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and course choice in higher years. Introductory languagescourses, including Bengali, Tamil and Hindi, are offered at thesecond-year level but are open to first-year students.For more information please visitwww.newcollege.utoronto.ca/programs/southasia.htm.Spanish and PortugueseSpanish and Portuguese are among the world’s most widelyspoken languages. They share a Latin origin, and throughtheir histories and current uses they intersect with diversecultures in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. In additionto instruction in the Spanish and Portuguese languages, ourprograms explore the literatures and cultures of the Hispanicand Lusophone worlds. The study of Hispanic linguistics offersspecial focus on the structure and diversity of the Spanishlanguage.ProgramsSpanish (specialist, major and minor options)Portuguese (specialist, major and minor options)First-Year coursesSPA 100Y1 - Spanish for Beginners PRT 100Y1 - BeginnersPortuguese PRT 110Y1 - Elementary Portuguese (forstudents who speak Portuguese but have not studied thelanguage formally)Advice for First YearIntroductory courses in Spanish and Portuguese are availablefor first year students with no prior knowledge of thelanguages. Students with Grade 12 Spanish should enrol inSPA 220Y1. Students with other additional experience inSpanish should take the online placement test available onthe Blackboard portal. Students with previous experienceof Portuguese should consult with the Associate Chair forPortuguese.For more information please visitwww.spanport.utoronto.ca/undergraduate.Ukrainian – see Slavic Languages and LiteraturesUrban StudiesIf cities fascinate you and you want some hands-onexperience included in your course credits, the urban studiesprogram is for you. This is a small program that gives studentsthe opportunity to learn by doing. Our graduates have goneon to a variety of careers in such areas as planning, publicrelations, law, politics, real estate and community development.ProgramsUrban Studies (specialist, major and minor options)Sociology and Urban Studies (specialist)First-Year CoursesThe Urban Studies Program does not offer any courses at thefirst-year level.Advice for First YearIf you are interested in urban studies then you should takeat least one introductory, social science course in geography,economics, political science, or sociology in your first year.For more information please visitwww.utoronto.ca/innis/urban.Visual StudiesVisual Studies is a stream in the Department of Art that offerscourses in most areas of contemporary art practice, includingdiscipline specific and interdisciplinary studios. Visual Studiesemphasizes a strong commitment to the social, cultural andtheoretical issues embodied in the current art community.ProgramsVisual Studies (specialist, major and minor options)First-Year coursesVIS 120H1- Visual ConceptsVIS 130H1 - Visual StrategiesAdvice for First YearStudents interested in Visual Studies programs should enrol inVIS 120H1 and VIS 130H1. Students who wish to pursue thespecialist option should also take FAH 102H1 – The Practiceof Art History.For more information please visit www.art.utoronto.caWoman and Gender StudiesWomen and Gender Studies provides an interdisciplinaryand culturally inclusive approach to gender. The curriculumaddresses the meaning and importance of gender in a varietyof individual, institutional and transnational contexts. Itprovides opportunities to learn about citizenship, globalization,religious fundamentalism, war, technoscience,environmentalism, women’s health, activism and resistance.The program fosters a strong student community througha wide range of workshops and events as well as academicand practical links to local, national and internationalorganizations.ProgramsWomen and Gender Studies (specialist, major and minoroptions)First-Year CoursesWGS 160Y1 - Introduction to Women and Gender StudiesAdvice for First YearStudents interested in studying Women and Gender Studiesshould take WGS 160Y1 in first year.For more information please visit www.utoronto.ca/wgsi.Writing and RhetoricWriting and Rhetoric courses teach students that reading andthinking critically are essential to developing powerful writingskills. One of the tenets of the Writing and Rhetoric Programis that problem-solving and creative, persuasive, and effectivewriting depend on the ability to analyze discourse critically.ProgramsWriting and Rhetoric (minor)First-Year CoursesINI 103H - Writing EssaysINI 104H - Writing ReportsAdvice for First YearStudents who are interested in studying writing and rhetoricshould take INI 103H and/or INI 104H in first year. Studentsshould also consider taking TRN 190Y - Critical Readingand Critical Writing, and/or ENG 110Y - Narrative. How
can students use the Writing and Rhetoric minor? Combineit with another major or specialist program to demonstratecommunication skills.For more information please visitwww.utoronto.ca/innis/wr.Yiddish, Al and Malke Green Program in – seeGermanSciencesThe programs in this section lead to an Hon. BSc.Actuarial ScienceActuarial Science is the study of mathematics associated withfinancial risk, particularly in insurance, pension and investmentplans. Probability deals with the mathematics of uncertaintyand statistics deals with modeling of the random processesbased on observed data.ProgramsActuarial Science (specialist and major options)First-Year CoursesThe Department of Statistics does not offer first year courses.Advice for First YearStudents who are interested in enrolling in an ActuarialScience program must take MAT 137Y1 – Calculus! andECO 100Y1 – Introduction to Economics in first year.Students are also encouraged to take MAT 223H1 – LinearAlgebra I, a second-year course open to first-year students.For more information, visit www.utstat.utoronto.ca.AnthropologyAnthropology examines human biological, social, and culturaldevelopment. There are four areas of research: archaeology,biological anthropology, linguistic and semiotic anthropology,and social and cultural anthropology. Archaeology studiessurviving evidence of people’s activities in the past. Biologicalanthropology is the study of the biological diversity ofhumans, the history of this diversity, and the biologicalrelationships between humans and non-human primates.Linguistic and semiotic anthropology focuses on howlanguage and other systems of human communicationcontribute to the reproduction, transmission, andtransformation of culture. Social and cultural anthropologyexamines aspects of complex societies such as peasantry, ethnicminorities, and industrial work groupings.ProgramsAnthropology (Biological) (specialist and major options)First-Year CoursesANT 100Y1 – Introduction to AnthropologyAdvice for First YearAnthropology (Biological) specialist: students should takeANT 203Y1 - Human Biology and Evolution and BIO150Y1 - Organisms in their Environment, and a first-yearcourse in biology, calculus, chemistry, physics, geology orgeography.Anthropology (Biological) major: students should follow thesame route as the specialist program, but ANT 203Y1 couldbe taken in either first or second year.Note that ANT 203Y1, ANT 204Y1 - Social and CulturalAnthropology, and ANT 253Y1 - Language and Society areintroductory courses offered at the second-year level, and oneor more could be taken in first year.For more information, please visithttp://anthropology.utoronto.ca.ArchaeologyThis program examines past human societies primarilythrough their material remains, or “material culture.”Archaeologists explore the nature of and changes in pastcultures around the world through survey, excavationand analyses of stone tools, pottery, bones, plant remains,architecture and other cultural residues. Some of the majorresearch foci of archaeologists are the nature of huntergatherertechnology and economy in the Pleistocene, theorigins of agriculture, pastoralism, urbanism and politicallycomplex states, the workings of ancient exchange systems, andthe development of class-based and gender-based political andeconomic inequalities in complex societies.ProgramsArchaeological Science (specialist and major options)First-Year CoursesANT 100Y1 - Introduction to AnthropologyAdvice for First YearStudents who plan to pursue any archaeology programArts & Science First-Year Handbook 09First-Year Courses39
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