Important Notes
- GART 1500: Effective Writing I is required for all first-year Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences majors.
- Language courses count as Arts or Science courses.
- Students studying within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are encouraged to review the FAHSS Overview page.
Required Courses
Major Courses
- One language training course:
- ITLN 1020*, or
- SPAN 1020*
- ITLN 2600 or ITLN 2610**
- SPAN 2600 or SPAN 2610**
- INCS 1370 and/or INCS 2200
Required Course: Effective Writing I
Recommended Other Courses
* ITLN 1020 and SPAN 1020 courses are intensive language training courses worth double credit. Please note that ITLN-1020 is not offered Fall 2024.
**These courses are offered on rotation. Please take them as soon as they are offered. Only the courses of your language option are required. Please note that ITLN-2600 and ITLN-2610 are not offered in Fall 2024. Students are encouraged to take ITLN-2480 in Winter 2025.
GART 1500: Effective Writing I
A foundational course aimed at developing effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other contexts. Topics may include grammar, paragraph writing conventions, academic learning, and critical thinking. This is a hybrid course.
INCS 1200: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
An introduction to the scientific study of language, including language structure, sound systems, semantics, language origins, language families and language classification, (Required of all Modern Languages majors and recommended in the first year of study.)
INCS 2200: Language, Linguistics and Society
This course complements INCS-1200. The scientific study of language and its interaction with society: contextualized language use, discourse and text linguistics, social and regional variation, language and the brain, language processing, language acquisition, and writing systems. (Required of all Modern Languages majors. Recommended to take in sequence with INCS-1200)
SPAN 1020: Intensive Spanish for Beginners
This intensive language-training course combines the content of two courses into a single term. Students will obtain credit for two courses. Note: 6 hours of class time per week. (Only for students with no prior knowledge of Spanish.) (Antirequisites: SPAN-1010.)
SPAN 2600: Culture and Civilization of Spain
Readings and discussion, in English, of topics from the history and culture of Spain.
SPAN 2610: Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
Readings and discussion, in English, of topics from the history and culture of Spanish America.
ITLN 1020: Intensive Italian for Beginners
This intensive language-training course combined the content of two courses into a single term. Students will obtain credit for two courses. Note: 6 hours of class time per week. (Only for students with no prior knowledge of Italian.)
ITLN 2600: Italian Culture and Civilization I
The cultural traditions of Italy from early times to the end of the Middle Ages. (Taught in English.) (Italian majors will be expected to do assigned work in Italian.)
ITLN 2610: Italian Culture and Civilization II
The cultural traditions of Italy from the Renaissance to modern times. (Taught in English.) (Italian majors will be expected to do assigned work in Italian.)
