Atlantic Canada Studies
Atlantic Canada Studies is an interdisciplinary program for both graduate and undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts. It was founded in 1975, with the MA program being added in 1983, and its governing committee now includes 30 professors from 12 different departments.
Students in the program are able to study the Atlantic Canada Region from a variety of perspectives — socio-scientific, ecological, and cultural-historical. At the undergraduate level, students are given a broad background in the field, and are encouraged to pursue their own areas of interest through specialized courses. The MA program is heavily research oriented, and permits students to develop interdisciplinary approaches to three areas of specialization: the culture of the region, its political economy, and resource development.
New Course Announcement |
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ACST 4500.0 |
ACST 2829.1 | |
Crossing Boundaries: Integrating Disciplines to Study the Atlantic Region |
Special Topic: Boom and Bust Economy of Atantic Canada | |
Richard Field |
TBA | |
M & W 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. |
T 7:00 - 9:15 p.m. | |
This course will provide opportunities for 4th year and Honours students in the Atlantic Canada Studies Program to pursue cross disciplinary projects that integrate knowledge originating in at least two established academic disciplines without sacrificing disciplinary rigor. The value of integrating the insights of two or more fields of study is the possibility it offers to see objects, people, events, places, and ideas in new ways.
Within the program’s framework, students can customize their study and research and consult with other professors in the Atlantic Canada Studies Program. Normally, the student would read broadly, prepare a bibliography of related work, formulate research questions, and develop a formal research proposal. After successfully presenting the written proposal before fellow students, a finished paper is presented and orally defended before peers in a public setting. |
Is Atlantic Canada a sinking economy or does it have a bright future? What is genuine progress, beyond the cycle of boom and bust? To find out, this course will explore some myths and realities of the economy of Atlantic Canada. To deepen your understanding of the Atlantic region, this provocative course will offer an accessible economic perspective. The course will seek to make sense of past experience and future prospects of the Atlantic provinces, drawing on the work of regional scholars as well as current journalism. Prior economic study not required. |
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