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Victoria College
Upper-Year Programs / Literature and Critical Theory / Literature and Critical Theory Requirements

Specialist in Literature and Critical Theory

The Literature and Critical Theory program offers two Specialist streams: Comparative Literature and Cultural Theory. To acquire a Specialist in either stream, you'll need to complete a series of general requirements, as well as certain stream-specific requirements.

General Requirements
You'll need to complete a total of 12.5 credits (no more than 1.0 credit at the 100 level), including:

  • at least 4.0 credits at the 300+ level, and 
  • 1.0 credit at the 400 level
Mandatory Courses

You must complete:

LCT202Y1 - Forms of Representation
LCT203H1 - Empires I
LCT205H1 - Empires II
LCT402H1 - Translation and Comparativity

Quantitative Reasoning Competency
To fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning competency required in the program, you will also need to complete  0.5 credit in:

  • Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes, or
  • another half course approved by the program coordinator.
Program Elective Courses

You will need to complete 3.5 credits from:

Option for Vic One students:
Frye and Jewison stream graduates may count 1.0 credit of the following Vic One courses towards the 3.5 credits you're required to complete (as outlined above). 

VIC162H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
VIC163H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
VIC167H1 - Ideas and Fine Thoughts
VIC184H1 - Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
VIC190Y1 - The Arts and Society
Comparative Literature stream-specific requirements

Please note: these requirements only apply to students in the Comparative Literature stream. 

6.0 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.

Your courses must be pre-approved by the program coordinator to ensure they will be counted towards this program of study.

Cultural Theory Stream-Specific Requirements

Please note: these requirements only apply to students in the Cultural Theory stream.

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

4.0 credits in ONE of the following disciplines:

Major in Literature and Critical Theory

The Literature and Critical Theory program offers two Major streams: Comparative Literature and Cultural Theory. To acquire a Major in either stream, you'll need to complete a series of general requirements, as well as certain stream-specific requirements.

General Requirements
You'll need to complete a total of 7.5 credits (no more than 1.0 credit at the 100 level), including:

  • at least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level, and 
  • including a 0.5 credit at the 400 level
Mandatory Courses

You must complete: 

LCT202Y1 - Forms of Representation
LCT203H1 - Empires I
LCT205H1 - Empires II
LCT402H1 - Translation and Comparativity

Quantitative Reasoning Competency
To fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning competency required in the program, you will also need to complete 0.5 credit in:

  • Breadth Requirement Category 5: The Physical and Mathematical Universes, or
  • another half course approved by the program coordinator.
Program Elective Courses

You must complete 2.5 credits from:

 
Option for Vic One students:
Frye and Jewison stream graduates may count 1.0 credit of the following Vic One courses towards the 2.5 credits you're required to complete (as outlined above). 

VIC162H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
VIC163H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
VIC167H1 - Ideas and Fine Thoughts
VIC184H1 - Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
VIC190Y1 - The Arts and Society

 

Comparative Literature stream-specific steps

Please note: these steps only apply to students in the Comparative Literature stream. 

You must complete:
2.0 credits in languages or literature drawn from other departments, where texts are read in a language other than English. At least 1.0 credit must be at the 300+ level.

Your courses must be pre-approved by the program coordinator to ensure they will be counted towards this program of study.

Cultural Theory Stream-Specific Steps

Please note: these steps only apply to students the Cultural Theory stream.

You must complete:

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

1.0 credit in ONE of the following disciplines:

Minor in Literature and Critical Theory

To acquire a Minor in Literature and Critical Theory, you'll need to complete a total of 4.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level. No more than 1.0 credit at the 100 level may be counted towards this Minor.

Mandatory Courses

You must complete LCT202Y1Y - Forms of Representation

Program Elective Courses

You must complete 3.0 credits from:

 
Option for Vic One students:
Frye and Jewison stream graduates may count 1.0 credit of the following Vic One courses towards the 2.5 credits you're required to complete (as outlined above). 

VIC162H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings
VIC163H1 - Cultural Forms and Their Meanings: People and Ideas
VIC167H1 - Ideas and Fine Thoughts
VIC184H1 - Individuals and the Public Sphere: History, Historiography and Making Cultural Memory
VIC190Y1 - The Arts and Society

 

Please note:
In the event of discrepancies in program requirements between this website and the Faculty of Arts and Science Calendar, the Calendar shall take precedence.