Humanities Co-operative

Program Supervisor: S.L. Helwig (416-287-7160) Email: humanities-coop-program-supervisor@utsc.utoronto.ca
Co-op Contact: askcoop@utsc.utoronto.ca

The Humanities Co-operative Program allows students to identify and consider relationships between academic and work environments, and combine their chosen humanities program with work experience that draws upon the knowledge and skills acquired during their studies.

Students are required to complete a Specialist Program offered in the humanities OR two Major Programs (at least one of which is in the humanities) and to complete the requirements of an Honours (20-credit) degree plus two work terms. For information on fees, work terms, and studying in the program, please see the Co-operative Programs section of this Calendar.
Note: For information on the Specialist (Co-operative) Program in Arts Management which operates separately from the Humanities Co-operative Program, please see the Visual and Performing Arts section of this Calendar.

Admissions

Prospective Applicants: For direct admission from secondary school or for students who wish to transfer to U of T Scarborough from another U of T faculty or from another post-secondary institution, see the Co-operative Programs section in this Calendar.

Current U of T Scarborough students: Application procedures can be found at the Registrar's Office website at: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/subjectpost. The minimum qualifications for entry are 4.0 credits from the following list of courses plus a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5

1. Art History (Major): HUMA01H3 & 1 full credit in Art History
2. English (Specialist & Major): ENGB03H3, ENGB04H3 & ENGB05H3
3. French (Major): FREA01H3 & FREA02H3
4. History (Specialist & Major): [2.0 full credits from HISA04H3, HISA05H3, HISA06H3 or GASA01H3, HISA07H3 or CLAA04H3] or 1 full credit at the B-level in HIS
5. Linguistics (Major): LINA01H3 & LINA02H3
6. Music & Culture (Major): HUMA01H3 & 1 full credit in Music
7. Psycholinguistics (Specialist): LINA01H3, LINA02H3, PSYA01H3 & PSYA02H3
8. Studio (Major): HUMA01H3 and 1 full credit in Studio
9. Theatre & Performance Studies (Major): HUMA01H3
10. Women's & Gender Studies (Major): WSTA01H3 & WSTA03H3
    

Program Requirements
The program requires eight four-month sessions of study and two 12-week work placements and normally requires four to five years to complete.

Course Requirements
Students in the Humanities Co-operative Program must complete the following:

1. All of the following 2.5 full credits:
   1. HUMA01H3 Exploring Key Questions in Humanities
   2. HUMA02H3 Inquiry and Reasoning in the Humanities Where appropriate, credits in this list may also count towards the completion of a Specialist, Major or Minor Program.
   3. 1.5 credits in English as follows:
      [ENGB03H3 Critical Thinking About Narrative
      and
      ENGB04H3 Critical Thinking About Poetry
      and
      ENGB05H3 Critical Writing about Literature]
2. In addition to the core credits, students must complete a Specialist Program offered in the humanities or two Major Programs (at least one of which is in the humanities) or one Major Program (in the humanities) and two Minor Programs (in any area). The following programs offered in the humanities may be chosen by students:
   
   Specialist Programs
   Art and Culture
   English
   French
   History
   Linguistics
   Philosophy
   Psycholinguistics
   
   Major Programs
   Art History
   English
   French
   History
   Linguistics
   Music and Culture
   Philosophy
   Studio
   Theatre & Performance Studies
   Women's and Gender Studies
   
   For the requirements of these programs, please see the program descriptions elsewhere in this Calendar. Students should consult with the Program Supervisor of the Co-operative Program in the humanities as well as with their discipline Program Supervisor(s) about their course selection.
   
   
3. Elective Courses
   Students are normally required to take a certain number of elective courses as a part of their Specialist or Major program. The purpose of the elective field is to allow students some flexibility in shaping a degree to their interests and future needs. Students are encouraged to use their elective credits to take courses outside their area(s) of concentration in order to broaden their understanding of contemporary issues and their historical context and to enhance their communication skills. It is strongly recommended that humanities Co-op students take either [VPAA10H3 "Introduction to Arts Management" and VPAA12H3 "Audience and Resource Development"] or [MGTA03H3 and MGTA04H3 "Introduction to Management I and II"] as elective choices to allow the student to gain an important contextual understanding of workplace issues and develop expected skills for the co-op placement environment. Students are encouraged to meet with the humanities Co-op Program Supervisor to discuss the appropriateness of each of the choices for their particular interests and needs.

For course descriptions please see the relevant program area(s) of the Calendar.

Courses in the first year of the program
The first year of study would normally consist of the full core requirements for Humanities Co-op, the required introductory courses from the Specialist, Major and/or Minor Program(s) (chosen in consultation with the Program Supervisor for that/those program(s), and electives. Students will also normally take the Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation Course in the first fall session (note that this is a non credit course taken over and above the five credits in the first year).

Work Terms
Two work terms are an integral part of the co-op curriculum.
To be eligible for their first work term, students must be in good standing in the program (with a minimum 2.5 Cumulative Grade Point Average) and have completed at least 9.0 full credits, including at least 1.5 credits of the humanities Co-op core courses and at least 4.5 full credits toward the requirement of the Specialist Program or the humanities Major Program(s) in which they are enrolled. Students must also successfully complete Arts & Science Co-op Work Term Preparation Activities, which include multiple networking sessions, speaker panels and industry tours along with seminars covering resumes, cover letters, job interviews and work term expectations, prior to their first work term.

To be eligible for their second work term, students must be in good standing in the program (with a minimum 2.5 Cumulative Grade Point Average) and have completed at least 12.5 full credits, including all 2.0 core credits and at least 7.0 credits towards the requirements of their Specialist program or their Major Program(s). As well, they must have received a satisfactory evaluation of their performance and work term report for their first placement.