Vic One
Consult Vic One Liaison Officer, Michelle Mitrovich, Victoria College m.mitrovich@utoronto.ca
Frye/Pearson academic coordinator: Dr Anne Urbancic, Victoria College
Stowe-Gullen academic coordinator: Dr Andrew Baines, Victoria College
Egerton Ryerson academic coordinator: Dr. Sheila Cook, Victoria College
The following courses are available to students admitted to Vic One:
Egerton
Ryerson Stream
VIC150Y1
School and Society (formerly INX199Y1, The University and Society)
This course will be about the history of school and will examine the philosophical questions about the nature and purpose of learning, and also the economic or “human capital” value of education with respect to both the student and the state.
Co-requisites: VIC151Y1 and PSY100H1
Exclusion: INX199Y1 (The University and Society)
This is a Social Science course.
VIC151Y1
Theories and Practices of Teaching
The course studies the history and philosophy of teaching with a view to having students develop their personal understanding of teaching. Students will be involved in a practicum.
Co-requisites: VIC150Y1 and PSY100H1
This is a Humanities course.
Frye Stream
VIC162H1
Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
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 artifacts.
Co-requisites: VIC163H1, VIC164H1, VIC165H1 & JEF100Y1
This is a Humanities course
VIC163H1
Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
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 artifacts. We will emphasize how contemporary thought has affected the practice of everyday life.
Co-requisites: VIC162H1, VIC164H1, VIC165H1 & JEF100Y1
This is a Humanities course
VIC164H1
The Medieval Mind: Expression and the Forms of Life
Ages A study of the ideas and concerns of creative thinkers and their impact upon cultures. The course explores the literary and artistic realms of the imagination during the Middle Ages in a variety of forms, including literary texts, art and music to understand how humans imaginatively interacted with each other and brought their surroundings into culture hundreds of years ago.
Co-requisites: VIC165H1, VIC162H1, VIC163H1 & JEF100Y1
This is a Humanities course
VIC165H1
Ideas and Their Consequences: Isolation and Communion in Modern Culture
A study of the ideas and concerns of creative thinkers and their impact upon cultures. The course will include scientific thinkers as well as religious figures from the major traditions. Attention will be given to modes of reasoning, cultural definition and expression. We will emphasize literary and philosophical concepts in the rise of modernism.
Co-requisites: VIC164H1, VIC162H1, VIC163H1 & JEF100Y1
This is a Humanities course
Stowe-Gullen Stream
VIC170Y1
Introduction to the Rhetoric of Science: Probability and Persuasion
How rhetoric and statistical analysis are used to communicate scientific observations and theories will be examined in seminars. Problems including the nature of evidence, risk assessment, random error and systematic error (bias) will be discussed using examples drawn from the physical, life and social sciences.
Co-requisites BIO 150Y1 & VIC171Y1
This is a Humanities or Social Science course.
VIC171Y1
Methodology, Theory and Practice in the Natural Sciences
An examination of scientific theories and their logic, the role in life sciences of models and mathematics, and issues in experimental design and data analysis. Particular emphasis will be placed on evolutionary theory, genomics, contemporary scientific controversies and ethical issues.
Co-requisites BIO 150Y1 & VIC170Y1
This is a Humanities course.
Pearson Stream
VIC181H1
Events and the Public Sphere: World Affairs
A seminar course that examines a specific event or events in relation to the public sphere. 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. Co-requisites: VIC183H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1, and a First year
course in HIS or POL
This is a Social Science course
VIC183H1
Individuals and the Public Sphere: Shaping Memory
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 the context of studying the social, philosophical, cultural and scientific context of the period. Topics could include the role of law and government, civil liberties, rights and responsibilities, the role of protest. We will examine individuals who have shaped the processes by which modern memory is formed.
Co-requisites: VIC181H1, VIC184H1, VIC185H1 & a first year course in History or Political Science
This is a Social Science course.
VIC184H1
Individuals and the Public Sphere: Cultural Memory
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 the context of studying the social, philosophical, cultural and scientific context of the period. Topics could include the role of law and government, civil liberties, rights and responsibilities, the role of protest. We will examine our evolving role in developing cultural memory.
Co-requisites: VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC185H1 & a first year course in History or Political Science
This is a Social Science course
VIC185H1
Events in the Public Sphere: Social Justice
The course uses events or an event to discuss the nature of society including major revolutions, economic crises, and the impact of significant artistic, cultural and technological developments. Emphasis on social justice.
Co-requisites: VIC181H1, VIC183H1, VIC184H1 and a First year course in History or Political Science.
This is a Social Science course.
Vic First Pathways: Studies for First Year
Consult Program Liaison Officer, Keri Todd, Victoria College, keri.todd@utoronto.ca
VIC101H1
Conflict Theory and Practice (formerly VIC101Y1) [26S, 13P]
The course is a general orientation toward conflict, 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.
Exclusion: VIC101Y1
Co-requisite: ECO100Y1
This is a Social Science course.
VIC102Y1
Ethics and the Public: Case Studies (formerly VIC182H1) [52S, 26P]
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. We will emphasize case studies of recent social issues.
Co-requisite: POL103Y1/SOC101Y1
Exclusion: VIC182H1
This is either a Humanities or a Social Science course.
VIC103H1
Ideas and Fine Thoughts [26S]
VIC103Y1
Ideas and Fine Thoughts [52S]
This course examines how political ideas are formed and developed through literature, art, plays, essays and philosophical works in the twentieth century.
Co-requisite: ENG110Y1/ENG140Y1
This is either a Humanities or a Social Science course.
VIC104H1
Common Vices and Neglected Virtues: Intro to Ethics of Character [26S, 26P]
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?
Co-requisite: PHL100Y1/RLG100Y1
This is a Humanities course.
VIC105H1
Odysseys: The Search for Meaning [26S, 26P]
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.
Co-requisite: PHL100Y1/MUS110H1
This is a Humanities course.
VIC106H1
Topics in the History of Mind, Brain and Behavioural Science [26S]
This course explores central developments and ongoing controversies in the scientific study of the human mind, brain and behavior. 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.
Co-requisite: PSY100H1
This is either a Humanities or Social Science course.
VIC107H1
Topics in the History of Evolution, Heredity, and Behaviour [26S]
In this course we examine major episodes in the history of evolution and genetics in the XX 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.
Co-requisite: BIO150Y1BIO150Y1
This is either a Humanities or Social Science course.
VIC108H1
Belonging, Imagination and the Uses of History in the Shaping of National Identity [26S]
VIC108Y1
Belonging, Imagination and the Uses of History in the Shaping of National Identity [52S]
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.
Co-requisite: HIS106Y1/SOC101Y1
This is either a Humanities or Social Science course.
VIC111Y1
Introduction to Material Culture [52S, 26P]
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 daily lives and their material world.
Co-requisite: ANT100Y1/FAH101H1
This is either a Humanities or a Social Science course.
VIC112Y1
Puzzles, Discovery and the Human Imagination [52S, 26P]
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 artifacts, 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.
Co-requisite: One of ANT100Y1/BIO 150Y1/HPS100H1.
This is either a Humanities or a Social Science course.
 VIC113H1
Encountering Distant Climes: The Literature of Travel and
Exploration
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, Euro-centrism, orientalism, cultural relativism, colonialism/imperialism,
race, gender, and eco-tourism.
Corequisite: BIO150Y1
VIC114Y1
Renaissance in Popular Culture [52S, 26P]
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.
Co-requisite: HIS109Y1/INI115Y1
This is a Humanities course.
VIC115Y1
Imagined Power: Literature and Film [52S, 26P]
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.
Co-requisite: A 100 series Political Science course.
This is either a Humanities or Social Science course.
VIC116Y1
Narrative Medical Ethics [52S, 26P]
A philosophical consideration through literature, articles and film as well as medical case studies to consider ethical elements of medical decision-making.
Co-requisite: BIO150Y1BIO150Y1/PSY100H1
This is a Humanities course.
VIC117H1
Understanding the Performing Arts: Interpretation and Expression [52S, 26P]
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.
Co-requisites: DRM100Y1/MUS110H1/FAH101H1/FAH102H1/VIS120H1/VIS130H1 or a first-year language course.
This is a Humanities course.
VIC118H1
The Rebel in History, Literature and Popular Culture
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.
Corequisite: COM110H1
Literary Studies Courses
For Distribution Requirement purposes, all VIC Literary Studies courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses.
VIC201Y1
Ancient and Medieval Literary Modes: Conventions and Continuities [52L,26T]
Selected forms (such as epic, romance, satire, tragedy, lyric, utopia, autobiography, confession), with special attention to their roots in the Ancient and Medieval period. Texts may include selections from Aboriginal, Asian, Hebrew and Babylonian creation myths, epic narratives; history and law; drama; lyric poetry, songs and spells; philosophy and theology.
Exclusion: VIC110Y1
VIC210Y1
Literary Studies II: Empire, Literature and Modernity [52L, 26T]
The rise of modern European literatures in various contexts - colonialism, humanism, literacy, nation-states, democracy, ideology, individualism - that prompted development of new literary genres, figures, personae and filiations.
VIC300H1
Special Topics I: Literary Studies [26S]
VIC300Y1
Special Topics I: Literary Studies [52S]
Interdisciplinary seminar on an author or extensive work (eg. Proust’s, Remembrance of Things Past, Joyce’s, Finnegans Wake) or on a genre. Emphasis on literature and its relation to fine arts, philosophy, politics, history
Prerequisite: A course in Literary Studies or instructor’s approval
VIC 301H1 Special Topics II: Literary Studies [26S]
VIC 301Y1 Special Topics II: Literary Studies [52S]
Interdisciplinary seminar on a historical period (eg. Late Antiquity,
Romanticism, the Harlem Renaissance) or critical event. Emphasis on literature
and
its relation to fine arts, philosophy, politics, history.
Prerequisite: A course in Literary Studies or instructor’s approval
VIC309H1
Literary Studies III: The Modernist Avant Garde (formerly VIC310Y1) [26L, 13T]
Detailed study of a major modernist text or author(s), some of the surrounding theoretical debates, and other forms of cultural expression such as cinema, photography, collage, mass advertising, music, etc, that may be relevant.
Exclusion: VIC 310Y1
VIC310H1
Literary Studies III: After Modernism (formerly VIC310Y1) [26L, 13T]
Texts from the second half of the 20th century and after, to foreground the reaction to modernism, and to consider the challenges to memory and representation that accompany historical crisis. Questions of language, representation, aesthetics and politics, interpretation.
Exclusion: VIC 310Y1
VIC311H1
Translation (formerly VIC311Y1) [26L]
An introduction to the main questions raised by translation studies, and an examination of the relationships it has established with other disciplines such as linguistics, film studies, literary theory, philosophy, anthropology, political-economy, psychoanalysis, the hard sciences.
Exclusion: VIC311Y1
VIC401H1
Seminar in Comparative Literature [26S]
VIC401Y1
Seminar in Comparative Literature [52S]
This course offers senior students in Literary Studies the opportunity to take part in a graduate seminar in Comparative Literature. Topics change annually.
VIC410H1
Seminar in Literary Studies [26S]
VIC410Y1
Seminar in Literary Studies [52S]
For senior students enrolled in the Literary Studies program, although other students are welcome. Intensive study of general issues of poetics and critical theory, including representative literary and philosophical texts.
Prerequisite: At least one course in Literary Studies
VIC411H1
Postmodernist Approaches to Film and Literature [26S]
VIC411Y1
Postmodernist Approaches to Film and Literature [52S]
Study of current filmic and literary theories, with emphasis on the rhetoric of film: the concept of the trope, metaphor, metonymy, allegory, irony, repetition, and specific thematic tropes like the eye, the face, the death mask, the mirror, the dream, etc.
Prerequisite: A course in Literary Studies or Cinema Studies, or permission of the instructor.
JNV300H1
Gender, History and Literature [26S]
The study of a selected group of creative writers from at least two national literatures whose texts raise issues regarding gender as either an historically or culturally variable construct. Texts will be chosen on the basis of a shared historical era, a literary genre, experience, institutional categorization, or project.
Prerequisite: One course in Literary Studies or one course in Women’s Studies and Gender Studies
Renaissance Studies Courses
Key to Course Descriptions .
For Distribution Requirement purposes, all VIC Renaissance Studies courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses.
VIC240Y1
The Civilization of Renaissance Europe [52L]
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.
VIC341H1
The Self and Society: Women, Men and Children [26S]
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.
VIC342H1
Women and Writing in the Renaissance [26S]
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.
VIC343Y1
Sex and Gender (formerly VIC343H1) [52S]
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
VIC344H1
Renaissance Narrative (formerly VIC242H1) [26S]
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
VIC345H1
Media and Communications in the Early Modern Era [26S]
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.
VIC347Y1
Studies in Renaissance Performance [52L]
Studies in the development of new musical and/or dramatic forms in the Renaissance. The course will combine seminars and lectures with a series of musical and/or dramatic performances taking place in Toronto over the course of an academic year.
Recommended preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
VIC348Y1
The Renaissance in the Cities [52L]
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.
VIC349H1
Special Topics in the Renaissance [26L, 13P]
VIC349Y1
Special Topics in the Renaissance [52L, 26P]
Studies in an aspect of the Renaissance based around lectures, seminars, and readings. See annual course listing for the year’s theme.
Recommended preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
VIC440Y1
Florence and the Renaissance [52L]
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 instructor
VIC449H1
Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance [26S, 13P]
VIC449Y1
Advanced Seminar in the Renaissance [52S, 26P]
An in-depth study in an aspect of the Renaissance based around lectures, seminars, and readings. Content in any given year depends on instructor. See annual course listing for the year’s theme.
Recommended preparation: VIC240Y1, or another course in Renaissance Studies.
Semiotics Courses
Key to Course Descriptions .
For Distribution Requirement purposes, all VIC Semiotics courses are classified as SOCIAL SCIENCE courses.
VIC220Y1
Post-Structuralism/Post-Modernism [52L, 26T]
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, PHL 102Y1, SOC101Y1.
VIC223Y1
Signs, Meanings, and Culture [52L, 26P]
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.
Prerequisite: One course from: ANT100Y1, LIN100Y1, PHL100Y1, PHL 102Y, SOC100Y1.
Exclusion: VIC 120Y1
VIC320Y1
Semiotics of Visual Art [52L, 26T]
Theories and models of applied semiotics: analysis of sign systems as articulated in various forms of artistic and cultural production.
Prerequisite: VIC 120Y1/VIC223Y1, VIC220Y1
VIC322H1
Topics in Semiotics [26S]
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: VIC 120Y1/VIC223Y1, VIC220Y1.
JFV323H1
Semiotics and Literature [26S]
The study of readings from major French literary semioticians will be combined with the practical application of theory to the analysis of selected literary texts. (Given by the Department of French and Victoria College)
Prerequisite: At least 5 course credits in any subject.
Exclusion(s): FRE 444H1/445H1
Recommended Preparation: FRE240Y1/VIC 120Y1/VIC223Y1
This is a humanities or social science course.
VIC323Y1
Theories of the Sign (formerly VIC420Y1) [52L, 26T]
Theories of signification studied with a focus on major works in the semiotics of modern and contemporary culture.
Prerequisite: ANT323Y1, VIC 120Y1/VIC223Y1, VIC220Y1/221Y1/VIC320Y1.
Exclusion: VIC420Y1
Concurrent Teacher Education Program (CTEP) Courses
Key to Course Descriptions
For Distribution Requirement purposes, VIC CTEP courses are classified in various ways; see individual course descriptions for classification.
VIC260H1
Equity and Diversity in Education [26L]
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.This course’s field experience entails observation of and participation in equity and diversity
efforts in a culturally-rooted school and/or community organization.
Exclusion: SMC271H1
This is a Social Science course.
VIC261H1
Child and Adolescent Development in Education [26L]
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 the various age groups.This may be satisfied by participation in Vic Reach or in another organization with the approval of the CTEP Vic Coordinator.
Exclusion: SMC272H1
This is a Science or Social Science course.
JSV262H1
Communication and Conflict Resolution [26L]
The purpose of this course is to provide knowledge and skill acquisition in the areas of interpersonal conflict resolution and communication.
This is a Social Science course.
VIC360H1
CTEP Internship TBA
Students are required to complete an internship in an educational or community source environment.This may be satisfied by participation in Vic Reach or in another organization with the approval of the CTEP Vic Coordinator. Written assessment of the internship will be required.
This is a Social Science course.
Other Victoria College Courses
VIC299Y1
Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 48 for details.
VIC350Y1
Creative Writing: A Multicultural Approach [52S]
Practice and instruction in writing poetry and fiction, paired with study of literature and theory introducing the multicultural richness of contemporary English writing. Approximately three-quarters of class periods are workshops, one-quarter lecture discussions. Work by many writers from contemporary and traditional literatures are read in English translation.
Prerequisite: four credits
This is a Humanities course
VIC351H1
Learning Communities and Higher Education in Canada [26S]
This course examines the evolution of higher education in Canada. Using Victoria University and Victoria’s affiliates as a case study, the course explores the intersection of gender, race, class and religion. Comparisons are made with other denominational and secular institutions in the context of late nineteenth and early twentieth century education. International contexts of education through student service and missions are discussed.
This is a Social Science course.
VIC352Y1
Love, Sex and Death in Short Fiction [52L]
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 writer’s presentation, the role of dialogue, the economy of narrative, etc, 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 Bezmosghis (Natasha).
This is a Humanities course.
VIC359H1
Special Topics Seminar [26S]
VIC359Y1
Special Topics Seminar [52S]
An upper level course. Topics vary from year to year depending on instructor.
Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 10 FCEs.
This is either a Humanities, Social Sciences or Science course.
VIC397H1
International Study
Course content, travel destination, etc., will depend on instructor. Topics will vary from year to year.
Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 10 FCEs.
This is a Social Sciences course.
VIC390Y1
Victoria College Independent Studies [TBA]
VIC391H1
Victoria College Independent Studies [TBA]
VIC490Y1 Victoria College Independent Studies [TBA]
VIC491H1
Victoria College Independent Studies [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 made through the Program Director for approval by Victoria College Council’s Academic Advisory Committee at least one month prior to the start of the relevant term. Students should have a minimum CGPA of 3 and have completed 10 FCEs for 390Y1 or 391H1, and a minimum of 15 FCEs for 490Y1 or 491H1. Students should contact Lynn Welsh, VC 105, lynn.welsh@utoronto.ca.
Prerequisite: Permission of College Program Director
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