221H1, CIN201Y1, CIN270Y1, CIN301Y1, CIN310Y1, CIN314Y1, CIN330Y1, CIN332Y1; CLA203H1, CLA204H1, CLA219H1, CLA305H1, CLA388H1, CLA389H1; COG250Y1; DRM200Y1, DRM230Y1, ENG382Y1, ENG384Y1; FAH231H1, FAH245H1, FAH246H1, FAH270H1, FAH272H1, FAH337H1, FAH346H1, FAH348H1, FAH372H1, FAH374H1; FRE310H1; HIS374H1, HIS375H1; HPS201H1, HPS202H1, HPS250H1, HPS324H1; INI301H1, INI305H1; JUM203H1; MUS200H1, MUS211H1, MUS300H1, MUS303H1; MUS306H1; NEW240Y1, NEW302Y1, NEW303H1; RLG200H1, RLG210Y1, RLG211H1, RLG212H1, RLG227H1, RLG230H1, RLG232H1, RLG233H1, RLG249H1, RLG301H1, RLG304H1, RLG305H1, RLG315H1, RLG316H1, RLG327H1, RLG336H1, RLG337H1, SLA331H1, SLA495H1, SLA496H1, SMC219Y1, SMC271H1, SMC 291H, SMC387H1, SMC392H1, SMC397H1, SOC265H1, SOC365H1, SOC367H1, SOC381Y1, SOC382H1, SOC388H1; VIC202Y1, VIC224Y1, VIC225Y1, VIC281H1, VIC302H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1, VIC308H1, VIC326H1, VIC343Y1, VIC345H1; , VIS202H1, VIS208H1, VIS212H1, VIS307H1, VIS313H1, VIS324H1; WGS271Y1, WGS372H1

 

Course Groups

Material Culture Cognate Course Group

Semiotics and Communication Studies Group A: Anthropology

Semiotics and Communication Studies Group B: Linguistics

Semiotics and Communication Studies Group C: Philosophy

Semiotics and Communication Studies Group D: Psychology

Semiotics and Communication Studies Group E: Other Related Area Courses

 

Victoria College Courses

Vic One: Ryerson Stream

VIC150Y1 - School and Society

Hours: 48S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 48S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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? Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

This course examines how political ideas are formed and developed through literature, art, plays, essays and philosophical works in the twentieth century.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

This course examines different values, beliefs, and traditions relating to the natural and social world, ethical living, and the common good.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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 - Introduction to Probability, Persuasion and the Rhetoric of Science

Hours: 96S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 48S

An examination of scientific theories and their logic in lifeand 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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 48S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 48S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 48S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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 - Policy Analysis

Hours: 24S

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?Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC188H1 - Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability, and Ethics

Hours: 24S

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. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

Vic One: Jewison Stream

VIC190Y1 - The Arts and Society

Hours: 48S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 72S

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.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Admission to Vic One
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

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC101Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC102H1 - Ethics and Choices in Times of Crisis

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC102Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC103Y1 - Ideas and Fine Thoughts

Hours: 48S

This course examines how political ideas are formed and developed through literature, art, plays, essays and philosophical works in the twentieth century. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Exclusion: VIC103H1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; 199 seminars or other Vic One Hundred seminars.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC105H1 - Odysseys: The Search for Meaning

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC106H1 - Psychology and Society

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC206H1, Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC107H1 - Evolution, Genetics, and Behaviour

Hours: 24S

In this course we examine major episodes in the history of evolution and genetics in thetwentieth 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.

Exclusion: VIC207H1, Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC108H1 - Belonging, Imagination and National Identity

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC108Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC109H1 - Innovators and Their Ideas

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC109Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC110H1 - Critical Perspectives on Society

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC112Y1 - Puzzles, Discovery and the Human Imagination

Hours: 48S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; 199 seminars or other Vic One Hundred seminars.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC113H1 - Encountering Distant Climes: The Literature of Travel and Exploration

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC114H1 - Renaissance in Popular Culture

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC114Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC115H1 - Imagined Power: Literature and Film

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC115Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC116H1 - Politics of the Pen

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC117H1 - Understanding the Performing Arts: Interpretation and Expression

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC118H1 - The Rebel in History, Literature and Popular Culture

Hours: 24S

This course will examine the phenomenon of individuals and communities who rebel against the general social norms upheld by the majority in societies throughout history. These societal conventions can include generally-accepted moral and religious tenets, as well as the formal legal or political powers employed by those with the levers of social control. The rebels' motives can range from the purely criminal, as with many notorious outlaws, to struggles for social justice, in the case of rebellious slaves or proponents of civil disobedience. Students will develop a theoretical framework which they can apply to the lives and motivations of a diverse representation of social rebels and outsiders, among them: pirates and mutineers, bandits and members of street/biker gangs, anarchists, disaffected intellectuals and religious leaders, punks and goths. Besides examining the sociological and philosophical aspects of rebellion, the course will consider the rebel as a prominent element in popular culture.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC119H1 - Myths and Legends in Modern Contexts

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC134H1 - Globalization

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC135H1 - The Death of Meaning

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC136H1 - How to Study Everyday Life

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC137H1 - Science and Science Fiction

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred; HPS260H1, HMB444H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC159H1 - Vic One Hundred Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Exclusion: Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science

VIC159Y1 - Vic One Hundred Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 48S

Topics vary from year to year.Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Exclusion: Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; 199 seminars or other Vic One Hundred seminar.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

Creative Expression and Society

IVP210H1 - Holography for 3D Visualization

Hours: 24L/36P

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.

Exclusion: JOP210H1
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

VIC209H1 - How Stories Work

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC270H1 - Listening: A Critical History

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC271H1 - Reading the Wild

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC273H1 - The Body: An Exercise

Hours: 24S

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".

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC275H1 - Creative Writing: Short Fiction

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Application Required.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC279H1 - Creative Non-Fiction

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC280H1 - Creative Writing: Poetry

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Application required
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC281H1 - Popular Music, Technology, and the Human

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC350Y1 - Creative Writing

Hours: 48S

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.

Prerequisite: Application Required. Preference given to fourth and third-year students.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC352Y1 - Love, Sex and Death in Short Fiction

Hours: 48S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC370H1 - Music and the Imagination

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC371H1 - Documentary Journalism

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC372H1 - Reviewing, Reception, and Reading Communities

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC470H1 - Soundscapes

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC479Y1 - The Novel: A Master Class

Hours: 48S

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.

Prerequisite: Application required
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC480H1 - Poetry: A Master Class

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Application required.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

Education and Society

VIC260H1 - Equity and Diversity in Education

Hours: 36L

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.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in Education and Society Minor
Exclusion: JSV202H1, SMC271H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC261H1 - Child and Adolescent Development in Education

Hours: 36L

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.

Prerequisite: Enrolment Education and Society Minor
Exclusion: JSV201H1, SMC272H1
Distribution Requirements: Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC262H1 - Communication and Conflict Resolution in Education

Hours: 36L

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.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in Education and Society Minor
Exclusion: JSV200H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC360H1 - Education Internship

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in Education and Society Minor, VIC362H1/​EDU311H1
Exclusion: VIC360Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC360Y1 - Education Internship

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in Education and Society Minor, VIC362H1/​EDU311H
Exclusion: VIC360H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC361H0 - A Study of Chinese Literature and Culture

Hours: TBA

This course will compare selected works of Chinese and Canadian authors with a view to the presentation of such writing in an educational setting.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC362H1 - 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.

Prerequisite: Enrolment in Education and Society Minor (Arts)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC363H1 - Teaching Math: The JUMP Approach

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

Literature and Critical Theory

VIC202Y1 - Forms of Representation

Hours: TBA

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.

Exclusion: VIC201Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC203H1 - Empires I

Hours: 24L/12T

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.

Exclusion: VIC203Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC204H1 - Canons and Canonicity

Hours: TBA

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC205H1 - Empires II

Hours: 24L/12T

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.

Exclusion: VIC203Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC301H1 - Critical Writing Seminar

Hours: TBA

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC302H1 - Pasts and Futures

Hours: TBA

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC303H1 - Memory and Trauma

Hours: TBA

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?

Exclusion: VIC309H1 as taken in 2011-2012, VIC310Y1
Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC304H1 - Praxis and Performance

Hours: TBA

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC305H1 - Institutions and Power

Hours: TBA

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC306H1 - Culture and Media

Hours: TBA

This course will consider relations between various cultural media - such as film, literature, photography, visual art, architecture - with specific attention to the historical demands andpossibilities posed by technological change.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC307H1 - Periodization and Cultural History

Hours: TBA

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC308H1 - Identities

Hours: TBA

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC202Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC401H1 - Seminar in Comparative Literature

Hours: 24S

This course offers senior students inLiterature and Critical Theorythe opportunity to take part in agraduate seminar in Comparative Literature. Topics change annually.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC401Y1 - Seminar in Comparative Literature

Hours: 48S

This course offers senior students inLiterature and Critical Theorythe opportunity to take part in agraduate seminar in Comparative Literature. Topics change annually.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC402H1 - Translation and Comparativity

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: VIC202Y1 and one of: VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1; or permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC403H1 - Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory

Hours: TBA

Content varies depending on instructor. In-depth examination of selected issues.

Prerequisite: VIC202Y1 and one of: VIC302H1, VIC303H1, VIC304H1, VIC305H1, VIC306H1, VIC307H1; or permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC494H1 - LCT Senior Research Paper

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC494Y1 - LCT Senior Research Paper

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

Material Culture

VIC224H1 - Introduction to Material Culture

Hours: 12P/24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 4.0 FCE
Exclusion: VIC111H1/​VIC111Y1, VIC224Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC224Y1 - Introduction to Material Culture

Hours: 24P/48S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 4.0 FCE
Exclusion: VIC111H1/​VIC111Y1, VIC224H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC225Y1 - A History of the World in Objects

Hours: 48L/24P

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC229H1 - Special Topics in Material Culture

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC229Y1 - Special Topics in Material Culture

Hours: 48S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC326H1 - The Material Culture of Food

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
Exclusion: VIC229H1 taken in 2015-2016
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC327H1 - Digital Material Culture

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC328H1 - Materializing Cultural Identities

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC329H1 - Internship in Material Culture

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9 FCE; Enrolled in the Material Culture minor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

VIC329Y1 - Internship in Material Culture

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9 FCE; Enrolled in the Material Culture minor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

VIC429H1 - Advanced Topics in Material Culture, Information Systems and Meaning-Making

Hours: 24S

Content varies depending on instructor. Selected issues are examined in depth and at an advanced level.

Prerequisite: VIC224Y1/​VIC225Y1 and completion of 9 FCE; and permission of instructor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC444H1 - Themes in Material Culture

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: VIC224Y1/​VIC225Y1 and completion of 9 FCE; or permission of instructor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

Renaissance Studies

VIC141H1 - Discovery and Revolution

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC141Y1; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC142H1 - Machiavelli: The Politics of Power

Hours: 24S

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 Niccol 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.

Exclusion: VIC141Y; Innis One, Munk One, New One, SMC One, Trinity One, UC One, Vic One, Woodsworth One; No more than another 0.5 FCE from 199 seminars or Vic One Hundred
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC240Y1 - The Civilization of Renaissance Europe

Hours: 48L

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC241Y1 - Renaissance Icons and Afterlives

Hours: 48S

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); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC341H1 - The Self and Society: Women, Men and Children

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC342H1 - Women and Writing in the Renaissance

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC343Y1 - Sex and Gender (formerly VIC343H1)

Hours: 48S

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.

Exclusion: VIC343H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC344H1 - Renaissance Narrative (formerly VIC242H1)

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC242H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC345H1 - Media and Communications in the Early Modern Era

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC346H1 - The Idea of the Renaissance

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 6.0 FCE
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 (formerly VIC347Y1)

Hours: 24L

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.

Exclusion: VIC347Y1
Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC348Y1 - The Renaissance in the Cities

Hours: 48L

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: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC349H1 - Special Topics in the Renaissance

Hours: 24L/12P

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC349Y1 - Special Topics in the Renaissance

Hours: 48L/24P

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC392H1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC392Y1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC440Y1 - Florence and the Renaissance

Hours: 48L

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.

Prerequisite: VIC240Y1 or permission of the instructor
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC449H1 - Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance

Hours: 12P/24S

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC449Y1 - Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance

Hours: 24P/48S

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.

Recommended Preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC492H1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC492Y1 - Renaissance Studies Independent Study

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

Science and Society

IVP210H1 - Holography for 3D Visualization

Hours: 24L/36P

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.

Exclusion: JOP210H1
Distribution Requirements: Science
Breadth Requirements: The Physical and Mathematical Universes (5)

VIC206H1 - Psychology and Society

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC106H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC207H1 - Evolution, Genetics, and Behaviour

Hours: 24S

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.

Exclusion: VIC107H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC274H1 - Wisdom of the Social Sciences

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC278H1 - Modelling Evil and Disease

Hours: 24S

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.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

Semiotics and Communication Studies

JFV323H1 - Semiotics and Literature I

Hours: 24S

The study of readings from major French literary semioticians is combined with the practical application of theory to the analysis of selected literary texts. This course is taught in English. (Not offered in 2016-17; offered every three years.)

Prerequisite: Completion of 5 FCE
Recommended Preparation: FRE240H1 + FRE241H1 or VIC223Y1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC220Y1 - Post-Structuralism/ Post-Modernism

Hours: 48L

Studies the international culture emerging in media and literature and examines recent communication theory as it applies to literary, social and cultural issues.

Prerequisite: One course from: ANT100Y1/​LIN100Y1/​PHL100Y1/​SOC101Y1/​(SOC102H1+SOC103H1)/one FCE in Vic One.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC223Y1 - Signs, Meanings, and Culture

Hours: 48L/24T

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.

Exclusion: VIC120Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

VIC320Y1 - Semiotics of Visual Art

Hours: 48L

Theories and models of applied semiotics: analysis of sign systems as articulated in various forms of artistic and cultural production.

Prerequisite: VIC220Y1/​VIC223Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC322H1 - Topics in Semiotics

Hours: 24S

An in-depth examination of some aspect of semiotic theory or practice. Content in any given year depends on instructor. Not offered every year.

Prerequisite: VIC220Y1/​VIC223Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC323Y1 - Theories of the Sign (formerly VIC420Y1)

Hours: 48L/24T

Theories of signification studied with a focus on major works in the semiotics of modern and contemporary culture.

Prerequisite: VIC220Y1/​VIC223Y1
Exclusion: VIC420Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC324H1 - Introduction to Forensic Semiotics

Hours: 24L

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.

Prerequisite: VIC220Y1/​VIC223Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC325H1 - Media Semiotics

Hours: 24L

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.

Prerequisite: VIC220Y1/​VIC223Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

Vic Capstone

VIC451H1 - Capstone: Learning Communities and Higher Education

Hours: 24S

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.

Prerequisite: Students must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 and 15 completed FCE. Application required.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC476H1 - Capstone Seminar in Foreign Policy

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 15 FCE, and VIC181H or permission of the instructor. Application required.
Exclusion: POL470Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)

VIC490H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science

VIC490Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science

VIC491H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have a completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC491Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 15 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC493H1 - Vic Capstone Research Colloquium

Hours: 24S

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. This course is Pass/Fail. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Prerequisite: Students must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 and 15 completed FCE. Application required.
Corequisite: Registration in an Independent / Individual Studies or Senior Essay course
Exclusion: POL499Y1; RLG404H1/​405H1; UNI460H1; thesis seminars in other programs
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science

Other Vic Seminars

VIC259H1 - Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.

Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 5 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science

VIC259Y1 - Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 48S

Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.

Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 5 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science

VIC296H1 - Internship Opportunity

Hours: TBA

A practical or experiential learning opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member.

Prerequisite: Completion of 5 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

VIC296Y1 - Internship Opportunity

Hours: TBA

A practical or experiential learning opportunity under the supervision of a faculty member.

Prerequisite: Completion of 5 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

VIC299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program

Hours: TBA

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/rop. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC359H1 - Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 24S

An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.

Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 10 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science

VIC359Y1 - Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 48S

An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year depending on the instructor.

Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 10 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science

VIC390H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science

VIC390Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science

VIC391H1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC391Y1 - Victoria College Independent Studies

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: A minimum CGPA of 3.0 and have completed 10 FCE and permission of College Program Director.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities

VIC397H0 - International Study

Hours: TBA

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.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science

VIC459H1 - Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 24S

Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

VIC459Y1 - Special Topics Seminar

Hours: 48S

Topics vary from year to year.

Prerequisite: Completion of 9.0 FCE
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Science; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)

 

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