Canadian Studies Major

First and Second Years

Students are required to complete 12 lower-level credits from the following list: ACAM 250 (3), ANTH 220 (3), CDST 250 (3), ENGL 222 (3), ENGL 231 (3), ECON 101 (3), ECON 102 (3), FNIS 100 (3), FREN 123 (3), FREN 280 (3), HIST 235 (3), HIST 236 (3), GEOG 290 (3), POLI 101 (3), and SOCI 210 (3/6)

In planning their lower-level credits students should take into account the prerequisites for the 300- and 400-level courses they intend to take in subsequent years.

Non-required courses you might consider taking:

  • ANTH 221 (3) Contemporary Indigenous Cultural Expressions
  • FIST 200 (3) Introduction to Canadian Cinema
  • GRSJ 205 (3) Nation, Colonialism and Gender in Canada
  • GRSJ 210 (3) Gender, Politics and Global Histories

Third and Fourth Years

In consultation with a Canadian Studies advisor, students will compose a program of 36 upper-level credits comprising:

  • CDST 350 (3)
  • CDST 450 (3)
  • 30 additional upper-level credits from three of the five areas on the list below, with at least 6 credits from each of the three areas and no more than 18 credits in any area.

Note: Not all courses listed are available in any given year. Also, some courses vary in their coverage of Canada from year to year. With the permission of the program chair, such courses with a major focus on Canada in a given year may be substituted for those listed. Where this chart and the on-line calendar do not agree, the on-line calendar is the authoritative source. If you find discrepancies, please contact the advisor.

Culture (Area 1)

Geography (Area 2)

  • GEOG 327 (3)
    Creating Canada
  • GEOG 328 (3)
    Constructing Canada
  • GEOG 426 (3)
    Historical Geography of British Columbia 1
  • GEOG 468 (3)
    Geography of International Ecomonic Systems: Canada and the Pacific Basin
  • GEOG 497 (3)
    The Arctic

History (Area 3)

  • HIST 302 (6)
    History of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
  • HIST 303 (6)
    History of the Canadian West
  • HIST 305 (3)
    British Columbia
  • HIST 307 (3)
    French North America
  • HIST 308 (3)
    Quebec from the End of the 18th Century to the Present
  • HIST 324 (3)

    Inventing Canada, 1840-1896

  • HIST 325 (3)
    Canada 1896-1945: Boom, Bust and War
  • HIST 326 (3)
    Canada Since 1945: Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age
  • HIST 329 (3)
    Heroes, Rebels, Villains, Folks: The People Who Shaped Canada
  • HIST 411 (3)
    Development of Canadian External Policy Since Confederation
  • HIST 412 (6)
    American Impact on Canada
  • HIST 413 (3)
    Imagining the Nation: 19th and 20th Century Canada
  • HIST 414 (3)
    Constitutions in Canadian History
  • HIST 415 (3)
    History of Vancouver
  • Crime and Punishment in Canadian History

  • HIST 420AHIST 420E (3)
    Topics in Canadian History
  • HIST 466C (3)
    Topics in Indigenous History of Canada
  • HIST 469 (3) Aboriginal Title in British Columbia: History and Legacy
  • HIST 485 (3) Asian Migrant Communities in Vancouver

Society (Area 4)

  • ACAM 350 (3)
    Ethnography of the North West Coast
  • ANTH 304A (3)
    Ethnography of the North West Coast
  • ANTH 329 (3)
    Contemporary First Nations Issues
  • FNIS 310 (3)
    Theory Seminar
  • FNIS 320 (3)
    Methods Seminar
  • GRSJ 301(3)
    Gender, Race and Indigeneity in Canada
  • RELG 312 (3)
    Jews and Judaism in Canada
  • RELG 420 (6)  Religion In Canada
  • SOCI 310 (3)
    Canadian Society
  • SOCI 410 (3/6)
    Special Studies in Canadian Society New #466 Indigenous History

Economics (Area 5)

  • ECON 336 (3)
    Economic History of Canada
  • ECON 365 (3)
    Topic in Canadian Industrial Organization and Regulation Policy
  • ECON 436 (3)
    Historical Background to Contemporary Issues in Canadian Economy
  • POLI 301 (3)
    Canadian Political Parties
  • POLI 303 (3)
    Federalism in Canada
  • POLI 304 (3)
    British Columbian Government and Politics
  • POLI 305 (3)
    Canadian Political Ideas
  • POLI 306 (3)
    Local Government and Politics in Canada
  • POLI 307 (3)
    Quebec Government and Politics
  • POLI 308 (3/6) Issues in Canadian Politics
  • POLI 309 (3) Canadian Perspectives on Human Rights
  • POLI 363A (3/6)
    Canadian Foreign Policy
  • POLI 401 (3/6)
    Canadian Provincial and Regional Politics
  • POLI 402A (3/6)
    Law and Politics of the Canadian Constitution
  • POLI 403A (3/6)
    The Political Economy of Canada
  • POLI 405APOLI 405BPOLI 405C (3/6)
    Topics in Canadian Politics
  • POLI 406 (3)
    Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Politics