Combined Honours
Contemporary Studies Program students are required to take the program’s three core courses:
- CTMP2000.06
- CTMP3000.06
- CTMP4000.06
plus at least four half-credit CSP electives.
The requirements for the second honours subject are dependent on that department, and vary from program to program. Students may fulfil the honours requirement in either of the two honours subjects. Usually, this subject will be the one in which the student has taken more classes. The honours requirement in CSP is satisfied by writing an honours thesis, which is defended at an oral examination. Students must enrol in the non-credit CTMP0455.00, the Honours Thesis Seminar.
Explore courses
Core Courses
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Modern Social and Political Thought
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CTMP2000.06
Fall
Winter
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New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
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Science and Culture
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CTMP3000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
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The Deconstruction of the Tradition
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CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1505-1655
R 1505-1555
Electives
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The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond
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CTMP2100.03
Winter
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New Academic Building - Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
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Apocalypse: The Revolutionary Transformation of Politics and Culture
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CTMP2101.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotiabank Room
T 1735-2025
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The Idea of Race in Philosophy, Literature, and Art
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CTMP2115.03
Winter
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Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
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Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
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EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
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Structuralism and Poststructuralism
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CTMP2121.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Shatford Room
M 0935-1125
W 0935-1025
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Society, Politics and Literature
-
CTMP2150.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1005-1125
W 1005-1125
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Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
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CTMP2203.03 / HSTC2206.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
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Environmentalism: origins, ideals and critique
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CTMP2206.03 / HSTC2209.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
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Pain
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CTMP2301.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
-
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
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EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1835-2125
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The ‘Pictorial Turn’ in Recent Thought, Art and Theory
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CTMP2316.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
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The Experience of Others in Philosophy, History and Literature
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CTMP2322.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1455
R 1305-1355
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Feminisms: the Three Waves
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CTMP2350.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
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CTMP3104.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
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The Nietzschean Legacy
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CTMP3105.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
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Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
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HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
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Human Experiments
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HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Shatford Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
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Feminism and Science
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CTMP3215.03 / HSTC3411.03 / GWST3125.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
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The Aesthetics of Environments
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CTMP3220.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
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Modern Film and the Theory of the Gaze
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CTMP3305.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
W 1735-1925
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Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
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EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Haliburton Room
M 1435-1555
W 1435-1555
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Representations of the Holocaust: Bearing Witness
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CTMP3321.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Haliburton Room
M 1435-1625
W 1435-1525
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Walter Benjamin's Materials
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CTMP4124.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1435-1555
W 1435-1555
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Hannah Arendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
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CTMP4125.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
M 1435-1725
Honours Thesis & Colloquium
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Contemporary Studies Honours Thesis
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CTMP0455X/Y
Fall
Winter
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Arts & Administration - Senior Common Room
Minor
You can take a minor in CSP to complement your degree. Understand the contemporary world by choosing from a wide range of courses in the areas of social and political thought, science and culture, and aesthetics, literature and literary theory, and film.
Complete a minimum of 18 credit hours to a maximum of 27 credit hours including:
- Completion of one of the “core” courses:
- CTMP2000.06
- CTMP3000.06
- CTMP4000.06
- Completion of one full credit at the 3000 or 4000 level (CTMP 3000.06 or CTMP 4000.06 will also fulfill this requirement).
- Completion of one full credit (or two half credits) at the 2000 level or above.
Explore courses
Core Courses
-
Modern Social and Political Thought
-
CTMP2000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
-
Science and Culture
-
CTMP3000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
-
The Deconstruction of the Tradition
-
CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1505-1655
R 1505-1555
Completion of one full credit at the 3000 or 4000 level.
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Science and Culture
-
CTMP3000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
-
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
-
CTMP3104.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
-
The Nietzschean Legacy
-
CTMP3105.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
-
Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
-
HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Human Experiments
-
HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Shatford Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
Feminism and Science
-
CTMP3215.03 / HSTC3411.03 / GWST3125.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
The Aesthetics of Environments
-
CTMP3220.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
-
Modern Film and the Theory of the Gaze
-
CTMP3305.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
W 1735-1925
-
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
-
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Haliburton Room
M 1435-1555
W 1435-1555
-
Representations of the Holocaust: Bearing Witness
-
CTMP3321.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Haliburton Room
M 1435-1625
W 1435-1525
-
The Deconstruction of the Tradition
-
CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1505-1655
R 1505-1555
-
Walter Benjamin's Materials
-
CTMP4124.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1435-1555
W 1435-1555
-
Hannah Arendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
-
CTMP4125.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
M 1435-1725
Completion of one full credit (or two half credits) at the 2000 level or above.
-
Modern Social and Political Thought
-
CTMP2000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1335-1525
W 1335-1425
-
The Politics of Hope: From Romanticism to Anarchism and Beyond
-
CTMP2100.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
M 1735-2025
-
Apocalypse: The Revolutionary Transformation of Politics and Culture
-
CTMP2101.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Scotiabank Room
T 1735-2025
-
The Idea of Race in Philosophy, Literature, and Art
-
CTMP2115.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
-
EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
-
Structuralism and Poststructuralism
-
CTMP2121.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Shatford Room
M 0935-1125
W 0935-1025
-
Society, Politics and Literature
-
CTMP2150.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1005-1125
W 1005-1125
-
Bio-Politics: Human Nature in Contemporary Thought
-
CTMP2203.03 / HSTC2206.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
R 1735-2025
-
Environmentalism: origins, ideals and critique
-
CTMP2206.03 / HSTC2209.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Pain
-
CTMP2301.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1425
R 1305-1425
-
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
-
EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1835-2125
-
The ‘Pictorial Turn’ in Recent Thought, Art and Theory
-
CTMP2316.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
-
The Experience of Others in Philosophy, History and Literature
-
CTMP2322.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1305-1455
R 1305-1355
-
Feminisms: the Three Waves
-
CTMP2350.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
Science and Culture
-
CTMP3000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
M 1035-1225
W 1035-1125
-
The Rise of Nietzscheanism
-
CTMP3104.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
-
The Nietzschean Legacy
-
CTMP3105.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Frazee Room
T 1735-2025
-
Science and Religion: Contemporary Perspectives
-
HSTC3201.03 / CTMP3201.03 / RELS3201.03 / HIST3076.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
T 1605-1725
R 1605-1725
-
Human Experiments
-
HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Shatford Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
Feminism and Science
-
CTMP3215.03 / HSTC3411.03 / GWST3125.03
Fall
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1005-1125
R 1005-1125
-
The Aesthetics of Environments
-
CTMP3220.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1605-1725
W 1605-1725
-
Modern Film and the Theory of the Gaze
-
CTMP3305.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
W 1735-1925
-
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
-
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Haliburton Room
M 1435-1555
W 1435-1555
-
Representations of the Holocaust: Bearing Witness
-
CTMP3321.03
Winter
-
Arts & Administration Building - Haliburton Room
M 1435-1625
W 1435-1525
-
The Deconstruction of the Tradition
-
CTMP4000.06
Fall
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Archibald Room
T 1505-1655
R 1505-1555
-
Walter Benjamin's Materials
-
CTMP4124.03
Winter
-
New Academic Building - Scotia Bank Room
M 1435-1555
W 1435-1555
-
Hannah Arendt: Terror, Politics, Thought
-
CTMP4125.03
Fall
-
Arts & Administration Building - Seminar 7
M 1435-1725
