C U L T U R A L   I D E N T I T I E S

CI 100s


CI 100 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 015676
Cultural Identities Today
This course examines the influence of cultural background and affiliations on personal identity. Students gain fundamental skills in understanding, analyzing, and interpreting the role that culture plays in the world today, with special attention paid to the Canadian context.
Antireq: ARTS 190 (LEC 001) taken fall 2017

 
CI 155 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 016268
Topics in Cultural Identities
Selected topics on the construction of cultural identities and their representation through language, discourse, literature, film, and other means of expression, explored from diverse disciplinary perspectives.
[Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]

 

CI 200s


CI 200 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 015149
Transcultural Studies
This course provides an introduction to transcultural views of literature, film, language, and literature and media culture (e.g., fairy tales and their adaptation in other cultures, authors who work in multiple languages, transcultural comics, multilingual and transcultural films, local cultures' interaction with global arts and media scenes, etc.).
[Note: Lectures and readings in English. No knowledge of German required.]
(Cross-listed with GER 200)

 
CI 250 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 015678
Truth - Reconciliation - Story
Modern societies have had to confront terrible histories of human rights abuses, where one group has sought to oppress and/or eliminate another because of ethnic, religious, or political differences. Truth and reconciliation commissions or similar mechanisms rely on story to express and make sense of the horrors of large-scale human rights abuses. In this course, we will examine and discuss the role of fictional narratives in contributing to the truth and reconciliation discourses of countries from around the world.

 
CI 255 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 016269
Topics in Cultural Identities
Selected topics on the construction of cultural identities and their representation through language, discourse, literature, film, and other means of expression, explored from diverse disciplinary perspectives.
[Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]

 
CI 267 FLD 0.50
Course ID: 016270
Exploring Cultural Identities Through Experiential Learning
Through field trips and study abroad opportunities this course allows students to critically examine the construction of cultural identities to gain valuable experience and apply concepts from cultural identity courses beyond the classroom.
[Note: This course might incur additional costs for the student above the registration fee in the form of travel, room and board, and incidental costs. This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: CI 100

 

CI 300s


CI 300 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 015677
Theories of Cultural Identities
Students examine the work of various theorists, both historical and modern, who have contributed to the intellectual framework within which culture and cultural expression can be studied in order to deepen their ability to conduct critical inquiry into the formation of cultural identity.
(Cross-listed with SPAN 300)

 
CI 329 LEC 0.50
Course ID: 016226
Lights, Camera, Action! Film Production in Spain and Latin America
This course explores how Spanish and Latin American films address the intersection of class, gender, and ethnicity, and the construction of regional, national, and cultural identities.
[Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be taken a total of three times.]
(Cross-listed with SPAN 329)

 

CI 400s


CI 400 SEM 0.50
Course ID: 016217
Cultural Identities Seminar
In this seminar students work on an interdisciplinary term-long knowledge mobilization project under the direction of a faculty member. The seminar aims to help students to integrate their knowledge of cultural identities with personal and/or professional interests.
Prereq: CI 100 or CI 200/GER 200