Canadian Studies (CDNS)
Canadian Studies (CDNS) Courses
School of Canadian Studies
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
CDNS 1000 [1.0 credit]
Introduction to Canadian Studies
Introduction to interdisciplinary Canadian Studies and diversity's role in defining Canada. Examination of the relationship between national identity and values in an evolving Canada. Topics include: Indigenous peoples, language and ethnicity, race, technology, gender, the arts, and international relations.
Introduction to Canadian Studies
Introduction to interdisciplinary Canadian Studies and diversity's role in defining Canada. Examination of the relationship between national identity and values in an evolving Canada. Topics include: Indigenous peoples, language and ethnicity, race, technology, gender, the arts, and international relations.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 1001 and CDNS 1002.
Two hour lecture, one hour weekly discussion group.
Two hour lecture, one hour weekly discussion group.
CDNS 1001 [0.5 credit]
Studying Canada
Introduction to interdisciplinary Canadian Studies and approaches to the critical study of Canada.
Studying Canada
Introduction to interdisciplinary Canadian Studies and approaches to the critical study of Canada.
CDNS 1002 [0.5 credit]
Themes in the Study of Canada
Examination of various themes and issues that affect Canadians and Canadian society. Topics may include Indigenous peoples, literature, language and ethnicity, race, gender, culture and cultural producers, the environment, and international relations.
Themes in the Study of Canada
Examination of various themes and issues that affect Canadians and Canadian society. Topics may include Indigenous peoples, literature, language and ethnicity, race, gender, culture and cultural producers, the environment, and international relations.
CDNS 1101 [0.5 credit]
Ottawa: Exploring National Institutions
An interdisciplinary examination of Ottawa, looking at its history, evolution, and role as Canada's capital. This course investigates various national institutions related to public policy, governance, history, culture and the arts. Field trips and topics vary from year to year.
Ottawa: Exploring National Institutions
An interdisciplinary examination of Ottawa, looking at its history, evolution, and role as Canada's capital. This course investigates various national institutions related to public policy, governance, history, culture and the arts. Field trips and topics vary from year to year.
Lecture/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 1102 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Canada and the World
Introductory examination of interdisciplinary themes, ideas, and debates related to Canada and its place in the world. Topics vary from year to year.
Introduction to Canada and the World
Introductory examination of interdisciplinary themes, ideas, and debates related to Canada and its place in the world. Topics vary from year to year.
Lecture/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 2000 [0.5 credit]
Debating Canada
An in-depth examination of key debates that have shaped the nature of Canada, focusing on major thinkers and the debates their ideas produced. Topics vary annually.
Debating Canada
An in-depth examination of key debates that have shaped the nature of Canada, focusing on major thinkers and the debates their ideas produced. Topics vary annually.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 2210 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to the Study of Canadian Culture
The challenges of constructing a national culture in Canada. Topics may include: colonialism and its cultural legacies, cultural nationalism, cultural policies and institutions, popular culture, technology, regionalism, fears of Americanization, gender, multiculturalism, globalization and cultural hybridity.
Introduction to the Study of Canadian Culture
The challenges of constructing a national culture in Canada. Topics may include: colonialism and its cultural legacies, cultural nationalism, cultural policies and institutions, popular culture, technology, regionalism, fears of Americanization, gender, multiculturalism, globalization and cultural hybridity.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 2200.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 2300 [0.5 credit]
Critical Nationalism
This course questions whether a national identity is possible or even desirable within an increasingly diverse and complex Canada. Examination of the construction of Canadian identities, competing nationalisms within Canadian borders and critical evaluation of the role of nationalism.
Critical Nationalism
This course questions whether a national identity is possible or even desirable within an increasingly diverse and complex Canada. Examination of the construction of Canadian identities, competing nationalisms within Canadian borders and critical evaluation of the role of nationalism.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 2400 [0.5 credit]
Heritage Conservation in Canada
Approaches to heritage conservation. Topics include built heritage, movable heritage, collections and museums, and intangible heritage. Heritage as a source of memory and identity in Canadian and Aboriginal life.
Heritage Conservation in Canada
Approaches to heritage conservation. Topics include built heritage, movable heritage, collections and museums, and intangible heritage. Heritage as a source of memory and identity in Canadian and Aboriginal life.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 2510 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to Québec Society
Survey of geographic, historical, demographic, cultural, political and social developments in Québec, from the colonial period to the present. Topics may include the evolving structures and values of Quebec society, cultural productions and policies, relations with English Canada and debates on identity and nationalism.
Introduction to Québec Society
Survey of geographic, historical, demographic, cultural, political and social developments in Québec, from the colonial period to the present. Topics may include the evolving structures and values of Quebec society, cultural productions and policies, relations with English Canada and debates on identity and nationalism.
Also listed as FINS 2510.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Lectures/groups three hours a week.
CDNS 3000 [0.5 credit]
Interdisciplinarity and Canadian Studies Theory and Methods
The development of Canadian Studies and main debates in the field. Study of interdisciplinarity, research ethics, and methodologies. Emphasis on effective writing and effective verbal communication in relation to the research process.
Interdisciplinarity and Canadian Studies Theory and Methods
The development of Canadian Studies and main debates in the field. Study of interdisciplinarity, research ethics, and methodologies. Emphasis on effective writing and effective verbal communication in relation to the research process.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing in Canadian Studies or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3400 [0.5 credit]
Feminists and Feminism in Canada
Interdisciplinary examination of feminism's impact on Canadian history, culture and politics, and Canadian approaches to feminism in a global context. Surveys the role of feminist thinkers, activists and organizations in shaping Canadian society.
Feminists and Feminism in Canada
Interdisciplinary examination of feminism's impact on Canadian history, culture and politics, and Canadian approaches to feminism in a global context. Surveys the role of feminist thinkers, activists and organizations in shaping Canadian society.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3550 [0.5 credit]
Interfaces between English and French Canadian Cultures
Exploration of intercultural encounters between French and English Canadians in political, popular and “official” cultures, through an examination of media, art, music, literature, cinema and the built environment.
Interfaces between English and French Canadian Cultures
Exploration of intercultural encounters between French and English Canadians in political, popular and “official” cultures, through an examination of media, art, music, literature, cinema and the built environment.
Also listed as FINS 3550.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 2500 and FINS 2500
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 2500 and FINS 2500
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3600 [0.5 credit]
Cultural Politics and Identities in Canada
Interdisciplinary study of questions related to identity, belonging, and Canadianness. Intersections of individual and group dimensions of "being Canadian" and state efforts to define the Canadian identity. Topics may include: religion, sexuality, immigrant and diasporic relations, race and ethnicity, region, nationalisms, and multiculturalism.
Cultural Politics and Identities in Canada
Interdisciplinary study of questions related to identity, belonging, and Canadianness. Intersections of individual and group dimensions of "being Canadian" and state efforts to define the Canadian identity. Topics may include: religion, sexuality, immigrant and diasporic relations, race and ethnicity, region, nationalisms, and multiculturalism.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3610 [0.5 credit]
The Canadian Political Economy Tradition
An examination of the political economy tradition in Canada, looking at explanations of Canada's political, economic, social and cultural development, and Canada's evolving position in the global economy.
The Canadian Political Economy Tradition
An examination of the political economy tradition in Canada, looking at explanations of Canada's political, economic, social and cultural development, and Canada's evolving position in the global economy.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3620 [0.5 credit]
Canada-US Relations
Comparative, interdisciplinary examination of Canada and the United States, including the evolution of the Canada-US relationship. Historical, sociological, cultural, and political approaches are used. Topics covered may include the economy, defence, foreign policy, diplomacy, borderlands, Indigenous peoples, and culture.
Canada-US Relations
Comparative, interdisciplinary examination of Canada and the United States, including the evolution of the Canada-US relationship. Historical, sociological, cultural, and political approaches are used. Topics covered may include the economy, defence, foreign policy, diplomacy, borderlands, Indigenous peoples, and culture.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3700 [0.5 credit]
Cultural Traditions in Canada
Aspects of cultural heritage, folklore and/or cultural traditions in Canadian folk art, music, dance, story-telling and performance. The genesis of these various expressions, and the cultural contexts that have ensured their survival.
Cultural Traditions in Canada
Aspects of cultural heritage, folklore and/or cultural traditions in Canadian folk art, music, dance, story-telling and performance. The genesis of these various expressions, and the cultural contexts that have ensured their survival.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 3901 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
Topics vary from year to year.
Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4000 [0.5 credit]
Capstone Seminar in Advanced Research in Canadian Studies
Emphasis on refining analytic and research skills, including teamwork skills and using knowledge to solve problems outside the university. Students will engage in a collective research project in partnership with a local, national or international organization.
Capstone Seminar in Advanced Research in Canadian Studies
Emphasis on refining analytic and research skills, including teamwork skills and using knowledge to solve problems outside the university. Students will engage in a collective research project in partnership with a local, national or international organization.
Prerequisite(s): CDNS 3000 and fourth-year standing in Canadian Studies or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4010 [0.5 credit]
Language, Culture, and Power in Canada
The relationship between language use and political, economic, and cultural power in Canada. Topics may include cultural and linguistic pluralism, bilingualism, Aboriginal language revitalization, discourses of endangerment, the role of media and the state and in legitimizing language use.
Language, Culture, and Power in Canada
The relationship between language use and political, economic, and cultural power in Canada. Topics may include cultural and linguistic pluralism, bilingualism, Aboriginal language revitalization, discourses of endangerment, the role of media and the state and in legitimizing language use.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4101 [0.5 credit]
Métis Histories and Contemporary Realities
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the familial, social, political, cultural, and economic emergence of Métis communities across Canada. Topics may include the origins of Métis nationalism, colonialism and nation-building, residential schools, land claims, Métis identity and community, literatures, and cultural production.
Métis Histories and Contemporary Realities
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the familial, social, political, cultural, and economic emergence of Métis communities across Canada. Topics may include the origins of Métis nationalism, colonialism and nation-building, residential schools, land claims, Métis identity and community, literatures, and cultural production.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing and two of CDNS 2010, 2011, CDNS 2100, CDNS 3104; or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
CDNS 4200 [0.5 credit]
Canadian Popular Culture
An interdisciplinary seminar using cultural studies methods to explore how popular cultural texts, images, rituals and practices are constructed, disseminated, regulated, consumed and reappropriated by Canadian institutions, corporations, cultural groups and individuals.
Canadian Popular Culture
An interdisciplinary seminar using cultural studies methods to explore how popular cultural texts, images, rituals and practices are constructed, disseminated, regulated, consumed and reappropriated by Canadian institutions, corporations, cultural groups and individuals.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing, or permission of the School.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4300 [0.5 credit]
Communities in Canada
Exploration of the concepts of community in a Canadian context. Analysis of the diverse communities that define contemporary society and major issues such as community development, cultural survival and integration versus assimilation.
Communities in Canada
Exploration of the concepts of community in a Canadian context. Analysis of the diverse communities that define contemporary society and major issues such as community development, cultural survival and integration versus assimilation.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4400 [0.5 credit]
Cultural Landscape and Cultural Identity in Canada
Cultural landscape appreciation and the development of Canadian individual and collective cultural identities, through the lenses of history, geography, planning, and representational/literary sources of expression. Cultural landscapes as a tool for understanding physical and mental landscapes and their shaping of identity.
Cultural Landscape and Cultural Identity in Canada
Cultural landscape appreciation and the development of Canadian individual and collective cultural identities, through the lenses of history, geography, planning, and representational/literary sources of expression. Cultural landscapes as a tool for understanding physical and mental landscapes and their shaping of identity.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3200.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4500 [0.5 credit]
Canada and the World
Interdisciplinary examination of Canada's role in the global political economy and its impact on issues such as work, community, public services, and the state.
Canada and the World
Interdisciplinary examination of Canada's role in the global political economy and its impact on issues such as work, community, public services, and the state.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3301.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year honours standing or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4510 [0.5 credit]
Québec Studies
Advanced seminar focusing on selected aspects of Québec history, society, culture and/or politics.
Québec Studies
Advanced seminar focusing on selected aspects of Québec history, society, culture and/or politics.
Also listed as FINS 4510.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3510 or FINS 3510
Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year standing and CDNS 3500, FINS 3500 or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3510 or FINS 3510
Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year standing and CDNS 3500, FINS 3500 or permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Seminar three hours a week.
CDNS 4800 [1.0 credit]
Internship Practicum
Practicum placements are available in institutional settings, primarily in the Ottawa area. Students must meet regularly with the academic evaluator and submit a final written report. A maximum of 1.0 practicum credits may be taken in fulfillment of Canadian Studies requirements.
Internship Practicum
Practicum placements are available in institutional settings, primarily in the Ottawa area. Students must meet regularly with the academic evaluator and submit a final written report. A maximum of 1.0 practicum credits may be taken in fulfillment of Canadian Studies requirements.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3800, CDNS 3801, CDNS 3802 and CDNS 3803.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School and fourth-year Honours standing in a Canadian Studies program.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School and fourth-year Honours standing in a Canadian Studies program.
CDNS 4801 [0.5 credit]
Internship/Practicum
For course description, see CDNS 4800.
Internship/Practicum
For course description, see CDNS 4800.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3800, CDNS 3801, CDNS 3802 and CDNS 3803.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School and fourth-year Honours standing in a Canadian Studies program.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School and fourth-year Honours standing in a Canadian Studies program.
CDNS 4802 [0.5 credit]
Internship/Practicum
For course description, see CDNS 4800.
Internship/Practicum
For course description, see CDNS 4800.
Precludes additional credit for CDNS 3800, CDNS 3801, CDNS 3802 and CDNS 3803.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School and 4th year Honours standing in a Canadian Studies program.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School and 4th year Honours standing in a Canadian Studies program.
CDNS 4901 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
Topics vary from year to year.
Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
CDNS 4902 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
Topics vary from year to year.
Selected Topics in Canadian Studies
Topics vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
CDNS 4903 [0.5 credit]
Études dirigées I
Cours facultatif offert seulement aux étudiants de quatrième année Honours en Études canadiennes (Mention : Français). Ce cours comprend des lectures dirigées et des travaux écrits dans un domaine relié aux Études canadiennes.
Études dirigées I
Cours facultatif offert seulement aux étudiants de quatrième année Honours en Études canadiennes (Mention : Français). Ce cours comprend des lectures dirigées et des travaux écrits dans un domaine relié aux Études canadiennes.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
CDNS 4904 [0.5 credit]
Études dirigées II
Cours facultatif offert seulement aux étudiants de quatrième année Honours en Études canadiennes (Mention : Français). Ce cours comprend des lectures dirigées et des travaux écrits dans un domaine relié aux Études canadiennes.
Études dirigées II
Cours facultatif offert seulement aux étudiants de quatrième année Honours en Études canadiennes (Mention : Français). Ce cours comprend des lectures dirigées et des travaux écrits dans un domaine relié aux Études canadiennes.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School.
CDNS 4905 [0.5 credit]
Directed Studies I
An optional course normally restricted to fourth-year Honours students in Canadian Studies and to Qualifying-year Graduate students. Includes supervised reading and written work in a Canadian Studies area.
Directed Studies I
An optional course normally restricted to fourth-year Honours students in Canadian Studies and to Qualifying-year Graduate students. Includes supervised reading and written work in a Canadian Studies area.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
CDNS 4906 [0.5 credit]
Directed Studies II
An optional course normally restricted to fourth-year Honours students in Canadian Studies and to Qualifying-year graduate students. Includes supervised reading and written work in a Canadian Studies area.
Directed Studies II
An optional course normally restricted to fourth-year Honours students in Canadian Studies and to Qualifying-year graduate students. Includes supervised reading and written work in a Canadian Studies area.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
CDNS 4907 [1.0 credit]
Directed Studies III
An optional course normally restricted to fourth-year Honours students in Canadian Studies and to Qualifying-year graduate students. Includes supervised reading and written work in a Canadian Studies area.
Directed Studies III
An optional course normally restricted to fourth-year Honours students in Canadian Studies and to Qualifying-year graduate students. Includes supervised reading and written work in a Canadian Studies area.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the School of Canadian Studies.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca
Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca