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Programs

North American Studies provides a comprehensive view of civilization on this continent, with a special emphasis on the United States. The peoples of the continent are examined in the first instance from the perspective of economics, political science, literature, and history. Subsequent courses are available from several other disciplines as well. Foundation and capstone seminars constitute a vital part of the program. The goal is to attain mastery over diverse material and to develop an integrated knowledge of society on this continent.

Independent study, internships, and university exchange arrangements are available within the context of the program. Graduates of the program are well prepared for several types of professional options, including those that require advanced degrees.

Minor Concentration

This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration in North American Studies.

Required Courses (9 credits)

ECON 205. An Introduction to Political Economy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
  • Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.

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HIST 211. American History to 1865.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Introduction to the history of colonial North America and the United States up to the Civil War, in their Atlantic context.
  • Fall

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Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 credits to be chosen from at least two departments from the list below:

ECON 219. Current Economic Problems: Topics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

This course will deal with topical issues of importance to the Canadian economy.
  • This course will also be of interest to students outside of Economics

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ECON 223. Political Economy of Trade Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 208

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ECON 302. Money, Banking and Government Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Analysis of the market for money; its macroeconomic effects; the theory and policy of central banking; monetary policy rules, the Taylor Rule, inflation targeting, quantitative easing; central bank independence; currency boards; commercial banking and economic stability; regulated versus free banking; cross-border banking and policy.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 302D1/D2 (6 credits).

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ECON 304. Financial Instruments and Institutions.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Economic analysis of initiating, assembling, pricing and marketing equities of bonds, bills and complex financial instruments; financial innovation; its implications for financial stability and market failure; banks as brokers, underwriters, market makers and international allocators of credit; strategies of private and public agents operating in financial markets, monetary history.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 302D1/D2 (6 credits).

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ENGL 225. American Literature 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A study of the literary works of earlier American writers.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 226. American Literature 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of the literary works of later American writers.
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  • Winter

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ENGL 227. American Literature 3.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of literary works which may be thematic or may deal with a special group of authors.
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ENGL 324. 20th Century American Prose.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of 20th century American prose.
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  • Winter

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ENGL 326. 19th Century American Prose.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A study of some of the major prose writers of the 19th Century.
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  • Fall

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ENGL 327. Canadian Prose Fiction 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of Canadian prose fiction in English, from 19th century historical romance and realist fiction to the emergence of the modernist novel in the decades following the Second World War.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 328. Development of Canadian Poetry 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A survey of Canadian poetry in English from the 18th century to the end of the Second World War.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 333. Development of Canadian Poetry 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A survey of Canadian poetry in English from the end of the Second World War to the present.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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HIST 221. United States since 1865.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Examines the defining moments and movements in the U.S. since Reconstruction, including populism, progressivism, the World Wars, the New Deal, the Cold War, the sixties and its consequences. Emphasis on the political, social and ideological transformations that ensued.
  • Fall

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HIST 301. U.S. Mass Media.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Surveys the history of American mass media. It covers the rise of various communications technologies and genres within national and transnational contexts and interrogates the relationship between media, politics, culture, identity, and power.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended

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HIST 311. The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

The social, economic, and political consequences of industrialization in the history of the United States between 1877 and 1914. Emphasis on the rise of mass production, urbanization, immigration, rural protest, the labour movement, social and political reform.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 331. The United States Between the Wars.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The history of the United States from the Great War to the end of the 1940s. Social change and conflict, political conservatism, economic prosperity and the culture of consumption during the 1920s; the consequences of the Great Depression and the New Deal.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 342. Canada and the World.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Explores the relationships between the societies of Northern North America, including what is now Canada, and the wider world, from c. 1500 to the present. Key themes include migration, diplomacy, empire, colonialism, business, trade, war, international development, and the circulation of culture and ideas. Attention is paid not only to European empires and the Canadian state but also to Indigenous peoples, nongovernmental organizations, migrants, workers, and activists.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.

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HIST 351. Themes in U.S. History since 1865.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Aspects of American history from the gilded Age through the Cold War era.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 360. Latin America since 1825.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 210 or HIST 213 recommended

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HIST 363. Canada 1870-1914.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 and HIST 203 recommended.

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POLI 318. Comparative Local Government.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the organization and conduct of local government in Canada, the United States, and selected European countries. Attention to theories of local government, the criteria for comparative analysis, the provision of public goods and bads, urban political patterns and the constitution of new institutional arrangements to deal with "urban crises" in North America.
  • Prerequisite: POLI 212 or POLI 227, or written permission of the instructor.
  • Note: The field is Comparative Politics. Also in the field of Canadian Politics.

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POLI 319. Politics of Latin America.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
  • Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
  • Note: The field is Comparative Politics.

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POLI 342. Canadian Foreign Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

The development and articulation of Canadian foreign policy. Theoretical approaches. The environmental setting. Historical perspectives. Trans-Atlantic linkages. The American connection. The Common Market. The United Nations. Military security. Developing relations with Asia, Africa, Latin America. Canada in global society.
  • Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics or International Politics or written consent of instructor
  • Note: The fields are International Politics and Canadian Politics.

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POLI 346. American Foreign Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An exploration of American foreign policy from 1945 to the present. Topics to be addressed are the origins of the Cold War, deterrence, strategy and arms control, American intervention in Latin America and Vietnam, U.S. policy in the Post Cold War era - Gulf War, Haiti, Somalia, Yugoslavia and relations with Japan.
  • Prerequisite: POLI 243 or POLI 244 or a course in American history
  • Note: The field is International Politics.

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POLI 371. Challenge of Canadian Federalism.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An analysis of the origins, evolution and nature of federalism in Canada. Topics and themes will include the impact of federalism on political institutions, the effect of different regional perspectives, and the issues and conflicts that currently confront Canadian federalism.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in Canadian politics
  • Note: The field is Canadian Politics.

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POLI 425. Topics in American Politics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course involves a detailed analysis of a limited area of American politics and government.
  • Prerequisite: POLI 325
  • Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.

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Major Concentration

Required Courses (12 credits)

CANS 200. Understanding Canada.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Key cultural, economic, social and political institutions and their evolution over time.

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ECON 205. An Introduction to Political Economy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 205D.
  • Restriction: This course does not count for credit towards the Minor Concentration, Major Concentration, or Honours degree in Economics.

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Complementary Courses (24 credits)

12 credits chosen from at least three of the following disciplines:

COMS 230. Communication and Democracy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Introduction to investigation of the relationship between communication, media practices and democracy. Examines the role of media and communication in existing and emerging democratic contexts, and the challenges of constructing and maintaining a democratic media and communication environment on the domestic and international levels.

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ECON 219. Current Economic Problems: Topics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

This course will deal with topical issues of importance to the Canadian economy.
  • This course will also be of interest to students outside of Economics

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ECON 223. Political Economy of Trade Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

The course introduces students to the economics of international trade, what constitutes good trade policy, and how trade policy is decided. The course examines Canadian trade policy since 1945, including the GATT, Auto Pact, the FTA and NAFTA, and concludes with special topics in trade policy.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 208

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ENGL 225. American Literature 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A study of the literary works of earlier American writers.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 226. American Literature 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of the literary works of later American writers.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 227. American Literature 3.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of literary works which may be thematic or may deal with a special group of authors.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.

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HIST 211. American History to 1865.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Introduction to the history of colonial North America and the United States up to the Civil War, in their Atlantic context.
  • Fall

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HIST 221. United States since 1865.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Examines the defining moments and movements in the U.S. since Reconstruction, including populism, progressivism, the World Wars, the New Deal, the Cold War, the sixties and its consequences. Emphasis on the political, social and ideological transformations that ensued.
  • Fall

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ANTH 338. Indigenous Studies of Anthropology.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or permission of the instructor.

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CANS 306. Topics in Indigenous Public Affairs .

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Past and present achievements and concerns within Indigenous societies across Canada.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken Issues in Native Studies as a CANS topics course.

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CANS 307. Canada in the World.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Canada's interaction with other countries and regions.

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ECON 302. Money, Banking and Government Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Analysis of the market for money; its macroeconomic effects; the theory and policy of central banking; monetary policy rules, the Taylor Rule, inflation targeting, quantitative easing; central bank independence; currency boards; commercial banking and economic stability; regulated versus free banking; cross-border banking and policy.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 302D1/D2 (6 credits).

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ECON 304. Financial Instruments and Institutions.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Economic analysis of initiating, assembling, pricing and marketing equities of bonds, bills and complex financial instruments; financial innovation; its implications for financial stability and market failure; banks as brokers, underwriters, market makers and international allocators of credit; strategies of private and public agents operating in financial markets, monetary history.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 302D1/D2 (6 credits).

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ENGL 324. 20th Century American Prose.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of 20th century American prose.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 326. 19th Century American Prose.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A study of some of the major prose writers of the 19th Century.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall

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ENGL 327. Canadian Prose Fiction 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A survey of Canadian prose fiction in English, from 19th century historical romance and realist fiction to the emergence of the modernist novel in the decades following the Second World War.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 328. Development of Canadian Poetry 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A survey of Canadian poetry in English from the 18th century to the end of the Second World War.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 333. Development of Canadian Poetry 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A survey of Canadian poetry in English from the end of the Second World War to the present.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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HIST 301. U.S. Mass Media.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Surveys the history of American mass media. It covers the rise of various communications technologies and genres within national and transnational contexts and interrogates the relationship between media, politics, culture, identity, and power.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended

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HIST 311. The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

The social, economic, and political consequences of industrialization in the history of the United States between 1877 and 1914. Emphasis on the rise of mass production, urbanization, immigration, rural protest, the labour movement, social and political reform.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 331. The United States Between the Wars.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The history of the United States from the Great War to the end of the 1940s. Social change and conflict, political conservatism, economic prosperity and the culture of consumption during the 1920s; the consequences of the Great Depression and the New Deal.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 342. Canada and the World.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Explores the relationships between the societies of Northern North America, including what is now Canada, and the wider world, from c. 1500 to the present. Key themes include migration, diplomacy, empire, colonialism, business, trade, war, international development, and the circulation of culture and ideas. Attention is paid not only to European empires and the Canadian state but also to Indigenous peoples, nongovernmental organizations, migrants, workers, and activists.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 or HIST 203 recommended.

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HIST 351. Themes in U.S. History since 1865.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Aspects of American history from the gilded Age through the Cold War era.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 360. Latin America since 1825.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

Themes in the political, economic, and social development of Latin America since the wars of independence.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 210 or HIST 213 recommended

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HIST 363. Canada 1870-1914.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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This course will examine social, economic, political and cultural aspects of Canadian society between 1870 and 1914. Topics covered will include aboriginal peoples, European settlement of the West, provincial rights, the national policy, social reform movements, industrialization, immigration and the rise of cities.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 and HIST 203 recommended.

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HIST 364. Canada 1914-1945.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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This course will examine Canada and Canadian society between 1914 and 1945. It will focus on the social, political, economic and cultural impact of the two World Wars and the economic crisis of the 1930s. Among the topics will be Canadian external relations, political and social protest, popular culture, demographic changes and prohibition.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 202 and HIST 203 recommended.

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HIST 367. Canada since 1945.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Elements of Canada's political, social, economic, and cultural history since World War II. Topics will include constitutional questions, gender and class issues, the role of the state, regionalism, consumer society, the Quiet Revolution, and nationalism in Canada.
  • Prerequisite(s): HIST 203 recommended.

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HIST 371. American Civil Rights 1877-1940.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

The social, economic, political, and constitutional history of citizenship and civil rights in the United States from the end of Reconstruction through the 1930s. Emphasis on segregation and disfranchisement; immigration restrictions, americanization and national identities; civil rights movements and organizations; women's suffrage; voting rights and representation.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 377. The United States, 1940-1965.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

Major events in politics and international affairs, culture and society, and the economy in the U.S. during and after World War II. Topics include: The War and American society; the first years of the Cold War; economic prosperity and social change; the civil rights movement; Vietnam to 1965.
  • Prerequisite: any course in U.S. history or consent of instructor

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HIST 392. The United States since 1965.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Major events in politics and international affairs, culture and society, and economy in the U.S. since 1965. Topics include: social and political upheaval 1965 - 1975; Vietnam to 1975; conservative politics; Nixon and Watergate; economic change in the 1970s and 1980s; presidential leadership from Carter on.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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HIST 393. Civil War and Reconstruction.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The causes of the American Civil War; the social, economic, political and military forces that shaped the conflict, attempts to restructure race relations, Southern and American societies after the war.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 211 or HIST 221 recommended.

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JWST 306. The American Jewish Community.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Issues affecting American Jewry in the post-World War I era until today and the American Jewish community's responses to those issues. Special emphasis on understanding the community responses and reactions to developments in both the American society and in the Jewish world.

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JWST 386. American Jewish Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An intensive study of American Jewish novels from the 1900s to the present. Attention to representations of gender, class and Jewishness as seen in relation to changing notions of America. Focus on ways novels represent and wrestle with Jewish difference.

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POLI 318. Comparative Local Government.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of the organization and conduct of local government in Canada, the United States, and selected European countries. Attention to theories of local government, the criteria for comparative analysis, the provision of public goods and bads, urban political patterns and the constitution of new institutional arrangements to deal with "urban crises" in North America.
  • Prerequisite: POLI 212 or POLI 227, or written permission of the instructor.
  • Note: The field is Comparative Politics. Also in the field of Canadian Politics.

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POLI 319. Politics of Latin America.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
  • Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
  • Note: The field is Comparative Politics.

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POLI 342. Canadian Foreign Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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The development and articulation of Canadian foreign policy. Theoretical approaches. The environmental setting. Historical perspectives. Trans-Atlantic linkages. The American connection. The Common Market. The United Nations. Military security. Developing relations with Asia, Africa, Latin America. Canada in global society.
  • Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics or International Politics or written consent of instructor
  • Note: The fields are International Politics and Canadian Politics.

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POLI 346. American Foreign Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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An exploration of American foreign policy from 1945 to the present. Topics to be addressed are the origins of the Cold War, deterrence, strategy and arms control, American intervention in Latin America and Vietnam, U.S. policy in the Post Cold War era - Gulf War, Haiti, Somalia, Yugoslavia and relations with Japan.
  • Prerequisite: POLI 243 or POLI 244 or a course in American history
  • Note: The field is International Politics.

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POLI 371. Challenge of Canadian Federalism.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An analysis of the origins, evolution and nature of federalism in Canada. Topics and themes will include the impact of federalism on political institutions, the effect of different regional perspectives, and the issues and conflicts that currently confront Canadian federalism.
  • Prerequisite: at least one course in Canadian politics
  • Note: The field is Canadian Politics.

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POLI 425. Topics in American Politics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

This course involves a detailed analysis of a limited area of American politics and government.
  • Prerequisite: POLI 325
  • Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.

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SOCI 227. Jews in North America.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An introduction to the study contemporary North American Jewry using findings of sociology and other social sciences. Social, cultural, and political issues of concern to the Jewish community. Specific characteristics of Jewish life in Canada, and Québec in particular, in comparison to the American Jewish experience.
  • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken SOCI 327.

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BUSA 364. Business Law 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

An introduction to the legal system and basic legal principles affecting business. Tort negligence, contracts, forms of business organization, creditors' rights and bankruptcy.
  • Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students.

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CANS 412. Canada and Americas Seminar.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Canada and the Americas.
  • Prerequisites: Cans 200 or permission of the Instructor

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COMS 300. Media and Modernity in the 20th Century.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Art History & Communications (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An overview of the growth and impact of 20th century media such as radio, television, cinema and the mass-circulation press; their role in shaping the technological, socio-political and aesthetic dimensions of urban modernity.
  • Prerequisite: One of the following: COMS 200, COMS 210, or COMS 230 or permission of the instructor.

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ECON 303. Canadian Economic Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Major theories of how economic policy is made and goes on to use economic tools of analysis to investigate selected policy problems of current interest.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209 or those listed under Prerequisites above.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 303D1/D2 or ECON 403.

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ECON 305. Industrial Organization.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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The course analyzes the structure, conduct, and performance of industries, particularly but not exclusively in Canada. Topics include effects of mergers, barriers to entry, product line and promotion policies, vertical integration, and R & D policies of firms.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209.

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ECON 306. Labour Markets and Wages.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Examination of the implications on wage structures of differences in job conditions, levels and type training, long-term employment relationships, unionization etc. A variety of socioeconomic policy issues including subsidies for higher education, government regulation of workplace safety, and the role and treatment of women in today's labour force are explored.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209, or ECON 230D1/D2, or ECON 250D1/D2
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 306D1/D2.

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ECON 426. Labour Economics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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The determinants of labour supply, demand and the structure of earnings are considered. The economic effects of government policies, such as minimum wage laws, unemployment insurance, welfare and training programs and subsidies to higher education are analyzed. A rigorous theoretical and "hands on'' empirical approach is emphasized.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 230D1/D2 or ECON 250D1/D2 or ECON 306D1/D2.

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ECON 308. Governmental Policy Towards Business.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Covers the major public policies toward business in Canada, such as competition policy, regulation, public ownership and privatization, industrial policies, and trade policies. Includes comparison with policies of other countries, especially the U.S. Readings will include some legal decisions.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 209.

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ECON 406. Topics in Economic Policy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Selected policy issues are investigated using economic theory. For details on topics covered in the current year, consult the instructor.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 230 or ECON 250 and one of ECON 227, ECON 257

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ECON 408. Public Sector Economics 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Theoretical and empirical economic analysis of the public sector with an emphasis on public goods and government spending. Study of Canadian institutions in international perspective.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 230D1/D2 or 250D1/D2 or permission of the instructor.
  • Not open to students who have already completed ECON 408D1/D2.

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ECON 409. Public Sector Economics 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Theoretical and empirical economic analysis of the public sector with an emphasis on taxation. Study of Canadian institutions in international perspective.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 408 or permission of the instructor
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ECON 408D1/D2

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ECON 434. Current Economic Problems.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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A discussion of contemporary economic problems. Topics will reflect economic issues of current interest.
  • Prerequisite: ECON 230 or ECON 250.

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ECON 440. Health Economics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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The organization and performance of Canada's health care system are examined from an economist's perspective. The system is described and its special features analyzed. Much attention is given to the role of government in the system and to financing arrangements for hospital and medical services. Current financial problems are discussed.
  • Prerequisites: ECON 208 and ECON 227 or comparable courses or consent of the instructor

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ENGL 407. The 20th Century.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A study of 20th century works.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall

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ENGL 409. Studies in a Canadian Author.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Advanced study of a significant author in Canadian literature.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: previous work in Canadian Literature

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ENGL 410. Theme or Movement Canadian Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Advanced study of a significant theme or movement in Canadian Literature.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: previous work in Canadian Literature

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ENGL 411. Studies in Canadian Fiction.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Advanced study of works of Canadian fiction.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor, based on previous work in Canadian fiction

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ENGL 414. Studies in 20th Century Literature 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Study of works of literature of the 20th century.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall

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ENGL 415. Studies in 20th Century Literature 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Study of works of literature of the 20th century.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall

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ENGL 418. A Major Modernist Writer.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Intensive study of a writer important for Modernism, such as James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall

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ENGL 419. Studies in 20th Century Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Study of works of literature of the 20th century.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall

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ENGL 422. Studies in 19th Century American Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of literary works of the 19th century.
  • Winter

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ENGL 423. Studies in 19th Century Literature.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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A study of literary works of the 19th century.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Whitman, Dickinson, Melville's Moby Dick, and Others

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ENGL 440. First Nations and Inuit Literature and Media.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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An introduction to Inuit and First Nations literature and media in Canada, including oral literature and the development of aboriginal television and film.
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  • Winter
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken ENGL 415 or ENGL 419 as "Native Canadian Literature" or as "Inuit Literature".

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HISP 301. Hispanic Literature and Culture in English 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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A topic in the literatures and/or cultures of the Hispanic world will be studied, with all readings and discussion in English.
  • Fall
  • Taught in English

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HIST 408. Selected Topics in Indigenous History .

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Selected topics in Indigenous history.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 223
  • Topics will vary from year to year.

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HIST 409. Topics in Latin American History.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

In-depth discussion and research on a circumscribed topic in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1492 to the present.
  • Prerequisites: HIST 210, HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366 or permission of instructor.
  • Note: Topics will vary from year to year.

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HIST 424. Gender, Sexuality and Medicine.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
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Description

Gender, sexuality, and medicine since the colonial era, with a focus on North American experience. Topics will include reproductive medicine (puberty, childbirth, fertility control, menopause), changing perceptions of men's and women's health needs and risks, and ideas about sexual behaviour and identity.
  • Prerequisite: A 300-level History course in gender, sexuality or medicine or permission of instructor.

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HIST 431. Topics in U.S. History.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Various topics in United States history.
  • Prerequisite: By permission of instructor.

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HIST 434. British North America 1760-1867.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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This course will study the social-cultural and political development of British North American colonies.
  • Prerequisite: An introductory course in history or consent or instructor

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HIST 530. U.S. Foreign Relations.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

The history and historiography, approaches and interpretations, of American foreign relations from the pre-Revolutionary era to the present.
  • Prerequisite: one course in U.S. history or permission of instructor.
  • Restriction: Enrolment limit 25.

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HIST 592D1. Topics: Canadian Politics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An honours seminar on the history of politics in Canada.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 202 or HIST 203 or permission of instructor
  • Restrictions: Open to undergraduate honours students and graduate students in history and advanced students with permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 462D1/D2.
  • Students must register for both HIST 592D1 and HIST 592D2.
  • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 592D1 and HIST 592D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

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HIST 592D2. Topics: Canadian Politics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

See HIST 592D1 for course description.
  • Prerequisite: HIST 592D1
  • No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 592D1 and HIST 592D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.

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LING 320. Sociolinguistics 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Linguistics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A survey of language in its social context. The main focus will be on the influence of social factors like age, gender, social class and speech style on linguistic variation and change. Contact amongst languages (e.g. in Montreal) and the birth and death of languages will also be discussed.
  • Winter
  • Prerequisite: LING 201.

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MGCR 352. Principles of Marketing.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.

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MRKT 354. Marketing Strategy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Designing marketing strategies that satisfy customer needs while accounting for competitive dynamics. The course combines readings with competitive simulation and in-class exercises to demonstrate the results of different marketing strategies.
  • Prerequisite: MGCR 352
  • Restrictions: Open to U2 and U3 students.

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MRKT 452. Consumer Behaviour.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Management (Desautels Faculty Management)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

A study of basic factors influencing consumer behaviour. Attention is focused on psychological, sociological and economic variables including motivation, learning, attitude, personality, small groups, social class, demographic factors and culture, to analyze their effects on purchasing behaviour.
  • Prerequisite: MGCR 352 or permission of Instructor and approval of the BCom Office
  • Restrictions: Restricted to U2 and U3 students.

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POLI 427. Selected Topics: Canadian Politics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Selected problem areas in Canada's political process, political culture, constitutional development, and machinery of government.
  • Prerequisite: A basic course and preferably an upper level course as well in Canadian Government and Politics or permission of the instructor
  • Note: The field is Canadian Politics.

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POLI 478. The Canadian Constitution.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

An examination of legislative and judicial protection of rights and liberties in Canada. Topics to be covered include civil rights and the division of powers; the implied bill of rights theory; the 1960 Bill of Rights; establishment and enforcement of human rights legislation; and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  • Prerequisites: POLI 378 or an upper level course in Canadian Politics or permission of the instructor
  • Restriction: Not open to students who took 160-427 in 1989-90 or 1991
  • Note: The field is Canadian Politics.

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SOCI 318. Sociology of the Media.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A survey course; examines various topics, theories, and research related to the sociological and cultural study of the media, both traditional and new.

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