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German Studies
The Department of German offers a variety
of programs and courses designed to
meet the different needs and interests
of students on all levels; for beginners
as well as for advanced students and
native speakers. The program consists
of language and topic courses, both in
German and in English, covering a wide
field of Germanic Studies including
Mediaeval Studies and Yiddish Studies. As
one of the Faculty’s smaller departments,
it provides substantiated knowledge and
skills in intimate class settings.
Admission category: Humanities
www.german.utoronto.ca
Greek – see Classics
Health Studies
Health Studies is a multidisciplinary
program of undergraduate research and
critical examination of the determinants
of health. Health Studies students
examine the different factors that have
an impact on the health and well-being
of individuals and communities in
Canada as well as in a global context.
The multidisciplinary approach covers
biomedical aspects of health as well as
the social, political and economic factors
that generate healthy communities.
Students in the specialist stream engage
in a two-year research project culminating
in an undergraduate research thesis.
Students in the major stream also have
an opportunity to engage directly in
research projects. The Health Studies
program also allows students to tailor
their studies so that they can focus on
specific aspects of health and health care
such as anthropology, women’s health,
health and well-being of immigrant and
marginalized communities or Aboriginal
health.
Admission category: Jointly listed under
Humanities and Social Sciences.
www.uc.utoronto.ca/healthstudies
History
Every political institution, social value
and economic custom is the result
of past change and is simultaneously
being transformed. To understand our
own society and the forces for change
propelling it towards an uncertain future,
it is therefore necessary to understand
something of the past. The department
offers courses at most levels in American,
Asian, African, Latin American, British,
Canadian, Caribbean, East European,
Russian, European, colonialism, post-
colonialism and transnationalism,
international relations, women and gender
and mediaeval history.
Admission category: Humanities
www.history.utoronto.ca
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