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Ph.D. Canadian Studies

  • About the Program
  • Academic Regulations
  • Admission Requirements
  • Program Requirements
  • Selection of Courses

About the Program

The doctoral program is offered jointly by the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University and the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies at Trent University. The program of courses and thesis guidance, drawing upon the faculty of the two academic units and universities, will encompass course requirements, comprehensive examinations, and a thesis.

Students concentrate in two of five fields: "Culture, Literature, and the Arts," which engages with the critical study of art and culture in Canada; "Environment and Heritage," which examines theories of tangible and intangible heritage in Canada; "Identities" which explores how individual, collective, regional and national identities have been constructed and contested within Canada; "Policy, Economy and Society" which covers the intricate network of relationships that link economy, civil society and public policy in Canada; and "Women's Studies," which enlists feminist theories, gender studies and other poststructuralist discourses to examine female subjectivities in Canada.

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Academic Regulations

  • See the General Regulations section of this Calendar.
  • Academic Standing - All Ph.D. candidates must obtain at least B+ standing or better (GPA 9.0) in each course counted towards the degree. Comprehensive examinations (which will be graded on a Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory or Pass with Distinction basis) are exempted from this required standing.
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Admission Requirements

  • Master's degree (or equivalent), with at least high honours standing in Canadian Studies or one of the disciplines represented in the School. Applicants should note, however, that meeting the admission requirement does not guarantee admission to the program.
  • The Ph.D. program in Canadian Studies normally will be undertaken on a full-time basis. In cases of exceptional merit, the School will accept a few candidates for the degree on a part-time basis.
  • Language Requirement - All doctoral students are required to pass the Ph.D. program's language test. The language test entails the translation into English of a French text (or a text in another approved language such as an Aboriginal language indigenous to Canada or another language if it is demonstrably relevant to their research interest). The language test is two hours long, and students are permitted to use a dictionary. Grades for the language test are Pass or Fail.
  • Students who have taken a language test as a requirement for their M.A. cannot use it to meet the Ph.D. language requirement. In order to establish equal treatment of all students, all doctoral candidates will be required to pass the Ph.D. language test.
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Program Requirements

Doctoral candidates must successfully complete 10.0 credits. Candidates with deficiencies in certain areas may be admitted to the Ph.D. program, but normally will be required to complete additional work. The specific requirements are as follows:

  • 1.0 credit for successful completion of CDNS 6900, the mandatory core seminar;
  • 1.0 credit for successful completion of two courses or tutorials (or the equivalent) drawn from the graduate list offered by the School, below, with one 0.5-credit course drawn from each of the candidate's two major fields of study; a GPA of 9.0 or better must be obtained in these courses for students to be allowed to proceed to the comprehensive examinations;
  • 1.0 credit for successful completion of two 0.5-credit written comprehensive examinations. Students will be examined in two fields;
  • Satisfactory demonstration of an understanding of a language other than English. Although French is the preferred second language, students may be permitted to substitute an Aboriginal language indigenous to Canada or another language if it is demonstrably relevant to their research interests;
  • A public defence, in English, of a written thesis proposal. Following the completion of their comprehensives, students will be expected to defend a proposal of the research and analysis they plan to undertake in completing their Ph.D. thesis. The thesis proposal defence should normally occur within six months after completion of a student's comprehensive examinations and within the first 27 months of registration in the program. The thesis committee will be composed of three faculty members, always including one from each university;
  • A 7.0-credit thesis, which must be successfully defended in English at an oral examination.
  • Comprehensive Examinations - Full-time students are expected to complete their comprehensive examinations within 24 months of their initial registration in the Ph.D. program. Part-time Ph.D. students should finish their comprehensive examinations within 36 months of completing course work. Both full-time and part-time students should complete their comprehensive examinations before defending their dissertation proposal.
  • Candidates are required to take an oral examination after each written examination.
  • The fields of study for the Ph.D. comprehensive examinations are to be chosen from the following list:
    Culture, Literature, and the Arts
    A general knowledge of theories of culture in general, Canadian theoretical discourses on cultural practices, and on the interplay among theory, art, and literature, and their social contexts.
    Environment and Heritage
    A general knowledge of locality, landscape, environment and region in Canada.
    Policy, Economy and Society
    A general knowledge of the complex web of relationships linking economy, civil society, and public policy in Canada and their interaction within social, political, and cultural life.
    Identities
    A general knowledge of the character and experience of individual, collective and communal identities in Canada.
    Women's Studies
    A general knowledge of women's experiences of the major dynamics of social, political, economic and cultural development at all levels of Canadian life.
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Canadian Studies Courses at Carleton University by Fields of Study

To meet program requirements Carleton students must take at least one of the 0.5 credit courses from the Canadian Studies courses listed below. Students can also choose from approved graduate courses at the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies at Trent University. Students should consult with the Graduate Studies Administrator for the complete listing of acceptable graduate courses available at Trent University in any given year.

Culture, Literature, and the Arts
CDNS 5301, CDNS 5302

Environment and Heritage
CDNS 5401, CDNS 5402

Policy, Economy and Society
CDNS 5302, CDNS 5501, CDNS 5601

Identities
CDNS 5101, CDNS 5102, CDNS 5501

Women's Studies
CDNS 5201, CDNS 5202, CDNS 5501

Students may also register in graduate courses offered outside Canadian Studies. A list of courses with substantial Canadian content follows the Canadian Studies course list.

All graduate courses must be approved by the Ph.D. Coordinator in Canadian Studies at Carleton University.

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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 3.5 credits of the 4.0 credits required for the degree at the 5000-level, with the possibility of 0.5 credit at the 4000-level with prior approval from the School of Canadian Studies.

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

Anthropology
ANTH 5106, ANTH 5107, ANTH 5308
Architecture
ARCH 5000, ARCH 5001, ARCH 5002, ARCC 5401, ARCU 5402
Art History
ARTH 4000 Topics in Canadian Art: Art of the Land
ARTH 4005 Historic Dress Traditions of Canadian Indian Peoples
ARTH 4601 Topics in Twentieth-Century Art: Women Artists and Modernism in Europe and America
ARTH 4800 Readings in Twentieth-Century Architectural History
ARTH 4900 Directed Readings and Research
ARTH 4901 Directed Readings and Research
ARTH 4902 Directed Readings and Research
ARTH 5000, ARTH 5001, ARTH 5002, ARTH 5101
Comparative Literary Studies
CLST 5302, CLST 5508
Economics
ECON 4306 Employment Economics and Labour Policy
ECON 4800 Urban Economics
ECON 5301, ECON 5302, ECON 5303, ECON 5305, ECON 5401, ECON 5402, ECON 5801, ECON 5802
English Language and Literature
ENGL 4802 Canadian Ethnic Minority Lit.
ENGL 4803 English and French Canadian Lit.
ENGL 4806 Studies in Canadian Lit.
ENGL 4808 First Nations Literatures I
ENGL 4809 First Nations Literatures II
ENGL 5801, ENGL 5802, ENGL 5803, ENGL 5805, ENGL 5807, ENGL 5809
Film Studies
FILM 5208, FILM 5209
French
FREN 4002 Littérature nationales
FREN 5003 Linguistique du fran<0x00E7>ais II
FREN 5004 Linguistique du fran<0x00E7>ais canadien
FREN 5500, FREN 5700
Geography
GEOG 4203 Urban Revitalization
GEOG 4207 Urban Development and Analysis
GEOG 4301 Advanced Cultural Geography
GEOG 4305 Historical Geography
GEOG 4407 Canadian Agriculture
GEOG 5405, GEOG 5700, GEOG 5703
History
HIST 4302 Canada: Ideas & Culture
HIST 4304 Canada: Politics & Society
HIST 4306 Canada: Ethnicity & Community
HIST 4505 Sem. in Women's & Gender Hist.
HIST 5000, HIST 5310, HIST 5311, HIST 5312, HIST 5313, HIST 5506, HIST 5509, HIST 5700, HIST 5808
Journalism and Communication
JOUR 5000, JOUR 5305, JOUR 5401, JOUR 5500
Law
LAWS 4001 Law, Family and Gender
LAWS 4002 Feminist Theories of Law
LAWS 4107 Law in Advanced Capitalist Society
LAWS 4309 Criminal Proceedings and Dissent: Political Offences and National Security Measures
LAWS 4405 Labour Relations in the Public Service
LAWS 4501 Selected Problems in Comparative Constitutional Law
LAWS 4504 Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Criminal Legal System
LAWS 4507 Administrative Law and Control
LAWS 5002, LAWS 5007, LAWS 5008,
LAWS 5302, LAWS 5405, LAWS 5500,
LAWS 5503, LAWS 5900, LAWS 5901,
LAWS 5903, LAWS 5904
Mass Communication
MCOM 4100 Selected Topics in Mass Communication Analysis
MCOM 4102 Selected Topics in Mass Communication Analysis
MCOM 4500 Mass Media and Capitalist Democracy I
MCOM 4501 Mass Media and Capitalist Democracy II
MCOM 5201, MCOM 5203, MCOM 5205, MCOM 5301, MCOM 5505, MCOM 5506, MCOM 5507, MCOM 5508, MCOM 5509, MCOM 5605
Music
MUSI 5001, MUSI 5005, MUSI 5100, MUSI 5101, MUSI 5102, MUSI 5105
Political Science
PSCI 4000 Topics in Canadian Government and Politics
PSCI 4002 Policy Seminar: Problems of Northern Development
PSCI 4003 Politics and the Media
PSCI 4005 Stability, Justice and Federalism
PSCI 4006 Legislative Process in Canada
PSCI 4008 National Security and Intelligence in the Modern State
PSCI 4009 Quebec Politics
PSCI 4106 Labour and the Canadian State
PSCI 4107 Political Participation in Canada
PSCI 4108 Canadian Provincial Government and Politics
PSCI 4109 The Politics of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
PSCI 4204 Elections
PSCI 4205 Identity Politics
PSCI 4206 Indigenous Politics of North America
PSCI 5008 The Politics of Climate Change
PSCI 5003, PSCI 5000, PSCI 5006, PSCI 5007, PSCI 5009, PSCI 5100, PSCI 5101, PSCI 5200, PSCI 5201, PSCI 5306, PSCI 5401, PSCI 5507, PSCI 5601, PSCI 6000, PSCI 6001
Public Administration
PADM 5000, PADM 5004, PADM 5006, PADM 5008, PADM 5009, PADM 5106, PADM 5109, PADM 5205, PADM 5306, PADM 5308, PADM 5600, PADM 5604, PADM 5607, PADM 5701, PADM 5704, PADM 5804, PADM 5806, PADM 5809
Social Work
SOWK 4102  Aboriginal Peoples and Social Policy
SOWK 4103 Practice and Policy in Immigration
SOWK 4203 Social Work Practice from an Aboriginal Perspective
SOWK 4204 Social Work and Aging
SOWK 5100, SOWK 5101, SOWK 5102, SOWK 5105, SOWK 5106, SOWK 5108, SOWK 5207, SOWK 5301, SOWK 5302, SOWK 5704
Sociology
SOCI 5205, SOCI 5302, SOCI 5308,
SOCI 5400, SOCI 5405, SOCI 5608
Women's Studies
WOMN 4901 Selected Topics in Women's Studies I
WOMN 4902 Selected Topics in Women's Studies II
WOMN 5000, WOMN 5001

 

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