Caribbean Studies program requirements
What the Caribbean Studies Specialist, Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Caribbean Studies Specialist
- Arts program
- 10.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASSPE1545
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
(10.0 credits, including at least 4.0 credits at the 300+ level, 1.0 credit of which must be at the 400-level.)
First Year:
1CAR120Y1
Higher Years:
21.0 credit from CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1
3JQR360H1
43.5 credits from the Core Group (including at least 2.5 credits at the 300+ level, at least 1.0 credit of which must be at the 400-level): CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, CAR315H1, CAR316H1, CAR317H1, CAR321H1, CAR324H1, CAR325H1, CAR328H1, CAR329H1, CAR332Y0, CAR391H1, CAR421H1, CAR423H1, CAR426H1, CAR426Y1, CAR428H1, CAR429H1, CAR490Y1, CAR491H1, CAR499H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1, HIS474H1, JGC439H1, JHN323H1, JLN327H1, JLN427H1, SPA486H1
52.0 credits from Group A (including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level).
62.0 credits from Group A or B
Group A: Courses addressing central preoccupations in Caribbean Studies CRI493H1, ENG356Y1/ ENG358H1 + ENG359H1, FAH251H1, HIS106Y1, HIS221H1, HIS222H1, HIS291H1, HIS292H1, HIS359H1, HIS360H1, HIS391Y1, HIS392Y1, HIS413H1, HIS446H1, HIS474H1, MUS305H1, POL442H1, POL467H1, SPA220Y1/ SPA201H1 + SPA202H1, WGS381H1, WGS480H1
Group B: Courses complementary to Caribbean Studies AFR150Y1, AFR322H1, AFR351Y1, AMS200H1, AMS300H1, ANT207H1, ANT320H1, ANT324H1, ANT345H1, ANT346H1, ANT364H1, ANT370H1, ANT374H1, ANT407H1, ANT412H1, ANT420H1, CDN335H1, CDN440H1, CIN332Y1, CRI383H1, CRI422H1, CRI429H1, CRI487H1, CSE240H1, CSE270H1, CSE341H1, CSE345H1, CSE346H1, CSE446H1, CSE447H1, DRM308H1, DRM362H1, DTS200Y1/ DTS200H1, DTS401H1, DTS402H1, DTS403H1, DTS404H1, DTS406H1, ECO306H1, ECO313H1, EEB215H1, EEB255H1, ENG270H1, ENG285H1, ENG329H1, ENG356Y1/ ENG358H1 + ENG359H1, ENG369H1, ENG370Y1/ ENG370H1, ENG385H1, ENV322H1, ENV422H1, FOR201H1, FOR306H1, FRE272H1, FRE324H1, FRE332H1, FRE336H1, FSL100H1, FSL102H1, GGR112H1, GGR240H1, GGR241H1, GGR320H1, GGR329H1, GGR338H1, HIS324H1, HIS394H1, HIS457H1, INS201Y1/ INS201H1 + INS202H1, INS250H1, INS300Y1, INS302H1, INS322H1, INS355H1, INS360Y1, INS390H1, INS402H1, INS491Y1, JPR374H1, JPS315H1, LAS200H1, LAS201H1, PHL316H1, PHL362H1, POL201H1, POL349H1, POL360H1, POL384H1, POL412H1, POL417H1, POL426H1, POL445H1, POL447H1, RLG100H1, RLG233H1, SOC209H1, SOC214H1, SOC249H1, SOC308H1, SOC311H1, SOC367H1, SOC383H1, WGS273H1, WGS355H1, WGS369H1, WGS385H1, WGS390H1, WGS426H1, WGS440H1, WGS450H1, WGS463H1, WGS481H1
Courses these requirements name
- CAR120Y1Introduction to Caribbean Studies
- CAR215H1Caribbean Foodways Across History, Culture and Diaspora
- CAR220H1Comparative Caribbean Literature
- CAR221H1Comparative Caribbean Literature and Visual Culture
- CAR225H1Caribbean Societies
- CAR226H1Caribbean Political Thought
- HIS230H1Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History
- HIS231H1Revolution and Emancipation in the Colonial Caribbean
- JQR360H1The Canadian Census: Populations, Migrations and Demographics
- CAR315H1Caribbean Foodways Across History, Culture and Diaspora last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- CAR316H1Caribbean Religions
- CAR317H1Caribbean Women Writers
- CAR321H1Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance
- CAR324H1Capitalism and Crisis in the Caribbean
- CAR325H1Caribbean Women Thinkers
- CAR328H1Caribbean Indentureship and its Legacies
- CAR329H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR332Y0Puerto Rican Culture and Environment
- CAR391H1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR421H1Global Perspectives on the Haitian Revolution
- CAR423H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- CAR426H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR426Y1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR428H1Caribbean Migrations and Diasporas
- CAR429H1Caribbean Diaspora in Canada
- CAR490Y1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR491H1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR499H1Advanced Topics in Caribbean Studies
- HIS474H1Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonization
- JGC439H1The Problem and Promise of Caribbean Freedom
- JHN323H1Indigeneity in the Caribbean
- JLN327H1Culture and Modernity in the Hispanic Caribbean last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- JLN427H1Advanced Topics: The Hispanic Caribbean last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SPA486H1Contemporary Caribbean Literatures and Identities
- CRI493H1Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
- ENG356Y1African Canadian Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG358H1Early African Canadian Literature
- ENG359H1Later African Canadian Literature
- FAH251H1Black Art in North America
- HIS106Y1The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804
- HIS221H1African American History to 1865
- HIS222H1African American History from 1865 to the Present
- HIS291H1Latin America: The Colonial Period
- HIS292H1Latin America: The National Period
- HIS359H1Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean
- HIS360H1Critical Histories of the Black Canadian Experience
- HIS391Y1Black Freedom in the Atlantic World last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS392Y1Screening Freedom last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS413H1Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World
- HIS446H1Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World
- MUS305H1Latin American and Caribbean Music
- POL442H1Topics in Latin American Politics
- POL467H1The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada
- SPA220Y1Intermediate Spanish last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- SPA201H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers I
- SPA202H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers II
- WGS381H1Black Britain: Race, Gender and Entangled Diasporas
- WGS480H1Challenging Coloniality: Caribbean Sexualities in Transnational Perspective
- AFR150Y1Africa: A Critical Introduction
- AFR322H1The Contemporary African Novel
- AFR351Y1African Systems of Thought
- AMS200H1Introduction to American Studies
- AMS300H1Research Theory and Methods: The Logic of Social Inquiry
- ANT207H1Core Concepts in Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANT320H1Ancient Cultures of the Andes
- ANT324H1Tourism & Globalization
- ANT345H1Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives
- ANT346H1Anthropology of Food
- ANT364H1Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice
- ANT370H1Introduction to Social Anthropological Theory
- ANT374H1Rethinking Development, or the Improvement of the World
- ANT407H1Inka and Aztec States
- ANT412H1Historical Archaeology
- ANT420H1Archaeology of Inequality
- CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
- CDN440H1Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives
- CIN332Y1Screening Race
- CRI383H1Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime
- CRI422H1Indigenous Law
- CRI429H1Youth Culture, Racialization and Crime in the Global Context
- CRI487H1Law, Space, and the City
- CSE240H1Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
- CSE270H1Community Dis/Engagement and Solidarity
- CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
- CSE345H1Equity and Activism in Education
- CSE346H1Community Organizing and Global Solidarity
- CSE446H1Community Development and Social Change
- CSE447H1Race, Ethnicity and Educational Praxis
- DRM308H1Dancing Black in Canada
- DRM362H1Theatre and the World
- DTS200Y1Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- DTS200H1Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies
- DTS401H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS402H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS403H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS404H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS406H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- ECO306H1American Economic History
- ECO313H1Environmental Economics and Policies
- EEB215H1Conservation Biology
- EEB255H1Essentials of Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG285H1The English Language in the World
- ENG329H1Contemporary British Fiction
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG370H1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses
- ENG385H1History of the English Language
- ENV322H1International Environmental Policy
- ENV422H1Environmental Law
- FOR201H1Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests
- FOR306H1Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Field Course
- FRE272H1The French Language: A Linguistic Introduction
- FRE324H1French Literature in the Time of Revolutions and Industrialization
- FRE332H1Francophone Literatures
- FRE336H1Postcolonialism: Francophone Literatures
- FSL100H1Elementary French I
- FSL102H1Elementary French II
- GGR112H1Geopolitics, Globalization, and Inequality
- GGR240H1Geographies of Colonialism in North America
- GGR241H1Geographies of Urban Social Exclusion last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- GGR320H1Geographies of Transnationalism, Migration, and Gender
- GGR329H1The Global Food System
- GGR338H1Social Transformation and Environment in the Majority World
- HIS324H1The Criminalization of Protest in Latin American History
- HIS394H120th and 21st Century African Icons: Media and Biography
- HIS457H1The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire
- INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- INS201H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations
- INS202H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: History & Politics
- INS250H1Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies
- INS300Y1Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- INS322H1Indigenous Narratives of Empowerment
- INS355H1Current Issues in Indigenous Health
- INS360Y1Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS390H1Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies
- INS402H1Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- INS491Y1Topics in International Indigenous Studies
- JPR374H1Religion and Power in the Postcolony
- JPS315H1LGBTQ Politics
- LAS200H1Inventing Latin America: Foundational Themes
- LAS201H1Defining Latin America: Current Issues
- PHL316H1Hegel
- PHL362H1Philosophy of History
- POL201H1Politics of Development
- POL349H1Global Urban Politics
- POL360H1Topics in Latin American Politics
- POL384H1Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
- POL412H1Human Rights and International Relations
- POL417H1Politics of North-South Relations
- POL426H1Democracy and Dictatorship
- POL445H1Politics of Growth in Developing Countries
- POL447H1Political Economy of Development
- RLG100H1World Religions
- RLG233H1Religion and Popular Culture
- SOC209H1Sexuality and Modernity
- SOC214H1Sociology of the Family
- SOC249H1Sociology of Migration
- SOC308H1Global Inequality last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SOC311H1Immigration and Race Relations in Canada
- SOC367H1Race, Class, and Gender
- SOC383H1The Sociology of Women and International Migration last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- WGS273H1Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
- WGS355H1Gendered Labour Around the World
- WGS369H1Studies in Post-Colonialism
- WGS385H1Gender and Neoliberalism
- WGS390H1Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces
- WGS426H1Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives
- WGS440H1Decolonial Cyborgs for Planetary Futures
- WGS450H1Modernity, Freedom, Citizenship: Gender and the Black Diaspora
- WGS463H1Advanced Topics in Gender Theory
- WGS481H1Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter
Caribbean Studies Major
- Arts program
- 7.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ1545
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
(7.0 credits, including at least 2.0 credits at the 300+level, 0.5 of which must be at the 400-level)
First Year:
1CAR120Y1
Higher Years:
21.0 credit from CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1
3JQR360H1
42.0 credits from the Core Group at the 300+ level, at least 0.5 of which must be at the 400-level: CAR315H1, CAR316H1, CAR317H1, CAR321H1, CAR324H1, CAR325H1, CAR328H1, CAR329H1, CAR332Y0, CAR391H1, CAR421H1, CAR423H1, CAR426H1, CAR426Y1, CAR428H1, CAR429H1, CAR490Y1, CAR491H1, CAR499H1, HIS474H1, JGC439H1, JHN323H1, JLN327H1, JLN427H1, SPA486H1
5EITHER 2.5 credits from Group A or B OR 2.0 credits if taking 1.5 credits from CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1 OR 1.5 credits if taking 2.0 credits from CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1
Group A: Courses addressing central preoccupations in Caribbean Studies CRI493H1, ENG356Y1/ ENG358H1 + ENG359H1, FAH251H1, HIS106Y1, HIS221H1, HIS222H1, HIS291H1, HIS292H1, HIS359H1, HIS360H1, HIS391Y1, HIS392Y1, HIS413H1, HIS446H1, HIS474H1, MUS305H1, POL442H1, POL467H1, SPA220Y1/ SPA201H1 + SPA202H1, WGS381H1, WGS480H1
Group B: Courses complementary to Caribbean Studies AFR150Y1, AFR322H1, AFR351Y1, AMS200H1, AMS300H1, ANT207H1, ANT320H1, ANT324H1, ANT345H1, ANT346H1, ANT364H1, ANT370H1, ANT374H1, ANT407H1, ANT412H1, ANT420H1, CDN335H1, CDN440H1, CIN332Y1, CRI383H1, CRI422H1, CRI429H1, CRI487H1, CSE240H1, CSE270H1, CSE341H1, CSE345H1, CSE346H1, CSE446H1, CSE447H1, DRM308H1, DRM362H1, DTS200Y1/ DTS200H1, DTS401H1, DTS402H1, DTS403H1, DTS404H1, DTS406H1, ECO306H1, ECO313H1, EEB215H1, EEB255H1, ENG270H1, ENG285H1, ENG329H1, ENG356Y1/ ENG358H1 + ENG359H1, ENG369H1, ENG370Y1/ ENG370H1, ENG385H1, ENV322H1, ENV422H1, FOR201H1, FOR306H1, FRE272H1, FRE324H1, FRE332H1, FRE336H1, FSL100H1, FSL102H1, GGR112H1, GGR240H1, GGR241H1, GGR320H1, GGR329H1, GGR338H1, HIS324H1, HIS394H1, HIS457H1, INS201Y1/ INS201H1 + INS202H1, INS250H1, INS300Y1, INS302H1, INS322H1, INS355H1, INS360Y1, INS390H1, INS402H1, INS491Y1, JPR374H1, JPS315H1, LAS200H1, LAS201H1, PHL316H1, PHL362H1, POL201H1, POL349H1, POL360H1, POL384H1, POL412H1, POL417H1, POL426H1, POL445H1, POL447H1, RLG100H1, RLG233H1, SOC209H1, SOC214H1, SOC249H1, SOC308H1, SOC311H1, SOC367H1, SOC383H1, WGS273H1, WGS355H1, WGS369H1, WGS385H1, WGS390H1, WGS426H1, WGS440H1, WGS450H1, WGS463H1, WGS481H1
Courses these requirements name
- CAR120Y1Introduction to Caribbean Studies
- CAR215H1Caribbean Foodways Across History, Culture and Diaspora
- CAR220H1Comparative Caribbean Literature
- CAR221H1Comparative Caribbean Literature and Visual Culture
- CAR225H1Caribbean Societies
- CAR226H1Caribbean Political Thought
- HIS230H1Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History
- HIS231H1Revolution and Emancipation in the Colonial Caribbean
- JQR360H1The Canadian Census: Populations, Migrations and Demographics
- CAR315H1Caribbean Foodways Across History, Culture and Diaspora last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- CAR316H1Caribbean Religions
- CAR317H1Caribbean Women Writers
- CAR321H1Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance
- CAR324H1Capitalism and Crisis in the Caribbean
- CAR325H1Caribbean Women Thinkers
- CAR328H1Caribbean Indentureship and its Legacies
- CAR329H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR332Y0Puerto Rican Culture and Environment
- CAR391H1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR421H1Global Perspectives on the Haitian Revolution
- CAR423H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- CAR426H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR426Y1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR428H1Caribbean Migrations and Diasporas
- CAR429H1Caribbean Diaspora in Canada
- CAR490Y1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR491H1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR499H1Advanced Topics in Caribbean Studies
- HIS474H1Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonization
- JGC439H1The Problem and Promise of Caribbean Freedom
- JHN323H1Indigeneity in the Caribbean
- JLN327H1Culture and Modernity in the Hispanic Caribbean last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- JLN427H1Advanced Topics: The Hispanic Caribbean last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SPA486H1Contemporary Caribbean Literatures and Identities
- CRI493H1Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
- ENG356Y1African Canadian Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG358H1Early African Canadian Literature
- ENG359H1Later African Canadian Literature
- FAH251H1Black Art in North America
- HIS106Y1The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804
- HIS221H1African American History to 1865
- HIS222H1African American History from 1865 to the Present
- HIS291H1Latin America: The Colonial Period
- HIS292H1Latin America: The National Period
- HIS359H1Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean
- HIS360H1Critical Histories of the Black Canadian Experience
- HIS391Y1Black Freedom in the Atlantic World last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS392Y1Screening Freedom last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS413H1Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World
- HIS446H1Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World
- MUS305H1Latin American and Caribbean Music
- POL442H1Topics in Latin American Politics
- POL467H1The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada
- SPA220Y1Intermediate Spanish last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- SPA201H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers I
- SPA202H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers II
- WGS381H1Black Britain: Race, Gender and Entangled Diasporas
- WGS480H1Challenging Coloniality: Caribbean Sexualities in Transnational Perspective
- AFR150Y1Africa: A Critical Introduction
- AFR322H1The Contemporary African Novel
- AFR351Y1African Systems of Thought
- AMS200H1Introduction to American Studies
- AMS300H1Research Theory and Methods: The Logic of Social Inquiry
- ANT207H1Core Concepts in Social and Cultural Anthropology
- ANT320H1Ancient Cultures of the Andes
- ANT324H1Tourism & Globalization
- ANT345H1Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives
- ANT346H1Anthropology of Food
- ANT364H1Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice
- ANT370H1Introduction to Social Anthropological Theory
- ANT374H1Rethinking Development, or the Improvement of the World
- ANT407H1Inka and Aztec States
- ANT412H1Historical Archaeology
- ANT420H1Archaeology of Inequality
- CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
- CDN440H1Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives
- CIN332Y1Screening Race
- CRI383H1Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime
- CRI422H1Indigenous Law
- CRI429H1Youth Culture, Racialization and Crime in the Global Context
- CRI487H1Law, Space, and the City
- CSE240H1Introduction to Critical Equity and Solidarity Studies
- CSE270H1Community Dis/Engagement and Solidarity
- CSE341H1Theorizing Settler Colonialism, Capitalism and Race
- CSE345H1Equity and Activism in Education
- CSE346H1Community Organizing and Global Solidarity
- CSE446H1Community Development and Social Change
- CSE447H1Race, Ethnicity and Educational Praxis
- DRM308H1Dancing Black in Canada
- DRM362H1Theatre and the World
- DTS200Y1Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies I last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- DTS200H1Introduction to Diaspora and Transnational Studies
- DTS401H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS402H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS403H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS404H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- DTS406H1Advanced Topics in Diaspora and Transnationalism
- ECO306H1American Economic History
- ECO313H1Environmental Economics and Policies
- EEB215H1Conservation Biology
- EEB255H1Essentials of Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
- ENG270H1Introduction to Colonial and Postcolonial Writing
- ENG285H1The English Language in the World
- ENG329H1Contemporary British Fiction
- ENG369H1South Asian Literatures in English
- ENG370Y1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG370H1Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses
- ENG385H1History of the English Language
- ENV322H1International Environmental Policy
- ENV422H1Environmental Law
- FOR201H1Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests
- FOR306H1Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Field Course
- FRE272H1The French Language: A Linguistic Introduction
- FRE324H1French Literature in the Time of Revolutions and Industrialization
- FRE332H1Francophone Literatures
- FRE336H1Postcolonialism: Francophone Literatures
- FSL100H1Elementary French I
- FSL102H1Elementary French II
- GGR112H1Geopolitics, Globalization, and Inequality
- GGR240H1Geographies of Colonialism in North America
- GGR241H1Geographies of Urban Social Exclusion last in the 2022-2023 Calendar
- GGR320H1Geographies of Transnationalism, Migration, and Gender
- GGR329H1The Global Food System
- GGR338H1Social Transformation and Environment in the Majority World
- HIS324H1The Criminalization of Protest in Latin American History
- HIS394H120th and 21st Century African Icons: Media and Biography
- HIS457H1The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire
- INS201Y1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations, History and Politics last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- INS201H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: Foundations
- INS202H1Introduction to Indigenous Studies: History & Politics
- INS250H1Introduction to Indigenous Environmental Studies
- INS300Y1Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS302H1Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
- INS322H1Indigenous Narratives of Empowerment
- INS355H1Current Issues in Indigenous Health
- INS360Y1Politics and Process of Reconciliation in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- INS390H1Research and Ethics in Indigenous Studies
- INS402H1Traditional Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
- INS491Y1Topics in International Indigenous Studies
- JPR374H1Religion and Power in the Postcolony
- JPS315H1LGBTQ Politics
- LAS200H1Inventing Latin America: Foundational Themes
- LAS201H1Defining Latin America: Current Issues
- PHL316H1Hegel
- PHL362H1Philosophy of History
- POL201H1Politics of Development
- POL349H1Global Urban Politics
- POL360H1Topics in Latin American Politics
- POL384H1Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
- POL412H1Human Rights and International Relations
- POL417H1Politics of North-South Relations
- POL426H1Democracy and Dictatorship
- POL445H1Politics of Growth in Developing Countries
- POL447H1Political Economy of Development
- RLG100H1World Religions
- RLG233H1Religion and Popular Culture
- SOC209H1Sexuality and Modernity
- SOC214H1Sociology of the Family
- SOC249H1Sociology of Migration
- SOC308H1Global Inequality last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SOC311H1Immigration and Race Relations in Canada
- SOC367H1Race, Class, and Gender
- SOC383H1The Sociology of Women and International Migration last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- WGS273H1Gender & Environmental (In)Justice
- WGS355H1Gendered Labour Around the World
- WGS369H1Studies in Post-Colonialism
- WGS385H1Gender and Neoliberalism
- WGS390H1Land-ing: Indigenous and Black Futurist Spaces
- WGS426H1Gender and Globalization: Transnational Perspectives
- WGS440H1Decolonial Cyborgs for Planetary Futures
- WGS450H1Modernity, Freedom, Citizenship: Gender and the Black Diaspora
- WGS463H1Advanced Topics in Gender Theory
- WGS481H1Gender, Sexuality and Black Liberation from Black Power to #BlackLivesMatter
Caribbean Studies Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN1545
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 at least 1.0 credit at the 300+level)
First Year:
1CAR120Y1
Higher Years:
21.0 credit from: CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1
31.0 credit from the Core Group: CAR215H1, CAR220H1, CAR221H1, CAR225H1, CAR226H1, CAR315H1, CAR316H1, CAR317H1, CAR321H1, CAR324H1, CAR325H1, CAR328H1, CAR329H1, CAR332Y0, CAR391H1, CAR421H1, CAR423H1, CAR426H1, CAR426Y1, CAR428H1, CAR429H1, CAR490Y1, CAR491H1, CAR499H1, HIS230H1, HIS231H1, HIS474H1, JGC439H1, JHN323H1, JLN327H1, JLN427H1, SPA486H1
41.0 credit from the Core Group or Group A:
Group A - Courses addressing central preoccupations in Caribbean Studies: CRI493H1, ENG356Y1/ ENG358H1 + ENG359H1, FAH251H1, HIS106Y1, HIS221H1, HIS222H1, HIS291H1, HIS292H1, HIS359H1, HIS360H1, HIS391Y1, HIS392Y1, HIS413H1, HIS446H1, HIS474H1, MUS305H1, POL442H1, POL467H1, SPA220Y1/ SPA201H1 + SPA202H1, WGS381H1, WGS480H1
Courses these requirements name
- CAR120Y1Introduction to Caribbean Studies
- CAR215H1Caribbean Foodways Across History, Culture and Diaspora
- CAR220H1Comparative Caribbean Literature
- CAR221H1Comparative Caribbean Literature and Visual Culture
- CAR225H1Caribbean Societies
- CAR226H1Caribbean Political Thought
- HIS230H1Indigenous and Early Colonial Caribbean History
- HIS231H1Revolution and Emancipation in the Colonial Caribbean
- CAR315H1Caribbean Foodways Across History, Culture and Diaspora last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- CAR316H1Caribbean Religions
- CAR317H1Caribbean Women Writers
- CAR321H1Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance
- CAR324H1Capitalism and Crisis in the Caribbean
- CAR325H1Caribbean Women Thinkers
- CAR328H1Caribbean Indentureship and its Legacies
- CAR329H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR332Y0Puerto Rican Culture and Environment
- CAR391H1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR421H1Global Perspectives on the Haitian Revolution
- CAR423H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- CAR426H1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR426Y1Special Topics in Caribbean Studies
- CAR428H1Caribbean Migrations and Diasporas
- CAR429H1Caribbean Diaspora in Canada
- CAR490Y1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR491H1Caribbean Studies Independent Study Course
- CAR499H1Advanced Topics in Caribbean Studies
- HIS474H1Emancipate Yourselves from Mental Slavery? Historical Narratives of Caribbean Decolonization
- JGC439H1The Problem and Promise of Caribbean Freedom
- JHN323H1Indigeneity in the Caribbean
- JLN327H1Culture and Modernity in the Hispanic Caribbean last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- JLN427H1Advanced Topics: The Hispanic Caribbean last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SPA486H1Contemporary Caribbean Literatures and Identities
- CRI493H1Advanced Topics in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
- ENG356Y1African Canadian Literature last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- ENG358H1Early African Canadian Literature
- ENG359H1Later African Canadian Literature
- FAH251H1Black Art in North America
- HIS106Y1The African Diaspora in the Americas, 1492-1804
- HIS221H1African American History to 1865
- HIS222H1African American History from 1865 to the Present
- HIS291H1Latin America: The Colonial Period
- HIS292H1Latin America: The National Period
- HIS359H1Regional Politics and Radical Movements in the 20th Century Caribbean
- HIS360H1Critical Histories of the Black Canadian Experience
- HIS391Y1Black Freedom in the Atlantic World last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS392Y1Screening Freedom last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- HIS413H1Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World
- HIS446H1Gender and Slavery in the Atlantic World
- MUS305H1Latin American and Caribbean Music
- POL442H1Topics in Latin American Politics
- POL467H1The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada
- SPA220Y1Intermediate Spanish last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- SPA201H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers I
- SPA202H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers II
- WGS381H1Black Britain: Race, Gender and Entangled Diasporas
- WGS480H1Challenging Coloniality: Caribbean Sexualities in Transnational Perspective
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