Courses
Black Studies Courses
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To complete the Black Studies Minor, students must take a total of six (6) courses from the following:
Required Course
| Course | Term | Instructor | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 142 Black Arts, Black Power | Winter | Ballantyne (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
Group 1
A minimum of three (3), maximum of five (5) of the following courses:
| Course | Term | Instructor | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLD 540 Black Childhoods in Canada | Winter | Brady (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| CRM 250 Criminalizing Blackness | Winter | Thomas (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| CYC 650 Roots and Resistance to Anti-Black Racism | Not offered 2024-25 | Daniel (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| ENG 647 Afrofuturism: Black 2 the Future | Not offered 2024-25 | Lee-Loy (opens in new window) | Upper Liberal B |
| ENG 653 Black Literatures and Cultures | Winter | open elective, prereq required | |
| FFS 120 Fashion and Race | Fall | open elective, no prereq | |
| FRE 605 Francophone Language and Culture | Winter | Ba (opens in new window) | Lower Liberal A/Upper Liberal B |
| FSN 610 Carnival Arts | Winter | Dixon (external link, opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| FSN 620 Black Fashion | Winter | Phinney (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| GMS 694 The African Business Environment | Not offered 2024-25 | Kalu (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| HIS 107 Colonization, Colonialism and Independence | Fall | Mukherjee (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| HIS 392 African Canadian History | Fall | Allen (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| HIS 760 African Diaspora | Fall | Allen (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| HIS 854 African-American History | Winter | Allen (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| HST 633 Modern Africa | Summer | Upper Liberal B | |
| IDE 400 Africa and Beyond: The Decolonization of Design Culture | Not offered 2024-25 | Balbaa (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| JRN 333 Reporting on Race | Fall | Martis (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| LIR 204 African Studies and Beyond | Not offered 2024-25 | open elective, no prereq | |
| MWF 508 Black Birthing and Health Equity | Winter | Wilson-Mitchell (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
| NNS 333 Covering Race | Fall | open elective, no prereq | |
| PHL 570 Black Political Thought | Fall | open elective, no prereq | |
| POG 342 Politics in Africa | Not offered 2024-25 | open elective, prereq required | |
| POL 688 Colonialism and Imperialism | Winter | Upper Liberal B | |
| RTA 183 Rhythm, Beat and Groove | Winter | open elective, no prereq | |
| RTA 484 Music of the African Diaspora | Fall | Lower Liberal A | |
| SOC 221 The Hip Hop Lens on Society | Fall/Winter | Tecle (opens in new window) | Lower Liberal A |
| SOC 320 Black Popular Culture | Fall | Tecle (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| SOC 530 Blackness and Freedom | Fall | Knight (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| SOC 576 Colonialism and Anti-Blackness | Fall | Reece (opens in new window) & Scribe (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| SOC 705 Law, Justice and Abolition | Winter | Reece (opens in new window) | Upper Liberal B |
| THF 470 Black Creative Practices | Winter | Thompson (opens in new window) | open elective, no prereq |
Group 2
Minimum of zero (0) to a maximum of two (2) of the following courses:
| Course | Term | Instructor | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRB 501 Racism & Caribbean Peoples in Canada | Spring | Nadoo | CRB501 Course Outline (opens in new window) Upper Liberal B |
| ENG 620 Literatures of the Caribbean | Fall | Simpson (opens in new window) |
Upper Liberal B |
| FRS 602 French Caribbean Literature and Culture | Not offered 2024-25 | Ba (opens in new window) | FRS602 Course Outline (opens in new window) Upper Liberal B |
| GEO 705 Environment and Society of the Caribbean | Spring | open elective, no prereq | |
| GMS 693 The Latin American and Caribbean Business Environment | Winter | Correa da Cuhna or Farrell (opens in new window) | open elective, prereq required |
| HST 222 The History of the Caribbean | Winter/Spring | Allen (opens in new window) | Lower Liberal A |
| SPS 502 Spanish Caribbean Literature and Culture | Spring | Martel (opens in new window) | SPS502 Course Outline (opens in new window) Upper Liberal B |
Exclusions: Students may use a maximum of two (2) courses in any given discipline (indicated by the subject prefix of the course code) toward completion of the minor in Black Studies.
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Black Studies & Globality
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The Black diasporic experience is one of inter and intra migration, connections to, and entanglements within the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa. Featured here are global partnerships and courses connected to the Black experience.
Exchange at the University of West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
Students on exchange at the University of West Indies Mona can possibly substitute courses studied at UWI Mona toward the Black Studies Minor. The courses must be pre-approved to count toward the Minor by the students' home department.
Contact the Faculty of Arts Experiential Learning Coordinator for more information about this opportunity.
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Learn beyond the classroom with the Global Justice and Change (GJC) Program. Explore the world outside the campus while completing your degree. You have the opportunity to bring your education to life with a fully funded global learning experience.