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(B.A.)
Discipline Representative/Supervisor of Studies: P. Kingston (416-287-7305)
E-mail: kingston@utsc.utoronto.ca
Canada is increasingly affected by international forces, including international treaties and institutions, trade, financial flows and communications. Since Canada is a country of recent immigration, many Canadians still retain ties to their country of origin. This program helps to prepare students for working and for undertaking graduate study in an increasingly international environment.
The International Studies curriculum contains courses from political science, history, languages, economics and geography, as well as courses dealing with new media/communications technology and regional studies. The International Studies Programs complement well a major in these listed disciplines. Students can opt to enrol in the Major Program in International Studies, or apply for the limited enrolment Co-op Program in International Studies.
This Program combines academic study with work placement experience in the private sector, in government, in research institutions, in non-governmental organizations and possibly with international organizations, focussed on international work. Placements may be in Greater Toronto, elsewhere in Canada, and possibly abroad. The Program aims to provide a minimum of two work placements, each of 16 weeks. Students follow the same curriculum as the Major Program in International Studies, see below; however in the Co-op Program they must also enrol in a Major in another discipline. The Co-op Program is a limited enrollment Program. For information on admissions, fees, work placements, and standing in the program, please see the Calendar section Co-operative Programs: General Information, page 71.
Students follow the same curriculum as the Major Program in International Studies, see below
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except that they must include at least one full credit in language (other than English) or one half-credit in computer courses (CSCA02H, CSCA08H, VPAB03H) among their choices.
Work Placements
To be eligible for the first work term, students must have completed at least 10 FCE (full credit equivalent), including 5 FCE. as a University of Toronto at Scarborough student and complete the Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences Co-op Tutorial. Students are advised that being available for work terms during fall and winter may increase the variety of work available, and this in turn requires students to take courses during at least one summer session.
Courses which must be completed prior to the first placement include:
ISTB01H, POLB80H, POLB81H, and either the full credit in language (other than English) or the half-credit in computers (CSCA02H, CSCA08H, VPAB03H)
MAJOR PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The program requires the completion of 8 full credits as follows:
Core Courses
| [ECMA01H | Introduction to Microeconomics |
| or | |
| ECMA04H] | Introduction to Microeconomics: a Mathematical Approach |
| [ECMA05H | Introduction to Macroeconomics |
| or | |
| ECMA06H] | Introduction to Macroeconomics: A Mathematical Approach |
| [IDSC04H | Project Management I |
| or | |
| IDSC07H] | Project Management II |
| ISTB01H | International Studies and International Communications |
| POLB80H | Introduction to International Relations |
| POLB81H | International Conflict and Conflict Management |
| And at least 1 full credit from the following list: | |
| CSCA02H | The Why and How of Computing |
| CSCA08H | Introduction to Computer Programming |
| HISA03Y | The Twentieth Century World |
| 1 FCE in language (other than English) | |
| IDSB01H | International Development Studies: Political Economy |
| VPAB03H | Computers and the Arts I |
| And at least 3 full credits from one of the following two streams (which must include at least one full credit at the C-level) | |
Stream 1: International Culture and Communication Stream
1 additional full credit in language other than English (up to 2 full credits in language can be counted for the Program)
1 full credit in regional courses (to be approved by Supervisor: suitable courses exist in many Humanities and Social Science disciplines)
| IDSC06H | Directed Research on Canadian Institutions and International Development |
| IDSC08H | Media and Development |
| POLC88H | The New International Agenda |
| POLD88H | Exploring the New International Agenda |
| SOCB56H* | Sociology of Mass Media and Communications I |
| SOCB57H* | Sociology of Mass Media and Communications II |
| ISTD01H | Readings in International Studies |
Stream 2: International Political Economy
| ECMC61H* | International Economics: Finance |
| ECMC62H* | International Economics: Trade |
| ECMC66H* | Economic Development |
| ECMC67H* | Development Policy |
| GGRB05H | Urban Geography |
| GGRC29H | Problems in Modern Agricultural Land Use |
| GGRC45H | Local Geographies of Globalization |
| IDSB04H | International Health Policy Analysis |
| IDSC06H | Directed Research on Canadian Institutions and International Development |
| IDSC08H | Media and Development |
| ISTD01H | Readings in International Studies |
| POLB90H | Comparative Development in International Perspective |
| POLB91H | Comparative Development in Political Perspective |
| POLB92H | The Theory of Representative Government |
| POLB93H | Comparative Politics of Democratic Government |
| POLC53H | Politics of the Environment |
| POLC88H | The New International Agenda |
| POLC95H | International Political Economy |
| POLD88H | Exploring the New International Agenda |
| SOCC34H* | Globalization: Causes, Consequences and Critique |
NOTE:
Courses marked * have prerequisites and students in limited enrolment programs in these disciplines have priority.
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