School of Canadian Studies

Dunton Tower 1206
Telephone: 520-2366
Fax: 520-3903

The School

Director of the School: Pat Armstrong

Graduate Supervisor and Coordinator, Canadian Women's Studies: Katherine Arnup

Coordinator, Northern and Native Studies: Madeleine Dion Stout

Coordinator, Cultural Studies: Stan McMullin

Coordinator, Heritage Conservation: Julian Smith

Coordinator, Advanced Summer School: Pat Armstrong

Professor of Political Science and Canadian Studies: J.M. Vickers

Associate Professor of English: Parker Duchemin

Associate Professor of Law: M.H. Davies

Adjunct Research Professors: R.T. Clippingdale, C.D. Ellis, Heather Menzies, James Page

Fellows: H.B.Neatby

The School of Canadian Studies offers a program of study and research leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Canadian Studies.

The work of the School is conducted with the assistance of faculty and availability of coursework in a variety of supporting departments including: Architecture, Art History, Economics, English, Film Studies, French, Geography, History, Journalism and Communication, Law, Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Music, Political Economy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Religion, Social Work, Sociology and Anthropology, and Women's Studies.

The Canadian Studies program is interdisciplinary in emphasis. It enables students in the School to develop individual areas of concentration to meet particular interests in a broad range of Canadian issues.

The proximity of Carleton University to the National Library, the National Gallery of Canada, the national museums, the Library of Parliament, the Public Archives of Canada, Statistics Canada, and the libraries of various government departments and embassies ensures excellent research facilities for graduate candidates in Canadian Studies.

With the aid of a grant from the Donner Foundation, the School has initiated a program area of Northern and Native studies. The same conditions and requirements apply as in other program areas; however, special consideration may be given to candidates for admission who have extensive knowledge of the north or of native peoples, and the language requirement may be met by a demonstrated knowledge of an aboriginal Canadian language in addition to English or French.

In 1983-84, a program area of women's studies was instituted. Both interdisciplinary and comparative in focus, the program permits students to examine the interplay within the Canadian context between gender and race, gender and nationality, gender and class, and sex/gender as a dynamic principle in the process of imperialism, nation building, and the construction of national and ethnic identities.

Since 1986, the School has offered a program area in Canadian culture and cultural policy. Students with a broad interest in traditional and popular culture, music, art, film, literature, and performing arts will find the program's interdisciplinary approach to cultural theory and practice of value.

A program area in heritage conservation began in 1989-90. With an interdisciplinary focus on the Canadian built environment, the program permits the course of study to be tailored to individual interest and backgrounds. The Department of Leisure Studies at Ottawa University, the Heritage Canada Foundation, and the Canadian Parks Service at Environment Canada cooperate in offering the program.

The School also runs an advanced summer program from mid-May to mid-August. The format includes credit and non-credit courses, seminars, and public events. Write to the School of Canadian Studies for information about summer 1996.

Qualifying-Year Program

Applicants who do not qualify for direct admission to the master's program may, in exceptional cases, be admitted to a qualifying-year program. Applicants who lack an honours degree but have a pass degree with honours standing (at least B overall) also may be admitted to a qualifying-year program.

If successful in this qualifying year and upon formal application to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, the student may eventually proceed to the master's program. However, admission to the qualifying-year program does not imply automatic admission to the master's program. At the end of the qualifying-year program the student will be required to apply for entry into the master's program, at which time the School will determine the student's eligibility to enter the program. If successful, the student will be informed of this decision by the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.

Master of Arts

Admission Requirements

Applicants must normally hold an honours B.A. (or the equivalent), with at least high honours standing, in one of the disciplines represented in the School. Applicants wishing to be considered for financial assistance from Carleton University are advised to submit completed applications to the School by February 1 since enrolment in the School is limited.

Language Requirement

The School requires a reading knowledge of French. This requirement may be satisfied in one of two ways:

• Successful completion of a 100-level French course or its equivalent, preferably French 20.106
• Successful completion of a language examination

The School conducts the language examinations in September and January. Students choosing the first option should note that examination results in these courses form part of their record, although they are additional to the course requirements for the degree.

Program Requirements

The minimum requirements for the master's program are outlined in the General Regulations section of this Calendar. The School of Canadian Studies specifies that all candidates must select one of the following program patterns:

• 3.0 credits (or the equivalent), a thesis, and an oral examination
• 4.0 credits (or the equivalent), and a research essay
• 5.0 credits (or the equivalent), and a comprehensive examination in two parts; part one based on 12.501, and part two based on one of 12.510, 12.520, 12.530, or 12.540

Whichever pattern is selected, all students in the master's program are required to take 12.501 and one of 12.510, 12.520, 12.530, or 12.540.

Comprehensive Examinations

A committee will be assigned on entrance to each candidate choosing the five course option to advise and assist in the preparation for the comprehensive examinations. The comprehensive examination will normally be written but may, with the approval of the graduate supervisor, be oral. The comprehensive examination will normally be undertaken in the academic year in which the student completes 12.501, but, with the approval of the graduate supervisor, may be undertaken at a later point in the student's program.

Thesis/Research Essay Proposal

Students are required to file with the School a detailed proposal of their thesis or research essay project no later than the end of the second term of registration for students enrolled full time, and no later than the end of the fifth term of registration for students enrolled part time. Students failing to file a proposal may not be permitted to register in subsequent terms until this requirement has been met. Approval of proposals shall be the responsibility of the student's intended thesis/research essay supervisor, the graduate supervisor of the School, and the program area coordinator.

Special Requirements for Heritage Conservation Program Area

Students are expected to have some knowledge of the history of Canadian architecture. This requirement may be met by successful completion of 76.302, History of Canadian Architecture, or its equivalent either before or after admission. This course is in addition to the requirements for the degree.

• Architecture 77.541F1,W1,S1 and 78.542F1,W1,S1

Graduate Courses*

Students not registered in the M.A. program in the School of Canadian Studies may take interdisciplinary seminars with the permission of the School.

• Canadian Studies 12.501F1,W1 or S1
  Modern Concepts of Canada
  Interdisciplinary Seminar. Topic varies from year to year depending on instructor.
  Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the School.
• Canadian Studies 12.502F1, W1, or S1
  Interdisciplinary Methods
  A survey of the issues raised by problem-directed methodologies; critiques of existing methodology including from the standpoints of feminist and native scholarship.
  Prerequisite: Canadian Studies 12.501.
• Canadian Studies 12.503F1, W1, S1
  Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
  Topic varies from year to year.
• Canadian Studies 12.510T2
  Northern and Native Issues
  Interdisciplinary seminar. The significance of the north to Canada, and the position of native people in Canadian society. The impact of resource development and modern technology on both the north and native people.
• Canadian Studies 12.520T2
  Women's Studies
  Interdisciplinary seminar. The significance in the Canadian experience of sex/gender in the dynamics of imperialism, nation building, class differentiation, and the construction of culture. Canadian feminist theory and the history of women's movements.
• Canadian Studies 12.521F1,W1,S1
  Collective Identities in Canadian Societies
  An interdisciplinary examination of the relationships and conflicts among sex/gender, race, language, ethnicity and nation. Particular emphasis will be given to gendered understandings of racism, nationalism, regionalism and multi-culturalism; and to conflicts between individuals and collective rights claims.
• Canadian Studies 12.530T2
  Canadian Culture and Cultural Policy
  Interdisciplinary seminar. The nature of Canadian culture and purposes, activities, and impact of the principal Canadian institutions, agencies, and systems involved with cultural production, in both English- and French-language dimensions.
• Canadian Studies 12.540T2
  Canadian Heritage Conservation
  An interdisciplinary seminar providing an introduction to the cultural, economic, legal, political, and technical aspects of the conservation of heritage resources. Particular attention will be given to the elements of the built environment, buildings, complexes, landscapes, and urban areas, along with their associated artifacts.
  • Canadian Studies
    Internship/Practicum
    A limited number of internships and practicum placements are available each year in institutional settings outside of the University. Students are required to complete a formal written paper in addition to their internship/practicum activities. The written work is evaluated jointly by the student's internal and external advisers.
    12.580T2 Internship/Practicum
    12.581F1, S1 Internship/Practicum
    12.582W1, S1 Internship/Practicum
    Students are advised to apply to the graduate supervisor no later than a month prior to the beginning of the term in which placement is desired.
• Canadian Studies 12.590T2, S2
  Directed Studies
  Reading and research tutorials. A program of supervised reading and preparation of written work in an area not covered by an existing graduate seminar.
• Canadian Studies 12.591F1, W1, S1
  Directed Studies
  Reading and research tutorials.
  (Same description as 12.590.)
• Canadian Studies 12.592T2, S2
  Directed Studies
  Reading and research tutorials.
  (Same description as 12.590.)
• Canadian Studies 12.593F1, W1, S1
  Directed Studies
  Reading and research tutorials.
  (Same description as 12.590.)
• Canadian Studies 12.598F2, W2, S2
  Research Essay
• Canadian Studies 12.599F4, W4, S4
  M.A. Thesis

Selection of Courses

In addition to the graduate courses offered by the School, the following courses are of particular relevance to students in Canadian Studies. The list is not exclusive and is subject to change. Students in the master's program in the School must complete at least 4.0 credits, or the equivalent, at the 500 level, with the possibility of 1.0 credit at the 400 level.

Note: Students should be aware that the number of spaces in graduate courses offered by other departments may be limited, and that registration may be conditional upon obtaining the prior approval of the department concerned. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that permission is obtained from the appropriate department prior to registering in any of the department's courses.

Anthropology

• 54.470 Selected Problems in the Study of North American Native Peoples
• 54.516 North American Native Studies
• 54.517 Problems in North American Ethnohistory
• 54.538 Feminist Analyses

Architecture

• 76.423 Society and Shelter
• 76.425 Workshop: User Analysis and Building Performance
• 76.500 Directed Studies in History and Theory of Architecture
• 76.501 Architecture Seminar I
• 76.502 Architecture Seminar II
• 77.440 Design for Construction
• 77.541 Workshop: Technical Studies in Heritage Conservation
• 78.542 Workshop: Urban Studies in Heritage Conservation

Art History

• 11.400 Topics in Canadian Art: Art of the Land
• 11.405 Historic Dress Traditions of Canadian Indian Peoples
• 11.461 Topics in Twentieth-Century Art: Women Artists and Modernism in Europe and America
• 11.480 Readings in Twentieth Century Architectural History
• 11.490 Directed Readings and Research
• 11.491 Directed Readings and Research
• 11.492 Directed Readings and Research
• 11.500 The Practice of Canadian Art History
• 11.501 Graduate Practicum
• 11.502 Directed Readings and Research
• 11.511 Topics in Historical Canadian Art
• 11.512 Museums and First Nations in Canada

Comparative Literary Studies

• 17.401 Foundations of Comparative Literary Studies
• 17.402 Theories of Literature
• 17.501 Problems in the Theory of Literature I
• 17.502 Problems in the Theory of Literature II
• 17.532 Studies in the Literature of Identity
• 17.558 Comparative Canadian Literature I

Economics

• 43.436 Employment Economics and Labour Policy
• 43.465 Industrial Relations
• 43.480 Urban Economics
• 43.531 Firms and Markets
• 43.532 Competition Policy
• 43.533 Regulation and Public Enterprise
• 43.541 Public Economics: Expenditure
• 43.542 Public Economics: Taxation
• 43.581 Regional Economics
• 43.582 Urban Economics

English Language and Literature

• 18.481 Selected Topics in Canadian Poetry
• 18.482 Studies in Canadian Ethnic Minority Language
• 18.483 Studies in the Literature of Quebec and English Canada
• 18.486 Studies in Canadian Literature I
• 18.487 Studies in Canadian Literature II
• 18.488 Canadian Writing and the Literatures of the First Nations
• 18.581 Canadian Poetry
• 18.582 Ethnicity, Multiculturalism, and Canadian Literature
• 18.583 Canadian Fiction
• 18.587 Selected Topic in Canadian Literature
• 18.589 Colonial Discourse and Native Literature in Canada

French

• 20.504 Linguistique du français canadien
• 20.550 Littérature canadienne-française I
• 20.551 Littérature canadienne-française II

Geography

• 45.423 Urban Revitalization
• 45.425 Space, Place and Well-Being
• 45.426 Health, Environment and Society
• 45.427 Urban Development and Analysis
• 45.431 Advanced Cultural Geography
• 45.435 Historical Geography
• 45.442 Transportation Geography
• 45.447 Canadian Agriculture
• 45.541 Society and Space
• 45.543 Selected Concepts in Cultural Geography
• 45.545 Problems in Historical Geography
• 45.570 Problems of Development in Arctic and Subarctic Environments
• 45.572 Issues in Canadian Resource Development
• 45.573 Natural and Regional Resource Analysis

History

• 24.421 Science and Technology in the Canadian Experience
• 24.422 The Maritimes in Transition, 1870s to 1920s
• 24.424 Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History
• 24.425 Selected Problems in the Political Economy of Canadian Labour
• 24.426 Perspectives on State Formation in Canada
• 24.430 Colonial Society in British North America
• 24.431 Canada from Confederation to the Great War
• 24.432 Acadian and Quebec Society before 1763
• 24.433 Selected Problems in Canadian Business History, 1850-1980
• 24.434 History of Northern Canada
• 24.435 Elites and Elite Formation in Canadian Society, 1800-1925
• 24.437 Canada From War to War
• 24.438 Studies in the History of Popular Culture
• 24.439 Modern Canada Since 1939
• 24.454 Selected Problems in the History of Women and the Family: The Pre-Industrial Atlantic World
• 24.459 Selected Problems in the History of Women and the Family: From the Industrial Revolution
• 24.500 Practicum in Applied History
• 24.525 Society and Culture in Canada, 1850-1939
• 24.526 Perspectives on State Formation in Canada
• 24.529 History of Northern Canada
• 24.530 Canadian Immigration and Ethnic History
• 24.531 French Canada since Confederation
• 24.532 Ontario in the Nineteenth Century
• 24.533 Intellectual History of Canada
• 24.534 Problems of Growth and War in Canada 1896-1921
• 24.535 The Canadian Diplomatic Tradition
• 24.536 Science and Technology in the Canadian Experience
• 24.537 The Maritimes in Transition, 1870s to 1920s
• 24.539 Acadian and Quebec Society before 1763
• 24.556 Historical Perspectives on Power
• 24.559 Women in Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century North America and Britain
• 24.588 Historiography of Canada

Journalism and Communication

• 28.500 Journalism and Society I
• 28.535 Perspectives on Modern Society
• 28.541 Journalism Law
• 28.560 Journalism and Society II

Law

• 51.401 Law, Family and Gender
• 51.402 Feminist Theories of Law
• 51.405 Contemporary Theories of Law, State and Politics
• 51.417 Law in Advanced Capitalist Society
• 51.440 The Arbitration Process in Industrial Relations
• 51.445 Labour Relations in the Public Service
• 51.451 Selected Problems in Comparative Constitutional Law
• 51.456 Administrative Law I
• 51.457 Administrative Law II
• 51.487 Quebec Civil Law
• 51.502 Law and Gender Relations
• 51.507 Race, Ethnicity and the Law
• 51.508 Consuming Passions: The Regulation of Consumption, Appearance and Sexuality
• 51.532 Feminism, Law and SocialTransformation
• 51.590 Tutorials/Directed Readings in Law
• 51.593 Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies
• 51.594 Contemporary Topics in Legal Studies

Mass Communication

• 27.410 Selected Topics in Mass Communication Analysis
• 27.412 Selected Topics in Mass Communication Analysis
• 27.430 Policy: Theory and Foundations
• 27.432 Policy: Institutions and Practices
• 27.450 Mass Media and Capitalist Democracy I
• 27.451 Mass Media and Capitalist Democracy II
• 27.521 History of Social Communication
• 27.523 Communication Technology and Society
• 27.525 Communication and Social Relations
• 27.531 Communication Institutions, Cultural Industries and State Policy
• 27.555 Communication Media
• 27.556 International Communication
• 27.557 History of Canadian Broadcasting
• 27.558 Mass, Public, Audience
• 27.559 Media, Culture and Gender
• 27.565 Special Topics in Communication Research

Music

• 30.501 Theories of Music as Culture
• 30.505 Feminism and Musicology
• 30.510 History of Canadian Music I
• 30.511 History of Canadian Music II
• 30.512 History of Canadian Music III
• 30.515 History of Canadian Music IV

Political Science

• 47.400 Topics in Canadian Government and Politics
• 47.402 Policy Seminar: Problems of Northern Development
• 47.403 Politics and the Media
• 47.405 Federalism
• 47.406 Legislative Process in Canada
• 47.407 The Politics of Law Enforcement in Canada
• 47.408 National Security and Intelligence in the Modern State
• 47.409 Politics in Quebec
• 47.410 Canadian and Comparative Local Government and Politics
• 47.411 French-English Relations
• 47.416 Labour and the Canadian State
• 47.417 Political Participation in Canada
• 47.418 Canadian Provincial Government and Politics
• 47.419 The Politics of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• 47.424 Elections
• 47.441 Business-Government Relations in Canada
• 47.503 Political Parties in Canada
• 47.504 Policy Making in Canada
• 47.506 Problems of Canadian Government and Politics I
• 47.507 Problems of Canadian Government and Politics II
• 47.508 The Politics of Energy and the Environment
• 47.509 Canadian Political Economy
• 47.511 Canadian Federalism
• 47.520 Nationalism
• 47.521 Politics in Plural Societies
• 47.536 The Canadian and American Political Traditions I
• 47.537 The Canadian and American Political Traditions II
• 47.541 Canadian Public Administration and Policy Analysis
• 47.561 Analysis of Canadian Foreign Policy
• 47.600 The Political Process in Canada I
• 47.601 The Political Process in Canada II

Psychology

• 49.490 Directed Studies

Public Administration

• 50.500 Public-Sector Management and the Canadian Political System
• 50.516 Urban and Local Government Management
• 50.560 Industrial Policy
• 50.567 Political Economy of the State
• 50.584 Public-Sector Collective Bargaining

Sociology

• 53.451 Workshop in Demography/Human Ecology
• 53.452 Workshop on Work and Organizations
• 53.525 Canadian Society
• 53.532 The Labour Process
• 53.538 Feminist Analyses
• 53.540 Political Sociology
• 53.545 Power and Stratification
• 53.568 Women and Work

Women's Studies

• 09.491 Selected Topics in Women's Studies I
• 09.492 Selected Topics in Women's Studies II