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Literature and Critical Theory program requirements

What the Literature and Critical Theory Specialists, Majors and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.

Literature and Critical Theory Specialist in the Comparative Literature Stream

  • Arts program
  • 12.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASSPE1026

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

(12.0 credits, no more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level, at least 4.0 credits at the 300+ level including 1.0 credit at the 400-level)

1First year in program: LCT202Y1

2First or second year in program: LCT203H1, LCT205H1

33.5 credits from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC167H1, VIC184H1, VIC190Y1, LCT204H1, LCT249H1, LCT301H1, LCT302H1, LCT303H1, LCT304H1, LCT305H1, LCT306H1, LCT307H1, LCT308H1, LCT401H1/ LCT401Y1, LCT403H1, LCT494H1/ LCT494Y1.

4LCT402H1

56.0 credits in languages or literatures drawn from other departments, of which:

at least 4.0 credits must involve reading texts in a language other than English,

at least 2.0 credits must be at the 300+ level.

Courses these requirements name

  • LCT202Y1Forms of Representation
  • LCT203H1Empires I
  • LCT205H1Empires II
  • VIC162H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
  • VIC163H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
  • VIC167H1Ideas and Fine Thoughts
  • VIC184H1Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
  • VIC190Y1The Arts and Society
  • LCT204H1Canons and Canonicity
  • LCT249H1Special Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT301H1Critical Writing Seminar
  • LCT302H1Pasts and Futures
  • LCT303H1Memory and Trauma
  • LCT304H1Praxis and Performance
  • LCT305H1Institutions and Power
  • LCT306H1Culture and Media
  • LCT307H1Periodization and Cultural History
  • LCT308H1Identities
  • LCT401H1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT401Y1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT403H1Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT494H1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT494Y1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT402H1Translation and Comparativity
Check your progress in Atlas Literature and Critical Theory Specialist in the Comparative Literature Stream in the Calendar

Literature and Critical Theory Specialist in the Cultural Theory Stream

  • Arts program
  • 12.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASSPE1023

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

(12.0 credits, no more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level, at least 4.0 credits at the 300+ level including 1.0 credit at the 400-level)

1First year in program: LCT202Y1

2First or second year in program: LCT203H1, LCT205H1

33.5 credits from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC167H1, VIC184H1, VIC190Y1, LCT204H1, LCT249H1, LCT301H1, LCT302H1, LCT303H1, LCT304H1, LCT305H1, LCT306H1, LCT307H1, LCT308H1, LCT401H1/ LCT401Y1, LCT403H1, LCT494H1/ LCT494Y1

4LCT402H1

54.0 credits in ONE other discipline offered within the Faculty of Arts & Science - African Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Caribbean Studies, Cinema Studies, Classics, Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity, Drama, East Asian Studies, History, Material Culture and Semiotics, Music, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Renaissance Studies, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, and other departments as approved by the program coordinator.

62.0 credits in courses where the primary language of study is not English, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level.

Courses these requirements name

  • LCT202Y1Forms of Representation
  • LCT203H1Empires I
  • LCT205H1Empires II
  • VIC162H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
  • VIC163H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
  • VIC167H1Ideas and Fine Thoughts
  • VIC184H1Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
  • VIC190Y1The Arts and Society
  • LCT204H1Canons and Canonicity
  • LCT249H1Special Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT301H1Critical Writing Seminar
  • LCT302H1Pasts and Futures
  • LCT303H1Memory and Trauma
  • LCT304H1Praxis and Performance
  • LCT305H1Institutions and Power
  • LCT306H1Culture and Media
  • LCT307H1Periodization and Cultural History
  • LCT308H1Identities
  • LCT401H1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT401Y1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT403H1Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT494H1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT494Y1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT402H1Translation and Comparativity
Check your progress in Atlas Literature and Critical Theory Specialist in the Cultural Theory Stream in the Calendar

Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Comparative Literature Stream

  • Arts program
  • 7.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMAJ1026

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, no more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level, at least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level including a 0.5 credit at the 400-level)

1First year in program: LCT202Y1

2First or second year in program: LCT203H1 and LCT205H1

32.5 credits from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC167H1, VIC184H1, VIC190Y1, LCT204H1, LCT249H1, LCT301H1, LCT302H1, LCT303H1, LCT304H1, LCT305H1, LCT306H1, LCT307H1, LCT308H1, LCT401H1/ LCT401Y1, LCT403H1, LCT494H1/ LCT494Y1

4LCT402H1

52.0 credits in languages or literatures drawn from other departments, that involve reading texts in a language other than English. At least 1.0 credit must be at the 300+ level.

Courses these requirements name

  • LCT202Y1Forms of Representation
  • LCT203H1Empires I
  • LCT205H1Empires II
  • VIC162H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
  • VIC163H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
  • VIC167H1Ideas and Fine Thoughts
  • VIC184H1Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
  • VIC190Y1The Arts and Society
  • LCT204H1Canons and Canonicity
  • LCT249H1Special Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT301H1Critical Writing Seminar
  • LCT302H1Pasts and Futures
  • LCT303H1Memory and Trauma
  • LCT304H1Praxis and Performance
  • LCT305H1Institutions and Power
  • LCT306H1Culture and Media
  • LCT307H1Periodization and Cultural History
  • LCT308H1Identities
  • LCT401H1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT401Y1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT403H1Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT494H1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT494Y1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT402H1Translation and Comparativity
Check your progress in Atlas Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Comparative Literature Stream in the Calendar

Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Cultural Theory Stream

  • Arts program
  • 7.5 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMAJ1023

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

(7.5 credits, no more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level, at least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level including a 0.5 credit at the 400-level)

1First year in program: LCT202Y1

2First or second year in program: LCT203H1, LCT205H1

32.5 credits from VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC167H1, VIC184H1, VIC190Y1, LCT204H1, LCT249H1, LCT301H1, LCT302H1, LCT303H1, LCT304H1, LCT305H1, LCT306H1, LCT307H1, LCT308H1, LCT401H1/ LCT401Y1, LCT403H1, LCT494H1/ LCT494Y1

4LCT402H1

51.0 credit in ONE other discipline offered within the Faculty of Arts & Science - African Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Caribbean Studies, Cinema Studies, Classics, Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity, Drama, East Asian Studies, History, Material Culture and Semiotics, Music, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Renaissance Studies, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, and other departments as approved by the program coordinator.

61.0 credit in courses at the 200+ level where the primary language of study is not English.

Courses these requirements name

  • LCT202Y1Forms of Representation
  • LCT203H1Empires I
  • LCT205H1Empires II
  • VIC162H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
  • VIC163H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
  • VIC167H1Ideas and Fine Thoughts
  • VIC184H1Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
  • VIC190Y1The Arts and Society
  • LCT204H1Canons and Canonicity
  • LCT249H1Special Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT301H1Critical Writing Seminar
  • LCT302H1Pasts and Futures
  • LCT303H1Memory and Trauma
  • LCT304H1Praxis and Performance
  • LCT305H1Institutions and Power
  • LCT306H1Culture and Media
  • LCT307H1Periodization and Cultural History
  • LCT308H1Identities
  • LCT401H1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT401Y1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT403H1Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT494H1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT494Y1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT402H1Translation and Comparativity
Check your progress in Atlas Literature and Critical Theory Major in the Cultural Theory Stream in the Calendar

Literature and Critical Theory Minor

  • Arts program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMIN0539

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, no more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level, at least 1.0 credit at 300+ level)

1LCT202Y1

23.0 credits from: VIC162H1, VIC163H1, VIC167H1, VIC184H1, VIC190Y1, LCT203H1, LCT204H1, LCT205H1, LCT249H1, LCT301H1, LCT302H1, LCT303H1, LCT304H1, LCT305H1, LCT306H1, LCT307H1, LCT308H1, LCT401H1/ LCT401Y1, LCT402H1, LCT403H1, LCT494H1/ LCT494Y1

Courses these requirements name

  • LCT202Y1Forms of Representation
  • VIC162H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
  • VIC163H1Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
  • VIC167H1Ideas and Fine Thoughts
  • VIC184H1Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
  • VIC190Y1The Arts and Society
  • LCT203H1Empires I
  • LCT204H1Canons and Canonicity
  • LCT205H1Empires II
  • LCT249H1Special Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT301H1Critical Writing Seminar
  • LCT302H1Pasts and Futures
  • LCT303H1Memory and Trauma
  • LCT304H1Praxis and Performance
  • LCT305H1Institutions and Power
  • LCT306H1Culture and Media
  • LCT307H1Periodization and Cultural History
  • LCT308H1Identities
  • LCT401H1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT401Y1Seminar in Comparative Literature
  • LCT402H1Translation and Comparativity
  • LCT403H1Advanced Topics in Literature and Critical Theory
  • LCT494H1LCT Senior Research Paper
  • LCT494Y1LCT Senior Research Paper
Check your progress in Atlas Literature and Critical Theory Minor in the Calendar

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