Asian Canadian Studies program requirements
What the Asian Canadian Studies Minor requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.
Asian Canadian Studies Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN2728
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at the 300+ level). First Year: No specific first-year requirements. (Students are advised to take introductory courses that will serve as prerequisites for optional courses of interest to them later in the program.)
Subsequent year requirements:
10.5 credit from CDN307H1/ CDN450H1/ CDN455H1
21.0 additional credit from Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada which has not previously been taken to fulfill program requirements.
30.5 credit from Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies.
42.0 additional credit from Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada and/or Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies and/or from the additional list of approved courses for the Minor in Asian Canadian Studies as listed on the Canadian Studies Program website (www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies). Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis. Courses that include significant Canadian or Asian Canadian content not on the list may be considered for approval by the Canadian Studies Program Director at canadian.studies@utoronto.ca. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.
Asian Canadians and Asian Diasporas in Canada:
ANT477H1; CAS413H1; CDN225H1/ CDN325H1; CDN305H1; CDN307H1; CDN367H1; CDN390H1; CDN395H1; CDN420Y1; CDN450H1; CDN455H1; DTS415H1; EAS315H1; EAS388H1; EAS389H1; ENG368H1; ENG369H1; HIS266H1; HIS285H1; HIS307H1; HIS380H1; SAS114H1; SOC218H1; WGS420H1
Contexts of Asian Canadian Studies:
BMS354H1; CAS201H1; CAS413H1; CDN202H1; CDN205H1; CDN218H1; CDN221H1; CDN267H1; CDN268H1; CDN280H1; CDN235H1; CDN305H1; CDN335H1; CDN355H1; CDN367H1; CDN368H1; CDN380H1; CDN385H1; CDN320H1; CDN405H1; CDN406H1; CDN420Y1; CDN425H1; CDN435Y1; CDN440H1; DTS200Y1; EAS236H1; EAS279H1; HIS262H1; HIS264H1; HIS312H1; INS200H1; SOC311H1; SOC336H1; POL467H1.
Other Courses
A full list of approved Asian Canadian Studies courses and the approved list of courses related to the contexts of Asian Canadian Studies can be found on the website at www.uc.utoronto.ca/canadianstudies/. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses. Courses that are in the current academic Calendar that include significant Asian Canadian or Canadian content may be considered, in consultation with the Canadian Studies Program Director. Consult the Canadian Studies Program Office, Room UC173, University College, 416-946-4025, E-mail: canadian.studies@utoronto.ca
Courses these requirements name
- CDN307H1Asian Cultures in Canada
- CDN450H1Asian Canadian Memory and Practice
- CDN455H1Asian Canadian Ecologies and Futurities
- ANT477H1Transnational Korea in and outside the Peninsula last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- CAS413H1Asia and Canada
- CDN225H1Asian Canadian Space & Place
- CDN325H1Asian Canadian Space & Place last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- CDN305H1Topics in Canadian Studies II
- CDN367H1Canadian Pluralism
- CDN390H1Chinese Canadian Studies
- CDN395H1Independent Study in Asian Canadian Studies
- CDN420Y1Senior Essay
- DTS415H1Diaspora at Home
- EAS315H1The "Yellow Peril": Past & Present
- EAS388H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
- EAS389H1Dangerous Bodies: Crossings in Gender and Sexuality Studies
- ENG368H1Asian North American Literature
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- HIS266H1Asian Canadian History
- HIS285H1History of Chinese Diasporas in the Americas
- HIS307H1Oral Histories of Asian Canadians
- HIS380H1Chinese Canadian History
- SAS114H1Introduction to South Asian Studies
- SOC218H1Asian Communities in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- WGS420H1Asian/North American Feminist Issues
- BMS354H1Transnationalism and East Asian Media
- CAS201H1Global Asian Studies: Insights and Concepts
- CDN202H1Aspects of Québec Culture
- CDN205H1Topics in Canadian Studies I
- CDN218H1Voices in Canadian Writing
- CDN221H1Culture and the Media in Canada
- CDN267H1What is Canada?
- CDN268H1Canada and Globalization
- CDN280H1Canadian Jewish History
- CDN235H1Learning While Black
- CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
- CDN355H1Digital Media, Digital Makers
- CDN368H1Canada's Borders
- CDN380H1Contemporary Jewish Canadian Communities
- CDN385H1Re-Imagining Canada: Creative Visions of Our Past, Present, and Futures
- CDN320H1Experiential Learning
- CDN405H1The University in Canada
- CDN406H1Topics in Canadian Studies III
- CDN425H1Independent Research in Canadian Studies
- CDN435Y1Active Citizenship in a Canadian Context
- CDN440H1Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives
- DTS200Y1Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- EAS236H1Queer Feminist Literature: Writing in Global Capitalism
- EAS279H1East Asian Ecocinema
- HIS262H1Canada: A Short History of Here
- HIS264H1Canadian History
- HIS312H1Immigration to Canada
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- SOC311H1Immigration and Race Relations in Canada
- SOC336H1Transnational Asia last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- POL467H1The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada
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