Study Spanish or Italian and see the world! Students in this program spend a year abroad, allowing you to perfect the language while being immersed in its culture. Classes in this program are small and intimate. Study abroad is a transformative experience. You’ll become a better you.
Craig Leopold
StudentCourse Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60% [70% for Fall 2026])
Minimum Average: 70%
Course Requirements: Grade 12 English
Minimum Average: 70%
Major Courses:
One language training course:
Culture courses:
Comparative Literature course:
Linguistics course:
Required Course:
Recommended Other Courses:
* ITLN 1020 and SPAN 1020 courses are intensive language training courses worth double credit.
**These courses are offered on rotation. Please take them as soon as they are offered. Only the courses of your language option are required.
An introduction to the fundamentals of effective writing in academic contexts. Topics may include language, essay writing conventions, critical thinking, research, editing and revising, and academic integrity. (1.5 lecture, 1.5 laboratory hours per week.) (Arts elective only; does not count for credit in the major or minor Fall 2025 Undergraduate Calendar 104 course requirements of any English or English and Creative Writing degree programs.) (Credit cannot be obtained for both ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1001 or GART 1510.)
A study of the history and culture of European civilization through salient works of German, Italian and Spanish literature (in English translation).
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.)
An introduction to the scientific study of language, specifically focused on the variation of meaning across contexts, social groups, regional areas, and historical periods. (Required of all Modern Languages majors and can be taken in the first year of study. Recommended for students interested in Speech Pathology. Should preferably be taken before LING-2210.)
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.)
This course introduces students to Indigenous histories, perspectives, and modern realities through an Indigenous lens. The role of colonization is introduced as Indigenous relationships on Turtle Island changed as a result of contact and colonization. This survey course provides a learning opportunity for students to engage in Indigenous pedagogy and worldview as they learn how history impacts the contemporary lives of Indigenous people. Through exploring relationships, this course engages critical reading, writing and thinking skills through course lectures and seminar activities. The history of relations assists in understanding how colonization’s policies and statutory documents thereafter affected Indigenous peoples, such as the Royal Proclamation, Treaties, the Indian Act, the British North America Act (1867), and the Constitution Act (1982). Today, these colonial-state governance documents are a significant part of Indigenous-Crown and Indigenous-settler relations. (2 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.) (Also offered as SOSC-1210.)
Readings and discussion, in English, of topics from the history and culture of Spain.