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 To meet program requirements Trent students must take at least one of the half-credit courses from the Canadian Studies courses listed below. Students can also choose from approved graduate courses at the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University. Students should consult with the Graduate Studies Administrator for the complete listing of acceptable graduate courses available at Carleton University in any given year. Students may also register in graduate courses offered outside Canadian Studies. Trent students are urged to consider, in particular, graduate courses offered by the Ph.D. Program Indigenous Studies. All graduate courses must be approved by the Director of the Frost Centre at Trent University. The following listing describes courses, and the TENTATIVE schedule, that are being offered in the Canadian Studies Ph.D. Program for the 2011-12 academic year: CAST 6102H – Culture, literature & the arts: Canada and culture(s) CAST 6201H – Environment & heritage: knowledge, society & the environment CAST 6301H – Policy, economy, & society: approaches & contemporary issues CAST 6401H – Identities: the Canadian body & the body politic CAST 6501H – Women and gender relations
Canadian Studies 6000 - Ph.D. Core Seminar: Interdisciplinarity in Canadian Studies: Concepts, theories and methods [schedule below] - Prof. Julia Harrison (Trent) and Pauline Ranking (Carleton) (Required)
Canadian Studies 6102H - Culture, literature & the arts: Canada and Culture(s) Prof. Keith Walden Fall 2011, Wednesdays 9 - noon, Wallis Hall 102 This course surveys some of the major scholarly approaches that have been used to investigate and comprehend Canadian culture. Readings deal mainly with late nineteenth and twentieth-century subjects. Topics include high culture, popular culture, media, intellectual traditions, civic culture, visual culture and cultural transgressions. Canadian Studies 6201H - Environment & heritage: knowledge, society & the environment Prof. Stephen Bocking Winter 2012, Wednesdays 10 - noon, location TBA This course examines the significance of scientific and other forms of knowledge, with reference
to the environment and sustainability. It draws from history and philosophy of science, science and Canadian Studies 6301H - Policy, economy, and society: approaches & contemporary issues Prof. Jonathan Greene Winter 2012, Thursdays noon - 3 pm, location TBA This course explores the political economy tradition in Canada, and specifically the complex relationship
between the state, economy, society, politics, and culture. The course content will provide Canadian Studies 6401H - Identities: the Canadian body & the body politic Prof. Sally Chivers Fall 2011, Thursdays 10 am - 1 pm, P.K. Page Irwin Room - Wallis Hall Suite 132 The course directly addresses a wave of identity politics and its controversial place even within seemingly identity-based movements. Readings on gender, queer theory and politics, disability, aging, and race will come from sociology and political science as well as cultural, literary and film studies. Canadian Studies 6501H - Women & gender relations Prof. Joan Sangster Winter term, Wednesdays 2 - 5 pm, location TBA This course explores the scholarly interpretations, debates, and theories that have shaped our
understanding of women and gender in the Canadian and North American context. The historical
and social construction of gender identity, culture, and sexualities are explored, and topics such as
work, reproduction, ‘race,’ colonialism, political engagement and social movements. Canadian Studies 6600H Ph.D. Reading and research tutorials. Canadian Studies 6070H/6080H Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Canadian Studies 6090 Ph.D. Dissertation |