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MINIMUM COURSE AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTSA minimum of 27 credit hours of course work is mandatory. Students should arrange their specific distribution of courses inconsultation with the Chair of the Graduate Program Committee or designate.Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of B (grade point of 3.0) in all courses presented for graduation.Students are expected to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a second language.Expected Time to Graduate: 12 monthsMaximum Time to Graduate: 3 yearsCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSENGL-7112(3) AND ENGL-7113(6) TOPICS IN CULTURALTHEORY These courses focus on such questions as: Whatconstitutes a text? How do some texts come to be valuedover others? How do questions of value relate to thedistribution of power and authority? How do socialdifferences such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender shapeand unsettle cultural production and consumption over time?How may “cultural theory” and “critical theory” be situated inrelation to one another?ENGL-7160(3) AND ENGL-7161(6) TOPICS IN CULTURESOF CHILDHOOD These courses focus on such questionsas: How has the subject category of “the child,” different indifferent times and places, been used to secure definitions ofclass, nation, history, and the modern individual? How dodigital, filmic, and television texts, texts of material culturesuch as toys and video games, and oral texts such as familystories and schoolyard games take up and reframe thesedebates? How does studying texts designed for youngreaders allow for theoretical investigations into themanufacture of consent in liberal democratic cultures?ENGL-7901(3) AND ENGL-7902(6) TOPICS IN GENDERS,SEXUALITIES, AND CULTURES These courses focus onsuch issues as: the relationship between feminist theory,queer theory and literary and cultural production; the impactof queer theory on historical considerations andcontemporary understandings of sex, gender and sexuality;the continued relevance of feminism and feminist theory toquestions of gender and sexuality; and the development andcirculation of terms such as "homosexual" and"heterosexual" and concepts such as "masculine" and"feminine," categories that have a fundamental impact onhow we organize and understand cultures, subjectivities, andknowledges.ENGL-7740(3) AND ENGL-7741(6) TOPICS IN LOCAL,NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL CULTURES These coursesfocus on such topics as: the implications of globalization forCanadian and Aboriginal texts and identities; the potential fordialogue and collaboration across nations and cultures; theways in which local histories and contexts engender differentrelations to the global; and the language of human rightsENGL-7811(3) AND ENGL-7812(6) TOPICS INMANUSCRIPT, PRINT, AND DIGITAL CULTURES Thesecourses will focus on such topics as: historical andcontemporary theoretical debates over aesthetics andculture; archiving and public memory; orality and writing;popular cultures and reading publics; copyright andcensorship; manual, industrial, and digital publishing; bookproduction, distribution and consumption; and mediainstitutions.ENGL-7122(3) AND ENGL-7131(6) SPECIAL STUDIES INCULTURAL THEORIES AND PRACTICES These coursesencourage students to consult with interested facultymembers from English and cognate departments to developreading courses related to particular areas of culturaltheories and practices. Individualized programs forcompleting the required course work as well as independentstudy projects are submitted to be approved by the EnglishGraduate Program Committee. Cognate departments mayinclude the following, among others: Anthropology; Politics;Sociology; Philosophy; History; Rhetoric, Writing, andCommunications; and Women’s and Gender Studies.ENGL-7103(3) RESEARCH METHODS AND PRACTICEThis course aims to equip students with advancedbibliographical and research skills that will support theirgraduate study. Such resources will include archival, library,web-based and informational technologies, and willincorporate theoretical and applied methodologies. Eachyear course material will be integrated with other graduatecourses being offered, and might include a practicum in localcultural projects and communities.
M<strong>IN</strong>IMUM COURSE AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTSA minimum of 27 credit hours of course work is mandatory. Students should arrange their specific distribution of courses inconsultation with the Chair of the Graduate Program Committee or designate.Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of B (grade point of 3.0) in all courses presented for graduation.Students are expected to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a second language.Expected Time to Graduate: 12 monthsMaximum Time to Graduate: 3 yearsCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSENGL-7112(3) AND ENGL-7113(6) TOPICS <strong>IN</strong> <strong>CULTURAL</strong>THEORY These courses focus on such questions as: Whatconstitutes a text? How do some texts come to be valuedover others? How do questions of value relate to thedistribution of power and authority? How do socialdifferences such as race, ethnicity, class, and gender shapeand unsettle cultural production and consumption over time?How may “cultural theory” and “critical theory” be situated inrelation to one another?ENGL-7160(3) AND ENGL-7161(6) TOPICS <strong>IN</strong> CULTURES<strong>OF</strong> CHILDHOOD These courses focus on such questionsas: How has the subject category of “the child,” different indifferent times and places, been used to secure definitions ofclass, nation, history, and the modern individual? How dodigital, filmic, and television texts, texts of material culturesuch as toys and video games, and oral texts such as familystories and schoolyard games take up and reframe thesedebates? How does studying texts designed for youngreaders allow for theoretical investigations into themanufacture of consent in liberal democratic cultures?ENGL-7901(3) AND ENGL-7902(6) TOPICS <strong>IN</strong> GENDERS,SEXUALITIES, AND CULTURES These courses focus onsuch issues as: the relationship between feminist theory,queer theory and literary and cultural production; the impactof queer theory on historical considerations andcontemporary understandings of sex, gender and sexuality;the continued relevance of feminism and feminist theory toquestions of gender and sexuality; and the development andcirculation of terms such as "homosexual" and"heterosexual" and concepts such as "masculine" and"feminine," categories that have a fundamental impact onhow we organize and understand cultures, subjectivities, andknowledges.ENGL-7740(3) AND ENGL-7741(6) TOPICS <strong>IN</strong> LOCAL,NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL CULTURES These coursesfocus on such topics as: the implications of globalization forCanadian and Aboriginal texts and identities; the potential fordialogue and collaboration across nations and cultures; theways in which local histories and contexts engender differentrelations to the global; and the language of human rightsENGL-7811(3) AND ENGL-7812(6) TOPICS <strong>IN</strong>MANUSCRIPT, PR<strong>IN</strong>T, AND DIGITAL CULTURES Thesecourses will focus on such topics as: historical andcontemporary theoretical debates over aesthetics andculture; archiving and public memory; orality and writing;popular cultures and reading publics; copyright andcensorship; manual, industrial, and digital publishing; bookproduction, distribution and consumption; and mediainstitutions.ENGL-7122(3) AND ENGL-7131(6) SPECIAL STUDIES <strong>IN</strong><strong>CULTURAL</strong> THEORIES AND PRACTICES These coursesencourage students to consult with interested facultymembers from English and cognate departments to developreading courses related to particular areas of culturaltheories and practices. Individualized programs forcompleting the required course work as well as independentstudy projects are submitted to be approved by the EnglishGraduate Program Committee. Cognate departments mayinclude the following, among others: Anthropology; Politics;Sociology; Philosophy; History; Rhetoric, Writing, andCommunications; and Women’s and Gender Studies.ENGL-7103(3) RESEARCH METHODS AND PRACTICEThis course aims to equip students with advancedbibliographical and research skills that will support theirgraduate study. Such resources will include archival, library,web-based and informational technologies, and willincorporate theoretical and applied methodologies. Eachyear course material will be integrated with other graduatecourses being offered, and might include a practicum in localcultural projects and communities.
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