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Arts Academic Plans

Arts and Business Co-op and Regular

Specializations Within Arts and Business Co-op and Regular

Digital Arts Communication Specialization (Co-op Only)

Within the Faculty of Arts, the Honours Arts and Business Co-op academic plan offers a specialization in Digital Arts Communication. This specialization is available to students who wish to study the design of digital communication using hypertext, image, sound, and video. The specialization emphasizes the design of digital communication, and especially its role in meeting the needs of different audiences, rather than computer programming or the use of particular software applications.

Only students in the Arts and Business Co-op academic plan can apply for the Digital Arts Communication Specialization. To be considered for admission to this specialization, students must have completed DAC 201 or DAC 202 with a grade of 75% or better and be in satisfactory standing in the Honours major and Arts and Business Co-op academic plans. Due to limitations of resources, fulfilment of these minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee admission to the Digital Arts Communication Specialization.

In February of Year Two, Arts and Business Co-op students can apply for the specialization. A committee will make the final selection of candidates being accepted to the specialization after assessing the student's digital portfolio.

Requirements

The Digital Arts Communication Specialization requires successful completion of three academic course units (six courses):

For further information, please contact the Digital Communication Specialization Director.

Global Engagement Specialization (Co-op and Regular)

Honours Arts and Business Co-op and Regular students can pursue a specialization in Global Engagement. The specialization is designed to provide students with knowledge on international affairs related to linguistic, cultural, economic, historic, and political dimensions. The Global Engagement Specialization is expected to be attractive to students interested in integrating an undergraduate degree with study, work, and volunteer experiences abroad, as well as students planning to pursue private and public sector careers and graduate studies with an international focus.

Arts and Business students apply for admission to the Global Engagement Specialization in their 2A academic term. Admission to the specialization will be determined on the basis of a formal written application and academic performance.

Requirements

The Global Engagement Specialization requires successful completion of 3.5 academic course units (seven courses):

  • INTST 101
  • additional language course (second half of Arts and Business language requirement)
  • culture course in the same language area taken above
  • four courses from the following list, of which only two can be from the same discipline: EASIA 300R301R; ECON 231; ENGL 322463; HIST 130311389; MUSIC 245; PACS 203326; PHIL 328; PSCI 252, 255, 281, 282, 387; RS 100110; SOCWK 322R; SPCOM 226402

For further information, please contact the Global Engagement Specialization Director or the Academic Advisor - Arts and Business.

International Trade Specialization (Co-op Only)

The globalization of the world economy, arising from the much accelerated process of economic integration, implies that Canada will increasingly demand people with education and skills in areas related to international trade. As an integral part of the Honours Arts and Business Co-op academic plan in the Faculty of Arts, the International Trade Specialization provides students with a broadly-based education in the liberal arts combined with courses targeted to international trade.

Enrolment in the specialization is limited. Honours Arts and Business Co-op students apply for admission to the International Trade Specialization during their 2A academic term through a process of a formal written application and a personal interview.

Requirements

The International Trade Specialization requires successful completion of four academic course units (eight courses) divided between required and elective courses, and the seminar milestone:

  • ECON 102
  • ECON 231
  • INTTS 400 (0.0 unit; fall term only)
  • PSCI 281
  • one of PSCI 334387, 389
  • additional language course (second half of Arts and Business language requirement)
  • three elective courses, including at least one course from each of the following two categories:
    • Category A: Cultures, Peoples, Geography, and History
      • Anthropology: ANTH 102, 202
      • East Asian Studies: EASIA 201R
      • English: ENGL 208L, 322, 463
      • French Studies: FR 292 
      • German: GER 272
      • Geography and Environmental Management: GEOG 101, 202, 353
      • History: HIST 130, 239, 389
      • Italian Studies: ITALST 292 
      • Psychology: PSYCH 253, 338, 354
      • Spanish: SPAN 218
      • Russian and East European Studies: REES 272 
    • Category B: Economics and Political Science
  • Students are encouraged to arrange to spend two terms working or studying abroad.

For further information, please contact the International Trade Specialization Director or the Academic Advisor - Arts and Business.


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